And I love the beefy guy in Red and Yellow; Alvito in his latest avatar...the poor fellow can't leave East Bengal...even when the club wants to leave him
Ignoring sounds of bullets, East Bengal footballer excels
Mehtab Singh hails from Khemkaran village in Punjab which is only one-and-half kilometers away from the Indo-Pak border. Written by: Sujata Sarkar Updated: Wednesday, December 14, 2016
And every day he listens to the sounds of bullets, being exchanged on the border by both Indian and Pakistan soldiers. Mehtab Singh (left) celebrates his goal against Mohun Bagan
Hailing from a disturbed area where the kids are not even allowed to utilise the local grounds, Mehtab Singh has indeed made it big as he is representing the East Bengala u-18 side in the U-18 I-League. On Tuesday, December 13, the17-year-oldd midfielder scored the all-important goal, guiding his team to a one-goal victory over arch-rivals Mohun Bagan in a crucial under-18 I-League match. Mehtab when asked about his journey, said: “I travelled around 165 kilometres from Khemkaran to Mahelpur football academy, just to learn the game. "And while crossing my village the Indian soldiers warned me about the impending danger as the soldiers of both the countries often looked exchanging bullets. "Still, in spite of keeping my family extremely anxious I managed to travel from my village to Mahelpur football academy.” Mehtab’s father Buta Singh is a farmer. But Mehtab did not have to go to field to help his father. Rather he would dream of representing big Indian teams. On his dream, Mehtab said: “There were many boys in our village used to play football. However hockey was favourite in our state. But most of the boys who played football were not ambitious. "So I had to go to Mahelpur academy. I heard renowned footballers like Baljit Singh Saini and Gurvinder Singh had come up from that academy.” Coach of the East Bengal under-18 team Ranjan Chowdhury also had praises for his student. He said: “Mehtab’s key strength is his coolness. Even when his team is loitering, Mehtab can keep himself cool and think over how to create chances.” The youngster, when asked how he can keep himself so cool, said: “It has been possible due to the struggle I have been doing since my childhood. "It started n village and even in Mahelpur academy where my fellow footballers taunted me and said I would never be able to be a professional footballer. "And while joining East Bengal from Mahelpur academy, I retorted those footballers saying, I will be representing India one day. Nobody can stop me.”
East Bengal coach Trevor Morgan arriving on Friday in Kolkata | File Image
Kolkata: East Bengal Club’s newly appointed coach Trevor James Morgan will join the club in Kolkata on Friday. Morgan who lives in Perth Australia will re-join the squad before the I-League campaign which starts on 7th January 2017. East Bengal will face Aizwal FC on 7th January in Aizwal.
Morgan’s support stuff Simon Maltby and Warren hackett will join within the next few days. Simon will join on Sunday and Warren Hackett will arrive on 28th December. According to Trevor there is no plan of conducting any 15 days camp with the team. He will assess the situation and decide accordingly.
East Bengal’s new recruit Haitian Wedson who will play as withdrawal forward will arrive in Kolkata on 17th December. Another foreigner Ivan Bukeneya who signed for the club as a defender will arrive late as his visa formalities are under process.
Under the Englishman’s stint from 2010-2013, East Bengal had a fruitful season winning the Federation Cup in 2010, the IFA Shield, and the next season they finished I-League runners-up behind Dempo.
Morgan also had some other memorable moments helping the team to their maiden AFC Cup semi-final in 2013.
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And I love the beefy guy in Red and Yellow; Alvito in his latest avatar...the poor fellow can't leave East Bengal...even when the club wants to leave him
Ignoring sounds of bullets, East Bengal footballer excels
Mehtab Singh hails from Khemkaran village in Punjab which is only one-and-half kilometers away from the Indo-Pak border.
Written by: Sujata Sarkar Updated: Wednesday, December 14, 2016
And every day he listens to the sounds of bullets, being exchanged on the border by both Indian and Pakistan soldiers.
Mehtab Singh (left) celebrates his goal against Mohun Bagan
Hailing from a disturbed area where the kids are not even allowed to utilise the local grounds, Mehtab Singh has indeed made it big as he is representing the East Bengala u-18 side in the U-18 I-League. On Tuesday, December 13, the17-year-oldd midfielder scored the all-important goal, guiding his team to a one-goal victory over arch-rivals Mohun Bagan in a crucial under-18 I-League match.
Mehtab when asked about his journey, said: “I travelled around 165 kilometres from Khemkaran to Mahelpur football academy, just to learn the game. "And while crossing my village the Indian soldiers warned me about the impending danger as the soldiers of both the countries often looked exchanging bullets. "Still, in spite of keeping my family extremely anxious I managed to travel from my village to Mahelpur football academy.” Mehtab’s father Buta Singh is a farmer. But Mehtab did not have to go to field to help his father. Rather he would dream of representing big Indian teams. On his dream, Mehtab said: “There were many boys in our village used to play football. However hockey was favourite in our state. But most of the boys who played football were not ambitious. "So I had to go to Mahelpur academy. I heard renowned footballers like Baljit Singh Saini and Gurvinder Singh had come up from that academy.” Coach of the East Bengal under-18 team Ranjan Chowdhury also had praises for his student. He said: “Mehtab’s key strength is his coolness. Even when his team is loitering, Mehtab can keep himself cool and think over how to create chances.”
The youngster, when asked how he can keep himself so cool, said: “It has been possible due to the struggle I have been doing since my childhood. "It started n village and even in Mahelpur academy where my fellow footballers taunted me and said I would never be able to be a professional footballer. "And while joining East Bengal from Mahelpur academy, I retorted those footballers saying, I will be representing India one day. Nobody can stop me.”
East Bengal coach Trevor Morgan arriving on Friday in Kolkata
Kolkata: East Bengal Club’s newly appointed coach Trevor James Morgan will join the club in Kolkata on Friday. Morgan who lives in Perth Australia will re-join the squad before the I-League campaign which starts on 7th January 2017. East Bengal will face Aizwal FC on 7th January in Aizwal.
Morgan’s support stuff Simon Maltby and Warren hackett will join within the next few days. Simon will join on Sunday and Warren Hackett will arrive on 28th December. According to Trevor there is no plan of conducting any 15 days camp with the team. He will assess the situation and decide accordingly.
East Bengal’s new recruit Haitian Wedson who will play as withdrawal forward will arrive in Kolkata on 17th December. Another foreigner Ivan Bukeneya who signed for the club as a defender will arrive late as his visa formalities are under process.
Under the Englishman’s stint from 2010-2013, East Bengal had a fruitful season winning the Federation Cup in 2010, the IFA Shield, and the next season they finished I-League runners-up behind Dempo.
Morgan also had some other memorable moments helping the team to their maiden AFC Cup semi-final in 2013.