Expansion Suggestions in the I-League
Arsenalkid700
7 Points
Very soon on April 20th we could find out that the I-League will be ran in a franchise way with no promotion/relegation and just expansion. I for one have discussed this many of times on here and I have also thrown in some random cities which I think can hold a football club but then you have to think. Why should this city be in I-League?
Obviously fans wont be enough to get a city a franchise in an expansion model. If that was true then Orlando, USA would have had a team in MLS years ago.
Anyway the criteria for a team should depend on the ownership group, how much money those owners are willing to spend. The size of the city/state, and whether the team would be companied named or actually named after there state and also how much marketing would be done at the club.
So who wants to begin?
Obviously fans wont be enough to get a city a franchise in an expansion model. If that was true then Orlando, USA would have had a team in MLS years ago.
Anyway the criteria for a team should depend on the ownership group, how much money those owners are willing to spend. The size of the city/state, and whether the team would be companied named or actually named after there state and also how much marketing would be done at the club.
So who wants to begin?
Comments
1)Sporting Club De Goa( Dempo,SAL and even Churchill are eligible but only if they meet the norms,best team will be chosen)
2)Mohun Bagan
3)East Bengal
4)Chirag Kerala
5)Shillong Lajong
6)USFC
7)Mumbai FC
8)Pune FC
9)Royal WFC
10)Prayag Silguiri FC(I fthey shift their base)
Expansion 2013-2014 :-
11)Delhi Tigers FC
12)Bangalore Warriors FC
Expansion 2014-2015:_
13)Manipur Dynamos FC
14)Nagaland Team(Most professional Team from NPL)
Expansion 2015-2016 :-
15)Chennai United FC
16)Ahmedabad Bulls FC
Expansion 2016-2017
17)Lucknow Lions FC
18)Chandigarh United FC
Expansion 2017-2018
19)Hyderabad FC
20)Jamshedpur Steel FC
I-League 2 Dvision too will have expansion and it will be divided into 5 Regions(North India,South India,N.E & East India,Central & Western India) with each region starting with 8 teams in first season and then keep expanding till they become 16-18 teams
i think arsenalfan is getting into minds of ashindia with some magic stuffs 8-X
and so might be this post
Yeah even the style of the post, names of the club and theme...everything matches!!!! :O
First 10 teams:
East Bengal, Mohun Bagan, Prayag Siliguri, Sporting Goa, Dempo SC, Pune FC, Mumbai FC, United Sikkim FC, Royal Wahingdoh FC, Shillong Lajong
Then be trying to be real about this would say that expansion should have every 3-5 years, cant happen every year!
In this order:
1) Nagaland
2) Aizawl
3) Hyderabad
4) Delhi
5) Bangalore
6) Nagpur
7) Punjab
8) Chennai
9) Jamshedpur
10) Kerala
We have an international quality stadium now in Kankarbagh (prime location. Its called Kankarbagh Sports Complex with a football stadium surrounded by 8 lane athletic track, gym, swimming pool, indoor stadium of international standards, administrative rooms, media room and everything.
The construction of the complex was done in time under the supervision of CM Nitish Kumar himself. That complex hosted the 1st ever Kabaddi Women's World Cup last month.
Apart from that we have Moin ul Haq Stadium in Patna which hosted a couple of matches in the 1996 ICC World Cup
1st edition of ALL INDIA FOOTBALL TOURNAMENT for BIHAR CUP was held in January this year with teams like Prayag United (jr), TFA, MB SAIL Academy, Punjab Police, J&K etc taking part.
The Moin ul Haq Stadium needs more renovations done to it. Does not look good, of course though this is expansion we are talking about (at least on this thread) so if there was someone willing to have a team in Bihar and use the Moin as the stadium I am guessing they would have to renovate the stadium as well based on an expansion criteria.
My problem with that is that you mentioned that it has a 8-lane running track. I dont know about you but... 8-lanes! Will the fans see the game. I mean it could be great as a temporary stadium that a Bihar Franchise can use for maybe 2-5 years while the Moin gets a revamp but I dont see Kankarbagh as a permanent stadium.
BTW, are there any bucket seats in the Kankarbagh?