D.S.

'Football is life' and life is football ⚽🤍. Indian Football & Mohunbagan fanatic.

[D.S. @D_SCeleven]

অবহেলা, অবজ্ঞা, অচলায়তন। একশো কোটি ভিড়ের একটাই আশা, একটাই প্রত্যাশা। চাতকের জল নাকি কুয়াশায় মোড়া দূরের 'হয়তো'র অন্তরালের একটুকরো প্রতিচ্ছবি।
তবু আছি, যেমন আগে ছিলাম 💙🇮🇳

@IndianFootball

[Mykhel Football @Mykhel_football]

🚨 HISTORY MADE IN GOA! ⚽

St. Anthony’s Sports Club Marna-Siolim have become the first village football club in Goa to receive Training Compensation under the AIFF’s Club Registration System (CRS)! 👏

The club received ₹54,000 following the professional transfer of their player Puyam Vicky Singh to NorthEast United FC.

A major boost for grassroots football — and a reminder that the clubs nurturing young talent deserve recognition and reward. 🌱⚽

A landmark moment for Goa’s grassroots football ecosystem! 🇮🇳

#GoaFootball #GrassrootsFootball #AIFF #GFA #NorthEastUnitedFC #Football #IndianFootball

[D.S. @D_SCeleven]

@Rajdeep48_IND Bro, I've seen posts from people with very good followers...even they still have no idea that a board consisting both aiff and clubs are taking all the decisions. They don't have the basic idea of a board 😂😂

[D.S. @D_SCeleven]

@7negiashish Indian football needs money in long term. If board choose YT, brands too will get better visibility hence more money.

& 1 more thing: don't spend money from your own pocket to broadcast.

[D.S. @D_SCeleven]

@7negiashish Youtube is far better option. Yes, it will not give money right away, but it sure will build a market value and brand image of ISL that can flow money for years. J League also broadcast the league worldwide on YouTube, so did LaLiga2.

Image and data: gemini

[Jaydeep Basu @jaydeepbasu]

ARUMAINAYAGAM: NEARLY MISSED HIS GOLD MEDAL

Conferring the Arjuna Award for lifetime achievement to Isaiah Arumainayagam, one of the two surviving members of the 1962 Asian Games gold medal-winning Indian team, is certainly a decision that will warm the hearts of every football fan in the country.

Interestingly, Arumainayagam, in his own admission, nearly missed out on receiving the gold medal after India beat South Korea 2-1 in the final in front of a hundred thousand hostile crowd in Jakarta. In an interview with me in 2003, he narrated the incident, which I later recorded in my book, “Stories from Indian Football.”

Arumainayagam, then the baby of the team at 20, said that during the medal ceremony, the Indonesian sports minister, Dr. Raden Maladi, presented the medals to the playing eleven only, leaving out the other five—Pradyut Burman, Ram Bahadur, Afzal, Ethiraj, and Arumainayagam. Truly dejected, all five slowly returned to the dressing room to join the celebrations.

However, Arumainayagam said, “Good sense prevailed on the organisers. One of the officials came to our dressing room and asked us to return to the ground as the minister was waiting to hand over our medals. All five of us ran like sprinters, though the minister was waiting patiently.”

Though from Mysore (now Karnataka), Arumainayagam earned his name and fame in Kolkata; for eight seasons in the 1960s, he dazzled for Mohun Bagan before landing a job at Southern Railway. That Arumainayagam always featured in the starting eleven in a green and maroon side that had stars like Pradyut Burman, TA Rehman, Jarnail Singh, and Chuni Goswami, speaks volumes of his class as a footballer.

As a winger he always kept the rival defenders on their toes. In private, Arumainayagam is soft-spoken and a perfect gentleman. I remember once in a zonal Santosh Trophy in Ambala, where Arumainayagam was present as the Railways coach; he was clearly upset with a few decisions of the referee but never raised the subject when three of us (the referee included) met for dinner the same night.

The award has gone to a deserving person.

#IndianFootball

[Marcus Mergulhao @MarcusMergulhao]

Thank you for the memories, Jamshedpur FC

#IndianFootball

[Indian Football Updates @IndianFootyBest]

TATA Group signed a multi-year ₹115+ Crore deal with @SpursOfficial + an est. ~₹850 Crores investments on sports/leagues in Cricket, Chess, Racing, Marathons etc. 🤑

Yet, they refused to spend ~₹32 Crores to run Jamshedpur FC - shutting them down!

Irony 🤡📉 #IndianFootball

[D.S. @D_SCeleven]

@the_red_miners I genuinely hope Jharkhand gets a/1+ pro club very very soon. It deserves it. The state has immense love for football.

Until then, my humble suggestion-
Organise yourselves, make the state league noticable on national level. Showcase the existing popularity of the game as much.

[D.S. @D_SCeleven]

@curiousharry19 Plz explain 'unorganised' part.

In my opinion,
Indian football structure is super-organised. The only obstacles to the sustainable growth here are the lack of vision and intent.

[D.S. @D_SCeleven]

@Redhood194 @IndianFootball @mohunbagansg Big company is spending money. WHY?

(From a different scenario: Big company is leaving Indian football. NOT COOL)

[Mohun Bagan @Mohun_Bagan]

A Day of Pride, Heritage & Celebration at Mohun Bagan Athletic Club. 💚❤️

Mohun Bagan Athletic Club celebrated India’s 80th Independence Day and the 138th Foundation Day with pride and fervour.

[D.S. @D_SCeleven]

Happy Independence Day

[D.S. @D_SCeleven]

I hope, Churchill Bros should seek sustainability first.

It should first aim to settle in the league, dont overbid on transfers, find a decent stadium definitely not large (like Tilak Maidan), promote home grown players as much, promote the brand further in Goa.

#Indianfootball

[Marcus Mergulhao @MarcusMergulhao]

Churchill Brothers will feature in this edition of Indian Super League (ISL) after Tata Steel agreed to transfer ownership of Jamshedpur FC to the Goan club. Churchill will also take over contracted players and coaches.

#IndianFootball #ISL

[D.S. @D_SCeleven]

With one party interested in ISL, it should stream free on YouTube:

° Reach: 43-46% global internet users; 2.7B monthly/122M daily

° ⚽ audience: 600–800M globally; 300M in India (130M+ regular)

Properly regulated, its valuation could easily 3X within 2 years.

#Indianfootball

[Beyond Routine @Be20608Routine]

Tata Steel transferring Jamshedpur FC ownership to Churchill Brothers for just ₹100 proves this was never about money. It feels like a statement of how deeply hurt they are by Indian football’s current ecosystem. And thus an ISL Shield winner faded into oblivion.
At least, the ownership is now in the hands of the Alemao family. They have been true servants of Indian football for many decades now. Hope they will run it well.

FC Goa fans will soon understand what a legacy club means. And now we have a new same-city rivalry in the ISL. Churchill Brothers vs FC Goa. Couldn't wait for the season to start ⚡️ 🔥 💥

[D.S. @D_SCeleven]

@RevSportzGlobal @Rahul_01Giri "However, a situation developed where the Churchill Brothers deal was the one that could eventually go through."

Can you please explain what was the 'situation'? Why only Rs 100? @Rahul_01Giri

[D.S. @D_SCeleven]

@7negiashish And why only Rs100??

[D.S. @D_SCeleven]

@7negiashish What kind of situation?

[D.S. @D_SCeleven]

@jaydeepbasu Out of context remark

[D.S. @D_SCeleven]

@7negiashish @KhelNow Can you reveal the names of two other brands?