Western Railway overcome spirited Central Bank 1-0

by Avinash Palai March 27, 2017

Mumbai: Western Railway worked hard to put it across a spirited Central Bank of India by a narrow 1-0 margin in an Elite Division match of the Mumbai District Football Association League 2016-2017, and played at the Cooperage ground.

After a barren first half, Western managed to break the Central Bank resistance when their hard-working medium P.T. Somi found the target in the 69^th minute to help his team clinch the win.

In another match, Union Bank of India put up a dogged display to hold fancied and defending champions ONGC to a goalless draw.

Meanwhile, JMJ (Jesus, Mary, Joseph) SC a new club continued with their brilliant winning run of form as they stormed to an emphatic 9-0 win against LIC (Life Insurance Corporation) SC in a Third Division match, at the St. Xavier’s ground, Parel. Leading JMJ’s charge to the big win was striker Rohan Kadam who notched a fine hat-trick of goals and Chris Sequeira who got a brace of goals while Malcolm Fernandes, Kevin Barnes, Arif Shaikh and Roy Lewis contributed one each to complete the winning tally.

Results –
Div-III: JMJ SC 9 (Rohan Kadam 3, Chris Sequeira 2, Malcolm Fernandes, Kevin Barnes, Arif Shaikh, Roy Lewis) beat LIC SC 0.

Div-I:
Theresians FA 0 drew with Sahyadri Krida Mandal 0.
Carmelites SC 2 (William Fernandes 2) beat Madanpura SC 0.

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