2^nd Division:

An interesting final fixture turned out to be a rather lopsided affair as JMJ Sports Club trounced ICL U19 6-1 to take the top honours of 2^nd division Group F. Both sides came in to the final game with just two points between them. While JMJ SC needed just a point to end the group stage at pole position, ICL U-19 need a win to claim the top spot. However things started on a disastrous note from the very first minute for ICL U-19, when Daniel Fernandes slid one past the keeper to put JMJ in to lead.

Eight minutes later Pratik kadam doubled the lead to put ICL U19 in trouble. In the 35^th minute Brent Fernandes pulled one back for ICL to reignite hopes of comeback however a minute later, Reuben Fernandes stuck the third for JMJ to douse any spark of comeback before completing his hat-trick with two more goal. The game ended at 6-1 score line with Killinger Raunak adding one more to the JMJ’s tally.

Group F: JMJ Sports Club (Daniel Fernandes 1’, Pratik Kadam 8’, Reuben Fernandes 36’, 45’ 52’, Killinger Raunak 61’)

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1^st Division:

A five goal burst from Benjamin Zolar assisted Tarun SC in the 9-0 routing of Soccer A to Z with Olivar Aitolya, Abdul Dohadwala and Somnath Naskar chipping in with on each. Placed at the extreme ends of their group C table, playing their final group game Tarun SC needed a win to finish strong in the group table. The game began with an quick fire hat-trick from Benjamin Zolar as three goals in the space of eight minutes made it 3-0 for Tarun SC, In the second half, Olivar Aitolya slotted one home to make it 4-0. Couple of minutes later, things turned worse for Tarun SC as an own goal from Joylin Rodrigues made it 5-0. In the final stretch of the game, Soccer A to Z defence were in sixes and sevens as goals came in plenty for Tarun Sporting.

Group C: Tarun Sporting Club 9 (Benjamin Zolar 20’, 23’, 28’, 68’, 80’, Olivar Aitolya 54’, Abdul Dohadwala 66’, Somnath Naskar 67’, Joylin Rodrigues 56’{Own Goal} ) – 0 Soccer A to Z

Meanwhile in group E, Ratnam SA came from goal down to secure a late win against Sterling Das FA keeping the top two race open. Essa Momin struck a 19^th minute goal to put his team in lead however Johnson M put things on level terms in the 40^th minute before scoring a late winner to finish the game in favour of Ratnam SA.

Group E: Sterling Das FA 1 (Essa Momin 19’) – 2 Ratnam SA (Johnson M 40’, 78’)

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In a group E fixture between Sterling Das FA and Indian cultural League (A) team, the latter was up for a surprise as they dropped points for their first time during the campaign. Omair Momin opened the scoring in the 26^th minute before Sachin Badigar doubled the lead ten minutes later. Mid way through the second half, Omair Momin completed his brace to make it 3-0. At the hour mark, Shubham Pose scored the consolidating goal to pull one back for his team as the game ended at 3-1 score line.

Game 1: Sterling Das FA 3 (Omair Momin 26’, 55’, Sachin Badgar 36’) – 1 ICL (Shubham Pose 60’)

In another group A fixture, DK Pharma blanked Vintaged Dahisar FC 5-0 to condemn the latter to their third straight loss. Ajay Shelar opened the scoring early in the game to start off in a dominating manner. Farhan Kinikar and Monis Bubere made it 3-0 before Ajay Shelar cameback to complete his hat-trick finishing off the 5-0 routing of the opponents.

Game 2: DK Pharma (Ajay Shelar 5’, 44’, 66’, Farhan Kinikar 11’, Monis Bubere 35’) 5 – 0 Vintaged Dahisar FC

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December 1^st,

1^st Division:

In a close encounter, IDBI opened their points account with a 1-0 win over PIFA Colaba U17 side during the MDFA 1^st division game. Vaibhav Jadhav struck a second half goal to put IDBI in front. Despite attempts from PIFA youngsters IDBI defense j=held strong to take all three points from the game.

Game 1: IDBI 1 (Vaibhav Jadhav 38’) – 0 PIFA Colaba U17

2^nd Division:

Mother Teresa Foundation regained their top position in group F table with a comprehensive 2-0 win over IIT Bombay (A). Kringel Garodi opened the scoring in the 11^th minute to put Mother Teresa in lead early in the game before a second half strike from Godson Patil doubled the score line. The result extends Mother Teresa foundations unbeaten streak to four games.

Game 2: Mother Teresa Foundation 2 (Kringel Garodi 11’, Godson Patil 34’) – 0 IIT Bombay (A)

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November 30^th

In a group A fixture, Classic Sports Club secured top spot courtesy a solid 3-0 win over Sagar Mitra Mandal. Tarique Parvez opened the scoring with a 14^th minute strike before Faizan Ansari doubled the lead mid way through the second half. In the dying minutes Zain Khan tripled the lead with a thundering strike to finish off the game.

Game 3: Classic Sports Club 3 (Tarique Parvez 14’, Faizan Ansari 48’, Zain Khan 60’) – 0 Sagar Mitra Mandal

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Goans dominated the game right from the start to finish. Having an experienced campaigner in Diago Fernandes playing in the midfield, Goans had their task cut off as his presence was enough for them to dominate the play, although some lack luster finishing from their strikers was the only reason for an unconvincing scoreline.

It took a moment of brilliance from Rakesh Dhanu in the 60th minute, when he perfectly timed his run to meet a through ball from the midfield and made no mistake with the finish by flicking the ball over the onrushing keeper. Spartans on the other hand, having come up against a strong opposition in Goans, had very few chances during the game.

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It wasn’t an easy going for Millat FC, as they had to wait until the 37th minute to break the deadlock, when a corner kick from Adan created a half volley which Danish converted quite comfortably to hand Millat the lead.

Mumbai Warriors were lucky enough to keep the score decent as they managed to block two sure attempts on goal by Tanzeer Bhojani. The young Warriors were building back into the game in the 2nd half but it was Farman Khan’s through ball to Bilal that got them undone in the 77th minute as Bilal smartly beat Mumbai Warriors defence and goalkeeper to slot home the second goal

Millat FC are looking hot favorites in this group to snatch that all important playoff berth

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High Flying Falcon Brothers

Falcon Brothers registered a record 10-0 win over hapless Lakers FC in the Mumbai District Football Association (MDFA) 1st Division league match played at St. Xavier’s ground, Parel on Tuesday evening.

Lakers FC never expected they would get caught in a ‘goal storm’ when they took to the field in a first division match against the young and energetic Falcon Brothers side. Their two strikers Llyod Vaz and Rohan Thomas jointly scored more than half of the tally of goals, Llyod surely had a magnificent day on the field, grabbing 4 goals (8th ,20th ,55th,59th minute). The nippy left footed Rohan Thomas scored a brace (7th,17th minute), while Clyde Antao 33rd minute, Wayne Oliver 46th minute, Saif Rajwani 50th minute, and Justin Nurupel 68th minute struck a goal each for the winners.

With their recent performance the Mazagaon outfit surely look like a force to reckon with in this Division of the MDFA League

Earlier, in another 2nd division match Young Guns (Vikroli) beat Sachivalaya Gym 3-1, goal scorers for Young guns => 1st goal – Neel Vaz 35th minute, 2nd goal – Ganesh Chaudhari 65th minute, 3rd goal – Sachin Gaikwad 67th minute. Whereas Sachivalaya reduced the margin through Virendra Tandel in 40th minute.

In another 2nd division match Catholic Gym beat Dadar XI ‘B’ 2-1.

Catholic Gym => 1st goal- John Fernandes 8th minute, 2nd goal – Amey Kadam 15th minute
Dadar XI ‘B’ => Rohan Shukla 29th minute

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ICL ‘A’ were rescued by Vibhor Sharma who’s equalizing goal just before the final whistle leveled the score at 2-2 in a close encounter against Sea View of Mumbai District Football Association (MDFA) 1st division league, played at St. Xavier’s ground, Parel on Monday.

ICL were leading in the 11th minute with a goal by Shane Menezes, but Sea view’s Pratik Patil got one back for Sea View just two minutes before the lemon break. It was a wake up call for Sea View and that’s exactly what happened, after just 5 minutes of play in the 2nd half they got a 2-1 lead with the help of Saurabh Gajra. ICL ‘A’ were trying hard to get an equalizer that finally come through Vibhor Sharma’s late goal at the end in 80th minute just before the final whistle could be blown.

In another 2nd division match, I.C.United & Air-India settled for goalless draw at St. Xavier’s ground, Parel.

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HDFC Bank and Hearts FC players chasing for the boll

HDFC kept the ball possession and dominated the midfield throughout the game. Dennis Menezes one of the most experienced campaigners, lead their midfield with his effective distribution, along with former Customs & Mumbai FC player Nelson Cardoz, were the striking force for HDFC. Keeping the momentum right from the kickoff whistle they got the lead just after 4 minutes of play. The HDFC scoring account was opened by the very skilled Nelson Cardoz. Their lead did not last long though, within the next 4 minutes Heart FC equalized the score with a neat finish by Jeevan Jain. It was the only effective move that Hearts FC had initiated, most of time they were busy defending the ferocious HDFC attack, till the end of first half HDFC had a 3 goal lead. Rakesh Yadav and Blaise Fernandes scored the 2nd and 3rd goals respectively.

The 2nd half was evenly poised, both teams were likely to score, but HDFC looking to make the most of the lessons learnt from last season were all out to better their goal average. For HDFC, Siddharth Puthran is a key element on the right wing, his contribution met its worth in the final 10 minutes of the game, he took a long-range shot which hit the crossbar bar and the rebound set up an easy opportunity for Jayesh Naik to tap in the 4th goal.

Hearts FC player controlling a ball

Results from the other 2nd division and 1st division matches played at St. Xavier’s Ground, Parel

2nd Division : Classic SC beat Joshua Generation [1-0]. Shaikh Tarique scored all-important winning goal for Classic SC.

1st Division : Chedda Nagar Fanatics beat Vintage, Dahisar [1-0]. Ferdinand D’cruz.

2nd Division : FC MIthanagar drew with Dadar XI “B” [3-3]

FC MIthanagar => 1st goal – Yash Salvi 19th min, 2nd goal – Priyesh Chalkar 24th min, 3rd goal – Siddharth Sindhe 74th min.

Dadar XI “B” => 1st goal – Rohan Shukla 35th min, 2nd goal – Faizal Khan 47th min, 3rd goal – Edric Fernandes 68th min

2nd Division : Century Rayon beat Gokul Mitra Mandal [3-0]
Century Rayon => Ashwin Thak, Chihan Khamrang, Sunny Janyani

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