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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Mr. Subrata Datta chaired AIFF’s League Committee Meeting at the AIFF Headquarters, the Football House in Dwarka on Friday (October 20, 2017). Representatives from all participating I-League Clubs, FSDL and Star Sports attended the meeting as invitees.

The Committee ratified the format of the 2nd division League which would be competed among 20 teams including 12 teams from various states and the 8 reserve teams from clubs playing in the Hero Indian Super League.

As approved by the AIFF Executive Committee, the Committee was apprised about a decrease in the number of foreigners to be playing in the 2nd Division League. As per the regulations of the upcoming edition, clubs can register 3 foreigners including one player from Asian quota, out of which two can play on the field at any given time.

The proposed fixture of the Hero I-League was up for discussion and the AIFF has asked the Clubs to revert back within 72 hours giving their thoughts, readiness of the teams and infrastructure to finalise the schedule.

– Courtesy AIFF Media

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Cejetan Dias dribbles past BEST defender

Boxers FA registered a 3-1 victory in the game against BEST arts and sports club.

Kundan Chandra’s valuable experience and powerful movement thru the midfield was the difference as Boxers FA cruised to a 3-1 victory in a Second division encounter at Parel. Chandra moved the ball very well and occasionally tested the goalkeeper and was rewarded in the 11th minute as he put his side in the lead and moments later Cejetan Dias doubled the lead in the 13th minute. The game was well controlled by the Boxers midfield and the ball distributed very well that created the attacks more frequently. BEST  team regrouped after falling back twice and pulled one back through Bhikru Prithviraj in the 22nd minute when the goalkeeper spilled an easy collection chance and Bhikru made no mistake in scoring the goal for BEST. the score read 2-1 and BEST sensed a comeback but that was shortly lived as Cejetan headed the third from a Kundan Chandra cross which was perfect to the millimeter. Boxers FA walked into the half time with a comfortable lead of 3-1.

Second half resumed and Boxers mounted attacks on BEST, but BEST were more resilient this time around. Boxers tried to penetrate but their attacks thwarted every time. BEST’s goalkeeper was far more alert and was on top of every shot taken by the Boxers strikers. BEST had their moments but could not quite convert their chances. The game swung from one end to another as Boxers and BEST both failed to net a goal in the second half. The game ended 3-1 in favour of Boxers FA, but the highlight of the game was the whole of Boxers team walked to the BEST dugout and applauded the efforts of the BEST team who had players in mid 30’s & 40’s. gestures like this help people believe that football is a healer and a wonderful tool to socialise.

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Mumbai F.C. started to pressurize I.C. United from an attacking front; creating a handful of early half-chances to hold I.C. United on the back-foot, as the latter fancied hitting – a high-positioned three-man back-line – on the counterattack.

I.C. United constantly appeared to have found gaps in the Mumbai F.C. back-three, but failed to exploit them from open play, largely because the player in support found himself stationed in an offside position or a player in possession of the ball failed to win a one versus one situation.

While Mumbai F.C. dumped unsuccessful long-balls into their two front-men after quickly circulating the ball in the midfield area, I.C. United received a number of free-kicks in and around the final-third area due to the inability of the M.F.C. back-three, who failed to effectively defend in a three against two defensive situation, largely due to the fact that they had negligible amount of defensive support from their wing-backs.

For a large proportion of the first-half, I.C. United’s back-line struggled to cope with the quick attacking pair of Mumbai F.C. strikers, but they stood compact and resolute whilst M.F.C.’s long-ball approach.

Around the 28th minute, Mumbai F.C. created a good opportunity from down the right-side, but Kishan Dubey could only see his shot through straight into the goalkeeper’s gloves. Both sides were lacking creativity in the attacking area of the pitch as they man-marked each other in midfield; while creating opportunities down the flanks and through dead-ball situations.

As the half came to a closure, both sides were locked at 0-0 with neither side able to take full advantage of the number of opportunities, which fell at their disposal.

The second-half started-off in similar fashion as like the first-35 minutes of the game. And with the 2nd-half through its 1st quarter, Mumbai F.C., who saw more of the ball as the half progressed – continued to disappoint with their long-ball approach, which lost its effectiveness as the game progressed.

The game reached its boiling-point, when both sides came agonizingly close to scoring the opening goal, first, when I.C. United missed-out on an one-on-one chance and, later, when Mumbai F.C.’s fluffed a potential header opportunity.

With both sides still at 0-0 by the end of normal-time, the match headed into a penalty shootout, which I.C. United comfortably won 3-1. Rakesh Karmaran failed to convert from the spot, which gave I.C. United an edge in the shootout, initially. With both sides converting their second penalty, neither team converted their 3rd and decisive penalty. Abhishek Patil missed the 4th penalty for M.F.C. while I.C. United converted theirs, leaving M.F.C. out of the second division winner’s spot chase as I.C. United somehow carved their way into the finals of this year’s tournament.

Note: Mumbai F.C. has been promoted to the 1st Division of Mumbai District Football Association, but have lost-out on a chance to promote into division 1 as winners.

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William Chettiar and Roger Cordeiro scored a goal each for the winners Silver Innings.

It was the similar case with Friends United, after a good start against Sporting Option in their first match they went down 2-1 to We Care.’We Care’ and ‘Friends United’ played out a game of 35 minute each way, in which goals from Ryan Gracias in the 30th minute, Alan D’souza in the 38 minute were enough to secure the win for We care, Vrajesh Bajaj reduced a deficit in the 67th minute with a quick paced counter attack.

In the match played earlier Our Lady of Fatima beat PIFA Colaba U-17 2-0. The Fatima boys got their goals through Sagar Pandey in the 10th minute and Wayne Trinidade in the 19 minute to win the match quite comfortably

MDFA League 2nd division match played at St. Xavier’s ground, Parel on Thursday 25th September 2014

Classic Sports Vs Gray Athletic [4-0]

Classic Sports => Momin Usaib 40th minute, Khan Amir 48th minute, Zaid Ansari 57th minute, Tarique Shaikh 68th minute

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Their onslaught began early in the first half when Yash Salvi got the first goal with a header in the very 5th minute after which the goal tally just began to mount with Mithagar scoring 4 goals until halftime. Priyesh Chalkar scored the second goal while Siddharth Shinde added the 3rd and 4th

in the 2nd half Mithagar were looking at ease although the Sachivalaya players tried roughing up the game a bit. Prashant Murali then scored from a brilliant solo move beating the Sachivalaya defense. Kunal Ghoshroy got the 6th goal with a brilliant shot from outside the box. Siddharth Shinde then completed his hat-trick in the 51st minute scoring the 7th goal of the game. Mithagar added a total of 9 goal the game neared its end, keeping possesion of the ball & running rings around the defense. Yash Salvi doubled his tally and Mayuresh Sawant completed the rout for Mithagar

Results from the other 2nd games that were played on Wednesday 14th September 2014.
Somaiya Vidyavihar got the better of Century Rayon beating them 2-1 in a closely fought battle. Nickson Soman & Abhay Amin soredd for Somaiya while Sunny Jayani got the only goal for Century Rayon

Catholic Gymkhana Scored 5 past a hapless Young Guns Vikhroli. Neil Vaz opened the scoring for the Vikhroli side but Catholic Gymkhana overpowered them with a brace from Terrance Pereira and a goal each from Kunal Bhandari, John Fernandes & Chirag Sharma

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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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