The youngsters from Sneha Sadan

To run a team, there is a big need of appointing coaches, managing players and most importantly the finance, which is very necessary to keep the team running in the future.

We would appreciate if you could sponsor whatever you can for the upbringing of the young and talented players of this team, so that one day they could come up as one of the top clubs from Mumbai, and hopefully a few of these players can make a carrier for themselves by representing some of the big clubs on the national level .

We hope you accept our petition in making the dream come true for this budding football team. Those interested in sponsoring for this cause please contact Fr. Noel Pinto on 9969479735

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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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This season Desperados fielded more of a different team as compared to last season, Coach Arik Dass and manager Jayesh Dadarkar have changed others perception towards the Desperados team. Surely their lethal weapon is Aniket Shipe who has now scored 5 goals in two matches, but all this was possible because of their midfield and defense doing their bit very effectively.

Desperados vs Juhu Beach United

Aniket Shipe does have a striker’s sense of how to play in an opponent’s box, not once, not twice but he managed to hit the net 4 times, he grabbed his first in 7th minute when he latched onto a through ball from Kishor Bamania and nicely converted it into a goal. Just after 5 minutes his second goal came through Rajesh Damne. By now Aniket was in the mood, he completed his hat-trick by making a solo run from the half line and slotted home the ball beyond the Juhu Beach United’s goalkeeper in 26th minute. Kishor once again turned provider with his long through ball he nicely set up Aniket, who perfectly lobbed the ball over the onrushing goalkeeper to score his 4th goal.

The Juhu boys were very close to some scoring opportunities but they failed to convert their chances. If they had taken their chances at the right time we would have been in for a very interesting game towards the end. Rajesh Damne hit the cross bar twice, which came to the rescue of Juhu Beach United helping them keep the score line respectable.

Other 2nd division matches played at St. Xavier Ground, Parel.

G.K.W Rangers drew with Saki Village [1-1]

G.K.W.Rangers => Subodh Manjrekar 59th minute
Saki Village => Tayyeb Penwala 12th minute

Naseeb Reloaded beat Indian Gymkhana [2-1]

Naseeb Reloaded => 1st goal, Trinal Das 5th minute, 2nd goal – Sunny Mathias 26th minute.
Indian Gymkhana => Pradeep K.P scored 1 goal through penalty

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Royesten in action against Chemburites

It was a calculative performance by Bombay FC as they out played Chemburites and got a 3-0 win in their 1st Division League match of Mumbai District Football Association (MDFA) played at St. Xavier’s ground, Parel on Sunday afternoon.

Bombay FC got their first goal through Dylan with a neat finish in the 29th minute. It was the quality work from the Bombay FC midfield that they kept penetrating the Chemburites defence which resulted soon after 37th minute when Senario got an opportunity to score, and yes he did.

In the 2nd half Siddhant had a good time in the middle, jointly supported by Imran and they kept the momentum going for Bombay FC, but another player who had an outstanding display in the middle was Roysten with his cool head and sensible play. Just 10 minutes before the final whistle, the right winger Senario opened the play for the 3rd goal with an accurate cross towards Dylan who did justice to it by making no mistake with the finish.

Certainly it was a bad day for Chemburites as they couldn’t keep up to the quality of Bombay FC and struggled to keep possession of the ball.

Bombay FC do look like a close knit group, soon after the game they internally decide that the ‘Best Player Of The Match’ was Roysten for his brilliant display throughout the game. This team is surely a one to watch out for in this group of the MDFA 1st Division.

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Mode Of Competition

1. All the teams in this division will be divided into three group and will play a preliminary on a single league basis.
2. After the completion of the preliminary league, the top two teams from each group will play a play-off league on single league basis.
3. The points gained and goals scored and canceled in the preliminary league will not be carried forward to the play-off league
4. The team standing 1st and 2nd after the completion of the play-off league will be declared the winner and runner-up of the super division league and will be promoted to Elite Division of the 2015

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ESCI Football club looks superior with their positioning and ball play, Malcolm buakely was a play maker for ESCI, his distribution was penetrative and gives plenty of opportunity to their striker, and they have justified it.  Shaiju scored the first goal for ESCI, later in second half Aditya kerekar double the lead.

It seems ESCI FC was one dominating the stage; they have full control over the game before 10 minutes prior to full time. All damage done within 10 minutes, due to defensive error Indian gymkhana capitalized their first opportunity to get scored through an own goal by ESCI defender, they were trying hard to get an equalizer, but also keeping in mind to not let ESCI to score another.  It was Wasim shaik who positioned himself to scoring an easy goal for his team just before the Referee Cajetan dias blown the final whistle.

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