Good to see Kolkata is keeping IPL and ISL both this year...Congrats

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This was indeed the reason and rightly so. I once tried booking but it said "sold out".suresh wrote:ISL tickets were cheap and that ensured that many kids went to watch the matches.
Even I was pleasantly surprised seeing the fan following in fb. It looked bigger than world cup winPKBasu wrote:Pleasant surprise that Mohun Bagan managed to win the I-League this year -- I think for the first time in 13 years. The team I used to support as a kid seemed to have gone into terminal decline -- so it's nice to know things aren't quite that bad, and in fact seem to be looking up!!
Yes the the entire city of Kolkata flooded with Green Maroon color( Mohun Bagan jersey) and the hysteria shows how much the city love the game of football... Happy to see Kolkata started dominating Indian scenario and Goa faded away..Dempo relegation is a big setback for Goa...Omkara wrote:Even I was pleasantly surprised seeing the fan following in fb. It looked bigger than world cup winPKBasu wrote:Pleasant surprise that Mohun Bagan managed to win the I-League this year -- I think for the first time in 13 years. The team I used to support as a kid seemed to have gone into terminal decline -- so it's nice to know things aren't quite that bad, and in fact seem to be looking up!!
suresh, this is the I-League we are referring to, not the ISLsuresh wrote:Dempo got relegated -- what happened? I don't follow the ISL.
Here he comes again...The old father of this forum ( Grand father is permanent... its Jay :P ) shared his knowledge once again...As a ardent Mohun Bagan supporter kudos to himPKBasu wrote:suresh, this is the I-League we are referring to, not the ISLsuresh wrote:Dempo got relegated -- what happened? I don't follow the ISL.![]()
The ISL is the football/soccer version of the IPL, with many international stars (like Alessandro Piero) playing for the teams, and very few Indian players involved. The quality of play approaches world class (or like the lower-level EPL or Bundesliga teams).
Mohun Bagan won the I-League this year -- the national club championship of India, which has been around for about 15 years or so now (while ISL started last year). Some foreign players are involved in the I-League too, but most of the club teams primarily comprise Indian players and the traditional clubs of India play (rather than the newly created teams of the ISL, which had its inaugural season last year).