‘Institutional Clubs will die a slow death’
Like Air India, even Salgaocar and Dempo are going to shut shop in due time. It is very difficult to run a club with no revenues coming in. In Europe to the clubs are losing money but the they get loans to market the brands.
Talk between Ortega and Dempo fails
No Ortega in India
Few days back, Indian fans got a surprising news that Goa based club Dempo SC are in touch with veteran Argentine playmaker Ariel Ortega. However, now according to a Qatari website, Dempo's general secretary Armando Colaco,...
Dempo in touch with former Argentine playmaker Ariel Ortega confirms Armando Colaco
Indian football lovers might witness the biggest signing in Indian football if I-League club Dempo can rope in 37 yr. old Argentine playmaker Ariel Ortega, a veteran of 3 world cups and an amazingly skillful player.
Dempo's general secretary Armando...
2010-11 I-League statistics part 3: Top 10 Scorers and how influential they had been...
In this article, we have listed top 10 goal getters in I-League and, in brief, described how much they were important for their respective teams. In the IFN Forum we have listed the full scorers list of this season,...
2010-11 I-League statistics part 2: How will we create good Indian strikers if this...
It is no secret that success in I-League depends upon the quality of the foreigners, esp. the strikers. 2010-11 I-league saw a record no. of 489 goals, where Indians scored only 210 goals. Given the fact, most of the...
2010-11 I-League statistics part 1: Indian Scorers
While making a list of top Indian scorers, we realized how embarrassing it looks. In a league where 489 goals were scored, only two Indians managed to score in double digits! Indians scored a total of 210 goals. In...
Speed & endurance must be maintained properly to overcome disadvantage of height : Malem
This season in I-League, Bangalore's HAL had somewhat mixed season where they surprised everyone my starting strongly, but eventually lost the plot and fell in relegation zone, eventually avoiding relegation by getting couple spirited results at the end. In...
Playing for huge crowds always makes you feel special : Manish Maithani
Manish Maithani entered the Indian football scene in most dramatic fashion last year. Manish, known by very few then, was signed by Mohun Bagan and made his I –league debut against Viva Kerala, where he scored a goal in...
Lajong FC and East Bengal U19 relieved by AIFF
The Player’s Status Committee of the All India Football Federation (AIFF) met at the Football House on May 27, 2011 and arrived at the following conclusions:
1. It was held that player Tuboi was eligible to play for Lajong...
Without India there can be no football in Asia : AFC President Bin Hammam
The AFC president Mohamed Bin Hammam headed the AFC Ad-hoc Committee for Indian Professional Football, which met yesterday in New Delhi. This was the fourth meeting of this kind which was aimed at discussing and analyzing the progresses made...
