Ex-Mohun Bagan captain and ex-Indian captain in Olympics Samar (Badru) Banerjee will be honored with Mohun Bagan Ratna this year on Mohun Bagan day, 29th July. Snehashish will join Mohun Bagan practice from tomorrow, Mohun Bagan has decided to help Snehasish fight against the injustice done to him. Chiddi and Baretto are supposed to reach Kolkata on 26th and 28th July respectively.

This year’s Mohun Bagan Ratna recipient, Samar Banerjee, has played for Mohun Bagan from 1952-59. He joined Mohun Bagan in 1952 during IFA Shield which team became champion. In 1953, Mohun Bagan won Durand Cup for the first time, he scored in both semi final and final. In 1954, Mohun Bagan won first double (winning IFA Shield and Kolkata League). In 1955, Mariners won Rovers cup for first time.

In 1956, Mohun Bagan won double for 2nd time winning Kolkata league and IFA shield in same season. Sri Badru Banerjee was the second highest goal scorer after Keshto Pal. He became captain of Indian Football team in Melbourne Olympics, where India reached semi finals. In 1958 he became Captain of Mohun Bagan.

 

 Mohun Bagan Athletic Club was established in the year 1889. It is the first-ever Indian Club to have won the IFA Shield defeating East Yorkshire Regiment by 2-1 on 29th July 1911 to create history and make the whole world sit up and take notice of the Indian struggle for freedom against imperial Britain. The Government of India released a postage stamp in 1989 to commemorate this famous victory and to honour the Club and it’s Immortal Eleven for the fight for an oppressed country. This is the only postage stamp in India based on a Club. The Club was also declared as the “National Soccer Club of India”. 29th July is a Red-letter Day in Indian History and a great day for the Club as well and is celebrated as Mohun Bagan Day each year.

To commemorate this great victory we would be organizing three exhibition matches at our Club ground from 1 pm. The matches would be as follows:

· Mohun Bagan U-13 Junior Team vs. Veterans Sports Club U-13 Junior Team

· Between Ex-players of the Club

· Calcutta Sports Journalists Club vs Artists’ Forum

This will be followed by a cultural function in the evening where Mohun Bagan Ratna will be presented to Sri Samar (Badru) Banerjee, former footballer and Ex-Captain of our Club.

Mohun Bagan today had two practice sessions. Karim is satisfied with fitness and progress of team. There will be two residential camps, first one either in Kalimpong or Durgapur from July 31 to August 7, where stress will be on fitness training and endurance training and preparing team for match, there will be one practice match during this camp. After the camp, team will practice in Mohun Bagan club ground, where they will play two practice matches. From August 17th to August 25th, the second camp will likely be held in Kolkata, during this camp team might participate in Airlines Cup. The basic purpose of the 2nd camp is discussing technical and tactical aspect of the game.

Snehashish Chakraborty will join training from tomorrow. Mohun Bagan has decided to help him fight against the injustice that he has faced. Today in a press conference held in club, General Secretary Anjan Mitra said, "We are with Snehasish, his sign has been forged, if he cannot play the whole year, Mohun Bagan will compensate him by paying him through the year. 

 

Today Players Status Committee of IFA slammed a fine of Rs. 2 Lakh on Snehasish Chakraborty, and after he pays the fine he will be a free player and can play in the club of his choice.

The committee had sent the original documents of East Bengal’s contract, which the player claims to have been forged to a handwriting expert. Dr. Rajani Kanta Das, former Director of Question Document Examination Branch of CID and presently works as a consultant for High Court and City Civil Court examined the documents and came to conclusion that they were all Snehasish’s signature and so Snehasish has been fined Rs. 2 lakh, Utpal Ganguly said in a press meet. However, in the contract it was written that East Bengal had paid Rs. 1 lakh to Snehasish, but later they denied that they did not pay anything to him. So, since there was no payment, the contract has been canceled and after paying the fine, he will be a free player and can play in any club of his choice.

The media protested against this decision today and asked why East Bengal was not fined for lying in the contract that they had paid Rs. 1 lakh to the player.

Mohun Bagan official Debasish Dutta said, "The decision was most unfortunate and we will give him full support. The whole meeting was a gotup one. Earlier in Baichung issue also they failed to take any decision against the guilty one, this time also they failed to do so."

When we contacted Snehasish, he seemed very upset with this decision and said that he will first see the papers and then will comment about it. However, we heard from a reliable source that he might pay the fine and sign for Mohun Bagan soon.

It is very unfortunate that IFA could not take any decision against East Bengal even after they have lied in the contract that they have paid Rs. 1 lakh to the player which they later denied.

Meanwhile, after 1 day rest, Mohun Bagan team will resume practice tomorrow, there will be two practice sessions tomorrow.

Mohun Bagan will likely play in All Airlines Gold Cup to be held in late August and will also held a residential camp in Kalimpong; however, the place might be changed to Durgapur due to problem going on in the hill area. Meanwhile, the Players Status Committee (PSC) of the Indian Football Association (IFA) will announce their verdict on the Snehashis Chakraborty-East Bengal dispute on Thursday. The committee decided to send the original documents of East Bengal’s contract, which the player claims to have been forged, with Snehasish Chakraborty to a handwriting expert.

 

 

Snehasish had earlier alleged that East Bengal had forged his signature on the contract papers in their bid to prevent him from playing for Mohun Bagan in the ensuing season.

Snehashis forwarded copy of his two contracts to the media. The first one is for the period 2007-’09 and the other from 2008-10. This means the player had been twice signed by the club for the 2008-’09 season. Snehashis also claimed that he had not received the signing amount of Rs 1 lakh as mentioned in the second contract.

 “I have maintained from the very beginning that, saving one, all other signatures in the second contract are not mine. I want it to be verified by a hand-writing expert. Moreover, I have not received any token amount. That itself invalidates the contract. They have deliberately put a stamp on the amount to create confusion,” he maintained.

 Given below is the training schedule of July and August 2009. There might be few changes in the schedule. A 9 day residential camp has been scheduled to be held in Kalimpong, but due to unrest situation there, it may be postponed to Durgapur. We will be updating the necessary changes as and when it is done. Mohun Bagan may participate in All Airlines Gold Cup scheduled to be start from August 22. Mohun Bagan might get direct semi final berth; however, nothing has been finalized yet.

 

 

 

 GIVEN BELOW IS THE CONTRACT PAPERS OF SNEHASISH CHAKRABORTY AND HIS OBJECTION AGAINST EAST BENGAL CLUB AND HAS DIRECTLY ALLEGED THEM OF FORGING HIS SIGNATURE WHICH IF PROVED RIGHT IS DEFINITELY A GRAVE OFFENSE. WE SINCERELY HOPE THAT HE GETS JUSTICE BY PLAYERS STATUS COMMITTEE WHICH WILL DECIDE ON HIS FATE ON THURSDAY. SNEHASISH HAD ALREADY SAID THAT HE WILL PREFER TO SIT IDLE FOR THIS YEAR RATHER THAN PLAYING FOR EAST BENGAL. HE HAS WISHED TO PLAY FOR MOHUN BAGAN IN THIS SEASON.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10. That the player shall participate in all the tournaments (Domestic and International) and all exhibition matches in which the First Party shall participate.

11. That the player shall not participate in any tournament in India for and on behalf of any other Party/Association/Society, other than for the First Party unless the First Party allows him to play for any other team, with prior written consent.

12. That the player has to be aware about the practice venue as well as time and shall participate in eveyr practice session, as routined by the First Party’s Official coach appointed by the First Party.  The First Party will not be responsible to inform any playing member about the practice schedules. The Player shall be entitled to lunch/refreshments and other amenities, free of cost as provided by the First Party during such practice sessions.

13. That the Player shall join the team on the day fixed by the First Party for local/outstation tournaments/Exhibition matches in which the First Party shall Participate.

14. That Player shall have to attend any promotional programme to be organized either by the First Party or by the Sponsors associated to the First Party.

15. The Player declares that he has not signed or taken any money from any other First Party/or Institution to play for the season 2007-08 and 2008-09.

16. (a) The Player will not indulge into making any uncharitable or offensive comments to any media regarding coach, fellow players and officials of the First Party.  Any grievance in respect of any of the above should be brought to the attention of the Football Manager/Secretary for immediate redressal.

     (b) The Player will not divulge or disclose any of the content of his contract to the media or any fellow players.

 17. (a) The First Party shall have the right to take disciplinary action against the Player in case of violation of any clauses mentioned above or if he is guilty of any misconduct or commits any criminal offense by way of suspension or deduction of money from his remuneration/monthly salary as is decided by the Disciplinary Committee appointed by the First Party.

      (b) Not withstanding anything herein before contained the First Party will be entitled to cancel this agreement and terminate his contract and shall also have the right and option to release the player in the event of any unsatisfactory report arising out of continuing substandard performance and/or indiscipline/misconduct reported by the authorized officials.

18. In the event of any disputes and differences between the parties hereto in respect of this agreement of whatsoever nature the same shall be refer to the arbitration of a arbitrator and the decision of the arbitrator, shall be binding on the parties.

19. This agreement will remain in force for a period of 3 years i.e. 2007-08 and 2008-09 seasons from the date hereof. If, however, the First Party is of the opinion that the service is not satisfactory for any reason or the player commits a breach of any term of this agreement, the First Party will be entitled to terminate this agreement earlier by giving 15 days notice in writing to the player.

20. For any suit or legal proceedings arising out of this agreement only the Courts at Kolkata shall have the jurisdiction for the purpose of this agreement.

21. In the case of the Player playing for his office team at a location beyond the purview of West Bengal, the Player will have to obtain interstate clearance in favour of the First Party. The salary for the Player will be counted from the date of the registration in favour of the First Party.

 

 

 

 

 

 

IT IS FURTHER AGREED UPON

7. In the event of the Player’s consistent and satisfactory performance during the First Party may pay incentive to the Player as is deemed fit.

8. That the Player will liable to pay any dues arising on his account related to Tax, Duty or any other regulatory payment either in India or while traveling abroad on service for the First Party.

9. That the Player shall not play for any other Party or establishment registered or unregistered during his contract period with the First Party.

10. That the Player shall participate in all the tournaments (Domestic & International) and all Exhibition matches in which the First Party shall participate.

11. That the Player shall not participate in any tournament in India for and on behalf of any other Party/Association/Society other than for the First Party unless the First Party allows him to play for any other team, with prior written consent.

12. That the Player has to be aware about the practice venue as well as time and shall participate in every practice session, as routined by the First Party’s Official Coach appointed by the First Party. The First Party will not be responsible to inform any playing member about the practice schedules. The Player shall be entitled to lunch/refreshments and other amenities, free of cost as provided by the First Party during such practice sessions.

13. That the Player shall join the team on the day fixed by the First Party for local/outstation tournaments/Exhibition matches in which the First Party shall Participate.

14. That Player shall have to attend any promotional programme to be organized either by the First Party or by the Sponsors associated to the First Party.

15. The Player declares that he has not signed or taken any money from any other First Party/or Institution to play for the season 2007-08 and 2008-09.

16. (a) The Player will not indulge into making any uncharitable or offensive comments to any media regarding coach, fellow players and officials of the First Party.  Any grievance in respect of any of the above should be brought to the attention of the Football Manager/Secretary for immediate redressal.

     (b) The Player will not divulge or disclose any of the content of his contract to the media or any fellow players.