Satish Kumar Jr. is a new recruit from HAL. The boy has a lot of promise and comes from the land of Arumanaigam, Ulaganathan.

Satish Kumar was born into a family of limited means in Gouthampuram, a nursery of Bangalore football. His father, Janardhan, an HAL ex-player died on a heart attack when Satish wasn’t even born. His mother struggled a lot to raise the family of 2 brothers and a sister. Some of his cousins, who are staying at the same locality were footballers and encourage him play. Also, his mother always encouraged his game. His elder brother, Karthigayen too plays for HAL.

How did he join Mohun Bagan – Joy Dada (no no Calcutta downot have a direct Volvo to Begaluru, its our very own Joy Kandu) came during I-League 2nd division final round at Bangalore. He met me after the match, called me in his hotel, and offered me to play for Bagan. Around 10 days back I signed on a formal aggrement.

On his chance of getting in the first 11 – I’ll give my best performace in the practice sessions, impress the coach, and hopefully he’ll give me a chance to perform. I am comfortable playing in the right and left half positions. In the final round I-League 2nd division matches, I played as a striker and scored many goals.
I am seeking help from Arumanaigam, Ulaganathan, R C Prakash about playing in Kolkata. They are like my gurdian and providing valuable tips. It is not only about playing a nice game, scoring also matters.

On Coach Stanley who also hails from Bangalore – I do not know him personally, he coached MEG (Madras Engineering Group), a super division team from Bangalore for several years. Since is out of Bangalore for few seasons, it is difficult for him to keep tab on the local football scene. I look forward to play under his guidance.

Past teams
– Southern Blues 05/06
– LRDE  06/07 to 07/08
– HAL 08/09 to 09/10

On his former team – learned several things, coach and senior players including Xavier Vijay Kumar guided me every time. There’s nothing wrong about HAL, but one needs to move on and take challenges in life. Mohun Bagan is a big institution, I am glad to be a part of it.

 

Story: Subhojyoti Banerjee (http://gardencitysoccerstars.blogspot.com)

The Mariners have got a new bunch of boys to don the famous Green & Maroon for the season 2010-11. The team was announced this afternoon at the maidan tent. Honour of being the captainhas been bestowed on Ishfaq Ahmed. The new team is a welcome mix of old and new.

The team:

Goalies

1. Sangram Mukherjee

2. Shilton Paul

3. Proloy Dutta

4. Sudipto Banerjee (Railway FC/ MB Academy – U19)

 

 

 

Central Defense

1. Sk. Azim

2. Sagram Mandi

3. Karan Atwal

4. Kingshuk Debnath (Chirag United SC)

5. Rahul Kumar (Pune FC)

6. Asian Quota

Side-Backs

1. Surkumar Singh (India Camp)

2. Habibur Rahaman Mandal

3. Biswajit Saha

4. Parminder Singh (U19)

5. Dhanarajan R (Chirag United SC)

6. Nagimuddin Mollick (Tollygunje)

7. Suman Dutta (Peerless)

Mid Field

1. Ishfaq Ahmed (Captain)

2. Rakesh Masih

3. Snehasish Chakrabarty

4. Manish Mathani

5. Souvik Chakraborty (MB Academy)

6. Dipendu Dowary (MB Academy – U19)

7. Jayanta Sen (Chirag United SC)

8. Sk. Jewel Raja (Dempo)

9. Gouranga Dutta (Chirag United SC)

10. Satish Kumar (Jr.) (HAL)

11. Santosh Oraon (Railway FC)

12.Surabuddin Mollick (Mohammedan AC)

Forwards

1. Jose Marcio Barreto Ramires

2. Chidi Edeh

3. Muritala Ali (Mahindra United)

4. Ashim Biswas (Chirag United SC)

5. Jagtar Singh (TFA)

6. Jacken Sebastian (Malabar United)

Coaching Team

1. Stanley Rozario H

2. Hemanta Dora

 HAVE A GREAT SEASON BOYS!!

It is absolute tragic exit for U-19 Mohun Bagan from U-19 I-League this year. They had to win the last match against Sporting Clube de Goa, but they managed to draw only by 1-1 at their own ground. Lalam Puia of Mariners scored earlier but Pritam of Sporting equalized it and secure the ticket of Final.

Mohun Bagan defeated JCT by 2-0 in the last match but Sporting defeated JCT by 4-2 and increased goal average. That is why Mariners boys had to win the match against the Goan outfit. But the match ended in a 1-1 draw and Sporting de Goa U-19 reached to the final by better goal average.

MBSFA boy Captain Souvik Chakraborty  lead well to his team. Specially he was leading from the front and accumulate the attack for mariners.

However, MBSFA boys,who were in the name of Mohun Bagan u-19  have shown a great temperament and made a lot supporters hopeful for the future of the academy and the club.