Mohun Bagan has given the letter to IFA regarding the incident of yesterday at Yuba Bharati Krirangan by the Chirag United players. Mohun Bagan has a demand for punishment of the Chirag Players, who man handled the referee. Also MB officials want IFA to investigate the power cut during the match at YBK. Chirag also gave letter to IFA for replay but IFA Gen. Sec. Utpal Ganguly has overruled this demand.
The letter of Mohun Bagan to IFA inside of this news.

Dear Sir,

We would like to draw your kind attention to the fiasco which occurred yesterday at the Yuva Bharati Krirangan during the 2nd half of the Sahara Calcutta Football Premier Division League match played between McDowell Mohun Bagan and Chirag United SC. The manner in which Referee Minangshu Bhattacharya was insulted, taunted and manhandled openly in front of the spectators, team officials, match officials and IFA Officials (including your goodself) was shameless and deplorable. We take this opportunity to condemn this unsporting behaviour.

At the same time, we urge IFA to take strong and severe disciplinary action against the players involved. Just a few minutes earlier a goal scored by our Team was disallowed by the Referee but our players accepted and respected this wrong decision sportingly. Many reporters and ex-players have mentioned that this goal was a genuine one.

This incident has been highlighted by all the print and electronic media and has received media attention for all the wrong reasons thereby tarnishing the image of the Calcutta Football League, IFA and other stakeholders. (Newspaper cuttings enclosed for your ready reference).

A similar incident had occurred on 27th February 2010 in a CFL match of this year’s League itself at the same venue between Kingfisher East Bengal and Mohammedan SC when the players of both teams got involved in a free-for-all at the fag end of the match and Referee Biplab Poddar gave marching orders to four players (two players from either team). IFA had taken a tough stand and had initiated appropriate disciplinary action against the offenders. However it seems that mere suspension for a few matches or monetary fine is not enough since similar incident has recurred within a gap of three months.

So, without intending to interfere in your jurisdiction, it is our earnest suggestion for the sake of Football that long-term suspension/ban is considered and onus must also be on the clubs to control their players. Please note that if players of Chirag United SC are not suitably punished for similar type of offence committed by players of Kingfisher East Bengal and Mohammedan SC in the same tournament; IFA would be guilty of both negligence as well as partiality.

We request you to take up this matter on a priority basis and give exemplary punishment to the offenders of yesterday’s match which will act as a deterrent and help preserve the spirit of the game.

Another incident that needs to be mentioned is the floodlight failure in the second half of this match which led to suspension of play by almost half an hour. In this context please note that we had requested IFA to prepone the kickoff time of this match by an hour (from 5 pm to 4 pm) to enable our player Chidi Edeh to board the flight to Lagos via Mumbai since his pregnant wife is critically ill and hospitalized in Lagos (letter dated 24th May 2010 from McDowell Mohun Bagan to IFA enclosed). In the Managers’ Meeting, it was decided and duly documented that kickoff would be at 4:30 pm (document enclosed for your easy reference). However after the meeting, it was notified to us that kickoff would be at 5 pm. This is strict violation of the rules and was done with a vicious motive so that our star striker Chidi would not be able to play full 90 minutes and at the same time he would be looking more at his watch than the opponent’s goal.

We feel that there is a sinister ploy behind the floodlight failure incident. Ultimately Chidi had to be replaced before the match ended, even though he was fit and in good form to play. CAB had appointed an independent committee of experts to find out the facts when floodlights went out at Eden Gardens a few months back during an IPL Twenty-Twenty match. We therefore request you to constitute a similar independent committee of experts, having no member from IFA, Clubs or YBK Stadium, to investigate into yesterday’s occurrence and thereafter to take strong exemplary action against those involved as a preventive measure.

 

Thanking you,
Yours faithfully,
Anjan Kumar Mitra
Hony. General Secretary
McDowell Mohun Bagan

 

 

Bagan pips Chirag 1-0 to claim the Premier League title in an eventful match here on Tuesday. A Edeh chidi penalty converted helped the green and maroon outfit to a victory that ensured they retain the league title and pip Chirag United by 3 point. This is the third season in a row for Bagan for the Premiere League title.

Requiring a dramatic final twist to the most unpredictable of seasons, Bagan would only have retained the title if they had defeated Chirag – and Bagan boys retain the title with a clear 3 points lead over Chirag united. The match was a very eventful one. Bagan started playing attacking football from the very word GO. In the 1st minute Bagan earned a free kick as DU pulled down Barreto. But Joshimar did well to foil the Bagan attack. DU did well to foil Bagan attacks one after another for next 15 minutes. He really did well to stop Bagan from scoring in first 20 mins. Chirag was mostly dependent on counter attacks. Asim and Joshimar kept Deepak and Azim busy. In the 9th minute Sangram saved a Gauranga Dutta shot.But soon, as expected, Chirag players were found playing rough football to spoil Bagan’s rhythm.  In the 30th minute Sueoka almost scored but Sandeep fisted the ball out. Sandeep and DU did well to foil more attacks from the Green and Maroon outfit. In the 38th minute Souvik was booked and in the 41st minute Deepak got a warning as well. Barreto and Chidi were well marked in the ifrst half and 2 minutes were added as the injury time.

      

Sueoka down by Du in the Penalty box, this is penalty                                              Wrestiling by Du & Co. (referee showed double red)

In the second half Bagan started playing more attacking football. But since the 60th minute, there was a massive power and the black out took place for next 25 minute. In the 63rd minute, Souvik Chakraborty scored from a melee after Chidi headed the ball down. Referee Minangshu ruled it in favour of Chirag despite protests from the Nigerian,though he signaled it a goal earlier but suddenly cancelled . Horrible decision!!!!  Soon after, DU pulled Sueoka down inside the box and a penalty was awarded to Bagan. But the chirag players started man handling the referee. Both DU and Debdas got marching orders and Chirag was reduced to 9-men.Chidi converted the penalty to a goal.(1-0). Later both Bagan and Chirag got opportunities to score. Mohanraj, Sangram were also booked by the referee.  Finally the match ended with a high note as bagan retained the title for third time in a row and 29th time in aggregate.

This is the victory of the tradition, Mohun Bagan proved it despite of opposition’s wrestling in the soccer ground. This Chirag United can’t lead ever Bengal soccer. Shame Shame Chirag United !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Teams

Mohun Bagan: Sangram Mukherjee, Surkumar Singh, Deepak Mondal, Shiekh Azim, N. Mohanraj, Rakesh Masih, Ishfaq Ahmed (James Singh, 53rd), Souvik Chakraborty, Ryuji Sueoka, Edeh Chidi (Suraj Mondal, 84th), Jose amirez Barreto (Manish Mathani, 72nd)

Chirag United: Sandip Nandy, R. Dhanarajan, Eduardo Chacon, Arnab Mondal, Subhasish Roy Chowdhury , Denson Devadas, Sankar Oraon (Jayanta Sen 25th, Gouranga Biswas 79th), Gouranga Dutta, Soumik Chakraborty, Ashim Biswas, Joshimar Martins

Referee: Minangshu Bhattacharjee

MoM: Ryuji Sueoka

Bagan’s route to the title –

 01. Oct 21, 2009 (MB) – Kalighat – W 1-0 (1-0) [Shubhojit-1]

Mohun Bagan U-19 has won the iLeague match against JCT U-19 here on Sunday. The first goal was scored in the first half by souvick Chakraborty. It was a long ranger from right. Later, in the second half Dipendu Duari scored the second goal – and that was a long ranger too. Bagan will play Sporting Clube de Goa in the next match