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Mohun Bagan goes down to Ahal

Mohun Bagan went down to Ahal FK by 0-1 as Enwer scored at 83rd minute. He got into the box from left- and before Tom and Apuia could stop him , his power shot towards far post had beaten Vishal and kissed the net.

Bagan failed to score for at least 4 occasions – as Sahal, Jamie, Jason missed opportunities. An Alberto shot missed target as well.

Tom got booked at the dying moments of the first half that made him shaky in the second half. Liston and Jason double marking also worked well for Ahal. 

Bagan definitely missed a ball distributor. While Ahal played on short passes, Bagan players, in both the wings failed to get past them as the long passes were quickly intercepted. It was Deepak Tangri who was doing well as defensive blocker – but he got injured at the first half and was later replaced by Thapa. Robson replaced Liston, Jamie came in for Kiyan and Bose replaced Abhishek later.

Bose was found struggling as Ahal players had beaten him for four occasions – and at least one of them would have been a goal, had Thapa not cleared it. Sahal was impressive but his misses in the final third became costly.

For match details please follow the link below –

https://www.mohunbaganclub.com/event/mohun-bagan-vs-ahal-fk/

Bagan complete the signings of the cricket squad

Last season didn’t see much success of the Mohun Bagan cricket team. This time, the Mohun Bagan AC management looks determined to turn the wind again in club’s favour under new cricket secretary Mr. Samrat Bhowmick. Mohun Bagan has built quite a strong and balanced side for the ‘2025-26 season, recruiting a good number of seasoned campaigners in the likes of Anustup Majumder, Arindam Ghosh, Prinann Dutta, Rajkumar Pal, Vivek Singh, etc. Abhimanyu Eswaran, Abhishek Raman, Shakir Habib Gandhi, Ishan Porel and Pradipta Pramanick are also very popular names in the local cricket circuit. 

The signing formalities of the squad have been completed yesterday, 10th Sep afternoon. Here, we can to get to see the names and photo of the players together. Hope, the current season will turn out to be a massive success for Mohun Bagan.

Remembering Sailen Manna the great on his birth anniversary (1st Sept, 1924 to 27th Feb, 2012)

Sailendra Nath Manna, better known as Sailen Manna, left Howrah Union in 1942 to join Mohun Bagan Athletic Club and served for an impressive 19 odd years, retiring in 1960. He captained the team for six successive seasons from 1950 to 1955. Remarkably, he never accepted any remuneration from the club, choosing instead to rely solely on his salary from his office Geological Survey of India. It was under his captaincy, Mohun Bagan clinched the first Durand Cup title in 1953 the first Rovers Cup title in 1955. Mohun Bagan and Sailen Manna absolutely became synonymous.

Manna was a crucial member of the Indian Olympics football team thrice 1948, 1952 and 1956. Perhaps, he was skipper of the Indian team at the 1952 Helsinki Olympics. Under Sailen Manna’s captaincy, India won the Gold Medal in the inaugural 1951 Asian Games at New Delhi. He was an indispensable member of the Indian side in 1954 Asian Games too. He was a tough but disciplined defender with great reputation of taking strong free-kicks as well.

In 1953, the England Football Association (FA) rated him among the 10 best skippers of the world in their yearbook. Manna was awarded the Padma Shri in 1971 by the Government of India. He was also awarded the “Footballer of the Millennium” by All India Football Federation (AIFF) in 2000. Sailen Manna was awarded the inaugural “Mohun Bagan Ratna”, the highest honour of the Mohun Bagan AC in 2001. The Drainage Canal Road in his hometown Howrah has been named as Sailen Manna Sarani of late, while the Howrah Maidan is now Sailen Manna Stadium recognising the immortal legend by the West Bengal Government.