www.mohunbaganclub.com donated Rs. 74,600 to the bereaved family of Sanjib Jana. As you know, he died after he fell down from middle tier of Salt Lake Stadium before the start of Federation Cup final of 2008.

 

 www.mohunbaganclub.com donated Rs. 74,600 to  the bereaved family of Sanjib Jana. As you know, he died after he fell down from middle tier of Salt Lake Stadium before the start of Federation Cup final of 2008. The amount was distributed equally among the family members of Sanjib Jana during an occasion held at Jadavpur University. Our member Mr. Haridas Ghosh gave the cheque of Rs. 37300 to Chuni Jana, mother of late Sanjib Jana and Mr. Subir Mukherjee gave the cheque of Rs. 37300 to Sunita Jana, wife of late Sanjib Jana. We collected funds from members of the yahoo group http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/mohunbaganclub. MB supporters from all over the world came forward and lend their helping hand towards us.

We would like to extend our thanks to all members of the Mohun Bagan family who extended their hand of help.

The amount of Rs. 74,600/- may not be very substantial to help the family’s cause, what is important is that all of us joined together and ensured that we contribute in our small way and stand beside this bereaved family in the hour of their need.  A special word of praise and gratitude for our football coach, Mr. Karim Bencherifa who also participated in this noble cause by personally contacting us.  It shows that he is not only a good football coach but also a good human being.

 

 

 

 

The persons who have contributed are:

Kareem Bencherifa (coach, Mohun Bagan Athletic Club)
Dr. Rajshankar Ghosh
Haridas Ghosh
Krishna Ghosh
Subir Mukherjee
Somnath Atta
Sankar Chatterjee
Sidhartha Dey
Devadeep Ghosh
Tridip Sheet
Shiladitya Mitra
Arabinda Bhar
Rajat Subhra Banerjee
Anirudha Mitra
Pratik Mitra
Kaushik Dutta
Arindam Das (collected from his colleagues and friends)
Somak Ghosh
Gourab Goswami (collected from his colleagues and friends)
Debayan Mitra
Sumit Roy
Soumyadeb Sinha
Amitabha Banerjee
Shayan Bhattacharya (along with his father and brother)
Debabrata Chatterjee
Rana Bose
Kallol Kolay
Sudhashil Ghosh
Arnab Dey
Goutam Das
Ramprasad Mitra
Pradip Mukherjee
Samar Roy
Sourav Roy Chowdhury
Srijan
Tathagata Roy
Subrata Kundu
Sabyasachi
Abhik Ray
Nirmalya Maity
Sumit Ghosh
Suman
Joydip
Arindam Roy
Arunabha
Somnath
Arijit Basu
Sambuddha and Sandipan
Apurba Sarkar
Pinaki Bag
Dibyendu Chatterjee
Sobhanmoy Chowdhury,Ananta Ray  & Pavan EVSR
Debraj Chakraborty
Supratim
Somnath Mitra

 

Thanks to Valerian Soccer Foundation for giving us the platform. Valerian Soccer Foundation also donated Rs. 5000, Rs. 2500 each to late Sanjib Jana’s mother and wife.

Meanwhile, Valerian Soccer Foundation launched their bi-lingual Journal “90 Minutes” on different aspects of soccer today in Jadavpur University’s Anita Banerjee Memorial Hall.  Kshiti Goswami(Minister In charge,PWD & Roads,Govt.of West Bengal),Abani Roy (MP,Rajya Sabha),Subrata Dutta(Vice-President,AIFF & IFA), Dr. Shaji Prabhakaran (Director,Vision India & In- charge National Teams,Grass roots,Youth,All India Football Federation),G.C.Das (Football Historian),Debasish Dutta ( Eminent Sports Journalist),Kalyan Majumdar(General Secretary, East Bengal) and Novy Kapadia,renowned football commentator & journalist were also present in this ocassion.  

Thanks to Mr. Angshuman Roy for writing a special article on our effort, for details read http://epaper.timesofindia.com//? and also to other print and electronic media who have highlighted the event.

 

To join our forum, http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/mohunbaganclub

 

 

 

 

MBC.com wishes the football fraternity a very Happy & Prosperous New 2009 ! MBC.com wishes all its visitors and the football fraternity a very happy and prosperous new year. May the year 2009 brings lots of joy and success in all our lives !

Sahu Mewalal, the great footballer passed away last night. He was admitted in the Udburn Block of SSKM hospital. The octogenarian brought India lot of success. He played for Mohun Bagan in 1946. May his soul rest in peace.

BORN: Sahoo Mewalal, the prolific goal getter of Indian football was born on 1-7-1926 at Fort William, Kolkata.

CAREER: He started his carrier under the coaching of Sergeant Burnet of Fort Williams in the Morning Star Club in the year 1937 in right out position and later on switched over to Centre-Forward. In 1938 he scored his first goal against Grear Sporting Club on behalf of Nepier Club and that match was locked 1-1.

FIRST BIG MATCH: He played his first big match on behalf of IFA-X1 against India-X1 in the year1944 defeating India-X1 by 3-2, the wining goal was scored by Sahoo Mewalal.

KOLKATA FOOTBALL LEAGUE CLUBS: Mewalal played for the following (Domestic football) clubs in different seasons.

Aryan Club 1945, again in 1956 – 57
Mohunbagan Club 1946
Eastern Railway 1947 – 1955
B.N.R 1958 

INTERNATIONAL FOOTBALL: He participated in the London Olympic in the year of 1948 (Bare footed) but lost 1 – 2 to France.

Europe Tour: India altogether played four matches. The results are follows:
India Vs Denmark  4 – 1 
India Vs Austria  4 – 1 
India Vs Germany  4 – 1 
India Vs Denmark  1 – 1 
India Vs switzerland 1 – 1 

In those four matches Mewalal netted 6 goals providing his outstanding capibility in scoring goals.

Exhibition Matches in foreign Country:

In the the year 1949, India against Afganistan routing them 8 – 0 .Mewalal scored 4 goals with a hattrick in his credit. Again in the year 1950, India defeated Burma 5 – 1, here too Mewalal scored 3 goals in a row. Against Thailand in the same year India won by 3 – 1, where Mewalal scored one goal.

Asian Games:
In the year 1951 Asian Games, India won gold . Mewalal scored 2 goals against first match against Indonesia (4 – 2). Next match India defeated Afganistan by 3 – 0. Here Mewalal scored one goal. And in the final match India defeated Iran and won gold medel by a lone goal which was scored by Mewalal.

TOP SCORER IN KOLKATA FOOTBALL LEAGUE:

In the erstwhile Calcutta Football League, Mewalal showed his supremacy in scoring goals with immaculate accuracy. He was adjusted "TOP SCORER" for the following years:

1949  32 Goals  
1951  18 Goals 
1953  11 Goals 
1954  29 Goals 
1958 16 Goals 

The table shows how much he was involved and dedicated to football to make it popular and as a result spectators in appreciable number used to rush to the field to witness the skilled football. Mewalal had acrobatic fitness and scored a number goals from "BACK VOLLY"(Bicycle kick) which is rare seen now a days.

He may without any hesitation be declared the best Centre Forward India have ever produced.

He scored 1032 Goals in his career in First Class and National and International Tournament including 32 Hattricks.

COURTESY: WWW.KOLKATAFOOTBALL.COM