31. July
Guwahati Super Division: Young Amateur Club 0-0 Assam State Electricity Board - Goals: none.
Mumbai Harwood League: Union Bank of India 2-0 Bombay Customs - Goals: 1:0 Supreet Jathana, 2:0 Ryan D'Souza.

Note-1: The disciplinary committee of the Delhi Soccer Association suspended New Delhi Heroes' forward Dharmender Kharola for one year and fined him of Rs 2500. He has been barred from playing anywhere in the country during the period. Kharola had allegedly assaulted linesman C. Ranga Raju during a local league match on July 22. New Delhi Heroes lost that match 0-1 against Youngmen. Earlier, the DSA senior division league sub committee, after considering match referee Julius Ceaser's report, had recommended a two year ban and referred the matter to the disciplinary committee, which halved the ban period.

30. July
Guwahati Super Division: NF Railway SC 2-1 Rising XI - Goals: 1:0 Manish Barman (40'), 1:1 Jageswar Basumatary (52'), 2:1 Sibendra Gayary (90').

29. July
FRIENDLY - Leicester: India 1-0 Bangladesh - Goal: 1:0 Jo Paul Ancheri (12').
In their last match of the tour, India beat Bangladesh 1-0 at Filbert Street, Leicester through a long-ranger from Jo Paul Ancheri in the 12.minute. India started off well in the first quarter of the match, scoring a goal but after that Bangladesh tried to take control in the match but it remained a try as both teams played at times really badly. India were tired after their two tough matches against English opposition, while Bangladesh after five days had still not accustomed totally to the English weather.
India: Virender Singh, Prabhjot Singh, Mahesh Gawli (Tapan Ghosh, 82), Roberto Fernandes, Daljit Singh, Hardip Saini, Jo Paul Ancheri (Jules Alberto, 86), Khalid Jamil(Basudeb Mondal, 49), Renedy Singh (Syed Shabir Pasha, 68), I.M. Vijayan (Bijen Singh, 80), Baichung Bhutia. [CAPTAIN].
Bangladesh: Aminul Haq, Hasan-Al-Mamun (Firoz Mahmud Hossain, 80), Rajani Kanta Burman, Pavel Mohammed, Abu Faysel Ahmed, Motiur Rahman Munna, Iqbal Hussain (Saifur Rehman, 86), Monwar Hossen (Tanvir Chowdury, 74), Mustafa Anwar Pervez, Kanchan Rokonuzaman (Asadur Rehman, 85), Alfaz Ahmed [CAPTAIN].
Referee: Dermot Gallaghar (England).
Attendance: appro. 3,000

Calcutta Super Division: East Bengal 1-1 Mohun Bagan - Goals: 1:0 Carlton Chapman (9'), 1:1 Jose Barreto (35').
Delhi Senior Division - Group A: Indian Air Force 1-0 Mughals SC - Goals: 1:0 Champia.
Delhi Senior Division - Group B: Shahdara FC 5-2 State Bank of India
Guwahati Super Division: Nabojyoti Club 2-0 Guwahati Town Club - Goals: 1:0 Hemanta Kalita (33'), 2:0 Swister Momin (45').
Mumbai Harwood League: Mahindra United 0-0 Central Railway - Goals: none.

28. July
Sorry for no updates in the last few days...
I have been very busy with work with the India/Bangladesh Tour 2000. Regular updates will resume from July 31.
What I forgot to tell earlier was that matchon.com will be having a text broadcast on the India vs Bangladesh match. Here is the link . Sorry but forgot to tell you about that.

Asian Junior (U19) Championships Qualifiers: Pakistan 2-0 India - Goals: 1:0 Shoukar Ali (7'), 2:0 Mohammed Riaz.

Calcutta Super Division: BNR 2-0 Tollygunge Agragami - Goals: 1:0 Subhashish Chakraborty (87'), 2:0 P. Tulsi Rao (89').
Guwahati Super Division: Assam Dynamo Club 4-1 Maharana AC - Goals: 1:0 Girindra Rabha (39'), 2:0 Moses Owira (63'), 2:1 Rabha Uddin Ahmed (66'), 3:1 Jagat Rabha (78'), 4:1 Pabitra Langsung (83').

27. July
Bangalore A Division: Karnataka State Police 1-0 BEL - Goal: 1:0 V. Pradeep (78').
Bangalore A Division: Indian Telephone Industries 1-0 AGORC - Goal: 1:0 Jimmy Mulisa (15').
Calcutta Super Division: George Telegraph 0-0 Mohammedan Sporting - Goals: none.
Guwahati Super Division: NF Railway SC 1-1 Young Amateur Club - Goals: 0:1 Raju Basumatary (17'), 1:1 Prasanta Bharali (66').
Mumbai Harwood League: Central Bank of India 2-0 Bengal Mumbai FC - Goals: 1:0 Philip D'Souza (37'), 2:0 Pratik Nerkar (86').

Note-1: Some top teams of the country including National Football League champions Mohun Bagan, East Bengal, Dempo SC (Goa) and Bombay's Mahindra United and three foreign clubs-one each from Bangladesh, Nepal and Bhutan are expected to vie in the 21st all India Governors' Gold Cup football tournament to be held at Gangtok in Sikkim from October 10 to 22. The Sikkim Football Association president, Mr Tempo Bhutia said in Calcutta today that Mohun Bagan, Tollygunge Agragami, Dempo, Mahindra United, Indian Bank, Services, Williamson Magor Football Academy (Assam), Bangladesh’s Mukkti Joddha and one team eash from Nepal and Bhutan have already confirmed their participation in the 13-day championship. Mr. Bhutia said now efforts were on to rope in McDowell Cup winners East Bengal and Mohammedan Sporting of Calcutta in the tournament to be played at Paljor Namgyal stadium, about 5000 feet over the sea level in the sandy ground. He said the tournament committee has planned to have altogether 18 teams in the latest edition.

26. July
FRIENDLY: West Bromwich Albion 0-0 India - Goals: none.
India showed a much improved display at the Hawthorns against first division West Bromwich Albion compared to Saturday's match against Fulham. In the end India were rather unlucky not to win as the team had better chances then West Brom. The best players on the Indian side were defender Mahesh Gawli, who gave West Brom striker Lee Hughes very little space; Hardeep Saini, who played his heart out; and captain Baichung Bhutia, who used his speed in his runs against the West Brom defenders and nearly scored flying header.
West Brom: Brian Jensen, Des Lyttle, Tony Butler, Matt Carbon, Neil Clement, James Quinn, Jordao, Richard Sneekes, Kesper Rasmussen (James Chambers, 79); Lee Hughes, Bob Taylor.
India: Virender Singh, Prabhjot Singh, Mahesh Gawli, Roberto Fernandes, Daljit Singh, Jo Paul Ancheri, Khalid Jamil (Jules Alberto, 78), Hardeep Saini, Renedy Singh, I.M. Vijayan, Bhaichung Bhutia [CAPTAIN].
Referee: Mick Fletcher.
Attendance: 11,090

Asian Junior (U19) Championships Qualifiers: Sri Lanka 1-2 India - Goals: 1:0 Chathura Maduranga (4'), 1:1 Mohammed Quizar (55'), 1:2 Kumar Sampson Singh (85').

Calcutta Super Division: Mohun Bagan 2-0 Food Corporation of India - Goals: 1:0 Jose Barreto (41'), 2:0 James Singh (58').
Guwahati Super Division: Assam State Electricity Board 2-1 Rising XI - Goals: 1:0 Mathew Maring (42'), 2:0 Joseph (44'), 2:1 Jageswar Basumatary (58').
Guwahati Super Division: Guwahati Town Club 0-0 Maharana AC - Goals: none.

25. July
Calcutta Super Division: East Bengal 2-0 SAIL - Goals: 1:0,2:0 Dipendu Biswas (17',71').
Guwahati Super Division: Assam Dynamo Club 5-1 Nabajyoti Club - Goals: 1:0 Birat Mech (19'), 2:0 Girindra Rava (31'), 3:0,4:1 Pabitra Langsung (38',66'), 3:1 Swister Momin (44'), 5:1 Jagat Rabha (78').
Mumbai Harwood League: Air India 1-0 Bank of India - Goal: 1:0 Taposh Ghosh (60').

24. July
Bangalore A Division: Hindustan Aeronautics SC 5-0 BEL - Goals: 1:0,4:0,5:0 Dayanand (6',45',50'), 2:0 Jaykar (8'), 3:0 Sunil (18').
Bangalore A Division: Government Press 7-0 AGORC
Calcutta Super Division: Mohammedan Sporting 2-1 Eastern Railway - Goals: 0:1 Aslam Parvez [own goal] (47'), 1:1 Amjad Ansari (62'), 2:1 Kasif Jamal (72').
Calcutta Super Division: Tollygunge Agragami 1-0 George Telegraph - Goal: 1:0 Bhabani Mohanty (33').

23. July
Sorry for no updates in the last few days but I am busy with work on the tour. Updates might be irregular from now on.

Bangalore A Division: CIL 1-1 MEG - Goals: 1:0 Saravanan (57'), 1:1 Iruduyaraj (75').
Bangalore A Division: Indian Telephone Industries 1-1 LRDE - Goals: 1:0 Mahendra Mani (49'), 1:1 Solomon Raj (89').
Guwahati Super Division: Assam Dynamo Club 3-0 Young Amateur Club - Goals: 1:0,3:0 Birat Mech (38',70'), 2:0 Moses Owira (43').
Mumbai Harwood League: Bengal Mumbai FC 1-1 RCF - Goals: 1:0 Jagjit Singh (31'), 1:1 Prasenjit Barua (86').

22. July
FRIENDLY: Fulham FC 2-0 India - Goals: 1:0,2:0 Karl-Heinz Riedle (40',79').
In their opening match of their historic tour, India lost 2-0 to Fulham at Craven Cottage, London. Fulham were the superior side but India showed that it is not as weak as predicted bz some so-called experts. Both Fulham goals were scored by former German World Cup winner Karl-Heinz Riedle, who told me (Arunava) after the match that India played quite a good match making it noteasy for the Fulham strikers. Both Baichung and Renedy said that for a first match under new circumstances it was a good match. The best department of the Indian game was the defence!!! All four at the back, Prabhjot, Mahesh, Roberto and Daljit did a brilliant job. CONGRATS INDIA to a good start...
Fulham: Maik Taylor, Steve Finnan, Andy Melville, Chris Coleman, Rufus Brevett (Wayne Collins, 70), Kevin Betsy (Bjarne Goldbaek, 78), Sean Davis, Lee Clark, John Collins, Karl Heinz Riedle, Lois Boa Morte (Luke Cornwall, 65).
India: Virender Singh, Prabhjot Singh, Mahesh Gawli, Roberto Fernandes, Daljit Singh, Jo Paul Ancheri (Khalid Jamil, 88), Basudeb Mondal (Hardeep Sangha, 46), Jules Alberto (Hardeep Saini, 46), Renedy Singh, I.M. Vijayan, Bhaichung Bhutia [CAPTAIN].

Bangalore A Division: MICO 1-1 Telecom - Goals: 1:0 Ashok Junior, 1:1 V.K. Suresh.
Bangalore A Division: United Bangalore 2-1 SAI Centre - Goals: 0:1 Sameer (25'), 1:1 Sendhil Kumar (31'), 2:1 Kumar (86').
Calcutta Super Division: East Bengal 3-0 BNR - Goals: 1:0 Isiaka Awoyemi (22'), 2:0 Dipankar Roy (63'), 3:0 Sheikh Sanjib (90').
Guwahati Super Division: Guwahati Town Club 3-2 Assam State Electricity Board - Goals: 1:0 Lalsang Darlong (27', 1:1,3:2 Utpal Basumatary (51',90'), 2:1 Durga Chetri (73'), 3:1 Tapas Sinha (83').
Guwahati Super Division: NF Railway SC 1-0 Rising XI - Goal: 1:0 Kushal Rajkonwar (44').

21. July
Bangalore A Division: Karnataka State Police 2-0 AGORC - Goals: 1:0 B.V. Pradeep (63'), 2:0 M.J. Anthony (80').
Bangalore A Division: ITI (Jrs) 2-1 ADE - Goals: 1:0 Satish (29'), 1:1 Elangovan (40'), 2:1 Inderjith (83').
Guwahati Super Division: Nabajyoti Club 0-0 Maharana AC - Goals: none.
Mumbai Harwood League: Bank of India 0-0 Central Bank of India - Goals: none.

20. July
Bangalore A Division: MEG 2-0 WAP - Goals: 1:0 Abhay Kumar (22'), 2:0 Ajith (24').
Bangalore A Division: Indian Telephone Industries 3-2 Government Press - Goals: 1:0,3:2 George Ekeh (28',72'), 1:1 Vijay Babu, 1:2 AS Firoze [own goal] (44'), 2:2 Rishi Kapoor (65').
Calcutta Super Division: Mohammedan Sporting 0-0 Tollygunge Agragami - Goals: none.
Calcutta Super Division: SAIL 2-1 Salkia Friends - Goals: 1:0 Biswajit Das [own goal], 1:1 Partha Basu, 2:1 Prasanjit Pal.
Guwahati Super Division: Guwahati Town Club 3-1 NF Railway SC - Goals: 1:0 Jadumoni Tamuly (33'), 2:0 Tapas Sinha (60'), 3:0 Manoj Boro (87'), 3:1 Kushal Rajkonwar (90').

19. July
Sorry for no updates yesterday. I was too busy with the first-ever "Indian Football Supporters Club" Convention at the University College Northampton. The IFSC-members, who were present, discussed ways to help Indian football. I will write more on the results after I fly back to Germany.
The conference on Indian football is today...
Bangalore A Division: Hindustan Aeronautics SC 3-1 Telecom - Goals: 1:0,3:1 Xavier (8',65'), 1:1 Giri (59'), 2:1 D.P. Velu [own goal] (63').
Bangalore A Division: CIL 2-1 MICO - Goals: 0:1 Dayanand (21'), 1:1 Saravana, 2:1 Ramakumar (90').
Calcutta Super Division: East Bengal 2-0 George Telegraph - Goals: 1:0 Anit Ghosh (18'), 2:0 Srikanta Dutta.
Guwahati Super Division: Young Amateur 1-0 Maharana AC - Goal: 1:0 Dulal Gogoi (37').
Mumbai Harwood League: Mahindra United 3-2 Bengal Mumbai FC - Goals: 0:1 Surendra Pal Singh (12'), 1:1 Abbas Ali Rizvi (15'), 2:1 Naushad Moosa (70'), 2:2 Jagjit Singh (72'), 3:2 Nitin Pradhan (85').

18. July
Bangalore A Division: LRDE 2-0 United Bangalore - Goals: 1:0 Solomon Raj (49'), 2:0 Mahendran (90').
Bangalore A Division: BEL 1-1 ADE - Goals: 0:1 Christopher (40'), 1:1 Arun Kumar (70').
Calcutta Super Division: Mohun Bagan 2-0 Eastern Railway - Goals: 1:0 Sumit Sengupta (35'), 2:0 R.C. Prakash (87').
Delhi Senior Division - Group A: Mughals SC 2-0 Royal Rangers - Goals: 1:0 RAjesh Arya (25'), 2:0 Rajesh Sundriyal (37').
Delhi Senior Division - Group A: Shahdara FC 4-0 Moonlight Club
Delhi Senior Division - Group B: Youngsters 2-1 Simla Young - Goals: 0:1 Dhillon (20'), 1:1 Prem Lal, 2:1 Devash Kaushik.
Guwahati Super Division: Nabajyoti Club 1-0 Assam Dynamo Club - Goal: 1:0 Hemanta Kalita (36').

Note-1: Union minister of state for telecommunications Tapan Sikdar announced donation of Rs 40 lakh from his local area development fund for development of football in West Bengal. The funds would be utilised for upgrading four soccer grounds and organising permanent camps for budding footballers in North 24 Parganas district, Sikdar told a press conference here. "After completion of two years of coaching, the economically weaker players will be offered residential facilities in the neighbourhood," the minister said, adding "they will also be provided grants for pursuing their studies". The camps, the first of which would be inaugurated by union minister of state for sports Shahnawaz Hussain on July 22, would be organised under the aegis of Dum Dum Vivekananada Sporting Sports Foundation.

17. July
I hope you all like the new design of the indianfootball.com index site!
01:00 CET: Later today, I'm flying over from Duesseldorf, Germany to London-Heathrow, England for the IFSC Convention/Conference at Northampton and the national team tour.
14:00 GMT: I'm at the University College Northampton now...

Bangalore A Division: MEG 3-0 SAI Centre - Goals: 1:0,3:0 Abhay Kumar (10',89'), 2:0 Manoj (78').
Bangalore A Division: AGORC 4-1 ITI (Jrs) - Goals: 0:1 Inderjith (27'), 1:1 Venu (32'), 2:1 Mohan Maran (40'), 3:1,4:1 Raju (44',86').
Calcutta Super Division: Mohammedan Sporting 4-0 Salkia Friends - Goals: 1:0 Amjad Ansari (8'), 2:0,3:0 Kasif Jamal (34',73'), 4:0 Bastab roy (76').
Calcutta Super Division: Tollgunge Agragami 1-0 Food Corporation of India - Goal: 1:0 Bhabani Mohanty (42').
Guwahati Super Division: Rising XI 1-0 Assam State Electricity Board - Goal: 1:0 Manoj Mali (84').

Note-1: Just hours before leaving for England, the the final India squad was announced. The players left out were Mohammed Najeeb from Mahindra United, Mumbai and Delhi's Hindustan Club goalkeeper Vikrant Sharma. India's only overseas player Baichung Bhutia will be the captain of the squad
SQUAD - Goalkeepers: Virender Singh (Mahindra United), Prasanta Dora (Tollygunge Aggragami), Sandeep Nandy (Mohun Bagan); Defenders: Hussain Mustafi (Mohun Bagan), Prabhjot Singh (JCT Mills), Daljit Singh (JCT Mills), Roberto Fernandes (Salgaocar), Mahesh Gawli (Churchill Brothers), Tapan Ghosh (Mahindra United); Midfielders: Basudeb Mondal (Mohun Bagan), Renedy Singh (East Bengal), Jules Alberto (Salgaocar), Hardip Sangha (JCT Mills), Hardip Saini (JCT Mills), Jo Paul Ancheri (FC Kochin), Khalid Jamil (Air India); Forwards: I.M. Vijayan (FC Kochin), Bhaichung Bhutia (Bury FC, England; CAPTAIN), Bijen Singh (East Bengal), Hardeep Gill (JCT Mills), Francis Silveira (Churchill Brothers), Syed Shabir Pasha (Indian Bank).
OFFICIALS - Chief coach: Sukhwinder Singh; Assistant coach: Krishnaji Rao; Technical director: P.K. Banerjee; Team doctor: Dr. Sajeeb Kumar Nandi.

16. July
Bangalore A Division: Indian Telephone Industries 3-0 Telecom - Goals: 1:0,3:0 Jimmy Musila (19',78'), 2:0 Rishi Kapoor (75').
Bangalore A Division: Karnataka State Police 1-0 CIL - Goal: 1:0 Mageshwaran (69').
Delhi Senior Division - Group A: Delhi Police 0-0 Hans Club - Goals: none.
Delhi Senior Division - Group B: Youngmen SC 4-0 Goan Sports Club - Goals: 1:0,4:0 Aftab Ashraf (10',60'), 2:0 Pardeep (45'), 3:0 Bhupinder Negi (47').
Guwahati Super Division: Guwahati Town Club 3-1 Young Amateur Club - Goals: 0:1 Raju Basumatary (2'), 1:1 Jadumoni Tamuli (42'), 2:1 Navajyoti Baruah (59'), 3:1 Durga Chetri (90').
Guwahati Super Division: NF Railway SC 2-0 Nabajyoti Club - Goals: 1:0 Manish Barman (27'), 2:0 Duleswar Rabha (82').

Note-1: The Hindustan Times reports from Calcutta that coach Mohammed Habib quit Mohammedan Sporting and left for Hyderabad in a huff, citing official interference as reason. His sudden departure yesterday comes exactly one week after Mohammedan Sporting went down fighting to Mohun Bagan in the McDowell Cup semi-finals. More importantly, it happened three days after the black-and-white brigade began the Super Division league with a 2-3 loss to FCI. Habib had taken charge before the second division of the National Football League and after quitting the Tata Football Academy late last year.

15. July
Bangalore A Division: United Bangalore 1-0 ADE - Goal: 1:0 Senthil Kumar (15').
Bangalore A Division: LRDE 1-0 WAP - Goal: 1:0 Edwin George (7').
Delhi Senior Division - Group A: City Club 2-1 Garhwal Heroes
Delhi Senior Division - Group A: Mughals SC 0-0 Indian Nationals FC - Goals: none.
Delhi Senior Division - Group B: Shastri FC 1-1 Moonlight Club
Delhi Senior Division - Group B: New Delhi Heroes 1-1 Simla Young
Guwahati Super Division: Assam Dynamo Club 1-0 Rising XI - Goal: 1:0 Girinder Rabha (45').
Mumbai Harwood League: Air India 4-4 United Bank of India - Goals: 1:0 Supreet Jathana (11'), 1:1 Herbert Philip (36'), 1:2 Narendra Meetei, 2:2,3:3 Ryan D'Souza (60',70'), 2:3 Radhakrishna Dubey (63'), 3:4 Tomba Singh (71'), 4:4 Valentine Fernandes (90').

14. July
Bangalore A Division: Government Press 1-1 MICO - Goals: 1:0 Venkatesh (49'), 1:1 Dayananand (72').
Bangalore A Division: CIL 2-0 BEL - Goals: 1:0 Prakasam (25'), 2:0 Saravana (49').
Calcutta Super Division: Mohun Bagan 2-0 SAIL - Goals: 1:0 Jose Barreto (59'), 2:0 James Singh (79').
Calcutta Super Division: Mohammedan Sporting 2-0 BNR - Goals: 1:0 Abdul Khalique (55'), 2:0 Nazimul Haque (71').
Calcutta Super Division: Eastern Railway 3-1 Salkia Friends - Goals: 1:0,2:0 Prasanta Ghosh, 3:0 Manoj Sarkar, 3:1 Debu Naskar.
Calcutta Super Division: George Telegraph 2-1 Food Corporation of India - Goals: 0:1 Saikat Mondal, 1:1 S. Ghosh, 2:1 S. Chatterjee.
Delhi Senior Division - Group A: Delhi Police 2-0 Royal Rangers - Goals: 1:0 Abdul Mutalif (58'), 2:0 Balwan Singh (68').
Delhi Senior Division - Group A: Hans Club 1-0 Collegians FC - Goal: 1:0 Anil Peter (22').
Delhi Senior Division - Group B: Shahdara FC 4-2 Tarun Sangha - Goals: 0:1,0:2 Shyam Jena (2',12'), 1:2 Chaman Bhandari (30'), 2:2 Pramod Rawat (31'), 3:2,4:2 Osmon John Ekka (56',60').
Guwahati Super Division: Assam State Electricity Board 5-0 Maharana AC - Goals: 1:0,2:0,3:0,4:0 Utpal Basumatary, 5:0 ?.

13. July
Bangalore A Division: Hindustan Aeronautics SC 4-0 Indian Telephone Industries (Jrs) - Goals: 1:0 Dayanand (8'), 2:0 Xavier (9'), 3:0,4:0 Sunil (46',78').
Bangalore A Division: Karnataka State Police 4-1 Telecom - Goals: 0:1 Kadiravan (40'), 1:1,4:1 Shyam Kumar (56',88'), 2:1,3:1 B.V. Pradeep (73', 76').
Guwahati Super Division: NF Railway SC 1-0 Young Amateurs - Goal: 1:0 Prasanta Bharali (89').
Guwahati Super Division: Guwahati Town Club 2-1 Nabajyoti Club - Goals: 1:0 Durga Chetri (12'), 1:1 Hemanta Kalita (31'), 2:1 Lalsana Darlong (85').

Note-1: The Gomantak Times, Goa reports that Dempo SC have been directed to pay Rs 120,000 to Salgaocar SC by the players status committee jury of appeal at a hearing held recently. The dispute arose over the transfer of goalkeeper Upendra Man Singh, the Nepali recruit who switched sides from Salgaocar to Dempo in the 1999-2000 season. Upendra Man Singh acordding to sources had entered into a contract with Salgaocar SC which was valid till 1999-2000 and was executed much before the present transfer of rules came into force. The contract however was executed and registered with Goa Football Association. The services of Upendra were availed off by Dempo for the National Football League of 1999-2000 season. Singh turned out for Dempo for the three matches in the league. Salgaocar raised the contention that they had a contract with the player for 1999-2000 season and were entitled to the transfer fees from Dempo SC. Dempo SC argued that they had already paid the player and further contended the services of the player were not required by Salgaocar, following which they availed of his presence in the team. Salgaocar SC have demanded that the club be paid Rs 240,000 as transfer fees. The jury of appeal which consisted of among others former Jugde Francisco Tavora, former mamlatdar Armando Barbosa and industralist Noel da Lima Leitao, found the figure of Rs 240,000 is too high and instead directed Dempo to pay their arch rivals half of the amount. Dempo SC officials who were present for the hearing have informed the committee that they will inform their management about the committee decision and accordingly act on the jury's appeals verdict. Salgaocar have objected to the transfers of Habib Adenkule and S. Venkatesh to Mahindra United besides Satish Kumar and Rishi Kapoor of ITI and have demanded transfer fees from the Mumbai and Bangalore clubs.
Meanwhile Indian captain for the England bound team Baichung Bhutia has demanded that age old system of inter club and inter state transfers should be scrapped and the latest transfer rules governing players implemented in the country.

12. July
Bangalore A Division: SAI Centre 1-1 LRDE - Goals: 1:0 Ismail (13'), 1:1 Mahendran (50').
Bangalore A Division: AGORC 1-1 CIL - Goals: 0:1 Sampath Jr (43'), 1:1 Ramamurthy (69').
Calcutta Super Division: Tollygunge Agragami 3-0 SAIL - Goals: 1:0,2:0 Bhabani Mohanty (49',82'), 3:0 Laltu Das (86').
Guwahati Super Division: Rising XI 1-0 Maharana AC - Goals: 1:0 Joy Prakash Basumatary (85').

Note-1: In a step aimed at promoting football and gain national and international recognition through world's most popular game, television giant Zee TV has formed a strategic tie-up with Goa's leading football club, Churchill Brothers. At a press conference at Panaji, Managing Director Vijay Jindal and vice chairman of Zee TV Satish Menon declared the birth of Zee Churchill Brothers Company which has been the result of the high profile amalgamation. The press conference addressed in the presence of former Chief Minister and Churchill Brothers patron Churchill Alemao also mooted the company's plans to set up a sports channel exclusively to give exposure to football.

11. July
Bangalore A Division: Indian Telephone Industries 1-0 BEL - Goal: 1:0 Jimmy Mulisa (3').
Bangalore A Division: ADE 2-0 WAP - Goals: 1:0 Joseph (13'), 2:0 Christopher (54').
Calcutta Super Division: Food Corporation of India 3-2 Mohammedan Sporting - Goals: 0:1 Abdul Khalique (14'), 0:2 Kasif Jamal (19'), 1:2 Swarup Das, 2:2 Supratik Ain, 3:2 Amar Pyne.
Calcutta Super Division: Eastern Railway 1-0 BNR - Goal: 1:0 Sovanlal Chakraborty (70')..
Calcutta Super Division: George Telegraph 1-1 Salkia Friends
Delhi Senior Division - Group A: Garhwal Heroes 1-1 Mughals SC - Goals: 0:1 Navender Bisht (28'), 1:1 Vijay Pal Singh (58').
Delhi Senior Division - Group B: Youngmen SC 3-0 Youngsters - Goals: 1:0,2:0 Sanjiv Sharma, 3:0 Ramesh Rawat.
Delhi Senior Division - Group B: Shastri FC 0-0 Simla Young - Goals: none.
Delhi Senior Division - Group B: Goan Sports Club 0-2 Sahadara FC - Goals: 0:1 Promod Rawat, 0:2 Manoj.
Guwahati Super Division: Assam Dynamo Club 2-0 Assam Electricity Board - Goals: 1:0 Girinder Rabha (26'), 2:0 Naresh Chetri (48').

Note-1: Doordarshan will telecast live the three matches the Indian soccer team will play in England on July 22, 26 and 29. These matches will be telecast on Doordarshan's Sports Channel and National network (DD-1). The telecast schedule:
July 22: India vs Fulham FC in London -- 1930-2130 hrs DD-Sports.
July 26: India vs West Bromwich Albion Club in the West Midlands -- 2330-0130 hrs DD-1 and DD-Sports.
July 29: India vs Bangladesh in Birmingham -- 1830-2030 hrs DD-Sports.

10. July
Bangalore A Division: Indian Telephone Industries (Jrs) 1-1 Telecom - Goals: 1:0 Satish Elangovan (42'), 1:1 Saravana (57').
Bangalore A Division: AGORC 1-0 MICO - Goal: 1:0 Venu (30').
Guwahati Super Division: Nabajyoti Club 5-1 Young Amateurs Club - Goals: 0:1 Padem Boro (5'), 1:1,2:1,3:1,5:1 Hemanta Kalita (38',39',41',86'), 4:1 Swister Momin (77').

McDowell's Cup - Final: Mohun Bagan 0-1 East Bengal - Goals: 0:1 Anit Ghosh (45').
East Bengal won their third McDowell's Cup trophy.
East Bengal: Shanti Ranjan Majumdar, Sur Kumar Singh, Deepak Mondal, Jackson Egypong, Ratan Singh, Carlton Chapman, Isiaka Awoyemi (Ragui Singh), Anit Ghosh, Dipankar Roy (Chandan Das), Dipendu Biswas, Srikanta Dutta (Sheikh Sanjib).
Mohun Bagan: Bibash Ghosh, Amitava Chanda, Shib Shankar Santra, M Suresh, Lolendra Singh, James Singh, Dulal Biswas, Debjit Ghosh, RC Prakash (Amar Ganguly), Jose Barreto, Joao dos Santos.

9. July
Bangalore A Division: Karnataka State Police (Srs) 3-1 Government Press - Goals: 1:0 Shyam Kumar (3'), 2:0 Sampath Kumar (16'), 3:0 B.V. Pradeep (19'), 3:1 Vijay Babu (34').
Bangalore A Division: Hindustan Aeronautics SC 3-0 United Bangalore - Goals: 1:0 Sunil (37'), 2:0 Jaiker (47'), 3:0 Xavier.
Guwahati Super Division: Guwahati Town Club 3-1 Rising XI - Goals: 1:0 Nabajyoti Baruah (30'), 2:0,3:0 Tapash Sinha (43',47'), 3:1 Indra Basumatary.

8. July
Bangalore A Division: BEL 3-2 AGORC - Goals: 1:0 Prabhuraj (11'), 1:1 Muthuraj (44'), 1:2 Venu (65'), 2:2 Mahesh (73'), 3:2 Shiva Prasad (89').
Bangalore A Division: ADE 2-1 SAI Centre - Goals: 0:1 Ismail (44'), 1:1 Benedict (51'), 2:1 Satish Kumar (56').
Calcutta Super Division: Food Corporation of India 1-0 Salkia Friends - Goal: 1:0 Dipankar Chakraborty (8').
Guwahati Super Division: Assam State Electricity Board 2-1 NF Railway SC - Goals: 1:0 Mathew Maring (26'), 1:1 Shyam Bandhu Singh (28'), 2:1 Sibendra Gayari (73').
Mumbai Harwood League: Air India 2-0 Bombay Customs - Goals: 1:0 Radhakrishna Dubey, 2:0 Tomba Singh.

McDowell's Cup - Semifinal: Mohun Bagan 4-3 Mohammedan Sporting (golden Goal) - Goals: 1:0,3:1,4:3 Jose Barreto (22',45',91'), 2:0 R.C. Prakash (22'), 2:1,3:2,3:3 Nazimul Haque (44',52',53').
Mohun Bagan won a thriller against Mohammedan Sporting with a golden Goal from their Brazilian recruit Barreto. In the match Bagan's Barreto as well Sporting's Nazimul Haque scores three goals.

Note-1: National Football League team, Vasco Sports Club will be sponsored by the Arlem Brewery group from this season. This was jointly announced by Vijay Chowgule, managing director of Arlem Breweries and Vinod Parkot, president of the club at a press conference. The sponsorship deal was finalised a week ago, disclosed Savio Messias, secretary of Vasco Club and Mr Chowgule was presented the pin and the flag of the club today. "The amount of sponsorship is being kept close to the chest," remarked Mr Chowgule when he was asked about the quantum of financial assistance. "The amount is substantial and the deal is a long term deal. Both will benefit from the association since football is a truly Goan sport," disclosed Mr Chowgule.

7. July
Bangalore A Division: Telecom 2-0 Madras Engineering Group - Goals: 1:0 V.K. Suresh (19'), 2:0 Kaderivan (54').
Bangalore A Division: LRDE 5-3 CIL - Goals: 1:0 Vinod (5'), 2:0,3:2 Edwin George (45',60'), 2:1 Prakasam (50'), 2:2 Ramakumar (57'), 4:2 Anthony (68'), 4:3 Murugan (79'), 5:3 Murthy (88').
Calcutta Super Division: BNR 2-0 SAIL - Goals: 1:0,2:0 Subhashish Chakraborty.
Calcutta Super Division: George Telegraph 1-0 Eastern Railway - Goal: 1:0 Lalvullaiya.
Guwahati Super Division: Assam Dynamo Club 2-1 Maharana AC - Goals: 1:0 Birat Mech (13'), 1:1 Anuj Gogoi (28'), 2:1 Pabitra Langsung (62').
Mumbai Harwood League: Central Railway 3-1 Union Bank of India

McDowell's Cup - Semifinal: East Bengal 1-0 Tollygunge Agragami - Goal: 1:0 Dipendu Biswas (11').
East Bengal today got revenge for their penalty shoot-out defeat against Tollygunge Agragami in last years final. The all-important goal was scored by Dipendu Biswas in the 10.minute of the match. After being in the headlines for problems with his transfer from Mohun Bagan to East Bengal, Dipendu hit the headlines again for his footballing skills.
East Bengal: Shanti Ranjan Majumder, Sur Kumar Singh, Jackson Egypong, Deepak Mondal, Ratan Singh, Carlton Chapman (Ragui Singh), Isiaka Awoyemi, Anit Kumar Ghosh (Srikanta Dutta), Chandan Das, Dipendu Biswas, Andriy Malchevsky (Sheikh Sanjib).
Tollygunge: Hemanta Dora, Reazul Mustafa, Satyabrata Bhowmick (Kuntal Chakraborty), Madhusudan Mazumder, Biswajit Chatterjee, Sandip Das (Naresh Mann), Ali Reza (Soumitra Chakraborty), Felix Abayomi, Sasthi Duley, Bhabani Mohanty, Abdullatif Seriki.

6. July
The month of July has come and it might be the most important month for the future of Indian football. I have worked on, with the kind help from my Indian friends Bijon Chatterji and Kristian Joshi here in Germany, the Indian National Team Tour to England 2000 Site . Have a look! At the moment only infos are available were one can buy tickets for the three matches and a download text-version of the Indian National Anthem, so one could learn it properly ahead of the matches!!! Later the site will contain match previews and reports, player and officials profiles, and a picturegallery.
Also the site on the jersey sales has been totally redone, with a picture of Baichung with the jersey now online under Jersey Site .

Bangalore A Division: Indian Telephone Industries (Srs) 1-0 Wheel and Axle Plant - Goal: 1:0 Jimmy Musila (74').
Bangalore A Division: Hindustan Aeronautics SC 4-0 Government Press - Goals: 1:0 Xavier (34'), 2:0,4:0 Dayanand (48',74'), 3:0 Satish (59').
Guwahati Super Division: Rising XI 2-1 Nabajyoti Club - Goals: 0:1 Hemanta Kalita (11'), 1:1,2:1 Indra Basumatary (67',86').
McDowell's Cup - Group B: Mohammedan Sporting 4-1 Food Corporation of India - Goals: 1:0 Nazimul Haque (47'), 1:1 Amal Pyne (58'), 2:1,3:1,4:1 Abdul Khalique (66',82',89').

Note-1: Netguruindia.com reports from Calcutta, that the ongoing McDowell Cup football tournament will be the last one before the United Breweries pulls out from sponsorship of the season opening tournament. The reason, the company went virtually without publicity the past five years.
The Bangalore-based corporate house had signed a five-year deal with the Indian Football Association and was promised adequate coverage both in print and electronic media. The IFA, in turn, had struck a deal with ESPN for the television coverage of the tournament. As per the deal struck between the IFA and the liquor giant, each year Rs 2.2 million would be paid as sponsorship money to run the tournament.
Having struck a double deal successfully, the IFA mandarins decided to sit back and enjoy life dreaming of an overflowing coffers. The first hint of trouble started when ESPN failed to show the games live after having its priority changed as far as Indian football was concerned. Nonetheless, it paid the money as per the contract.
The IFA tried to reason with the TV-company without much success. Meanwhile the sponsor began to pressurise the IFA for the fulfilment of its contractual obligations. After an acrimonious separation, the IFA landed in further trouble when the TV-company managed to block any other TV-company undertaking coverage of the meet. This was a big blow for the IFA indeed!
Finding its hands tied, the IFA had managed to prevail upon the liquor giant to continue its sponsorship as per the contract. Till last year the IFA received the promised sponsorship amount. But this year the amount was reduced to Rs 1.7 million. At the beginning of the next year, the IFA would be in a position to undertake fresh negotiations to bag a new sponsor and more money. But the poor track record of the IFA in failing to clear the mess it got into in the last five years would weigh heavily on new sponsors. The IFA introduced this tournament with good intentions but ultimately it turned out to be an unwanted baby. What is in store for this tournament next season? Only time will tell.

Note-2: GERMANY will host the 2006 World Cup!!!
I live in Remscheid, a small town in western Germany, in whose peripherie of 50 KMs there are five stadiums were matches of the 2006 World Cup will be held. For me a dream has become true. I will be able to see World Cup matches in front of my doorstep!!!
An even bigger dream would be to see India in Germany at the 2006 World Cup but I know that this dream is not very realistic. But dreams are there to have...

5. July
Bangalore A Division: Karnataka State Police 4-0 MICO - Goals: 1:0 Magheswaran (26'), 2:0 Sampath Kumar (33'), 3:0 Shanth Kumar (72'), 4:0 Anthony Raj (83').
Bangalore A Division: SAI Centre 1-1 BEL - Goals: 0:1 Shiva Prasad (5'), 1:1 Ismail (60').
Guwahati Super Division: Assam State Electricity Board 4-1 Young Amateurs - Goals: 0:1 Sajal Seal (7'), 1:1,3:1 Joseph Lalnunzira (15',54'), 2:1 Royal Mirdha [own goal] (47'), 4:1 Utpal Basumatary (67').
McDowell's Cup - Group A: Mohun Bagan 0-0 Tollygunge Agragami - Goals: none.

4. July
Bangalore A Division: LRDE 4-3 ITI (Jrs) - Goals: 1:0 Somesh (37'), 2:0 Satish Elangovan (39'), 3:0 Indrajith (49'), 3:1 Illyas (52'), 3:2,3:3 Saravanan Lokesh (59',68'), 3:4 Edwin George (60').
Bangalore A Division: AGORC 2-2 ADE - Goals: 0:1 Joseph (26'), 1:1 Shashidhar (32'), 2:1 Venu (43'), 2:2 Gopal (65').
Guwahati Super Division: Assam Dynamo Club 3-1 Guwahati Town Club - Goals: 1:0 Jagat Rabha (30'), 1:1 Nabajyoti Baruah (40'), 2:1,3:1 Birat Mech (65',67').
Guwahati Super Division: NF Railway SC 2-1 Maharana AC - Goals: 1:0 Dulleswar Rabha, 2:0 Kamala Kanta Singh, 2:1 Manoj Boro.
McDowell's Cup - Group B: East Bengal 2-0 Mohammedan Sporting - Goals: 1:0 Sheikh Sanjeeb (72'), 2:0 Ragui Singh (84').

3. July
Bangalore A Division: Madras Engineering Group 1-1 BEL - Goals: 0:1 Bharatidasan (15'), 1:1 Sajith Kumar (21').
Bangalore A Division: Government Press 2-1 Telecom - Goals: 1:0 Venkatesh (7'), 2:0 Sampath Kumar (11'), 2:1 Kadiravan (27').
Guwahati Super Division: Nabajyoti Club 1-2 Assam State Electricity Board - Goals: 1:0 Singh Ranghang, 1:1 Joseph Lalnunzira (48'), 1:2 Subir Goswami (90').
Guwahati Super Division: Young Amateur 0-0 Rising XI - Goals: none.
McDowell's Cup - Group A: Tollygunge Agragami 0-0 Calcutta Port Trust - Goals: none.

2. July

Bangalore A Division: Hindustan Aeronautics SC 6-0 Wheel and Axle Plant - Goals: 1:0,3:0 Sunil (5',25'), 2:0 Satish (21'), 4:0 Paramesh (38'), 5:0 Jayakar (51'), 6:0 Murali (86').
Bangalore A Division: Indian Telephone Industries (Srs) 5-0 CIL - Goals: 1:0 Santosh Kumar (54'), 2:0 Yousuf Mohammed (59'), 3:0 Pralad Singh Rawat (60'), 4:0,5:0 Kim Soo Hyun (77',87').
Guwahati Super Division: Assam Dynamo Club 2-1 NF Railways SC - Goals: 0:1 Duleswar Rabha (15'), 1:1,2:1 Moses Owira (33',76').
McDowell's Cup - Group B: East Bengal 1-0 Food Corporation of India - Goal: 1:0 Chandan Das (82').

1. July
Bangalore A Division: Karnataka State Police 3-1 SAI Centre - Goals: 1:0,2:0,3:0 Shyam Kumar (55',57',71'), 3:1 Hidayatullah Sharief (89').
Bangalore A Division: Madras Engineering Group 1-1 ADE - Goals: 0:1 Anthony Joseph (30'), 1:1 Ajith Kumar (85').
Guwahati Super Division: Guwahati Towns Club 1-1 Maharana AC - Goals: 0:1 Rakesh Basumatary (51'), 1:1 Hariswar Rabha (85').
McDowell's Cup - Group A: Mohun Bagan 4-1 Calcutta Port Trust - Goals: 1:0 Joao dos Santos (1'), 2:0,4:0 Lorendra Singh (8',41'), 3:0 James Singh (26'), 4:1 Sujit Dey (72').
Mumbai Harwood League: Mahindra United 6-0 Bombay Customs - Goals: 1:0 Manjit Singh (30'), 2:0 Ali Abbas Rizvi (34'), 3:0 Shamshi Raza, 4:0 Ramesh Razzak, 5:0 Raman Vijayan, 6:0 Aqueel Ansari.