31. March
5.National League - Calcutta: Mohun Bagan AC - JCT Mills - Goals: 0:1 Sukhjit Singh (27'), 0:2 Hardip Gill (39'), 1:2 Lorendra Singh (56'), 2:2 Amar Ganguly (77').
Mohun Bagan were lucky to escape with a 2-2 draw against JCT Mills in the National League at the Saltlake Stadium, Calcutta. Through goals from Sukhjit Singh and Hardip Gill, JCT took a 2-0 lead into halftime break and looked like pulling off a surprise win against the Calcutta giants! But in the second-half Mohun Bagan became desparate to score and equalise, and did it. Lorendra Singh of a penalty in the 56.minute and Amar Ganguly in the 77,minute sealed the draw between the teams.
MOHUN BAGAN: Rajat Ghosh Dastidar, Dulal Biswas, Amauri da Silva, M Suresh (Jayanta Sen), Lolendra Singh, James Singh, Basudeb Mondal, Debjit Ghosh, Naushad Pari (Flavio Lopez, Sumit Sengupta), Amar Ganguly, Alfaaz Ahmed.
JCT: Arvind Kumar, Tarsem Lal, Ranjit Singh, Balkar Singh, Daljit Singh, Jaswinder Singh (Jagjit Randhawa), Sameer, Ram Pal, Jaswant Singh (Jaspreet Singh), Hardeep Gill, Sukhjit Singh.

5.National League - Kochin: FC Kochin 2-1 Salgaocar SC - Goals: 1:0,2:0 Sunday Seah (2',44'), 2:1 Tejani Ahmad (69').
FC Kochin with their 2-1 win against Salgaocar in the National League at the Nehru Stadium are back to winning ways. After three consecutive losses, the Kerala-outfit should thank their Liberian goalkeeper-cum-striker Sunday Seah for the win. Seah, as the FCK captain, started as a striker and scored both Kochin goals in the first-half to give them a comfortable 2-0 lead but through Tejani Ahmad's goal in the 69.minute Salgaocar were back in the match but could not equalise.

5.National League - Thiruvananthapuram: State Bank of Travancore 1-1 Indian Telephone Industries - Goals: 0:1 Kenneth Ugwo (7'), 1:1 Suresh Babu (50').
State Bank of Travancore played a 1-1 draw against Indian Telephone Industries at the Chandrashekar Nair Stadium, Thiruvananthapuram. ITI scored first of Kenneth Ugwo as early as the 7.minute of the match, while captain Suresh Babu equalised for SBT in the 50.minute in a match were both teams played against relegation.

30. March
Work is being done for the conduct of India's World Cup - Asian qualifiers group 8 matches at the Sree Kanteerava Stadium in Bangalore.
Addressing a press conference on behalf of the Sports Minister SS Mallikarjun, who was pre-occupied, AR Khaleel, the AIFF treasurer and working chairman of the organising committee said that the a high-power committee has been set-up with the Karnataka Chief Minister SM Krishna as the patron-in-chief.
The turf at the stadium was a cause for concern with grassless patches dotting it till a couple of weeks back but with the organisers stepping up their efforts in the last few days, it looks a lot 'greener' now.
"Tickets have been nominally priced at Rs 50, 30 and 10 to enable as many people as possible to come for the games. To ensure that the telecast is not affected, the kick-off has been fixed at 16:00. Of course due to any reason if the match is delayed and the light becomes bad, floodlights will be switched on," Khaleel said.
As part of the programme to promote football, school children numbering about 50 from each school will be given free admission to the three games. All registered football clubs too will be given passes for the players (22 for each club). The entire lower and upper tier in south east wing of the stadium has been reserved for students and players with total seating capacity of 8000.
"If there is violence of any kind, FIFA will suspend the concerned national association and also ban matches at the venue. Thus precautions will be taken to ensure that spectators do not carry crackers, glass bottles, flag staffs and other dangerous objects into the stadium," Khaleel added.
Meanwhile, the Indian team’s preparatory camp has been shifted from the SAI South Centre to the Bangalore Football S tadium. The poor condition of the SAI football field had evoked criticism from all quarters, with the players unable to go all out during practice sessions for fear of injury. The team will now be put up in a hotel in central Bangalore.
The UAE team to play the first match is expected to arrive in the city on Tuesday.

29. March
Note-1: The Hindu reports about AIFF secretary's trip to Kuala Lumput to meet the AFC top-brass!
It was a difficult legacy that Alberto Colaco inherited when he took over as Secretary of the AIFF more than three months ago.
More than brushing away the cobwebs from a near standstill administrative machinery, the new Secretary also needed to send the right signals to various quarters, especially the Asian Football Confederation, which had begun to feel concerned over the indifferent state of Indian football in recent times. It was in this context that an invitation from Peter Velappan, the AFC General Secretary to AIFF Secretary assumed importance.
Just back from Kuala Lumpur, the AFC headquarters, Mr. Colaco speaking to the The Hindu sounded optimistic that there would be no lag on the part of the Asian body in supporting India's development programmes. In fact it was a subject of surprise that India did not fall in the group of 26 countries which AFC had selected for special financial assistance. "Why India has not been included is not clear and when I broached the topic of having the country entered into this group, I was told that it was too late now", he said. Though Mr. Colaco did not want to elaborate on this it would appear that India's exclusion had to do with the way the erstwhile AIFF administration's poor handling of the issue.
Nonetheless as Mr. Colaco was to realise from the 'very cordial' talks he had with Mr. Vellappan, the AFC was only ready to take up any suggestion that would help in lifting the football image in India. According to him, the AFC's concern stemmed from the fact that while football in West and South East Asia had begun to rise in standards, the Indian subcontinent continued to be a dark zone.
What surprised Mr. Colaco was when he learnt that countries like Myanmmar and Sri Lanka had already utilised AFC's help to build the country's football headquarters.
Mr. Colaco said the AFC was agreeable to organise a major seminar for football administrators in India which could be thrown open for state and club administrators. "The need for professionalism is the need of the hour," he said. It was also agreed to have periodical refresher courses for Referees.
But what AFC is immediately looking to India however is the staging of the first Asian Under-19 women's championship. "India has agreed to host this event," Mr. Colaco said. "We have to conduct this 16-nation tournament before May 2002 and for this AFC will provide financial support," he added.
Overall the two and half hour discussion that Mr. Colaco had with Mr. Vellappan (despite the latter busy with a seminar arranged for the group of 26 countries) pointed to healthier times ahead for Indian football, as per the impressions that the new Secretary had gained.
What Mr. Colaco is keenly looking forward to in the next six months is India getting financial help under the 'Goal' project of FIFA, which is meant for upgrading infrastructural facilities!
Good news for Indian football!!!

Note-2: The Senior National Women's Football Championship for 2000-2001 which has been allotted to Punjab will be organised by the Punjab Women's Football Association at GHG Khalsa Collage, Gurusar Sadhar, Ludhiana, from May 10 to 25. As many as 22 women's football teams will participate in the 16-day championship. It is for the first time in the history of women's football in the country that the senior nationals will be organised in the northern region.
Spotters of the women's football committee of AIFF will also select 45 probables for the four national coaching camps to be organised by the federation with the help of the Sports Authority of India in the preparation for the Indian women's football team which will participate in the Asian Women's Football Championship to be held in Taiwan in December 2001.
AIFF is planning to promote and organise women's football in the junior section and the junior under-19 National Women's Football Championship in July 2001.
The Federation will also organise four national coaching camps to prepare the Indian junior women's football team for the Junior Asian Women's Football Championship. The Asian Football Confederation has requested the AIFF to organise this championship in India.
The women's football committee of the federation will discuss this proposal in the next meeting of the committee and if approved the championship will be organised in February 2002, according to Surinder Bhambri, convener, women's football committee of the AIFF.

28. March
5.National League - Calcutta: East Bengal Club 2-2 JCT Mills - Goals: 1:0 Dipendu Biswas (11'), 1:1 Sameer (57'), 1:2 Sukhjit Singh (58'), 2:2 Omolaja Olalekan (66').
National League leaders East Bengal and bottom of the league JCT Mills played out an interesting 2-2 draw at the Saltlake Stadium, Calcutta. Dipendu Biswas shot East Bengal into the lead in the 11.minute through a penalty. In the 57.minute substitute Sameer scored the equaliser for JCT and only a minute later Sukhjit Singh shot the Punjabis into the lead. East Bengal were only able to restore parity through Nigerian striker Omolaja Olalekan in the 66.minute.
EAST BENGAL: Sangram Mukherjee, Falguni Dutta, Suley Musah, Jackson Egypong, Anit Ghosh, Zaheer Abbas (Srikanta Datta, Sheikh Sanjib), Isiaka Awoyemi, Omolaja Olalekan, Dipankar Roy; Dipendu Biswas (Tushar Rakshit), Bijen Singh .
JCT: Arvind Kumar, Tarsem Lal, Balkar Singh, Ranjit Singh, Daljit Singh, Jaswinder Singh (Sameer), Harinder Singh, Ram Pal (Jagjit Randhawa), Jaswant Singh (Jaspreet Singh), Hardeep Gill, Sukhjit Singh

5.National League - Kochin: FC Kochin 0-4 Mahindra United - Goals: 0:1 Shamshi Raza (24'), 0:2,0:3 Bernard Operanozie (31',66'), 0:4 Syed Hussein (87').
FC Kochin were trashed 4-0 by Mahindra United at home in a National League match at the Nehru Stadium, Kochin. The goals for Mahindra U were scored by Shamshi Raza (24'), two from Nigerian midfielder Bernard Operanozie (31',66'), while Syed Hussein ended the rout in the 87.minute.

5.National League - Thiruvananthapuram: State Bank of Travancore 0-1 Tollygunge Agragami - Goal: 0:1 Abdullatif Seriki (30').
State Bank of Travancore lost 0-1 against Tollygunge Agragami in the National League at the Chandrashekar Nair Stadium, Thiruvananthapuram. Once again the match winner for Tollygunge was Nigerian Abdullatif Seriki with his goal in the 30.minute

Women's Friendly Match - Malda: Bengal XI 2-0 Malaysia

27. March
5.National League - Bangalore: Indian Telephone Industries 1-2 Churchill Brothers SC - Goals: 1:0 Gyanaprakash (64'), 1:1 Francis Silveira (70'), 1:2 Igor Shkvyrin (88').
Indian Telephone Industries lost their National League match 1-2 against Churchill Brothers at the Bangalore Football Stadium. New ITI recruit Gyanaprakash shot his team into the lead in the 64.minute but the Churchill Brothers striking-duo of Francis Silveira and Igor Shkvyrin reversed the score into a 2-1 victory for the Goans.

26. March
5.National League - Calcutta: Mohun Bagan AC 1-0 Air India - Goal: 1:0 Amar Ganguly (70').
Mohun Bagan won their National League match 1-0 against Air India at the Saltlake Stadium, Calcutta. Substitute Amar Ganguly scored the match winner in the 70.minute and with this win Mohun Bagan closed the gap to city-rivals and league leaders East Bengal!
MOHUN BAGAN: Rajat Ghosh Dastidar, Dulal Biswas, Hussain Mustafi, Amauri da Silva, Amitava Chanda (Jayanta Sen, Naushad Pari), James Singh, Basudeb Mondal, Debjit Ghosh, Lolendra Singh, Flavio Lopez (Amar Ganguly), Jose Barreto.
AIR INDIA: Israt Kamal, T Khambiton Singh, Arun Malhotra, Osborn D'Souza, Taposh Ghosh, Dennis George (Godfrey Pereira), Raju Singh, Ratan Singh, Bungo Singh, Tomba Singh (Henry Picardo), Anthony Fernandes.

Women's Friendly Match - Siliguri: Bengal XI 3-0 Malaysia - Goals: 1:0 Sujata Kar (25'), 2:0 Shanta Dhara (60'), 3:0 Alpana Seal (90').

Note-1: India striker IM Vijayan has been slapped with a fine of Rs. 50,000 by the disciplinary committee of the AIFF for not taking the mandatory International Transfer Certificate while returning to FC Kochin after playing with Bangladesh club Mukti Joddha Sansad.
The disciplinary committee, which met with chairman H Jadeja in the chair, heard Vijayan, FC Kochi president PV Paul and Kerala FA secretary G Sugunan before deciding on the fine.
The meeting at the SAI South Centre was attended by LR Natarajan, Rakesh Bakshi and M Mohanraj, the KSFA secretary.
However, no ban has been imposed on his continuing to play for FC Kochin and attending the National camp.

Note-2: The Indian football team is likely to tour England again this summer to play three matches. Wolverhampton Wanderers and FC Watford would be two of India's opponents with the third team yet to be identified. India had toured England last year after a gap of 52 years.

Note-3: The Guwahati Sports Association is waiting anxiously for a green signal from the AIFF as it plans to celebrate the golden jubilee of Assam's most prestigious football tournament, the Bordoloi Trophy. Whereas the Assam FA had given its green signal to the GSA's date of October 2-22, the latter is waiting for the green signal from the AIFF in writing. Any delay in receiving the go ahead signal would result in non-participation of foreign teams. The GSA is yet to talk to foreign clubs because of the delay. The GSA general secretary Rana Goswami is scheduled to leave for Delhi very soon to talk to senior AIFF official including its president. The AFA is also contemplating of organizing an Inter school football tournament with an aim to bring back popularity to this prestigious tournament.

24. March
5.National League - Calcutta: East Bengal Club 1-0 Indian Telephone Industries - Goal: 1:0 Omolaja Olalekan (56').
East Bengal won 1-0 against Indian Telephone Industries in the National League at the Saltlake Stadium, Calcutta. The all important goal was scored by East Bengal's Nigerian Omolaja Olalekan in the 56.minute. At the end of the match Dipendu Biswas even missed a penalty to increase the lead.
EAST BENGAL: Sangram Mukherjee, Sur Kumar Singh, Deepak Mondal, Suley Musah, Falguni Datta, Chandan Das (Zaheer Abbas), Isiaka Awoyemi, Omolaja Olalekan, Sheikh Sanjib (Carlton Chapman), Dipendu Biswas, Bijen Singh (Tushar Rakshit).
ITI: Narshiman Balaji, Nazeer Jamal, AS Firoze, Rishi Kapoor, Mohammed Shafique (Pralad Rawat), Hamid Atia, KV Dhanesh, Yusuf Mohammed (Karunakar Raj), Santosh Kumar (Peter), George Ekeh, Kenneth Ugwo.

Note-1: Baichung Bhutia on his way to India:
Baichung jeted out of Manchester Airport for India today for the Indian campaign in the World Cup qualifiers. Baichung is sad to be leaving Bury still very much a figure on the sidelines.
"I am disappointed not to be in the first team but it's the manager who makes the choice and I have to respect that decision and get on with it," Bhutia said before leaving. "Maybe I could have done more but it's been a bit depressing lately and things have not gone the way I'd hoped."
Bhutia insists he will return to Gigg Lane determined to get his place back in August when the news season starts.
"It won't be easy," Baichung admitted about the World Cup qualifiers. "But India did well against West Brom and Fulham last year when we had our tour of Britain so we are confident. It would be great to reach the World Cup finals."

23. March
5.National League - Ludhiana: JCT Mills 1-0 Mahindra United - Goal: 1:0 Hardip Gill (55').
JCT Mills beat Mahindra United 1-0 in the National League at the Guru Nanak Stadium, Ludhiana and in the process scored their first victory in this seasons NFL! The goal of the day was scored by Hardip Gill in the 55.minute.

2.Division National League - North Zone - Delhi: Border Security Force 0-0,2-3 Punjab Police (after penalties) - Goals: none.

22. March
5.National League - Calcutta: Mohun Bagan AC 1-0 Tollygunge Agragami - Goal: 1:0 RC Prakash (58').
Mohun Bagan won 1-0 against Tollygunge Agragami in a Calcutta-derby in the National League at the Saltlake Stadium, Calcutta. The winner for Mohun Bagan was scored by in-form striker RC Prakash of a pass from Basudeb Mondal in the 58.minute. Tollygunge played the waiting game to near perfection but forgot to score of their chances in a crucial derby.
Also of interest is that Mohun Bagan wore their new jersey resembling those of Italian football giants Juventus Turino!
MOHUN BAGAN: Rajat Ghosh Dastidar, Dulal Biswas, Hussain Mustafi, Amauri da Silva, Lolendra Singh, James Singh (Sumit Sengupta), Basudeb Mondal, Debjit Ghosh, Renedy Singh (Jayanta Sen), RC Prakash, Jose Barreto.
TOLLYGUNGE: Prasanta Dora, Reazul Mustafa, Debashis Pal Chowdhury, Satish Bharti, Partha Sarathi Dey, Ranjan Chowdhury (Bhabani Mohanty), Abdul Wastu Saliu, Felix Aboymi, Sasthi Duley (Mohammed Quisar), Emeka Achilefu, Abdullatif Seriki.

5.National League - Thiruvananthapuram: State Bank of Travancore 3-2 Churchill Brothers SC - Goals: 0:1 Roque Barreto (13'), 1:1 CV Sunny (15'), 1:2 Igor Shkvyrin (58'), 1:3 Francis Silveira (78'), 2:3 Asif Saheer (82').
State Bank of Travancore lost 2-3 against Churchill Brothers in an exciting National League encounter at the Chandrashekar Nair Stadium, Thiruvananthapuram. Churchill Bros took an early lead in the match through Roque Barreto, which SBT's CV Sunny equalised two minutes later. Churchill then opened up a two goal cushion with Uzbek recruit Igor Shkvyrin and Indian international Francis Silveira scoring. But Asif Saheer reduced the margin in the 82.minute. In the last eight minutes SBT pushed hard for the equaliser but failed as the Churchill Bros defence stood firm.

5.National League - Mumbai: Air India 0-1 Salgaocar SC - Goal: 0:1 Jules Alberto (33').
Air India lost 0-1 against Salgaocar SC in the National League at the Cooperage Ground, Mumbai. Salgaocar midfielder Jules Alberto scored the winner in the 33.minute.

5.National League - Kochin: FC Kochin 0-1 Vasco SC - Goal: Kashimov Awazbek (35').
FC Kochin lost 0-1 at home against Vasco SC in the National League at the Nehru Stadium, Kochin. Kashimov Awazbek scored the winner for the Goans in the 35.minute to hand Kochin their second straight defeat in a row.

2.Division National League - West Zone - Goa: Dempo SC 2-0 Central Railway - Goals: 1:0 Arslan Talipov (40'), 2:0 Eusebio D'Souza (45').
2.Division National League - West Zone - Goa: Nivia Club 2-6 City Police - Goals: 0:1,3:1 Pravin Thakur (18',44'), 1:1 Ravindra Singh (29'), 2:1,4:1 Jitendra Thakur (37',80'), 5:1 Subhash Jha (87'), 5:2 Bhanwar Singh, 6:2 Saji.
2.Division National League - West Zone - Goa: Sporting Clube de Goa 5-0 CRPF - Goals: 1:0,4:0,5:0 Elvis Lopez (58',80',90'), 2:0 Pascoal Pereira (72'), 3:0 Premanand Gadekar (75').

Note-1: The secretary of East Bengal club, Dipak Das, died at a Calcutta nursing home today. He was 61 and is survived by wife and a daughter. Das was admitted to the nursing home late last month following a cerebral attack. He had recovered and was kept under observation but succumbed after another stroke in the afternoon.
As a mark of respect, tomorrow's National League match between East Bengal and ITI has been postponed by a day.
Widely known as Paltu'da, this North Calcutta-based official formed a major part of Maidan lores along with long-time aide Jiban Chakraborty. After serving the club in several capacities, Das was elected club secretary for the first time last month but was taken ill soon after. He was admitted to the nursing home on February 22.
The club flag will be flown at half mast for seven days and his body will be taken to the club's Maidan tent tomorrow morning, after a brief halt at the CAB, IFA and the BHA, his body will be taken to the Nimtala Ghat crematorium.

21. March
2.Division National League - North Zone - Delhi: Punjab Police 0-0,5-3 Indian Nationals FC (after penalties) - Goals: none.
2.Division National League - North Zone - Delhi: Border Security Force 2-0 J&K Bank - Goals: 1:0 Gurpreet Singh (23'), 2:0 Tapan Bhattacharya (37').

Note-1: The Malaysian national women's football team will play five exhibition games against Bengal XI during their 13-day trip beginning this week. The 29-member contingent will land in Calcutta Friday and the first match will be in Siliguri Monday under lights. The other games are in Malda (Wednesday), Basirhat (March 30), Haldia (April 1) and Saltlake Stadium (April 3). The IFA, joint-organisers of this series with the State Sports Council, has shortlisted 30 players. The final squad will be announced Saturday.

Note-2: The disciplinary action committee of the Goa FA has decided to suspend Dempo's skipper Mario Soares for two matches and imposed a fine of Rs 5000 for deliberately kicking a player of City Police immediately after the end of a match on Tuesday. Soares was suspended for deliberately kicking Naresh Choudary of City Police from behind, seconds after the referee signalled the end of play of the 2.Division National League match.

20. March
2.Division National League - West Zone - Goa: Dempo SC 3-1 City Police - Goals: 1:0 Arslan Talipov (10'), 2:0 Maksim Nikolaev (32'), 2:1 Pravin Thakur (57'), 3:1 Levy Coelho (70').
2.Division National League - West Zone - Goa: Nivia Club 2-1 CRPF - Goals: 1:0 Vikram Singh (30'), 2:0 Praveen Arora (34'), 2:1 Nobin Singh (57').
2.Division National League - West Zone - Goa: Sporting Clube de Goa 2-0 Central Railway - Goals: 1:0 Elvis Lopez (61'), 2:0 Pascoal Pereira (67').

19. March
5.National League - Calcutta: Tollygunge Agragami 1-1 Air India - Goals: 1:0 Abdullatif Seriki (71'), 1:1 Arun Malhotra (88').
Tollygunge Agragami played a 1-1 draw against Air India in the National League at the Rabindra Sarobar Stadium, Calcutta. Tollygunge's inconsistancy continued in a disaapointing match which at least produced two very well taken goals. Tollygunge opened the scoring in the 71.minute through Abdullatif Seriki who took an overhead volley with find the goal. Air India right-back Arun Malhotra scored the equaliser of a left-footer from outside the box in the 88.minute.
TOLLYGUNGE: Prasanta Dora, Reazul Mustafa, Debashis Pal Chowdhury, Satish Bharti, Biswanath Mondal (Sumit Sur), Bhabani Mohanty (Ranjan Chowdhury, Temjem Kibang), Abdul Wastu Saliu, Aboyemi Felix, Sasthi Duley, Emeka Achilefu, Abdulatif Seriki.
AIR INDIA: Israt Kamal, T Khambiton Singh, Arun Malhotra, Taposh Ghosh (Henry Picardo, 84th), Dennis George, Raju Singh, Bungo Singh, Tomba Singh, Kahlid Jamil, Godfrey Pereira (PJ Jose), Anthony Fernandes (Shabir Ali Mondal).

2.Division National League - North Zone - Delhi: Punjab Police 3-0 Chandigarh Police - Goals: 1:0 Jitender Singh (6'), 2:0 Narender Kumar (11'), 3:0 Harjinder Kumar (81').
2.Division National League - North Zone - Delhi: J&K Bank 0-0 39 Gorkha Training Centre - Goals: none.
2.Division National League - South Zone - Chennai: Indian Bank 4-1 State Bank of India - Goals: 0:1 Khaja Mohiuddin (3'), 1:1,4:1 Joseph (60',?'), 2:1 Hamilton Bobby, 3:1 Syed Shabir Pasha.

Kerala State Club Football Championship - Mancheri - Final: Titanium 2-0 Kerala State Elecricity Board - Goals: 1:0 T Ebin Rose (41'), 2:0 KT Abdul Hameed (68').

18. March
5.National League - Calcutta: Mohun Bagan AC 6-0 Mahindra United - Goals: 1:0 RC Prakash (1'), 2:0,5:0,6:0 Jose Barreto (25',59',86'), 3:0 Naushad Moosa [own goal] (34'), 4:0 Bernard Operanozie [own goal] (54').
Mohun Bagan bounced back from a 2-4 trashing against SBT with a 6-0 tennis-like score against Mahindra United in the National League at the Saltlake Stadium, Calcutta. RC Prakash opened the scoring in the match as it wasn't even a minute old. Mohun Bagan's Brasilian recruit Jose Barreto score three goals in the match while the other two goals were scored by Mahindra players, Naushad Moosa and Bernard Operanozie for Bagan.
MOHUN BAGAN: Rajat Ghosh Dastidar, Dulal Biswas, Hussain Mustafi, M Suresh (Naushad Pari), Lolendra Singh, James Singh (Goutam Ghosh), Basudeb Mondal (Flavio Lopez), Debjit Ghosh, Renedy Singh, RC Prakash, Jose Barreto.
MAHINDRA: Virender Singh, Ramesh Rajak, Christopher Kem, Naushad Musa, Sanjay Dayal, Bernard Operanozie, Davoud Hussaini (Anthony Pereira), Aqueel Ansari, Khalid Siddique, Harish Sharma (Abhay Kumar), Manjit Singh (Shamsi Reza).

5.National League - Ludhiana: JCT Mills 0-1 Churchill Brothers SC - Goal: 0:1 Francis Silveira (76').
JCT Mills lost 0-1 against Churchill Brothers in the National League at the Guru Nanak Stadium, Ludhiana. Francis Silveira scored the match winner for Churchill Bros in the 76.minute.

5.National League - Thiruvananthapuram: State Bank of Travancore 0-0 Vasco SC - Goals: none.
After two convincing victories at home State Bank of Travancore played a goalless draw against Vasco SC in the National League at the Chandrashekar Nair Stadium, Thiruvananthapuram.

2.Division National League - North Zone - Delhi: Indian Nationals FC 0-1 Border Security Force - Goal: 0:1 Tapan Bhattacharya (9').
2.Division National League - North Zone - Delhi: Himalayan Tigers 3-0 City Club - Goals: 1:0,2:0,3:0 Rahul Sharma.
2.Division National League - East Zone - Balurghat: Tata Football Academy - Jorba Durga Club
2.Division National League - West Zone - Goa: City Police 2-6 CRPF - Goals: 0:1,0:2 PR Ganguly (10',25'), 0:3,0:4 Tarun Singh (36',43'), 0:5 V Shibu (72'), 1:5 Subhash Jha (77'), 2:5 P Datta [own goal], 2:6 Nobin Singh (87').
2.Division National League - West Zone - Goa: Central Railway 2-1 Nivia Club - Goals: 0:1 Dinesh Kumar (29'), 1:1 Adil Ansari (65'), 2:1 Rajesh Kharat (89').
2.Division National League - West Zone - Goa: Sporting Clube de Goa 0-5 Dempo SC - Goals: 0:1,0:3,0:4,0:5 Arslan Talipov (52',81',85',89'), 0:2 Francis Fernandes (69').
2.Division National League - South Zone - Chennai: Hindustan Aeronautics Limited 3-2 Central Excise RC - Goals: 1:0,3:0 Sunil (41',?'), 2:0 Xavier Vijayakumar (51'), 3:1 Baiju (67'), 3:2 Naushad (71').

17. March
5.National League - Calcutta: East Bengal Club 0-0 Salgaocar SC - Goals: none.
League leaders East Bengal were only able to play out a goalless draw against former champions Salgaocar in the National League at the Saltlake Stadium, Calcutta. East Bengal were the better of two sides not at their peak, while Salgaocar were happy to end their four match losing streak.
EAST BENGAL: Sangram Mukherjee, Suley Musah, Jackson Egygpong (Sur Kumar Singh), Deepak Mondal, Ratan Singh, Carlton Chapman (Sheikh Sanjib), Isiaka Awoyemi, Chandan Das, Dipankar Roy, Dipendu Biswas (Srikanta Dutta), Omolaja Olalekan.
SALGAOCAR: Juje Siddi, Covan Lawrence, Roberto Fernandes, Franky Barreto, Venancio Gonsalves, Jules Alberto, Climax Lawrence, Dharamjit Singh (Denis Cabral), Christian Okoye, Bruno Coutinho (Tejani Ahmed), Alvito D'Cunha (Roque Pereira).

5.National League - Bangalore: Indian Telephone Industries 3-1 FC Kochin - Goals: 1:0 George Ekeh (17'), 2:0,3:1 K. Naushad (44',59'), 2:1 Jo Paul Ancheri (58').
Indian Telephone Industries scored a stunning 3-1 victory against FC Kochin in the National League at the Bangalore Football Stadium. Nigerian George Ekeh scored first for ITI in the 17.minute, while K Naushad scored two spectacular goals in the 44. and 59.minute. Jo Paul Ancheri was only able to reduce the margin in the 58.minute.

2.Division National League - North Zone - Delhi: Punjab Police 3-0 39 Gorkha Training Centre - Goals: 1:0,2:0,3:0 Sher Singh (41',42',81').
2.Division National League - North Zone - Delhi: Chandigarh Police 0-1 J&K Bank - Goals: 0:1 Deepak Sangral (71').
2.Division National League - South Zone - Chennai: Indian Bank 5-0 Central Excise RC - Goals: 1:0,3:0 Syed Shabir Pasha (15,35'), 2:0 R Amalraj (25'), 4:0 Joseph (73'), 5:0 Syed Minzahul Islam (83').

16. March
Calcutta Women's League - Final: East Bengal Club 1-0 Mohun Bagan AC - Goal: 1:0 Shanta Dhara (23').
The women's team of East Bengal Club won 1-0 against Mohun Bagan in the final of the Calcutta Women's league! It is the first season that the teams of the two Calcutta glamour clubs exist and already they have taken control of the number one women's league in India. Shanta Dhara scored the goal of the match in the 23.minute at the Rabindra Stadium.
EAST BENGAL: Namita Bag, Prathama Priyadarshini, Nesha Kumari, Momo Gogoi, Nazda Tabassum, Rajani Alankar, Sharmila Sapui, Swapna Kumari, Sashi Kumari, Sujata Kar, Shanta Dhara.
MOHUN BAGAN: Ranjita Khan, Maria D'Rebello, Madhu Kumari, Dulali Ghosh, Jayanti Barua, Naushaba Alam (Sanju Kumari), Mausam Kumari (Seema Dey), Swati Kumari, Kalpana Sahoo, Anjana Kumari (Papia Ghosh), Rinku Ghosh.

2.Division National League - North Zone - Delhi: Border Security Force 2-0 City Club - Goals: 1:0 Dharminder Singh (30'), 2:0 DS Negi (69').
2.Division National League - North Zone - Delhi: Indian Nationals FC 8-0 Himalayan Tigers - Goals: 1:0 Ran Vijay Singh (16'), 2:0,3:0,6:0,8:0 Rajesh Kumar, 4:0 Pushpinder Singh, 5:0 Yakubu Rubiu Mallam, 7:0 Trilok Singh Bisht (81').
2.Division National League - East Zone - Balurghat: Mohammedan Sporting Club 1-0 Jorba Durga Club
2.Division National League - West Zone - Goa: Central Railway 1-0 City Police - Goal: 1:0 Adil Ansari (51').
2.Division National League - West Zone - Goa: Dempo SC 3-0 CRPF - Goals: 1:0 Mario Soares (31'), 2:0 Arslan Talipov (47'), 3:0 Levy Coelho (61').
2.Division National League - West Zone - Goa: Sporting Clube de Goa 4-0 Nivia Club - Goals: 1:0 Kamal Suleiman (31'), 2:0 Pascoal Pereira (52'), 3:0 Elvis Lopez (65'), 4:0 Daniel Noronha (78').
2.Division National League - South Zone - Chennai: State Bank of India 0-2 Hindustan Aeronautics Limited - Goals: 0:1,0:2 Sunil (35',90').

Note-1: The AIFF has taken the initial steps towards professional football in India by introducing separate transfer fees for amateur and professional players. A fee of Rs 1,000 for amateurs and Rs 15,000 for professionals will come into effect in the new season starting from June 1.
Colaco admitted that after introducing the transfer fee, the next step will be to identify the professional players in the country. He stated that all the foreign players, except those who are students, will be classified as professionals.
Indian players like IM Vijayan, Baichung Bhutia, Deepak Mondal, who do not have regular jobs, will be counted as professionals.
Players like Basudeb Mondal, RP Singh, Tushar Rakshit and Dulal Biswas, who work in public sector, will be classified as amateurs.

Note-2: A Malaysian women's football team arrives in Calcutta on March 24 for a series of matches with Bengal. The matches come off in Siliguri, Malda, Haldia, Burdwan and Calcutta.

15. March
2.Division National League - North Zone - Delhi: Punjab Police 2-1 J&K Bank - Goals: 0:1 Ishfaq Ahmed (20'), 1:1,2:1 Sher Singh (41',68').
2.Division National League - North Zone - Delhi: Chandigarh Police 0-1 39 Gorkha Training Centre - Goal: 0:1 Sunil Chetri (67').
2.Division National League - South Zone - Chennai: Indian Bank 3-1 Hindustan Aeronautics Limited - Goals: 0:1 Rajendra Prasad (5'), 1:1,2:1 Elwaseg Badr (25',?'), 3:1 Syed Shabir Pasha.

Note-1: The AIFF disciplinary committee will hear IM Vijayan and representatives of FC Kochin and the Kerala FA on March 26 in Bangalore before taking a final decision regarding his international transfer certificate issue.
AIFF secretary Alberto Colaco said that "after the disciplinary committee arrives at a decision, the emergency committee of the National Football League will decide on the protest lodged by Manaksia Tollygunge Aggragami on the result of their match against FC Kochin".

14. March
5.National League - Thiruvananthapuram: State Bank of Travancore 4-2 Mohun Bagan AC - Goals: 1:0,3:0 Asif Saheer (8',38'), 2:0 Abdul Hakkim (38'), 3:1,4:2 Jose Barreto (45',75'), 4:1 Shabir Ali (55').
State Bank of Travancore scored a spectacular surprise 4-2 win against Mohun Bagan in the National League at the Chandrashekar Nair Stadium, Thiruvananthapuram. In the first-half SBT went into a 3-0 lead through two goals from Asif Saheer and Abdul Hakkim. Brasilian Jose Barreto pulled one back for Bagan in the 45.minute but Shabir Ali again opened up a three goal lead in the 55.minute before Barreto, scoring his second goal, reduced the margin to 2-4 in the 75.minute.

5.National League - Ludhiana: JCT Mills 0-0 Vasco SC - Goals: none.
JCT Mills played out a goalless draw against Vasco SC in the National League at the Guru Nanak Stadium, Ludhiana. Both teams made some good moves, but failed to convert them into goals.

5.National League - Bangalore: Indian Telephone Industries 1-0 Mahindra United - Goal: 1:0 Kenneth Ugwo (43').
Indian Telephone Industries pulled off a 1-0 victory against Mahindra United in the National League at the Bangalore Football Stadium. Nigerian striker Kenneth Ugwo scored the goal of the day in the 43.minute. ITI had further chances but their failure to score and Virender Singh in the Mahindra goal stopped them from doing so.

5.National League - Calcutta: Tollygunge Agragami 1-0 Salgaocar SC - Goal: 1:0 Abdul Wastu Saliu (27').
Tollygunge Agragami are back as the darkhorses of the National League! Tollygunge won 1-0 against former champions Salgaocar at the Rabindra Sarobar, Calcutta. Nigerian medio Abdul Wastu Saliu scored of a stunning right-footer in the 28.minute. In the last few matches Tollygunge have been able to lift their game but only today were they able to win.
TOLLYGUNGE: Prasanta Dora, Temjen Kibang, Debashish Pal Chowdhury, Satish Bharti, Biswanath Mondal, Ranjan Chowdhury (Mohammed Quizar), Absul Wastu Saliu, Sasthi Duley, Emeka Achilefu, Sumit Sur (Ali Reza), Abdulatif Seriki.
SALGAOCAR: Juje Siddi, Venacio Gonzalez, Franky Barreto, Covan Lawrence, Roque Pereira, Denis Cabral (Jatin Bisht), Jules Alberto, Climax Lawrence, Dharamjit Singh (Alvito D'Cunha), Christian Okoye, Alex Ambrose (Bruno Coutinho).

2.Division National League - North Zone - Delhi: Indian Nationals FC 2-0 City Club - Goals: 1:0 Pushpender Singh (65'), 2:0 Yakubu Rubiu Mallam.
2.Division National League - North Zone - Delhi: Border Security Force 4-0 Himalayan Tigers - Goals: 1:0 Dharminder Singh (10'), 2:0,3:0,4:0 Sukhbir Singh.
2.Division National League - West Zone - Goa: Central Railway 2-1 CRPF - Goals: 1:0 Adil Ansari (23'), 1:1 V Shibu (26'), 2:1 Augusto D'Silva (85').
2.Division National League - West Zone - Goa: Dempo SC 3-1 Nivia Club - Goals: 1:0 Maksim Nikolaev (9'), 2:0 Tejinder Kumar (38'), 2:1 Ravindra Singh (55'), 3:1 Sammer Naik (71').
2.Division National League - West Zone - Goa: Sporting Clube de Goa 2-0 City Police - Goals: 1:0 Premanand Gadekar (80'), 2:0 Godfrey Aguiar (88').
2.Division National League - South Zone - Chennai: State Bank of India 0-3 Central Excise RC

13. March
5.National League - Calcutta: East Bengal Club 2-1 Churchill Brothers SC - Goals: 1:0 Dipankar Roy (5'), 2:0 Carlton Chapman (31'), 2:1 Igor Shkvyrin (75').
East Bengal won 2-1 against the Churchill Brothers in the National League at the Saltlake Stadium, Calcutta to remain top of the league after 13 Rounds with now 30 points. East Bengal got of to a great start with Dipankar Roy scoring in the 5,minute. Carlton Chapman was able to consolidate the lead in the 31.minute. Churchill Bros became stronger in the second half but were only able to score once through Igor Shkvyrin in the 75.minute. Churchill had some chances to equalise but luck didn't favour them.
EAST BENGAL: Sangram Mukherjee, SurKumar Singh, Jackson Egygpong (Anit Ghosh), Deepak Mondal, Ratan Singh, Carlton Chapman (Sheikh Sanjib), Isiaka Awoyemi, Chandan Das, Dipankar Roy, Dipendu Biswas (Falguni Dutta), Omolaja Olalekan.
CHURCHILL; Edward Ansah, Denzil Ferrao, Osumanu Husseini, Mahesh Gawli, Mir Farooq Hyder, Roque Baretto (Rajesh Meetei), Noel Wilson, Jose Colaso, Edson de Crasto (Somatai Shaiza), Francis Silveira, Igor Shkvirin.

5.National League - Mumbai: Air India 1-2 FC Kochin - Goals: 0:1 Eugene Gray (25'), 0:2 Aaron Cole (59'), 1:2 Taposh Ghosh (80').
FC Kochin's unbeaten run in the National League continued away in Mumbai! FC Kochin won 2-1 against Air India at the Cooperage, Mumbai. The Liberians Eugene Gray in the 25.minute and Aaron Cole in the 59.minute brought FC Kochin into a 2-0 lead. Air India were only able to get one back through a penalty by Taposh Ghosh in the 80.minute.

11. March
SCANDAL in Calcutta after the Mohun Bagan - Churchill Brothers match!!! NetGuruIndia.com reports:
In a bizzare incident on Saturday, Mohun Bagan coach Subrata Bhattacharya bashed up a few supporters after the team squandered a 2-0 lead and were held to a draw by Churchill Brothers at the Yuba Bharati Krirangan in Kolkata.
As Bhattacharya was leaving the field in his Maruti after the match, he lost his composure and sprinted towards a few supporters who were abusing him for the team's dismal performance. One of the supporters taunted that Subrata has lost all his sense and therefore he is crying for the 'old Cheema.' This remark made the short-tempered coach go out of his mind and he started beating up the supporter. Bhattacharya had to face a huge public dissent for this shameful incident and it was the police that finally came to his rescue and led the Bagan coach to his car so that he can leave the stadium premises.
However the two affected supporters did not allow the matter to end there and lodged an FIR against the Mohun Bagan coach at the Bidhannagar Police Station. The police is waiting for the medical reports to arrive and then they will take necessary action.

10. March
5.National League - Calcutta: Mohun Bagan AC 2-2 Churchill Brothers SC - Goals: 1:0 RC Prakash (10'), 2:0 Basudeb Mondal (62'), 2:1 Francis Silveira (63'), 2:2 Jose Colaco (90').
Mohun Bagan had a great chance to close the gap to the top two team East Bengal and FC Kochin today in their match against Churchill Brothers but they weren't able to take home a 2-0 lead. Bagan took an early lead in the 10.minute through in-form striker RC Prakash. Basudeb Mondal consolidated the lead in the 62.minute but Francis Silveira scored of the counter attack and set-up a thrilling finish. Churchill had some chances after that which Bagan keeper Ghosh Dastidar was able to foil but he wasn't able to stop the equaliser through Jose Colaco in injury-time.
MOHUN BAGAN: Rajat Ghosh Dastidar, Dulal Biswas, Amauri da Silva, M Suresh, Hussain Mustafi, Jayanta Sen (RP Singh), Basudeb Mondal, Debjit Ghosh, James Singh, Jose Barreto, RC Prakash.
CHURCHILL: Edward Ansah, Denzil Ferrao (Inacio Afonso), Osumani Husseini, Mahesh Gawli, Mir Hyder Farooq, Roque Barreto (Kaustav Ghosh), Edson de Crasto (Ajay Singh), Noel Wilson, Jose Colaco, Francis Silveira, Andre Requena.

5.National League - Mumbai: Air India 0-0 JCT Mills - Goals: none.
Air India drew goalless with JCT Mills in the National League at the Cooperage, Mumbai. More was expected from this match-up after the thrilling 4-3 win for Air India at Ludhiana but the match was a lacklustre affair. Both teams had their chances but their were either messed up by the strikers or saved by the goalkeepers.

5.National League - Bangalore: Indian Telephone Industries 0-0 Vasco SC - Goals: none.
Indian Telephone Industries played out a goelless draw against Vasco SC in the National League at the Bangalore Football Stadium. ITI had a number of chances to score but their problem in the league continued, they are not able to score of chances.

5.National League - Thiruvananthapuram: State Bank of Travancore 2-0 Salgaocar SC - Goals: 1:0,2:0 Asif Saheer (73',88').
State Bank of Travancore won their first match of this seasons National League with a 2:0 victory against Salgaocar SC at the Chandrashekar Nair Stadium, Thiruvananthapuram. It was a deserving win for SBT, whose first goal was scored by Asif Saheer in the 73.minute. After SBT took the lead Salgaocar tried hard to equalise but then Saheer scored his second goal in the 88.minute to seal the fate of the match.

9. March
5.National League - Kochin: FC Kochin 1-1 Tollygunge Agragami - Goals: 0:1 Abdullatif Seriki (62'), 1:1 Dinesh Nair (90').
FC Kochin were lucky to remain unbeaten as Dinesh Nair scored the equaliser in injury time against Tollygunge Agragami in a 1-1 draw in the National League at the Nehru Stadium, Kochi. In a match which FC Kochin dominated but were Tollygunge from time to time went on the offensive, both teams needed time to get into their playing rhythm. Tollygunge went into the lead through Abdullatif Seriki and after that FCK tried to equalise until they succeeded in injury-time through Dinesh Nair.
FCK: Sunday Seah, Dinesh Nair, Rasheedi Williams, Jo Paul Ancheri, CK Jithesh, Eugene Gray, L Suresh (Shibu Shanmugam), IM Vijayan, TS Anoj (Susanth Mathew), Hemanathan, Aaron Cole.
TOLLYGUNGE: Pransanta Dora, Reazul Mustafa, Debashish Pal Chowdhury, Satish Bharti, Partha Sarathi Dey, Abdul Wasiu Saliu, Felix Abayomi, Bhabani Mohanty (Ranjan Chowdhury), Sasthi Duley, Emeka Achilefu, Adbulatif Seriki.

5.National League - Mumbai: Mahindra United 0-0 East Bengal Club - Goals: none.
Mahindra United were able to hold league leaders East Bengal to a goalless draw in the National League at the Cooperage, Mumbai. But it was rather the story that Mahindra missed a big chance to win against the league leaders East Bengal who themselves had a bad but lucky outting.

8. March
Calcutta Women's League - Semifinal: Mohun Bagan AC 6-0 Nabajanma Sangha

6. March
The former Nigerian star of the Calcutta Maidan Chima Okerie might try a comeback for Mohun Bagan in the ongoing National League and the comeback comes earlier than expected. He is said to start training today with Mohun Bagan for 10 days and then a decision will be taken if he is signed or not.
The Nigerian striker told the Times of India: "I want to clear my name. I don't like to go down as a player who left the game because of suspension." Chima had been forced into retirement after a Calcutta-derby when the then Bagan striker was banned by the IFA for six months for violent behaviour. Chima had then left the game for good.

5.National League - Kochin: FC Kochin 0-0 East Bengal Club - Goals: none.
The top of the table National League clash between FC Kochin and East Bengal ended in a goalless draw at the Nehru Stadium, Kochi. The league leaders East Bengal controlled the proceedings in the first-half but FC Kochin tried their best to take the game to East Bengal in the second.
FCK: Sunday Seah, Dinesh Nair, Patrick Nuku, Jo Paul Ancheri, CK Jitesh, Rasheedi Williams, L Suresh, IM Vijayan, TS Anoj (Susanth Mathew), Aaron Cole, Hemanathan (Rajesh Kumar).
EAST BENGAL: Sangram Mukherjee, Suley Musah, Jackson Egypong, Deepak Mondal, Ratan Singh, Carlton Chapman (Sheikh Sanjib), Isiaka Awoyemi, Chandan Das (Tushar Rakshit), Dipankar Roy (Surkumar Singh), Dipendu Biswas, Omolaja Olalekan.

5.National League - Calcutta: Mohun Bagan 3-0 Vasco SC - Goals: 1:0 Jose Barreto (40'), 2:0 RC Prakash (66'), 3:0 James Singh (69').
Mohun Bagan won 3-0 against Vasco SC in the National League at the Saltlake Stadium, Calcutta; their second 3-0 victory in a row. Mohun Bagan had Brasilian import Jose Barreto back in the team after suspension and he scored the opening goal in the 40.minute. Midway in the second-half RC Prakash continued his good scoring form with his seventh goal in the league and then James Singh scored in the 69.minute to take the match out of reach from Vasco. Vasco's Brazilian goalkeeper Ramos, one of the outstanding keepers of the National League, was not helped by a shoddy defence line.
MOHUN BAGAN: Rajat Ghosh Dastidar, Hussain Mustafi, Amauri da Silva, M Suresh, Amitava Chanda, Basudeb Mondal, RP Singh (James Singh), Debjit Ghosh, Jayanta Sen (Lolendra Singh), Jose Ramirez Barreto, RC Prakash (Flavio Lopez).
VASCO: Rogerio Ramos, Denzil Coutinho, Seby Dias, Sanjay Parte, Bhola Dey (Santano Colaco), Caetino Pinho (Khogen Singh), Ronaldo da Silva (Kishore Palkar), Daniel Colaco, Kashimov Avazbek, Peter Rodrigues, Edson Wanderley.

5.National League - Mumbai: Mahindra United 2-1 Salgaocar SC - Goals: 1:0 Raman Vijayan (17'), 1:1 Covan Lawrence (44'), 2:1 Habib Adenkule (80').
Mahindra United beat fancied rivals Salgaocar SC 2-1 in the National League at the Cooperage, Mumbai. The Mumbai champions should once again thank India goalkeeper Virender Singh for another excellent display in goal! Raman Vijayan shot Mahindras into the lead in the 18.minute but Covan Lawrence equalised for Salgaocar before halftime. The winner came by Nigerian recruit Habib Adenkule 10 minutes before the end of the match.

Calcutta Women's League - Quarterfinal: East Bengal Club 4-0 Bally Prativa
Calcutta Women's League - Quarterfinal: Mohun Bagan AC 2-0 Youth Footballers
Calcutta Women's League - Quarterfinal: Income-Tax 3-0 Itika Memorial
Calcutta Women's League - Quarterfinal: Nabajanma Sangha 2-0 Jubak Sangha

5. March
After the success of the CHAT sessions yesterday and last Sunday at indianfootball.com, we will now organise regular CHATs on WEDNESDAYs at 17.00 GMT / 18.00 CET / 22.30 IST & SUNDAYs at 20 h GMT / 21 h CET / 1.30 h IST . Come in and discuss matters related to Indian football/IFSC or ask if needed anything you want to know about Indian football/IFSC.

5.National League - Calcutta: Tollygunge Agragami 0-0 Churchill Brothers - Goals: none.
Tollygunge Agragami and Churchill Brothers played out a goalless draw in the National League at the Rabindra Sarobar Stadium, Calcutta. Tollygunge Agragami were in control throughout the match and had quite a number of chances but they were not able to score through their strikers Emeka and Seriki.
TOLLYGUNGE: Hemanta Dora, Reazul Mustafa, Debashish Pal Chowdhury, Satish Bharti, Biswanath Mondal, Bhabani Mohanty (Ranjan Chowdhury), Abdul Wasu Saliu, Felix Aboyemi, Sasthi Duley, Emeka Achilefu, Abdullatif Seriki.
CHURCHILL: Edward Ansah, Rajesh Meetei, Osumanu Husseini, Mahesh Gawli, Jaspreet Singh, Roque Barreto (Ajay Singh), Jose Colaco, Somatai Shaiza, Edson De Crasto (Kaustav Ghosh), Francis Silveira, Igor Shkvyrin.

5.National League - Ludhiana: JCT Mills 0-0 Indian Telephone Industries - Goals: none.
JCT Mills played out a goalless draw against Indian Telephone Industries in the National League at the Guru Nanak Stadium, Ludhiana. With this draw JCT remain winless at the halfway stage of the league, while ITI haven't won in nine matches.

5.National League - Mumbai: Air India 6-1 State Bank of Travancore - Goals: 0:1 Asif Saheer (30'), 1:1,2:1,3:1,4:1 Bungo Singh (37',48',50',65'), 5:1 Anthony Fernandes (81'), 6:1 PJ Jose (90').
Air India trashed State Bank of Travancore in the National League 6-1 at the Cooperage, Mumbai! Hero of the day was Air India medio Bungo Singh, scoring four goals including a second-half hattrick, after coming on as a substitute. SBT opened the scoring through Asif Saheer in the 30.minute but after that it was Air India all the way...

Note-1: According to the Times of India the Vijayan situation has become very tricky for the AIFF.
The AIFF has issued show-cause notices to IM Vijayan and his club FC Kochin for not having his transfer papers cleared after playing for Bangladesh club Muktijoddha.
AIFF secretary Alberto Colaco told TOINS from Goa: "We have served notices to both Vijayan and FC Kochin asked them to reply by March 10. We sought answers as to why have they failed to procure the international transfer certificate before rejoining FC Kochin from Muktijoddha."
About possible punishment awaiting Vijayan and his club if found guilty, Colaco revealed, "The AIFF doesn't have any punishment regarding flouting of transfer rules so far. We are just drafting it and it will take some time."
So are they going about it? "We are waiting for their reply and then decide. If points have to be slashed, then National League committee will have to decide on it. If Vijayan has to be suspended, then it is the under AIFF disciplinary committee's jurisdiction. It is a tricky situation", was Colaco's frank confession.
However, the AIFF is not barring Vijayan from playing in the National League. "If found not guilty later, then we couldn't justify our stand of suspending him now," allowed the AIFF secretary.
The issue also won't harm Vijayan's international future as "playing for the country doen't need clearance."
If the AIFF goes according to FIFA law then IM Vijayan would be banned for a few month's and all match opponents in the National League would be awarded 3 points and 2 or 3 goals not sure about that rule. This sadly once again shows that officials in India do not know the rules or do not follow them. They would just need to go to the FIFA website and read. But it is not only the AIFF but also the clubs who should know that under FIFA law just for one or for 100 matches an ITC is needed and believe me I know that as we had the hassles with the AIFF on the transfer of the women players to Germany a year ago, which in the end failed because of the ITC...

3. March
This is an interesting article that I found in the Hindustan Times written by Jaydeep Basu under the title "Will Vijayan get away lightly?":
STAR STRIKER I M Vijayan may be let off with a warning or fine and avoid suspension even if he is found guilty of not taking an International Transfer Certificate (ITC) from Dhaka's Muktijodhdha Sangsad while returning to play for FC Kochin.
The AIFF is in the process of looking into a protest lodged by Tollygunge Aggragami on Feb 26 last that the former India skipper is inegible to play for FC Kochin since he has not taken the ITC from the Dhaka side for whom he has played a few matches.
According to sources, there is every possibility of Vijayan being held guilty as both FC Kochin and the Kerala Football Association have failed to produce necessary documents to prove his legal transfer.
FC Kochin's contention that Vijayan's transfer was time bound also may not hold good as an ITC cannot have such a provision.
The AIFF secretary Alberto Colaco said the result of the inquiry would be known only next week. He refused to discuss the possible punishment calling it 'hypothetical at the moment'.
But he also said that under the law a footballer could be slapped with suspension, fine or warning for any such offence.
"The issue has become too complicated. We may have to refer it to FIFA also", he said.
But Vijayan may escape with a token punishment since any form of suspension might hamper the interest of the national team, which will start its pre-World Cup campaign only next month.
Yet, the whole issue can put AIFF in a spot of bother. Any show of leniency to Vijayan might also lead to Tollygunge taking legal measures demanding three points from the match.
And in case the federation decides to deduct three points from FC Kochin's tally, the Kerala team may lodge a protest saying that Mohun Bagan were let off two seasons back when their Sri Lankan striker Roshan Pereira was found playing in Bangladesh without a legal transfer. But in Pereira's case, Bagan could never be dragged into the picture.
Here it was FC Kochin, who issued the initial transfer certificate to their prized catch.

2. March
5.National League - Calcutta: Tollygunge Agragami 2-2 State Bank of Travancore - Goals: 0:1 Abdul Naushad (5'), 1:1 Bhabani Mohanty (8'), 1:2 Abdul Hakkim (30'), 2:2 Emeka Achilefu (55').
Tollygunge Agragami wasted numerous chances to win before settling for a 2-2 draw against State Bank of Travancore in the National League at the Rabindra Sarobar Stadium, Calcutta. SBT took the lead twice through strikers Abdul Naushad and Abdul Hakkim in the 5. and 30.minutes, respectively but Tollygunge was able to equalise through Medio Bhabani Mohanty and striker Achilefu in the 8. and 55.minutes. SBT were reduced to ten men in the 70.minute after goalkeeper Feroz Sheriff was given marching orders by referee T. Bhaskar for pulling down a goalbound Mohanty outside the box. But Tollygunge failed to take advantage. Rajeev Kumar filled in for Sheriff.
TOLLYGUNGE: Prasanta Dora, Biswanath Mondal, Debasish Pal Chowdhury, Satish Bharti, Parthasarathi Dey, Bhabani Mohanty (Temjem Kibang), Abdul Saliu, Abayomi Felix, Shasthi Duley, Abdulatif Seriki, Emeka Achilefu.
SBT: Feroz Sheriff, Paul Antony, V Sivakumar, Lanel Thomas, Vinu Jose, Shabbir Ali, XR Prajeev, Krishnan Ajayan (Rajeev Kumar), Abdul Noushad, Abdul Hakkim, Sylvester Ignatius.

5.National League - Ludhiana: JCT Mills 0-1 East Bengal Club - Goals: 0:1 Srikanta Datta (89').
East Bengal continued their winning ways with a 1-0 away victory against JCT Mills at the Guru Nanak Stadium, Ludhiana. The winning goal was scored by Srikanta Datta with an excellent acrobatic volley in the 89.minute, late in the match.

5.National League - Mumbai: Air India 0-3 Mohun Bagan AC - Goals: 0:1,0:2,0:3 RC Prakash (10',44',89').
Defending champions were back to winning ways with a 3-0 way win against Air India in the National League at the Cooperage, Mumbai. RC Prakash scored a hattrick, the first of this editions National League, making clear that he is a candidate for the slot besides star-striker Baichung Bhutia in the starting eleven! Prakash did all this without his genial partner Jose Barreto sitting out due to a suspension but his Brasilian countryman Flavio Lopez took his place excellently.
AIR INDIA: Yousuf Ansari, Dennis George (Henry Picardo), Osberne D'Souza, Arun Malhotra, Raju Singh, Tomba Singh, Bungo Singh, Ratan Singh (Herbert Philips), Khalid Jamil, Narendra Meetei (Godfrey Pereira), Anthony Fernandes.
MOHUN BAGAN: Rajat Ghosh Dastidar, Dulal Biswas, Amauri da Silva, M Suresh, Hussain Mustafi, Basudeb Mondal (Naushad Pari), RP Singh (James Singh), Debjit Ghosh, Jayanta Sen, RC Prakash, Flavio Lopes (Amar Ganguly).

1. March
5.National League - Goa: Salgaocar SC 1-2 Vasco SC - Goals: 1:0 Bruno Coutinho (15'), 1:1 Seby Dias (57'), 1:2 Kishore Palkar (90').
Vasco SC scored a surprise 2-1 victory against Goan rivals Salgaocar in the National League at the Nehru Stadium, Margao. Bruno Coutinho scored the lead for Salgaocar in the 15.minute with Seby Dias scoring the equaliser for Vasco in the 57.minute. In injury time substitute Kishore Palkar scored the winner for Vasco, who with this goal pulled-off a stunning victory.
SALGAOCAR: Ali Abubaker, Covan Lawrence, Roberto Fernandes, Franky Baretto, Venacio Gonsalves, Jules Alberto, Christian Okoye, Climax Lawrence, Dharamjit Singh (Denis Cabral), Alvito D'Cunha, Bruno Coutinho (Alex Ambrose).
VASCO: Rogerio Ramos, Caetanho Pinho, Denzil Coutinho, Seby Dias, Sanjay Parte, Ravi Babu (Gregory Clark), Ronaldo da Silva, Daniel Colaco, Avazbek Koshimov, Peter Rodrigues, Edson Wanderley (Kishore Palkar).

5.National League - Mumbai: Mahindra United 0-1 FC Kochin - Goal: 0:1 TS Anoj (41').
FC Kochin continued their unbeaten run in the National League with a 1-0 away victory against Mahindra United at the Cooperage, Mumbai. In the 41.minute TS Anoj was able to score the goal of the day, otherswise Mahindra's India goalkeeper played another exceptional match.

Calcutta Women's League: East Bengal Club 0-0 Income-Tax

Note-1: The preliminary zonal level league matches of the 2nd Division National League will start from March 14 at five zonal venues, as per the schedule released by the AIFF secretary, Alberto Colaco. Two teams from each group will qualify for the second phase. The teams will then be divided into two groups, with Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, being the venue for the second phase ties. Four teams, two from each group will qualify for the final phase to be played at Malda, West Bengal. The top two teams will qualify for the premier division National League of 2001-2002.
North Zone (Delhi): Indian National FC (Delhi), Border Security Force and Punjab Police (both Punjab), Himalayan Tigers (Himachal Pradesh), J&K Bank (Jammu&Kashmir), City Club (Haryana), Youngsters (Chandigarh), one team from Uttar Pradesh.
North-East Zone (Imphal): Assam Rifles, Eastern Sporting Union (Manipur), Agiye Chalo Sangha (Tripura), Football Club of Mizoram, Langsning Sports (Meghalaya), Nagaland Police.
East Zone (Balurghat): Mohammedan Sporting (Bengal), Tata Football Academy (Bihar), Jorba Durga Club (Orissa).
West Zone (Goa): Dempo SC and Sporting Clube de Goa (both Goa), Central Railway (Mumbai), Nivia Club (Rajasthan), City Police (Ahmedabad), CRPF - Neemuch (Madhya Pradesh).
South Zone (Chennai): Indian Bank (Tamil Nadu), HAL (Bangalore), Central Excise Recreation Club (Kerala), State Bank of Hyderabad.