Pictures from the 3rd National League season:

picture from the opening of the 3rd National League in New Delhi by Delhi chief Minister Sheila Dixit, January 5

picture from the match JCT Mills vs Mohun Bagan in Delhi, January 5
JCT goalie Virender Singh collecting the ball following an attempt by Samuel Omollo of Mohun Bagan. Bagan's IM Vijayan is in the foreground.

picture from the match Indian Telephone Industries vs Indian Bank in Bangalore, January 6

picture from the match Tollygunge Agragami vs Churchill Brothers in Calcutta, January 11
Tollygunge's Chibuzor slips past a Churchill Bros defender at the Rabindra Sabobar stadium.

picture from the match Indian Telephone Industries vs Mahindra&Mahindra in Bangalore, January 13
ITI's Sergey Kaliubin's header beats Mahindras' Khalid Siddique but fails to find the target at the Bangalore Football Stadium.

picture from the match Tollygunge Agragami vs Mohun Bagan in Calcutta, February 3
Mohun Bagan's Cheema Okerie apologises to the referee Gulab Singh Chauhan, during Bagan's match against Tollygunge Agragami at the Rabindra Sarobar Stadium. For me, the picture of this season's National League!!!

picture from the match Indian Bank vs FC Kochin in Chennai, February 3
FC Kochin's first goal scorer Nitin Pradhan watches the ball in all concentration even as he slips past Indian Bank's defender Ananda Rajan at the floodlit Nehru stadium.

picture from the match Salgaocar vs East Bengal in Margao, February 28
Salgaocar's Alvito D'Cunha scores the first goal with a rising shot, being watched by East Bengal defender Franky Barreto and goalie Bibhas Ghosh at the sell-out Fatorda stadium.

picture from the match Churchill Brothers vs FC Kochin in Margao, March 1
Churchill Brothers Ghanian striker Philip Mensah tries to get past a FC Kochin defender.

picture from the match Salgaocar vs JCT Mills in Margao, March 2
Salgaocar's Augustine Rodrigues (second from left) rises above JCT's Hardip Sangha (third from left) to head in his team's equaliser.

picture from the match Churchill Brothers vs East Bengal in Margao, March 4
Denzil Ferrao of Churchill Brothers (centre) tries to get the ball past East Bengal defenders Ratan Singh (left) and Jackson Egypong at the Fatorda Stadium.

picture from the match Salgaocar vs Mohun Bagan in Margao, March 5
Jules Alberto (7) of Salgaocar beats Debjit Ghosh (4) of Mohun Bagan to the ball for his side's 2nd goal.

picture from the match JCT Mills vs Churchill Brothers in Calcutta, March 9

picture from the match Mohun Bagan vs East Bengal in Calcutta, March 10
East Bengal striker Raman Vijayan (left foreground) tussles with Mohun Bagan's Jo Paul Ancheri at the Saltlake stadium.

picture from the match Mohun Bagan vs Churchill Brothers in Calcutta, March 12
Mohun Bagan's Jo Paul Ancheri tries to get past the Churchill Bros defender Osumani Hussein at the Saltlake stadium.


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