Mohun Bagan - Revision history

Jyoti: /* 2024-25: Winning ways */

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‎2024-25: Winning ways

Jyoti: /* 2020 */

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‎2020

Pdewan: /* 1977: Pele */

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‎1977: Pele

Pdewan: /* 1977: Getting Pele to India */

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‎1977: Getting Pele to India

Jyoti at 07:29, 20 September 2022

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Jyoti: /* 2020 */

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‎2020

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Jyoti: /* 1977 : Mohun Bagan-Cosmos match */

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‎1977 : Mohun Bagan-Cosmos match

Jyoti: /* 1911: Jitendranath ‘Kanu’ Roy’s daughter reminisces */

2022-09-01T19:31:40Z

‎1911: Jitendranath ‘Kanu’ Roy’s daughter reminisces

Jyoti: /* YEAR-WISE DEVELOPMENTS */

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‎YEAR-WISE DEVELOPMENTS

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  Even more, Subhasish now has most goals by a defender in an ISL season (6), with Rodriguez chipping in with five more. Five months ago, it was a different battle for Molina who appeared to be in the firing line. Yet, he believed in his project, transformed Bagan into a winning machine and helped them find their place in the sun. In doing so, Molina reclaimed his world in Indian football.
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 “We’ll surely give our best shot in both. The team looks very good, the bulk remains the same with some new players. Hopefully, there will be one or two signings soon,” informed Goenka.
 The directors also gave their go-ahead for ATK Mohun Bagan soccer schools across the country.
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-[http://epaperbeta.timesofindia.com/Article.aspx?eid=31808&articlexml=How-Mohun-Bagan-pulled-off-the-Pele-coup-12102015024030 ''The Times of India''], Oct 12 2015
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-How Pele came, saw and conquered Calcutta (as Kolkata was then called) 38 years ago is well-documented. The mass hysteria which followed Pele's every step from the airport to the Eden Gardens was a sight his teammates got accustomed to during New York Cosmos' farewell tour with the legend in 1977. Quite understandably , the God of football took centre stage from the moment he descended on the city . But to get an idea of how the then-short, now historic trip materialized, one needs to travel a back in time.
-It may have be faded knowledge today , but in 1977, Pele and NY Cosmos were in India as guests of Mohun Bagan. Their visit was preceded by a troubled and turbulent phase for the Calcutta super club. The scars of the 0-5 humiliation at the hands of East Bengal in the 1975 IFA Shield final had still not been wiped out and the green and maroons were still being forced to play second fiddle to their arch-rivals, who then ruled not only the Maidan but also Indian football.
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-There was pressure on Mohun Bagan officials to deliver something quick. In 1976, the revered Dhiren Dey , who was the club's general secretary then, pulled off a coup by snatching away a clutch of stars who had orchestrated East Bengal's domination in Indian football. With the likes of Subhas Bhowmick, Shyam Thapa and Surajit Sengupta switching allegiance, Mohun Bagan managed to win the Calcutta Football League crown that year, halting East Bengal's record-breaking run of six successive titles.
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-But that turned out to be an `aberration'. Despite boasting of a star-studded line-up, Mohun Bagan failed to displace the red-and-golds as the dominant power. Bagan lost to ITI in the 1977 Federation Cup final in Bangalore in May . In June, it was further catastrophe for Bagan as a muchweakened East Bengal rode goals from Mihir Bose and Samaresh Chowdhury to stun them en route to regaining the CFL crown. Bagan players were attacked by angry and disenchanted fans at the club tent. Some of the players even sought protection from Dey , telling him that their family members were also being targetted. Pushed into a corner, Dey was desperately looking for `salvation'. It was then that he learnt about Cosmos' tour of Asia. Following a discussion with then-IFA secretary Ashok Ghosh, he quickly chalked out a blueprint and got cracking on the audacious project of Mohun Bagan hosting Pele and his Cosmos team.
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-When Cosmos received Dey's communication, the club asked for an exorbitant sum as appearance fee. So steep was that figure that it almost led to the grand project falling through.
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-However, undaunted by the initial `setback', Dey shot off another letter, this time to Pele's agents, highlighting Mohun Bagan club's role in India's struggle for independence and how “the country where Mahatma Gandhi was born“ was eagerly waiting for a date with the Brazilian legend. Much to the delight of Dey and Mohun Bagan, Pele agreed to play ball and convinced the Cosmos management to add India to the list of destinations in Asia. Most importantly , thanks to Pele's intervention, Mohun Bagan had to cough up less than what was initially demanded.
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-At a time when East Bengal were still basking in the glory of regaining the CFL crown from their arch-rivals, Bagan had staged a silent coup with a stunning impact.
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-Torrential rain greeted Pele and Cosmos when their Air India flight landed on Sept 22. The rest, as they say , is history. Pele was largely off-colour in the match, but Mohun Bagan went on to hold Cosmos 2-2 in a performance which brought about a remarkable change in their fortunes.
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-As Pele returned to New York to play his testimonial match against Santos, Mohun Bagan players -buoyed by the swagger of playing against the greatest footballer of all time -tore East Bengal apart in the IFA Shield final a week later, winning by a Shyam Thapa goal. Thapa was at it again in December, scoring a brace to get the better of East Bengal in the Rovers Cup semifinal, on way to the title beating Tata Sports. This was followed by another triumph in the Durand Cup.
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-If the early and mid-70s belonged to East Bengal, the post-Cosmos period was Mohun Bagan's as they re-emerged as a force to reckon with in Indian football.
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	When we were going out at half-time, Pele hugged me. At the Cosmos team hotel in the evening, he kissed me and said, “Goalkeeper you saved your team“. The Pele match was a lifechanging experience for me.		When we were going out at half-time, Pele hugged me. At the Cosmos team hotel in the evening, he kissed me and said, “Goalkeeper you saved your team“. The Pele match was a lifechanging experience for me.
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		+	=2018: unbeaten CFL champions after 8 years=
		+	[http://www.uniindia.com/mohun-bagan-scripted-history-by-becoming-unbeaten-cfl-champions-after-8-years/sports/news/1354704.html September 18, 2020: ''United News of India'']
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		+	Conceding a goal in the 72nd minute, Mohun Bagan rallied brilliantly in the fag end to score two goals in a gap of seven minutes to emerge unbeaten Calcutta Football League for the first time in eight years.

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-[https://www.telegraphindia.com/west-bengal/mohun-bagan-rsquo-s-1911-win-amp-my-father/cid/1421360  July 27, 2018: ''The Times of India'']
+[https://www.telegraphindia.com/west-bengal/mohun-bagan-rsquo-s-1911-win-amp-my-father/cid/1421360  July 27, 2018: ''The Telegraph'']
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 As told to Sudeshna Banerjee
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