Mr. Anjan Kumar Mitra

Hony. General Secretary

Mohun Bagan Athletic Club

Kolkata

Dear Sir,

I take moral responsibility for the debacle of the senior football team in the 2010-2011 football season. It is my humble submission that I may please be freed of all my responsibilities pertaining to the football activities of the senior football team of the Club with immediate effect.

During my long and fruitful involvement with various football activities of the Club such as team building, recruitment, administrative and managerial duties; I was part of all the major tournament victories in Indian Football such as the National Football League thrice, Federation Cup several times and Calcutta Football League on many occasions.

I feel very proud of my achievements and successes with the senior football team. I am also pleased that last year the Team scored 5 goals against arch-rivals East Bengal, a never before performance in the history of the Club. However this year, the performance of the team has not been satisfactory in my opinion and I sincerely feel that it is time for someone else to bear this great responsibility on behalf of the Club and start recruiting for the new season.

This is for your kind information and necessary action.

Thanking you,

Yours faithfully,

Debashis Dutta

It is for the first time such an Academical co-operation with the NIS initiated by the AIFF. This initiative of the All India Football Federation with the National Institute of Sports will definitely pave way to bring an uniform method of coaching in the country.

Following are participating in the AFC course at the NSNIS, Patiala.

Ms.Paramjit Kaur (Punjab), Danny Lalduhawma (Mizoram), Amla yacoob Yusuf(Gujarat), Bishal Tamang (West Bengal), Ramchandra Sarang Devot(Rajasthan), Bharat Singh Gurjar(Rajasthan), Shiraz Khalid.C (Lakshadweep), Pradeep Singh(Punjab), Pradeep Kumar(Haryana), Meet Kamal Swarnkar (Rajasthan), Harpreet Singh(Punjab), Vikram Singh Bisht(Himachal Pradesh), Sandeep Gaud(Madhya Pradesh, Paritosh Kumar Sharma)(Delhi), Sukhdeep Singh(Punjab), S. Santhanam (Tamil Nadu), S. Gopikrishnan (Tamil Nadu), S. Ramesh (Services), Karan Singh(Rajasthan), Manzoor Ahmed Dar (Jammu & Kashmir), Inder Prakash Nagi (Chandigarh), Ravi (Services).

On the chair (L to R) Mr. Subhashis Bhattacharjee (Asst. Instructor of NIS), Mr.Birbal Singh (AFC Instructor), Mr.Gabriel E Joseph (Director Coaching, AIFF, Mr. Mallick (Chief Instructor of NIS) and Negi (Asst.Instructor of NIS) and other participants.

Simultaneously another AFC 'C' certificate coaching course is also in progress at Imphal, Manipur from 1st April, 2011. Both the courses will end on 16th April, 2011.

Participants in the Imphal course are

K.Sachindra Mangang, Md. Abdul Wahid, Md.Abdul Quddus Shah, A.Muniram Singh, Ng. Ruhikanta Singh, Ch.Ojit Singh, N.Rajesh Meetei, N.Uttam Singh, Th.Tomba Singh, Golmei Anil Kabui, Y.Khogen Meetei, O.Kulla Singh, N.Dhiren Meetei, M.Bimolchandra Meetei, N.Biren Meetei, K.Lokendra Singh, Th.Sunilkumar Singh, M.Dineshchandra Singh, N.Nandakishor Singh, K.Somorjit Singh (Manipur).

The legacy of this match carries decades back and over the years unforgettable matches have taken place in numerous competitions among these two sides and each of them have dominated over the other at a certain period of time.

On the day of a Kolkata Derby, the city of joy no longer retains the tag but instead turns into a city of competition, a city of rivalry, a city divided into two sects namely the Bangals and the Ghotis cheering with their full force to earn the Bragging Rights over the other.

This match has created many legends of the years, given birth to many heroes and have helped to identify many leaders. East Bengal started off with a flyer in the I League winning six games in a row and conceding no goals with victories over Dempo, Salgaocar, JCT being the hallmarks of their bright performance.

The start was brought to a halt by the minnows Mumbai Fc who for the first time found the East Bengal net and held the mighty red and yellow brigade to earn a point each.In the next six games East Bengal drew three matches against the defending champions Churchill Brothers,the ever rising Chirag United and their arch nemesis Mohun Bagan but were victorious against Pune Fc, Hal and Viva Kerala.

As a result of this frustrating draws East Bengal lost ground in being the early pace setters to the I league and gifted their place to Salgaocar dropping to third. Tolgey have been the main inspiration for them in the attack while Sanju Pradhan has done a tremendous job in rejuvenating the midfield and Okpara have been a rock in the back for them all season long and the return of the I league after the Ifa shield has seen them again perform with the intensity of an intent as tolgey struck a treble against Air India.

On the other hand Mohun Bagan began the campaign in the worst possible way being held in their opening match by Pune Fc, losing the next two games against HAL and Churchill Brothers and again drawing in their fourth match against Dempo.But finally the Mariners somehow kept the fate of their sinking boat alive by back to back victories against JCT and Mumbai Fc.

But the pangs of inconsistency again struck the camp when they lost against Viva Kerala and Chirag United before winning against ONGC , Salgaocar and AIFF XI . After the dissapointment of the Ifa shield being so close yet so far in retaining the prestigious Shield it was expected that the Mohun Bagan would reclaim their vigour in the remaining matches of their campaign but again they were held by the minnows Mumbai Fc.

The absence of their inspiration Barretto have hurt their attack tremendously but Chidi Edeh , Manish Maithani have provided the goals to cover up for their star striker. As the current table stands East Bengal are in the third position twelve points ahead of Mohun Bagan who are lying sixth in the table.

The current scenario means even if Mohun Bagan beats East Bengal in the Kolkata Derby the result wont be of much significance but the weight of this fixture doesn�t allow any team to think of losing because of the prestige attached to it.

In the first meeting this season goals from Sanju Pradhan and Barretto were enough to calm the tie but it remains to be seen what more is about to be written in the chapter of the epic rivalry between these two teams when they clash this Saturday to prove their rage of dominance in Kolkata.

On the same day the Association will felicitate three veteran ex- Sports person Manik bose, Shyamal Dey and Anwar Hossain for their achievements in their playing days which bought proud for the District.

Jt. Secretary Sanku Bose told that The Association will hand over Rs. 50,000/- to Padma Mitra and in this regards a football match will held between Calcutta Sports Journalists Club and Ex- footballers of South 24 Parganas where Ex-famous players of Bengal and India Dilip Pal, Amit Bhadra, Atanu Bhattacharyya, Gouranga Banerjee, Tushar Rakshit, Ranjan Chowdhuri, Amit Das, Ranjan Dey, Rupak Chowdhury and other players will participate.

Reknowned Footballer Mehtab Hossain of East Bengal, Ex- India International Surojit Sengupta and Kanai Sarkar may present in the occasion.

Southern Samity who recently took over "Russy Mody" Football Academy from Howrah Union Club where they will produce future footballers. The main sponsor of Russi Mody Academy is Front-link International. Once Famous Football Club of IFA organized Kolkata Football League will be benefited from the Academy in future as the Academy will supply young talented and skill Footballers to the Club.

From a reliable source of Southern Samity, it has been known that, the said Academy will start very soon and their probable inauguration programme will be held any of the the date 25-27th April. In this regards a trial camp will be held for U-14 and U-17 boys on 15-17th April at Ravindra Sarovar Stadium, Kolkata where their Newly appointed Youth Development Project Director Phillippe de Ridder will present. No the only that, Southern Samity is going to launch their own Football Academy at Haldia, where the preliminary works are in progress.

Currently Southern Samity is playing at Guwahati in 2nd Divn I-League. They will meet Baichung Bhutia's United Sikkim FC tomorrow in their 3rd match at Guwahati at 8.45 AM.

Wayne Rooney shone at the big stage yet again as he scored in the 24th minute for Man U. The evergreen Ryan Giggs picked up a good cross-field ball from Michael Carrick, went passed Jose Bosingwa in his first touch and essayed a minus to Rooney, whose shot went in off the post. Post conceding, Chelsea showed more urgency in attack but created few clear cut chances.

Didier Drogba and Fernando Torres combined well, but failed to find an equalizer as Torres� efforts first hit the post and later brought out a splendid finger tips save from Edwin Van Der Sar. Carlo Ancelotti�s last throw of the dice to bring in Nicholas Anelka and Florent Malouda with 20 mins remaining did not yield benefits either as all of Chelsea�s efforts towards goal got rebuffed at the hands of Van Der Sar.

Manchester United now go to the return leg match at Old Trafford being clear favourites on the basis of the crucial away goal scored by Rooney. Fernando Torres continues his goal drought for Chelsea as luck eluded him again.

Barcelona made short work of Shakhtar Donetsk at Camp Nou and virtually set up a semi-final clash with Real Madrid. Shakhtar will rue the number of chances they missed in the first half, which if converted, might have made the encounter more interesting than it eventually was. Andres Iniesta, Dani Alves, Gerard Pique, Seydou Kieta and Xavi Hernandez scored for Barca while Yaroslav Rakitskiy pulled one back for the Ukranians.

Shakhtar started well, and played the slick passing game Barca is known for, but a sudden spurt from Lionel Messi saw the Ukranian club�s defense in ruins as Iniesta picked up the ball and scored with just 2 mins on the clock. This did not daunt Shakhtar and they continued with their passing game and missed a host of chances. William and Luiz Adriano failed to put away their opportunities as Lionel Messi increasingly tried to bring Barca back into the game.

A splitting pass from Iniesta found Dani Alves, who calmly scored and increased Barca�s lead. Barcelona started the second half well and Pique scored of a Xavi assist just eight minutes in the half. Shakhtar had its moment of glory eventually when Rakitskiy scored of a Darijo Srna free-kick at the hour mark but their spurt was short lived as Messi fed Keita for Barca�s fourth within a minute of the goal.

Xavi wrapped up things at the end with Barca�s fifth, which all but finished Shakhtar�s hopes of a comeback in the second leg.

05.04.2011: Real Madrid   4 - 0   Tottenham (FT)

REM: Adebayor 5', 72' Maria 58', Ronaldo 88'

05.04.2011: Inter Milan   2 -5   Schalke 04 (FT)

INT: Stankovic 1 , Milito 34'
SAL: Matip 17', Edu 40', 75', Raul 52', Ranocchia 57'.