[ad_1] Within a space of a fortnight, Kerala football demanded attention twice. First, Kerala lifted the Santosh Trophy at home. At Manjeri in northern Kerala, what made the bigger news was not Kerala’s seventh title at the National football championship, though. It was the fans that got the country talking; some 27,000 of them were […]
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[ad_1] It was an evening like never before for a Santosh Trophy-winning team. For, big cash awards were presented to the Kerala team which claimed the National football title in Malappuram recently. Dr. Shamsheer Vayalil, chairman and managing director of VPS Healthcare, rewarded the team with Rs. 1 crore with VPS’ India head Hafiz Ali […]
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[ad_1] Late last year, despite winning the Santosh Trophy’s South Zone qualifiers in Kochi, Kerala’s head coach Bino George was not a happy man. “Not satisfied,” said George about his team’s performance in the qualifiers. The passing was not up to the mark and the defence was an issue too. “So again, I went and […]
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[ad_1] : Not very long ago, T.K. Jesin was being paid Rs. 7000 a month for playing sevens football in Malappuram, Kerala football’s capital. He had not even played for the district then but when Bino George saw him in one of those tournaments, he was very impressed. George, then the Kerala United FC coach, […]
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