SUBROTO CUP INTERNATIONAL FOOTBALL TOURNAMENT, HISTORICAL BACKGROUND
SUBRATO CUP INTERNATIONAL TOURNAMENT
HISTORICAL BACKGROUND
The idea of having a junior football tournament was first conceived in 1958 by (Late) Air Marshal Subroto Mukerjee, a keen soccer lover whilst he was the Chief of the Air Staff. According to him, football needed to be encouraged at grass root level in order to realise the growth of the game in the country. His concept first took shape when Subroto Mukerjee Sports Education Society was formed in 1960 after his untimely demise in Tokyo. The first tournament was also played the same year. At the time of the inauguration of the tournament, the then Prime Minister Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, while offering condolence to this great visionary suggested that the tournament be named after the late Air Marshal. Thus, started Subroto Mukerjee Cup Football Tournament open to school teams only.
The idea of having a junior football tournament was first conceived in 1958 by (Late) Air Marshal Subroto Mukerjee, a keen soccer lover whilst he was the Chief of the Air Staff. According to him, football needed to be encouraged at grass root level in order to realise the growth of the game in the country. His concept first took shape when Subroto Mukerjee Sports Education Society was formed in 1960 after his untimely demise in Tokyo. The first tournament was also played the same year. At the time of the inauguration of the tournament, the then Prime Minister Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, while offering condolence to this great visionary suggested that the tournament be named after the late Air Marshal. Thus, started Subroto Mukerjee Cup Football Tournament open to school teams only.
Subroto Cup
Football Tournament is an All India Inter School Football Tournament, organized
by Subroto Mukerjee Sports Education Society. This tournament was the
brainchild of (late) Air Marshal Subroto Mukerjee. He conceived the idea of
launching a football tournament, at junior level, in 1958, th
55th Subroto Cup football tournament 2014
MSP Higher Secondary from Kerala became the first team to enter the under-17 boys final of the 55th Subroto Cup football tournament after beating BSL High School, Jharkhand 5-4 via penalty shootout.
Understandably, both the teams played cautiously without taking any goal-bearing initiatives, much to the chagrin of their own benches and the spectators. From the outset it was evident that the two teams would adopt a defence-first approach and look for scoring opportunity, only if it were to come their way.
That, in a nut shell, described the boredom throughout the regulation period. With the time having to be resolved, penalty was forced on the teams and in which the Kerala school boys came out victorious.
For Kerala, Abhijith E.Mm, Sunil Solaman, Sohail. T, Arun Suresh and Gani Ahammed scored, neatly converting from the spot while Seilen Mang Sitlhou, Nitish Hazara, Abhishek Haider and Karan Rai found the target for Jharkhand. However, Yamnam Ankesh missed, sending the ball over.
Meanwhile, NCC (Nepal) and Ragunan Sports School from Indonesia sailed into the quarterfinals from group E and F, respectively. They will be m
Understandably, both the teams played cautiously without taking any goal-bearing initiatives, much to the chagrin of their own benches and the spectators. From the outset it was evident that the two teams would adopt a defence-first approach and look for scoring opportunity, only if it were to come their way.
That, in a nut shell, described the boredom throughout the regulation period. With the time having to be resolved, penalty was forced on the teams and in which the Kerala school boys came out victorious.
For Kerala, Abhijith E.Mm, Sunil Solaman, Sohail. T, Arun Suresh and Gani Ahammed scored, neatly converting from the spot while Seilen Mang Sitlhou, Nitish Hazara, Abhishek Haider and Karan Rai found the target for Jharkhand. However, Yamnam Ankesh missed, sending the ball over.
Meanwhile, NCC (Nepal) and Ragunan Sports School from Indonesia sailed into the quarterfinals from group E and F, respectively. They will be m
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