SMS alert ahead of Dempo-Bagan tie SIDDHARTH SAXENA
TIMES NEWS NETWORK[ TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 01, 2005 12:57:15 AM ] Sign into earnIndiatimes points MARGAO: A mystery SMS that has been doing the rounds in Goa for a couple of days has made the local organising committee ask for more police protection ahead of Dempo's NFL meeting with Mohun Bagan. It's the first time the two teams are meeting since Cristiano Junior's death in the Federation Cup final in Bangalore on December 5 last year. Started by one Sunil, the SMS which the TOI also received here, reads: "Dear friend, please come 1 n all on 1.2.05 to cheer GOAN FOOTBALL CLUB n condemn d act of paul n M.B. V prove v r UNITED-TODAY, TOMORROW n ALWAYS SUNIL." Laughing it off at first as a wonderful way to market Tuesday's game, Savio Messias, the GFA secretary, nevertheless admitted that the SMS had been discussed by the executive committee on Sunday, and it was decided to ask for more police personnel at the venue. "We've decided to ask for the Rapid Action Force, apart from the regular policemen," Messias told TOI on Monday. Crucially, the All India Football Federation secretary, Alberto Colaco is not around at the moment. He is currently in Kuala Lumpur for an Asian Football Confederation meeting, and is expected to return only on Wednesday. The AIFF have, meanwhile, appointed Syed Nasir Ali, as observer to oversee the smooth conduct of the game. Appeals are being made in Goa for the peaceful passage of the game. On Sunday, in an unprecedented move, Dempo Sports Club brought out an advertisement in local dailies appealing for peace and discouraging any potential trouble-making from the fans. Messias said he had heard rumours that people would bring in stones to throw at the Bagan players, and in the absence of any frisking and metal detectors at the gate, trouble could arise. A musical tribute Tuesday's Dempo-Mohun Bagan game should be the perfect platform to launch a paean to Cristiano Junior. And that's what an enterprising music composer has done. Agnello D'Costa, a Konkani singer and composer and Anthony Marques de Siridao, a local radio, TV personality have jointly produced a music compilation called Doriant Earthquake. The nine tracks that the album contains touch on a variety of themes, most notably an allegory to the recent tsunami earthquake and the dead Dempo striker. The cover of the album bears the now-famous picture of a prostrate Junior, with Ranti Martins and RC Prakash trying to revive him, while tsunami devastation occupies the background of the picture. D'Costa, accompanied by former Dempo goalkeeper of the 1970s, Teotomio D'Silva, who incidentally himself was paralysed for some months after colliding with a striker during a tournament in 1977, are trying to launch the album before the game at the stadium on Tuesday. ===== Thought for Today: "No matter how long a log stays in the water, it doesn't become a crocodile". Goa's finest www.colaco.net www.supergoa.com www.goa-world.com Gulf Goans e-Newsletter yahoogroups.com/group/gulf-goans/ Moderator Gaspar Almeida/Presented by Uly Menezes, archived at: www.goa-world.com/goa/ since 1994. Thanks for the continued support of the www.goa-world.com/goa/ team. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Give the gift of life to a sick child. Support St. Jude Children's Research Hospital's 'Thanks & Giving.' http://us.click.yahoo.com/lGEjbB/6WnJAA/E2hLAA/0FHolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> http://www.goa-world.com http://www.live365.com/stations/61664 Live Konkani Music http://www.mahableshwar.com/ Addresses: Post message: [email protected] Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] List owner: [EMAIL PROTECTED] URL to this page: http://www.yahoogroups.com/group/gulf-goans Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/gulf-goans/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
