Daniel, thanks for reminding us of the others & adding to my knowledge. I remembered Tony Martin (Donvaddo? Dola's brother?) but was not too sure. Dont remember Denzil or Bebiano. Guess there are many others we dont know about or cant recall. I seem to recall an Antao somewhere from Salcete.
& how could I have forgotten? Francis & all his brothers seem to have been playing football at some time or the other. I did read once about Goan footballers being amongst the best but since you didnt mention this in your original mail, thought I was mistaken. Congrats once again to all! Merry Christmas & Happy New Year! Annette From: [email protected] Since this is the Golden Anniversary of Goa Football Association it is befitting we recall the ones (footballers & football administrators) from Saligao who have made our village proud by their contribution to Goan football at State, National and International level.Goa is today seen as the best footballing State in the country. Bengal is now no longer the pride of Indian football. Goan football clubs have shown they can play better football. Some names besides Domnic Soares that instantly come to my mind wrt football from Saligao are : Romeo Remedious (former international) Francis D'Souza (former international & first Goan to play for outstation club - Mohan Bagan) Melvin D'Souza - (Footballer & FIFA Referee) Roland D'Souza - (ex SBI Footballer & National Referee ) Tony Martin (Tata's Mumbai) - a deadly right footed striker Denzil Franco (presently with Mahindra's & represented India in SAFF cup) Bebiano Fernandes - (Sporting Club) Netters can add to this list and highlight the contribution of many others Sportingly Daniel On Wed, 23 Dec 2009 13:03:14 +0530 Annette wrote >Wow! That is great news! Thanks Daniel! Marbrouk to Dominic & all others in his league. Always wondered why we never heard of the good football players once they had left the field. It is fitting that sportsmen of such calibre are honoured. > Who doesnt remember Dominic? Isaw his wife Theresa (she was a D'Gama) in January & automatically I remembered Dominic & the good old days of the football matches that we watched. Dominicwas really swift & I have forgotten some of the others or dont remember their names-I guess I am not that literate with regard to such sports but I do recall some of the good players from Saligao like Francis & Newton D'souza. We never missed watching the matches at Oula etc....irrespective ofwhether the players were well known or not. > > A small Island like Bahrain has a team almost reaching the finals...(No doubt they are playing against the countries that make up the leagues depending upon the population & area). I have watched the Bahrain Team playing often (albeit on T.V.) - they are good & some of our Saligao & Goan footballers were just as good if not better! > > Oh well! As Rico says, some of us arent very "literate" when it comes to Sports I guess so how could I judge who is good, better or best? > > Congratulations once again to Dominic & the others. > > Annette > > > Date: Wed, 23 Dec 2009 01:32:46 +0530 >Subject: Re: [SALIGAONET] Domnic Soares ex-footballer felicitated >From: [email protected] >To: [email protected] > >Thanks for telling us about Domnic, Daniel. My knowledge about sports ranges >close to illiteracy ... so you have helped people like me to know more about >the village and its achievers. Congrats to Domnic Soares! Well deserved, and >it's good that the GFA honoured people of this caliber. FN > > 2009/12/22 Daniel F. de Souza > >Today (22/12/2009) is the 50th Anniversary of the Goa Football Association. A >grand celebration was held at Pinto's Wild Orchid, Majorda. Saligao's ace >footballer Domnic Soares, and one of the finest dribbler Goan football has >ever seen was felicitated by the GFA. He was selected by Goan football fans on >the 'All star football team' from 1959 onwards. I met him at the function and >personally congratulated him. The other footballer to get this honour were; >Andrew, Brahmanand, Soccoro, Bruno Coutinho, Climax lawrence, Bernard, >Nicholas, Derrick Pereira (both defenders), Mahesh Gawli, Babu Arolkar and >others. > >Those of saligaonetters who are familiar with Goan football will remember him >as the deadliest centre forward for Vasco sports club who was part of ABCD >(Andrew-Catao-Bernard-Domnic) quartet of the 70s/80s. Domnic played for a >while for Saligao Sporting Club too. And it was such a pleasure to watch him >on the field specially his ability to dribble past a host of opponents and >score effortlessly. He was a clean player with a soft touch and never >committed a fowl intentionally. > >Daniel > > > >I was present at the function and congratulated him for this prestigious >honour. > >-- >This message comes via the Google Groups "Saligao-Net" group. >To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >[email protected] >For more options, visit this group at >http://groups.google.com/group/saligao-net?hl=en >Please post regularly to keep the e-village active! > >-- >Frederick Noronha > >Columnist :: journalism >editing :: alt.publishing, >photography :: blogging > >Landline :: +91-832-2409490 >Mobile :: +91-9822122436 >784 Saligao 403511 Goa India > >Goa,1556 :: http://goa1556.goa-india.rog >Photos :: http://photosfromgoa.notlong.com > >Forthcoming from Goa,1556: >http://tiny.cc/peppercorns > > >-- >This message comes via the Google Groups "Saligao-Net" group. >To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >[email protected] >For more options, visit this group at >http://groups.google.com/group/saligao-net?hl=en >Please post regularly to keep the e-village active! >Windows Live Hotmail: Your friends can get your Facebook updates, right from >Hotmail®. -- > This message comes via the Google Groups "Saligao-Net" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/saligao-net?hl=en > Please post regularly to keep the e-village active! ************************************************* Daniel F. de Souza Konknni Writer,Columnist & Freelance Journalist C/3, IInd Floor, Elvira Apts. 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