--- Eugene Correia [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Bosco is right. I am mentioned the match many a
times
on this forum.
...
fine player from Dempo Francis D'Souza (nicknamed
matari).
Some may be curious to the nickname. Well, the year
was somewhere around 1968 or thereabouts. I was in
the VII
To Goanet -
Bosco,
I may have got the games mixed up. Perhaps it was
the E Bengal side (in which case it may have been the
Bandodkar Trophy) which had stars like Habib and
Bhowmik.
Regards,
r
Be
Bosco is right. I am mentioned the match many a times
on this forum.
Once again, the tie-breaker between Goa vs Bengal was
held at the Tilak Maidan, Vasco, before noon. Yeah,
Bernard ballooned the ball and then went to the centre
of the ground and lay with his face down on the
ground. I was
I think the first leg was in Margao (Campal had a wind/breeze factor)
and the second leg at Tilak in Vasco (cannot remember). The tie
breaker was at 4PM exactly; our school ended at 4 and the d^^^m
Irishm^n Principal would hear nothing about letting the school out on
this very important day.
Interesting walk down memory lane for the first true stars of
Brazallian football, Garrincha (he shone before that guy Pele)! And
apparently his genius was in his uneven legs. There is a documentary
floating around on Garrincha and superbly put together.
On 20/01/2008, Rajan P. Parrikar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I have very fond memories of Domnic's dazzling skills.
As a boy in shorts, I remember going to the Campal ground to see Vasco
Sports Club's matches. Domnic was of slight built, not very tall. He
was the star in Goa's match against
The Santosh Trophy was 1972 but the Goa-Bengal semi-final (the closest
Goa came in the old days to getting into the finals) was at Tilak
maidan (maybe the first leg was at Campal).
The game was tied even after extra time and none of us who attended a
certain school were let off to watch the
On Sun Jan 20 11:58:37 PST 2008, Edgar Silveira wrote:
The Santosh Trophy was 1972 but the Goa-Bengal semi-final
(the closest Goa came in the old days to getting into the
finals) was at Tilak maidan (maybe the first leg was at
Campal).
On Sun Jan 20 11:58:37 PST 2008, Rajan P. Parrikar
