Silchar Football Academy Camp for UK soccer meet

OUR CORRESPONDENT

Hailakandi, Oct. 16: Silchar Football Academy today started a 15-day coaching camp for the east and northeast zone qualifying round matches of the Manchester United Premier Cup Football Championship, at Police Parade Ground in Silchar. The academy has invited 25 players for the camp being conducted by Karna Mushahary and Babu Singha. Sithil Dhar, the secretary of the academy, said the zonal level championship would be held in Sikkim between November 18 and 20. Four teams from the Northeast have confirmed participation at the meet. The teams are Eastern Sporting Union of Manipur, Sikkim Football Academy, Snow Lion Football Academy of Sikkim and Silchar Football Academy. “Besides, four teams from West Bengal, too, will take part in the tournament. The teams are Mohun Bagan Athletic Club, Chirag United Sports Club, Mohammedan Sporting Club and Kalyani Football Academy,” Dhar said. The qualifying round will see teams competing in three groups. Thereafter, eight teams will qualify for the final round in Goa. Four teams from the west-south zones, two from the east and northeast and two from north zone will qualify for the final round. The championship is organised annually by the Indian Football Federation primarily to enable football academies to spot and pick talents from different parts of the country. Silchar Football Academy’s performance in Chandigarh last year was fairly satisfactory. It defeated Hindustan Football Academy of Delhi by a margin of 2-1 goals and drew 1-1 with Mohun Bagan Football Academy. source: the telegraph india