Eastern Railway FC: Difference between revisions

| league = [[Calcutta Football League|CalcuttaCFL Premier Division]]

After Indian independence in 1947, Eastern Railway managed to reach final of [[Rovers Cup]] in 1949 but lost 3–0 to [[East Bengal FC|East Bengal]] in titetitle decider.<ref name="Rovers 1949"/><ref>{{Cite web|first=Chittu|last=Shetty|url=https://www.footballcounter.com/2019/why-this-would-be-the-right-time-to-bring-back-rovers-cup/|title=Why this would be the right time to bring back 'Rovers Cup'|website=footballcounter.com|publisher=Football Counter|date=11 August 2019|access-date=27 June 2021|archive-date=27 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210627133540/https://www.footballcounter.com/2019/why-this-would-be-the-right-time-to-bring-back-rovers-cup/}}</ref> The club (then known as "East Indian Railway Accounts") later finished as runners-up in [[DCM Trophy]] too, twice in 1953 and 1957.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indianfootball.de/data/dcmtrophy.html|title=List of winners and runners-ups of the DCM Trophy|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201023183736/http://www.indianfootball.de/data/dcmtrophy.html|archive-date=23 October 2020|website=indianfootball.de|publisher=Indian Football Network|date=2000|first=Arunava|last=Chaudhuri|access-date=20 April 2021|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 1958, they again failed clinching title, beaten by [[Hyderabad City Police FC|Andhra Pradesh Police Club]] in final of [[Sait Nagjee Football Tournament|Sait Nagjee Trophy]] in Kerala.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indianfootball.de/data/saitnagjeetrophy.html|title=List of Winners/Runners-Up of the Sait Nagjee Trophy|first=Arunava|last=Chaudhuri|website=indianfootball.de|access-date=7 September 2015|archive-date=28 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180928211306/http://www.indianfootball.de/data/saitnagjeetrophy.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>

The club has been represented by many former [[India national football team|India]] members including [[Syed Abdus Samad (footballer)|Syed Abdus Samad]],<ref>{{cite book |last=Islam |first=Sirajul |year=2012 |editor1-last=Islam |editor1-first=Sirajul |editor1-link=Sirajul Islam |title=Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh |edition=Second |publisher=[[Asiatic Society of Bangladesh]] |chapter=Samad, Syed Abdus |chapter-url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Samad,_Syed_Abdus |editor2-first=Mohammad |editor2-last=Haider |access-date=3 July 2021 |archive-date=11 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210711231826/https://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Samad,_Syed_Abdus }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.prothomalo.com/sports/article/237973|title=আমাদেরও ছিল এক ফুটবল জাদুকর|website=prothomalo.com|publisher=[[Prothom Alo]]|date=10 June 2014|access-date=2018-07-25|language=bn|trans-title=We also had a football wizard|first=Rajib|last=Haider|archive-date=25 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180725092624/http://www.prothomalo.com/sports/article/237973}}</ref> Santosh Nandy,<ref name="KF"/> [[Sahu Mewalal]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Sahu Mewalal passes away|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1081228/jsp/sports/story_10311187.jsp|work=Telegraph India|access-date=7 April 2013|archive-date=30 December 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081230145437/http://telegraphindia.com/1081228/jsp/sports/story_10311187.jsp|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title= Remembering India's most prolific centre forward — Sahoo Mewalal |url= http://www.sportskeeda.com/football/remembering-indias-most-prolific-centre-forward-sahoo-mewalal |website= sportskeeda.com |date= 30 October 2012 |access-date= 20 October 2014 |archive-date= 20 October 2014 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20141020191438/http://www.sportskeeda.com/football/remembering-indias-most-prolific-centre-forward-sahoo-mewalal }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.goal.com/en-india/news/136/india/2008/12/27/1030388/indian-legend-sahu-mewalal-passes-away|title=Indian Legend Sahu Mewalal Passes Away|website=goal.com|publisher=[[Goal (website)|Goal]]|date=28 December 2008|access-date=28 December 2008|archive-date=28 December 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081228135218/http://www.goal.com/en-india/news/136/india/2008/12/27/1030388/indian-legend-sahu-mewalal-passes-away}}</ref> Sanat Seth,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/sports/football/ex-india-goalkeeper-sanat-seth-no-more/cid/1844719|date=25 December 2021|title=Ex-India goalkeeper Sanat Seth no more|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221004230531/https://www.telegraphindia.com/sports/football/ex-india-goalkeeper-sanat-seth-no-more/cid/1844719|archive-date=4 October 2022|access-date=26 November 2023|publisher=The Telegraph India|website=telegraphindia.com|location=Kolkata}}</ref> [[Pradip Kumar Banerjee]],<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.indiatoday.in/sports/football/story/india-legend-pk-banerjee-dies-age-83-kolkata-illness-1657810-2020-03-20 | title=Indian football legend PK Banerjee dies aged 83 | publisher=India Today | date=20 March 2020 | access-date=24 March 2020 | archive-date=22 November 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201122133340/https://www.indiatoday.in/sports/football/story/india-legend-pk-banerjee-dies-age-83-kolkata-illness-1657810-2020-03-20 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.iloveindia.com/sports/football/players/pk-banerjee.html|title=P. K. Banerjee Profile — Indian Football Player Pradip Kumar Banerjee Biography — Information on PK Banerjee Indian Footballer|website=iloveindia.com|access-date=27 April 2016|archive-date=31 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180731173911/http://www.iloveindia.com/sports/football/players/pk-banerjee.html}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.indianfootball.de/data/halloffame/banerjee_pk.html|title=Legends of Indian Football – "Hall of Fame": P.K. Banerjee|website=indianfootball.de|access-date=27 April 2016|archive-date=4 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304061656/http://www.indianfootball.de/data/halloffame/banerjee_pk.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> [[Pradyut Barman]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thehardtackle.com/2011/legends-of-indian-football-jarnail-singh/|title=Legends of Indian Football : Peter Thangaraj|date=14 May 2018|access-date=7 October 2022|first=Somnath|last=Sengupta|website=thehardtackle.com|publisher=The Hard Tackle|location=Mumbai|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210413164430/https://thehardtackle.com/2012/legends-of-indian-football-peter-thangaraj/|archive-date=13 April 2021}}</ref> Kajal Mukherjee,<ref>{{cite web |title=Indian Football "HALL OF FAME": KAJAL MUKHERJEE|url=http://indianfootball.de/data/halloffame/mukherjee_kajal.html |website=indianfootball.de |publisher=IndianFootball |date=2005 |access-date=30 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160805141914/http://indianfootball.de/data/halloffame/mukherjee_kajal.html |archive-date=5 August 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Parimal Dey, [[Prasanta Sinha]],<ref>{{cite web|first1=Gautam|last1=Roy|first2=Swapan|last2=Ball|date=2007|url=http://www.eastbengalfootballclub.com/club/famousPlayers4.asp|title=East Bengal Football Club – Famous Players|access-date=25 February 2009|website=eastbengalfootballclub.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090221072439/http://www.eastbengalfootballclub.com/club/famousPlayers4.asp|archive-date=21 February 2009}}</ref> [[Nikhil Nandy]],<ref name="Bhattacharya"/> Prabir Majumdar,<ref>{{cite web|first1=AIFF|last1=Media Team|url=https://www.the-aiff.com/article/aiff-condoles-the-demise-of-former-india-defender-prabir-majumdar|title=AIFF condoles the demise of former India defender Prabir Majumdar|date=28 December 2023|access-date=29 December 2023|location=New Delhi|website=the-aiff.com|publisher=All India Football Federation|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231229052859/https://www.the-aiff.com/article/aiff-condoles-the-demise-of-former-india-defender-prabir-majumdar|archive-date=29 December 2023}}</ref> and Asim Moulick.<ref>{{cite web|first=G. C.|last=Das|url=http://www.kolkatafootball.com/kolkatafootball_indian_legend_footballers_profile.html|title=Indian Legendary Football Players Profile: ASIM MOULICK|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080914072626/http://www.kolkatafootball.com/kolkatafootball_indian_legend_footballers_profile.html|date=14 September 2008|archive-date=14 September 2008|access-date=25 January 2011|website=kolkatafootball.com|publisher=Kolkata Football}}</ref> Legendary Indian football coach [[Sushil Bhattacharya]] played for the club from 1950 to 1956, and later became coach of the team.<ref name="Bhattacharya">{{cite web|url=http://www.goal.com/en-india/news/136/india/2015/07/19/13704072/legendary-indian-coach-sushil-bhattacharya-passes-away|title=Legendary Indian coach Sushil Bhattacharya passes away|date=19 July 2015|location=Kolkata|access-date=22 July 2015|first=Atanu|last=Mitra|publisher=[[Goal (website)|Goal]]|website=goal.com|archive-date=24 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924145235/http://www.goal.com/en-india/news/136/india/2015/07/19/13704072/legendary-indian-coach-sushil-bhattacharya-passes-away|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://eastbengalclubrecords.wordpress.com/2014/11/21/sushil-bhattacharya-the-first-coach-of-east-bengal-club-1961/|title=East Bengal Club, India – Records, Funs and Facts |publisher=East Bengal Club|website=eastbengalclubrecords.wordpress.com|date=24 November 2014|access-date=9 October 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190609103202/https://eastbengalclubrecords.wordpress.com/2014/11/21/sushil-bhattacharya-the-first-coach-of-east-bengal-club-1961/|archive-date=9 June 2019}}</ref>

**Champions (13): 1910, 1924, 2005<ref>{{cite web|first=Hans|last=Schöggl|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/india-tradescup.html|title=India — List of Trades Cup Winners|website=[[RSSSF]]|date=2014|access-date=24 March 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220927050302/https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/india-tradescup.html|archive-date=27 September 2022}}</ref>

Eastern Railway has its [[field hockey]] team that competed in both the prestigious [[Beighton Cup]] and Calcutta Hockey League.<ref>{{cite journal|title=A most remarkable community: Anglo-Indian contributions to sport in India|publisher=[[Routledge]]|last=Mills|first=Megan S.|journal=Contemporary South Asia |doi=10.1080/09584930120083828|volume=10|date=2001|issue=2 |pages=223–236 |s2cid=145742265 |doi-access=free}} (Published online: "Routledge Contemporary South Asia"; 1 July 2010).</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.anandabazar.com/amp/editorial/essays/one-west-bengal-was-the-excellency-center-of-hockey-and-petrochemical-in-all-india/cid/1403525|title=আমরা হকিতেও ছিলাম, পেট্রোরসায়ন শিল্পেও ছিলাম — সবই এখন অতীত|trans-title=We were in hockey, we were in the petrochemical industry — all in the past|website=anandabazar.com|publisher=[[Anandabazar Patrika]]|first=Mohit|last=Roy|date=31 January 2023|access-date=1 February 2023|location=Kolkata|language=bn|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230201045709/https://www.anandabazar.com/amp/editorial/essays/one-west-bengal-was-the-excellency-center-of-hockey-and-petrochemical-in-all-india/cid/1403525|archive-date=1 February 2023}}</ref> They clinched Beighton Cup title in 1929.<ref>{{cite web|title=Beighton Cup Winners and Runners-Up (1895—2019)|url=https://www.hockeybengal.org/winners-and-runner-up-details|location=Kolkata|website=www.hockeybengal.org|publisher=Hockey Bengal|access-date=5 July 2022|archive-date=23 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220423035958/https://www.hockeybengal.org/winners-and-runner-up-details}}</ref> One of the club's famous plyers is [[Richard Carr (field hockey)|Richard Carr]], who represented India at the [[1932 Summer Olympics]] in Los Angeles and won gold medal.<ref>{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ca/dickie-carr-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418114458/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ca/dickie-carr-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Richard Carr Olympic Results |access-date=10 August 2017}}</ref> Legendary Indian footballer [[Shanti Mullick]] appeared with the club's women's hockey team.<ref>{{cite web |title='Who will tell our story?': Shanti Mullick, the woman who took India to two AFC Cup finals |url=https://thebridge.in/football/woman-india-afc-cup-shanti-mullick-28256 |website=The Bridge |last=Bontra |first=Soumya |date=7 February 2022 |access-date=19 July 2022 |archive-date=17 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220817164948/https://thebridge.in/football/woman-india-afc-cup-shanti-mullick-28256 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Shreekumar |first1=S.S. |year=2020 |title=The Best way forward: for India's Football |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KdH7DwAAQBAJ&dq=Shanti+Mullick+afc+women%27s+championship&pg=PA221 |publisher=HSRA |isbn=978-81-947216-9-7 |access-date=2022-08-14 |archive-date=2022-08-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220817164945/https://books.google.com/books?id=KdH7DwAAQBAJ&dq=Shanti+Mullick+afc+women%27s+championship&pg=PA221 }}</ref>

**Champions (23): 1982, 2017, 2018<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hockeybengal.org/calcutta-hockey-league-history |title=BIRTH AND EVOLUTION OF CALCUTTA HOCKEY LEAGUE COMPETITION (1905) |date=2022 |access-date=24 October 2022|website=www.hockeybengal.org|publisher=Hockey Bengal |location=Kolkata |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221018155544/https://www.hockeybengal.org/calcutta-hockey-league-history |archive-date=18 October 2022 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.hockeybengal.org/about |title=About Us — Hockey Bengal |access-date=24 October 2022 |website=hockeybengal.org |publisher=Hockey Bengal |archive-date=24 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221024100545/https://www.hockeybengal.org/about }}</ref>

**Champions (1): 2019<ref>{{cite web|url=http://data4basketball.com/newsnew/209|title=33rd Federation Cup: Punjab Police and Eastern Railway emerge as champions|website=data4basketball.com|publisher=Data for Basketball News|date=18 June 2019|location=Noida|access-date=26 September 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240225071828/http://data4basketball.com/newsnew/209|archive-date=25 February 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sportingnews.com/in/nba/news/2019-federation-cup-punjab-police-men-eastern-railway-women-champions-noida-india-basketball/109vh4wfgg9s21wgp3b7lqkvx4|title=2019 Federation Cup: Punjab Police (men) and Eastern Railway (Women) crowned champions|website=sportingnews.com|publisher=The Sporting News India|date=16 June 2019|location=Noida|first1=Yash|last1=Matange|access-date=26 September 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220817020357/https://www.sportingnews.com/in/nba/news/2019-federation-cup-punjab-police-men-eastern-railway-women-champions-noida-india-basketball/109vh4wfgg9s21wgp3b7lqkvx4|archive-date=17 August 2022}}</ref>

**Champions (3): 2018–19,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://er.indianrailways.gov.in/view_detail.jsp?lang=0&id=0,4,268&dcd=1557&did=157406020436238850AB7BE989C04A297159F56CF023A|title=Shri Suneet Sharma, General Manager, Eastern Railway felicitated ER's women Basketball team for securing Gold in 43rd All India Inter-Railway Basketball Championship: 2019|location=Kolkata|website=er.indianrailways.gov.in|publisher=The Indian Railways|date=18 November 2019|access-date=26 September 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240225075308/https://er.indianrailways.gov.in/view_detail.jsp?lang=0&id=0,4,268&dcd=1557&did=157406020436238850AB7BE989C04A297159F56CF023A|archive-date=25 February 2024}}</ref> 2020–21,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://er.indianrailways.gov.in/view_detail.jsp?lang=0&id=0,4,268&dcd=4774&did=1646636995424692CAEFFCB89DD29D847F55DEF8B5DF1|title=Photo Release: Eastern Railway won Champions Trophy in the 44th All India Railway Basketball Championship 2020–21|location=Kolkata|website=er.indianrailways.gov.in|publisher=The Indian Railways|date=7 March 2022|access-date=26 September 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240225072427/https://er.indianrailways.gov.in/view_detail.jsp?lang=0&id=0,4,268&dcd=4774&did=1646636995424692CAEFFCB89DD29D847F55DEF8B5DF1|archive-date=25 February 2024}}</ref> 2021–22,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://er.indianrailways.gov.in/view_detail.jsp?lang=0&id=0,4,268&dcd=4774&did=1646636995424692CAEFFCB89DD29D847F55DEF8B5DF1|title=Press Release: ER'S WOMEN BASKETBALL TEAM WON THE ALL INDIA RAILWAY BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP {{*}} SWR WOMEN TEAM BECAME RUNNERS UP|location=Kolkata|website=er.indianrailways.gov.in|publisher=The Indian Railways|date=5 February 2023|access-date=26 September 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240225072912/https://er.indianrailways.gov.in/view_detail.jsp?lang=0&id=0,4,268&dcd=6348&did=16756646195978DFFC3E8238236AC582AC6FACBC51C56|archive-date=25 February 2024}}</ref>
*'''All-India Balkar Singh Cheema Memorial Championship'''
**Champions (1): 2022–23<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.onmanorama.com/sports/other-sports/2023/03/08/kseb-women-crowned-champions-s-balkar-cheema-memorial-basketball.html|title=KSEB women crowned champions of all-India basketball tourney in Punjab|website=onmanorama.com|publisher=Manorama News Online|date=8 March 2023|location=Kapurthala|access-date=26 September 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230314213141/https://www.onmanorama.com/sports/other-sports/2023/03/08/kseb-women-crowned-champions-s-balkar-cheema-memorial-basketball.html|archive-date=14 March 2023}}</ref>

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