SrinagarEtihad Football Club, Young Star Football Club, Shopian Football Club Monday scripted title victories in the their respective district leagues of State Football League 2017, a statement from Jammu and Kashmir Football Association-organisers of the event-said.
All three summit clashes were played at Synthetic Turf TRC Ground, Srinagar with Etihad FC winning district Pulwama leg of the tourney while district Kupwara event was pocketed by Young FC. District Shopian league was submitted by Shopian FC.
After a hiatus of ten days, the football fans from all parts of Kashmir once again thronged to Synthetic Turf, TRC to support their favourite teams and players. The enthusiasm of fans from districts was huge as they had travelled a long distance to watch their football heroes perform at the Synthetic Turf.
The first final of the day of District Pulwama, Zone Pampore league started early in the morning between Etihad FC Pampore and SFA XI Pampore. In the high voltage match, Etihad FC Pampore defeated SFA XI Pampore 3-0. Both the teams played attacking football throughout the match. The forward lines of both the teams kept each others defence lines busy. But it was Etihad FC, who managed to find the net more often than the opposite team. As the referee blew the final whistle, Etihad FC had scoreline well and truly in their favour to walk away home with the trophy.
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The second final of the day of District Kupwara, Zone Handwara league was played between Young Star FC and Salman FC. In the closely contested match, Young Star FC defeated Salman FC by 3-2. It was a highly entertaining match as defence lines of both the teams attacked each other’s goal post from both the flanks. The defence lines were always under pressure and the final minutes of the match proved a real entertainment when the winning team was trying to protect their lead and the losing team was desperate to score an equaliser. When the referee blew the final whistle, Young Star FC players had a sigh of relief as they were leading by 3-2.
The third final of the day of District Shopian League was played between Shopian FC and Losedeneu FC. Shopian FC blanked their opponents 5-0. The high speed and the quality of the football displayed by the winning team enthralled the spectators. After scoring first goal in the first half of the match, Shopian FC team never looked back. They kept the pressure on the defence lines of the opposite team throughout the match and were able to score back to back 4 goals as well. The losing team couldn’t score despite getting several opportunities.
M.Amin Khan Member JKSSC and Rouf Tramboo ,Member JKSSC were the chief guests on the occasion who distributed prizes and uniforms among the winning and runner up teams.
The finals of the League tournaments were organised by the respective District/Zone Associations in association with J&K Football Association. The league matches were played from August to October 2017. The finals were played in Srinagar with a view to provide an opportunity to players from remote areas to play at the Synthetic Turf.
The State Football League-2017 is being organised by the J&K Football Association (JKFA) in all 22 districts of the state to unearth the hidden talent. More than 500 football teams and clubs with over 12000 players and over 1500 team officials are participating in the mega event, first of its kind in the history of J&K football.
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