There’s a pleasant Navy flavour within the Golden Threads FC staff, which can play its first residence match of the Second Division I-League on the Panampally Nagar floor right here on Wednesday.
The Kochi-based Golden Threads received the Kerala Premier League soccer title final 12 months (April 2022) however 5 months later, the All India Football Federation (AIFF) introduced that no international gamers can be allowed within the Second Division I-League.
“We now have seven players from the Navy, some of them have played for the Services team… we are a good side,” S.S. Naushad, the Golden Threads staff proprietor and managing director, informed Sportstar on Tuesday.
The staff has had some good outcomes too, within the two away matches it performed final week.
“We had a 1-0 win against Chennaiyin FC and a 1-1 draw against Bengaluru FC (both ISL reserve teams) in our first two games,” mentioned Naushad.
Bibake, the person to observe
Both the Golden Threads targets got here from Navy’s Bibake Thapa, the 32-year-old ahead who hails from Sikkim.
“We have a good chance against RKM FC (Narainpur, Chhattisgarh) tomorrow evening,” mentioned the staff proprietor.
RKM, by the way, suffered a 4-0 in its earlier sport towards FC Bengaluru United on Saturday, whereas Golden Threads is on the second rung in Group ‘C’ after two matches however with the identical variety of factors as group chief Bengaluru FC.
Golden Threads FC’s Bibake Thapa.
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However, Golden Threads didn’t do very nicely on this 12 months’s Kerala Premier League – the place international gamers are allowed and which led to Wayanad on Sunday – ending third in its group and failing to make the super-six stage.
“We conduct the KPL one year in advance to give the clubs time to prepare for the Second Division I-League,” defined P. Anilkumar, the Kerala Football Association secretary.
“Golden Threads are last year’s KPL winners, and they have got one year’s time to try and do something better.”
Source: sportstar.thehindu.com