Howrah Union Explained

Howrah Union is an Indian multisports club based in the city of Kolkata (Maidan). The football team competes in the Calcutta Football League.^{[1] [2] [3]} The club previously competed in the Super Division of CFL.^{[4] [5]}

History

Howrah Union was formed in 1922, by late Panchanon Choungdar and Dr. Satyaban Roy along with many other sport's loving people from Howrah.^[6] Initially they played football at Howrah Maidan and the club's address was at 254, Panchanantala Road, Howrah. They eventually got affiliation from the Indian Football Association and joined thebCalcutta Football League.^{[1] [7]} They got promoted to the First Division in 1929 and won the Trades Cup in 1932.^[6] In the 1936 IFA Shield, they went till the semi-finals by defeating Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry.^[1]

Howrah Union won the Stafford Challenge Cup in 1964 under the captaincy of Olympian M. A. Sattar. In 1967 the club won the Cooch Behar Cup. Howrah Union won the Trades Cup in 2011.

Notable players

Notable football players who have played or started their careers at the club include Sailen Manna and Arun Ghosh and Jahar Das.^{[8] [9] [10]} Samar Banerjee,^[11] Ashok Chatterjee,^{[12] [13] [14] [15]} Mohammad Abdus Sattar,^{[16] [17] [18] [19]} S.Mewalal, Poongam Kannan,^{[20] [21]}

Home ground

Howrah Union uses Mohammedan Sporting—Howrah Union Ground for its sporting events.^[22]

Honours

Domestic tournaments

• Stafford Cup
  • Winners (1): 1964^{[1] [23] [24]}
• Bordoloi Trophy
  • Runners-up (1): 1962^[25]
• Trades Cup^[26]
  • Winners (3): 1932, 2011, 2018^[27]
  • Runners-up (2): 2012, 2019^[28]
• Cooch Behar Cup^[29]
  • Winners (1): 1967^[1]

Other departments

Cricket

Howrah Union has its men's cricket section which is affiliated to the Cricket Association of Bengal,^[30] and competes in the CAB Second Division League.^{[31] [32] [33]}

Field hockey

Men's hockey team is affiliated to the Bengal Hockey Association and competes in the Calcutta Hockey League.^{[34] [35] [36]}

Volleyball

Howrah Union also operates men's volleyball team that participates in the Elliot Shield State Volleyball Championship.^[37]

Further reading

Bibliography

• Book: Mitra . Soumen . 1 January 2006 . In Search of an Identity: The History of Football in Colonial Calcutta . Dasgupta & Co. Private Ltd. . Kolkata . 978-8182110229 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221021163751/https://books.google.co.in/books/about/In_Search_of_an_Identity.html?id=fZbgPgAACAAJ&redir_esc=y . 21 October 2022 .
• Book: Kapadia . Novy . 2017. Barefoot to Boots: The Many Lives of Indian Football . Penguin Random House . 978-0-143-42641-7 .
• Book: Martinez. Dolores . Mukharji . Projit B. 2009. Football: From England to the World: The Many Lives of Indian Football . . 978-1-138-88353-6 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220702174505/https://books.google.co.in/books?id=nbzhAQAAQBAJ&dq=kerala+footballer+in+Burma&source=gbs_navlinks_s . 2 July 2022 .
• Book: Majumdar, Boria, Bandyopadhyay, Kausik . 2006 . Goalless: The Story of a Unique Footballing Nation . . 9780670058747 .
• Ghosh, Saurindra Kumar. Krira Samrat Nagendraprasad Sarbadhikary 1869–1940 (Calcutta: N. P. Sarbadhikary Memorial Committee, 1963) (hereafter Krira Samrat).
• Book: Nath, Nirmal. History of Indian Football: Upto 2009–10. 2011. Readers Service. 9788187891963. https://web.archive.org/web/20220722172604/https://books.google.co.in/books/about/History_of_Indian_Football.html?id=QbUFaAEACAAJ&source=kp_book_description&redir_esc=y. 22 July 2022.
• Book: Soccer in South Asia: Empire, Nation, Diaspora. 2001. Frank Cass Publishers. London, United Kingdom. 978-0-7146-8170-2. Dineo. Paul. Mills. James. 25 July 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220725072732/https://books.google.co.in/books/about/Soccer_in_South_Asia.html?id=71JHZiiP3hoC&source=kp_book_description&redir_esc=y.
• Book: Jaydeep. Basu. Stories from Indian Football. https://web.archive.org/web/20221011131939/https://books.google.co.in/books/about/Stories_from_Indian_Football.html?id=QeovtKLi-1sC&source=kp_book_description&redir_esc=y. 11 October 2022. UBS Publishers' Distributors. 2003. 9788174764546.

Others

• Web site: CALCUTTA FC WIN. telegraphindia.com. The Telegraph. 13 July 2001. 26 November 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20230608141520/https://www.telegraphindia.com/sports/calcutta-fc-win/cid/1230824. Kolkata. 8 June 2023.
• Web site: Triumphs and Disasters: The Story of Indian Football, 1889—2000. . 20 October 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120813081005/http://pierretristam.com/pdfs/wc10.pdf . 13 August 2012 . dead.
• Web site: 12 May 2021. SportMob – Best Indian football players of all time. 28 January 2022. SportMob.com. 9 August 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220809100523/https://sportmob.com/en/article/967888-Best-Indian-football-players-of-all-time.
• From recreation to competition: Early history of Indian football. . pp. 124–141. Published online: 6 Aug 2006. Taylor & Francis. Retrieved 30 June 2021.

External links

• Clubs at IFA

Notes and References

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6. Web site: কর্পোরেট ক্রিকেট দিয়ে হাওড়া ইউনিয়নে শতবর্ষ উৎযাপন শুরু. 21 January 2023. 26 January 2022. Kolkata. insidesports.in. ইনসাইড স্পোর্টস. bn. Howrah Union keen to start club's centenary celebration with corporate cricket tournament. https://web.archive.org/web/20230205233414/https://insidesports.in/archives/5533. 5 February 2023.
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16. http://www.hindustantimes.com/specials/sports/asian-games/Former-football-star-Abdus-Sattar-passes-away/football/SP-Article10-689261.aspx Former football star Abdus Sattar passes away
17. Web site: Former Olympian football star passes away, IBN Live News. https://web.archive.org/web/20120318101725/http://ibnlive.in.com/generalnewsfeed/news/former-olympian-football-star-passes-away/660415.html . 18 March 2012 . 18 March 2012.
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19. News: Olympian Abdus Sattar dead. 27 April 2011. 25 April 2011. The Hindu. 30 April 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110430095612/http://www.thehindu.com/sport/other-sports/article1764551.ece.
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22. Web site: CALCUTTA FOOTBALL LEAGUE – OFFICER'S CHOICE BLUE TO BE THE TITLE SPONSOR. Kolkata. Football News India. 4 August 2015. 7 October 2022. 10 October 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20221010165728/http://footballnewsindia.in/2015/08/04/calcutta-football-league-officers-choice-blue-title-sponsor/.
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28. Web site: IFA Trades Challenge Cup 2019. kolkatafootball.com. 27 September 2022. 26 January 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210126024521/https://kolkatafootball.com/ifa_cfl_lower_divn_2019-20/trades_2019.html#trades_21st.
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