The 1969–70 Santosh Trophy was the 26th edition of the Santosh Trophy, the main State competition for football in India. It was held in 1969 in Nowgong, Assam. Bengal beat Services 6–1 in the final; Mohammed Habib scored five of the goals.
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Country | India |
Dates | October 1969 |
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Champions | Bengal (12th title) |
Runner-up | Services |
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Top goal scorer(s) | Mohammed Habib (11 goals) |
Early rounds
editTripura | 7–2 | Uttar Pradesh |
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Tripura led 4-1 at half-time, all four goals scored by Das. The tournament was inaugurated by S.K. Dutta, the Chief Justice of Assam and Nagaland
1-1 at half time
1-1 at half time
Orissa led 4-0 at half time.
Goa led 7-0 at half-time. Lobo scored the first four goals
Pre quarter-finals
editServices | 3–0 | Punjab |
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Andhra Pradesh | 8–0 | Rajasthan |
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Rajasthan captain Bhoor Singh was sent off in the second half for hitting Jaffar in the face.Andhra led 4-0 at half time.
Mysore | 2–0 | Madhya Pradesh |
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Madras 3-0 at half time.
Bengal 1-0 at half time.
Quarter-finals
editServices | 3–0 | Assam |
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Shyam Thapa provided the assist for Aziz's goal.
Andhra | 2–1 | Maharashtra |
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Bengal | 8–0 | Madras |
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Bengal led 5-0 at half-time. The match was played on a rain-soaked, slow pitch.
Semi-finals
editTeam 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Services | 4–1 | Mysore | 2–0 | 2–1 |
Bengal | 10–1 | Andhra Pradesh | 4–1 | 6–0 |
Matches
editServices received the penalty after Prabhakar fouled Shyam Thapa. Aziz scored in both halfs.
Services | 2–1 | Mysore |
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Services won 4–1 on aggregate. Aziz and Williams provided assists for Thapa. Several players were injured including Herrick of Services (11th minute) and Ulaganathan of Mysore (31st minutes) who were carried off the field with leg injuries.
Bengal | 4–1 | Andhra Pradesh |
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Bengal | 6–0 | Andhra Pradesh |
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Bengal won 10–1 on aggregate. Ghosh Dastidar was sent off in the 13th minute of the second half for kicking Habeeb Khan.
Final
editHabib's five goals is the most scored in a Santosh Trophy final.
Bengal scored the first goal when a freekick by Pranab Ganguly shot up in the air off Ghosh Dastidar's body and Habib deflected it into the empty net. Services missed a chance a minute later when Aziz's shot was saved off the line by Kalyan Saha. Habib provided the assist for Lahiri for the second goal and Lahiri provided the assist for the next. Habib's third goal came from a solo run and the fourth from a pass by substitute Sitesh Das.
- Bengal : Balai Dey, Sudhir Karmakar, Kalyan Saha, Ashok Banerjee, Santo Mitra, Kalon Guha, Priyalal Mazumdar, Bimal Lahiri (Sitesh Das), S Ghosh Dastidar, Habib, Pranab Ganguly
- Services : Jeet Bahadur, Nelson Bose, Khairuddin, Sajwan (Bir Bahadur), Rajesh Kumar, Narsingh Gurang, AJ Paul, K Williams, Shyam Thapa, Aziz, PB Saha (Harikrishen)
Squads
edit- Kerala : Pradeep, Hameed and Pappachan; CR Balakrishnan(C), Jos Ulahannan, GK Subramaniam, Abubacker, MO Jose and Jaffer; Jose Augustine, PV Ramakrishnan and Prasannan; KG Vijayan, Alphonso, Sreenivasan, Joseph, Williams and Raghavan Nair[21]
- Madras : R.Mohan, Dhananjayan, Cletus (State Bank); P.Krishnan, J.R.Williams, T. Thangaraj, A.H.Mallick (Wimco); P.M.Radhakrishnan, T.Gangadharan, K.B.Mohanavelu, M.Padmanadhan, M.Annadorai, S.Victor (Reserve Bank); A.Palaniswamy, Sriramulu (ICF); Gabriel Joseph (Air Force)[22]
References
edit- ^ Tripura rout UP, Indian Express, 22 September 1969, p.13
- ^ Assam rally to rout Tripura, Indian Express, 24 September 1969, p.12
- ^ MP move up, Indian Express, 29 September 1969, p.16
- ^ Manmath Singh hat-tricks for Orissa, Indian Express, 29 September 1969, p.16
- ^ Goa too good for Kerala, Indian Express, 5 October 1969, p.12
- ^ Aziz stars in Services' 3-0 victory, Indian Express, 28 September 1969, p.12
- ^ Andhra rout Rajasthan, Indian Express, 2 October 1969, p.12
- ^ Railways nose out Delhi, Indian Express, 4 October 1969, p.12
- ^ Ulaganathan's brace for Mysore, Indian Express, 6 October 1969, p.12
- ^ Madras whip Bihar 5-0, Indian Express, 7 October 1969, p.12
- ^ Ganguly stars in Bengal's 4-0 victory, Indian Express, 8 October 1969, p.10
- ^ Services enter semifinals, Indian Express, 30 September 1969
- ^ Andhra edge out Maharashtra, Indian Express, 9 October 1969
- ^ Champions Mysore seize chances, Indian Express, 10 October 1969
- ^ Bengal rout Madras, Indian Express, 11 October 1969
- ^ Services ahead, Indian Express, 12 October 1969, p.14
- ^ Bengal blaze into final for the 20th time, Indian Express, 14 October 1969, p.12
- ^ Bengal whip Andhra, Indian Express, 13 October 1969, p.12
- ^ Bengal blaze into final for the 20th time, Indian Express, 15 October 1969, p.12
- ^ Santosh Trophy for Bengal, Indian Express, 17 October 1969, p.12
- ^ Kerala team, Indian Express, 23 September 1969, p.14
- ^ Madras team for the Santosh Trophy, Indian Express, 27 September, 1969, p.16