1969–70 Santosh Trophy

1969–70 Santosh Trophy
Tournament details
CountryIndia
DatesOctober 1969
Final positions
ChampionsBengal (12th title)
Runner-upServices
Tournament statistics
Top goal scorer(s)Mohammed Habib (11 goals)
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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.

Early rounds

Tripura7–2Uttar Pradesh
  • Ranjit Das
  • Moni Singh
  • Dharma Chetri
  • Kesab Lal
  • Sushil

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

Assam6–2Tripura
  • Balaram
  • Somraj
  • Kamalnath
  • Dhiren Chaterji

1-1 at half time

Madhya Pradesh2–1Haryana

1-1 at half time

Orissa7–0Gujarat
  • Kabir
  • Manmath Singh
  • Halim
  • Bau Talim
  • Promode Saha

Orissa led 4-0 at half time.

Goa7–1Kerala
  • Lobo
  • Dominic
  • Catao

Goa led 7-0 at half-time. Lobo scored the first four goals

Pre quarter-finals

Services3–0Punjab
Andhra Pradesh8–0Rajasthan
  • Akbar 3' 31' 32' 72'
  • Ram Mohan 41'
  • Jankiram
  • Amarchand
  • Jaffar

Rajasthan captain Bhoor Singh was sent off in the second half for hitting Jaffar in the face.Andhra led 4-0 at half time.

Railways3–2Delhi
  • Arumainayagam
  • S Nandy
  • S Das
  • Krishna Sen
  • Harinder Singh
Mysore2–0Madhya Pradesh
  • Ulaganathan 18' 41'
Madras5–0Bihar
  • Johnson 9'
  • Padmanabhan 10', 81'
  • Victor

Madras 3-0 at half time.

Bengal4–0Goa
  • Pranab Ganguly
  • Habib
  • Biman Lahiri

Bengal 1-0 at half time.

Quarter-finals

Services3–0Assam

Shyam Thapa provided the assist for Aziz's goal.

Andhra2–1Maharashtra
  • Akbar 6'
  • Jaffer 72'
  • Naidu 50'
Mysore2–0Railways
  • Ulaganathan 34'
  • Kosalram
Bengal8–0Madras

Bengal led 5-0 at half-time. The match was played on a rain-soaked, slow pitch.

Semi-finals

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Services 4–1 Mysore 2–0 2–1
Bengal 10–1 Andhra Pradesh 4–1 6–0

Matches

Services2–0Mysore

Services received the penalty after Prabhakar fouled Shyam Thapa. Aziz scored in both halfs.

Services2–1Mysore
  • Kosalram
Referee: Ganguly

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.

Bengal4–1Andhra Pradesh
  • Pranab Ganguly 56', 73'
  • Parimal Dey
  • P Mazumdar 88'
  • Sebastian 57'
Bengal6–0Andhra Pradesh
Referee: P. Namasivayam (Tamil Nadu)

Bengal won 10–1 on aggregate. Ghosh Dastidar was sent off in the 13th minute of the second half for kicking Habeeb Khan.

Final

Bengal6–1Services
  • Habib 16' 54' 81'
  • Biman Lahiri 48'
  • Bir Bahadur 77'
Referee: Babul Burmese (Assam)

Habib'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

  • 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

  1. ^ Tripura rout UP, Indian Express, 22 September 1969, p.13
  2. ^ Assam rally to rout Tripura, Indian Express, 24 September 1969, p.12
  3. ^ MP move up, Indian Express, 29 September 1969, p.16
  4. ^ Manmath Singh hat-tricks for Orissa, Indian Express, 29 September 1969, p.16
  5. ^ Goa too good for Kerala, Indian Express, 5 October 1969, p.12
  6. ^ Aziz stars in Services' 3-0 victory, Indian Express, 28 September 1969, p.12
  7. ^ Andhra rout Rajasthan, Indian Express, 2 October 1969, p.12
  8. ^ Railways nose out Delhi, Indian Express, 4 October 1969, p.12
  9. ^ Ulaganathan's brace for Mysore, Indian Express, 6 October 1969, p.12
  10. ^ Madras whip Bihar 5-0, Indian Express, 7 October 1969, p.12
  11. ^ Ganguly stars in Bengal's 4-0 victory, Indian Express, 8 October 1969, p.10
  12. ^ Services enter semifinals, Indian Express, 30 September 1969
  13. ^ Andhra edge out Maharashtra, Indian Express, 9 October 1969
  14. ^ Champions Mysore seize chances, Indian Express, 10 October 1969
  15. ^ Bengal rout Madras, Indian Express, 11 October 1969
  16. ^ Services ahead, Indian Express, 12 October 1969, p.14
  17. ^ Bengal blaze into final for the 20th time, Indian Express, 14 October 1969, p.12
  18. ^ Bengal whip Andhra, Indian Express, 13 October 1969, p.12
  19. ^ Bengal blaze into final for the 20th time, Indian Express, 15 October 1969, p.12
  20. ^ Santosh Trophy for Bengal, Indian Express, 17 October 1969, p.12
  21. ^ Kerala team, Indian Express, 23 September 1969, p.14
  22. ^ Madras team for the Santosh Trophy, Indian Express, 27 September, 1969, p.16