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Tuesday, 1 July 2014

Guwahati ISL Franchise Unveiled

The Guwahati franchise of the upcoming Indian Super League has been named 'North East United FC'. The announcement came on June 10th in an event held in the city of Guwahati, located in Eastern India.
Guwahati ISL Franchise Unveiled


Bollywood actor John Abraham jointly owns this franchise along with I-League club Shillong Lajong FC. The franchise is one of 8, set to take part in the opulent franchise league to be started in India. The home stadium will be the Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium located in Guwahati.
Scheduled for the month of September, the final touches to the formation of the tournament are being added. North East United FC is the third of three franchise unveiled so far, after Atletico de Kolkata (Kolkata) and Kerala Blasters FC (Kochi). The players who will take part in the MLS-style league are also being finalised.
John Abraham was quoted at the ceremony saying :                                                                         “I always had a fascination for football and North East. When ISL process started, we decided to have the team Guwahati or else we would have stayed away. By naming the team after the entire region, we want to project the eight states as a force to reckon with in Indian football.” 
While the big budgeted magnates and industrialists popularize the league, existing clubs and league in India are being apathetically ignored. Although some clubs support the new league, the national league, called the I-league is clearly being overshadowed and should the ISL prove to be a success, there cannot be much doubt about the gradual redundancy of the I-League.


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