MDFA football (Elite Div):
Western Railway scored two quick goals to overcome Central Railway by a tight 2-1 margin in an Elite Division encounter of the Rustomjee-MDFA League 2019-2020 and played at the Cooperage ground on Thursday.
Striker Merwin Stephen struck the opening goal in the 29th minute to give Western the advantage and seven minutes later seasoned midfielder P.T. Somi scored the second goal to double the lead. Central managed to pull one back through Shafeeq P. in the 36th minute.
Meanwhile, Lemon Break FC rode on Ubed Mohd Ansari’s hat-trick to blank Dadar XI ‘B’ 5-0 in a Second Division match played at the Neville D’Souza ground, Bandra. Al Umair Ansari scored the other two goals to seal Lemon Breaks win.
Results – Elite Div: Western Railway 2 (Merwin Stehen, P.T. Somi) beat Central Railway 1 (Shafeeq P.)
Second Div: The Oranje FC 2 (Amrendra Singh, Eshan Singh) beat Shastri Nagar FC 1 (Nikhil Singh).
Lemon Break FC 5 (Ubed Mohd Ansari 3, Al Umair Ansari 2) beat Dadar XI ‘B’ 0.
Sporting Options FC 2 (Paritosh Gohil 2) drew with Storm Chasers FC 2 (Gaurav Valvi, Abhilash Chanassary).