Defending champs, Millwall FC, made an impressive start recording a close 2-1 win over promoted outfit Carmelites Crusaders in the Premier Division match of the 15th Bandra West Football League, sponsored by Baba Siddique and conducted by the BWFA (Bandra West Football Association) at the Dr. Norman Lewis Supari Talao, Municipal Grounds.
After a barren first half, Millwall finally managed to break the resistance of Carmelites goalkeeper Nikhil Devkar, who was brilliant in the first half, to get the breakthrough with Kenyon Affonso firing home from close. However, Millwall’s joy was short-lived as Ryan Kinny immediately found the equalizer for Carmelites. Millwall continued to search for another goal and they found success late in the game when Kyle Pereira found the net from a snap effort to collect the full three points for his team.
Results Premier Division: Millwall FC 2 (Kenyon Affonso, Kyle Pereira) beat Carmelite Crusader 1 (Ryan Kinny); Celtic 7070 7 (Raunak Killinger 4, Azim Khan, Toheed Khan, Nigel Swami) beat Kant Wadi Stars 0; Athletico Bandra 1 (Zeeshan Sheikh) drew with Young XI 1 (Vikram Gupta); Sporting Sensation 3 (Prakash Bist 3) beat Somlands SC 2 (Fahid Sheikh, Shibu Syed).
First Division: Athletico Titans 15 (Joel Saldhana 4, Arshad Sheikh 3, Ashlyn Rego 3, Turaif Khan 2, Jordy Titus 2, Ryland D’Monte) beat Clifford Carmen Foundation 0; Olpers SC 5 (Abhishek Waghela 2, Ceaser Fernandes, Melroy Fonseca, Faisal Qureshi) beat Theresians SC 0; Young XI Guns 2 (Tushar Solanki, Shivam Yadav) beat Blitz FC 1 (Kamlesh Rathod).