AFVOA Newletter August 2020

Section 5 - Memoirs CV 2 No. 02 / 2020 Page 134 of 237 Bhupinder singh (Scooter nick name) ShyamThapa, Bir bhahadur and Amar bhahadur, Tikaram all fast in Game of dribbling, attacking and with this temperment of STRIKING and SHOOTING GOALS. The Railway team had Peter Thangaraj who was an Ex MRC and a former Olympian, and knew all the strategies of the mighty services team whom he had been playing for several years. Peter Thangaraj only changed the structure of game to slow pace slow down completely to completely gain competitive advantage. With the 4-2-4-1 formation, there is a great risk for maintain steady flow of Half line move forward and Backward with aggressive services team it was impossible Indian Railways to score the Goal against mighty Services and the team played with a final whistle as 0-0 draw. Finally upon the Tie breaker BY PENALITY STRIKE the score was Indian Railway 2 and Services 1 goal and Railways was the winners and this match is remembered in the annals of Indian soccer It was such a block buster match and one can imagine and visualize the temperament and photograph of my father as Sprightly Keeper in the Annual sports past time magazine 1967 was indeed, one of the MOST PRESTIGIOUS PROMISING GIFT TO MY FATHER. Although services had lost the above match, all the players namely Bhupinder Singh Rawat, Amar bahadur, Tikkaram, ShyamThapa, Birbahadur were all booked and OPEN INVITATION EXTENDED by major clubs like Mahindra &Mahindra, East Bengal ,Mohammedin sporting club with huge pay perks and insurance and benefits etc., WISE DECISION TO RETAIN IN SERVICES Even In my father case he was offered a huge salary & one Jeep by Mahindra Company later even East Bengal offered him high price to play and invited him to