I must be the oldest Mohammedan fan here. Couldn't resist writing this post. It is so nostalgic thinking about the days when I used to go and watch Mohammedans play their initial rivals - Wanderers (same jersey), EPIDC (later called BIDC/BJIC) etc. teams. It was so much fun watching your favorite team walk into the turf, first by running through the sidelines and then eventually the captain rolling the ball on the ground. Standard was not great, but the comments of the spectators more than compensated for it.
I remember one Mohammedan Abahoni match when Manju was Mohammedan's captain and Nannu was Abahoni's. I think they did not want to shake hands before the match. Such was the rivalry, not that I agree with the idea.
Just an aside, Salahuddin played for Mohammedans before he did play for Abahoni. I just realized that I am writing about football (hate to say soccer) in the cricketing page.
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