North-East Frontier Railway crush North Western Railway

Patna, February 7, 2012: North-East Frontier Railway (NFR) thrashed North Western Railway (NWR) 4-0 in a cluster D match of the All India Railway Football Championship at the Moinul Haq Stadium here on Tuesday.

The match began on fast pace but remained confined to midfield as both the teams failed to make cohesive and well-planned moves on each other’s citadel. The first half ended goalless.

In the second half, NFR scored their first goal through Rabha in the 58th minute. NFR scored three more goals in the last 15 minutes of the match. In the process, Mazumdar struck a brilliant hat-trick. He netted the three-in-a-row, in the 76th, 80^th and 87th minutes.

Earlier, East Coast Railway (ECoR) and East Central Railway (ECR) played out a goalless draw. 

Photo caption: The match between East Coast Railway and East Central Railway in progress in Patna on February 7, 2012.

Photo: Aftab Alam Siddiqui