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Howrah Union
Full nameHowrah Union
Founded1922; 103 years ago (1922)

Howrah Union is an Indian multisports club based in the city of Kolkata (Maidan) , Founded in1922 at Howrah and is affiliated to Indian Football Association, Cricket Association of Bengal, Hockey Bengal (previously known as Bengal Hockey Association) and West Bengal Volleyball Association. The football team competes in the Calcutta Football League.[1][2][3] The club previously competed in Super Division of CFL.[4][5]presently participates in 1st Division.

Their cricket team presently plays in the CAB Second League.[6] Hockey in First Division Group A and Volleyball in Second Division.

History

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Howrah Union (club) was formed in 1922, by late Panchanon Choungdar and Dr. Satyaban Roy along with many other sport's loving people from Howrah.[7] Initially they played football at Howrah Maidan(Chamaria Park later know as Dalmiya Park) and the club's address was at 254, Panchanantala Road, Howrah. Eventually got affiliation from the Indian Football Association and joined Calcutta Football League.[1][8] They got promoted to the First Division in 1929 and won the Trades Cup in 1932.[7] In the 1936 IFA Shield, they went till the semi-finals by defeating the 1933 winners Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry.[1]

Howrah Union won the Stafford Cup in 1964 under the captaincy of Olympian M.A.Sattar. In 1967 the club won the Cochbehar Cup in football. Howrah Union again won Trades Cup in 2011.

In 1991-93 the club organized a football Academy with the help of Peerless and IFA, the project runned for 3 years. In1992 the Club started Inter School Football Tournament for Boy's under 16 years along with South Bengal District and Calcutta School's and throphy was named Peerless Throphy. The throphy was held for 5 year's.

Howrah Union is also affiliated to CAB, Hockey Bengal and WBVA. Howrah Union regularly participtes in Cricket, Hockey and Volleyball league at Kolkata Maidan.

In Cricket the club got affiliated to CAB in 1948. In 1965 the club was promoted to 1st Division CAB league.

The club organized a year long wicket keeping camp under aegis of Syed Kirmani in 2004.

The club is successfully running a Cricket Coaching Center at Kolkata Maidan for last 40 year's. The Coaching centre is open for 5 day's a week (closed on Monday and Friday).Boy's and girl's in the age group of 8 plus to adult are eligible for coaching at the centre.

The club regularly organizes Double Wicket Tournament for Corporate Executives since 1996.

The club is playing Hockey in the first Division Since 1967. In 1988 the club organized a Hockey Coaching Camp sponsored by Colgate-pamoliv for Boy's under 14 .

The are affiliated to West Bengal Volleyball Association since 1968. The club won the state Championship in 1973-74, League Champion in 1974-75 and 1978-79.


Under the leadership of Late Hemanta Kumar Dey (Ex- President I.F.A) the club shifted to their current ground at the Kolkata Maidan in 1962 which they share with Mohammedan Sporting.

Notable players

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Notable football players who have played or have started their careers at the club include Sailen Manna,[9][10] Arun Ghosh,[11] Samar Banerjee,[12] Ashok Chatterjee,[13][14][15][16] Mohammad Abdus Sattar,[17][18][19][20] S.Mewalal, Poongam Kannan,[21][22] Jahar Das, Pranab Ganguly, Shibaji Banerjee, Samir Chowdhury, Sisir ghosh Dastidar, Atanu Bhattacharya, Sisir Ghosh and many more

Cricket :- Raju Mukherjee, Sambaran Banerjee, Avik Mitra, Rajesh Dani, Goutam Some(sr), Pappu Roy, Ravi Kumar and many more

Hockey: Devnine Singh, Gurbaux Singh, Joginder Singh, Baljit Singh Saini and many more

Volleyball: Chanchal Banerjee, Moni Paul, Pulak Das, Soumen Mullick,Kamal Ghosh, Prabir Chatterjee and many more

Coaches:

Sahu Mewalal, M.S Sattar, Nikhil Nandy, Dasu mitra , Arun Sinha, Amal Dutta, Pradip Dutta, Babu Mani, Ashok Mistafi, Munabar Ali, Chanchal Banerjee, Divnanin Singh and more

Home ground

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Howrah Union uses Mohammedan Sporting—Howrah Union Ground for its sporting events.[23]

The Club Gallery for members are fabricated iron structure with concrete slabs constructed with help from the then member of parliament Sri Prosanto Chattopadhyay.

club used to enjoy the tarpaulin cover tent till 1990 but now is replaced with wooden structure with iron fabrication with help from Peerless and Amiya Industries.

A modern Gym had been installed atvthe club tent in 2007.

Honours

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Domestic tournaments

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Administrators and other departments

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Administrators:

Club President late Hemanta kr Dey was elected as President of Indian Football Association.

Club Hony. Secretary late Adinath Dey was elected as Asst. Secretary of Indian Football Association in 1981.

Club Hony Secretary late Indranath Dey was elected as Tresurer(1992-96) and also Vice-President of Cricket Association of Bengal.

Club Volleyball Secretary late Samir Bose elected as Hony Secretary of West Bengal Volleyball Association for quite a number of years.

Club Ex Player and Hockey mentor Sri Gurbaux Singh was elected Secretary of Bengal Hockey Association.



Cricket

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Howrah Union has its men's cricket section, which is affiliated with the Cricket Association of Bengal,[31] and competes in the CAB Second Division League.[32][33][34]

Field hockey

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Men's hockey team of the club is affiliated to Bengal Hockey Association (known as 'Hockey Bengal'), and competes in the Calcutta Hockey League. 1st Division[35][36][37]

Volleyball

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Howrah Union also operate men's volleyball team that participates in Elliot Shield State Volleyball Championship in Kolkata And West Bengal Volleyball Association League [38]

References

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