Author: Chiranjit Ojha

Chiranjit Ojha is a research scholar and writes on football for thefangarage.com
He also writes science fiction in Bengali.
For his other football writing go to http://thefangarage.com/author/chiranjit-ojha

December 15, 2015 /

Up in the North-East, the Guwahati franchise already belongs to NorthEast United. And since Shillong Lajong have separated from the John Abraham-owned team, they became the front-runner for getting the Shillong franchise thanks to influence and money-power. That’s why Wahingdoh pulled out. They waited till November to do it so that AIFF don’t get to spin their withdrawal as “failing to meet licensing requirements” as they did with Pune FC and Bharat FC. They wanted it to be known loud and clear that they were walking out of the I-League as a protest;