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East Bengal The Real Power is one of the most active fan groups amongst those following Indian club football teams and on Sunday, June 18 they held their annual EBRP Fest 2017/18 this time around was played at the NKDA Stadium in New Town, Kolkata across the day.
This year the event was bigger with the introduction of two new teams ‘EBRP Since 1920’ and ‘EBRP Born To Win’ into the competition to make it an eight team affair. In the end EBRP Pancha Pandavs won the final against EBRP Burning Torch.
Midfield maestro Mehtab Hossain came to the EBRP Fest and he was greeted with a round of huge applause and chants. MH14 a dedicated servant to the Club had given everything without expecting any. Former captain Of East Bengal and member of the Indian national team, his nicknames in Mr. Consistent and Midfield General says it all what East Bengal fans think about him.
The most decorated player and Goalkeeper in East Bengal history Abhijit Mondal, who as a goalkeeper won five NFL/I-League titles at Dempo SC and was last season goalkeeper coach of the red and gold.
In a some great work of EBRP, they carried out a fundraising campaign and helped economically weak Rony Das and his family when he was in the hospital for surgery after being left unattended in Sambhunath Pandit Hospital for 5 days. Rony Das, an ardent East Bengal fan, met with an ill-fated bike accident and lost his right leg. EBRP presented Rony with a sum of Rs 1 lakh, a wheelchair and they vowed to take him to the very first match of the season. Abhijit Mondal did the honour on behalf of EBRP.
Former East Bengal left back Soumik Dey and goalkeeper Abhra Mondal, who lifted Fed Cup with East Bengal without conceding a goal, were both honoured by EBRP at their Fest.
Soumik Dey said, “Everyone might have forgotten me and my achievements but EBRP remained by my side to honour me and Abhra Mondal!”
In the end it was another successful Sunday for East Bengal The Real Power and their EBRP Fest.
EBRP is no doubt the most active football fan group in India. When the large majority of the East Bengal fans were either down or agitated over East Bengal not being included in the ISL , EBRP did a great job by organizing this annual fest. There was plenty of participation and plenty of football over a good long day.
The good part was that preparation for this event started several weeks prior to the fest day and the preparation involved a good number of fans.So, in a nutshell this fest ensured prolonged healthy engagement for the boys and girls supporting East Bengal.