East Bengal FC

Um, signed with a club for a couple of years before, um, then going off to Western Sydney for a few years after that.

Um, did a stint at Newcastle Jets, and then finished off my professional career at, um, an Indian Super League club called East Bengal.

So yeah, finished my career there and then came to Modbury for a couple of season, and here I am at Campbelltown.

So bloody hell, that was, uh, that was a bit hard to get through all that.

Um, I think, like, India specifically was very unique.

Um, they're a, they're a very passionate, um, fan base there.

I, I was lucky enough to play in, um, what's called the Kolkata Derby, which is East Bengal verse, um, a team called Mohun Bagan.

And I played in front of 85,000 fan, screaming fans there, which-

So firstly, I'll tell you what this is.

This is, uh, typically, you know, I have followed Indian football, especially East Bengal, Mohun Bagan, the club scenes in the '70s and the '80s.

And what used to happen was that guys used to take over the club for a season, and then what they'd do is that they'd say that, "Look, you know, in my time, I don't want the-- I can't guarantee the club will win, but I can guarantee that I'm gonna get the shiniest, biggest superstar out there, whether he fits in the team or it doesn't fit in, because at least the fans want that guy there, and if I keep the fans happy, at least my job is not in danger." Okay? And I think this is a little bit like that, you know, putting a really shiny, big event out there saying, "Wow, Brazil is gonna come and Uruguay is gonna come, and look at all these players, and look at all the money that's coming into Indian football, and look at all this." And, uh- The point of it is that is it really, really changing the way Indian football is played? Is it really changing the goalpost for Indian football? Is it a really a big move forward? I'm not sure at all.

I'm not sure at all.

he used to be in BJP.

He played, he played for Mohun Bagan and halftime he went to East Bengal.

He's playing, uh-

Nobody noticed.