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Kolkata: Bengal’s Santosh Trophy winning coach Mridul Banerjee has been appointed coach of East Bengal for the remainder of the season.<\/p>\nKolkata: Bengal’s Santosh Trophy winning coach Mridul Banerjee has been appointed coach of East Bengal for the remainder of the season.<\/p>\n
Banerjee, who led Bengal to their 32rd national championship crown beating Goa 1-0 in the latter’s own den, took over the reins from Trevor Morgan, who resigned following a spate of poor performances on Monday.<\/p>\n
The 56-year-old is expected to be in charge till the end of the Federation Cup that starts May 7.<\/p>\n
The club’s technical committee consisting former footballers Manoranjan Bhattacharya, Tushar Rakshit and Bhaskar Ganguly took the decision to appoint Banerjee, who’d been in charge of Mohammedan Sporting earlier this season.<\/p>\n
Commenting on the development, Banerjee said: “Our aim will to stem the rot and make a turnaround. This team has the arsenal to do well and I will try my best.”<\/p>\n
On Sunday, East Bengal succumbed to their fourth defeat on the trot, losing to DSK Shivajians which crushed the title hopes of the Kolkata outfit.<\/p>\n
East Bengal previously finished second best against city rivals Mohun Bagan, minnows Chennai City FC and Churchill Brothers SC.<\/p>\n
The red and gold brigade are now third on the table with 27 points from 16 fixtures, below title contenders Aizawl FC and Mohun Bagan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Kolkata: Bengal’s Santosh Trophy winning coach Mridul Banerjee has been appointed coach of East Bengal for the remainder of the season.<\/p>\n
Banerjee, who led Bengal to their 32rd national championship crown beating Goa 1-0 in the latter’s own den, took over the reins from Trevor Morgan, who resigned following a spate of poor performances on Monday.<\/p>\n
The 56-year-old is expected to be in charge till the end of the Federation Cup that starts May 7.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":25234,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[81],"tags":[541,466,21984,4335],"class_list":["post-34356","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-east-bengal","tag-indian-sports-news","tag-mridul-banerjee","tag-santosh-trophy"],"yoast_head":"\n