User:Sharma.mahen/TDFA-Thane District Football Association

TDFA (Thane District Football Association) was established in 1988 and is affiliated with the Western India Football Association (WIFA).

First executive committee members were as follows: First president - Kanti Kohli Secretary - Rashid Khan Treasurer- Ghani Patel Vice presidents -Parvez Ziuaddin, Srinivasan, Mr. Khanna, Edward joseph. Asst Vice-president - Alphonso Santiago, Ram bahadur Ale & Samson Francis

TDFA league was started in its first year of establishment and was a huge success. Rashtriya Sports Club from kalyan were the champions of the first TDFA season in 1988. Rashtriys Sports Club were the champions from 1988 to 1993. Diamond Sports Club won the league the next season. Texans were the champions for the next two seasons. Youngstars FC, Kalyan were the champions for the 2006 season. NMSA were the winners of 2007 season. WIUFC were the winners of the 2008 & 09 season.

TDFA had restructured its committee during the 2009/10 season to streamline its operations.

TDFA committee for the 2009/10 season is as follows: President - Alphonso Santiago Hon. General Secretary – Salim Khwaja Treasurer – Prashant Balan Vice President – G.D. Bhatt, Mansoor Arfin, Manual Cardoz, Mohd. Qadeer Asst. Secretary – Samson Francis, Anthony Lawrence, Abdul Siddique Asst. Treasurer & Internal Auditor – Sanoj Koran

This new committee has been entitled with the task of developing football at grassroot levels in Thane District and also maintain good quality of football with the league at the senior level. Developing football at the school and other grassroot levels is a major responsibility of TDFA.

Currently, the league is divided into two divisions, first and senior divisions. Senior division winners will represent the Thane district at the District level championship, winner of this league will eventually gain entry into the second division of the AIFF run I-league.

2009/10 season is almost complete and the TDFA committee has started preparing for the 2010/11 season already.

With this mix of new generation football lovers and experienced campaigners, the new TDFA committee is in the process of developing football at all the levels across the district. Along with football development, TDFA committee is also responsible for creating visibility for the game across the district. With this aim, they are in the process of preparing their own website and a blog. TDFA blog is already in place and functional with all the latest updates and discussions updated regularly.

TDFA website is under development. TDFA Blog is active.

References: Alphonso Santiago Salim Khwaja Prashant Balan