Lahore, 1 November; Pakistan Navy gained three valuable points when they earned 1-0 win over PMC Club Athletico Faisalabad while KRL, still understrength due to absence of several players, drew 1-1 with PEL at Municipal Stadium, Saidpur Road, Satellite Town, Rawalpindi. Meanwhile at Karachi, SSGC suffered 1-6 drubbing athe hands of KESC at KPT – Benazir Sports Complex, West Wharf Road, Kharadar while HBL put up stubborn display to hold NBP 0-0 in all-banker clash at Peoples Sports Complex, Mauripur Road, Lyari Town. Monday saw the completion of 126 matches of Pakistan Premier Football League 2010 with 114 more to come.
Spearhead Sajjad Ahmed, top scorer of 18th NFCC 2008 with six goals, returned as hero from the field as his 85th minute goal separated the two outfits when the seamen earned their seventh win, beating visitors from Faisalabad in tough, hard tackling match. PEL did well to hold holders KRL 1-1 with their midfielder Muzaffar Ali alias Zafari struck equalizer three minutes from time. KRL were happily placed 1-0 with goal from Abid Ghafoor, playing against his previous team PEL, in the 43rd minute.
SSGC stayed at five points in 15 games when they suffered tennis score 1-6 defeat against KESC. The star performer was their skipper Muhammad Essa who struck hat-trick in 28 minute blitz. Winger Muhammad Rasool landed opener in the 31st seconds for the winners who never won the title and were 6th , 8th , 12th and eight in four PPFL editions from 2006-2009.
Pakistani and KESC skipper Essa, SAG Gold Medallist in 2004, 2006, hammered his goals past keeper Zaman Ghani in the 33rd, 48th and 61st minute to complete seventh hat-trick of the event. Arif Mehmood (WAPDA) struck first two against Sahiwal’s Young Blood at Rai Ali Nawaz Stadium, Sahiwal and Railway Stadium, Lahore on 21 and 24 Sep 2010, followed by international Zafar Majeed (KPT)’s heroic against NBP at Korangi Baloch Stadium, Karachi on 25 Sep 2010.
The fourth hat-trick went into record book when Jadeed Khan (Afghan FC) did the feat against Young Blood at Rai Ali Nawaz Stadium on 14 Oct 2010. Ageing Super Sub Khuda Bakhsh (WAPDA) followed it with memorable three goals against KPT at Railway Stadium, Lahore on 22 Oct 2010 and three days later Nomi Martin Gill ( Navy) proved too smart for SSGC at Municplal Stadium , Rawalpindi.
Muhammad Riaz and talented winger Abdul Rehman also joined the list of scorers for KESC in the 55th and 67th minute respectively while SSGC’s Sabir Khan earned honor-saving goal for SSGC in the 31st minute.
From the desk of :
PPFL Match Commissioner Mian Rizwan Ali (0300-9450683)
Pakistan Premier Football League
……………..…SUMMARISED RESULT
Monday 1 Nov Fixture:
Pakistan Navy 1 (Sajjad Ahmed 85)
PMC Athletico 0
(Municipal Stadium, Saidpur Road, Satellite Town, Rawalpindi),
KRL 1 ( Abid Ghafoor 43)
PEL 1 ( Muzaffar Ali 87)
(Municipal Stadium, Saidpur Road, Satellite Town, Rawalpindi),
SSGC 1 ( Sabir Khan 31)
KESC 6 (Muhammad Essa 3 –33,48,61, Muhammad Rasool –1, Muhammad Riaz 55, Abdul Rehman 67)
(KPT – Benazir Sports Complex, West Wharf Road, Kharadar,Karachi
HBL 0
NBP 0
(Peoples Sports Complex, Mauripur Road, Lyari Town, Karachi)
Tuesday 2 November Fixture
Army v Young Blood (Municipal Stadium, near Masjid Muhammad Ejaz Khan & Sundra Beauty Saloon, B-Block Satellite Town, Rawalpindi 3 PM), PAF v Pak WAPDA (PAF Complex, Peshawar 3 PM). KPT v Afghan FC, Chaman (KPT – Benazir Sports Complex, West Wharf Road, Kharadar, Karachi 3 PM), PIA v Baloch FC, Nushki (Korangi Baloch Stadium, Sharafi, Karachi 3 PM)
Pakistan Premier Football League
………POINTS TABLE after 126 Encounters
Teams P W D L GF GA Pts
WAPDA 16 13 2 1 43 11 41
Army 16 10 3 3 23 9 33
PIA 15 8 5 2 22 12 29
KRL 17 7 6 4 17 12 27
Navy 17 7 6 4 22 16 27
Afghan FC 15 8 2 5 20 13 26
KPT 15 8 2 5 28 25 26
PAF 16 7 4 5 16 13 25
KESC 15 7 3 5 25 17 24
PEL 17 7 3 7 24 25 24
NBP 15 4 6 5 16 21 18
PMC 17 3 5 9 12 22 14
Baloch FC 15 2 7 6 14 20 13
Young Blood 16 2 3 11 13 36 9
HBL 15 1 3 11 7 22 6
SSGC 15 1 2 12 13 41 5
Matches to come : 114