football categories in malappuram

 Football has always been the greatest passion of Malappuram. Whenever a ball is taken to the ground, it creates a festival ambience here. Go to the streets, markets or beach you would be surprised to see people in the jersey of Brazil and Argentina. Often the district is deemed as the soccer hotspot of Kerala, so much so that the football freaks of the place have invented a shorter version of the game called Sevens. The rules are different and so are the playing time and ground

Sevens

Sevens is the trade mark of Malappuram Football .each team will have seven players. The match will be played for an hour. The ground will be comparatively smaller. Red cards are rarely taken out by the referee and offside rules are mostly overlooked. People believe that the lack of large grounds is the reason for the development of this different version of soccer.

Almost all the villages in Malappuram will be having a club of their own. Sevens festival season in Malappuram often extends from November to May. Nowadays players are recruited even from foreign countries like Nigeria, Sudan and Africa.

Elevens 

Elevens is the actual form of football each team has 11 players. but its not that much familiar in malappuram district. any way AIFF (All India Football Federation) organize Federation cup (One of the prominent tournament in India)   it was one of the well succeed tournament of AIFF history https://www.the-aiff.com/news-center-details.htm?id=5424

 

Fives

In fives Each team have 5 players and it is not a actual form of football in this tournament players shows their muscles and its the game of blind finishing and passing small it has only a small court normally fives plays in wet land,sandy places etc

Media one Channel

its a jaunt conducted bye Media one (Malayalam TV Channel)

A link from The Hindhu

Malappuram and its affair with the beautiful game

  Even with the onslaught of cricket, sevens football is in a strong wicket in Malappuram. The game is almost synonymous with the district and its people, who are largely responsible for its increasing popularity in the State today………..

http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-editorialfeatures/malappuram-and-its-affair-with-the-beautiful-game/article2851990.ece

Football is a fervor

 

How many people would see a football match between two District level teams? Hundred, you would say? Or maybe two hundred? You could well be right – if the match were to be played anywhere in India, other than in Malappuram (Kerala). Malappuram is the homeland of former international Moideenkutty, Mampad Rehman, Akbar Ali, C Ubaid, U Sharaf Ali, C Jabir, Habeeb Rehman. The number of players from this district having represented the state of Kerala is close to 500.On a pleasant Friday evening at Manjeri, over 5,000 men, young and old, watched, ASC Areacode taking on MES Mampad in the ‘A’ Division football league championship match from the sideline of Government BHSS Ground. This tournament is known as the “CHAMPIONS LEAGUE OF MALAPPURAM”. Team Participation in this tournament is a regional feeling of the people, so that many matches end in brick-batting.”I was hardly surprised to see such a big crowd,” says OK Javeed, the gifted striker who scored two goals for Mampad’s victory. “Such is the passion for football to the people of Malappuram district. ‘Though I have played on many big grounds, in India and abroad, I have never come across such passionate crowds anywhere else.”
And it isn’t just local heroes like Javeed that the football fans of Malappuram adore. You have to visit the district during the Football World Cup matches to see how devoted they are to the game. Big banners supporting Brazil, Argentina, Holland or Germany would be there all over the district, and people would reschedule their lifestyles according to the telecast schedule of the matches.During the “CHAMPIONS LEAGUE OF MALAPPURAM” the football fans have been switching off their television sets in the evenings to go to the Government BHSS Ground in Manjeri to catch some live action (‘live’ not as on television).As Malappuram does not have a single football stadium, all the football tournaments have to be played on such school grounds or paddy fields. “We badly need a pucca stadium in Malappuram,” says M Mohammed Salim, the Secretary of the Malappuram District Football Association.
Javeed says, “A stadium would be a big boost for football in the district.” “Imagine the kind of crowds you would get for a Santosh Trophy in Malappuram,” he adds. “The district deserves a stadium of its own! The people here adore this game and Malappuram has contributed fine players to the Kerala and Indian teams.” Malappuram may lack the infrastructure, but it has its own popular ‘Sevens’ football tournaments, and more new young players continue to emerge like Shameel, Firoz, Jamsheer and Ramesh.

WELCOME TO MALAPPURAM

Malappuram is bounded by the Nilgiris hills on the East and the Arabian Sea on the west. District of Malappuram is literally the land atop the hills, is remarkable for its unique natural beauty. Perched among the undulating hills and the meandering rivers that flow to reach the coconut-fringed seacoast, the land conceals a unique and eventful history. Home to the khilafath movement and the mappila revolts, which questioned the British authority in India, Malappuram was the military headquarters of the Zamorins of Kozhikode since ancient times. The hill country also contributed much to the cultural artistic traditions of the state. The mosques and temples of the land are known for their spectacular festivals. The land of great poets and writers, political and religious leaders, the district has carved a unique place of its own in the history of Kerala. It has in store, a hoary past with Zamorin’s rule, Mamankam festival, Vellattiri’s revenge and the resultant Chaver Pada (suicidal squad), the British rule and indiscriminate oppression of the masses in connivance with exploiting landlords, the National and the Khilafat movement, the Malabar rebellion and the such. The land of great poets and writers, political and religious leaders, this district has carved a place of it’s own in the history of Kerala. The Kings of Valluvanad, the Zamorins, the Kings of Perumpadappu Swarupam and the Kings of Vettathunadu, were the early rulers. The Portuguese, Mysore sultans and the Britishers had their sway over this place, partly or wholly. But the unique social and cultural heritage is preserved.