Comments on: Fussballweltmeisterschaft-Alert: Abdul Ghafoor Reminisces http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2006/05/28/fussballweltmei/ All that flavorful brownness in one savory packet Sat, 30 Nov 2013 11:11:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: siddhartha m http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2006/05/28/fussballweltmei/comment-page-1/#comment-64802 siddhartha m Mon, 29 May 2006 18:48:04 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=3417#comment-64802 <p>alybaba,</p> <p>fascinating stuff. here's the original bbc <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/1035389.stm">article</a>. it makes sense; i figured it would be an arabian sea/indian ocean trade link. but now i'm interested in learning more about these folks.</p> <p>peace</p> alybaba,

fascinating stuff. here’s the original bbc article. it makes sense; i figured it would be an arabian sea/indian ocean trade link. but now i’m interested in learning more about these folks.

peace

]]> By: Nanda Kishore http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2006/05/28/fussballweltmei/comment-page-1/#comment-64795 Nanda Kishore Mon, 29 May 2006 17:53:28 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=3417#comment-64795 <p>Reminds me of former Pakistani batsman Qasim Omar, who was quite a favourite among my friends when I was a kid, who was in all likelihood of African descent.</p> Reminds me of former Pakistani batsman Qasim Omar, who was quite a favourite among my friends when I was a kid, who was in all likelihood of African descent.

]]> By: Nanda Kishore http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2006/05/28/fussballweltmei/comment-page-1/#comment-64794 Nanda Kishore Mon, 29 May 2006 17:51:11 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=3417#comment-64794 <p>Well, those were the good old days when Indian football was at its peak, with people like Sailen Manna, Neville D'Souza, P K Bannerjee, Chuni Goswami et al.</p> <p>Every Third Worlder's default team - it has as much, if not more, to do with the way the Brazilians play, I guess. European teams haven't even tried to imitate, even though Holland in the Cruyff days was pretty darn attractive. Btw, I think every third world team may just have had its own Pele at one time or other. I remember Abedi Pele of Ghana and a certain Saudi footballer whose name I forget (he was the desert Pele).</p> Well, those were the good old days when Indian football was at its peak, with people like Sailen Manna, Neville D’Souza, P K Bannerjee, Chuni Goswami et al.

Every Third Worlder’s default team – it has as much, if not more, to do with the way the Brazilians play, I guess. European teams haven’t even tried to imitate, even though Holland in the Cruyff days was pretty darn attractive. Btw, I think every third world team may just have had its own Pele at one time or other. I remember Abedi Pele of Ghana and a certain Saudi footballer whose name I forget (he was the desert Pele).

]]> By: Umrao Jaan http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2006/05/28/fussballweltmei/comment-page-1/#comment-64746 Umrao Jaan Mon, 29 May 2006 09:06:16 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=3417#comment-64746 <p>I thought that India won the gold medal at the inaugral Asian Games in Delhi in 1951 and they finished fouth at one of the 60's olympics........decided to check the web and wiki threw up the following:</p> <p>"The national football team was also quite successful until the 1970s, qualifying for Olympic tournaments and the FIFA World Cup. The team qualified for the 1950 World Cup finals in Brazil, but could not appear as they still played in their bare feet at that time.</p> <p>The Indian team also won the 1951 and 1962 Asian Games gold medals in football. In 1956 the team finished fourth at the Melbourne Olympics."</p> <p>Hell, we qualified for the "BIG ONE" in 1950........yeahhhhhhhhh!!!!!</p> I thought that India won the gold medal at the inaugral Asian Games in Delhi in 1951 and they finished fouth at one of the 60′s olympics……..decided to check the web and wiki threw up the following:

“The national football team was also quite successful until the 1970s, qualifying for Olympic tournaments and the FIFA World Cup. The team qualified for the 1950 World Cup finals in Brazil, but could not appear as they still played in their bare feet at that time.

The Indian team also won the 1951 and 1962 Asian Games gold medals in football. In 1956 the team finished fourth at the Melbourne Olympics.”

Hell, we qualified for the “BIG ONE” in 1950……..yeahhhhhhhhh!!!!!

]]> By: alybaba http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2006/05/28/fussballweltmei/comment-page-1/#comment-64725 alybaba Mon, 29 May 2006 01:40:22 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=3417#comment-64725 <p>He must be Makrani. The Makran coast (streching even in Iran) is home to an African diaspora from the slave trading days of the Arabs, but they also came as sailors, traders etc. They're actually known in Pakistan for their passion for soccer. One of my cricket coaches was Makrani, and I swear I thought he was West Indian before he opened his mouth.</p> <p>From a BBC news article</p> <p>http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/1077982.stm</p> <blockquote>We received many e-mails about the Sheedi or Makrani community outside Karachi in Pakistan. "The Makran coast was once part of the Sultanate of Oman," explains Asim Alavi in the US, "and the Sheedis came as slaves of the Omani rulers.</blockquote> He must be Makrani. The Makran coast (streching even in Iran) is home to an African diaspora from the slave trading days of the Arabs, but they also came as sailors, traders etc. They’re actually known in Pakistan for their passion for soccer. One of my cricket coaches was Makrani, and I swear I thought he was West Indian before he opened his mouth.

From a BBC news article

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/1077982.stm

We received many e-mails about the Sheedi or Makrani community outside Karachi in Pakistan. “The Makran coast was once part of the Sultanate of Oman,” explains Asim Alavi in the US, “and the Sheedis came as slaves of the Omani rulers.
]]> By: Rippa http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2006/05/28/fussballweltmei/comment-page-1/#comment-64721 Rippa Mon, 29 May 2006 00:06:14 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=3417#comment-64721 <p>Uh...the black Pele of pakistan? He does indeed look somewhat African (aside from his hair), but Pele is black as well. I wonder how that name came about.</p> Uh…the black Pele of pakistan? He does indeed look somewhat African (aside from his hair), but Pele is black as well. I wonder how that name came about.

]]> By: Mr Kobayashi http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2006/05/28/fussballweltmei/comment-page-1/#comment-64719 Mr Kobayashi Sun, 28 May 2006 22:51:49 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=3417#comment-64719 <p>A brother. A desi. A footballer.</p> <p>Very cool indeed.</p> A brother. A desi. A footballer.

Very cool indeed.

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