The Indian Football Story | The World Is Yours To Take | Chapter 1
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- Many stories have been told about the glory years of the Indian national football team. But none of them are as famous, or as untrue, as the 1950 World Cup story. Why didn't the Indian team play at the 1950 World Cup? Was it because they played barefoot football, or was it something else? Together with Budweiser India, we're telling the story of the World Cup match that didn't happen.
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Dr. T Ao from Nagaland was the lad who captained the Indian team in the Olympics. His famous quote, "we play football,not boot ball". He was offered a contract from Arsenal FC however due to his medical studies he had to reject the offer.
Where is nagaland?
@@rumplestilskin223 its a state in India's northeastern part
@@rumplestilskin223 Eastern India is hub of football from Bengal to Nagaland & Manipur. Kolkata city had biggest football stadium in world, which hosted junior WC final, before Korea made new stadium.
@@NikhilYadav-db9of never heard before
@@surojeetchatterjee any players that played outside of india?
As an indian 🇮🇳Feeling really sad for the decline of Football & Hockey in my country.
Let's bring back the glorious days. 🔥
Hockey is not in decline thanks to Odisha!!
India should only stick to cricket. Anything else is total waste.
@@pietrojenkins6901 Just like your existence!!
@@pietrojenkins6901 And how do you know about it. Just look at current Indian team, complete waste, the richest cricket club in the world and still not be win any trophies in the last 10 years. In contrast, hockey has improved a lot and also football with only quarter of resources what BCCI generates. Which means even with less resources, players from football and hockey are perfoming far better than, than rich brats of indian cricket team.
India is bronze winner in last Olympics
I started following Indian football from 2006, comparing to that time yes Indian Football is definitely improving but the world football is improving with much more speed. Our players are not bad they just did not receive the proper training and coaching, there are 100s of indian origin players playing around the world just because they got the coaching right.
@Mr. ENERGY ytf the other countries insist for dual citizenship,? Fckin colonial mindset it is, they did that to Suarez too ... I don't think India should give in to such coercion
That's not the point. In other countries football is taken up as career. Much like engineering and medicine. You'd have to enroll your children into a football academy at an age as young as 5 years old. Which Indian parent would willingly agree to that? It's virtually unthinkable
@@ashokseshadri8331 Rodri for example completed his Business degree recently. It's not football at the cost of education.
Overwhelmed to watch my favourite news channel cover this story!
Proudly from the state of Dr. T Ao(First Captain of the Indian Olympic football team) 💜Nagaland
Congratulations 👏 good luck
He's a Mohun Bagan legend
bro be careful of pakistani vice president of vice propaganda
In North East India, actually football is much more cherished than the usual cricket. The tribal people there are absolutely amazing players.
But problem is totally North East population is not even equal to single district of up... Hindi states like up bihar delhi rajasthan mp Maharashtra is 70% of india where there is not even single isl team...
Hope India will qualify for WC within next 10 years. Really want India to compete with the best⚽️
Itni aukat nhi hai
Indian football when managed by Syed Abdul Rahim was the best Indian team ever. Won Asian Games gold, went to semis twice in 3 consecutive years. Defeated Hungary who defeated Brazil in the 1954 World Cup quarter final. India was the best footballing nation in Asia...but look at now... Football got overshadowed by cricket and lack of awareness and infrastructure
😂🤣
@@north_indian_pajeet_rendian_mc Haas kyu Raha hai bhadwe
@@surjayanroybarman6844 bangladesher m@@ keh ©hudi
I am a Pakistani, and I want India to qualify for the world cup, this might make Pakistan take football seriously and I hope it will also qualify then.
Yeah Right ...not only pakistan , Bangladesh,nepal and srilanka too......its hurt bro our countries have the highest no. Of population...and we can't qualify
Positive
LOL, its true
@@Splendidchivalry the only Asians we can take seriously in football are Japan and South Korea. The rest are total jokes.
India vs Pakistan in World Cup Football FInals ⚡
I hope in future football becomes as big as cricket is here in India.
So we have to won any big trophy as cricket became popular after 1983wc even with limited budget that time .
India is NOT gonna be big in football , just stick to cricket.
@@pietrojenkins6901 What makes you say or think so?
@@pietrojenkins6901 stop being so negative
@@pietrojenkins6901 it is becoming big now...
Interesting documentary. I didn't realize how big of a culture football is in India
Its not they are a joke even in 1950 the qualified by default what the hell they on about I don't Know
@Pratyussh Kumaarr hockey is not the national sport.
@Pratyussh Kumaarr Do you even know about India bro? Go to Kolkata / Kerala / Goa you will find football everywhere.
Come to Bengal and Eastern India
@Pratyussh Kumaarr what the hell are ypu talking about? You have no idea about yhe kind of football culture in india. India has 50 thousand clubs and academies.
Do you have any idea about durand cup? The oldest football competition in asia? Do you kbow aryan fx, dalhousie ac, Calcutta fc, rb ferguson fc? These are all clubs older than some british clubs! Woth over 100 years in existence!
Dr. Talimeren Ao famous for the quote till date "Indian play football not bootball" said to the France team. He is the 1st Indian Football team captain
Didn't we get kicked out for this?
@@Roachh2877 Indian team were not kick out for wearing boots bruh... India lost the match against France 2-1 i.e in the knock out stage. Sad that Indian team miss two penalty within that match bruh
@@Roachh2877 no we were not. Boot issue is not big. Till 54 there wasn't even a rule to compulsory wear boots. In 50 we didn't play because of lack of funds
As a Chinese, I know Indians will get there much faster than us. You are determined and passionate about football. So yes, I am rooting for you!
Thanks a lot. Love from India. 🇮🇳 ♥ 🇨🇳
We love cricket more rather than cringey soccer
@@Ghost_riley958 no only u.
@@supbro125 you wish,cricket is like 10 times more popular in india
@@_yuri India even though spending billions in cricket can't win a cup since 2011. Keeps a losing streak against Bangladesh lmao. Lost badly 152/0. England mainly focuses on football. But keeps winning cricket world cup. Playing amazing football with World class players. Australia played amazing in the football World Cup. India has no future in sports i see, because of Cricket, which they can't even play properly lol. We should shift to a more worldwide sports. Not a regional sports mainly played in India, Pakistan and Bangladesh.
India in the Asia cup 23 let’s support them there
In Indian state Rajasthan in their city (jodhpur) community football tournament are being arranged 👌 since 1935 with records in the community have records and picture as evidence which is till in place
The tournament known as " Keshav Narsingh khandagrh "...
Cool bro.. Nice to hear about football fans from Rajasthan.. Where can I read more about this.. ?Couldn't find anything on Google.
@@viveksubodh2641 there is community issued book regarding history of their tournament issued in 2016 I guss , I have it, I might upto it onto a blog latter on tag u in it ....
Glad to see more and more Independent news YT channels covering #IndianFootball although the timing isn't just a coincidence 😉😏...but still... We Indian Football fans deserve this much!!❤️
VICE independent news yt channel?? LOL
@@panda-uk8ko it is
@@Gunslinger_Army do u have any idea who own VICE?
This is so beautifully made! Glad to see Indian football content on here. Thank you for making this.💙
The first India captain in their maiden international tour was Gostha Pal, organised under the control of Indian Football Association (Bengal) before the formation of All India Football Federation in 1937. The first captain to lead India in their first AIFF organised international tour was Karuna Bhattacharya, kolkata who captained India in their first international match, against Australia on 3 September 1938.
My friend is a football fanatic and he's someone whom I admire and because of that I started to have an interest in football too. Where I live(North East, India) football is more popular than any other sports here and I hope it will be popular in all over India too
Now I feel proud that even for nothing, I played football tournament in my journey school and after losing in semifinals, it was a great moments for us. And in my area many colleges, schools, government are giving their best in bringing football back to India and if you guess which state is doing it than it is west Bengal. People are crazy for football in Bengal and again football tournament is going to start in many parts of West Bengal.
We need to support ISL for Indian football future .
Joy Mohun Bagan ⚽⚽⚽
Even now, if there are no politics and discrimination in this sport in India. India will fly high for sure. North east players can lead india to international level but only if the central authority would give recognition.
truely said, the south and the northeast part of india have talented youngsters.
If there was such talent in our country, then European clubs would have made a beeline for it like they do in Africa. Get real guys.
@@rutvikrs They aren't interested in scouting here and signing players from a young age. Our facilities and coaching staff aren't even 1/10th near that of Europe, so you cannot expect Indian players to play at a similar quality. What's worse is, until the quality of players increases --> increasing quality of the league --> further increasing the quality of players is not possible. It all begins with Indian teams + the government pushing the sport more.
Proud of Indian Football Team 🇮🇳⚽️
Jai Hind
I have also heard those stories of Indian Football. Shyam Thapa and all.
But Now Seriously guys This story has to be heard by every Indian, and to be felt by every Indian Hearts ♥️.
Now common Our Indian Government and Corporates, please support this Football game. 🙏
Sad part is no one even made movie about this. Lagaan story first happened in football
Football was huge back then. Almost all of the youth used to play football back then. There are many interesting stories that my father and my uncle told us. Of them one goes like this : The chief of the banned ULFA, Mr. Paresh Baruah was a tremendous goalkeeper. He used to play for the Indian Railways. During one game, while playing for the Railway at Katihar, Bihar, he saved an almost impossible goal but he hit the goal post in the process fractured ome of his shoulder. He was rushed to the hospital. The locals were so impressed by his performance that the hospital was soon packed with locals who came to cheer for him and wish him luck seeing his performance at the game. It was during these trips that he saw how the government neglected the state of assam as compared to the other sates despite being rich in resources like oil and coal. This very difference made him and his likes to demand an independent Assam.
The issue is these stories are not told at all. It does bring awareness towards the sport. And inspiration for people to take up the sport. But no stories are told.
No use of looking at the past. unless indian football authorities is not blinded by money, indian football cannot grow.
Bro that's so true here in mexico pure fraud and corruption here to hope india be free by corruption as well as mexico since mexico will held the next world cup
it is my dream to see Indian national team on world cup stage!
Enjoyed watching !!!!Timing is perfect .An informative documentary with a clear message .
India playing FIFA ia an emotion.... I wish to feel it before I die 😭😭😭😭😭
Moral of the story : Never miss an opportunity
Hope Indian football will again rise 1 day if we actually put interest & money in this like other sports ... Eventually other industries will invest in this & mega talents will represent the nation in world arena 🙏🇮🇳
It is my greatest sporting dream to see India play the World Cup. Hope before I die I see this happen.
Fell in love with this channel . Asia will become Super Power
Are you thai? Ya it's a great channel for stories and information. Asia sure is gonna become great. This is the Asian century for sure. And I'm convinced.
@@mtk3755 พี่ชาย ฉันรักอินเดียและวัฒนธรรมของพวกเขา วัฒนธรรมอินเดียได้รับอิทธิพลอย่างมากในอินโดนีเซีย กัมพูชา ฯลฯ พวกเขาไม่ใช่คนอินเดียด้วยซ้ำ ฉันสนับสนุนเอเชียบราเดอร์ เช่น ไทย ญี่ปุ่น เกาหลี อินเดีย เป็นต้น
Playing Football in rain 🌧️🌧️ is ❤️
We Indians have the ability to play in the world cup....what is required is a sort of a revolution in the footballing world of India
Gr8 video about Indian football. Carefully released during the World Cup 2022. Making us Indians realize what Could Have Been. We're taking baby steps towards this and more EFFORTS need to be seen from the Top Down. Just my opinion.
We are taking baby steps since last 20 years.
Thank you so much for covering this. Such informative football history we all need to know. Also, excited to see my favorite football historian here talking about football. :)
This is actually quite informative and helps me makes sense of something that always puzzled me (why more South African Indians love football than cricket). I'm a South African Indian, descended from the Indentured Labourers who came to South Africa in 1860. We Indians in S.A. are actually more passionate about football than cricket (most of us anyways). So it makes sense that at around the time my ancestors left India, football was bigger than cricket and that love for football continued down the generations. It's also widely played amongst Indians here, a lot more than cricket is.
Indians always preferred hockey and football. Issue was cricket achieved wc glory especially during times when cricket achievements could be televised. While football achievements were more but never televised. And after that we went on a decline after 60s which led to popularity diminish. And cricket fever took over after 83 win.
We don't have the PHYSICAL ATTRIBUTES to excel at the highest levels
Neither HEIGHT STAMINA or STRENGTH
We do possess SKILLS in abundance
Amazing! Lovely short documentary
4:06 Classmates copies used to have this fact. Thats where this rumour started
thank you so much team vice for covering Indian football!!
3 things that Indians will choose over anything
1. Bollywood
2. Cricket
3. Politics.
4.Religion
5. Reservation
6. Pan Masala
7. Govt job
8. Engineering
I'm tired of cricket it boring now I'm in love with football it's been almost my routine for ISL
So many indian fans but football still sux
same
It's amazing that you guys are sharing such niche and forgotten stories of the past which I am sure most indians of this gen won't know about
If you are passionate about football you will know
Football in India has always been popular, some may typecast it as a regional sport coz of it's huge popularity in the North eastern states, West Bengal, Goa and Kerala, and some may point the poor state of the AIFF and not so modern football infrastructure. However my friends, we were world beaters in Hockey, the world knew our identity as the Kings of Hockey and we could beat any team in the world and once a legend Late Major Dyan chand bought the mighty Hitler's jaw drop with his skillful play. And then there are people who compare a game Cricket with an emotion i.e. "FOOTBALL". Cricket is an english game, a team game but not an active team game, a game which was made popular by the elite English when they were ruling our country, an unfortunately that game is still ruling out country, but the next generation is more fascinated by Football and I'm sure, the rise of Indian football will happen soon, as we are now a regular participants of the AFC Asian Cup, and we've been dominating in South Asia region, surely good times are not far for Indian Football fans. And us hosting the next year's Hockey world cup, by god winning that would certainly change a lot of things in Indian Sporting culture. Felllas, its high time now, the world has truly become global, and to be the part of the global sporting culture we need to perform in global sporting events.
9:11 goosebumps
An amazing Video which is as informative as it's inspiring . Hope to see India play the world cup soon
I am currently 26
I just want to see my country play in worldcup once in this lifetime
Loved this one, thanks vice
Thank you vice for this story
I love Indian documentary someone who has a very good editing video
amazing documentary . indias football future looks bright with the growing isl viewership competing with ipl
Very nice documentary from Vice!!
India has realistic chance of qualifying in 2030 if we continually make progress and invest in grassroots..
2026 world cup los Angeles will have 48 teams . So 8.5 spots for Asia.
Optimistic target for india for 2026 is to
Play in round 3 fifa 2026 qualifiers and rub shoulders with big teams of Asia.
And with that experience we can seriously prepare for 2030 ..
But looking at current setup and situation
I think football fans in India will be happy to beat teams like Bangladesh ,Nepal , srilanka and Afghanistan regularly .
Yeah if u watch the games u will realise that we even struggle against these teams sometimes 🤡
I feel it'll be late 2030s or early 2040s. 2030 is soon
Thanks a lot for this video.. gathered so much real information about Indian Football.!
And Yes! India will participate in Fifa World Cup Soon.!
Thanks for the valuable information
We are promoting football ... it's great... #IndianFootball
Great production quality!
Thanks for covering this
We will come again and Show the world 🇮🇳
and from that where we r today ....worshipping a 7-8 country game 😥, which is not bad but football is football...jst look at the on going world cup and the grandeur ❤...hope someday we'll be there...may be nxt world cup..it'll comprise 48 teams
It is no more a 7 8 country game.
@@sauron2000000 on ur logic italy plays cricket too 🤣....75% monetary support comes from one country, india...the game truly played by india, pakistan, eng, aus, ban, sri lanka, nz and south africa...nw afghanistan with bits and pieces... 3 times champion west indies cricketers are nw franchise elements .....stop being naive and stop residing in dreamland mate...
@@soumyaghosh3548 Same is the case with FOOTBALL
Revenues come from ENGLAND while other's are all FEEDER's
All football league's are two Pony Race
In Germany It's One Pony Race
Take out OIL Money MAN CITY/PSG will go back to their holes
No one will pay 75 million for a player or 30000 grant a week
We will probably qualify after 16 years i.e. 2038 when our present day grass root level academy players graduate to senior team.Though we can qualify earlier if we get Fifa WC hosting right.
Our u17 world cup batch players are good enough to send us to 2026 world cup, 48 teams, we have a shot
@@surjayanroybarman6844 no we are not even in top 10 Asian nations. Needs lot of work and development. Not gonna happen in such less time. He's right either 2038 or 2042
@@surjayanroybarman6844 Not a chance bro .......My be in 2030 ....We are not even top 100 team in world ......other countries like developing football faster than us.....
India will play before that in a WC
The GEO POLITICS will DEMAND it's ENTRY
@@mtk3755 it won't take 16-18 year's for us to break into top 10 in asia, we are already in top 20 Asian teams, and next year's AFC Asian cup will be the decider, if we can reach the quarter finals, there's a realistic chance
My Dad played football in the 1960s in the remote parts of Manipur. He taught at a school near an Army Camp. The Army Commander told my dad to go to West Bengal where he could easily earn 25K per month which was unbelievable at the time. He could not go because he had no backing from his family.
We will get there 🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳
Sunil Chhetri and Bhaichung bhutia deserved to play atleast one wc 🙂❤️
😢
Now asia will get 8 quota for fifa wc. Hope india will improve soon and talanted player will be promoted without any biases and partiality
Its really hard we r 17th in asia i think it wont be easy
@@A.A.FOOTBALL we have to work and invest alot. Learn from Vietnam
Wait and Watch
FIFA will Further DIVIDE ASIA in to ASEAN/SAARC QUOTA
India is playing FIFA WC faster than you have ever IMAGINED
It would come in the next 12 years
I dont really understand ki cricket jaise overrated aur boring sport ko itni hawa kyu dete hai 1.5 billion ki population hokar vi fifa ranking me 106th pe hai humlog
I understand that for indians cricket is more than a game but its definately not the optimum sport its boring and not evenly fair i hope we Indians seriously adopt a footballing culture like the rest of the world humko fifa wc me hamari team ko dekhna hai
Exactly man it's actually because cricket meh 83 wc achievement hogyi jab india acha nhi kar rhi thi as a country. Plus yeh television pe aaya. Usse logo ko laga ki sirf cricket hi hai jo desh ko upar le ja rha. Jabki football hockey yeh cheez already kar chuke the. But voh television pe nhi aaye the. Aur jab television aaya tab hamara hockey football meh decline hogya. Phir 90s meh desh economically khul gya sachin sir ka craze hogya aur vaha se cricket immortal hogya india meh.
Jo abhi bhi obsession hai voh ussi 83 wc ki yaad meh hai ki ji cricket ne hi india ko upar laya hai. Jo ki real truth nhi hai.
FOOTBALLING CULTURE won't survive for long in India without VICTORIES
In India only VICTORIES MATTER
In India their is man called "The black pearl " who is also a football legend in 90's
oneday we will shine in football
Those glorious days of past are history, back then football was not that popular as it is today. Out of all the field sports that mankind has produced so far football is the one which is most popular now and the number of countries that are trying their best to even qualify for fifa wc is just staggering and ever growing. Even country like China who has dominated in specific sports at Olympics could not produce world class football team that can compete in fifa wc, that's how hard it is now.
But china has played in a FIFA World Cup, in 2002.
@@anonymousishere2905 football is not senior citizens sport like cricket, once upon a time Uruguay used to dominate fifa wc, where are they now? italy has won fifa wc 4 times in history the most recent one being from 2006 yet they failed to qualify this year. It's all about being consistent in the ever growing competition amongst hundreds of emerging countries. India can only dream of qualifying for fifa wc, but being consistent is totally different thing. That senior citizen sport is so popular in India yet we su ck at it when it comes to wc, even though barely less than a dozen countries across the globe take that thing seriously !!!!
The world is our to take 🇮🇳 go Indian ⚽
Superb good video,i hope soonly India will qualify for world cup
We still have a long way to go i think we have lost our track and on the other hand many other countries have caught up with the time and pace of new age football. I feel that we can qualify for the WC in the next 30 years, now when FIFA has decided to increase the number of teams & growing infrastructure + interest. But other countries have also planned way ahead looking at how Japan, morocco, Croatia and other low ranked teams performed against giants this also makes our dream of playing football a distant one. But I hope for the best.
I'm huge fan of Indian football. Let's hope for 2026_ 2030 WC
Man i don't want to watch the boring cricket anymore I wil support Indian football team and i want to see india playing in the world cup 🏆
Legend 👏❤️👏
Shoutout to Syed Abdul Rahim saaheb..the legendary coach of Indian football
The sun will shine again
Finally some coverage
playing barefoot is wide spread here in Brazil as well, Ronaldinho for example used to play barefoot in his youth. It's legit since creating variations in practice helps the brain to learn skills faster.
Hope we can see India in the WC soon.
What a beautiful game
Baichung bhutia tuuu....pernah main perak dulu
Lets cheer for India in the upcoming afc fifa world cup qualifier games and I hope jio cinema can broadcast the events for all Indians.
Very good, is it a video in a cd
High necessities of this game made it unplayable in India but due to that......... there was gentlemen's game being played in every corner of the country.
Jai Bharat 🇮🇳✌️
North east Indians are a blessing for the Country @
Most of the Indian didn't even understand football.......I have seen many ISLtram just playing for goal.....No playmaking, No ball positioning,No pressing thats not how football works ....I was a cricket fan before but after is started watching football its breathtaking now cricket is boring i only watch final few overs.......If japan and korea why not we ..??Lets football
@@JorgeClavero "Just playing for goals" means they don't have any tactics, strategies and skills. They just wish to score a goal !!!!!. It's like randomly waving bat, without looking at field setting, against 150kmpl ball in cricket.
@@JorgeClavero you are wrong football has evolved a lot. You need to have good strategies to win the game. You can't just say defend and score that won't win you stuff. Also playing a certain way matters especially to gather more fans. If you play pretty and entertain people then only more and more people will join. No one will want to watch a boring style of football when they have platforms like Netflix to watch. There's a reason the style of Brazil samba style of football is still famous and known for in the whole world.
@@JorgeClavero I don't think you are into football at all. If you were you would know that style of football also matters especially to attract more people.
@@JorgeClavero I think you just got his point wrong. The main comment wasn't about to score a goal or defend it, it was about the current squad of India which has no specific football style to play with. They just go on the pitch to win somehow, but are absolutely clueless about the game. As if they are out of their minds.
But just to let people know that you know about football, or you have been playing at a certain level, just to prove yourself more knowledgeable, doesn't make sense. You don't have to brag about yourself, or the kind of football you play.
Even us Indians can do that, even in football, about which the Westerners and the Europeans think that we don't know anything about.
Do you know that the system of 4-4-2 was actually invented in India. Or the only team in the world which won against Hungary of 1950s (the mighty Hungarians) was India.?
Best Trio of Indian Football I think everyone didn't catch in the video
Its Balaram, Pk Banerjee and Chuni Goswami.
Thank you vice asia
Super video
Bengal and Football
An undying connection
Well now i knew the real story of my best sports,yes it will someday become strong
Sad to see that there is no mention of goa and it's famous footballers like bruno coutinho, shankwalkar etc
Liked and shared ❤❤❤❤
"India is a sleeping giant in football."
-18th century quote.
P.S. the problem with a sleeping giant is exactly that. It sleeps. And keeps on sleeping.
🤣
Now imagine when football=cricket, in India
I believe India will rise and shine again; stronger and better than ever.
yes but need a big struggle.. its not about qualifying world cup.. need to go till semi finals should be our concern, because if we think of semi finals then only we can qualify for world cup. western football now went 25 years ahead..
The problem is money again and money will come when there is genuine passion among the masses.
We also want India in World Cup.... Go India 🇮🇳
Ek din jarur🇮🇳
It didn't have much views. It's just show where our priorities are in sports.