Vasco Club goes commercial

NT NETWORK
Posted on 2008-08-16
PANAJI- Vasco Sports Club, now renamed Vasco Sports Club (Goa) Pvt Ltd, on Friday unveiled their new home-and-away jersey at a grand function at Mira Mar on Friday.
The brand new jersey for the 2008-09 season will be donned by Vasco, dubbed “people’s club”, for the Goa Professional League and the ensuing I-League after the grand old club of Goa made a re-entry into the mainstream NFL since slipping into the path of relegation during the 9th ONGC NFL in 2004-05.
The smart new jerseys were unveiled by Vasco Club president Mr Vinod Parkkot, who is also a vice-president of GFA in the presence of co-sponsors Bandekar Group, Chowgule Group, AM group, Lima Group and Anand Construction.
Mr Nana Bandekar, Mr Umaji Chowgule, Mr Noel Lima Leitao, Mr Savio Messias, Mr Mauvin Godinho, deputy speaker, Mr Stanley Pereira and Mr Milind Naik, MLA were also present.
Gracing the occasion were the yesteryear heroes of Vasco SC, Andrew, Bernard, Catao and Dominic), who earned laurels for the state team and were rightly described as the ‘A-B-C-D’ of Goan football.
“Vasco SC has witnessed the troughs over the past couple of years, only to bounce back into the First Division during the current season. Being one of the first football clubs in Goa to corporatise under the banner of Vasco SC (Goa) Pvt Ltd, this season the club is set to go places and hopes to move up the pecking order in terms of performance indicators,” stated Mr Parkot.
“Contrary to the perception among some of our peers and avid football fans across the country that the old warhorse in Vasco SC is fading into oblivion, we are definitely raring to go,” Mr Parkot added. “Our corporate co-sponsors, all based in the city of Vasco, in the form of Bandekar-NRB Group and Anand Bose Constructions for the senior division team and Chowgule Group, who were our title sponsors in the past, will be associated with the newly flagged off youth development programme of the Club,” Mr Parkot enumerated.
“As a first step towards portraying the vibrancy in the Club’s image, Vasco SC is unveiling its new jersey, showcasing the names of present corporate co-sponsors,” asserted Vasco club member Mr Jerson Rebello.
“The new season marks the resurgence of Vasco Club as it unveils its new black (away) and white (home) armour,” Mr Rebello added.