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News Clipping from New Indian Express, Monday June 19 2006
Catching the fans in action
KOZHIKODE: Witnessing a ‘falling leaf kick’ by Ronaldinho ‘live’ may be a dream for the football fans at Nainamvalappu in the city. But that does not prevent them from dancing with the golden moments in the World Cup.They dance with the movements of Lionel Messi or Wayne Rooney and bring the Mexican Wave to the shores of the Arabian Sea. These hard-core football lovers live, eat and sleep football.No wonder, that the ESPN came all the way to Nainamvalappu to capture the beauty of their love for football. "Football is a passion for the people here," says Goutham Dimani, programme anchor with the ESPN.ESPN has featured the Mexican waves at Nainamvalappu for their ‘Duniya Goal Main’, a daily programme featuring football fever in India.The flex boards put up at every nook and cranny in the city astonished them and of course the story of a model world cup trophy. Yes, the Ninamvalappu Fans Association has a world cup trophy!They have been presenting the wooden trophy since 1994, not to the winning team, but to the fans association (of the World Cup winners) at Nainamvalappu. Interestingly, all 32 teams participating in the World Cup have fans association here. Even new entrants such as Angola and Tongo have fans in this part of the city.The Nainamvalappu Football Fans Association has also received T-shirts, souvenirs, label and pins from the FIFA.
Catching the fans in action
KOZHIKODE: Witnessing a ‘falling leaf kick’ by Ronaldinho ‘live’ may be a dream for the football fans at Nainamvalappu in the city. But that does not prevent them from dancing with the golden moments in the World Cup.They dance with the movements of Lionel Messi or Wayne Rooney and bring the Mexican Wave to the shores of the Arabian Sea. These hard-core football lovers live, eat and sleep football.No wonder, that the ESPN came all the way to Nainamvalappu to capture the beauty of their love for football. "Football is a passion for the people here," says Goutham Dimani, programme anchor with the ESPN.ESPN has featured the Mexican waves at Nainamvalappu for their ‘Duniya Goal Main’, a daily programme featuring football fever in India.The flex boards put up at every nook and cranny in the city astonished them and of course the story of a model world cup trophy. Yes, the Ninamvalappu Fans Association has a world cup trophy!They have been presenting the wooden trophy since 1994, not to the winning team, but to the fans association (of the World Cup winners) at Nainamvalappu. Interestingly, all 32 teams participating in the World Cup have fans association here. Even new entrants such as Angola and Tongo have fans in this part of the city.The Nainamvalappu Football Fans Association has also received T-shirts, souvenirs, label and pins from the FIFA.
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