1974 IFA Shield final explained

1974 IFA Shield Final
Event:	1974 IFA Shield
Team1:	East Bengal
Team1score:	1
Team2:	Mohun Bagan
Team2score:	0
Date:	29 September 1974
Stadium:	Mohun Bagan Ground
City:	Kolkata, West Bengal
Previous:	1973
Next:	1975

The 1974 IFA Shield Final was the 78th final of the IFA Shield, the second oldest football competition in India, and was contested between Kolkata giants East Bengal and Mohun Bagan on 29 September 1974 at the Mohun Bagan Ground in Kolkata.

East Bengal won the final 1 - 0 to claim their 13th IFA Shield title. Subhash Bhowmick scored the only goal in the final as East Bengal lifted their third consecutive IFA Shield title.^{[1] [2]}

Route to the final

East Bengal		Round	Mohun Bagan
Opponent	Result	Second Round Group League	Opponent	Result
Kalighat	2–2	Matchday 1	Premier Tyres	2–0
Mohammedan Sporting	3–0	Matchday 2	Abahani Krira Chakra	5–0
Opponent	Result	Knockout Stage	Opponent	Result
Abahani Krira Chakra	7–0	Semi–Final	Mohammedan Sporting	3–1

Match

Summary

The IFA Shield final began at the Mohun Bagan Ground in Kolkata on 29 September 1974 in front of a packed crowd as two Kolkata giants East Bengal and Mohun Bagan faced each other in the Kolkata Derby. East Bengal started as the favorites as they were the defending champions from the last two editions and had already won the 1973 Calcutta Football League. The game started as expected, with East Bengal dominating the proceedings. Mohun Bagan custodian Prashanta Mitra made four terrific saves to keep the mariners in the game. The only goal of the game came in the fortieth minute when Mohammed Habib freed himself out wide from a short corner from Samaresh Chowdhury and put in a measured cross which was headed into the goal by Subhash Bhowmick. East Bengal managed to create some more chances in the second half but was denied by Prashanta Mitra. The scoreline remained the same until the full time as East Bengal lifted their third consecutive IFA Shield title and also managed to secure a third consecutive League and Shield double.^{[3] [4] [5]}

Details

GK Biswajit Das LB Kajal Dhali CB Ashoke Banerjee CB Shyamal Ghosh RB Sudhir Karmakar CM Gautam Sarkar CM Samaresh Chowdhury (c) RW Surajit Sengupta LW Subhash Bhowmick ST Mohammed Habib ST Mohammed Akbar Head Coach: P. K. Banerjee

GK Prashanta Mitra RB Ajit Chakraborty CB Syed Nayeemuddin CB Nimai Goswami LB Bijoy Dikpati CM Mohon Singh CM Prasun Banerjee RW LW Swapan Sengupta (c) ST Sukalyan Ghosh Dastidar ST Poongam Kannan Substitutes: RW Sisir Guha Dastidar ST Sankar Banerjee Head coach: Amal Dutta

Match rules 90 minutes. Joint winners if both finals ends in a draw

See also

• IFA Shield Finals

Notes and References

1. Web site: Ritabrata. Banerjee. 7 April 2020. Indian Football: Down the memory lane - East Bengal’s ‘Golden era’ of 1970s. Goal. 10 November 2021.
2. Web site: Debayan. Sen. 10 February 2017. Best of the Kolkata derby: Bhutia's kiss, Manna's unwelcome embrace, and Chuni's biryani. ESPN. 10 November 2021.
3. News: 30 September 1974 . ইস্টবেঙ্গল পরপর তিনবার শিল্ড পেল . East Bengal wins Shield for the third consecutive time . bn . Jugantor .
4. News: 30 September 1974 . এ জয় প্রত্যাশিতই . This win was expected . bn . Jugantor .
5. Web site: Rahul . Sadhu . 23 January 2022 . Subhas Bhowmick: ‘A man of football style and substance’ . The Indian Express . 14 November 2022.