Gokulam comes home to a rousing welcome
The HinduThere were thousands to cheer Gokulam Kerala on as it took a victory parade around the city on Wednesday. But for the coronavirus, Gokulam would have been able to play many of its matches at its home ground, the Corporation Stadium, which witnessed some of the biggest crowds for the I-Leaugue in the last couple of seasons. Besides the entire team, coach Vincenzo Alberto Annese, technical director Bino George, Gokulam’s CEO Ashok Kumar, former international footballers Jo Paul Ancheri, N. P. Pradeep and M. Suressh were also there. As were the club’s chairman Gokulam Gopalan and president V. C. Praveen; their decision to invest heavily in football, some four years ago, gave Kerala an I-League club and now the State’s first ever title in the national league.