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Bala Devi Wishes Kolkata Giants ATK Mohun Bagan and SC East Bengal Have Women's Derby
News 18All roads in Indian football currently lead to one match — the Indian Super League‘s first-ever Kolkata Derby that will kick off on Friday. While the excitement is in the air, far away in Scotland, Indian women footballer Ngangom Bala Devi is envisioning a special future – a dream to see ATK Mohun Bagan and SC East Bengal show a similar passion for having a women’s derby one day soon. Bala Devi, who recently featured in the ‘Old Firm Derby’ – one of the oldest football rivalries in the world between Rangers FC and Celtic FC, believes that there is no reason why the two clubs cannot have a women’s team and develop another hi-stake derby in India. The first Indian woman to sign a professional football contract overseas with Rangers FC, Bala Devi has been slowly making headway into the competitive world of women’s football. Players can’t train by themselves, they need the necessary infrastructure to do so.” Bala Devi has experienced first-hand the kind of buzz that a women’s version of the Old Firm derby was able to create.
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