The Goa side staged a grand second-half rally to beat the Kolkata side 3-1 in the IFA Shield football tournament.
In another match in the IFA Shield football tournament, Vasco and Tata Football Academy played out a goalless draw.
They will now face winner of the East Bengal-Ever Ready tie in the final on September 28.
A goal in each half enabled the Phagwara side stun the IFA Shield runners-up in ther National Football League.
Churchill Brothers and East Bengal have a point to prove in Wednesday's IFA Shield final.
Robertson received a British Empire Medal (BEM) in the Queen's Birthday Honours List for services to the local community.
Mohammedan Sporting have opted against playing in the second division of the I-League and also pulled out of the Durand Cup football tournament, beginning October 28, apparently due to financial crisis.
The catch here is that one has to buy the season tickets to get the discount of "about 60 per cent".
Former India footballer and hero of the 1956 Olympic team, Syed Abdus Salam is bed-ridden and facing a financial crisis.
Minerva Punjab FC will take on Indian Super League side Jamshedpur FC on April 2 in the inaugural Super Cup football tournament which begins in Bhubaneswar on March 31.
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