JCT Mills overcame a spirited challenge from State Bank of Travancore to win 1-0 in the NFL tie on Monday.
Abhishek Yadav's injury-time goal gave the Mumbai champions a 1-1 draw in the National Football League.
East Bengal squandered chances galore and ended up a playing a goal-less draw against JCT in their round three I-League encounter at the flood-lit Yuba Bharati Krirangan (YBK) in Kolkata on Sunday.
Unfancied Chirag United held favourites JCT to a goalless draw in a fifth round outing of the ONGC I-League football championship in Kolkata on Thursday night.
Mahindra United made light of the controversial expulsion of their agitated coach, Derrick Pereira, before the start of the second session to record a heartwarming 3-1 come-from-behind victory over JCT in a 10th round I-League match at the Cooperage on Thursday.
JCT came up with a solid display to hold the Durand Cup champions at the Guru Nanak stadium in Ludhiana.
Chidi Edeh scored a spectacular goal in the last minute to guide Mahindra United to a 2-1 victory over JCT and into the final of 121st Osians Durand Cup football tournament in New Delhi on Thursday. The Nigerian import, who came close to scoring on a number of occasions, struck a long range right-footer seconds before the final whistle to the huge disappointment of the millmen who were leading 1-0 till the 72nd minute of the semi-final match.
The Phagwara team routed the 16-time champions 4-0, while in another Durand Cup match Dempo beat Army XI.
Ryuji Sueoka and Francis Fernandes scored a goal in each half to guide Salgaocar to their eight win as they beat JCT to a convincing 2-0 in the eleventh round of the I-League, played at Nehru Stadium, Fatorda in Margao, on Sunday.
Churchill Brothers' march towards winning the title got a boost as they beat JCT by a solitary goal in an ONGC I-League match, to move to second place, at the Nehru Stadium in Margao.
The two supposedly best teams in the country dished out the most drab goalless draw in the I-League football championship at the Ambedkar Stadium in New Delhi on Sunday.
A 3-0 victory swelled the defending champions' lead atop the National Football League.
The victory was JCT's second victory in the National Football League.
They rallied to beat Indian Bank in their concluding match in the NFL.
Sporting Clube de Goa kept their hopes of avoiding relegation alive when they got the better of JCT by a solitary goal in a 20th round I-League match at the Nehru Stadium, in Margao, Goa, on Wednesday. The home side, which had more of the exchanges and scoring opportunities, scored the all-important goal in the 33rd minute through Bisheshwor Singh.
Sunil Chhetri regained his lost form to guide reigning champions East Bengal to a 1-0 victory over JCT and almost assured themselves of a semi-final berth in the 30th Federation Cup at the floodlit Vidyasagar Krirangan in Barasat on Saturday.
JCT kept up the pressure over table-toppers Dempo Sports Club with an emphatic 3-0 victory over Churchill Brothers in the fourth round of the ongoing ONGC I-League at the Guru Nanak Stadium in Ludhiana on Saturday.
The former champions from Punjab were held goalless at home.
JCT Phagwara defeated Air India Mumbai 2-0 in the 16th round of the I-League football match played at Guru Nanak stadium on Sunday. Both the goals came in the second half.
JCT defeated Viva Kerala 2-0 in the eighth round of the ONGC I-League at the Corporation Stadium in Kozhikode on Saturday to join Dempo Sports Club at the top of the points table.
Mahindra United made a spirited rally to edge past a fighting ten-man JCT Mills, 2-1 to move to the top of the table.
The Punjab team beat Indian Bank 3-0 in their opening match of the National Football League.
If anybody needed any confirmation why Mahindra United and JCT continue to inhabit the lower rungs of the I-League table, today's 15th round encounter between the two former champions provided the requisite proof.
Mohun Bagan, already in crisis in the absence of Jose Barreto, suffered a further jolt, going down 0-1 to JCT.
The former India striker scored late in the NFL match as JCT beat HAL 1-0.
Goals by Jo Paul Ancheri and I M Vijayan gave the Punjab side a 2-0 victory in the National Football League.
Dudu Omagbemi scored twice in a 4-1 victory in the National Football League.
Current I-League leaders Sporting Clube de Goa began their campaign in the 30th Federation Cup on a disastrous note, going down 0-2 to JCT in a Group C encounter at the Vidyasagar Krirangan in Barasat on Thursday. In another match East Bengal beat New Delhi Heroes by a similar margin.
Foreign recruits Adewusi Adebayo and Chidi Edeh scored once in each half to give their Goa team their first win in the National Football League.
JCT beat East bengal in the concluding Group B match in the Under-19 National Football League.
In the other semi-finals, East Bengal dominated the match with a 2-0 win over Dempo.
Two goals down Mumbai FC struck thrice thereafter to end their six-game winless streak in a 10th round I-League match at the Cooperage in Mumbai on Wednesday. The 3-2 win took them to sixth place in the league table.
Uttam Singh is turning out to be Air-India's trump card in the ongoing I-League a la Stoke City's midfielder Rory Delap.
In another match in the Durand Cup footbal tournament, Mohammedan Sporting rallied to hold Tata Footbal1 Academy.
JCT deserved more than a point from the goalless outing because they did most of the running and created more chances.
A goal each by Wilton Gomes and Dudu Omagbemi in the first half guided the Goa team to a convincing 2-0 victory.
A 5-4 scoreline in the penalty shoot-out, after extra-time ended goalless, gave the armymen a berth in the final of the Durand Cup.
Sporting Club de Goa and JCT carved out contrasting victories to enter the last eight of the Federation Cup football.
Brazilian Juliano Martins marked his debut match with a goal in the National Football League encounter in Kolkata on Sunday.
Desperately seeking full points against Salgaocar Sports Club to avoid relegation in I-League, JCT have dropped two of their contracted players after they admitted to have signed with the Goan side for next season.
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