![]() In contrast, a number of cricketers of Indian extraction - from Raman Subba Row to Nasser Hussain to Monty Panesar - have played for England and continue to do so. Only one person with an Indian link - Neil Taylor (his mother is a Bengali from Kolkata), who plays for Wales - has ever played for a national side in the UK. By comparison, people of Indian descent are differently oriented. An overwhelming section of the majority white and minority black communities is seized with soccer. ![]() ![]() It’s the country’s number one sport and a national obsession. Victory in the tie could be a turning point in the club’s fortunes.įootball is to Britain what cricket is to India. A small group of soccer enthusiasts in the catchment area known as “Little Punjab” are expected to troop to the game to support their side. It takes on Cleethorpes Town, one division above them, in the quarter-finals of the FA Vase, a semi-professional tourney. On Saturday, Southall Football Club probably plays one of its biggest matches in 80 years.
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