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The JCT Football Club on Wednesday entered into an agreement with the ‘Wolves’, an English football club from Wolverhampton, to work together for the development of football in the grassroot level in Punjab.
A 20-member team of delegation led by Pat McFadden, member of Parliament for Wolverhampton South-east paid a visit to the JCT FC’s new stadium site and training ground.
“It is a friendship agreement with no commercial purpose. The main aim of this partnership is to develop football in Punjab and in the process help India to enter the league of great teams,” McFadden told reporters in Hoshiarpur after signing the agreement.
As a part of the agreement, coaches will be exchanged and especial training session will be organized for the players.
“‘Wolves’ will help us with their technical expertise by organising seminars and training sessions for coaches and players. There will also be exchange visits of faculty and players between the two clubs,” Samir Thapar, President of JCT FC said.
“We are also planning to have a friendly match between the teams in Wolverhampton and here. We are trying to build a long-term relation that will not only be on papers but will grow organically and actually go on to help Indian football in the real sense,” he added.
However, Jez Moxey, chief executive, Wolverhampton Wanderers FC made it clear there will be no exchange of players or recruitment and it is more of an exchange of hands.
“It is more of an exchange of hands between the clubs and building a relation which puts community and youth development at its heart,” he said.
“We have an active former players association, so we can also invite former players and legends of English football to participate in this programme, he added.
This partnership is a part of the Wolverhampton-India project, which aims at having co-operation in trade, education and sports and help in strengthening the ties between Wolverhampton and Punjab.
