The well known soccer correspondent of The Hind newspaper was associated With Vasco Sports Club as the coach when they enjoyed the patronage from the House of Bandekar. He coached MRF during the 1988-89 season when they became Goa champions. MRF did quite well in the Kolar Mines Gold Cup in 1988.

Other outstationers to have served as coaches for the Goan teams an Mumtaz Hussain (Salgaocar) Shabbir Ali (Salgaocar), G.M.H Basha (Dempo), Maqbool (Dempo) Pentiah (Sesa Goa), Iqbal (Sesa Goa), Albert Johannes (Dempo) Amal Dutta (Dempo), TKChatunn (Dempo).