Pune, 2015: Mumbai Football Club (Mumbai FC) began its 7th straight campaign for the I-league season on 18th January,2015. Now one of the elite clubs in Indian Football, Mumbai FC gained promotion to the elite division in 2008 and have been competing with other clubs successfully.
Thefootballmind.com (TFM) has tied up with Mumbai FC as their exclusive online ticketing partner for the current season. Thefootballmind.com has been involved in providing turnkey solutions to Mumbai FC, which now also covers online ticketing through its website.
TFM will be issuing tickets for all the home games of Mumbai FC which will have a span of 10 rounds and will also be involved in designing of the tickets. Thefootballmind.com
Mr. Pranesh Krishnamurthy, Founder-CEO, Thefootballmind.com is taking this collaboration enthusiastically and adds. “Thefootballmind aims at taking football in India online and creating a networking community that helps to recognize growing talent from all levels and aspects of the game.
We look at Mumbai FC as a key player in transforming Indian football through their various grassroots initiatives. In this sense our partnership is a great step for both our Organizations in the right direction.”
Mr. Atul Badgamia, Deputy Vice President, Mumbai FC reiterated his confidence in tying up with Thefootballmind.com as their ticketing partner and adds, “We want to provide easy access to our fans to buy the tickets. Our partnership with The Football Mind will help this cause. Easing ticket availability is the biggest factor to bring crowd to the stadium.”
He added, “This is the first time we are doing this. Our home games are at the Cooperage and we want to take full advantage of this. I expect the Mumbaikars to create a roaring atmosphere for all home games.”
If every football player, coach and team can have an online presence on the Football Mind, the network that can be created and its use for improving football will be potentially huge, according to Henry Picardo, Manager, Mumbai FC
Football has become the 3rd most watched sports in India and is growing at a unprecedented level. Thefootballmind is expecting close to 50 thousand active users in next 5 months and boasts of One Lakh plus Facebook fans already, which seems to have made them the perfect choice as a ticketing partner for Mumbaifc.
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