PANJIM, April 4 -- Team Herald

When the Red Machines take on the Snow Leopards at the TRC Turf Ground in Srinagar on Sunday - and as all of Goa holds its collective breath, praying for a win that will bring home the coveted I-League title - the one man whom everyone will be watching is football lover and veteran politician Churchill Alemao.

For the patron of Churchill Brothers, the match will present a few notes of deja vu, since his club has won the I-League on two occasions, in 2008-09 and 2012-13. "I am not a corporate person, but football is in my blood and I have put my life into football and my club," Churchill told us in an exclusive chat.

His passion for the sport has been carried on in the family, with his daughter Valanka bei...