Our Correspondent
Kohima | March 30
The 10th anniversary of Morning Premier League (MPL) Season 2025 under the aegis of Morning Football Association (MFA) will start from April 1 at Indira Gandhi Stadium, Kohima.
The opening ceremony on April 1 will start from 6:30 AM with Nagaland’s youth resources & sports advisor S. Keoshu Yimkhiung as the chief guest and Anon Konyak, Miss Nagaland 2024 as the special guest.
NFA president Burakum will deliver welcome address while Kohima District Football Association (KDFA) president Mhasimhalie Mathew Yhome will administer oath to the participating teams.
The story of Morning Premier League (MPL) began during the summer of 2011 when an avid group of FIFA gamers led by departed founder Loben Jamir decided that instead of playing the virtual game, it would be healthier if they play actual football and so a group of 10 to 15 amateur footballers, just for their unconditional love of the beautiful game, decided to drive up to Kohima Science College Ground, Jotsoma to play a match. Soon, what began as a leisure time pass became a daily routine.
For most of the time, a match was played between 10 players with 5 individuals in each team with a small goal post comprising of stones and bricks.
This group of players then decided to form a club in order to play friendly matches with other clubs.
In 2015, during one of their friendly matches with Amur Falcon Football Club (AFFC), the idea of starting a football league along with AFFC if the other players agrees with it came up.
The idea was forthcoming and that’s how the MPL came into being.
Morning Premier League is a unique one-of-a-kind league where matches are played only in the morning from 5:30 – 7:30 and the sole the purpose of this league is to create health consciousness, friendship and competitive mentality and to promote sportsmanship in a safe, healthy and fun loving environment.
MPL is also a platform for mostly older players who are above 35 years of age and especially for football lovers; not necessarily professional players.
