East Bengal Ground is a multi-use stadium in Kolkata, India. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of Kingfisher East Bengal F.C.. The stadium holds 23,500 people.It is cmmonly used for Calcutta Football League Matches
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Was that we’d ground it sharp and hadn’t known,
And now were only wasting precious blade.”
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