Chennai Customs defeated Josco FC 2-0 to mark the opening of the VP Sathyan Memorial Football Tournament conducted by the All India Malayali Association at Chennai. M David and M Ramesh found the back of the net for Customs.
In the second match of the day, Tamil Nadu Eleven defeated Mumbai based Akbar Travels FC 3-0.
From the archive. First published on footballkerala.com on Sunday 15 August 2010, restored from the site's 2012 database. Text as originally published.