Only a few feelings come close to the ecstasy provided by taking home the match-ball after a derby. Versatile Manipuri striker Ningthoujam Pritam Singh experienced this after the Imphal derby in the I-League last season, amplified by the fact that he became the first person in history to do so.
Pritam joined Eastern Sporting Union as a seven-year-old, idolising Portuguese superstar Cristiano Ronaldo as a kid. He matched shoulders with the big guns when he signed for Sporting Goa in 2011 to play in the I-League for the first time.
After stints with 2013 I-League second division side Mumbai Tigers and the historic Mohammedan SC, the forward signed for NEROCA in 2016.