Kolkata football club sets up record on Facebook

In the first for an Indian football club, city giants East Bengal has notched up one million hits on facebook.

“On being the first Indian football team to reach the figure of one million strong follower base, Kingfisher East Bengal has set up another benchmark,” a spokesperson said.tonight.

“With multiplying fan base now in the social networking site from the already existing huge number running into generations in Bengal, we can be the contenders of the one of the biggest fan bases on the virtual media in the world,” the official said.