<p>Jamshedpur FC return to match action on Saturday evening when they take on Sporting Club Delhi in an open-door friendly at the JRD Tata Sports Complex, marking the Men of Steel’s first outing in front of home supporters after a long gap. The last time JFC played a fixture in front of the fans at the Furnace was the Durand Cup quarter-final, a defeat that ended their campaign. This time, however, the setting and the storyline are very different A fresh start under Shield-winning head coach Owen Coyle, a reworked squad with new foreign recruits, and the Furnace ready to come alive again.</p>
Tata’s commitment to sports in India Jamsetji Nusserwanji Tata envisaged not only Asia's first fully integrated Steel Plant but also the model township of Jamshedpur. He advised his son, Sir Dorab Tata, to earmark "areas for Football, Hockey and Parks…."
Tata Steel's commitment to sports, in fact, preceded the building of the township. The aforesaid letter was written in 1902 and the site for Jamshedpur selected in 1907. J. R. D. Tata gave fruition to J. N. Tata's vision, inculcating sports as an integral part of Tata Steel's corporate philosophy.