panaji goas oldest first division club is now where they belongvasco sports club have participated in every edition of the top league since 1951 first division senior division and then goa pro league but shockingly were relegated last year from the goa pro league on the last day of the championship for fans who have backed the team through thick and thin the relegation to the first division came as a huge body blow but the peoples club have now bounced back and how on thursday at the poriat ground in calangute vasco sports club scripted a fairytale in the first division leagues concluding game scoring the winner in the dying seconds for a solitary goal victory over hosts calangute association the story could not have been more poignant and stunning for calangute association the hosts needed only a point to qualify for the pro league and until added time they seemed to be on course for a cherished place in goas top league some had even started celebrating until don bosco fernandes popped up from nowhere to head possibly the most important goal of his career vasco will cherish this goal for some time to come as they finished on top of the first division league ladder with 31 points while calangute finished second with 29 points in their kitty needing an outright victory to qualify for next years pro league vasco started on an attacking note and dominated play semson fernandes and hari parab were denied in the first session with brilliant saves first from calangute custodian mihir sawant and then a block from defender jayesh chopdekar calangute needing only a draw changed tactics in the second session they could have taken the lead when sanket jotkar had only the goalkeeper to beat but the striker fell short vasco then went all out in search of the goal calangute stood its ground until don bosco fernandes settled the match with an added time header as winners of the first division league vasco got rs 50000 from chief guest joseph sequeira for their efforts but the real prize was a place in the pro league