Kerala State Club Football Championship
Kerala State Club Football Championship was one of the most prestigious football tournaments organised by Kerala Football Association. Founded in the year 1970, it was a favourite until the late 2000s. History. Inaugural tournament was won by AGORC (Accountant General's Office Recreation Club) or commonly known as AG's Office team by beating FACT, Aluva. 1970's Premier Tyres and Formation of Titanium XI. Premier Tyres, Ernakulam reached its glory days during 1970's which produced prominent footballers like Xavier Pious, KP Sethumadhavan, Victor Manjila, Muhammed Basheer and PP Prasannan. Premier Tyres were later  acquired by Apollo Tyres and club was shut. Formed in1972, Titanium XI produced some of the finest footballers during this period. Najumuddin and Thomas Sebastian were some of the great players who represented the club during its early years. Mid 1980's Formation of Kerala Police and beginning of glory days of Titanium XI. In 1984, the then Kerala Director General of Police (DGP) took initiative and formed Kerala Police Football Team. The Kerala Police team of the mid-80s – when they started out – had several names who went on to make a mark in Indian football such as V. P.  Sathyan, Tobias, U. Sharaf Ali, I. M. Vijayan, Santosh, Rajendran Kaladharan etc. The team, which trained at the Police Training College in Trivandrum, had a new signing soon after it was put together in the form of C. V. Pappachan, who had impressed manager Abdul Kareem with his displays initially for the Calicut University team. Titanium XI became champions in two consecutive seasons 1989,1990. Early 1990's Battle between Titanium XI and Kerala Police. While Titanium XI became back-to-back champions in 1992,1993 and1994, Kerala Police became champions in 1995, resisting Titanium XI. Titanium XI, winners of the Federation  Cup in 1993, the team had plenty of talent like Cyril C Velloor, K Udayakumar, Abdul Razak, N C Chacko, Binu Jose and Danikutty David during this period. 2000's End of Days. Titanium XI, Kerala Police and SBI Kerala, (previously SBT) were the three most consistent and successful club teams during this era. Scrapping of Tournament. Not all teams in the Kerala Premier League took part in the State Club Football Championship, which led to scrapping the State Club Football Championship for another Cup tournament.