Dhangadhi, Feb. 10 -- CYC Attariya President Nar Bahadur Rai still remembers the energy he possessed while splashing cash to rope in Gyanendra Malla, Karan KC and Yogendra Singh Karki in the Dhangadhi Premier League auction three years ago. That energy from DPL's first edition was hardly visible afterwards until the club started breathing new life.

The community club that runs through fund was already into financial trouble. Rai had to struggle a lot to accumulate fund after he returned to Dhangadhi from that auction in Kathmandu. "We raised flag to get some big players on a maximum bid price but we had no idea how we were going to pay them," said Rai.

The financial difficulties remained intact for Attariya in the second edition. Five o...