Premier Tyres, Ernakulam reached its glory days during the 1970s, which produced prominent footballers like Xavier Pious, KP Sethumadhavan, Victor Manjila, Muhammed Basheer and PP Prasannan.
Najumuddin and Thomas Sebastian were some of the great players who represented the club during its early years.
The Kerala Police team of the mid-80s had several names who went on to make a mark in Indian football such as V. P. Sathyan, U. Sharaf Ali, I. M. Vijayan, and Rajendran Kaladharan.
[5] Not all teams in the Kerala Premier League took part in the State Club Football Championship, which led to scrapping the tournament in 2017.
[6] "We place less importance for the State Club Football Championship and are looking to organise a Super Cup involving best teams from the KPL soon."