He spent four seasons for the "red and gold brigade", played until 1949, refusing Gostha Pal and Abhilash Ghosh's offers of joining Mohun Bagan.
[8] When I used to play for East Bengal, names like Apparao, Venkatesh, Dhanraj, Somana and Sunil Ghosh were part of the forward line.
There used to be five forwards and I could play in the position of both right-in and left-in.Bhattacharya moved to Eastern Railway in 1949, returning briefly to East Bengal on loan in 1951, for the Durand Cup.
[8][13] He was deputy of Bagha Shome at the club, which was then consisting players like P. K. Banerjee,[14][15][16] Pradyut Barman,[17] Prashanta Sinha,[18] Nikhil Nandy, Pakhi Sen and others.
[21][22] Bhattacharya also managed Tollygunge Agragami and helped the team gaining promotion to the CFL first division.
[25] During his tenure as coach, he managed players like Tulsidas Balaram, Subhash Bhowmick, Bhaskar Ganguli, Sukumar Samajpati and Krishanu Dey.
As Sanjoy was telling today, we have to carry forward his legacy to develop Indian football further.In 1975, he came the first-ever manager of the Bengal women's team, and the first-ever manager of the newly formed India women's national football team.
[8][21][26] He is credited for nurturing Indian women talents like Shanti Mullick,[27] the first ever Padma Shri awardee.