champion godfather

Chapter 1003 There Are Still My Legends Here

When the league champion Arsenal defeated the cup champion Liverpool and won the Charity Shield, the 2018-2019 English Premier League season officially entered the countdown.

In the new season, everyone's attention is on the four traditional Premier League powerhouses, and Manchester United and Arsenal still receive the most attention.No one talked about England's just-won world championship anymore, let alone why Tony Twain decided to retire.

Tang En, who often took his daughter out for shopping, was surrounded by fans and asked to take photos and sign autographs after being recognized by the fans, but no media came to harass him.Twain doesn't like the media, but he likes dealing with fans very much.Especially the fans of Nottingham, because this is his home ground, every fan here is like a friend.

Of course, it was not without embarrassing moments for Tang En.For example, when fans greet him, they often ask: "Are you back, Tony?"

Tang En knew what they meant by asking this question.Now Nottingham Forest is in a mess. Everyone hopes that there will be a strong character to save the team. After much deliberation, the only one who can convince them is Tony Twain.

Facing such enthusiastic fans, on the one hand, Twain did not want to let them down, but on the other hand, he couldn't take back what he had said.He could only shake his head and smiled helplessly: "I don't know, who can say what will happen in the future?" So he prevaricated.

Later, Dunn received a call from John Mortenson: "Tony, are you interested in coming to BBC5?"

Like CCTV5, BBC5 is a dedicated sports station.England's national team matches are broadcast on BBC5.For every competition like the World Cup and European Cup, Twain would briefly sign with BBC5 as a commentator.However, since he became the head coach of the England team, the two sides have not cooperated like this again.

"Go to BBC5?" Tang En was a little surprised, but he immediately understood.Last year, the BBC had the last laugh in the battle with broadcasting organizations such as Sky TV and ITV, and bought some of the live broadcast rights of Premier League matches.They were recruiting everywhere, and Twain, who was very popular among the audience as a guest commentator, naturally had to be recruited through Mortensen's relationship with him.

"Well, explain the new season of the Premier League. Are you interested?"

"Ah, John... I haven't had enough rest yet." Tang En shook his head and refused. "I've just retired for two months. How could it be possible for the rest time I've accumulated over the past ten years to arrive in two months?"

"It's a pity..." Mortensen knew Tang En's temper, if he didn't want to, then no matter how much you said, it would be just a waste of saliva.He only regrets the loss of such an interesting commentator for the Premier League games in the new season.

The day after Mortensen called, Martin Taylor also called. It was the same thing as Mortensen, asking him to join Sky TV's Premier League commentary lineup for the new season.Although Taylor has retired a long time ago, he has worked for Sky TV for more than 20 years. Even after he retires, he still thinks about Sky TV.It is also reasonable to come out to recruit talents for Sky TV.

But... Tang En still refused.The reason is the same: I haven't rested enough.

In fact, he knows very well that if he wants to continue working after leaving the head coaching position, going to the TV station is a good choice.However, at present, on the one hand, he likes this kind of leisurely life, and on the other hand, he also needs to take care of Teresa.His daughter has only been in the UK for more than half a month, how could he leave her and go to work?Shania is working outside, so he can be a "housewife" with peace of mind now.Anyway, there is no shortage of money at home for a while, so there is no need to rush out to earn money to support the family.

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The new season of the Premier League kicked off on August 2. The opening game was Manchester United vs. the newly promoted Wolves.Manchester United finally won easily at home 0:[-].

The next day, the Premier League was in full swing.Nottingham Forest also ushered in their first opponent of the new season at home - Everton.

Despite the poor performance of the Forest team, the ticket revenue before the new season is still considerable.Thirty-eight thousand sets of season tickets have been sold, which is not much different from previous seasons.During the most glorious period of Nottingham Forest, due to the small capacity of the city stadium itself, the season ticket sales figures at that time are of little reference value now.Although 1 sets are more than [-] sets less than Manchester United's [-] sets, but considering the size of the city of Nottingham itself, it is already remarkable to be able to achieve such a result.

Seeing the big from the small, there is no problem with the operation of Nottingham Forest, so Evan also has the capital to bargain with those consortiums.

From the sales of season tickets, it can be seen how hardcore Nottingham Forest fans are.No matter how dissatisfied they are with the club's top management, they still choose to support the team.However, some people explain why they are so keen to buy season tickets: "It's like spending 35 pounds per home game to scold Evan Daugherty."

This statement is quite popular among Forest fans, who formed a radical fan group called "Evan of Dog Day".The group accounted for the majority of the insulting Evan Dalgetty signs in the Robin Hood stands.

After eating the lunch cooked by Tang En himself, Tang En looked at Teresa who was sitting on the ground playing with dolls and asked, "Teresa, will Dad take you out to play this afternoon?"

"Okay." Teresa stopped what she was doing and looked up at Tang En.She rarely has any objections, and is very well-behaved.

"Daddy will take you to the game, okay?" Tang En took out two tickets from behind like magic, and waved them in front of Teresa.

Teresa tilted her head and thought for a moment, realizing what her father meant by "ball game", then she nodded again: "Okay."

Tang En was overjoyed, he quickly picked up Teresa, and kissed her tender cheeks hard.

"Let's go now!" He hugged Teresa and got into the car, heading for the Crimson Stadium in the southwest of Nottingham.

In fact, Tang En didn't really want to take his daughter out to watch the game, but he wanted to go to watch the game himself, but he couldn't leave his daughter alone at home, that would be too dangerous.So I simply brought it out together so that she could also experience the atmosphere of a football game.Maybe Teresa will still like football in the future?Her mother doesn't like football, so let her like it. At that time, it will be 2:1 at home, and he will win.

As a coach who has coached Nottingham Forest for 11 years, even if he was not a Forest fan before, he is already the most die-hard Forest fan.Those die-hard fans have invested in the Forest team, why not himself?No matter how disappointed he is with the current Forest team, and regardless of whether he is still the coach of the Forest team, even in the four years when he was the national team coach, he bought the season tickets for the Forest team every season.

In fact, he has never really watched the game in the forest team's home stands as an ordinary fan.When he can watch the football in the stands, there are generally two types: the first one is that when he was still the head coach of the Forest team, he was sent to the stands because he contradicted the referee and criticized the FA; It was he who came to observe the performance of the England international in the Forest team after he became the head coach of the England team.In short, it has nothing to do with an "ordinary fan".

The so-called watching the game as an "ordinary fan" means that when he watches the game, he does not analyze the tactical use of the two sides, is not allowed to find their loopholes, and does not think about how to correct these problems during the halftime break or the next game... …Anyway, it’s right to free your mind from the head coach mode.

Thinking of being able to get rid of those heavy burdens, Tang En felt very happy and hummed a little song while driving.

Sitting in the passenger seat, Teresa, wearing a seat belt, is a bit like a doll.She turned her head to look at her father, probably still unable to understand why he was so happy.Because it stands to reason that the happiest person should be herself when she goes out to play.

After arriving at the stadium, Tang En was not in a hurry to go down. He first put on the sunglasses, then put on a baseball cap for himself, then turned up his collar, and also put on a pair of toad sunglasses for Teresa. Half of his face was covered, and he put a women's hat on her again. After looking carefully and confirming that it was impossible to be recognized at a glance, he opened the car door, mixed into the crowd with Teresa in his arms, and walked towards the stadium. .

Following the crowd, Tang En looked up at the huge crimson outer wall of the stadium. It was the first time he had the leisure to slowly appreciate the appearance of this new stadium outside.In the past, he had a dedicated channel - the head coach of the national team came here to watch the game, and he would definitely not let him line up with ordinary fans to enter the stadium.

From this point of view, the stadium that took six years and led to frequent changes in the team is really magnificent... No wonder Evan is confident that he is "the top stadium in the world".Just looking at the outer wall is magnificent, and the feeling of playing inside can be imagined.It's a pity... Such an excellent stadium, but what has been witnessed is Nottingham Forest's dilapidated season after season.

Tang En sighed lightly, then turned his head to look at the fans around him.

The new season is about to start, no matter how the Forest team performed last season, they are still full of hope.For them, the club hierarchy and the team are separate.Many people are talking about today's game with great enthusiasm.For example, how will George Wood perform, whether Aaron Mitchell will score goals...

A group of people discussed happily, and it turned to the head coach after a while.

"McAllister is not good at all...Look at what coach the club has hired? Nottingham Forest is also a team that has won five European Champions Cups. How can anyone be the head coach?"

"That's right, that's right. I don't think anyone other than Tony Twain can manage the forest team's locker room..."

"Unfortunately, Tony has retired... Retired when he was less than 50 years old..."

"It would be great if he could come back..."

"Yeah yeah!"

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Teresa, who was held in Tang En's arms, suddenly leaned into Tang En's ear and said to him, "Dad, are they calling you?"

Tang En suddenly felt embarrassed.It's been two months, and he hasn't introduced his previous occupation to Teresa.On the one hand, he feels that Teresa is still young, so she may not be able to understand what a "football coach" does; on the other hand, he has retired, so there is no need to mention what he did before.

And some time ago, I always took Teresa to Kenny's bar. Fat John and the group always called "Tony" and "Tony", so Teresa had completely memorized the word. There are tens of thousands of people named "Tony" in this world, and they thought that only their father was called "Tony".

"Uh... No, they're talking about another 'Tony'." Dunn didn't want to explain further here, because he was afraid that the people next to him would recognize him.Because of his guilty conscience, he pulled down the brim of his hat again. "Let's go in, Teresa."

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Holding his daughter up the steps step by step, and finally entering the interior of this behemoth, Tang En was not in a hurry to find out what he could do. He stood at the entrance and had a clear view of the situation ahead and below.On the opposite side is a full-seat stand, and the players from both sides are warming up in the green field below.

Tang En was no stranger to this kind of scene, but when he stood here watching it from another angle, it still made him feel a little excited-this is football!
Teresa, who was held in Tang En's arms, suddenly stretched out her hands to cover her ears. For her, the stadium was too noisy... You must know that Schalke 04's home fans once created a At one point, they yelled louder than a jet plane taking off.The Crimson Stadium is not far behind.

Fortunately, Tang En was prepared, took out a fluffy earphone and put it on for Teresa, and the noise suddenly decreased a lot.

"Let's go, baby." Tang En patted Teresa's little face lightly, and walked down with her in his arms.

Fans around responded to the call of the home broadcast, stood up and sang loudly, expressing "welcome" to the Everton fans who came from afar.Tang En just buried his head in looking for his seat, but Teresa was lying on his shoulder. She was very curious about these things, and she was no longer as scared as she was when she first came in. Instead, she looked around and looked around, just like a curious baby.

After finding a seat, Dunn sat down very low-key, and did not stand up like the people around him and shouted slogans like "Death to Everton".

In fact, the stadium is really not a good place to bring children to play, because it is full of all kinds of swearing and foul language, which can easily make children learn to be bad.Tang En remembered that when he was a Chinese fan, there was a picture that was widely circulated on the Internet. It was a picture of a child fan wearing an England jersey in the stands. Type, obviously cursing "FUCK".

But Teresa still can't understand the unintelligible Nottingham slang anyway.

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Each of Nottingham Forest's starters was greeted with ovations from the home fans as the players entered the pitch.Even Tang En shouted along with the people around him after keeping a low profile for a while—on the one hand, he was infected by the atmosphere at that time, and on the other hand, everyone stood up and shouted "St. George!" Sitting on a chair is the biggest "not low-key".

Seeing Wood's back in the stands, Tang En was quite relieved and proud.This kid is already the leader of the team, and he is a bit domineering.

Unexpectedly, Teresa recognized Wood, because Tang En took her to visit Sophia and the Wood family after returning to England.She pointed at Wood's back on the court and shouted excitedly: "Brother! Brother!"

Fortunately, everyone was a hundred times more excited than her at this time, and no one noticed the strangeness of this little girl, but Tang En was surprised—it was just seeing Wood, and now he can recognize it just by looking at her back , Teresa has such a good memory!

Turning your attention to the court again, the players from both sides have already played.Standing in line on both sides of the referee, let the media take pictures.Tang En took a look and found that more than half of the Nottingham Forest team were people he felt unfamiliar with.

Strangeness does not mean that he does not know what those people are called and what positions they play.

Rather, his knowledge of these people is limited to knowing their names and what position they play.

Thinking about ten years ago, that group of people, even if it was a substitute, he knew and was familiar with them as if they were family members.They stand together, that is a whole, a piece of red, with "Nottingham Forest" written on it.

What about now?
They stood there, but they were just eleven irrelevant individuals.George Wood, Mario Balotelli, Gareth Bale, Nkuru, Joe Mattock, Chris Cohen...they stood there one by one, but they couldn't form a team.

The fans around were still shouting: "Forest Forest! Nottingham Forest!!"

I just don't know how many of these shouts have entered the ears of those people...

(End of this chapter)