i am a football star

Chapter 88 Three Wonderful Stories

Most of the main players in the team went to participate in the national team competition, only a few marginal players stayed, and Heynckes also gave everyone a few days off.

Liu Ting has a good relationship with his teammates. They are also important players and have nothing to do with marginal people.

In the morning, Liu Ting went out alone, and accidentally came to the gate of Anfield Stadium, Bill Shankly's gate, the sign 'You'll Never Walk Alone' stood forever on the gate, next to the gate was the Hillsborough tragedy monument, engraved with the names of 96 victims forever.

Bill Shankly is definitely the greatest head coach in the history of the Red Army. Maybe he won not as many championships as others, but he really led the Red Army to rise.

Before Bill Shankly arrived, Liverpool was still struggling in League Two. Shankly led Liverpool to League One, built Liverpool into an iron army, and opened the era of Liverpool's dominance in Europe. Shankly's Liverpool coaching career The highest honor is only a UEFA Cup championship, but his successor Bob Paisley won the three Champions League championships on the basis of Shankly.

Shankly's most famous statement is: "Football has nothing to do with life and death, but football is higher than life and death."

Maybe this sentence is too full. After Shankly's death, two major tragedies occurred in Liverpool one after another-the Heysel tragedy and the Hillsborough tragedy. Under the two huge blows, the Red Army that dominated Europe became the current declining giants.

After stopping in front of Shankly's gate for a while, Liu Ting continued to walk aimlessly, and walked into a bar street not far from the stadium. Most of the streets were bars, and these bars would be full on Liverpool's match day. The whole street could hear the voices of cheering for Liverpool and the singing of You Will Never Walk Alone.

Walking to the door of an old-looking bar, it was the national team match day, and there was no England game today, but there were voices inside. Liu Ting looked up at the bar. The old front door and the yellowed exterior wall seemed to have a bit of history.

This old bar is called Liverpool Fans Bar, a very common name, there should be dozens of bars with this name in Liverpool.

Liu Ting pushed the door open and walked in. The person who was speaking turned to look at Liu Ting, and everyone was stunned.

Among the three, two Liu Ting knew each other. They were two weird fans at the airport when they first came to Liverpool. Liu Ting even signed autographs with them, but he didn't know their names.

"Hi, hello, I didn't bother you, did I?" Liu Ting greeted first.

"Liu, why are you here?" The short fat man came over and shook Liu Ting's hand.

"Uh..." Liu Ting didn't even know their names, and Gao didn't know how to call them.

The short fat man saw Liu Ting's embarrassment, and quickly introduced: "My name is Hanley Bill, this is Robertson Brown, and this is the owner of the bar, James Martin."

Liu Ting knew that the tall and thin man was Robertson Brown, and the other one who looked stronger was James Martin, the owner of the bar.

The tall thin man said, "Okay, short fat Bill, we met Liu at the airport last time, you don't have to get so close as if you haven't seen him before."

Bill immediately said, "Damn Brown, tall and thin Brown, I was just introducing Liu."

Seeing that the two were about to quarrel, Liu Ting interjected, "Uh..., I just came here by accident. I didn't expect you to be here too. I'm very glad to see you again."

Shorty Bill was obviously talkative, and kept saying, "Liu, you are so right. This is the bar where Liverpool's most loyal fans like to stay. On match days, there are so many people here that you can hardly find a place. There are still many people who are willing to come in and drink beer to watch the game..."

When he had finished speaking, Liu Ting asked, "Do you two work here?"

It's a working day now, and there's no one in the bar. One tall and one short are weird. I don't know what they're doing here. They're definitely not waiting for a game.

"Actually, the two of us are also shareholders of the bar. Although they are only small shareholders, the real big boss is this muscular man who keeps his head silent."

This is what the tall and thin man Brown said. The burly man next to him is indeed full of muscles and has some weird tattoos on his arms, but he keeps his mouth shut and looks like no stranger.

The short and fat man Bill kept talking, and the tall and thin man next to him didn't add anything, so Liu Ting knew the origin of this bar.

In 1878, Liverpool's first football club was established, named after Everton Hill, the highest mountain around Liverpool, which is Everton Club.The early Everton club did not have its own stadium, and rented a merchant's stadium, Anfield Stadium, as its home court.

By 1892, the Everton club had developed very well and wanted to build its own home court. The owner of Anfield Stadium, John Holding, disagreed and took a small number of members to form a new club independently.

Everton finally built their home stadium, Goodison Park, not far from Anfield.

The newly established club wanted to name the team Everton Athletic, but was strongly opposed by the Everton club. In the end, it had to change its name to Liverpool Football Club, and Anfield Stadium became the home of Liverpool.

It was in this pub that Liverpool FC was founded, when the founders signed the contract and decided on the name of the team.

Liverpool was suppressed by Everton in the early days, and the results were ups and downs. The biggest club in Liverpool has always been Everton.

During World War II, in order to limit the British navy, the German army kept bombing the British port city. Liverpool is the only port city in the UK after London. When a shell fell, the bar where the Liverpool Club was originally established turned into a flat ground.

After World War II, the location of the original bar was built as a warehouse for the cargo ships coming and going in Liverpool port.

Later, the rise of Manchester led to the decline of Liverpool, which did not need so many warehouses, and the Liverpool club became stronger under the leadership of Bill Shankly, surpassing Everton to become the most famous team in the Liverpool area.

The prosperity of the Liverpool club increased the demand for commercial development around Anfield. The original warehouse was converted into a bar and other buildings. The father of the strong man James Martin bought the location of the bar where Liverpool was originally established, and then erected a bar, which is the Liverpool fans bar.

Although it is no longer the bar where the club was established, this location is still very popular, and the newly established bar has become a favorite bar for old Liverpool fans.

The good times didn't last long. In the 80s, British football hooligans were too arrogant. Bloody incidents occurred every weekend match day. The iron lady in power, Mrs. Thatcher, was determined to vigorously rectify.

The fan bar is the place where football hooligans gather the most. The bar of James Martin's house was also seized. It has not been able to operate normally for more than two years, and it is almost on the verge of bankruptcy.

The family of the short and fat Bill and the tall and thin Brown are also diehard Liverpool fans, so they contributed money to help the bar survive and became minority shareholders of the bar.

Now that the elder passed away, the bar has passed into the hands of three wonderful people.

After listening to them, Liu Ting's cell phone rang, and after answering the call, Liu Ting was about to leave.

When Liu Ting left, James Martin, the burly man who had been silent all this time, finally said, "Boy, your recent performance is not worthy of your worth."

Liu Ting replied: "I have adjusted my condition, you just wait to see my performance."

When Liu Ting walked out, the voice of the short and fat Bill came from behind: "Hey, Liu, we tell you so much, I hope you understand that we and Everton are irresolvable mortal enemies. Next time you play, you must kick their ass hard."

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At John Lennon Airport, Liu Ting received a sweetheart from Germany.

"Lina, long time no see." Liu Ting naturally went to take the suitcase.

"I'm going to Edinburgh to shoot an advertisement this time, and I'll come to Liverpool to see you by the way."

"Have you booked a hotel?"

"No."

So Liu Ting skillfully drove Lina Gerke to his home. Liu Ting, who was not yet familiar with him, drove slowly, and the two of them didn't talk much in the car.

Back home, Gerke took the clothes to take a bath naturally.

Liu Ting doesn't know what kind of relationship he has with her, so don't think too much about it.

Gerke lived with Liu Ting for two days before going to Edinburgh, and stayed at home most of the time to avoid being photographed by reporters.

Edinburgh is the capital of Scotland.

After relaxing for two days, Lutian felt that his mental state was much better.

Returning from the national team game, Heynckes had two bad news, Torres was injured and Mascherano was injured.

Torres has just recovered from the injury at the beginning of the season. He scored twice in two consecutive league rounds and was injured in the national team game. Fortunately, the injury was not too serious and he is expected to recover within a month.

Mascherano's injury is not too serious, and he will probably rest for a week or two.

Then there was another one. The central defender Skrtel was also injured. This is not that kind of minor injury. Skrtel's injury is not expected to return until January next year. Fortunately, Liverpool has a fairly thick staff at the central defender position.

Now Carragher and Agger can be used as the main central defenders, and there are also veterans like Hyypia on the bench.

Heynckes called Liu Ting into the coaching room and said, "Liu, I plan to start the next game together with Kevin Dirk and Robbie Keane, and give Keane another chance, but you are likely to come off the bench. Now the team has too many injuries and the schedule is very tight. Now the team needs your help."

"Okay, boss, I'm ready."

Heynckes sighed. For Liverpool's two biggest transfers this summer, Liu Ting gradually began to integrate into the team, but Robbie Keane was always at odds with the team.

He still wanted to give Robbie Keane another chance, and didn't want him to be scrapped.

(End of this chapter)