Author: Ant who watches football ruthlessly

During the international competition month, York City certainly did not stop.

They first defeated Plymouth 2:1 in the irrelevant second round of the British Championship group stage, and then had an away game against Oxford United in the English League One.

As an old teammate of the same League Two team during the season, York City at this time has clearly changed from what it used to be.

Even though it was an away game, they still played vigorously and were able to defeat the Eastern Conference with a score of 3:1.

After returning home, York City's momentum continued unabated and they defeated Swindon Town 3:1.

After the international break, although York City was forced to a 0:0 draw by Burghley in an away game from the East, they quickly won the East with Peterborough United 1:0.

The most exciting game occurred when York City missed Bradford at home.

Although Bradford is ranked fourth, they have remained unbeaten like York City.

Of course, it’s because they had too many draws, and Li Yi had 8 games! That also left a certain gap between them and York City in points.

But that match in the 16th round of English League One turned out to be a goal-scoring battle.

Only four minutes into the game, De Ligt took a header from a corner kick, and Baker headed in to open the scoring for York City.

Just seven minutes later, Baker's header missed again!

That time came from Lin Liangming's pass from the left, and the big center headed the ball from close range to further expand the score.

Before the end of the half, Kenyo Fuyasu suddenly moved forward and reached the right side of the penalty area. After receiving a pass from Kulusevski, York City gained another victory.

After a change of sides in the eastern half, Bradford took the opportunity to launch a wave of fierce attacks and took advantage of the York City defense's somewhat absentmindedness to score two goals in a row.

After the score was tied at 3:2, York City's situation was once in danger.

But at the critical moment, Rice's assist in the 76th minute allowed Aman to score a goal for York City on the left side of the penalty area, expanding the score again to 4-2.

In stoppage time, Baker built a wall outside the penalty area and returned after receiving the ball. Lin Liangming stepped in to add to York City's success.

Five to two!

Previously, York City defeated Bradford 5-2 at home.

With that victory, York City became the only remaining unbeaten team in English League One.

After that round, York City topped the list with 12 wins, 4 draws and 40 points, followed by Scunthorpe in second place with 34 points.

This not-so-famous team appears to be a dark horse next year. It seems that it has no ambition to break into the English Championship. At least for now, the momentum is not very strong.

Bolton Wanderers are third with 31 points, Bradford are fourth with 29 points, Sheffield United are fifth with 28 points, and Bristol Rovers are sixth with 26 points.

Those six teams form the first group currently competing for the English Championship.

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"Jason, have I noticed that Leon Weyl seems to have a lot more red hair recently!"

Pan Yi stood in front of the window of the chairman's office, looking at the training ground in the distance, with Chairman Jason McGill standing next to him.

The chairman's office is on the second floor, and the training ground is right outside the window, so you can have a clear view of the situation there.

At this time, Leon Weir Scaloni was watching the first team training on the sidelines. His assistant Kaski kept showing off, obviously guiding the players in training.

During that period, the team's performance was very good, and it seemed that it had become the biggest promotion favorite in the English League One this season.

As the head coach, Scaloni obviously doesn't want to lose control at the critical moment, so he has been strictly following the team's training. The entire training base is filled with the smoke of the liquid war.

"Well, he sees that he has been under a lot of pressure recently and works late every day. He heard that he has been staying up late recently to watch the game videos and data of the wrong leg!" McGill said.

Pan Yi nodded slightly.

Although he would ask Scaloni to relax a little and not push himself too hard when discussing tactics, it was obvious that that didn't work.

Scaloni really tried his best to repay Pan Yi's kindness, and at the same time, whether he could fulfill Pan Yi's request as soon as possible.

He is not yet 40 years old, and he already has some red hair on his temples.

But there's nothing I can do about it. Doesn't that negate the reason why Pan Yi chose Scaloni?

Is he the kind of person who is very diligent, so diligent that he can't wait to influence everything in the game, no matter how meticulous and minute the details are, Pan Yi sometimes suspects that he is a little paranoid.

But it is precisely because of that kind of paranoia, coupled with a harmonious attitude and high emotional intelligence, that Scaloni is deeply loved by the players, and York City's performance is getting better and better this season.

Strong contender.

Pan Yi thought for a while and said: "I will find a time to talk to him and ask the Yidong coaching staff if they want to expand the number of people and if there are too many things that I can do myself. If necessary, he will help him find someone.

Come."

The current number of first-team coaches at York City is indeed a bit insufficient.

In addition to a goalkeeper coach and a physical coach, there is also an assistant coach Kaski.

As for Caskey, he works hard and gets along well with the players, but after all, he is just a coach from the old York City, and his abilities are average.

In other words, it is okay for him to be responsible for some monthly training, but it is difficult to help Scaloni with deeper work such as tactical design.

This resulted in Scaloni basically asking for a hand in everything, but there was really no one he could rely on.

In that situation, Pan Yi naturally wanted to find a few people to help him.

After hearing this, McGill nodded in agreement and was about to go out when he saw Horta bumping in.

Victor Horta is a Spaniard who is currently the club's director of football.

He will only be 37 years old next year, but he has already served as the director of Valladolid, Sevilla, Zenit, Elche, Middlesbrough and other teams. He is a highly rated football director in the FM game.

In Pan Yi's previous life, the guy later joined Leeds United, also from Yorkshire, and helped oversee the club's reforms. Those reforms also led to Leeds United's return to the Premier League in 2020.

Now, Pan Yi has hired him from Middlesbrough to take charge of the team's business management.

Although Chairman Jason McGill is a die-hard York City fan and has absolute enthusiasm and loyalty to York City, some things do not require people with strong business capabilities to do them.

The arrival of Horta can also share McGill's work well.

After Valentina resigned as financial director, Horta also took charge of a series of financial and operational matters.

It can be said that at York City now, McGill plays the outside role, Horta plays the outside role, and Scaloni focuses on training and games.

As for the boss Pan Yi...

Everyone cares about it, but at the same time everyone cares about it.

All matters big and small will be reported to him, but he usually doesn't get involved. Only when he encounters something that he can handle, Pan Yi will take action personally.

Otherwise, Pan Yi can live his life as a boss comfortably, and then take the time to give advice to Arteta on one side and Lippi on the other. That would be great.

"Hey, what's going to happen tomorrow? I'm so happy!" McGill asked curiously, looking at Horta's cheerful face.

Horta laughed and said: "I saw it all! Because he went to help the club and made a lot of money and came back!"

"Oh?" Nadong McGill stopped, and Pan Yi came over curiously to listen.

Horta explained: “He went to meet with one of their sponsors and went through the contract again. Obviously, the original contract was unreasonable because they had been promoted before, but now they are not a League One team.

The strongest team in the world must have a different value!"

McGill and Pan Yi took a wrong look.

Didn't they think much about that?

After all, as a League Two or League One team, to be honest, it is pretty good to find sponsors.

For Pan Yi’s sake, how could Musk and Abramovich’s company come to the door?

Maybe you can find a local stationery store to advertise initially.

Then Horta is not simple, he can actually increase the sponsorship fee further?

"He went to talk to them, and they thought what he said made sense. They decided to increase the original sponsorship fee by 50% in the eastern half of the season! Of course, he also gave them feedback, such as improving the stadium's facilities.

The billboards were all given to them to display.”

"Moreover, the sponsorship contract will also become a one-year model. The price of the English League One will be the same, and the price of the English Championship will be the same. In other words, if they can successfully reach the English Championship that season, the sponsorship fee will be the same.

It is possible to get a substantial increase!"

"As for the remaining part of the billboard, he will rent it separately, and will also keep a few display boards as public service advertisements. When their stadium is expanded, their home stadium can accommodate about 20,000 spectators, so that won't

It’s quite a publicity platform.”

"Of course, as their record gets better and better, and more TV stations are willing to broadcast their games, there will be a lot of income, and the publicity effect of billboards will be better..."

Horta talked eloquently, and Pan Yi and McGill nodded frequently.

The money-making part is good, it's Horta's job, and he does it well.

To be honest, Pan Yi might not be able to do that kind of thing better than him even if he was in the battle in person - after all, Pan Yi often just asks for his face to be swiped. If his face can't be swiped, sometimes he doesn't know what to do.

Done.

And Horta mentioned public service announcements, which is something Pan Yi has paid more attention to recently.

In the past year or two, Pan Yi has also established a foundation in the name of York City Club, with the purpose of serving the community and fans, while also taking into account some charity activities.

For example, in their free time, some York City players will go to local nursing homes and children's welfare homes to visit the elderly and children, and at the same time bring them some gifts and send them blessings;
To be continued...