Looking at the information about English football collected by Zheng Yuan, Su Yun's eyes widened. It could even be said that his mouth opened wide. He didn't know how to describe his surprise.
Zhu Shengxiu said before that there are eight or nine levels of leagues in England.
But after taking a closer look, I discovered that there are not just eight or nine levels of leagues. There are four levels of professional leagues in England.
The Premier League, League One, League Two, and League Three are the first four levels of leagues. They are all professional leagues. The teams are also all-professional teams. And below that are the fifth-level league and the sixth-level league.
, seventh-level league, eighth-level league, ninth-level league.
These leagues are not professional leagues. They are non-professional leagues.
Of course this isn't over yet.
The ninth level league is only the Isthmian League with the second division and the top divisions of other regional leagues that can be ranked.
There are countless clubs in regional leagues below the ninth level. Some regional leagues are even ranked as high as level 20. Level 20?
Seeing the data below, Su Yun almost cursed.
Because there are nearly a thousand clubs for all kinds of professional and non-professional teams. Not to mention football players, there are tens of thousands of football referees alone. What kind of data is this? Su Yun was completely shocked.
Before coming to the UK, Su Yun could not imagine that football in England was so developed.
Let’s talk about London. There are more than ten professional clubs in London alone. If you add some amateur clubs, you can’t even count them.
Looking at these data, Su Yun thought of a lot.
The first thing that comes to mind is Chinese football.
I have been a fool in the well these past few years. I have always thought that as long as China starts to become professional, Chinese football will become a strong team in the world. Professional league? What a nice name.
I am so naive.
What is the use of China's professional league? I didn't realize it before, but only after arriving in the UK did I realize that China's professional league is simply incomparable to England.
Of course, the Chinese professional league has just started, so it is understandable that it lags behind England.
But Su Yun discovered a huge problem.
Now that I think about it, China's echelon construction is completely appalling. Look at England, this is the real pyramid training. Look at so many clubs, one layer after another. There are countless athletes engaged in football.
With players selected from such a vast base, how could football be underdeveloped?
And what about China now?
There are only two levels of leagues. Not only that, there are also very few teams. There are only twelve clubs in League A, and the same is true for League B. And these professional clubs don’t pay attention to echelon building at all. What they focus on is what is in front of them.
results.
China's echelon construction has not developed at all in the two years since football became professional.
On the contrary, it is better to plan football.
I didn't think so before. Seeing England's football model, Su Yun suddenly became more worried about the professionalization of Chinese football.
Take another look at the history of English football.
Su Yun saw what strength and arrogance are.
Needless to say, their strength. Just look at their performance from the 1970s to the mid-1980s, and you will know what dominance is. At this time, the English football club was considered the ruler of European football. If there had not been the "Heysel Massacre",
It will take some time for Serie A to become a "mini World Cup".
And Manchester United, Busby's boys are famous in Europe.
Without the "Munich Air Disaster", Busby's Manchester United would have achieved brilliant results.
The English league is indeed very powerful.
But again, Su Yun saw the arrogance of English football.
Britain is the originator of modern football. The oldest club in England has a history of more than 140 years, and many clubs have a history of hundreds of years. No national league club in Europe can match the history of English clubs.
Coupled with the arrogance left over from the "Empire on which the Sun Never Sets", the English are equally arrogant in football.
World Cup? Champions League?
The English didn't look down on these games at all. They preferred to entertain themselves and looked down on these so-called World Series. Later, they were persuaded by others to participate in these World Series. But they soon tasted the arrogance
cost.
Of course, the development of English football is still possible.
After suffering a major blow, the English quickly caught up with the world's advanced level.
arrogant?
Although he has not started coaching yet, Su Yun still feels the arrogance of English football just by looking at these historical data.
After reading it, Su Yun was confused after reading the first page.
"Billy Clark, twenty-four. Porter?"
What is this?
The information said that Billy Clark was Dagenham's main center forward. He was 1.88 meters tall and weighed 84 kilograms. This was really a tank. But it actually said porter on the back? This made Su Yun see
I don’t quite understand.
Is it a nickname?
So Su Yun raised his head and looked at Zheng Yuan.
When Su Yun was reading the information, Zheng Yuan had been sitting next to him. He thought that if Su Yun didn't understand something, he could tell Su Yun. Especially Zheng Yuan's information was all written in English. Zheng Yuan didn't know Su Yun's.
What is your level of English? Can you understand this?
Speaking of which, Su Yun does seem to have some difficulties with these information.
Su Yun's English was learned behind closed doors. However, Su Yun had a lot of nouns in his head due to cramming in China. So even if he had to guess, Su Yun still understood most of the meaning. Some of them didn't quite understand the place.
It just passed in a blur.
Anyway, it’s not something you need to understand. It’s enough to understand most of the meaning.
But this porter really didn’t understand what it meant?
"Huh?" Zheng Yuan was stunned and didn't expect to ask this question. This should be something that is easy to know. Doesn't Su Yun know it? However, Zheng Yuan still answered very responsibly. "Brother Su, that is, Billy Clark's job
The job is to be a porter."
"What? Porter?"
Su Yun was dumbfounded. He was even dumbfounded. "Isn't Dagenham a regular club? How can the main center be a porter?"
"Brother Su, Dagenham is a fifth-tier league team. Many players are not full-time players, but have other jobs. Not only Billy Clark, but about half of them are
Situations like this are very common in amateur leagues."
Seeing Su Yun's surprised look, Zheng Yuan continued: "Except for those teams preparing to upgrade to the English League Three, this is basically the case for amateur clubs. Dagenham also has several professional players, and some clubs
I can't even find a professional player."
After listening to Zheng Yuan's explanation, Su Yun couldn't help but burst out with national curses.
Damn it!
Is this a club?
Players actually have other jobs.
What the hell is this club? When I first saw the current situation of English football, I felt very happy. Fortunately, I came to England and gained a lot of knowledge. I wanted to work hard and study hard in England. I was still very ambitious at the time.
But after seeing the back, Su Yun was disappointed. Really disappointed.
Even if Chinese football lags behind, there will be no such semi-professional players in League One and League B.
Many of the teams that are preparing to be promoted to Class B are temporarily formed. But their players are basically professional players. I have never heard of semi-professional players.
What kind of team is it that I want to lead?
Semi-professional player?
Su Yun let out a long sigh.
Although it was said before that the top four leagues in England are professional leagues, and the following ones are amateur leagues. I thought it was just a name difference.
Now I finally understand what amateur league is.
That is, few players are professional players. They are either semi-professional or amateur players. Now Su Yun finally understands. According to Zheng Yuan, in the fifth-level league, except for some top-ranked clubs, they are basically all professional players.
Apart from the players, most of the other teams are semi-professional players.
If the fifth level league is like this, then the sixth level, or even the ninth level should be composed entirely of amateur players.
"Semi-professional? Why on earth?"
When Zheng Yuan saw Su Yun's expression, he knew that Su Yun was a little disappointed.
"Brother Su, I only know one thing. The current salary of fifth-level players is only about two hundred pounds a month. Some people even earn less than two hundred pounds. Of course they cannot afford to support themselves."
Two hundred pounds?
According to RMB, it is a little more than 2,000 yuan. This salary, even in big cities in China, is enough to support oneself. In places like Shanghai, Shenzhen, and Guangzhou, the wages of many white-collar workers are already far more than
Two thousand dollars.
This is true for all Chinese cities.
In London, where consumption is very high, two hundred pounds is indeed a pitiful sum.
No wonder!
I don’t know whether my decision to go to England this time was right or wrong?
