In English football, there are two contemporary hegemons. The first one is even a European hegemon named Millwall, nicknamed the Mad Lion!
There is another overlord who has never heard of it, not to mention that more than 2 billion football fans around the world have never heard of it. Perhaps many English fans have also never heard of it. This overlord is called: Doncaster Wanderers Belles.
This team, nicknamed Bailis, which can be interpreted as "beauty", is a women's football club.
With a history of 33 years, although in recent years many professional football clubs have relied on their own financial resources to build women's football clubs and continue to win championship trophies, but the overall performance and stability, although it is far-fetched for Belles to claim dominance, it also convinced the English women's football community, because the women's football team is more
The men's football team has a history of 150 years of development. Over the years, they have been developing slowly between amateur, semi-professional and professional teams. As for the salary of the women's football team, the annual salary of the biggest players is not as good as Beckham's day's salary.
August 5, 2002.
One kilometer east of the Lion's Den at Millwall's old stadium, it used to be an ordinary stadium. It was bought by Millwall a year ago. After a year of renovation, it is now a small stadium that can accommodate 8,000 people.
, and owns an office building. This small and exquisite but still shabby little world will hold a club listing ceremony today.
Folks from East London came one after another. The cost of admission to watch the ceremony was only 1 pound. Even Fleet Street came after hearing the news, making the place crowded.
When a mature woman wearing Millwall sportswear walked out of the tunnel with the 22-person women's squad holding a football, the eight thousand people present stood up and applauded.
Walking at the forefront was the head coach of the women's football team. Her name was Edwina. She was smiling and had tears in her eyes. Listening to the thunderous applause, she couldn't help but think of the past many years when she and a group of girls
We can only play football together in public places, simple play, no training system at all, bask in the sun and wind, occasionally participate in amateur competitions, laugh together. Lose together, if it is just entertainment, then that's it, but women
how?
Women can't have dreams?
Are women really as ignorant of football as the stuffy British gentlemen despise?
Yes, maybe we really don’t understand, but even God can’t stop us from dreaming!
Edwina remembered an encounter with a man many years ago.
At that time, she had just retired from the semi-professional league stage and was only in her early 30s. However, due to the lack of systematic training, the older she got, the more unable she was to bear the physical load. She could only occasionally enjoy football in amateur matches.
The fun started then. She went out with some young girls who loved football
When they got together, they participated in a local community development program launched by Millwall. Many professional clubs in England have such a program. It is one of the projects that takes root in the community, gives back to the community, or interacts with community groups, like
Millwall's stars will do charity work.
At that time, a group of girls, under the amateur guidance of the Millwall coach, hoped to play in their own world. It was also at that time that Edwina met the young coach Olympus who had just won the first Champions League championship.
Aldrich, she remembered every word Aldrich said to her at that time, but as time passed, she felt that the other party might have forgotten it.
Unexpectedly, this day finally arrived, and the young marshal fulfilled his promise back then, even though it might be insignificant to him.
Millwall Women's Football Club, launched today!
These football-loving girls in East London now have a home, a base, and support for their career development. They see a bright future ahead and are full of motivation.
Wearing brand-new jerseys and brand-new sneakers, walking in the brand-new small stadium, the most innocent smiles appeared on the faces of these unattractive girls, which came from love and pride!
Even though they knew that if the young marshal hadn't arrived today, the number of villagers who came to the scene might have been reduced by at least half, it just couldn't reduce their happiness even a little bit.
When Aldridge came to the sideline with his family, the atmosphere reached climax, and one name echoed throughout the small stadium.
"Aldrich!"
"Aldrich!"
This was the first time that the young coach took the initiative to appear in the fans' field of vision after the World Cup. A row of heroic women's football players stood on the field and applauded. Many young female players stared at Aldrich without concealing their admiration.
The youngest player in the team is Daisy. She is only 17 years old. She has extraordinary athletic ability and is a technical player. She is thin and has some freckles on her face. She has a bunch of ponytails. She clapped her hands and her face was flushed.
Very excited.
The older Mandy beside her tilted her head and leaned forward slightly and whispered: "Daisy, you absolutely don't dare to kiss him."
Daisy turned her head and glared at Mandy, not to be outdone and said: "Who said I don't dare? Do you dare to bet?"
"What to bet on?"
"The loser will give the other side a month's worth of shoes to brush and a month's worth of jerseys to wash!"
Poor women's football team, this kind of cleaning of sneakers and jerseys is the responsibility of the men's football team, but when it comes to them, they have to do it themselves.
Mandy was a little hesitant. Daisy's tone was so loud that she might really lose.
"Huh, are you scared?"
Seeing that she didn't speak, Daisy became a little more angry.
Mandy was riding a tiger and couldn't get off, so she had no choice but to agree.
"Look, you're going to lose."
At this time, Aldrich held the hands of Bert and Earl and walked towards the court, while Yiwen, who was wearing a pure white dress, stood on the sidelines and looked at the court with a smile.
Aldrich walked up to Edwina, released his hands from Bert and Earl, and then hugged Edwina politely. When he turned around, Earl handed the microphone in his hand to
At this time, the stadium was still filled with deafening cheers, cheering his name.
"Thank you, thank you..."
Aldrich said thank you five times in a row before the scene turned from noisy to quiet.
He turned his back to the women's football players, while the little girls stared at him without blinking.
"When I decided to build a women's football team for 30 million pounds, the first thing the staff around me said to me was: Aldridge, you are crazy! The second sentence was: 30 million pounds. We can
Buying a world-class star makes Millwall stronger. In my opinion
When I was taking the exam, I thought about what British men often say in private: Women, do you understand football? Of course, no celebrity dares to say such things publicly, otherwise he will be sued and condemned by society for sexism, but
This is what many British gentlemen really think."
The scene was silent, and there were many men in the stands. In fact, they came here and paid a £1 ticket just to take a look at Aldridge. It was because of their love for the Lions, not because they were really interested in the establishment of a women's football club. This
That's the truth.
And what Aldrich said is also true.
The female football players behind him had their mouths tightened and their expressions were a little aggrieved.
Aldrich paced in front of them and said in an understatement: "Sometimes, you have to admit. They, women, really don't seem to understand what football is! They were knocked down, but they stood up and continued the game.
They pretended to be injured. They also didn’t flop to prevent their opponents from being sent off. She
They don't fight with their opponents when taking corner kicks, and they don't go to the referee to argue. How can they play well like this? But who can stop them from playing? No! They gave up their full-time jobs in order to play football.
Work, use your time outside of playing football to do a few odd jobs, only then can you play football decently and enjoy football.
The short-term happiness brought by football, wind and rain, cannot shake them. They cannot see the glorious scene like the Premier League, which has become a huge industry worth billions of dollars. Even if they become household names, they cannot earn a sports car.
property of a mansion, but they are still playing football and laughing because of football.
Sad, get up after you fall, get up after you fall, England, every week, there are tens of thousands of girls playing football, they move me, make me respect, and the light that shines on them, isn't it?
Is it the lion spirit that Millwall needs, insists on, and hopes to carry forward forever?"
After three seconds of silence, thunderous applause erupted again. This time, it was not for Aldrich, but for the women's team.
Many of the female team members behind Aldridge had tears in their eyes. Their expressions of grievance were gone. They looked at the young marshal with emotion. This legendary marshal really has extraordinary magic power. In just a few words.
It's so annoying that I have to secretly wipe away my tears.
Aldridge turned around and smiled at the female players: "I made an agreement with Edwina a few years ago. As long as I am in Millwall for one day, I will give you a stage to realize your dreams. Now
, the ground under your feet is, the jersey you are wearing is, here, I, Aldrich Hall, proudly announce that Millwall Women's Football Club has been established! And it has been approved by the Football Association and has become
Become a member of the Women’s Football Professional League!”
Amidst the cheers of all the female players on the team, Aldridge threw away the microphone and started shaking hands with them one by one. As a result, he was surrounded by the female players before he could shake hands with the second one. Then, the young marshal stood in front of everyone.
Under the watchful eyes of 8,000 spectators, he was actually thrown into the sky by the female team members!
Yiwen stood on the sidelines with his hand covering his mouth and his beautiful eyes looking stunned.
Bert and Earl were also picked up by the slightly older female team member.
Aldrich was heartbroken.
This is not a group of female players, it is a group of female hooligans!
His strong buttocks had already been kneaded by countless hands...
When he regained his balance, Daisy pulled Mandy. Under Mandy's gaze, Daisy bravely stepped forward to attack Aldrich, kissed him on the face, and then said something shameless to Aldrich.
He said: "Boss, if you feel that you are at a disadvantage, just kiss me back."
After saying this, she would turn her head to face Aldrich.
Aldrich looked at the petite girl and shook his head in silence.
Aldridge then took a group photo surrounded by a group of female players, and then the female football players showed off their skills, especially the technical moves between Daisy and Earl, which made the audience laugh.
Although Earl is young, he knows quite a lot. It doesn't matter if his movements are not fluent. There are no such high requirements for children. Daisy is good at many unique skills, but the tricks are not as good as Earl. She sees Earl did a bicycle ride, and she also rode a bicycle. Earl did a pirouette, and she did the same. Earl did a slow decomposition of the cow's tail, and Daisy almost cried... (To be continued, please Search Piaotian Literature, the novels will be better and updated faster!
