Chapter 234: League One Champion and Continued Layout
Although the League One title is not much on the spot, it is at least a trophy and, if it does, there will be a live award ceremony at Meadow Lane, where several senior FA officials will be present to congratulate and present the prizes.
In addition, the team did not hold any celebrations at all in the last game, and this one was played directly at home.
Not only was there not a single empty seat at Meadow Lane, but there were more than 1w fans gathered outside the stadium who were able to enter the stadium to celebrate the team's victory while the stadium opened for the celebration after the game.
Gillingham, a team that is not small in the league, originally wanted to snipe Notts County away, after all, everyone has dignity and doesn't want the opponent to step on their corpse, but the difference in strength is too big, and they were poured three goals by Notts County in the first half, and they gave up voluntarily in the second half.
In the end, Notts County won the 02-03 League One title with a comfortable home victory.
After the game, after half an hour of preparation, on the makeshift podium, FA president Thomas Thomas handed the League One title to Notts County.
Concierge flowers exploded from above, countless colour bars rained from the sky, and by the time Alonso lifted the trophy aloft, the Meadow Lane stadium had been transformed into a sea of joy.
With the next major UEFA Cup semi-final set to kick off next week, Loew will be given a day off tomorrow and the players can celebrate the title with the fans tonight.
The next day, the Meadow Lane stadium was still a mess, after statistics, at least 3,000 fans drunk in the stands, you know, the weather in April, is not warm, this group of fans from the stadium most of them went directly to the hospital.
It was arguably the most strained day for healthcare resources in Nottinghamshire's history.
Perhaps League One has received far less attention in England than the Premier League, but the team that won the championship is already equivalent to the Premier League team, so usually there are still a lot of media outlets following up in the closing stages of League One and the promotion play-offs.
The media spoke highly of Notts County's strong performance of winning the championship six rounds in advance, coupled with Notts County's outstanding performance in the FA Cup and League Cup, and said that even if Notts County came to the Premier League next season, they would definitely not just target relegation.
The Nottingham Evening News and The Daily Telegraph, which have become the mouthpieces of Notts County, are chanting in unison: Premier League teams, are you ready? Notts County is here!
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The remaining six league games, unsurprisingly, will be dominated by young players from the Academy and development squads, and even if the first-team players play, they will be mainly in the form of recovery, with the team fully focused on the final FA Cup and UEFA Cup games.
The opponent of the semi-finals of the UEFA Cup has been determined, which is Portuguese Super League side Boavista.
This team is the only magical club that has won the league championship from the monopoly of the three giants of the Portuguese Super League, but David does not have much impression of them, and the only understanding is only a little bit that he only knew when the Chinese young players invaded the Portuguese club in a big way.
If you compare the opponents that Notts County have eliminated before, whether it is Stuttgart, Liverpool, or even Celta, the strength is not comparable to Boavista.
The reason why they were able to successfully advance to the semi-finals also depended on the fact that they did not face too strong opponents in the previous knockout rounds, whether it was Paris Saint-Germain, Hertha Berlin or Malaga, there was no big team among them, and the gold content of these games was very limited.
Compared to the other two teams in the semi-finals, Porto and Lazio, Boavista is definitely the weakest opponent, and many already feel that Notts County are guaranteed.
Of course, even if the opponent's strength is the weakest in the top four, but all the way here, it is absolutely completely dependent on luck, at least the basic strength still has to be there, so Notts County must not be careless, especially in the game with Liverpool, the lesson of almost being overturned by the opponent is still in front of us, and no one wants to experience it again.
The team is working hard to prepare, but David's mind is not in the game, because he has a new idea.
There is already a satellite club in the Belgian league, but the level of the Belgian league is still a certain gap compared to the Portuguese Super League, if you want to complete the horizontal layout in football, then it is very necessary to lay out a satellite club in the Portuguese Super League.
Choosing the right club in the Portuguese Super League is just as important.
First of all, the traditional three giants, Benfica, Porto and Sporting Lisbon, don't think about it, such a team is even the middle and lower reaches of the Premier League teams are very comparable to it, not to mention the matter of funds, I am afraid that the other party may not have the idea of selling shares.
Excluding the three giants, then Boavista is a more suitable target, and the team has achieved outstanding results in recent years, if it develops healthily, it will definitely have a chance to become a strong team in the Portuguese Super League in the future.
So, after the Boa Vista Club arrived in Nottinghamshire, David invited the president of the Boa Vista Club, Pelorero, to dinner alone.
Originally, it was just a very normal social event, and Pelorero didn't care about it, and happily went to it.
The atmosphere and friendliness, after all, both parties are professionals in the field of football, both have experience in managing professional clubs, so naturally they have a lot in common.
However, when David vaguely asked whether he could buy a part of Notts County's shares, Pelorero's face was not so good-looking.
For any president who loves football and loves a club, selling the club is the equivalent of selling his own children, and no one would do it easily if it were not for a variety of unavoidable reasons.
Although Pelorero is not a well-known tycoon, he is still very committed to the family's commitment to the team, and Boavista's excellent results in recent seasons are the main reason.
However, he waited patiently for David's explanation, after all, he did not believe that a club president would be interested in another club at will.
And after David explained his philosophy and ideas and his vision for the future layout in full, Pelorero was a little shaken.
If the future can really be executed according to David's ideas, then it seems that it is not unacceptable to sell some shares! (To be continued.) )