On 21 March 2012, the Championship officially entered the Championship with Portsmouth hosting Hull City before facing Nottingham Forest on the 24th and then Ipswich on the 30th.

The more nervous you are, the calmer your face is, and the more cheats you have in the league, the more relaxed the team will be.

Even if there is a game the day after tomorrow, Hydward also gives the whole team a half-day off, he needs his players to spend more time with their families, and there is a slogan in the NBA that says: this is hy e play (play for this), and if you don't figure out why you play and why you are on this path, the game won't make any sense.

Heidward spent the half-day at Portsmouth's Academy, where the boys will have a Under-12 final against Bournemouth's Academy today, as he promised two months ago.

These children are the future and foundation of the team, and although it is somewhat inappropriate, the Italian historian and politician Machiavelli said: "Luck is a woman who only smiles at young people because they have less respect for her, and they are more emboldened to dare to order her brazenly." ”

After shaking hands with all the children and talking, Hydward looked up to see a somewhat familiar figure---- Bournemouth's gossip manager Eddie Howe.

On the south coast of England, Portsmouth, Southampton and Bournemouth are the three teams known for their academy training, of which Southampton is the best, Bournemouth is second, and Portsmouth is behind, but the Cherries are not on the same platform as their regional brothers in League One at this moment.

Eddie Howe also saw Hydward, walked over and smiled and patted his colleague on the shoulder, the two had met at a previous FA meeting, when Ward sat next to Ferguson and Eddie Howe sat next to Arsene Wenger.

Hyde Waldra sat down on a bench next to him and asked, "Are you going to coach Bournemouth?" ”

Eddie Howe nodded, "Next season" he thought for a moment and continued: "Your team has been playing well lately, Hull City has a weak wing defense, and I expect you to win the day after tomorrow." ”

"Thanks, how about coming to me for half a season?" Half-jokingly, Edward said that in March '02, Portsmouth-in-charge then Redknapp signed Eddie Howe, but he was unlucky to be reimbursed for two consecutive seasons due to injury.

He just smiled, looked at the game that was about to start, and was silent for a long time.

Eddie Howe joined Bournemouth at the age of 10 and was also named to the England Under-21 squad for the Toulon Cup. It was previously said that Portsmouth had signed him, and two years later, in the 04-05 season, Eddie Howe was loaned back to Bournemouth, where he was loved by the local fans for his outstanding performances.

Bournemouth wanted to keep him, but the team was going through a financial crisis and couldn't afford it, so the fans made a bold decision – crowdfunding! Bournemouth fans set up a fund to cover the buyout of Eddie Howe, and the brilliant player remained with the club until his retirement as a regular coach in the youth team. After leading the team from League Two to League One in the 09/10 season and then spending a few months at Burnley, he wants to return to the place where his dream began, and the fans here are holding up their hands to welcome the young manager.

Heidward admired his colleague, and the Burn brothers were the toughest bone to gnaw at in the Premier League a few years later, with Watford boss Dyche heading to Burnley this year and Eddie Howe returning to Bournemouth, both of whom will be Portsmouth's future rivals.

"It was the fans here who paid me in, and when I was the youth team coach, they also threw change in the bucket to save the team, so unless the fans here don't want me, I won't leave."

I won't go, plain and firm, like a promise, Eddie Howe put his hand in his pocket and walked to the other side.

Compared with the world-famous giants, although the absolute number of fans of small teams is small, but pulling out any one is a diehard, and the fans and players are more closely connected with the coach and staff, which is the charm of the lower leagues, this is football.

The U12 game was also very intense, Eddie Howe and Hyde Ward respectively replaced the original team coach duties to stay on the bench, Ward has always been quiet on the sidelines, occasionally standing up to let the young players pay attention to the rhythm of the game, while Eddie on the other side is desperately shouting such as: "attack, attack", "penalty area, penalty area" and the like, in the rich body movements in the coordination of his activity is definitely more than all the young players.

In the first half, the two teams played 3:2, Yibian fought again, Bournemouth overtook the score, and a young player named Ian staged a big four to reverse Portsmouth 3:5.

In addition to the young players who cried very sadly at Portsmouth, Heideward found a lot of interesting scenes that could not be seen in senior team games. First of all, the referee, Mr. David, instructed the Portsmouth goalkeeper on how to line up the wall and some of his mistakes in the set-piece attack and defense when the outcome of the game was decided. Secondly, the referee did not carry a single red or yellow card, and if there was a foul, the two young players would be rewarded with a small green card if they reconciled.

Although this forgiveness color is very strange......

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Edward went to see the youth team and apart from most of the first-team players who went home for a meal with their families, a few such as Jamie Vardy returned to his former parent club Shasfari to watch a game in England's seventh division.

Shasfari is a Premier League team in the north of England who spent £20,000 to take him from Stoke Steel in 2010. £20,000 is a lot of money for a lower-tier team, and Vardy was 23 years old that year. At this age, Messi has scored 182 goals for Barcelona, and Ronaldo transferred to Real Madrid at a sky-high price, while Vardy is still getting a weekly salary of 30 pounds, and he has to work in a medical device factory in addition to football, and now he has spent 11 years across 7 leagues, and also won Arsenal on behalf of the team, and he still retains the purest gratitude, because Vardy will always be an ordinary fan of Charisfas.

In addition, the boy McVeigh celebrated his 6th birthday today, Margery and Pierce represented the whole team to attend the children's birthday party, and Margery also prepared a No. 14 shirt for Icardi and asked his teammates to sign it carefully, and the beryllium emperor is now Portsmouth's favorite player. As for why he didn't give away his own jersey, Pony said: "Nobody wants a defender's jersey"

McVeigh was excited to hold the shirt and laugh all day, Portsmouth was a dear love even to a six-year-old.

The whole Portsmouth squad is made up of this lovely group of players, they are young, they help each other, they know how to be grateful, the first step to open the account of honor, maybe only lack the favor of fate.

The green mountains do not change, the green water flows forever, and we will see you in the league.