When a lot of people think of Stamford Bridge, they think of Chelsea FC, and conversely, when they talk about Chelsea Club, they think of Stamford Bridge.

The two seem to be closely linked.

Historically, Stamford Bridge was not born with Chelsea or built by Chelsea FC, but is much older than Chelsea FC.

Chelsea Football Club is only 100 years old.

Stamford Bridge was established in 1877 and is now 128 years old.

In its infancy, there was a grandstand on the east side of Stamford Bridge with a capacity of 5,000 spectators, and designer Archibald Leith planned a stadium with a capacity of 10,000, making it the second largest stadium in the UK at the time, behind Crystal Palace, which hosted the FA Cup final at the time.

Stamford Bridge was originally set up as intended for the use of Fulham clubs.

However, at that time, Fulham FC had many supporters and a new stadium plan, so Fulham Club turned down the opportunity.

For the next 28 years, Stamford Bridge was used only by London sports teams, as a venue for the Games rather than as a football stadium.

The year 1904 was a pivotal time.

H-A. Mills and his younger brother J. T. Mills have been given ownership of Stamford Bridge after they were also given a large market near the pitch and plans to build a football team on the land.

Chelsea Football Club was born.

That's the story of Stamford Bridge and Chelsea.

As you can see from the story, Chelsea FC was born because of Stamford Bridge.

That's the relationship between the two.

It is precisely because of this relationship that in the hearts of Chelsea fans, Stamford Bridge is as great as Chelsea, and in Chelsea's 100-year history, there have been people who have proposed to change the pitch, but they have only just put forward the plan, and they have been resisted by everyone.

As a result, Stamford Bridge was expanded again and again.

Now Stamford Bridge has become one of the most technological and commercial stadiums in the UK, and the shops around it are all set up for the convenience of fans to watch the game, including fast food restaurants, cold drink shops, and the most popular ones are shops that sell streamers, balloons, whistles and other miscellaneous items, which are all prepared for fans to watch the game.

Zhang Yang and Andy walked into the store together.

It's three o'clock in the afternoon, more than three hours before the start of the game, and there are a lot of fans gathered around, but the store is not yet at its hottest, and the salesman is also free to come and greet him.

Pointing to a blue scarf, she said, "This is the latest fan scarf, launched in collaboration with Chelsea Football Club, except for us, you can only buy it in the store on the west side, but the price is the same." ”

The blue scarf is patterned with the Chelsea flag and the Chelsea crest printed on both sides.

Zhang Yang picked it up and looked at it, and said with a smile, "That's it!" ”

"Yes, sir."

When he walked out of the store, Zhang Yang brought a scarf, and Andy didn't understand, "You're cold?" But you don't have to bring a Chelsea scarf, do you? You're not a Chelsea fan and you're going to be a guest at a game. ”

Zhang Yang smiled, "This is to prove that I support Chelsea. The BBC's live broadcast is open to the whole world, and most of the people who can watch it are British fans, who either support Chelsea or they will be neutral, and those who support Barcelona are mostly Spaniards, and if they are not, they will not watch the BBC live. ”

'Anyway, wearing a Chelsea scarf will give most of the audience a sense of identity, so why not?'

Andy nodded and said, "I kind of understand why you can attract so many fans." ”

"There's still a lot to learn."

Zhang Yang laughed and patted Andy on the shoulder.

The two laughed all the way to the side of Stamford Bridge, where BBC staff were already waiting, and after greeting the security guards at the gate, they entered the Stamford Bridge pitch together.

Whenever it is time for a game, the management of the stadium will become strict, and in order to prevent accidents, fans and media reporters who come to watch the game will be divided into different areas, and some places inside are expressly prohibited.

Once inside the stadium, you are not allowed to move around freely.

Zhang Yang followed the staff and went to the BBC's live broadcast through a specific channel.

The BBC's live broadcast was located in the corner of the auditorium on the south side, in an arc-shaped vacant space, adjacent to a horizontal row of places for media reporters to take pictures, and along the empty seats until the afternoon, it was a specially built rostrum.

There is a gap between the rostrum and the spectator seats, which is reserved for the big names who come to watch the game, such as the presidents of the two clubs, senior officials of the FA or UEFA, or government officials, etc.

In some games, there are no big names, and some popular stars can also apply to sit on the podium, the purpose is to save them from the harassment of fans.

There were quite a few people on the BBC's live broadcast.

The second leg of the clash between Chelsea and Barcelona has attracted the attention of countless fans around the world, and BBC TV has also attached great importance to the live broadcast, and the column team came to the scene in the morning.

In addition to the basic inspection equipment issues, more important is the planning of the live broadcast of the game.

The column group has a detailed live broadcast plan.

Every minute of the live broadcast process is planned, such as the screen transition during the live broadcast, how many minutes are given to Chelsea fans, how many minutes are given to Barcelona fans, how many minutes the commentator will use to introduce the two teams during the live broadcast, and how much time will be left for the guests to speak.

Every question in the conversation between the two has been designed.

And that's just before the live stream.

In the process of live broadcasting the game, the design becomes meaningless, because the game cannot be designed, the camera staff must pay attention to the key situation at any time, and the commentators and guests must also play improvised.

At this time, the ability of the narrator and the role of the guests are highlighted.

After Zhang Yang arrived at the scene, he saw Harris in Lineker's mouth, Harris was very enthusiastic, he shook hands with Zhang Yang, and then praised Zhang Yang's achievements in leading Millwall, "I was surprised when I knew the news, Millwall was ranked sixth, and then I saw that the person who led the team was replaced by you, I felt that it was no big deal!" ”

Harris's words made Zhang Yang feel his face.

This compliment is also too blunt.

The thickness of the face of the person who said such things must be very unusual, and sure enough, a mountain is higher than a mountain, and Andy is like a pure bird in comparison.

So Zhang Yang smiled, "You are too polite, I knew when I worked at the BBC that you are the most capable person in charge of the BBC!" If every column leader is like you, I believe that Sky Sports can only face bankruptcy! ”

Harris laughed, "I'm sure you'll be a good guest now, at least you're no worse than Gary in terms of articulateness." ”

"I'm sure the BBC won't regret having me as a guest." Zhang Yang leaned closer and whispered intimately, "But maybe the next cooperation will cost more than more than 10,000 pounds, to be honest, I am very dissatisfied with this price." ”

"I believe there will be a day."

Harris kept patting Zhang Yang's shoulder, showing enthusiasm.

There were several staff members standing nearby.

They were a little stunned when they heard it, and they didn't understand whether the two of them were complimenting each other or sarcastically sarcastic, and the connotation of this was only understood by the parties involved.

Zhang Yang was arranged to rest at the location of the live broadcast.

It was a comfortable sofa chair, it was no problem to lie down and sleep, Zhang Yang half lay there, while watching the busyness around him, and it took about an hour before he finally waited for Lineker.

When Lineker came, he sat next to Zhang Yang, and he talked about Millwall very enthusiastically, and also talked about Zhang Yang's coaching.

"When I knew that you were the manager of Millwall, my first reaction was impossible, I have seen you, you are too young, maybe you can be a good football commentator, but the manager is not so good, but you led the team Millwall, played very good results, so I considered inviting you to be the guest of this game."

I did, and the column team agreed. I can't wait to work with you. ”

Zhang Yang smiled, "Me too." ”

The two chatted casually, and the topic soon came to the live broadcast program, Lineker found a live broadcast planning book, which had a fixed time of playback and commentary, Zhang Yang watched it over and over again, and listened to him talk about some details that need to be paid attention to.

"You need to be careful that before the game starts, I don't ask questions, you don't speak. Not a word. ”

"If I ask a question, you can give your opinion."

"It's okay for us to have a normal conversation, it's like friends meeting and chatting on weekdays, it's a normal chat, that's the atmosphere that fans like to hear, not like reading from a book, but I'm sure you should know because you've been a guest on a radio show."

"In addition, after the game starts, I will speak first, unless it is a special case, you try not to open the topic, it will disrupt my rhythm."

“……”

Lineker said a lot of things, and Zhang Yang generally understood that in order not to make mistakes during the live broadcast, he simply used the 'memory strengthening' ability to remember the planning schedule before the game.

Where you need to open your mouth.

Where the picture will be converted to the live broadcast room, he wrote it down one by one.

In the continuous communication between the two, time passed quickly, and in the blink of an eye, the fans began to enter.

As the two teams entered the game to warm up, Harris had already gestured to remind the two that the live broadcast was about to begin.

Countdown.

1 minute.

30 seconds.

10 seconds.

3 seconds.

1 second.

With the sound of a device starting, the BBC live broadcast of the Champions League match officially began, Lineker and Zhang Yang straightened up, showing their best mental outlook, and then Lineker said, "Welcome to the BBC Champions League live room!" ”

"I'm the commentator Gary Lineker, and sitting on my left hand side is a mysterious guest, probably many people know him, and many people don't, so I'm here to help introduce him, he's from faraway China, he's a young man who is almost twenty-two years old, but he's doing a job that shouldn't be done at this age - football coaching, and he's a professional team manager. He's the new head coach of Millwall, flamboyant! ”