Chapter 111: The Story of the Premier League

"It's a good feeling to have so many fans supporting you, and I'm going to keep working hard!" Jones's voice was tired, but it was determined, and Jones didn't lie on the couch for long before he fell asleep.

After all, I maintained a high-intensity state of excitement for 3 hours, and I can imagine the exhaustion after relaxing.

Jones's interview video the next day also made Jones the focus again, in British football, it is rare to have such a young and excellent professional football player like Jones, so the media have sent praise to Jones, calling him the "rookie king" of football.

In the next few days, the news related to Jones continued to be hot, and they all won the headlines of various websites, and Jones didn't pay much attention to this, that is, the court and the place where he lived ran at both ends, and the time passed in a hurry during the training break, and Zhang Bauer also gave Jones a few interviews in the past two days.

Slowly, Jones also adapted to the life of the 3 o'clock line, and on September 21, Jones got up at 8 o'clock, and then went to the court with Segura, and the two did a simple styling.

"Segura, you're expected to start this game."

"Our schedule during this period is not easy to play, not only are there many games, but also the opponents include strong teams such as Arsenal, Atletico Madrid and Manchester City, so this round of the League Cup against the Championship team Nottingham Forest, the coach will definitely rotate the starting lineup, Batshuayi, Zampacosta, Musonda, Kennedy and Christensen and others have the opportunity to start, Segura, you must also start this game, Argentina's old goalkeeper Caballero is also expected to usher in the first opportunity to start for the team after joining."

"Eden Hazard is also expected to start, in the last few games of the team, although Hazard has been given the opportunity to play, but he suffered a serious injury in the summer, and now Kodic has asked him to come off the bench, this time at home to Nottingham Forest, I guess Hazard may get a start, the coach may take this opportunity to give Hazard more game time to get back into form, we are about to usher in a dense season, we will definitely rotate the main team." Jones spoke to Segura.

Nottingham Forest have been winless against Chelsea for 20 years and have struggled in the lower divisions since their relegation from the Premier League in 1998/99, so they have played Chelsea very rarely.

Especially since the Blues entered the Abou era, the two sides have only met in the FA Cup in 2007, when Chelsea thrashed their opponents 3-0 at home, with Nottingham Forest's last win over Chelsea going back 20 years in January 1997, when they won 2-0 at home.

Pre-match remarks from both sides: Chelsea legend Pat Nevin: Nottingham Forest can't expect Chelsea to field an all-youth team starting in this Carabao Cup game, and while some players need to rest at this stage, Michy Batshuayi, Zampacosta and Segura are all hoping to get more appearances.

After the game started, Jones sat on the bench with captain Cahill and Costa on the bench and waited for the game to start, Cahill looked at Jones looking around and was very bored, and captain Cahill said to Jones: "You are sitting on the bench for the first time in the first team, it must be boring, Jones, do you know all kinds of strange things in the history of Premier League football." ”

"I don't know." Jones didn't know what that meant

Cahill continued: "A mysterious game in the Premier League, a semi-final of the FA Cup played at Bramall Stadium in Sheffield in August 1889 led to a decision to be made, and several dignitaries in Sheffield's local football scene decided to add a football department to Sheffield Cricket Club. ”

'The club didn't have a single player in the beginning, and the local newspaper advertised little to recruit three players, and the fact that the club was not easily accepted in the early days of the club's existence, when Sheffield Wednesday had already been formed and the other local clubs were looking at the new Sheffield United with suspicion.

"So Sheffield United made a smart move – they started recruiting players outside of Sheffield, mainly in Scotland, and it paid off very quickly, and towards the end of the summer, Sheffield United brought in a bunch of different types of players, the best of whom was Horlet, who always wore a pair of big glasses, and he turned out to be the goalkeeper for the Gainsborough team."

'Sheffield United's first game was a game of mystery and it was a mystery that we don't know if it was because the management were afraid that other clubs would come to make trouble, or if they were worried that the players would make mistakes in the game because they didn't have a tacit understanding between them.

"It was the case that one day, the club suddenly gathered all the players, and then the team quietly set off quickly, without even telling anyone where they were going, and yet, despite all the meticulous secrecy, they ignored the extremely Sherlock? A Sheffield local journalist of Sherlock Holmes quality and Wednesday captain Tedbreshaw, the two men managed to follow the new team, and later revealed that Sheffield United had visited Haarlem Cricket Club that day, where they played against their players, and the game ended in a 3-1 defeat for Sheffield United. ”

Jones was drawn to the captain's story and began to listen intently: "One more thing, December 1891 at Burnley was the coldest week of the year in 1891, and it was snowing heavily, and in that weather no one wanted to play, and neither did the Blackburn Rovers players. ”

'But most of them were professionals, so they reluctantly walked out of the warm dressing room to play Burnley at home, and in the first 25 minutes of the game, Blackburn Rovers were quickly conceded by their opponents to score three goals, but that didn't stir up the morale of the players, and it was bound to be a game full of anger.

"Two players on both sides got into a verbal altercation and almost got into a fight, which might add a bit of warmth."

'However, even the quarrel quickly subsided due to the cold weather, and when the referee blew the half-time whistle, everyone was very happy and the 10-minute half-time break passed quickly.