Emily thought that the performance in this game would make Chu Zhongtian lose his chance to play at Wimbledon, but in fact, her worries were unnecessary.

After the game, Eames still kept talking about the first half of the game, as if he had completely forgotten about it. On the return car, he didn't say a word, which made the atmosphere in the carriage more and more dull. Although he didn't say anything, everyone knew that the boss must be angry.

Chu Zhongtian's position was not affected in any way, and in the following days, he still trained with the team two days a week, and he and Russell would still be left behind by the head coach after each training session for punitive training. Then in the following friendly match, he was sent on the field at the same time as Russell. Sometimes they start at the same time, sometimes they come off the bench at the same time. Eames seemed to have done it on purpose, not even giving them a minute to play separately.

As in the first half of the first game, there was still no coordination between the two of them. The team's performance was also up and down, losing less points in good times and losing 0:1. In the worse season, they broke the previous record, losing 0:5 to their warm-up opponents. But the loss wasn't all because of the two of them.

Throughout July, Chu Zhongtian's life was like this.

Wimbledon kept out playing, but none of them won a single game, not even a draw.

Lost 4-0 to Sutton United.

Lost 0:1 to Dalic Village.

Lost 1:2 to Bromley. The good news is that Wimbledon have finally scored their first goal in club history. The scorer was centre-forward and captain Kevin Cooper.

Lost 2:4 to Burham Wood.

0:5 defeat to Walton and Black Sham.

Lost 0:1 to Windsor Eaton.

Defeated 1-2 by Kingstonians. Finally back at home, but as the away team. Because Kingston is the true owner of the King's Ranch Stadium, Wimbledon is only paying £20,000 a year to hire it.

Lost 0:2 to Lesserhead.

Prior to August 8, they had played eight warm-up games, losing all of them, scoring only four goals and conceding 21.

It was a disastrous result, but the local media at Wimbledon were not surprised when they spoke about the all-fans team. In their opinion, a team composed entirely of fans can stand on the pitch is already a great victory, so why expect results?

So they put more energy into covering the just-concluded Wimbledon. Hewitt of the Australian Hare defeated Argentina's Nalbandian in straight sets in the final to win his first Wimbledon title and his second Grand Slam singles title.

Wimbledon probably prefers tennis to football. It's no wonder that Pete Winckelmann would want to move the club away from a town famous for its tennis world, where he couldn't see the future of a professional football club in the face of more than 10,000 fans......

But for the sake of money, can you deprive the people who love football here of the fun?

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Today is August 8th, and AFC Wimbledon welcomes their ninth warm-up opponent - Wealdstone.

The non-league team in north-east London (with the exception of the 92 teams in the Premier League, Championship, League One and League Two, see Chapter 18) have always been in the amateur league, but they have produced two famous stars in their history – the best captain in Nottingham Forest history, one of the best left-backs in the history of the England national team, and Stuart Pearce, nicknamed "The Maniac". The other is Winnie Jones, the former captain of the Welsh national team and the leader of the Wimbledon "Crazy Gang". Judging from the latter, Wildstone and Wimbledon have a lot of connections......

At that time, Pierce was playing for this team, playing in the lower leagues, while working as his plumber, being tapped by professional scouts, and eventually becoming a member of the England national team, participating in world competitions such as the European Championship and the World Cup. But the first few years of his football career were anything but glamorous, and Pierce was hit hard by a tryout with Queens Park Rangers who were initially rejected. He seemed to have doubts about his professional football prospects, so much so that Hull City later approached him and offered him to join, but he turned them down. Instead, he played for amateur side Wildstone. Five years later, when he was caught by the Coventry Club, they paid Wildstone £30,000. That's a lot of money for a little-known non-league player, and Wildstone is certainly happy to accept the windfall. But Pierce reluctantly accepted Coventry's offer...... Look, going from an amateur team to a professional team is tantamount to a carp jumping over the dragon goal, and Pierce reluctantly accepts it.

After two seasons at Coventry, he was spotted by legendary Nottingham Forest coach Brian Clough and spent £300,000 to bring him to the City Stadium. As a result, the new Pierce had no confidence in his football career, so he advertised his job as an electrician in Forest's game journal......

The first stop for Pooh Jones was the team, when he was still working as a small laborer on a construction site and playing football in his spare time. In 1984, at the age of nineteen, Jones joined Wildstone, an amateur club between Watford and London. Over the course of two years, he played 63 games for the team, scoring eight goals and helping "The Stone" win both the Amateur League and Amateur FA Cup in 1984-85. Although Wildstone missed out on a chance to play in the professional league after one season, Winnie Jones' outstanding performances caught the attention of professional teams, including Wimbledon.

On 29 July 1986, Wimbledon were promoted to League One for the first time in their history (the lower league at the time, not the current League One, which is the equivalent of the Premier League in terms of rank), and manager Dave Bassett (dave_bassett) led the team to a triple jump from the fourth tier of England in just four years. The former Wimbledon player is funny and humorous, but his side were the roughest in England, having been fined by the FA for eating too many cards the previous season. Bassett thought Jones's style was a good fit for his team, so on 1 November 1986, Wimbledon got Jones for £10,000, and Pooh, a 21-year-old worker, was paid £150 a week.

Everyone knows the story after that......

Therefore, there are no big stars in the Modao amateur league, and there is no golden phoenix in the pheasant's nest. Don't underestimate the lower leagues that span all parts of England, with Stuart Pearce being a prime example of how England's league system can turn a talented youngster into a first-class star.

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Wildstone is no longer without Stuart Pearce, but they are clearly much better than Wimbledon after playing in the seventh tier of the Ismien Premier League.

With twenty-seven minutes remaining, Wimbledon was already 2-0 down. If nothing else, they will lose another game. Fans were not interested in the game either, with just over 600 people coming to Wildstone's home stadium in Edgvelle with a capacity of 5,000 people.

Back-to-back defeats have taken the appetite out of the Wimbledon supporters to cheer on their team on the road, and this time it was a bit farther than the previous ones – from south London to the north-east.

There were only about a few dozen fans at Wimbledon, and Emily was among them. No matter what the team's results are, no matter how far away she is, she will always be in the stands of the stadium to watch the team play. It's just that the team's results are not good, and now she doesn't have much energy.

Chu Zhongtian was already sitting on the court, he started the first half, his performance was average, and he still did not cooperate with Russell. At half-time, he and Russell were both substituted. Unlike in the first game, Eames no longer changed eleven players in one go. Only replaced Russell and Chu Zhongtian, and his attitude was already very clear - the performance of Chu Zhongtian and Russell could not satisfy him.

Now everyone looks at the two of them with sympathy in their eyes. Not only were they left alone to be punished in training, but they were always substituted in advance during the game, and it is estimated that when it comes to the official league, they can only accept the fate of being substituted...... This is disobeying the will of the manager, and it has to be antagonistic.

The game ended in a 2-0 scoreline, with the newly formed Wimbledon losing nine of their nine friendlies and still scoring just four goals, extending their tally to 23. If it had been a professional team, their head coach would have been sacked long ago – and the pre-season results were so dismal that the board and fans would have questioned the manager's quality.

Fortunately, this is only an amateur team in an amateur league, and this amateur team has only been established for a little over a month. No one will have any unrealistic illusions about this team. Even if they shouted at King's Ranch: "Back to where you belong, back to the top league!" Back to where you should be, South West London! "I don't think I'll be able to achieve my goal in just over a month.

Fortunately, thanks to this peaceful mentality, Chu Zhongtian and Russell's performance on the court was not booed and abused by too many people, allowing the two of them to toss in the game.

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After the drive back to Kings Ranch, Eames told the group to meet here four days later on 12 August before heading away for their final game before the start of the new season. It's not a friendly match, it's a cup match. Everyone who can go has to go, except for two.

"Chu and Russell, you two stay, I have something to say to you."

Borger and Schilling looked at their respective friends, and knew in their hearts that it seemed that it was time for a showdown......

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ps, I know there are some people who find this plot more depressing, but it can't be helped. This plot is an important foreshadowing for Chu Zhongtian's future development, so it must be written, and it must be written in detail, so that his ability can be convincing in the future.

As for Russell and Borger, I'll say more, anyway, they all have their own endings for me. They are also very important figures to Chu Zhongtian, especially Russell, who even influenced Chu Zhongtian for a very important period of time in the future. So it must also be written, written in detail.

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