"Back to where you need to go! Go to the top league!! ”

Amid such cheers, Sturt ended his speech, and the ceremony ended. The rest of the event was casual, with fans pouring down from the stands and onto the pitch to talk to their players, patting them on the shoulders and putting their arms around their necks as if they were neighbors...... In fact, there are some players and fans who are really neighbors, and those fans even watch a certain player grow from a young age. Because before they became part of the AFC Wimbledon team, they were just ordinary fans.

This is the first time Chu Zhongtian has seen such a scene. As a player, he didn't expect to be so close to the fans. This is almost unthinkable in one of those big clubs - what club would allow fans to go on the pitch and pull players to talk about the shortcomings of the club? Which big-name star has such a casual ride to accompany a group of ordinary fans? Say something like, "Come and eat at my place in the evening."

"Our sewer pipe is blocked, Larry, can you help you get it through tomorrow?" "Yes, Aunt Joanna."

"Even though you're a player now, you still have to pay the fine for parking yesterday." "Well, Mr. Policeman, I actually just went to buy a Coke and parked for no more than five minutes...... Also, on this happy day, let's not talk about those things that are disappointing......"

"Berg, your brother broke Old Jack's fence yesterday, you'd better go around, he's about to get you in trouble......" "Wow, isn't it?" What's the matter with me? He should be in trouble with my brother! Besides, he didn't come here today, did he? ”

"Of course I'll be cheering you on for the race, dear son. But you still have to get me home on time. "But I'm not young, Mom, I'm eighteen!"

"Alai, I need to ask for your autograph, in case you become famous in the future, I can use it to make money!" "I'll wait until I'm really famous, man."

……

The stadium was crowded with people, like a large garden party, except for the lack of rides and food stalls, the atmosphere was exactly the same.

Chu Zhongtian stood in place, looking around, admiring with great interest what was happening in front of him. He felt fresh and interesting.

It wasn't until someone tapped him on the shoulder that he withdrew his gaze.

"I'm really sorry, I was stopped by the reporter just now and asked a few words, which delayed me a little. I was going to come to you right away, but how did they find me in a random interview...... You look good today, Chu. Emily stood in front of Chu Zhongtian and said to him with a smile.

"Thank you, Emily." Before meeting Emily, his friends were limited to Yang Yang, who lived in the same room as him, and the others, whether they were the owner of the Dons Bar or the guys at MacChina, could not be regarded as friends, at most they could be regarded as acquaintances. However, the people from the Dons Bar also came today, Chu Zhongtian once again felt that after joining this team, those people had a closer relationship with him, and they might now put their arms around their necks and make some big jokes with themselves, in the past, they would only invite him to a drink to express their favor and gratitude to him.

Emily looked down at Chu Zhongtian's feet. He didn't wear sneakers today. "Don't borrow sneakers to wear in the future, buy a new pair of shoes."

"Does the team care?" Now that he has joined the team, Chu Zhongtian still thinks that the team will provide sneakers, so that he can save a sum of money. In professional teams, the players' boots and other equipment are provided by the club, and the more well-known big stars, as well as the latest styles of sneakers sponsored by specialized sports brands, are specially designed for their foot shapes, and the names of the stars are embroidered on the uppers. It's just that Chu Zhongtian will never enjoy this kind of treatment......

"We're a small club, we have a tight budget, and you have to provide your own equipment for the players. So you have to prepare your own sneakers. Emily smiled and shook her head. She is telling the truth, the team's budget is really tight, and even though they have SI as a sponsor, SI is only famous in the football manager game circle, and is not a big company with money in the gaming industry. AFC Wimbledon's overall budget for an entire season is probably not as much as a Premier League team would pay players in a week.

Hearing Emily say this, Chu Zhongtian could only express his understanding.

"Are you short of money, Chu?" Emily asked a question that she was a little interested in, but she hadn't had a chance to ask it before, and now when it came to buying sneakers, she asked it in passing. "I see you working two jobs, and with this now, it's three jobs, right?"

Chu Zhongtian did not deny this, he nodded: "I have to earn my own living expenses to reduce the burden on my family." Sending me to study abroad, my family has spent all their savings. But I still have the money to buy a pair of sneakers. He guessed what Emily would say next.

Sure enough, Emily opened her mouth and said nothing. She could tell that the boy had self-esteem, and financially, he was not very willing to accept help and handouts from others.

Suddenly, there was nothing to say between the two of them. The people next to me are still chatting enthusiastically, pulling some homely things, and talking about the future. Chu Zhongtian faced the beautiful Emily, but he didn't know how to continue the topic.

Emily didn't know what to say next, there wasn't so much family to talk about between her and Chu.

"Uh, Chu."

"Huh?"

Chu Zhongtian looked a little surprised, as if he had just been woken up from a dream.

"Congratulations on becoming an official member of AFC Wimbledon. I'll keep cheering you on! Emily stretched out her hand to Chu Zhongtian. Thank you, Chu. ”

Chu Zhongtian held Emily's hand, and it felt exactly the same as the previous three times, a warm and soft hand, pinched in the palm of his hand.

"Perhaps, the one who should say thank you is me......" Chu Zhongtian shook his head and said. You've given me a chance, Emily. Actually, I had been hesitating for a long time whether I wanted to play or not. If it weren't for you coming to me again and again, maybe I would have given up......"

He shrugged and smiled at Emily, "Thank you, Emily. Anyway, you've brought me back to football. ”

On a noisy pitch, in a crowd. Chu Zhongtian and Emily held hands and looked at each other with smiles.

"I think we'd better not go up up and disturb them...... old Bent said to his companions. They were standing not far from Chu Zhongtian, looking at Chu Zhongtian and Emily in the crowd.

"Thanks to Tochu, Emily will definitely come to our bar more often in the future." Boss John rejoiced.

The afternoon sun shone obliquely on everyone's smiling faces, as well as on a sign outside the King's Ranch that read: AFC Wimbledon.

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At Shecherst Park (selhurst_park), a dozen miles from the stadium, Wimbledon FC's sign is hidden in the huge shadow of the stadium, as is the club's new owner, Pete Winckelman. He is being interviewed by reporters.

"AFC Wimbledon? I don't know, what does an amateur team have to do with me? ”

He had a look of disdain on his face. The question about AFC Wimbledon is just an appetizer, and the next thing is why he is here to face reporters.

"Yes, I don't think there's any need to keep that name now that you've decided to move to Milton Keynes......" he replied, pointing back to the sign hanging on the exterior wall of Shechhurst Park, which looked particularly bleak on the backlit side of the pitch.

Reporters looked up and saw that it was Wimbledon Football Club.

Some of the reporters had a change in their faces. Few of them were happy with Winckelmann's decision to forcibly move the club out of the club, because the chain had broken the tradition of English football for more than 100 years, and now he was ruthlessly destroying the honour and history of a community football.

One of them suddenly asked in a loud voice: "Mr. Winckelmann, did you take into account the opinions of the fans in doing this?" ”

"Of course we respect the fans, so our new name will be 'Milton Keynes Dons'. Dons' is proof of our respect for the Wimbledon fans. Winckelmann said nonchalantly. He said this with the expression of a rich man who gave alms to beggars. He tossed half of the cake called "Dons" to the Wimbledon fans and told them it was a special care.

"It is said that the Wimbledon fans are not going to go to the stadium." The journalist continued.

'We have Milton Keynes Keynes fans. Winckelmann waved his hand. Milton Keynes has a larger population than Wimbledon, and more importantly, unlike Wimbledon, there will be Wimbledon tennis tournaments to grab fan resources, and he can attract more people to the court there, so as to get more ticket revenue and sell more commemorative goods.

"And when is the exact date of moving out?" Another reporter asked.

"If it goes well...... Next September, we'll try to finish it at the end of next season. Winckelmann shook his head.

"Then we wish you the best of luck, Mr. Winckelmann."

Several reporters left first, and it was clear that they were all local media at Wimbledon, and they were very unaccustomed to Winckelmann's arrogant performance.

"That idiot is finished." So said the departing reporters.

"There is still a full year between now and next September. I'm now really looking forward to the season ticket sales statistics for their teams for the new season. ”

Winckelmann didn't care about the journalist who left early, he had the support of the FA, was he afraid of a few local media? He was telling the remaining journalists about his team's beautiful prospects after they went to Milton Keynes.

“…… The name change was to attract more local fans. I'm sure this will help rejuvenate this old club. We're going to have a stadium that's really all our own, with a minimum capacity of 30,000 people and more sponsors......"

Winckelmann had his arms outstretched, but he still looked small in the huge shadow of Shechhurst Park.

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