132 Uproar (Part II)
"I am delighted to be able to sign a contract with Blackburn and thank Mr Walker for the trust he has placed in me. I will definitely lead Blackburn Rovers to become the best club in Lancashire and I will fight for all the fans in Lancashire. ”
George was not saying this for nothing, but deliberately confusing Blackburn with Lancashire. Blackburn is not much bigger than Burnley, with a population of only 140,000. It is currently the city with the smallest number of Premier League teams in the Premier League.
Although Blackburn is not as poor as Burnley, it is still poor compared to the cities of London and Manchester.
But Lancashire is not poor. Lancashire is one of the 34 non-metropolitan counties with 12 non-metropolitan areas under its jurisdiction, covering an area of 2,903 square kilometres (16th) and a population of 1,165,800 (4th); If viewed as one of the 48 honorary counties, it nominally contains two more single administrative districts – Blackpool and Blackburn-Dawin, covering an area of 3,075 square kilometres (17th) and a population of 1,449,700 (8th).
And there are also quite a few football clubs in it, such as Blackpool, Preston, Moregamby, and Hennington Stanley, all of which are Lancashire teams. But when it comes to Lancashire's most famous club, it's Blackburn.
If you don't add Burnley, who are promoted to the Premier League this time, there is no top-flight team in the whole of Lancashire except Blackburn. All the other professional teams are not in League Two or League C, but in the lower leagues such as the National League. Not only now, but none of these clubs have any chance of being promoted to the top league in the future.
So when talking to Williams, Williams made this statement. Don't limit Blackburn to the city of Blackburn, there is only one enemy in Blackburn, Lancashire, and that is Burnley. And the other teams and Blackburn, even if they don't have a good relationship, don't have too many grudges.
Lancashire fans haven't seen their team play in the top flight for decades. So Williams wants these fans to support Blackburn, of course, with the loyalty of England fans, it is impossible to abandon the team they originally supported and become Blackburn Rovers fans.
Williams didn't have that luxury either, he just wanted Blackburn to become a banner for Lancashire. If Blackburn Rovers have been doing well and can get good results in Europe, then those Lancashire fans will definitely come and support Blackburn Rovers as well.
That's why George confuses the concept and makes Lancashire and Blackburn confuse.
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"Gee, tell me, why didn't Hoddle take Daniel to the World Cup?"
Although it is the World Cup, and the World Cup is not far away in France. But for Burnley fans, the only way to stay home and watch TV is to stay. There are not many Burnley fans who are willing to spend money to go to France and watch the World Cup matches live.
Even an FA Cup final in London can be a burdensome game for Burnley fans. Not to mention France, watching the World Cup matches. This is when it became apparent that England fans were known for their fanatics. As long as there are qualified English fans, I don't know how many fans went to France on the other side of the sea to watch the World Cup.
Burnley fans are poor, so most people can only stay at home to watch the game with regret. Now that the World Cup has not yet started, they all gather together to drink and brag.
"yes, what a great season Daniel has had. Hoddle is really eye-catching, why didn't he fall in love with Daniel. ”
For Burnley's homegrown, the club's own academy players, all Burnley fans are very fond of it.
"Cut, no hurry. Daniel is only twenty years old and will definitely go to the next European Championship. ”
"yes, yes. Do you tell me if George will go to Liverpool or Newcastle? As they spoke, they returned to George. George left Burnley, and they were not to blame at all. They appear to have forced George out of Burnley because of the club's hierarchy.
'Newcastle are better and Liverpool will definitely be under a lot of pressure.'
"What pressure, George would be afraid of this. I think Liverpool are better, bigger and stronger. ”
While they were debating where George should go, the news footage of the national team's preparations for the World Cup turned to the front of Ewood Park. There was a middle-aged man with a microphone with his back to Ewood Park.
"Just now Blackburn Rovers held a press conference, Blackburn chairman Jack Walker announced the new Blackburn head coach. Coach George Levy, who led Burnley to the Premier League last season, winning the League Cup and the FA Cup, is Blackburn's new manager. Blackburn Rovers signed a three-year contract with Coach Levy for the next three years, and Coach Levy will become Blackburn ...... for the next three years.
Just now I was talking about whether George would go to Liverpool or Newcastle's Burns, and I looked at the news in a daze. I didn't understand the rest at all, only that George and Blackburn signed a three-year work contract.
Burns' mouth opened wide and he didn't come back to his senses for a moment. All the Burnley fans who drank together were also stunned for a moment.
Television news footage arrives in Blackburn Newsroom. Jack Walker, who hadn't appeared in front of the camera for a long time, made an unhurried announcement. "Blackburn have signed a three-year contract with Coach Levy. We are confident that Coach Levy will be able to lead Blackburn Rovers back to glory. I am delighted that Coach Levy has accepted my offer and the club will give Coach Levy their full support in his work at Blackburn. ”
All the fans who had just made a lot of noise stopped for a moment.
"Smack!" Suddenly, I don't know who it was, and I dropped the wine glass in my hand. This fall, everyone came back to their senses.
After coming back to their senses, the Burnley fans were immediately surrounded by anger. They couldn't figure out how George, who had always been regarded as a hero of Burnley by Burnley fans, turned around and threw himself into the sworn enemy.
They can't figure it out, they can't understand it.
Many people here have a good relationship with George, and it should be said that there are many people who have known George for a long time. Many people began to know George when he was still a youth team coach. At that time, they also discussed the future of Burnley together.
After George became the head coach, there were many people who drank and chatted with George.
They all knew that George and his family were Burnley supporters, and that George's father had been with Burnley for decades. No matter how you calculate it, George shouldn't go to Blackburn.
There has never been love without a reason, and there has never been a hate without a reason. How deep is love, how deep is hate. This statement is very true, George has always been a hero for Burnley. This makes Burnley fans even more unacceptable to this fact.
"Traitor! Judas! That's the only word Burnley fans can imagine right now.
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During the same time period, Blackburn Rovers fans also saw the news.
They had mixed ideas and they were very disappointed with Blackburn's results in recent years. Hopefully a Dalglish will come out again and help Blackburn. But that person shouldn't be George Levy.
George has only given Blackburn fans pain in recent years. Not only did he win twice at Blackburn Rovers at Ewood Park, but he was also ridiculed by George for not knowing how many times. They had a very bad impression of George.
Now their most hated George Levy has run away to Blackburn. They didn't know what to do with the sudden news.