Godfather Of Champions

That night, Dunn suffered from insomnia again. Since he came to Nottingham, he has suffered from insomnia for three consecutive nights. The first two were caused by a little panic caused by the unpredictability of the future, but this insomnia has nothing to do with those boring things. When this night is over, he will face the first professional game he really coached.

An ordinary fan who could only watch other people's football matches in front of the TV before, a poor otaku who could only vent his passion for football through computer games, and a fanless person, so he could only put all his energy on football The sad virgin man, even had the opportunity to stand on the field of professional football, directing the seemingly amazing and awesome professional players. Enjoy the cheers like a tsunami on the scene, and accept many media interviews after the game. No matter what you say, it will form an influence in the public...

This kind of thing seems to be dreaming to Dunn, this is not FM or CM, this is a miracle that is really happening to him! He was so nervous and excited that he couldn't sleep at the thought of tomorrow's game. He just stared at the ceiling like that, then imagined how he would behave tomorrow.

He didn’t know when he fell asleep, but he knew that he didn’t get enough sleep. Since he got up, he has been yawning, playing with clothes, washing, playing at breakfast, and walking to the training base. hit.

It's the third time Ian McDonald, the guard at the Vilford training base, was surprised to see the team coach early in the morning: "Tony..." He opened his mouth, and Dunn interrupted him.

"I know that the game will only take place in the afternoon, and there will be no training in the morning. I just want to start my work from now on, can't it — ha —!” Dunn yawned again.

"Uh, of course." McDonald came out and opened the iron gate.

When Dunn passed by him, he heard him say: "Good luck, Tony." So he stopped and looked back at MacDonald.

This gray-haired old man has a stable source of income-benefits provided by the government after retirement, but he still comes here to work and insists on a nominal monthly salary of £100. After the club fell into an economic crisis, he even stopped taking that one hundred pounds. This is just because he loves the club and the team, so he regards working in the club as an honor. He is polite to everyone, always watching with respect the players and coaches who come in and out from here every day, as well as the occasional Mr. Chairman. Even if the team's performance is bad, no one has heard his complaints and sighs.

MacDonald was frightened by Dunn's eyes now. Although Tony Dunn used to be taciturn, he was gentle with everyone. He always looked at your face politely, then bowed his head slightly to say hello, and then turned and left. How can it be like this... Staring at you with very hot, uneasy eyes?

MacDonald didn't know that when he was in China, Dunn was despised because he always looked at others with such "very rude" eyes. But Dunn never thought about changing his morals.

Just when McDonald was a little embarrassed by Dunn's attention, Dunn grinned suddenly: "Ian, do you like victory?"

MacDonald was stunned for a moment, and then reacted. He nodded and said, "Of course, no one likes losing, right?"

Dun En's smile became brighter, and the corners of his mouth seemed to reach the roots of his ears. He said, "Me too. Where will you watch during the game?"

MacDonald pointed to the guard room behind him: "I listen to the radio here, just like in the city stadium."

Dunn nodded: "I hope you can keep hearing the news of our goals on the radio. Goodbye, and good luck, Ian."

"Goodbye..." Looking at Dunn's back as he turned and left, MacDonald was stunned. He hasn't recovered from the conversation just now. He has never seen Tony Dunn so talkative, so full of vitality, with such an obvious smile on his face.

Is it really possible that being hit here can cause a big change in personality? Suspicious, he reached out and touched the back of his head.

Although the last league game just experienced the tragedy of a three-goal defeat, the fans of the Forest team still showed great enthusiasm for this FA Cup. The game will not start until after three o'clock in the afternoon. After lunch, people have begun to gather in the city stadium on the Trent River from all directions. Opposite the City Stadium, there is also a stadium across the river. It is the Meadow Lane stadium (Meadow Lane), the home of the forest team’s rivals of the same city, Notts County. The two stadiums are only three hundred yards apart. This is probably the world The nearest two rival stadiums in the same city.

Like most cities in England, Nottingham has two professional teams. And these two teams are quite famous in history. The Forest (founded in 1865) and their rivals in Nottingham, Notts County (NottsCountyFootball Club, founded in 1862) are recognized as one of the four oldest teams in the world. The other two are Stoke City ( Founded in 1863) and Chesterfield Team (founded in 1866).

By the way, the jerseys of Juventus and Arsenal, which are famous in today's football, originated from Nottingham's two teams respectively. Juventus's black and white jersey is because Knotts County gifted his team's jersey to the Italian team. And Arsenal has simply been closely related to Nottingham Forest from the day it was founded-the founders of their club are two players from the Forest team: Freddy Beardsley and Morris Bates. Before the team's official game, Beardsley used his relationship to ask for a batch of jerseys from Nottingham Forest, so the main color of Arsenal's jersey was red, the same as Nottingham Forest. It was not until 1925 that they changed to the current classic style of red clothes and white sleeves.

In the early history of English football, Nottingham's two teams are very successful, they have won the FA Cup. However, in the later development, the trajectory of the two teams gradually deviated. Notts County, which is rooted in the miners' class, has been sluggish due to the lack of substantial financial support. As the representative of the urban middle class, Nottingham Forest team ushered in the most glorious page of their club in the late 1970s.

Under the leadership of legendary coach Brian Clough (Brian Clough), the team experienced a rocket-like leap.

Kaiserslautern's myth is awesome, right? The team won the first division championship in the first year of promotion from the second division to the first division. Clough’s team did this twenty years ago. They were promoted to the first division (the highest level in England at the time, equivalent to the current Premier League) with a third in the second division, and then began to rule England. The legend of football. In the first season of promotion to the First Division, the Forest team scored 64 points with 25 wins, 14 draws and only three losses. (At that time, world football was still in the two-point era. The impressive record of two points, one point for a tie, zero points for a loss) became the champion of the league.

The dominance of English and European football in the 1970s belonged to Liverpool. At that time, the only team qualified to challenge Liverpool and beat Liverpool three times in a year. The only team that could scare Liverpool was the same red Nottingham Forest. After successfully winning the Serie A championship, the Forest team defeated the defending champion Liverpool in the first game of the Champions League in the following season. In the end, they defeated the Swedish Malmo team coached by Horton and became that season. King of Europe. In the 1979-1980 season, the Forest team successfully defended the European championship. This time they defeated the German Hamburg team with the European footballer and England’s top scorer Kevin Keegan in the final.

During this period, what is even more astounding: from the 0:0 draw with West Bromwich Albion on November 26, 1977, until the 0: 2 loss to Liverpool on December 9, 1978, K Lauf's Forest team set an unbeaten record for 42 consecutive games in England's top league. This record was not broken by Wenger's Arsenal unbeaten in 49 games until the new century twenty-six years later.

Of course, history is always glorious, especially in the birthplace of modern football like England. It is not surprising how glorious the history is. Compared with the glorious past, the current situation of the Forest and Notts County can only be described as "heartache". Notts County has faced many economic crises, and even experienced the dark years of being managed for eighteen months at the beginning of the new century. The last consortium and an FA Cup match with Chelsea saved the team-before that game Chelsea agreed to give all the ticket revenue to Notts County to save the world's oldest football club. The Forest team is a bit better than their city rivals. But the team’s past history is too splendid. Fans will always have hallucinations on the fact that the past glory is now down. They feel that they deserve the same results as the past, rather than being content. The low-level league, as degenerate as Notts County.

Today's Forest team seems to be lacking in confidence when facing West Ham. You must know that West Ham's historical achievements are far from the Forest team.

This is the third round of the England FA Cup. It was originally not planned for live TV broadcast. However, because the current situation of the participating teams is not very good and they all desperately need a victory, the BBC chose to broadcast live. They think There are enough hot spots for this game. Tony Dunn is of course one of the hot spots, because he has just become the first coach in the history of English football to be injured by his team's players in the game.

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Today’s weather is good, and the sun is shining so that people don’t feel that it’s winter, which is the opposite of the rainy and cloudy weather the previous two days. When Dunn got off the team bus and saw the bright sunlight outside, he couldn't help squinting his eyes, a little dazzling.

As the head coach, he was the second to jump out of the car. The assistant coach Des Walker, who was the first to come down, was warmly welcomed by the onlookers. They shouted Walker's name and applauded him. Walker played for Nottingham Forest for many years and was also one of the witnesses of Nottingham's last glory. It is understandable that he received such respect among fans.

But when Dun En had just landed on his feet, he was greeted with harsh hiss. He raised his head and found that the people who took the lead to hush him were familiar--the middle-aged people who had confronted him head-on in the Burns Bar. He can recognize it at a glance because their leader has a piece of gauze on his forehead, which looks funny and very eye-catching.

Walker obviously didn't expect the head coach to face such a situation, and he stood there a little at a loss. Just as bewildered as him was the player Michael Dawson who was about to get out of the car. He stuck one foot out of the car door and hung in the air when he heard the sudden boo, looking up at the fans with a look of astonishment. Men, he thought he was booed.

It was Dunn who stretched out his hand to pull him off the car, and seeing the team's new hope, the boo stopped suddenly. Then there was an embarrassing split among the fans-Michael Dawson is the team's future hope and is very popular among fans. Such players must and should receive cheers and applause. But the person pulling him was the acting head coach Dun En, who they just booed. If he cheered, would it be considered a compliment to Dun En?

Dunn was very satisfied with the performance of the fans, he knew it would be like this. He patted Dawson on the shoulder and motioned him to the dressing room. The fans saw that Dawson had finally left Dunn, and they were ready to boo Dunn, who was still in front of the car door. At this time, Dunn got into the car and pulled down another person, Andy Reid, a young talent like Dawson and the same star of hope for the team. They just put their hands in their mouths and had to put them down again.

Dunn looked at the awkward facial expressions of those people and grinned triumphantly.

Reid beside him was a little strange. For the first time he saw the coach take them out of the car so enthusiastically, "Boss, what are you laughing at?"

Dunn said to the fans watching him: "Nothing, I think maybe we can get a victory."

This time he did not leave Reid again, and the two walked into the narrow passage leading to the dressing room together. The fans put their fingers to their mouths several times and finally they couldn't boo out.

"This sly fox!" Michael, who took the lead, put down his hand in annoyance and punched the iron railing in front.

Dunn’s performance in the last two days is a bit abnormal. Strictly speaking, it is the last four days. Since being knocked to the ground by David Johnson in the game on January 1st, it has been abnormal, and the taciturn and gloomy Tony before. · Dunn is like two people. The players are very worried about this. I don't know if the brain nerves have been damaged or if there will be any terrible sequelae, such as dementia, forgetfulness, schizophrenia...

So in the locker room, the person who talked about their tactics was not the head coach, but Des Walker, one of the assistant coaches. No one felt strange. On the contrary, Ian Bowyer, the old man next to him who didn't say a word and was more gloomy than Tony Dunn, looked more alternative. He usually did these things, but now it has become the work of the junior Walker. Any fool can see that Bowyer was disappointed after Tony Dunn was promoted from the youth team to the head coach of the first team.

This is also normal. Although Bowyer has been working in the team for a long time, he is 51 years old this year and is the largest in the coaching staff. He has also played for the Forest team twice, making the Forest team two European championships. The main player of the Cup. But the intersection between him and Tony Dunn is pitiful. Dunn has been following Paul Hart before leading the youth team training and competitions. After Paul Hart became the head coach of the first team, he became the head of the youth team. And Ian Bowyer has always been the assistant coach of the first team. He has assisted many coaches, including Brian Clough’s successor Frank Clark, Frank Clark’s successor Stuart Pierce, and Pierce’s successor. Dave Bassett, Ron Atkinson, David Pratt, Paul Hart. There is no Tony Dunn's name.

Although the two are in the same club, they are not in the same training ground. The youth team and the first team's training base are separated by an alley less than five meters wide, but they seem to be separated by half of Nottingham. The taciturn Tony Dunn is not enthusiastic about all kinds of social and party activities. He and Bowyer have hardly any communication. At most they will nod to each other when they meet at the training base, and then walk away separately.

Now in the locker room is such a strange atmosphere. Tony Dunn’s right-hand assistant Des Walker is arranging the next game for the players, and another assistant coach Ian Bowyer is sitting by the wall watching the excitement.

Where is the real protagonist Tony Dunn?

He is not in the locker room, he is in the toilet.

In addition to the toilets in the two locker rooms, there are also ten toilets of various sizes in the city court. Most of them are open to fans. There are two rest corridors outside the VIP boxes. The smallest one is reserved for home team staff. The home team’s coach can smoke a cigarette here to ease the pressure before the game.

Dunn is doing this now.

He felt that he was no longer so nervous after a morning. But when he saw the jersey and sneakers placed in advance by the staff in the locker room, his heart began to jump wildly. So he made an excuse to throw everything to Walker and slipped here by himself.

The staff toilet is in a very remote corner under the main stand of the stadium, where few people come. Through a glass window outside the bathroom, you can also see the stadium, the green grass that has been tanned in the sun, and the stands that are gradually filled with fans.

Dunn habitually took the cigarette out of his pocket, reaching out his hand and grabbing a gap before remembering that Tony Dunn didn't smoke or drink.

He muttered and leaned back against the wall.

This is not the football manager game he has played many times. It is not a champion football manager (CM) or a football manager (FM)...It is a professional league and professional team that really exists on this planet. If you lose the ball, you can't read the file again, and you can't beat a difficult opponent by adding a new manager. If you lose, you lose. Maybe you lose the most important game in your life. In this game, you can’t quit halfway, even if Alt+F4 doesn’t work...

Isn't life like this in fact? Everyone always complains, "If you did what you did, you won't be what you do now." In this way, Dunn would also like to thank Destiny, and gave him a chance to re-read the file. Although it has only been back for four years, and I read someone else's archive.

But what about that? Since this body belongs to him now, it's a good time to work hard again, don't let time pass by. From another perspective, he was worthy of the former owner of this body.

At this time, singing faintly sounded outside, which felt a lot like Dunn saw on the TV broadcast, except that the sound was lower. He decided to listen and figure out what they were singing. But soon the singing was interrupted by a boo. Dunn retracted his head and smiled helplessly.

So real, this is professional football.

He found that the tension in his heart had subsided unconsciously, and what was left was looking forward to the future. Looking at the green field and stands, he turned and walked to the team's locker room.

Professional football, I'm here.

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