The History of Everton F.C.
Wu Yu and the other three followed Mary into the club, where the staff saw Mary and only gave a friendly greeting, without paying much attention to Wu Yu and the others.
After entering the gate, what caught the eyes of the four was a building about 4 or 5 floors high, with white and blue exterior walls, showing the main tone of this club.
A sixty-year-old man with a head full of white hair came out of the building, revealing a smile towards the four people.
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Through Mary's introduction, Wu Yu and the others learned that this kindly smiling old man was none other than Kenneth, chairman of Everton Football Club.
"Great to see you, young man! Everton welcomes you!" Kenwright beamed with a smile as he shook hands with Wu Yu.
After a few pleasantries, Kenneth and Mary led Wu Yu and his group into the building.
The match didn't start until the afternoon, but Wu Lei and his teammates arrived in the morning to visit Everton's training base as invited guests.
The first place to visit is the club's historical exhibition hall.
Although the corridor is not big, three people can still walk side by side without any problem. Kennett accompanied Wu Yu and Wang Peijun to walk in front, while Mary was with Gao Weihua walking behind. Although all four are guests, the protagonist is still Wu Yu who will soon transfer to Everton, so Kennett's attitude towards Wu Yu and Wang Peijun is obviously more enthusiastic than Gao Wei.
Wu Yu walked and talked to Kenett, on the walls of both sides of the corridor, there were famous football stars and coaches in Everton's history, as well as some famous moments and championship moments.
Mary was in charge of explaining, from the black and white photos at the beginning, Wu Yu did not recognize these people, and he didn't know much about Everton before. Wang Peijun and Gao Wei were even more confused.
However, after Mary's concise and clear explanation, they finally had some understanding of Everton's history. And from the ancient relics related to the club in the display cabinet that were decades or even hundreds of years old, the four truly felt the long history that Everton possessed.
The club was founded in 1878 and has a history of over 130 years, is one of the founders of the English league. 9 times top league champion, ranked 4th among English teams, second only to Manchester United, Liverpool and Arsenal's traditional three strong. 5 FA Cup champions, 1 European Cup Winners' Cup champion. Even in the world, it has a great reputation.
As they walked further forward, Wu Yun and his friends could see the colored photos, and the people in the photos were also very familiar.
Rooney, Moyes and Phil Neville all have their own pictures and introductions in the corridor. The three can be said to be one of the iconic figures of Everton Football Club, but this afternoon, they will represent Manchester United to challenge Everton at Goodison Park Stadium.
And Mary's tone was also somewhat awkward when explaining the three of them, and could only gloss over it, leading the three into the team's trophy display room.
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Inside, there were over a dozen trophies, each one polished to a shine. Wu Yu knew that Everton's most recent trophy was the FA Cup 20 years ago when they defeated Manchester United, and he had assumed this place would be dusty, but it clearly wasn't.
But he saw Everton's trophy room, not to sigh at the club's past glory, but to think of the online rumors that Arsenal's trophy room was full of dust, now it seems to be false.
After visiting the club's historical exhibition hall, Kenwright took the four of them on a tour around. Although Gao Wei was not going to transfer to Everton, Kenwright also knew that this young central defender had great prospects, but unfortunately, Gao Wei did not understand English and could not communicate with him.
After visiting the club, Wu Yu and his three friends had lunch with Kinneth in the club's restaurant.
At 1:30 pm, Wu Yu and others arrived at the outside of Goodison Park Stadium under the company of Kenwright. At this time, there was still an hour before the start of the match, but around the stadium, it was already a blue ocean, occasionally mixed with some Manchester United fans wearing red jerseys.
What surprised Wu Yu was that the fans of both sides did not confront each other before the match, but instead chatted with each other, some friendly fans even wore half Manchester United and Everton jerseys to chat with fans from both sides.
After several days of rain and snow, the fans on the stadium square enjoyed the rare winter sunshine. There were also reporters and photographers from TV stations interviewing and filming around the stadium.
Some tourists also took photos outside the stadium or with local fans.
A warm and joyful atmosphere unfolded before Wu Yu's eyes, completely different from his experiences in Portugal.
Others say England has many football hooligans, but now it seems that's not the case either.
Kennett entered the stadium and chatted with England head coach Hodgson, who came to watch the game, while Wu Yu and others were led by Mary into the VIP seats.
The VIP seats are actually located behind the home team's substitute bench and do not have a special box. In many small-scale stadiums in England, there is no VIP room, and some special VIP seats are located behind the coach's seat.
Wu Yu sat down in his seat and began to observe the surroundings of the stadium, while Wang Peijun and Hua Yan, two flower girls, took out their mobile phones to take selfies. Wu Yu and Gao Wei just smiled, they were already used to the habits of the girls.
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Goodison Park's four stands are all blue, two-tiered and can hold 40,000 people. The stadium has a history of over 120 years since its completion, and it is also close to the founding history of Everton Football Club. It can be said that it is a living fossil in the football world.
With less than an hour to go until kick-off, both sets of players are warming up on the pitch. The Everton players are in blue, while Manchester United's players are in red.
The stands around the stadium were also slowly filling up with people. The biggest difference between Premier League stadiums and those in other leagues is that their front row of seats is right behind the advertising boards, just a few meters away from the sideline. Sometimes when players are taking throw-ins, they can even touch the bodies of the fans.
Such "intimate" contact is not available in other leagues. Like the Portuguese Super League, there are high fences between the stands and the field, and fans can't get close to the players on the field. In contrast, Premier League matches often show scenes of players hugging fans behind the billboards after scoring goals.
Of course, being close to fans also makes it easy to conflict with them. Manchester United legend Cantona once flew his leg directly at a fan who was abusing him on the pitch, creating an indelible image in Premier League football history.
Roonie, Van Persie, De Gea, Januzaj...
Wu Yu's gaze fell on the Manchester United players who were warming up in the field, these stars he could only worship on TV a year and a half ago, today they were playing ball in front of him, looking within reach. And in just one more month, he would be able to compete with them on the field.
World-class football stars, world-class teams, the best league, this is my dream place to play football. In a month, after finishing the Asian Cup, I can play on this field and the whole world will see me galloping on the green field!
Wu Yu looked at the players warming up on both sides of the field, and his heart couldn't help but boil with excitement.
"Xiao Yu, I'm so excited now!" Gao Wei's trembling voice came from beside Wu Yu.
Wu Yus boiling blood was interrupted by Gao Weis words, he turned his head and looked at Gao Weis face which had turned bright red, saying in surprise: "It's me who wants to join Everton, not you, why are you so excited?"
"Look, there's Evans, that's Phil Jones and Vidic"
"Look at them!" Gaowe pointed to the midfield and Manchester United's central defenders, saying excitedly.
"Aren't you a fan of Inter? Why are you so admiring of Manchester United players?" Wu Yu asked in surprise.
"Vedichi is also very powerful! If I can defend against Van Pelt in the competition, then I will be famous overnight!" Gao Wei said with a silly smile while imagining.
Wu Yu helplessly shook his head, this silly big guy's speech was too erratic, he couldn't keep up with the rhythm, so he shifted his gaze to the court and carefully observed the warm-up situation of both teams.
As reported by the media, Moyes' training with the team was indeed very intense. Even before the match warm-up, he had the players do a few more sets than Everton's players, which surprised Wu Lei.
It's really scary, if it were me up there, after finishing these warm-up sets, I'm afraid I wouldn't have the energy to continue with the match.
Wu Yu stared at the scene in front of him, his eyes wide with shock and his mouth agape.
About ten minutes later, the players of both sides finished warming up and slowly walked back to the locker room to prepare for the next match. Meanwhile, Everton's chairman Kenwright also returned to his seat, waiting for the start of the game.
"Wu Yu, what do you think of this stadium?" Kenneth sat beside Wu Yu, speaking to him with a smile.
Wu Yuming clearly felt that after Kennett sat down, a camera hanging from the ceiling of the stadium moved towards him through a pulley system, it seemed that he was about to be captured on camera.
He glanced at the camera, then quickly looked away, smiling somewhat awkwardly: "It's great, this stadium gives people a very comfortable feeling, I'm looking forward to playing here."
"That's good, I'm also looking forward to your performance, but let's take a look at this game first, I've made a big bet with an old friend that we'll win."
Kenneth leaned back in his chair and laughed with joy after he finished speaking.
Wu Yu also laughed along. In fact, Kinnear had a Liverpool accent and spoke quickly, so he didn't understand what the old man was saying at all, only hearing words like "match", "betting", "win" and "gambling", and couldn't help but break out in cold sweat.
The British are also too fond of gambling, aren't they?
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