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Chapter 178 Noisy Neighbors: Milton Keynes (26155+12)

Chapter 172 Noisy Neighbors: Milton Keynes

A stone was thrown into the calm water, and the rippling waves hit the shore, and then slowly returned to calm.

Life goes on, day by day.

Except that there may be some turmoil when they meet each other on weekdays, Gao Bo's work is still the same at other times.

On October 11th, the No. [-] round of the league was another away game.Luton will take on the Seagulls Brighton away.

Brighton has not been in good form in these few rounds of the league. They have suffered a four-game losing streak in away games before this. However, at the Westin Stadium, Brighton has played six games and has not lost.

Brighton, who played at home, was really fierce. At the end of the first half, they entered the locker room with a [-]-[-] lead. Brighton used a set kick in the frontcourt to send the ball into Luton's goal. Then they defended Luton's onslaught amidst the cheers of the home fans, and successfully maintained their lead until the second half.

In fact, in the second half, Brighton's defense was still good. It was not until the No.708 minute of the game that Luton finally scored.

Kevin Keane's long-range shot from just to the right of the box line finally pierced Brighton's goal.

After equalizing the score, Luton pressed forward even more, hoping to score again at the last moment and complete the overtake.

Brighton, on the other hand, is united. The unbeaten record at home has given Brighton players confidence, and their defense is impeccable.

But in the end, Brighton's home unbeaten golden statue was broken. In the No.90 two minutes of the game, there were only 2 minutes left before the end of the game.

Kanter dribbled the ball up after stealing the ball in the frontcourt.

Brighton's defensive players took very close care of Luton's offensive players. They knew that Kanter was a defender, and he would give the ball to Luton's offensive players even after stealing the ball.

The result was an oversight that left Kante unmarked.

And Kanter simply kicked himself outside the penalty area. The football just passed through the dense crowd in the penalty area and entered the net from a dead corner!

Kanter completed the lore! ! !

Gao Bo breathed a sigh of relief on the sidelines. The Westin Stadium was indeed a difficult away game, and Luton won a difficult victory in this stadium.

At the same time, good news came from another arena that made Luton happy.

Charlton scored a zero-to-zero draw with Leeds United in this round of the league!

In this way, Luton has overtaken Leeds United by one point after scoring three points, ranking second in the standings. Luton's current score is three draws and eight wins with 27 points, two points behind Charlton, one point ahead of Leeds United, and second in the league.

In the next league, as long as the opponent still makes a slight mistake, then Luton will be at the top of the list!
This gave the players great encouragement!
On October 12th, in the No.[-] round of the league, Luton played against their old opponents from last season at home, and they were promoted to the Wycombe Wanderers in the League One.

Facing this team, Luton's self-confidence appeared to be more sufficient. Facing the opponent's iron barrel formation, Luton appeared very patient.Finally in the first half of the game, Drinkwater's long shot helped the team penetrate the opponent's city.

After taking the lead, Luton's game was even easier to play.Wycombe Wanderers conceded consecutive goals in the second half.Griezmann scored directly with a free kick to help the team expand the score, and then Vardy scored a single goal against offside to seal the victory.

The Wycombe Wanderers scored a face-saving goal through a counterattack 1 minute before the end of the game.

After this game, Luton fans set their sights on Charlton. For Luton fans, it is also a very happy thing to win the first division championship.

However, Charlton's performance is very stable, they did not give up the top position.

Gao Bo did not pay attention to the situation of the two opponents in the league. After all, the league schedule has not yet passed halfway, so it is meaningless to look at the standings now.

On October [-], Luton went to the away game again, this time their opponent was Milton Keynes.

Speaking of it, Wimbledon and Luton, the predecessors of Milton Keynes, have no grievances, but since Wimbledon moved to the current Milton Keynes, the two teams with similar distances have gradually developed into rivals in the same area.

Kobo has little image of Milton Keynes, in fact he doesn't have much influence at Wimbledon - most of his images of the place come from tennis.

However, before going to Milton Keynes, John gave Gao Boko a popularization of the past and present of Milton Keynes.

Wimbledon is known as "Crazy Gang", but its other nickname is "The Dons".After the Taylor report in 1991, top league teams needed all-seater stadiums, and Wimbledon, originally in southwest London, could only share the stadium with another London team, Crystal Palace: this temporary move lasted for 12 years.By 2003 Wimbledon had finally decided to move 90km north to Milton Keynes, as there was no significant local team and it was an important market to fill.This caused a public outcry in the British fan circle, because Wimbledon is also a famous team anyway, and many fans are unwilling to leave London, and are also dissatisfied with Wimbledon's rejection of some venue options provided by the local council.

In this case, the original Wimbledon fans formed their own team called "AFC Wimbledon", just like the Manchester United fans formed "United Manchester United" after Glazer's acquisition.Since Wimbledon's original league seat was inherited by Milton Keynes, AFC Wimbledon started to play from the 9th league.

At the beginning, the Milton Keynes team claimed to inherit all the history of Wimbledon since its establishment in 1889, just like Russia inherited the status of the former Soviet Union.In the end, Milton Keynes and the Fans Association reached a compromise: Milton Keynes gave up their claim and set their team building date in 2004; that is to say, the official age of the Milton Keynes team that defeated Manchester United was only a little over five years old.
"You mean, Wimbledon moved to Milton Keynes and then changed its name?" Gao Bo was a bit puzzled.

In fact, he is not interested in the history of Milton Keynes. The information he has now is all the current information of Milton Keynes.Milton Keynes has done well this season. Under the leadership of Marshal Ince, they won seven wins, two draws and three losses after 23 rounds of the First Division, scoring [-] points and ranking fifth in the league.

"That's right." John obviously didn't like this team very much. Since this noisy neighbor moved to Milton Keynes, Luton fans have hated this team very much.

Although it has only been less than six years since the team moved next door to Luton, in the past six years, Milton Keynes has successfully advanced to the second place among the teams most hated by Luton fans.

In fact, in the eyes of Milton Keynes fans, Luton also hates each other.

Two geographically similar teams quickly developed into bitter rivals
In football, good relations between neighbors are rare.

(End of this chapter)