coach legend

Chapter 33

The phrase "One day a Burnley man, always a Burnley man" that George said in front of the club quickly spread among Burnley fans.

George has already conquered Burnley fans with his performance in the Second Division last season, and after shouting this sentence, George has become a hero in the hearts of Burnley fans.

Some fans even shouted "Defend George", the club should sign a long-term contract with George to keep George.

Of course, after clarifying the rumors, George went back to his intense work. This is the job of the head coach. Players can follow the coach's instructions to play.But the head coach is not the case, not to mention that Burnley has been promoted to the English League One this year.

Although the English League Two and the English League One are only one level apart, they are also completely different league levels.How many teams in the second division can only play soy sauce in the first division.

Burnley also successfully promoted in the second division two years ago, but after a year of soy sauce in the first division, they returned to the second division.

In the English league, teams with such lifts are not uncommon.George no longer wants to stay in the lower leagues. George's goal is very clear.To be promoted to the Super League.Only in the Premier League can the team have more attractiveness to attract more good players to join.

So these days, George is basically hiding in his office, studying the opponents of the First Division with Evan Sawyer and Carl Pat.

While the trio were watching Crystal Palace's game last year, the phone in George's office rang.

"Is it Coach George Levy?" A female voice sounded.

George is very puzzled, there are countless women who have grown up to know each other. "I'm George Levy, may I ask you..."

"Sorry, forgot to introduce myself. My name is Kathy Mill, and I am representing the English League Coaches Association to invite Coach George to the dinner. If Coach George is willing, we will send the invitation letter soon."

"The Coaches Association? Me?" George was taken aback for a moment before he remembered that he was also a member of the Coaches Association. "Thank you, I don't know when it is. If there is no problem with the schedule, I will definitely be there."

"This week is Friday."

"Friday, okay. No problem." Putting the phone down, George shrugged.

The English League Coaches Association is a major change in British football in 1992, including the English Premier League's independence from the English League and Sky TV's use of satellite TV to broadcast football matches. It feels that there is a need for channels to express opinions on behalf of all Premier League and English League coaches. , thus prompting the establishment of the League Head Coaches Association.

Founded in 1992, the League Coaches Association is the most authoritative organization for professional coaches in England.Coaches of teams from the Premier League to the fifth tier belong to the association.In addition to safeguarding the various rights and interests of members, the association will also select the "Best Coach of the Association of the Year".

As the head coach of Burnley, George also belongs to this association.It's just that no one has ever found George. George almost forgot that there is such a coaching association in England.

Now that most of the options are over, the best head coach of the Premier League team this year is Coach Ferguson, and the best coach selected by the Coaches Association is Peter Reed who coached Sunderland.George guessed that it should be a dinner held to congratulate them.

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On Friday, George put on a suit that he seldom wore, and arrived at the venue of the dinner.The banquet was held in a not very big bar, and no one checked the invitation letter all the way inside.This made George look at the invitation letter in his hand, dumbfounded.

But just after entering inside, George's eyes straightened.Because there are countless legendary English coaches in it, including Venables, Bobby Robson, Brian Clough, etc., of course, famous head coaches such as Alex Ferguson and Kevin Keegan are indispensable. all there.

Looking at these world-class marshals, George's heart was pounding.After all, these were things that could only be seen on TV before, but now they are really by my side.

Of course, there are some doubts in my heart, just like Bobby Robson, who just led Porto to become a double champion in Portugal last season.And appointed as the head coach of La Liga giants Barcelona.How could it appear on this occasion.Of course, these are not what George now knows.

Looking at it, many people revolved around Ferguson, and some people revolved around Bobby Robson.

After all, George has been a coach for too short a time, and no one knows George at all.And those coaches either flattered Coach Ferguson, or flattered Robson.There was no one to take care of George at all, and George didn't understand what it meant to call himself over.

George didn't have any interest, so he went up to join in the fun.So I found a quiet place and drank wine quietly by myself.I felt very bored, and of course I suddenly envied Ferguson very much.

I can have that kind of scenery anytime, there are too many legendary coaches in today's reception.Including Brian Clough, who is famous as a character coach, is also talking to Bobby Robson.

Of all the managers present today, there is absolutely no one who is more legendary than Brian Clough.He surprised everyone with his brilliant career at Nottingham Forest. He took over the coach in 1975, led the team into the first division in 1977, won the top league championship in 1978, won the European Champions Cup in 1979, and won the defending European champion in 1980. 20 years ago, the red Forest jersey was radiant because of the presence of Clough.

And Nottingham Forest is also because of the existence of Clough, becoming the only team in the European Champions Cup so far that has won more championships than its own league championship.George looked at Brian Clough and wondered if he could achieve what he did in the future.

"Excuse me, can I sit down?" A voice interrupted George's meditation, and George nodded listlessly.

"Thank you." The man greeted him very gracefully, and then stretched out his hand and said, "Hello, I'm Harry Redknapp." Hearing this name, George, who was listless just now, turned his head to look at the person coming.

The person who came was Harry Redknapp, currently coaching West Ham, and the father of current Liverpool midfielder Jamie Redknapp.George's biggest impression of Redknapp is that when Redknapp coached West Ham, he trained many players who became famous in football.And when he coached Tottenham later, he achieved very good results.

"Hello, Coach Redknapp. I'm George Levy, the head coach of Burnley in League One." George quickly reached out his hand to respond to Redknapp.

"George Levy, I thought of it. Didn't Coach Levy just reject Blackburn's invitation recently? It's not easy." Redknapp reacted instantly. "By the way, your club, the summer move to Poborski did a great job."

George shrugged, not expecting Redknapp to know these things. "West Ham United has produced a lot of new stars recently."

"Oh, Coach George still pays attention to our West Ham United." Redknapp asked in surprise.

George nodded with a smile.

"By the way, this is the first time for Coach Levy. You are not very used to it." Redknapp looked around, and there were only the two of them where George was sitting.

"Yes, there is no one I know here." George replied with a wry smile.

"Understandable."

(End of this chapter)