Chapter 172 The Noisy Neighbor: Milton Keynes
A stone plunged into the calm water, rippling waves hit the shore, and then slowly returned to calm.
Life continues, and the days move forward day by day.
Except that there may be a little rippling when I meet him on weekdays, Gao Bo's work is still the same at other times.
On October 10th, the eleventh round of the league was another away game. Luton will challenge Seagull Brighton away.
Brighton has been in poor condition in the past few rounds of the league. They have suffered a four-game losing streak before, but at the Westin Stadium, Brighton has played six games so far and has not lost—they His home score was three wins and three draws, and he scored 12 points in six games. This home score can be in the forefront of the League One standings, but the poor away score obviously drags them back.
And Brighton, who played at home, really had a fierce fighting power. At the end of the first half, they entered the dressing room with a one-to-zero lead-Brighton used a frontcourt set ball to get the ball Sent into Luton's goal, and then they defended Luton's onslaught amidst the cheering of the home fans and successfully maintained the lead until the second half.
In fact, in the second half, Brighton's defense still did well. It was not until the 78th minute of the game that Luton finally scored.
Kevin Keane's long shot from the right side of the penalty area finally penetrated Brighton's goal.
After equalizing the score, Luton pushed harder, hoping to score again at the last moment and complete the counter.
Brighton is a united team. The unbeaten record at home has given Brighton players confidence that their defense is not leaking.
But in the end, Brighton's home unbeaten gold body was broken. In the 92nd minute of the game, there were only two minutes left before the end of the game.
Kanter took the ball and pressed it up after stealing the ball in the frontcourt.
Brighton's defensive players take care of Luton's offensive players very closely. They know Kanter is a defender, and even after stealing the ball, he must hand the ball to Luton's offensive players.
The result is such an oversight, leaving Kanter unmarked.
And Kanter simply took a kick outside the penalty area. The football just passed through the dense crowd in the penalty area and got into the net from the dead corner!
Kanter completed the lore! ! !
Gao Bo breathed a sigh of relief from the sidelines. The Westdam Stadium was indeed an unconquerable away game. Luton won a difficult victory at this stadium.
At the same time, another game also came with good news that made Luton happy.
Charlton had a zero-to-zero tie with Leeds in this round of the league!
In this way, Luton has already reversed Leeds United by one point after scoring three points, ranking second in the standings. Luton's current result is three draws and eight wins with 27 points, two behind Charlton. Points, one point ahead of Leeds United, ranking second in the league.
In the next league, as long as the opponent misses a little bit, then Luton will be on the list!
This gave the players great encouragement!
On April 14th, in the twelfth round of the league, Luton played at home against his old opponent from last season and upgraded to England's Wellcombe Rangers.
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 became even better. Wellcome Rovers lost the ball in the second half. Griezmann scored directly from a free kick to help the team expand the score, and then Vardy scored a single offside goal to seal the victory.
The Wellcome Rangers scored a face-saving goal through a counter attack one 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 be able to win the first division championship.
But Charlton's performance is very stable, they did not give up the ranking position.
Gao Bo didn't pay attention to the situation of the two opponents in the league. After all, the league schedule is not over half of the time, and it does not make much sense to look at the standings now.
On October 17, Luton went away again, this time their opponent was Milton Keynes.
Speaking of, the predecessors of Milton Keynes, Wimbledon and Luton, did not have any grudges, but since Wimbledon moved to the current Milton Keynes, the two teams close to each other have gradually become rivals in the same area.
Gao Bo has no image of Milton Keynes. In fact, even Wimbledon doesn't have much influence-his image of that place mostly comes from tennis matches.
But before heading to Milton Keynes, John gave Gao Boko the past and present of Milton Keynes.
Wimbledon has always been nicknamed "Kuang Gang", but its other nickname is "thedons". After the Taylor report in 1991, the top league teams needed all-seat stadiums. Originally, Wimbledon in southwest London could only share the stadium with another London team, Crystal Palace: this temporary move has lasted for 12 years. . By 2oo3, Wimbledon finally decided to move 9o kilometers north and relocate to Milton Keynes, because there is no important local team, this is an important market that can be filled. This has attracted a lot of public opinion in the British fan circle, because Wimbledon is also a famous team, many fans are unwilling to leave London, and they are also dissatisfied with Wimbledon's rejection of some venue options provided by the local council.
In this case, the original Wimbledon fans, like the Manchester United fans after Glazer's acquisition, formed "United Manchester", forming their own team called "afc Wimbledon". As Wimbledon's original league seat was inherited by Milton Keynes, afc Wimbledon began to play in the 9th league
The Milton Keynes team started as Russia inherited the status of the former Soviet Union, claiming to have inherited all the history of Wimbledon since its establishment in 1889, but this also met fierce opposition from the diehard Wimbledon. In the end, Milton Keynes and the Fans Association reached a compromise: Milton Keynes gave up his claim and set his team's date in 2oo4; in other words, the official age of Milton Keynes who 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 heard a little awkwardly.
In fact, he is not interested in the history of Milton Keynes. The information he has now is all the information of Milton Keynes. Milton Keynes's performance this season is good. Under the leadership of the young coach Ince~www.mtlnovel.com~ They have seven wins, two draws and three losses after twelve rounds of the First Division. They have 23 points and ranked in the league fifth.
"Yes." John obviously dislikes this team. Since this noisy neighbor moved to Milton Keynes, Luton fans have been very disgusted with this team.
Although it has been less than six years since the team moved to Luton next door, in these six years, Milton Keynes has successfully advanced to the second place in the team that Luton fans hate most.
In fact, in the eyes of Milton Keynes fans, Luton is also disgusted with each other.
Two geographically similar teams quickly became rivals...
In football circles, good relations between neighbors are rare. ...