Legendary godfather of green grass

Tong Yi looked at the match list. In the 20th round of the English Championship, Crystal Palace will play against Brighton at home.

Brighton!

Tong Yi groaned!

This is not a bone to gnaw!

Although Brighton is currently ranked seventh in the British Championship, with only 31 points, it seems that the gap with Crystal Palace is still quite large. It stands to reason that it should be unlikely to threaten Crystal Palace.

But Tong Yi attaches great importance to this game.

Because this game is called a derby.

Ben Garner just told him that although Crystal Palace and Brighton are not in the same city, the grievances between the two teams have a long history, and the relationship between them can be called sworn enemies.And their game between Crystal Palace and Brighton is called the "M23 Road Derby"!

The M23 is a motorway from East Sussex to South London.

Brighton belongs to East Sussex County, known as "London by the Sea", only 80 kilometers away from London.

So the distance between the two teams is still very close.

Oh, by the way, Garner is the coach of the Crystal Palace U18 youth team. He has joined the Crystal Palace youth training camp since 2005. At first he was the head coach of the Crystal Palace under-11 team, and later he became the coach of the Crystal Palace U18 youth team. one.

However, in the past July, he led the Crystal Palace U7 youth team to win the under-15 national championship alone as the head coach. Garner said that "they won the trophy by possession of the ball".

More importantly, Garner recommended an excellent young player Wan Bisaka to the club's senior management!

It is precisely because of the name Wan Bisaka that Tong Yishi noticed the coach in Ghana.

Tong Yi has studied Ghana's 7-year youth training coaching career at the Crystal Palace Youth Training Academy, and he thinks this guy is still a good seed.So he transferred Garner to the first team of Crystal Palace, and he joined Tong Yi's coaching staff.

Garner joined Crystal Palace in 2005, and now he can be called an authentic old man of Crystal Palace.

As far as all the historical situation and basic situation of Crystal Palace are concerned, Garner knows better than anyone in Tong Yi's coaching staff.Tong Yi's coaching staff really needs an old man like Garner who knows the club in detail.

Therefore, members of Tong Yi's coaching staff welcomed Garner.

The grievances between Crystal Palace and Brighton were also told by the old man from Crystal Palace to Tong Yi.

It was only then that Tong Yi knew clearly that Crystal Palace and Brighton had such a big grievance.

Previously, Tong Yi had simply heard that Crystal Palace and Brighton were mortal enemies, but he didn't know how the two teams became mortal enemies.As for how deep the grievances between the two teams are, Tong Yi is not clear.

No, Garner is introducing to Tong Yi the grievances between Crystal Palace and Brighton.

Tong Yi was quietly listening to the story of the very young-looking coach with a cut head. Ghana is indeed quite young. He is only 32 years old and can be called a young coach.

Garner said: "The grievances between the two teams have a long history. Since 1905, there have been some grievances between the two teams. But the grievances between the two teams have reached the point of irreconcilability. Since 1976, there have been two This enemy who is also an enemy and friend has completely pushed the two teams to the opposite side!"

Tong Yi was excited at this moment, and felt that this matter suddenly became interesting.

He likes listening to stories best!

Especially this kind of plot where enemies and friends love and kill each other.

Tong Yi immediately asked: "Who are these two people? Are they famous?"

To be honest, Tong Yi really doesn't know the history of Brighton and Crystal Palace Club, and he hasn't learned about it in detail.

That's why he asked this question.

Garner immediately said: "These two are really famous, one of them is Terry Venables, and the other is Alan Mullery."

After Garner finished speaking, he saw the confusion on Tong Yi's face.

Garner smiled wryly. It seems that their coach has never heard of these two names.

It seems that these two are really only well-known in England.

However, Garner saw the collagen on Tong Yi's face, and he could understand it. Tong Yi is too young, so it is understandable that he has not heard of it.

After all, it was the 70s and [-]s when these two were active in football.

Both of these two were born in the 40s, and even now some people in England don't know about them.

However, Venables should still be quite famous, right?

Suddenly, Tong Yi also remembered something, and immediately asked: "Is Venables the head coach of the England national team for more than [-] years?"

Garner's eyes lit up. Sure enough, Tong Yi still had some impressions of Venables.

Garner nodded immediately and said: "Yes, Venables coached the England national team from 1994 to 1996, and also served as an assistant coach to the England national team from 2006 to 2007."

Tong Yi nodded slightly, and said, "So it's him, I understand a little bit. But what do these two have to do with Crystal Palace and Brighton?"

Garner immediately said: "This is about the era of these two players."

Listen to the story?

Tong Yi is very happy.

Garner continued: "Venables was a legend at Chelsea and Tottenham as a player. He made 6 appearances for the team in six years at Chelsea and three at Tottenham. He played 202 times for the team and, of course, he played for Crystal Palace at the end of his career and was also a member of the England national team."

Tong Yi nodded slightly. It seems that this player was also very successful in his era. He is a famous star of Chelsea and Tottenham Hotspur.

Garner continued: "Mulleri was actually more successful as a player than Venables. He made his debut with Fulham and played 6 times for the team in 199 years. Later, he moved to Tottenham. Thorn, played 8 times in the team for 312 years, and he was selected for the England national team a lot more times than Venables!"

Tong Yi could tell that this player was also very successful.

These two should have reached the peak of their careers at Tottenham Hotspur.

Garner continued: "These two were deadly rivals in the player era, because they played in the same position. They are direct competitors of the national team. In the national team, Murelli suppressed Venables. Later, both of them Joining Tottenham Hotspur, Murali joined the team two years earlier and was the captain of the team, while Venables was the vice-captain of the team. The two are close opponents on the court , In private, in life, no one looks down on anyone, and there are many grievances and grievances, they are simply typical happy enemies!"

Tong Yi understands the relationship between the two, but having said so much, what does the two have to do with Crystal Palace and Brighton? What is the relationship between the M23 km derby and these two people?

Tong Yi asked his own doubts.

Garner immediately said: "After retiring, these two have coached Crystal Palace and Queens Park Rangers successively. To be honest, these two still have a very close relationship with our Crystal Palace."

Tong Yizhen didn't expect that these two people had both coached Crystal Palace. These two seemed to be Tong Yi's seniors.

Tong Yi asked again: "What do these two people have to do with the M23 road derby?"

Garner immediately said: "After Venables retired in 1976, he directly took over Crystal Palace in May and became the head coach of the Crystal Palace team. And only two months later, Mulleri, who also just retired, became Brighton football manager!"

Connected, the two finally connected with the M23 road derby!

You said, it's really a coincidence that both of them retired in the same year and became football coaches in the same year, and they also took over two teams that are so close to each other and have some grievances.

Do you think it's a coincidence?

Or, did Mulleri do it on purpose?

Or maybe after Brighton saw that Crystal Palace had invited Venables, did Brighton intend to find Mulleri?

After all, the grievances and grievances between these two people were also raging back then.

The competition between the two has almost never stopped from the club, to the popularity of the fans, and then to the national team.The relationship between these two people who are both enemies and friends is also on the surface. These two people have competed for almost a lifetime.

This seems to be somewhat similar to the relationship between Crystal Palace and Brighton.

So, after Brighton learned that Crystal Palace had won Venables, did they find Murally?

It's very possible!

Garner also said: "At Tottenham Hotspur, the captain of the team, Mulleri, was more supported and admired by the fans than the vice-captain Venables. The spiritual leader of the room. Obviously, the fans prefer Mulleri. This will definitely arouse Venables' resentment and anger. Venables is not weaker than anyone in his life. It is definitely impossible for him to accept this. Terrible situation!"

Tong Yi didn't understand, what does Ghana mean?

Tong Yi asked suspiciously: "You suspect that Venables took over the Crystal Palace team only after he knew that Mulleri was going to take over Brighton and become Brighton's head coach?"

Garner nodded slightly.

Tong Yi immediately shook his head and said: "This is not right, the time is not right! Didn't you say that Venables became the coach of Crystal Palace first, and then Mulaney became the head coach who did not come to Brighton. !"

Garner immediately shook his head and said: "That was an official statement. I remember my elders once told me about the situation at that time. It seems that Brighton and Mulleri had the first contact, but they negotiated for a long time The decision was made at the end, so they dragged on here for a long time. After Venables learned of this, he took over the Crystal Palace team before Brighton and Mulleri!"

hiss!

Hearing this, Tong Yi was very shocked, why did it sound like there were so many conspiracy theories?

Could it be that Garner felt that the story was not attractive enough, so he added more material?

Garner continued: "Because Venables played for Crystal Palace before he retired. Although he was not in Crystal Palace, his contract was in Crystal Palace at the time, and he was loaned out by Crystal Palace Club!"

Tong Yi understood what Garner meant.

Garner continued: "So, when he learned that Murelli was retiring and was going to take over Brighton. He immediately contacted the top management of Crystal Palace easily, and then expressed his desire to coach Crystal Palace. The relationship between him and the Crystal Palace club at the time should have been a lot of procedures, at least much faster than Mulleri and Brighton's procedures!"

Tong Yi nodded slightly. If this is the case, then what Garner said really has a lot of credibility.And this also echoes Venables' mentality at the time. On the surface, he has been suppressed by this competitor all his life. At that time, he must have tried his best to prove that he is better than Mulleri. Yes, he really had a motive for doing so.