champion professor

Chapter 372 Goodbye Really, Highbury

Listening to the singing, the fans in the stadium can also feel a kind of sadness of parting. Although Arsenal are happy to win the championship, after today, everyone will no longer be able to enter Highbury, the stadium that has accompanied them for a long time. .

In the surrounding stands, the fans wrote their reluctance for Highbury on the banners, looking around, full of reluctance.

The banners are either printed with "91 years" and the years when Highbury served Arsenal, or printed with "16 league titles, eight FA Cup titles, three League Cup titles, and a Champions League". Arsenal's achievements at Highbury.

No matter what words are printed, it represents the fans' dismay for Highbury.

This is a bit contradictory to the celebration of winning the championship, but it was originally a celebration of their championship in the morning, and it was a farewell to Highbury in the afternoon.

Originally, the club's original idea was to separate the championship celebration ceremony from the farewell ceremony with Highbury, and they even planned to play a farewell match for this.

However, Shao Bo hopes that people can use the most glorious moment in Highbury as the last memory.

Stopping abruptly at the climax will bring people more aftertaste than gently letting go.

A farewell game, or a farewell performance is really good, even if the fans can retain more common memories with Highbury, it can also make the club earn a little more money.

However, the new stadium has been built. If the fans continue to be reluctant to part with the old stadium, it will definitely affect their feelings for the new stadium, and it will also have an extremely bad influence on the fans.

Besides, the new stadium is almost twice the size of Highbury, and even if games are held there, there will be more gate receipts than in the Highbury era.

And taking advantage of the fact that they have just won the championship, it is also good for the future development of the club to let the fans adapt to the new stadium as soon as possible.

In addition, now that Shao Bo has basically controlled the club, his will can finally be implemented.

The carnival and farewell to Highbury begins at [-]am and ends at [-]pm.

During the period, many celebrities came to help out, and even Ali, the boxing champion who has been replaced by Parkinson's disease, came to North London, but the old man can only sit in the stands now, and he doesn't have much energy to hiss.

As one of the most influential figures in the United States in the 60s, boxing champion Ali was blocked domestically because of his declaration against the Vietnam War.

After moving abroad, Ali defeated the challenger Cooper on May 1966, 5, and was crowned boxing champion again.

And 38 years later, in 2004, Arsenal also defeated Manchester United on the same day to be crowned the 21st club in history to win the Champions League.

Not only these celebrities and stars, but also many dignitaries from various countries came.

Among them, Lennart Johansson, as the chairman of UEFA, and Arsenal fans also came to the scene.Although the old man sat in the box to avoid too much attention, he was still photographed by the window by sharp-eyed reporters.

To make reporters even more excited, even Prince Harry and Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth were at the venue.

The British royal family has been a fan of Arsenal since Queen Elizabeth's mother's generation, and this tradition has continued to the present.

Shao Bo once suspected that maybe the London City Hall did not allow Arsenal to dismantle the East Stand, and it had something to do with the Queen's will.

In front of these celebrities, although it is surprising that Ferguson's son Darren Ferguson is also an Arsenal fan, it can't make much waves.

Finally the fireworks went up and lit up the sky over North London.

The fans left here reluctantly, and then the reporters and staff also gradually left.After dealing with trivial chores, Shao Bo turned and walked back to the court.

At this time, even the staff cleaning up the sanitation environment had already left.

In addition to the things that are ready to be transported, there are many facilities here that need to be dismantled, and there is no point in paying attention to environmental hygiene.

Looking at the empty stadium, Shao Bo, who was alone, remained silent. He widened his eyes and looked around, as if he wanted to keep all the scenery here in his heart through his eyes.

After a long silence, he prepared to leave.

At the last moment when he was about to leave, Shao Bo knelt down on the court and kissed the ground here.

This is the 91-year-old Arsenal sage Highbury who is about to be sent away.

This is a stadium with infinite brilliance, this is a land that integrates many stories, and this is the nostalgia of many legends.

From 1913 to 2004, Arsenal's first Champions League champion finally came to this football temple.

Overlooking from the air, Arsenal's new home is not far away, a few streets away, and a few minutes' walk.

Gone in the blink of an eye, Shao Bo spent eight years in Highbury, and he also turned from the youthful youth to the maturity of Ben San.

He's a coach, he's a leader, he's a legend, he's a pillar.

Shao Bo's eight years were also Arsenal's eight golden years.

The 29-year-old Shao Bo stands here, looking to the sidelines.

Looking over affectionately, the coach's bench is full of his own shadow when he was 21 years old.

Six Premier League trophies, one Champions League trophy, unbeaten in 53 games.

Last day at Highbury, last kiss at Highbury.

When the fireworks rise, the golden age of Highbury that once belonged to Shao Bo will not pass away with the years, but will always be remembered in the drifting years.

This time, Shao Bo rarely left the stadium through the player channel, but chose to leave Highbury through the normal channel like an ordinary fan.

Since the fresh feeling of Shao Bo as the head coach in the first two years passed, Shao Bo generally seldom used the non-player channel among the many channels at Highbury.

And today he went back to the old way, Shao Bo also felt quite touched in his heart.

This was the passage he had walked through in the past, and his current status and status were not the same as in the past, and his state of mind was naturally quite different.

Leaving the stands from the safe passage, Shao Bo did not choose to leave directly.

The demolition of Highbury will start tomorrow, and most of the things in the stadium have also been moved. It is just a consolation for Shao Bo to visit the stadium for the last time.

Offices, cafeterias, supermarkets, changing rooms....

This is the place where Shao Bo has struggled for eight years, and this is the place where Shao Bo lived when he first came to this world.

His first house in this world was less than a 5-minute walk from Highbury. Although Shao Bo has moved now, the old house has not been sold. This is a slow memory.

No matter how slow time passed, it was time for Shao Bo to leave.

Leaving from the gate, Shao Bo discovered that Highbury was actually surrounded by people with bouquets.There are still many people around the stadium who have not left, and they all want to say their final goodbyes to Highbury.

Many people are not locals in London, but Arsenal fans from England, Europe, and even the whole world rushed over.

Since the club announced that the team will move to a new stadium in the 03-04 season, the number of people visiting Highbury on non-match days has increased.

This is like before the completion of the Three Gorges, the number of tourists in many ancient towns in the Yangtze River Basin has skyrocketed.Now that the Three Gorges has been completed, the ancient towns have all been turned into underwater cities, and it is difficult for others to have the opportunity to visit them in person.

Many people actually have the same mentality. Even if they are not Arsenal fans, just as a fan, it is impossible for them to be indifferent to the imminent disappearance of such a stadium with a long history.

Fortunately, Shao Bo didn't lose his integrity and took advantage of this to raise the ticket price.

Above the night, there are stars dotted. Since Arsenal spent huge sums of money to install the most advanced lighting system at that time in 1951, Highbury does not know how many evening games have been hosted.

Accompanied by the light emitted by the stars tens of thousands of years ago and millions of years ago, people in red and white jerseys were sweating under the night sky.

Standing at the entrance of the noble and elegant marble East Stand, Shao Bo stood there for a long time.

Because of the profound connotation and artistic value represented by the main body of the building, although all the property rights of Highbury belong to the Arsenal Club, the London City Hall has specially issued a document designating the East Stand as a historical building that cannot be dismantled.

They don't need to demolish Highbury to build high-rise buildings. There are thousands of high-rise buildings, but there is only one Highbury.

Around this East Stand, Highbury will undergo an overall transformation.

Building apartments or otherwise, Highbury will no longer be in sight as Arsenal's stadium.

There were still many people around the stadium who did not leave, but Shao Bo looked at his watch, his expression changed, and he walked quickly to the parking lot.

In the parking lot dedicated to their internal personnel, Shao Bo saw a girl sleeping peacefully in the car, and then Shao Bo slowed down.

There was only one Aston Martin left in the parking lot, but although Shao Bo drove a sports car of the same brand as James Bond, he had never played drag racing or even speeding.

When driving, Shao Bo always tried to slow down as much as possible. Perhaps only when he was caught in a snowstorm this year and rushed back to London to direct the game, Shao Bo drove the car very fast on the highway.

Open the door gently, trying not to make a sound.

However, the roar of the engine woke up Emma who was sitting in the co-pilot seat. After the ceremony and celebration, Shao Bo saw Emma getting tired and asked her to go back to the car to rest first.

The girl rubbed her eyes lightly, her dazed look arousing loveliness.

"Sleep for a while, I'll be home later." Shao Bo's voice was soft,

"Oh." Emma was still half asleep and half awake, seeing that Shao Bo had returned, she settled down and continued to sleep.

Slowly driving away, Shao Bo watched Highbury gradually shrinking and disappearing in the rearview mirror.Shaking his head, he turned the steering wheel, and the black sports car merged into the traffic flow.

　The third one has been delivered, thank you [Smile,] and [Rosicky] for their monthly support!Well, everyone is familiar with the parting at Highbury. This parting parting is so well written...

　　
　
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