Chapter 889 Farewell at the Age of 115

In the thirty-seventh round of the league, Aston Villa played against Tottenham Hotspur at home.

This is also Aston Villa's first home game after defending the Premier League title.

Most importantly, before the game, Aston Villa Club has issued an announcement that this game will be the last game at Villa Park.

After the end of the season, this great stadium with a history of 115 years will be demolished to build Aston Villa's new stadium on its original site.

This is the time to say goodbye.

In fact, a few days before the start of this game, there have been a large number of fans outside the stadium.

Someone took a group photo.

Some sent a bouquet of flowers to this great stadium, expressing their sincere affection.

The day of the game.

The Villa Park Stadium, which can accommodate 42,788 people, was full of seats. In fact, a large number of fans gathered outside the stadium. They waited outside to bid farewell to this stadium that has carried the memories of generations.

In the stands, many gray-haired old fans sat tremblingly with the support of their family members.

They are too old, and the old ones almost rarely go to the stadium to watch the game.

Some haven't even come to the scene to watch the game in more than ten years.

But today they have to come.

They say goodbye to the old chap.

It is also to say goodbye to my grandparents, fathers and this old man.

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In the night sky, helicopters circled.

This is a helicopter aerial shot arranged by Aston Villa Club. It needs to record the last farewell performance of Villa Park Stadium. It is also the last time to overlook this 115-year-old old stadium from the air. These will be part of future history.

Before the match, a reporter from CCTV interviewed a white-haired female fan holding a photo of her deceased husband.

Eighty-nine-year-old female fan Daisy and her husband are both die-hard fans of Aston Villa. They have fallen in love with this team since they remembered things since childhood and were influenced by their parents.

"My grandfather and my father and my uncles were Villa fans and now my kids are Villa fans and of course Phil is too."

Phil was her late husband.

"Last year, the team stood at the top of Europe. I accompanied Phil to watch the game in the hospital. He was very happy, very happy. This was the happiest day since Phil was ill. A few days later, he left, let I am gratified that he left happily, and he was able to see the team lift the UEFA Champions League trophy again before leaving, and he said he was extremely lucky and happy."

"Today I came to bid farewell to the stadium." Daisy kissed the picture of her husband in her hand.

"The Villa Park stadium will not disappear. I will take Phil to see the stadium and remember the appearance of the stadium. He will not go to the wrong stadium to watch football in heaven." As she said, the old lady Daisy wiped the corners of her eyes, and she herself She smiled shyly, "Phil will never enter the wrong court, but I am reluctant."

"My love, marriage, and children's growth with Phil are all inseparable from this stadium. She is already a part of our lives." Daisy said, wrinkles crawled all over her forehead, but couldn't hide it. Hold her smile.

Farewell, not forever, because in my heart, I will always miss you.

Once owned, is the most precious.

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Players from visiting Tottenham Hotspur formed two lines outside the tunnel before the game, and then Aston Villa's players filed through, applauding.

This is a tribute to the championship team.

Before Fang Jue took over Aston Villa, Villa and Tottenham may still have a certain competitive relationship, and the two sides will compete for European qualification.

However, with the rise of Aston Villa in the past few seasons, these "festivals" have long since disappeared, and the relationship between the two teams is still relatively harmonious...

It's just relatively harmonious, and the players are fairly harmonious, and the players on both sides are still saying hello.

However, the relationship between the fans and the club's top management is bad.

This starts with Aston Villa's acquisition of Bell from Tottenham Taobao.

Levi has always said that Aston Villa stole his big baby Bell, and he angrily accused Fang Jue of being a thief.

Then Aston Villa and Manchester City formed a group to fool Kyle Walker and Danny Rose from Tottenham Hotspur.

It is said that this almost did not make Tottenham Hotspur chairman Levy angry.

He swore that he would never forgive Fang Jue and the thief Aston Villa.

He also yelled at Manchester City as the most hateful accomplice.

Of course, Fang Jue doesn't mind much about these things. He has always been kind to others, so he doesn't have the same knowledge as Levi.

Tottenham Hotspur coach Redknapp Sr. also took the initiative to shake hands with Fang Jue, congratulating him on leading the team to three consecutive Premier League titles.

The old man's attitude towards Fang Jue was not very friendly before. However, facing the famous coach Fang Jue, who has won three consecutive championships, the old man has to change his attitude. To win respect, he must first strike hard enough.

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This game is very important for Tottenham Hotspur, who will compete for the Champions League qualification for the fourth place in the league.

On the current Premier League standings, Chelsea ranks fourth with 63 points, Tottenham Hotspur ranks fifth with 62 points, and Arsenal ranks sixth with 61 points. In the last two rounds of the league, they will compete for fourth place in the UEFA Champions League.

Before the game, the media generally predicted that Aston Villa would have nothing to desire after winning the championship, and the celebration of Aston Villa after winning the championship would make the players exhausted. In addition, the relaxed state of mind after winning the championship will also make the players mentally enter a period of burnout .

Therefore, in comparison, Tottenham Hotspur, who must win today's game to sprint for the top four in the league, has a greater chance of winning.

However, less than 20 minutes into the game, Aston Villa used a goal to tell everyone that they are also very serious about this game.

This is the German veteran Klose assists the Belgian teenager De Bruyne, who started today, to score the first goal for Aston Villa.

One to zero.

Before the end of the first half of the game, Tottenham Hotspur, which was heavily pressed, was counterattacked by Aston Villa. Modric picked a pass from the penalty area. Suarez succeeded in turning offside and broke through the 35-year-old with a low shot. The goal guarded by the old Italian goalkeeper Kudinic.

Two to zero.

With a score of two to zero, Aston Villa sealed the victory in almost half the game.

When the game lasted more than 70 minutes, Milner assisted Shinji Kagawa, who came back from injury and came off the bench, to score a goal, locking the score at 3-0.

The most touching scene of this game was 15 minutes before the end of the second half of the game. All the Aston Villa fans at Villa Park stood up. seat.

Everyone raised their Aston Villa scarves and sang the Aston Villa team song in unison, which has been sung by word of mouth for more than a hundred years and generations.

In this way, they bid farewell to the 115th birthday stadium.

Farewell to the old stadium, but the memory will remain in my heart forever.

The team song will continue to be sung from generation to generation. The love for Vera will not diminish, but will only increase day by day.

The camera tightly locked on a group of old fans, including Daisy who was interviewed by CCTV before the game.

These old fans were either standing tremblingly or sitting on their seats. Some raised their scarves with both hands, and some were kissing the scarves tied around their necks.

Many people burst into tears.

The night wind blew, blew the scarf, blew away the tears, and blew away their white hair...

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After the game, the Aston Villa Club officially announced that before the demolition of the Villa Park stadium, the club will cut out 1,150 pieces of the turf of the stadium, and after special treatment, make specimens, and trim and process the rubbings of Villa Park. The shape of the court can be preserved for a long time.

Among them, 115 copies were presented as special souvenirs to partners and VIPs of Aston Villa Club.

Among them, 115 copies were given free of charge to the die-hard fan families whose grandparents and grandchildren are all Villa fans, and these 115 copies will also be "printed" with the last names of the fans' families to show special circulation.

There are also 115×3=345 copies sealed by the club, and after the end of each season, 5 lucky fans will be drawn as gifts.

115 is the age at Villa Park.

A further 575 copies will be sold to fans at either £1,897 or £2,012 each, when the Villa Park stadium was built and when it died, and the number will be rubbed on the specimen, respectively.

Although the prices are slightly different, the items are the same, depending on the buyer's willingness to choose.

575 copies are limited, first-come-first-served basis, each person is limited to two copies.

The money will be used for public welfare projects such as the construction of the museum at Villa Park.

Yes, the club will build a small museum of the Villa Park stadium in the pavilion area of ​​the new stadium, which will collect various items, photos, written materials and video materials about the old stadium.

In addition, when the stadium is demolished, 10,000 good-looking bricks will be selected, engraved with medals and dates, and presented to fans free of charge as a souvenir.

As for which fans can get commemorative bricks, the club also announced the plan.

The official Aston Villa website and the Birmingham Evening News have collaborated on the 'Villa Park in My Memory' campaign.

Fans can contribute, whether it is text impressions, or telling stories about themselves and the team, or photos, or video materials, it is fine.

The club will invite some fan representatives and club staff to draw a lottery together, and 10,000 lucky fans will be drawn to get the commemorative tiles of Villa Park Stadium.

Once this event was announced, it immediately ignited the crazy enthusiasm of Aston Villa fans.

Because of the sadness of saying goodbye to the old stadium, I was quickly attracted by this fiery nostalgia.

Even this storm of enthusiasm has attracted the attention and amazement of the entire English media:

Whether it is to make turf specimens according to the appearance of the stadium and donate part of it to club partners, VIPs and die-hard fan families, or to reserve a part of the fixed annual lucky draw for fans, and sell the remaining share to fans to raise funds for building museums.

Or make 10,000 commemorative bricks, come up with this "Villa Park Stadium in my memory" event, and draw prizes for free to fans.

This is something they didn't think about.

It was even reported by the media that fans of other clubs pretending to be Aston Villa fans also wanted to draw a commemorative brick because they thought it was cool and valuable for collection.

There are even local tyrants Aston Villa fans have let out the wind, willing to buy commemorative specimens of turf at several times the selling price.

Looking at the popularity and topicality caused by this, I am amazed.

It's just tearing down a stadium, can you still play like this?

Then they inquired about the news that this event plan was written by Ms. Ma Dongmei, the new sports director of Aston Villa...

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