Chapter 856 Yang Ming Becomes the President of the Hong Kong Football Association!

Before this, Yang Ming had not been involved in football in Hong Kong, nor had he participated in other sports in Hong Kong.

However, Red Bull Beverage Company under Yang Ming has long entered global sports projects.

Now Red Bull is not only a global functional beverage, but also began to build a huge sports empire.

Huo Yingdong saw that Sir Yang's influence in Hong Kong was growing, so he took the initiative to give up the position of president of the Hong Kong Football Association.

Why not his son?

The main reason is that his son's ability is much worse and he does not have enough influence.

Historically, Huo Yingdong served in this position for a long time, and later his eldest son also served in this position.

Huo Yingdong knew very well that with the ability of Sir Yang, he could make football in Hong Kong develop better.

In addition.

He could see that under the current situation, it was an opportunity to get closer to Sir Yang and even bind the relationship between the Huo family and the Yang family.

His own condition was not as serious as that of Mr. He at the beginning, but in fact, he was also worried.

Yang Ming really had to admire Huo Yingdong's magnanimity.

He could actually give it up directly like that.

Yang Ming really didn't care about this title or position.

For Yang Ming now, it was really dispensable.

However, Huo Yingdong could do that.

Huo Yingdong and Yang Ming discussed for another half an hour.

"Sir Yang, in order to let you know more about the situation of the Xiangjiang Football League, we are ready to have a friendly match between the Nanlai Football Team of Xiangjiang and the Xiangjiang Seiko Sports Team at 14:00 tomorrow afternoon."

Nanlai Football Team and Xiangjiang Seiko Sports Team have always been the two most successful teams in the current Xiangjiang Professional League, especially Nanlai Football Team, which was first established in 1908 and officially confirmed in 1910.

In Yang Ming's previous life, Nanlai Football Team was the team that won the most Xiangjiang First Division League among the Xiangjiang professional teams, with a total of 38 times.

At the same time, it had the most 29 senior silver medals, 8 Governor's Cups, 8 FA Cups and 2 League Cups.

Hong Kong Seiko has won the A-League Championship nine times, including seven consecutive championships from 1979 to 1985, and won the Silver Medal Championship eight times, the Governor's Cup and the FA Cup six times each.

If other awards such as the Wooden Shield and the President's Cup are counted together, Seiko has won more than 40 championships, which means an average of 2-3 championships per year.

These two teams are the strongest teams in the Hong Kong Football League.

Yang Ming had heard about it a long time ago, but he didn't pay attention.

It is obvious that the purpose of holding this friendly match is to let Yang Ming serve as the president of the Hong Kong Football Association and let him see what Hong Kong football is like.

The two finished their business.

Coming out of the study, Yang Ming saw the eldest son of the Huo family holding a three or four-year-old child and walking over.

"Sir Yang, this is my son." The eldest son of the Huo family said.

"Hello, Master Huo."

Yang Ming took the child from the eldest son of the Huo family.

Yang Ming naturally knew who he was.

It is the third generation heir of the Huo family who will marry the diving queen in the future.

Now he is just a three or four-year-old child, so naturally he doesn't know who Sir Yang is.

Yang Ming put the young master of the Huo family down.

Huo Yingdong took a look at this grandson. Sir Yang was able to hug his grandson, which was a face-saving thing for the father and son of the Huo family.

Sir Yang's current status?

In Hong Kong, no one can compare to him.

As for Li Jiacheng, Bao Yugang and others, they are far inferior to Sir Yang.

18:00 in the evening.

The restaurant of the Huo family mansion.

Yang Ming and the Huo family finished dinner.

Huo Yingdong and his son personally sent Yang Ming out.

Yang Ming got in the car and went back to the Repulse Bay Hillside Villa.

On the way back.

Yang Ming looked outside.

Back to the Repulse Bay Hillside Villa, it was already 20:30 in the evening.

Mr. and Mrs. Yang Jirong knew that Yang Ming was visiting Huo's family, so he must have dinner at Huo's house.

Now, Yang Ming came back, greeted Mr. and Mrs. Yang Jirong, and went back upstairs to take a shower.

Then he went back to the study.

Recalling the situation of domestic football in his previous life, Yang Ming really didn't want to touch it, and didn't dare to touch it.

However, football in Hong Kong is different.

If the management rights of football in Hong Kong fell into his hands, in Yang Ming's opinion, he could prove that Chinese football would not lose to others.

Rest for a night.

Early the next morning.

Yang Ming got up and had breakfast with his parents.

This morning, Yang Ming did not return to the Empire Group Building, but went to the headquarters of the Hong Kong Football Association.

Since the establishment of the Hong Kong Football Association in 1914, it has a history of nearly 70 years.

During this long period of time, the Football Association has witnessed the changes in Hong Kong football.

When the Football Association was first established, there were no paid staff and no fixed offices; all personnel involved in the administrative and management work of the Football Association were volunteers.

Later, as football became more and more popular, a lot of paperwork needed to be processed, and space was needed to store these documents. Therefore, the Football Association decided to set up an office and rented half of the office building at No. 55, 4th Floor, Guangdong Provincial Bank Building, Central District as an office, and the other half was rented for the printing office.

At that time, the Football Association had only one volunteer secretary to handle daily affairs.

After 1945, the Football Association rented a house in Room 211, 2nd Floor, Prince's Building, Central District. At that time, Prince's Building was a wooden building with an office area of ​​about 500 square feet. In addition to the increase in work space, the voluntary secretary was changed to a paid employee, and two staff members were added to assist the secretary's work.

In 1954, the Football Association was registered as a limited company in accordance with the Company Law, and in the same year it also joined FIFA and the Asian Football Confederation as members.

At this time, Hong Kong football also entered a prosperous era.

In order to further promote football business, the then Football Association President, John Smith, rented the newly expanded Hong Kong Club Stadium on Sports Road in Happy Valley for a monthly rent of 75 yuan (the Football Association had lent public funds to the Hong Kong Club to expand the stadium). The office was located in the basement under the No. 1 stand of the stadium, with a lease term of 15 years.

At that time, the staff also increased from two to four.

By the 1970s, the FA had more than a dozen staff members (including one secretary, one deputy secretary, two assistant secretaries, one coach and one accountant, two female staff members responsible for daily clerical work and three handymen, etc.).

The FA's structure and operation were also fully on track.

In order to cope with the large amount of work in the future and to have a long-term and fixed place to develop business, the FA applied to the government for land to build a permanent club in 1972.

In order to cope with the large amount of work in the future and to have a long-term and fixed place to develop business, the plan was finally realized in 1974. The Governor's Office officially handed over a piece of land in Ho Kau Tin to the FA to build a club.

After five years of preparation, the FA's permanent club located on Fat Kwong Street in Ho Man Tin was officially opened at 17:00 on September 10, 1979 after the unveiling ceremony presided over by FIFA President Harvey.

The new clubhouse is three stories high, with an area of ​​19,000 square feet, and can hold large meetings. The clubhouse has been used to this day, and the administrative and management scale has also entered the modern era.

In fact, in one sentence, the football club in Hong Kong is very poor.

In this regard, it is a world of difference compared to the Hong Kong Jockey Club.

Chapter 2!

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