In the 37th round of the league, Aston Villa faced Tottenham Hotspur at home.

It was also Aston Villa's first home game since defending their Premier League title.

On top of that, ahead of the game, Aston Villa FC had made an announcement that this match would be the last match at Villa Park.

At the end of the season, the 115-year-old stadium will be demolished and a new Aston Villa stadium will be built on the site.

It's a time to say goodbye.

In fact, a large number of fans had already arrived outside the stadium a few days before the start of this game.

Someone took a group photo.

Some people sent bouquets of flowers to this great stadium to express their sincere feelings.

Match day.

The 42,788-capacity Villa Park Stadium was packed, and in fact, a large number of fans gathered outside the stadium to bid farewell to the stadium, which has been the memory of generations.

In the stands, many gray-haired old fans, supported by their families, sat down tremblingly.

They're so old, and the old ones rarely come to the stadium to watch a game.

Some people haven't even been there for more than a decade.

However, today they must come.

They said goodbye to their old buddies.

It is also for his ancestors, fathers and this old man to say goodbye.

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In the night sky, helicopters are circling.

It was a helicopter shoot arranged by Aston Villa to capture the final farewell performance at Villa Park and the last aerial view of the 115-year-old stadium, which will be part of the history to come.

Before the game, a reporter from CCTV interviewed a white-haired female fan who was holding a photo of her deceased husband in her hand.

Daisy, an eighty-nine-year-old female fan, and her husband, both die-hard Aston Villa fans, have fallen in love with the team since they were young, influenced by their parents.

'My grandfather and father and uncle were all Villa fans, and now my kids are Villa fans and, of course, Phil.

Phil was her deceased husband.

"Last year, the team stood on top of Europe, I accompanied Phil to watch the game in the hospital, he was very happy, very happy, it was the happiest day after Phil's illness, a few days later, he left, I am relieved that he left happily, to be able to see the team lift the Champions League trophy again before leaving, he said that he was extremely lucky, he was happy."

"I'm here today to say goodbye to the pitch." Daisy kissed the picture of her husband in her hand.

"Villa Park is not going away, I took Phil to see the stadium and remember what the stadium looks like, he won't go to the wrong stadium if he goes to watch in heaven." As she spoke, Grandma Daisy wiped the corners of her eyes and smiled shyly, "Phil won't go to the wrong court, but I'm reluctant." ”

"My love with Phil, my marriage, and the growth of our children are inseparable from this court, and she is already a part of our lives." Daisy said, wrinkles crawling all over her forehead, but they couldn't hide her smile.

Farewell, not goodbye, because in the heart, always remembered.

What you once have is the most precious.

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Before the start of the game, the players of the visiting team Tottenham Hotspur lined up in two teams outside the tunnel, and then the Aston Villa players came out of the middle and greeted them with applause.

This is a tribute to the champion team.

Before Fang Jue took charge of Aston Villa, Villa and Tottenham may still have a certain rivalry, and the two sides will compete for European qualification.

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

It's just relatively harmonious, the players are quite harmonious with each other, and the players on both sides are still greeting each other.

However, the relationship between the fans and the club's hierarchy is terrible.

It all started with Aston Villa buying Bale from Tottenham.

Levy keeps saying that Aston Villa stole his big bell, and he angrily accuses Fang Jue of being the thief.

Then there was the group flickering of Aston Villa and Manchester City, who actually deceived Kyle Walker and Danny Rose from Tottenham Hotspur successively.

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

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

He also scolded Manchester City as the most odious accomplice.

Of course, he doesn't mind these Fang Jue too much, he has always been kind to others, so he is not as knowledgeable as Levi.

Tottenham Hotspur manager Redknapp Sr. also took the initiative to shake hands with Fang Jue and congratulate him on his feat of leading the team to three consecutive Premier League titles.

This old man's attitude towards Fang Jue was not too friendly before, but in the face of Fang Jue's famous handsome who won three consecutive championships, the old man also had to change his attitude, in order to win respect, he must first be hard enough to strike iron himself.

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This game is very important for Tottenham Hotspur as they battle for fourth place in the league to qualify for the Champions League.

Chelsea are fourth in the Premier League table with 63 points, Tottenham Hotspur are fifth with 62 points and Arsenal are sixth with 61 points, and the three teams will battle it out for fourth-place Champions League qualification in the final two rounds of the league.

Before the game, the media generally predicted that Aston Villa would have no desire after winning the title, and that the celebrations at Aston Villa after the title would make the players tired, and in addition, the relaxation after the championship would also cause the players to enter a period of psychological burnout.

So, in comparison, Tottenham Hotspur, who have to win today's game to sprint to the top four of the league, have a better chance of winning.

However, less than 20 minutes into the game, Aston Villa used their goal to show everyone that they were serious about this game as well.

It was German veteran Jurgen Klose who set up a goal from Belgian teenager Kevin De Bruyne, who started today, to open the scoring for Aston Villa.

One to zero.

Before the end of the first half, Tottenham Hotspur, who had been pressing heavily, was counter-attacked by Aston Villa, Modric picked up a cross into the penalty area, Suarez successfully countered offside, and scored a low shot past the goal guarded by the 35-year-old Italian veteran goalkeeper Cudinić.

Two to zero.

With a 2-0 scoreline, it took almost half a game for Aston Villa to seal the win.

With more than 70 minutes to play, Milner assisted Shinji Kagawa, who had returned from injury and came on as a substitute, to score and lock the score at 3-0.

The most touching scene of this game was fifteen minutes before the end of the second half of the game, all the Aston Villa fans at Villa Park Stadium could stand up, and the old man really couldn't stand up, so he sat in his seat.

Everyone raised their Aston Villa scarves in their hands and sang in unison the Aston Villa team song, which has been sung by word of mouth for more than 100 years and generations.

This is how they bid farewell to the stadium for its 115th birthday.

Say goodbye to the old course, but the memory lives on.

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

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

These old fans are either standing tremblingly or sitting in their seats, some holding up their scarves with both hands, and some kissing the scarves tied around their necks.

Many people burst into tears.

The night breeze blew, blowing the scarves, blowing away the teardrops and blowing away their gray hairs......

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After the game, Aston Villa officially announced that the club will cut 1,150 pieces of the turf of the stadium before demolishing the Villa Park stadium, and after special treatment, make it into specimens, and trim and process the shape of the Villa Park stadium to preserve it for a long time.

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

115 of them were given to die-hard fans who have been Villa fans for three generations, and the 115 copies will also be 'printed' with the family names of the fans as a special sign.

Another 115×3=345 copies will be sealed by the club, and 5 lucky fans will be selected to give them away at the end of each season in the future.

115 is the age of the Villa Park Stadium.

A further 575 copies will be sold to fans for £1,897 or £2,012 each, the number will be rubbed on the specimens on the day Villa Park is completed and the stadium is at its end.

Although the price is slightly different, however, there is no difference in the item, it depends on the buyer's willingness to choose.

The 575 seats are limited and available on a first-come, first-served basis, with a limit of two copies per person.

The money will be used for a public welfare project for the construction of a museum at the Parque de la Villa.

Yes, the club will set up a small museum of the Park de Villa stadium on the grounds of the new stadium, which will have a collection of objects, photographs, texts and film and television materials about the old stadium.

In addition, when the stadium is dismantled, 10,000 bricks in good condition will be selected, engraved with a medal and date, and presented to fans as a souvenir free of charge.

As for which fans will be able to get the commemorative bricks, the club has also announced the plan.

Aston Villa's official website and the Birmingham Evening News have teamed up for the 'Villa Park Stadium in My Memory' campaign.

Fans can contribute, whether it is a written impression, or a story about themselves and the team, or photos, or video materials.

The club will invite a number of fan representatives and club staff to draw a lucky 10,000 fans to win the Villa Park Stadium Monument Brick.

As soon as the event was announced, it immediately ignited the frenzied enthusiasm of Aston Villa fans.

Because of the sadness of bidding farewell to the old course, I was quickly attracted by this fiery nostalgia activity.

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

Whether it's making turf specimens according to the appearance of the stadium, giving away a portion to club partners and VIPs and die-hard fan families, keeping a portion of the fixed annual raffle for fans, or selling the remaining share to fans to raise money for the construction of the museum.

Or make 10,000 commemorative bricks and make this 'Villa Park Stadium in my memory', and the lottery will be given to fans for free.

This is all something they haven't thought about.

There were even media reports that fans from other clubs posed as Aston Villa fans and wanted to draw a lottery to get a commemorative brick, just because they thought it was cool and collectible.

There are even local tyrant Aston Villa fans who have released rumors that they are willing to buy turf commemorative specimens at several times the selling price.

Looking at the heat and topicality caused by this, I was amazed.

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

Then they found out that the event was planned by Aston Villa's new sporting director, Ms Ma Dongmei......

PS: The second update, the two chapters are about 7,000 words, begging for subscriptions, asking for monthly passes, asking for recommendation tickets, ahhhhh