Chapter 32: The Visitor from Millwall (Part II)

After the three of them separated, the coaches and team doctors in the coach's bench also came up one by one to congratulate Don. This is Donn's first season as first-team manager, and he has performed much better than many expected. From mid-table when he took over in the middle of the season to qualifying for the promotion play-offs, Donn can be said to have made a big difference.

A manager is the true soul of a team, a good manager will bring a bright future to the team, and a bad manager will only lead the team to a dark hell. Don clearly falls into the former. Now the team is up and down with this guy who has been hit in the head, and the disdain and sneer that he showed when he first took over the team has long been gone.

The rules of professional football are simple: if you win, you get respect. Everything else is - how did fame come about? How did the status come about? How did the connections come about? It's all about winning and getting results. It's impossible for a complete loser to have any of the above.

Looking at the changes in the attitude of the people around him, and listening to the thunderous cheers in the stands, Don firmly believes that the path he has chosen is right, and his belief is not wrong.

I belong to this stadium, I belong to the victory.

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In the post-match press conference, both managers were relieved because the result of the game was not unfair to both teams, with the team that needed to play in the promotion play-offs get the three points that boost morale, and the other team who have no desire and no difference between three points and zero points.

Only Pierce, who sat in the press gallery and watched others scramble to ask questions; Bruce found the scene ironic.

The two opponents were talking and laughing on the high platform, saying insincere compliments to each other, you and I said a word, and the relationship was like an old friend who had known each other for many years.

And in a corner where they can't see, the fans on both sides must be fighting "blood boiling", you punch me and I punch, for the glory of their respective teams......

Bruce didn't think the over-drinking Millwall fans would leave Nottingham empty-handed, and I'm afraid that even if they wanted to, the same over-drinking Forest fans would have to keep them.

These football hooligans don't dare to fight near the pitch because there are surveillance cameras around the city stadium, but they can't cover the whole of Nottingham City.

The team wins and pursues glory, the fans cheer for their team and pursue the same glory, a group of football hooligans and another group of football hooligans fight and also pursue glory, why does the same word have different meanings in them, and the difference is so big?

Even if Pierce; An Englishman like Bruce would not be able to understand this phenomenon.

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Kenny; Burns' Forest Bar was as lively as ever, even more so than after the previous games, as the season's official games were all over. It's a time of great deal for a lot of people to have a drink in a pub they frequent, to talk to their friends about the past season, and if they happen to have a good result, the owners of the bar are grinning to the ear.

Although it wasn't the first time for Donn and his wife to visit the pub, fans in the neighborhood knew that Burns' pub was a favourite spot for several Forest coaches. But today is different, from the moment they appeared in the bar, they were the center of everyone's attention. Everyone's talk about Donn's magical half season as acting head coach is being heard, and everyone salutes him with their glasses held high at the sight of him.

Donn's vanity was greatly satisfied, and he liked the feeling of being the center and the subject of the conversation.

When he excitedly announced that he would invite him to drink tonight, the atmosphere in the bar reached **, everyone was praising Donne's generosity, everyone was talking about Donne's achievements, and there were even people who drank too much to take him and Brian; Clough is on par.

So in such a lively environment, when the door was slammed open, making a muffled sound that was extremely incongruous with this joyful atmosphere, the uninvited guests who broke in naturally became the focus of everyone's attention.

It's that Mark again; Hodge? It's a pity that Michael is not there...... Don thought about it and looked over, only to see a round belly.

"Hey! John! Don stood up with his glass and teased the fat man loudly, "Look at your sweaty embarrassment! Have you been hunted down? ”

His words amused the others in the bar.

"What about Michael? You two are always together......" Donn looked at the door, where no one came in. "If it weren't for the fact that he already had a cute little Gavin, I really doubt that you would have ...... between you"

The fat John, who was gasping for breath, relieved himself, pressed his fat body against the bar, lowered his head, and weakly interrupted Donn's words: "Tony, Gavin, he has an accident......"

"April 1 is long past John." Don said with a grin.

John didn't answer him, just lowered his head and gasped. In a noisy place like a bar, his wheezing was loud. Don stood in front of him, wine glass in his hand, but the smile on his face was fading little by little.

Because he heard it, it wasn't panting, it was crying.

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