For the next few days, Xiao Yu spent the next few days in his office at the Butcher's Knife Field, and even stayed there at night, because the house on Faulkner Street had been repossessed.

"You are definitely the first club owner in the history of football to live on the streets!" Walsh would make such a joke about Xiao Yu every time they met, and then suggested whether to go to his house to borrow it for a few days, and then move out after renting the house.

Xiao Yu refused every time, because Walsh was also married, and had a three-year-old child, and the family of three was very warm, and he didn't want to be this kind of light bulb that disturbed other people's lives.

But it's not bad to live in the stadium office, at least it's much easier to get things done.

There are so many things to be busy with in the newly formed club, and basically Xiao Yu has to finalize it himself.

The warm-up match has been finalized, and the first warm-up match is scheduled for Droisden on July 8, when Droisden has been training for two and a half weeks, so David Pace decided to agree to the new Manchester United invitation after talking to the manager on the phone.

The match will take place at the Butcher's Knife Stadium, and all ticket revenue will go to De Roysden, with the new United taking nothing.

This is a decision made by Xiao Yu in order to repay David Pace for his strong support for the new Manchester United.

The second warm-up game is also in the Manchester region, against the Leaf RMI team, and as Droysden will also have a warm-up game, the new Manchester United will rush to the away side to challenge their opponents.

There are also three other warm-up games, which are mostly against lower-tier teams near Manchester, and the new Manchester United are all away from home, while the home team will pay a share of the tickets for the new Manchester United.

Don't think that the ticket income of a low-level team is not high, but in fact, for an amateur team, it is definitely a lot of money.

The Butcher's Knife Stadium, for example, can accommodate up to 3,000 fans, but in reality the stadium can arrange 4,000 tickets, each of which costs five pounds, or 20,000 pounds.

Of course, in the low-level amateur league, there has never been a team's home stadium full, whether it is a warm-up game or a regular league, even the FA Cup that the Premier League team will come, so Xiao Yu and others did not expect the first warm-up game to be full, they think that it would be good if the ticket revenue could be 10,000 pounds.

But in reality?

On the second day of the club's announcement, more than 400 tickets were sold for the first warm-up game in just one day, which even David Pace found incredible, because the Butcher's Knife Stadium is located on the outskirts of the city, and many of the fans who bought the tickets live in the city, which means that at least 300 fans have to drive to show their support.

"Maybe this warm-up match will be the first time in the history of the Butcher's Knife Stadium that the stadium will be full!" David Pace said with emotion.

He's both a Manchester United diehard and Droisden's owner, so he's in a jealous and ecstatic mood right now.

"This is just the beginning, not necessarily all year round." Xiao Yu smiled modestly.

"And how many of your season tickets have been sold?" David Pace asked with concern.

"More than 300, what about you?" Walsh replied casually.

Just then, a phone call came in, so he walked over to answer it.

Pace shook his head sadly, the frustration that the club he had run for so many years was not as good as a new club that had just been established.

"We've only sold less than fifty season tickets!" In the end, it was the head coach of Droisden who replied with a wry smile.

"It's okay, it's okay, aren't you just getting started?" Xiao Yu was embarrassed for a while, but he also secretly decided in his heart that if the ticket income was really ideal, he would definitely have to pay an extra amount of maintenance fees to David Pace at that time, after all, people refused to charge rental fees, and the maintenance costs were indispensable.

"By the way, is this our shirt blueprint for the new season?" Xiao Yu pointed to a few drawings brought by Pace and changed the topic.

"Ah, that's right, this is the style I asked the company's designers to design especially for you, you see!" Pace unwrapped the seal of the artwork, took out a few design drawings from it, and spread them out to see.

The design of the new Manchester United's home jersey adheres to the spirit of the Red Devils, using bright red colors, from the appearance, it is very close to this year's Manchester United home jersey, the most conspicuous is the zipper collar, the left side of the zipper is the logo of the new Manchester United logo, the right side is the logo of the jersey sponsor David Pace clothing company, the bottom of the zipper should have been the shirt chest sponsor, but because the new Manchester United could not find the chest sponsor, so it is not necessary.

have already copied a Manchester United club, and they want to copy other people's jerseys, it's really ...... It's not kind!

"David, I think this style should be changed, and the color should also be changed! The main thing is that it is too close to Manchester United's home shirt. Xiao Yu shook his head and smiled bitterly.

Pace nodded, "Well, how do you want to change it, you say!" ”

"The zippered collar is really popular, it is said that Manchester United's jersey is selling very well now, but I think this kind of jersey may not be comfortable to wear, I recommend using a rounded collar, the collar can be used in other colors, and the sleeves are directly connected to the collar with two pull lines, which I think are the best with one green and one gold."

"The Green Gold Army?" Pace immediately understood what Xiao Yu meant.

Green and gold are the jersey colors of Newton Heath, the predecessor of Manchester United, so many people also call Manchester United the Green and Gold Army, but later Manchester United's jersey design gradually abandoned these two traditional colors and changed to red.

"Yes, I think it's best if the materials used in our jerseys should be a little bit vintage, and I want everyone who sees this shirt to be reminiscent of our Newton Heath!"

As he spoke, Xiao Yu sketched out in his mind the style of the jersey he wanted, and finally he came up with a brilliant idea.

"The shirt is red, the shorts are plain white, green and gold on the sides, the material used is preferably mesh, of course it doesn't matter, and then put the new Manchester United logo on the left and your company's name on the main sponsor."

"We?" David Pace was a little surprised.

"Yes, David, you have helped us a lot, both lending us the stadium and taking care of our jerseys, you are our main sponsor, I don't think we can find a better sponsor than you, no matter how hard we try!" Xiao Yu said sincerely.

"But......" David Pace was a little flattered.

"No, David, if you don't accept it, you don't have to make that jersey!" Xiao Yu said it ruthlessly on the spot.

After hesitating for a moment, Pace shook his head helplessly, pointing at Xiao Yu, wanting to say some words of thanks, but he felt that it was too obvious to say that, and in the end it was still a look, tacitly.

"Okay, if there's nothing to do, then I'll go back first, and then I'll let the designer change it according to your requirements, and then bring it to you for confirmation, and then produce it immediately!"

With that, David Pace left.

As soon as he walked on his front foot, Walsh came out of it with his hind foot, his brow furrowed.

"What's wrong, Andy?" Xiao Yu looked at him like this and thought that something big had happened.

Walsh sat down in front of Xiao Yu and handed out a notice from the FA, "The FA has decided to adjust the opening game of the first game in consideration of the special situation of the Northwest Division B this year, and we will face Lick CSOB away. ”

"Why? Wasn't it all arranged before, and we played at home? Xiao Yu was a little surprised.

"That's true, but we're selling about 800 season tickets right now, you know? Even a lot of professional clubs in the third division may not be able to sell that much, so the FA has to consider whether our opponents' stadiums have the capacity to play against us. ”

Xiao Yu was a little distressed, he never thought that in the amateur league, being too popular with fans would become a trouble, which was really a strange thing he had never heard of before.

"If that's the case, then you'll have to negotiate with the FA, but don't schedule our home game at the same time as De Roysden's home game, otherwise I really don't know what to do with it." Xiao Yu could only smile bitterly in the end.

Can he refuse the FA's arrangement?

But sharing a stadium with other clubs is a big problem, just look at AC Milan and Inter Milan, but it's unrealistic to build your own.

At least for Xiao Yu now, it is definitely unrealistic, because he doesn't have that much money!

"Yes, that's why I just negotiated with the FA people for so long, just because I was afraid of encountering this kind of conflict, but seriously, Xiao Yu, I really don't think renting a butcher's knife stadium for a long time is not a solution."

"I know that, but for us it's only a rental option for the time being, so I think we'd better look at the course this year and then look at whether there are any vacant courses nearby, and if we have the opportunity to rent a course that is completely for us, or a stadium that doesn't conflict with our game time."

"Well," Walsh agreed, saying that it was too much trouble to share a stadium with someone else.

Then I took out a few jersey design styles that Pace brought over just now, and discussed it with Walsh, who also agreed with Xiao Yu's previous design, and felt that adding green and gold, coupled with retro fabrics, was indeed easy to resonate with fans.

The two then discussed the logo of the new Manchester United club.

Walsh was brainstormed by a group of Red Rebels in the bar, with a shield in the middle, symbolizing the Red Rebels' spirit of defending their souls, the shield is divided into two layers, the top is a sailing ship like the logo of Manchester United, representing the port trading city of Manchester, and the lower part is the same as Manchester United's earliest previous crest, with red and yellow stripes, representing dignity.

Although this is a brainstorming takeover, Xiao Yu still feels that the design of the team emblem is too simple, and when he has the opportunity, he will definitely find someone to design it again, and it is best to add some modern colors on the premise of retaining the tradition of Newton Heath.

And when the matter of the team emblem was determined, it was already the time that Xiao Yu and Messi agreed upon

PS: The real-life Red Rebels did encounter such happy troubles, their attendance was even higher than that of many League Two (i.e. League C in 1998), and they always had a lot of trouble in their away games!

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