"The 1996-1997 English FA Cup final ended at full-time, Chelsea lost 0:3 to defending champion Millwall, congratulations to Millwall, they won their third trophy of the season, becoming the first team in the history of English football clubs to win the triple league in a single season, FA Cup and European championships. Let's wait and see! ”

When the coach and players walked into the stadium and began to celebrate, Aldridge turned and walked towards Gullit, his pigtail face expressionless, and the two parted after shaking hands with Aldrich.

Most of the Chelsea fans have left the stadium and the Wembley stadium is filled with songs sung by the Lions fans about their exploits.

Aldridge walked into the pitch and hugged each player.

Perhaps two days ago in the Netherlands, they had just experienced the frenzied joy of winning the title, but today the players were a little calmer and returned to normal soon after the victory, hugging each other with smiles on their faces and throwing their shoulders to the fans in the stands.

Chelsea's players sat alone on the ground, staring at their arch-rivals with gloomy faces.

The award ceremony soon began as the Chelsea squad lined up to see Millwall walk to the Royal Box as the players eagerly made their way up, with Aldridge dragging behind the crowd to high-five and cheer the fans on both sides of the tunnel.

When FA chairman Wiseman shook Aldridge's hand, he smiled and said: "I didn't expect to meet you here again a year later." Ha lu haha. ”

Aldrich said with a smile: "Hehe. Annoyed me? ”

Wiseman lowered his head and whispered in his ear, "Millwall is awesome." It's been a big contribution to England this year, and I'll continue to do it next season, Aldridge, I like your team. ”

His "affectionate confession" was indeed from the bottom of his heart.

Millwall borrowed Wembley Stadium to generate income for the FA, and Millwall's good results in European competition were also a face-saving experience for England, plus UEFA began to implement a European league points system. Millwall's competitiveness in Europe will be directly linked to the Premier League's European status.

The two took advantage of this opportunity to communicate for a short time.

In addition to the praise, Wiseman also whispered his hope in Aldrich's ear.

"Millwall's youth training is so good, can you develop more English players in the future?"

Aldridge took three years to transform Millwall from a second-tier team to a Premier League champion, and his coaching ability is no longer just reflected in the evaluation of a few good games, but a real book of honours to prove that in addition to his first year in League One, he won five major trophies in the next two years, which is probably an achievement that many coaches can hope for in their lifetimes.

But Millwall has also been criticized for not focusing on localization.

The proportion of England players in the first team is simply too small, apart from Southgate's main team. Other players such as Phillips. Frank Lampard, Rio Ferdinand, Mills, none of them have a main position, and there was originally a Richards, who has also said goodbye to the role of a player.

Aldridge has his own unspeakable secrets, Millwall want to attract high-level English players, the past two years have been difficult, now, they should have the capital to attract local stars, but on the one hand, financial pressure, on the other hand, is also the main position factor in the team, he has broken the idea of buying famous stars directly.

"Millwall's academy is still in its development stage, and developing English players is one of our development objectives, and it won't be long before we have more good English players."

Aldridge and Wiseman play officially, but it is not without purpose, but in the youth team, two Kerr are important players in Millwall's future plans.

In front of the FA president, Aldridge said something that made the other party happy and didn't think there was anything wrong with it, and Wiseman was clearly pleased, and then went to present the award.

Southgate called Larson to the middle and smiled at him, "You come and lift the trophy!" ”

Larsson, as the team's third captain, is certainly entitled to lift the trophy, and in the penultimate round of the league ceremony, it was Nedved who lifted the trophy, in the Netherlands, it was Gareth Southgate, and at the end of the season, the honour should be left to Larsson, the top scorer who has contributed 52 goals to the team this season.

Although he scored a lot of goals, but the proportion of the team's goals in the whole season is only 30%, Millwall's offensive firepower in all competitions this year has been completely released, which is related to the maturity of their offensive system, the organization of the area retreat and the front winger cut inside to make their offense unguardable, Nedved scored 20+ goals and assists all season, and the forward trident scored 97 goals in all competitions, plus the number of goals scored by other players, Millwall's gorgeous attack conquered England and became famous in Europe!

When Larsson received the trophy from Wiseman, his eyes moistened, he looked at Nedved on the left, then at Southgate on the right, his eyes swept over each teammate, and at the last glance at Aldridge behind the team's tail on the far left, and saw the head smile and encouraging look at him.

Larsson knows how much his team-mates helped him towards the end of the season, otherwise he wouldn't have scored that many goals.

"Guys, thank you! Thank you! Millwall, we are the champions! ”

Larsson roared to lift the FA Cup trophy and the Millwall squad roared into the sky with their fists.

"We are champions! Triple Crown! ”

After winning the cup, the players descended from the other side of the tunnel, with Aldridge dragging behind the lone as the camera followed him, waving her arms at Melanie in the stands at the edge of the tunnel as he walked down.

"Aldrich! Aldrich! ”

Aldridge turned his head to see that Melanie was still standing next to Victoria and Beckham, and he walked over and put his arms around Melanie's neck and kissed her passionately.

The Treble, the first in England's history, worked hard for a season, and it was not in vain, and the joy of the harvest made him unable to suppress the excitement in his heart.

It's definitely been a season that has made him famous!

But football is a never-ending sport, and he knows he can't be complacent, he can't stop chasing victory. You can't lie on your laurels and be complacent. But at this moment. He deserves a respite and enjoys this moment!

The stage for the celebration began to be set up on the pitch, and the players went back to the dressing room to change their clothes.

For today, they specially prepared a commemorative shirt for winning the championship.

When Aldridge walked off the field, the players' families or girlfriends appeared on the field, watching a few young children standing on the field, wearing a miniature version of their father's jersey, Aldridge's eyes were gentle. The mind is intoxicated.

There were also more than 35,000 fans in the stands, all of whom were fans of the Lions, and they knew that the team would be celebrating on the field next, so they wanted to witness it.

"Aldrich! Aldrich! Aldrich! ”

Wembley Stadium suddenly burst into an earth-shattering cry, and fans chanted Aldridge's name tirelessly from the stands, expressing their reverence and affection for him.

Aldridge clapped with his hands above his head before walking back into the tunnel.

Club CEOs Adam Jane and Evan Lowell each walked into the stadium with a trophy in their hands.

The improvised stage had been set up, and on the grass in front of the stage, Adam placed the three trophies side by side.

In the middle is the Premier League trophy. Flanked by the FA Cup winners and the European Cup Winners' Cup winners' trophy are flanked.

Evan is dressed in white today, and the lady's suit and narrow skirt are worn on her like a white-collar beauty. Elegant and beautiful.

Fans have long been familiar with her existence, once one of the managers of the fan organization, and then all Millwall home games this season, she will appear in the stands, sitting next to Puskas and Arthur, the appearance rate is extremely high, become Millwall's grandstand goddess, in the second half of the season, she worked in the Millwall administration, part-time Millwall TV host, in some officially released review tapes, her voice and interview figure have made her a lot of popularity.

At this time, she picked up the microphone and stood on the stage, and asked the fans passionately: "Are you happy this season?" ”

"Of course!"

The fans in the stands burst into laughter after the roar.

"Ladies and gentlemen, let's welcome the FA Cup, the European Cup Winners' Cup, the English Premier League winners! Millwall's captain, Gareth Southgate! ”

There was a thunderous cry from the audience, followed by a wave of applause.

Southgate was the first to walk out of the players' tunnel wearing the team's championship shirt, and on both sides of the red carpet were the players' families, Southgate's wife holding their child in tears.

It is difficult for outsiders to understand how difficult their lives have been in the past year, which is of course not material, but mental, and has been blamed and attacked by some extreme fans, so that even the most basic sense of security has almost disappeared.

Southgate walked over and hugged his wife and children, kissed them tenderly on the face, and then puffed up his chest and waved to the fans in the stands.

"Pavel Nedved!"

Evan excitedly shouted the name of the second player.

Nedved was the second to enter, with a charming smile on his face, which made the god of war, who had always shown his iron will in the game, drunk the hearts of countless young girls

When all the first-team players and Xiao Luo took the stage, they stood in two rows talking and laughing, and the pattern on the championship commemorative shirt was also particularly eye-catching.

On the chest is a blue lion on the Millwall crest, with three trophies at his feet and 1996-1997 at the bottom.

This commemorative shirt deserves to be treasured.

"Who's the last? Let's come together, three-two-one! ”

The crowd chanted: "Aldrich Hall! ”

Aldridge walked out, still in a suit, and walked to the stage with his trademark smile on his face, taking the microphone from Evan.

The audience was silent as they listened to what he was about to say.

"Ahem, Millwall, Champion, Millwall, Champion."

Aldrich said to himself twice, and then he suddenly raised his voice and shouted, "Millwall! ”

Hold the microphone in the direction of the grandstand and listen to the Wembley sky being enveloped by a single voice.

"Champion!"

"Millwall?"

"Champion!"

Aldrich shouted five times before he died down.

The fans at the scene also shouted very happily.

Aldrich was silent for twenty seconds, then calmly said into the microphone, "To tell you the truth, before the age of eighteen. I'm not a Millwall fan. ”

Everyone in the audience was dumbfounded.

Isn't it amazing to die?

But this is dismantling your own platform!

Panic rose in the hearts of the fans. How does this sound like a parting declaration?

Aldrich continued: "My family. Everybody was a Millwall fan, even my three-year-old nephew, who loved Millwall immensely, but before I was eighteen, no, and I was ashamed of that. My contribution to this club is nothing compared to you. Some people say that Millwall's achievements this season have put the eyes of England on London, so that Millwall has started to be valued by everyone, and in England, in Europe, there will be more people who like this club, so some people start talking about my contribution to this club, but I want to tell everyone. Me, Aldrich Hall. I'm just a nobody, what is the success of this club? It's them, it's this one great player after another, and what is great about Millwall? We haven't had a trophy to show off to the rest of the fans and talk about our history, but Millwall has you and that's the greatest thing! Without you, this club would not be able to exist! You use your actions to explain what it means to be loyal, what it means to never leave it, and what it means to be with you until death! As the manager of the team, I admire you, and as the manager of the team, I am grateful to you! If you ask me now: Aldridge, are you a Millwall fan? My answer is: I'm not! Millwall has become the most important part of my life! ”

Aldridge said this and bowed to the stands in thanks.

Many fans in the stands burst into tears, and the applause was warm and long-lasting.

That's right, for the club's most loyal supporters, they only love one team in their lives, and this love is interpreted with the time of life, and it is written with the cheering of the scene rain or shine.

After the applause subsided, Aldridge said calmly: "You have expressed your gratitude to every player in the team, but we have forgotten one person, one who has left, and here I want to say to him: Jaap Stam, Xie Lu Xie, good luck, I hope you can also thank him for his contribution to the team over the past three years, and wish him well, our success is inseparable from his dedication, he is a"

Aldridge's words were a little too much to continue, because there were loud boos from the stands.

The Stam transfer has been announced, and it will be executed as soon as the transfer period arrives.

Fans can't forgive the betrayer, especially when the team had an affair with United at the crucial moment of the team's title race.

"Please don't do this, please don't. We're going to look forward, Millwall is going to look forward, I know it's because we love him so much that we're sad about his departure, but life goes on and the team moves forward as always, and we accept it sensibly and treat those who leave fairly, and I thank him anyway, and if anyone can't accept his departure, then please forget. Whatever happens, we're going to be confident about the future, so what we're looking forward to is tomorrow and now, I can't wait for the new season to start and get more teams to see Millwall, what about you? ”

Fans in the stands regained their anger at Stam's departure.

If it weren't for the irrational behavior of many fans after the transfer was announced, Aldridge might not have said this today.

'I wish the new season started sooner, but the players have been working hard for 10 months and it's time for them to take a break, so here we have made an appointment and we will be together for the new season and see the future of Millwall together!'

After Aldridge finished speaking, the audience burst into applause again, and at this moment, the salute was full of flowers, and the whole team jumped and jumped on the stage to chant for the championship.

They began to pose for photos in the stadium, with everyone snapping pictures in front of the three trophies, with Larsson showing off his Premier League Golden Boot and others who won other awards this season, such as Andrea Pirlo's Rookie Award over David Beckham.

It was a good season and the start of Millwall's rush to glory.

In 97, the international financial speculators led by Soros began to sweep the countries of Southeast Asia in July, and the Asian economic and financial crisis became the main theme of the second half of the world, and the countries in Southeast Asia that suffered financial looting have denounced the financial speculators, and in the list of Soros's first "economic war criminals", Barnett-Hall was impressively listed, and the Hall family once again achieved rapid capital growth in the international financial market, and Barnett became the youngest billionaire in Britain in the following year.

This year, Cantona announced his retirement, the Labour Party came to power, Tony Blair was in power, and the new economic policy stimulated a strong recovery of the pound, and the economic strength of the Premier League teams was significantly improved.

Princess Diana died, Gascoigne fell into a self-collapse, the British national idol entered a vacuum, England's rising star David Beckham and England's young marshal Aldridge entered the public eye and began to ascend to the throne of national idols.

East London is not as palatial as Northwest London, just like the land of the urban countryside, a blue lion woke up quickly strong, stepped over the rivers and lakes of the Premier League, subverted the pattern of the BIG5 era, this lion is not satisfied, open its mouth and look at Europa, intending to cause chaos in the world

Volume 3: The Rise of the Hegemony - The End.

Next Volume: Throne of Champions (To be continued......