Chapter 90 Hello, I'm Rod!

"How are you! I'm Rod! Rodrigue. Izeson. Santos. Wright! My name is too long. All people call me Degan. I don't know exactly where I came from, but we are teammates and will become friends, so I hope everyone will call me Rod!"

Degan said, silent for a while before he continued, "I don't want to say anything about being happy to come to Tottenham Hotspur. I've said enough. In fact, it's not the same thing. I must admit that I haven't fallen in love with this team yet, but I believe I will fall in love with it soon. For you, there are I know some people very well, such as Luca. We have played together for three seasons in Florence, as well as Jane, Sebastian and Musa. We are teammates of the national team. Others, we used to be opponents, whether in the club or the national team, but now, we are a whole, which is great, I Looking forward to more new friends, hey! Should you applaud at this time!?

Everyone was stunned and then clapped their hands one after another. They found that Degan was not as indifferent as the outside media legend. In fact, this man is very funny!

Yes! Very funny!

And it's not difficult to approach.

Degan continued: "I don't know much about Tottenham. Before I came, I specially checked some information. It has been 130 years since Tottenham was founded. In 130 years, Tottenham has been brilliant, but that's been far away. Who knows, Tottenham Hotspur took it last time. When will it be the champion?"

The Tottenham players looked at each other, and finally local player Kaulke raised his hand: "It's the 1999 League Cup!"

The whole family is a loyal fan of Tottenham Hotspur, and the history of Tottenham Hotspur is naturally a treasure.

Digan nodded: "Yes, it was the 1999 League Cup, when Tottenham beat Leicester City 1-0, and it has been 13 years now. Does anyone know when Tottenham won the top league championship last time?"

This time it was Huddlestone who replied, "It's 1961!"

Digan snapped his fingers and said, "That's right! It's 1961, and it's been 51 years since the present. It's been more than half a century. In the 130-year history of the founding of the team, all the honors of Tottenham Hotspur have only two top league championships, two UEFA Cup championships, one Winners' Cup championships and eight England. The FA Cup champion and four League Cup champions, what about our sworn enemy Arsenal? Thirteen top league champions, eleven English FA Cup champions, two League Cup champions, thirteen England Charity Shield champions, and one European Cup Winners' Cup champions, and when were they created? Four years less than us! Those Ashburton bastards with the smell of stinky salted fish all over their bodies have been pressing on us for too long!"

Degan's words suddenly made many players in the locker room feel alike. As long as they understand the culture of Tottenham Hotspur, there is no one who does not know the relationship between Tottenham Hotspur and Arsenal. It is said that there are not enough enemies. It is simply irrecongruous. The North London derby of the two teams has always been a Premier League venue. The fiercest battle on the battlefield even surpassed Manchester's rivals and Liverpool' derby between Liverpool and Everton.

The first North London derby was on December 4, 1909, at the beginning of the last century. In the next 100-year history, the two teams played against 161, including Arsenal won 67 times, Tottenham Hotspur won 50 times, and the two teams drew 44 times.

The latest North London derby was the 26th round of the league last season. Arsenal played against the visiting Tottenham Hotspur at the Emirates Stadium. Adebayor first assisted Saha to open the record, and then Bell made a penalty. Adebayor made a penalty, but immediately entered the rhythm of Arsenal, Van Persie and Sarnia. After equalizing the score, Walkot scored twice, Rosiki also scored, Arsenal scored five goals in a row, and finally reversed Tottenham Hotspur 5:2. In the eyes of neutral fans, this game can be called a classic battle, but for Tottenham Hotspur, this is an absolute shame.

In this world, there is no love for no reason or hatred for no reason. In 126 years, the two teams have lived peacefully for only six years, and the hatred has lasted for 120 years.

That's right! 120 years!

On this stone step, we will never find a pair of sworn enemies with such a long history. Arsenal was founded in 1886, and Tottenham was born 4 years early. As the two largest clubs in North London and even London, the two bosses, coaches, players, fans, and even cleaners are water. Fire is incompatible.

Three feet of ice is by no means a day's cold.

Hate, of course, does not arise out of thin air!

On November 19, 1887, the Gunner, who was also known as the Royal Arsenal, met Tottenham for the first time in a friendly match. At that time, there was no beautiful lawn. The mud of the two sides fought to death. As a result, the stadium lights of the home team Tottenham suddenly went out for some reason in the 75th minute, and Tottenham Hotspur said 2: 1 won the game.

Tottenham claimed that it was too dark because some Arsenal players were late, while Arsenal fans insisted that Tottenham deliberately turned off the stadium lights under the advantage of the score.

Three months later, Arsenal returned the color with 62. As a result, it is said that three players were kicked and injured, and the seeds of hatred between the two teams were planted.

However, because Arsenal was formed by royal arsenal workers who made guns for the army, the address is now southeast of the Thames River, which is a mixed slum.

The name Tottenham was taken from an unfilial descendant of the Earl of Northland, who owned a large area of property near the Tottenham area.

The originator of Tottenham Hotspur is the "dragon cavalry" of Jinzhi Yuye, and the founder of Arsenal is the "wild gunner" of the five major and three thick. The temperament of the two families is very different from the beginning. The senior management of the two clubs did not hold a grudge against the game, and the conflict is limited to ordinary disputes between fans.

In 1999, Tottenham set up its home in White Hart Lane, North London. In fact, Tottenham has been active in the Tottenham area of North London since its own creation. Of course, it is natural to build a foundation here.

At that time, Arsenal was located because the market was too small, across the river from downtown London, the development space was limited, and the regional economy was very weak.

Arsenal, which was in a financial crisis, was relegated after struggling for a while. At that time, Sir Norris, a Conservative MP and director of the Fulham Club, took a fancy to Arsenal's potential.

Arsenal learned that Norris intended to become the owner and was so happy that he almost didn't bite his hand off, so Norris successfully became the chairman of Arsenal.

He originally wanted to merge Arsenal with Fulham to strengthen his strength to build a super team, but such a whimsical idea was strongly resisted by fans of the two clubs and was ultimately rejected by the FA.

Then Norris took both teams as the home plan of Craven Farm, and was hit back directly by the impatience FA.

Two plans failed. Sir Norris came up with a third plan in 1913 to move Arsenal to Habry, North London, a stadium not far from Tottenham Hotspur. There are a large number of Jewish immigrants. The subway goes directly to Gillespi Road near the stadium, which can definitely attract countless residents. Reese's hundreds of thousands of pounds pointed to their biweekly voluntary dedication.

Before this, there were two main clubs competing for fans in North London, Tottenham Hotspur and Leighton Orient. Tottenham just spent 50,000 pounds in 1999 to rebuild the West Stand at White Hart Lane to attract more spectators. Arsenal's attempt to build a stadium in Haibury has an absolute impact on Tottenham Hotspur, because Haibury is closer to central London than White Hart Lane, and the location of the stadium next to the subway station is easier to attract fans. As a result, Arsenal's move is undoubtedly a bully to Tottenham, which does not yet have a large number of stable fans.

This decision was undoubtedly opposed by everyone. Arsenal fans could not accept the team's move. Tottenham fans hated the arrival of Arsenal, and Chelsea, who felt threatened, also strongly opposed it.

The three clubs jointly protested against the FA, but the resistance was quickly suppressed, and the powerful Norris smoothed out all obstacles and achieved full success.

As a result, one of the most famous derbys in world football history also took root in North London.

A local newspaper in Tottenham described Norris as a Basqueville dog around the chicken house: "They have no right to move here!"

This has become the eternal Derby declaration of Tottenham fans.

The seed of hatred has been planted, and the next thing to wait for is to take root. At the end of the 1914/1915 season, Tottenham fans sadly found that their team fell at the end of the table and would be relegated together with the penultimate Chelsea, due to Europe. The war in the continent is becoming increasingly fierce, and all events can only be suspended.

In 1919, the league resumed, and the league committee planned to add two teams in the first division, just like in 1898. At the beginning, Blackburn and Newcastle, who had to be relegated, were relegated due to the expansion of the league. Since there are cases to follow, Tottenham Hotspur naturally expected the same treatment to save the first division. Seats.

Arsenal was the fifth in the second division at that time. It seemed that it was not Arsenal's turn to upgrade, but Sir Norris got the opportunity to play his political skills. Although Arsenal could be promoted to the first division through the upgrade play-offs at this time, it had invested a lot of money in Arsenal. Sir Reese is unwilling to take any more risks.

Norris has long aimed at this League One quota. He believes that only by suppressing Tottenham Hotspur, which is still the most popular in North London at this time, will Arsenal have a greater opportunity for development. Moreover, he, who was born in the market, only cares about whether he can achieve his goal and ignores other people's words.

When deciding which clubs can keep their identity in League One, the FA made a decision to let the FA executive committee vote instead of letting the League Two play the play-offs.

With the acquiescence of the FA, Norris became more unbridled. He used various tricks to pull over the Executives of the FA one by one and asked them to secretly promise to agree to Arsenal's upgrade.

At that time, the English football community's antipathy to Tottenham Hotspur was common. Tottenham Hotspur has always been a Jewish football club. Since its inception, the ownership and management rights of the club have always been controlled by Jews. Even the main colors of their jerseys are the same as other English football clubs dominated by red and blue. Differently, Tottenham chose white.

Two months after Norris's strategy, the final discussion of promotion was shocking. Arsenal was included in the promotion team on the grounds that " Arsenal's outstanding contribution to the development of British football" and Arsenal's joining the FA was 15 years longer than Tottenham Hotspur.

followed the vote on the decision to be promoted. The result shocked the Tottenham fans who were completely in the dark. The FA executive committee passed the results of Arsenal's promotion, Tottenham's relegation and Chelsea's relegation by 18 votes to 8 votes.

When the news of Tottenham's relegation came, the team's mascot, a green parrot sent by the captain when they visited Argentina and returned home, immediately felt unwell and died within a few days.

Since then, there has been an old saying in English football: "Sick like a parrot."

Since then, on the Seven Sister Street in North London, Tottenham Hotspur at the northeast end and Arsenal at the southwest end have become sworn enemies.

After relegation, Tottenham quickly turned grief into strength and returned to the first division with record results the following year. However, they were seriously injured and faced a relegation crisis in 1928. The league in March of that year was extremely fierce, the penultimate points in the league were quite close, and the victory or defeat of each game became extremely heavy. Yes.

Manchester United and Potsmouth are also struggling in the quagmire of relegation. At this time, Arsenal, which has become a strong British team under Chapman**, did its best to play against Tottenham Hotspur, but only sent substitutes to deal with the other two relegation teams

One of the most critical games is that Arsenal's home game was inexpusingly defeated by Tottenham's rival Parks Spears with 0:2, which made Tottenham Hotspur even worse.

When Tottenham has completed all the games, Arsenal deliberately lost 0:1 at home to Manchester United, allowing Manchester United to surpass Tottenham from behind, causing Tottenham to fail to relegation. All of Tottenham agreed that under normal circumstances, it is impossible for Arsenal to get a point in these two games. In fact, if Arsenal can score a point in one of the games, Tottenham can have been spared. Tottenham's relegation can certainly benefit Arsenal, because they can take advantage of the opportunity. More North London fans.

Since then, the original resentment has become more and more incompatible. Every time the two teams fight, the streets and bars outside Haibri and White Deer Lane have become very dangerous places to go. Before and after the game, fans on both sides will fight, with white knives and red knives.

Since then, Arsenal and Tottenham have had their respective fortunes one after another. There has never been a double high flight or a bad luck. Arsenal has never left the top league, and Tottenham has been relegated three times and has lived a dark life in the second division for 15 years.

When Tottenham fell in the 1930s, it coincided with Arsenal's sweeping England under the leadership of the famous coach Chapman. In the 1950s, Tottenham Hotspur beat Tottenham Hotspur from the middle of the second division to the first division championship in two years under the guidance of the old man and laid the foundation for the famous coach Nicholson.

In the 1960s, Tottenham Hotspur became England's first double champion under the leadership of the famous coach Nicholson. In 1961 and 1962, they dominated the FA Cup for two consecutive years. In 1963, Tottenham changed the history of English football and won the European Cup Winners' Cup that year and became the first The English team that won the championship in Europe, during that period, Arsenal could only struggle in the lower league.

The tense relationship and hatred make it difficult for players to circulate between the two teams, so when there is a "traitor, liar, Judas" at the White Hart Lane Stadium, many fans who have been watching the game for a long time will involuntarily think of a name. Yes, this is a free transfer of Spurs fans in Campbell. After going to Arsenal, give their old captain an angry name.

In the history of the two teams, a total of more than a dozen players have had a direct flow, but only two have really caused a sensation. One is that Northern Ireland's national goalkeeper Jennings jumped to Hebley, and the other is that Tottenham Hotspur captain Campbell has freely transferred to the enemy.

Although Jennings's transfer made Tottenham fans unhappy, Jennings played for Tottenham Hotspur for 13 years and was finally abandoned by Tottenham's board of directors. He deliberately chose Arsenal and deliberately embarrassed Tottenham Hotspur, and the transfer fee was only 45,000 pounds.

But Tottenham fans have always regarded him as their own. Many years later, they still regard Jennings as their idol. Campbell is different. He has been prolonging the contract. After learning that Wenger wanted him, he accepted Arsenal's invitation at the end of the season, so that the Tottenham who trained him did not get any of it. Campbell was cursed by Tottenham fans. The curse ran to Hebley.

It is forgiven to be abandoned by the club, but the crime of abandoning the club cannot be punished. Campbell's last appearance for Tottenham was in the FA Cup in April 2001. He was heroic and lasted 90 minutes with injury, but the Spurs still lost.

That is, after that game, Wenger implicitly expressed his appreciation for Campbell. When Campbell appeared in White Deer Lane again, he had already put on his sworn enemy's jersey.

There has never been a derby that has aroused the anger of White Hart Lane like Campbell's return visit, and there has never been such a fierce fight between the two sides.

Tottenham fans prepared 40,000 balloons with "Judas" written for Campbell's return. Whether Campbell took the ball or not, there were scolding on the court. In the next few seasons, when Campbell returned to White Deer Lane, the home team's fans did not let him go.

Regarding the hatred between the two teams, discerning people understand that the two ambitious teams are crowded in North London to compete for all kinds of resources needed to survive. They are destined to have you and me.

In 2006, the two teams competed for the last place in the Champions League. Tottenham Hotspur, which had taken the lead, abandoned their previous achievements because the players had a bad stomach and lost the last battle. So far, some people have doubted whether Arsenal has "poisoned"?

As long as it happens to these two enemies, many outrageous rumors may exist. The battle between the two teams has been more than a century, but 120 years is far from enough for the dark battle between Arsenal and Tottenham, and such hatred will continue.

As the new captain of Tottenham Hotspur, Degan certainly knows the hatred between the two teams. He doesn't want to please anyone, but as the new captain of Tottenham Hotspur, even if Degan has no hatred for Arsenal, he must show his extremely boredom and hostility to Arsenal at this time.

Because, as a captain, he must first get the support of his teammates, and nothing resonates with the players more than this topic.

"Has been suppressed by a sworn enemy for so long, Tottenham fans have not enjoyed the joy of the championship for 13 years. Do we still need to continue in such a dilemma? Looking at those gunners proudly, will we feel comfortable?

antienis noticed that with Degan's speech, the players' expressions began to become a little different, even for those players who had just joined the team. Although they did not have much affection for Tottenham Hotspur like Degan, they have now put on the robe of white roses. From this moment on, their fate will be firmly tied to Tottenham Hotspur in the next few years, at least until the end of the contract.

Digan smiled at this time: "Gentlemen! I don't care what you think, but in my life dictionary, I can't live without a champion.

The players are moved, champion! As long as it is in the arena, no one doesn't like the champion!

"From now on, we will be a collective. Once we played for different teams, some people have also played against each other on the stage of the World Cup, European Cup, or other events, but now, we are together. From now on, everything has passed, and we will fight together. Fight with the other 19 opponents in the Premier League and every enemy in the Champions League until we win the championship. Don't think about what we get, but see what we have done for the team. Here, in the new Tottenham Hotspur, we have only one goal, that is, the championship!"

Say here, Degan's voice suddenly became louder: "In North London, no! In London! No! In England! No! It should be said that there is only one king in Europe, that is, Tottenham Hotspur. Let the damn Arsenal go to hell! God is destined to tremble in front of us with their cowards and sissy!"

Looking at the crazy player encouraged by Degan's words, Ledley. Jin couldn't help asking, "Rod, has this guy always been like this?"

Angienis heard the words and laughed: "How's it going? It seems that he is more like a master of psychology than me! He is a natural agitating expert!"