Godfather Of Champions
冠军教父 Year: 2007 Author: Lin Hai Ting Tao, 林海听涛
Summary
This is a story about the pursuit of victory.
– “I subscribe only to the theory of victory. I only pursue victory. As long as I am able to obtain victory, I don’t care if it’s total football or counterattack. What is the ultimate goal of professional soccer? In my opinion, it is victory, and the pinnacle of victory is to become the champions. I am a manager. If I don’t wish to lose my job or be forgotten by the people, there’s only one path for me to take, and that is to lead the team in obtaining victories, in obtaining championship titles!”
The main character was not well-liked by people.
– “…We conducted a survey which had been deemed by Manager Tony Twain as extremely meaningless. In a random street survey conducted, ninety-three percent of those surveyed chose the option ‘I hate Tony Twain’, while only seven percent chose the option ‘This person is rather decent, I like him’. It is worth noting that nobody chose the option ‘Who is Tony Twain? I don’t know him’. Mark, do you know why Manager Twain felt that our survey was very meaningless?” Parker, a reporter from laughed loudly and said when he was being interviewed by BBC.
But there were also people who were madly in love with him.
– “…Became the spokesperson of world-wide famous clothing brands, shot advertisements, frequented the fashion industry’s award ceremonies, endorsed electronic games, has a supermodel girlfriend. His earnings from advertisements exceed his club salary by seventeen times, owns a special column in various print medias, publishing his autobiography (in progress), and is even said that he is planning to shoot an inspirational film based off his own person experiences! Who can tell me which part of his life experiences is worthy of being called ‘inspirational’? Hold on….Are you all thinking that I’m referring to David Beckham? You’re sorely mistaken! I’m talking about Manager Tony Twain….”
He was very knowledgeable about Chinese soccer.
– “…I’ve heard about it, that Bora gifted four books to his manager Mr. Zhu before your country’s national team’s warm up match. After which, the team lost 1:3 to a nameless American team from Major League Soccer. The new excuse that Mr. Zhu gave for losing the match, was that Bora gifted ‘books’ (‘books’ and ‘lose’ are homophones in the Chinese language). Here, I recommend that you guys find out what that one specific book is. Which book? Of course the one that caused you all to score a goal. After that, tell me the title of the book. Before every match, I will gift ten copies of that same book to you. In that case, won’t you all be able to get a triumphant 10:0 win over your opponents every time?” An excerpt taken from Tony Twain’s special column in a certain famous Chinese sports newspaper.
- 00 Chapter epilogue
- 1 Chapter 1: Tony Twain?
- 2 Chapter 2: Chairman Doughty
- 3 Chapter 3: Tony Twain’s Past
- 4 Chapter 4: Training Class
- 5 Chapter 5: This Is Professional Football
- 6 Chapter 6: Down By Three Goals
- 7 Chapter 7: The Show In The Changing Room
- 8 Chapter 8: In The Name Of Victory
- 9 Chapter 9: The Referee Takes Center Stage Part 1
- 10 Chapter 10: The Referee Takes Center Stage Part 2
- 11 Chapter 11: We Were Raped Part 1
- 12 Chapter 12: We Were Raped Part 2
- 13 Chapter 13: Newsworthy Twain Part 1
- 14 Chapter 14: Newsworthy Twain Part 2
- 15 Chapter 15: George Wood’s Family Part 1
- 16 Chapter 16: George Wood’s Family Part 2
- 17 Chapter 17: Off To London Part 1
- 18 Chapter 18: Off To London Part 2
- 19 Chapter 19: The Hearing Part 1
- 20 Chapter 20: The Hearing Part 2
- 21 Chapter 21: Coventry City Part 1
- 22 Chapter 22: Coventry City Part 2
- 23 Chapter 23: The Manager Seated On The Viewing Platform Part 1
- 24 Chapter 24: The Manager Seated On The Viewing Platform Part 2
- 25 Chapter 25: The Crisis Of Two Consecutive Draws Part 1
- 26 Chapter 26: The Crisis Of Two Consecutive Draws Part 2
- 27 Chapter 27: Tang En’s Manifesto Of Victory Part 1
- 28 Chapter 28: Tang En’s Manifesto Of Victory Part 2
- 29 Chapter 29: Crazy Gang Wimbledon Part 1
- 30 Chapter 30: Crazy Gang Wimbledon Part 2
- 31 Chapter 31: Must Win Part 1
- 32 Chapter 32: Must Win Part 2
- 33 Chapter 33: Final Hit Part 1
- 34 Chapter 34: Final Hit Part 2
- 35 Chapter 35: Hello, My Fair Lady Part 1
- 36 Chapter 36: Hello, My Fair Lady Part 2
- 37 Chapter 37: Natural-Born Manager Part 1
- 38 Chapter 38: Natural-Born Manager Part 2
- 39 Chapter 39: Don’t Give Up, Kid! Part 1
- 40 Chapter 40: Don’t Give Up, Kid! Part 2
- 41 Chapter 41: Don’t Underestimate… Football Part 1
- 42 Chapter 42: Don’t Underestimate… Football Part 2
- 43 Chapter 43: Chinese Teacher Part 1
- 44 Chapter 44: Chinese Teacher Part 2
- 45 Chapter 45: Nice Guy Mr. Coppell Part 1
- 46 Chapter 46: Nice Guy Mr. Coppell Part 2
- 47 Chapter 47: George’s Fans Part 1
- 48 Chapter 48: George’s Fans Part 2
- 49 Chapter 49: The Real Legend Part 1
- 50 Chapter 50: The Real Legend Part 2
- 51 Chapter 51: Premier League Part 1
- 52 Chapter 52: Premier League Part 2
- 53 Chapter 53: Premier League Part 3
- 54 Chapter 54: Hodge’s Honor Part 1
- 55 Chapter 55: Hodge’s Honor Part 2
- 56 Chapter 56: Hodge’s Honor Part 3
- 57 Chapter 57: The Visiting Team, Millwall Part 1
- 58 Chapter 58: The Visiting Team, Millwall Part 2
- 59 Chapter 59: The Visiting Team, Millwall Part 3
- 60 Chapter 60: The Football Hooligans Part 1
- 61 Chapter 61: The Football Hooligans Part 2
- 62 Chapter 62: The Football Hooligans Part 3
- 63 Chapter 63: Is Football More Important Than Life And Death? Part 1
- 64 Chapter 64: Is Football More Important Than Life And Death? Part 2
- 65 Chapter 65: Is Football More Important Than Life And Death? Part 3
- 66 Chapter 66: Fight With One’s Back To The River Part 1
- 67 Chapter 67: Fight With One’s Back To The River Part 2
- 68 Chapter 68: Manager Vs. Manager Part 1
- 69 Chapter 69: Manager Vs. Manager Part 2
- 70 Chapter 70: The Footsteps Of English Premier League Part 1
- 71 Chapter 71: The Footsteps of English Premier League Part 2
- 72 Chapter 72: Picking Up Trouble Part 1
- 73 Chapter 73: Picking Up Trouble Part 2
- 74 Chapter 74: Tang En’s Holiday Part 1
- 75 Chapter 75: Tang En’s Holiday Part 2
- 76 Chapter 76: The Holiday Is Over Part 1
- 77 Chapter 77: The Holiday Is Over Part 2
- 78 Chapter 78: The New Manager Part 1
- 79 Chapter 79: The New Manager Part 2
- 80 Chapter 80: The Reception Part 1
- 81 Chapter 81: The Reception Part 2
- 82 Chapter 82: To Stay Or To Go? Part 1
- 83 Chapter 83: To Stay Or To Go? Part 2
- 84 Chapter 84: Accidental Success Part 1
- 85 Chapter 85: Accidental Success Part 2
- 86 Chapter 86: Investing In The Future Part 1
- 87 Chapter 87: Investing In The Future Part 2
- 88 Chapter 88: I Will Return Part 1
- 89 Chapter 89: I Will Return Part 2
- 90 Chapter 90: Beautiful Tackle Part 1
- 91 Chapter 91: Beautiful Tackle Part 2
- 92 Chapter 92: The Arsenal Match
- 92.1 Chapter 92_1
- 93 Chapter 93: Let Me Play Part 1
- 94 Chapter 94: Let Me Play Part 2
- 95 Chapter 95: A Fateful Showdown Part 1
- 96 Chapter 96: A Fateful Showdown Part 2
- 97 Chapter 97: The Idiot Collymore Part 1
- 98 Chapter 98: The Idiot Collymore Part 2
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