Coaching legend

George's words in front of the club, "Once a Burnley man, always a Burnley man", quickly spread among Burnley fans.

George had already conquered Burnley fans with his performance in the second division last season, and after shouting this sentence, George became a hero in the hearts of Burnley fans.

Some fans even shouted "Protect George" and the club should sign a long-term contract with George to keep George.

Of course, after clarifying the rumors, George entered into a tense work again. The job of the head coach is like this. Players can play according to the coach's instructions. But the head coach is not like this, not to mention that Burnley was promoted to the English League One this year.

Although the English League Two and the English League One are only one level apart, they are completely different league levels. How many teams that are in the second division can only play soy sauce in the first division.

Burnley was also successfully promoted from the second division two years ago, but after playing soy sauce in the first division for a year, it returned to the second division.

In the English league, such promotion and demotion teams are not uncommon. George no longer wanted to stay in the lower leagues. His goal was very clear. He wanted to be promoted to the Premier League. Only in the Premier League could the team be more attractive and attract more good players to join.

So George basically stayed in his office these days, studying the opponents of the A-League with Evan Sawyer and Carl Pat.

Just when the three were watching Crystal Palace's game last year, the phone in George's office rang.

"Is that Coach George Levy?" A female voice sounded.

George was very confused. He knew a lot of women. "I'm George Levy, may I ask who you are..."

"Sorry, I forgot to introduce myself. My name is Casey Miller. I am representing the English League Coaches Association to invite Coach George to the dinner. If Coach George is willing, we will send out an invitation letter soon."

"Coach Association? Me?" George was stunned, and then he remembered that he was also a member of the Coach Association. "Thank you, I don't know when. If there is no problem with the schedule, I will definitely be there."

"This Friday."

"Friday, OK. No problem." George shrugged after hanging up the phone.

The English League Coaches Association was established in 1992. The English football had undergone earth-shaking changes, including the English Premier League's independence from the English League and Sky TV's use of satellite TV to broadcast football matches. The need for a channel to represent all the Premier League and English League coaches to express their opinions prompted the establishment of the League Coaches Association.

The League Coaches Association was established in 1992 and is the most authoritative organization for professional coaches in England. Team coaches from the Premier League to the fifth league are affiliated with the association. In addition to safeguarding the rights and interests of its members, the association will also select the "Association's Best Coach of the Year".

George, as the head coach of Burnley, also belongs to this association. However, no one has ever found George, and George almost forgot that there is such a coaching association in England.

Now most of the options are over. This year's Premier League team's best coach is coach Ferguson, and the best coach selected by the Coaches Association is Peter Reid, who coaches Sunderland. George guessed that it should be a dinner held to congratulate them.

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On Friday, George put on a suit that he rarely wore and came to the dinner venue. The banquet was held in a not very big bar, and no one checked the invitation letter until he entered. This made George look at the invitation letter in his hand and laugh and cry.

However, after just entering, George's eyes were straight. Because there are countless legendary English coaches, including Venables, Bobby Robson, Brian Clough, and of course Alex Ferguson, Kevin Keegan and other famous coaches.

Looking at these world-class coaches, George's heart was pounding. After all, these were only seen on TV before, but now they are really around him.

Of course, there are some doubts in his heart, just like Bobby Robson, who just led Porto to become a double champion in Portugal last season. And appointed as the head coach of the La Liga giant Barcelona. How could he appear in this occasion? Of course, these are not what George can know now.

Looking at many people inside, they are around Ferguson, and some are around Bobby Robson.

After all, George has been a coach for too short a time, and no one knows George at all. Besides, those coaches either flattered Ferguson or Robson. No one cared about George, and George didn't understand what he was called to do.

George had no interest in joining in the fun. So he found a quiet place and drank alone. He felt very bored, and of course he suddenly envied Ferguson.

When would he be able to have such a glorious moment? There were too many legendary coaches at today's cocktail party. Including Brian Clough, who was famous for his personality coach, who was also talking to Bobby Robson.

Among all the coaches present today, there is absolutely no one who is more legendary than Brian Clough. He created a brilliant career at Nottingham Forest that surprised everyone. He took over the coaching position in 1975, led the team into the First Division in 1977, won the top league championship in 1978, won the European Cup in 1979, and defended the European Championship in 1980. 20 years ago, the red Forest jersey shone with brilliance because of Clough's presence.

And it is also because of Clough's presence that Nottingham Forest has become the only team that has won more European Cup titles than its domestic league titles so far. George looked at Brian Clough and wondered if he could achieve the same success as him in the future.

"Excuse me, can I sit down?" A voice interrupted George's meditation, and George nodded listlessly.

"Thank you." The man greeted very gracefully, then stretched out his hand and said, "Hello, I'm Harry Redknapp." Hearing this name, George, who was listless just now, turned his head and looked at the person who came.

The person who came was Harry Redknapp, who is currently coaching West Ham, and the father of Liverpool midfielder Jamie Redknapp. George's biggest impression of Redknapp is that when Redknapp coached West Ham, he trained many players who later became famous in the football world. And when he coached Tottenham later, he achieved very good results.

"Hello, Coach Redknapp. I am George Levy, the head coach of Burnley in the English League One." George quickly stretched out his hand to respond to Redknapp.

"George Levy, I thought of it. Coach Levy just rejected Blackburn's invitation recently, which is not simple." Redknapp reacted in an instant. "By the way, your club did a great job in the summer transfer of Bobowski."

George shrugged, not expecting Redknapp to know these things. "West Ham United has produced many new stars recently."

"Oh, Coach George is also paying attention to our West Ham United." Redknapp asked with surprise.

George smiled and nodded.

"By the way, Coach Levy, this is your first time in such an occasion. I see you are not used to it." Redknapp looked around and saw that there were only two of them where George sat.

"Yes, there is no one I know here." George replied with a wry smile.

"I understand."