MINYUAN Stadium

Located at 83 Chongqing Road, Heping District, Tianjin, it is a famous international cultural tourist attraction in Tianjin - "five Avenue" area. This region, which is permeated with strong European customs, has garden style buildings with different national architectural styles in the 1920s and 1930s, so it also enjoys the reputation of "World Architecture Expo". As the birthplace of Tianjin football, Minyuan stadium plays an important role in the booming period of Tianjin sports. In the 86 year history, Minyuan stadium has experienced the peak moment of champion and the humiliating tears of demotion. It seems that every inch of green grass and every minute of air here is permeated with the sadness and joy of Tianjin football and the pain and joy of Tianjin fans.

MINYUAN Stadium

Located at 83 Chongqing Road, Heping District, Tianjin, it is a famous international cultural tourist attraction in Tianjin - "five Avenue" area. This region, which is permeated with strong European customs, has garden style buildings with different national architectural styles in the 1920s and 1930s, so it also enjoys the reputation of "World Architecture Expo".

brief introduction

Minyuan, the eternal temple in the hearts of fans

As one of the four municipalities directly under the central government in China, Tianjin always has some profound and long-standing "local culture" that the "old Tianjin Wei" can't let go of: for example, Beiyang University (now Tianjin University), China's earliest official college, and Nankai University, China's earliest private college, have been opened here; for example, a generation of famous monks, master Hongyi Li Shutong and a generation of martial arts have emerged here Huo Yuanjia, the great master of learning; another example is the social party of young commander Zhang Xueliang and Miss Zhao Si. Of course, in this wonderful city, there is also a wonderful story about the folk garden stadium, which combines honor and disgrace.

godfather

historically

"Wudao" is just a barren depression in the south of Tianjin. After entering the 20th century, due to the change of society and government, it was finally shamefully divided into the British concession. From 1919 to 1926, the British concession industry bureau built roads in the depression filled with dredged mud from the Haihe River. Dali Road, munan Road, Changde Road, Chongqing Road and Chengdu Road were successively built in this area, which initially delineated the scope of today's "five main roads". Due to the political and economic needs, the "five avenues" has been the residence of politicians since its completion, and the Minyuan stadium can occupy a place in this treasure land, which naturally shows its unique charm and profound historical heritage.

Eric Liddell

When it comes to Minyuan stadium, the name of Scot Eric Liddell has to be mentioned. Maybe people are not familiar with him, but anyone who has seen the best film "chariot of fire" of the 54th Oscar in 1981 should know that the archetype of the sprinter who trained hard for the 1924 Paris Olympic Games and finally won the championship is Eric Liddell, and he is also the real "Godfather" of Minyuan stadium. In 1920, due to the need of sports activities, Tianjin old British concession Industry Bureau (b.m.c) built a large-scale and advanced stadium in the concession, which was the rudiment of Minyuan stadium. At that time, Liddell, who was under 18 years old, was studying in Edinburgh University. In 1922, this young man with great sports talent officially entered the world sports arena, and in 1924, he won the gold medal of 400m Race in Paris Olympic Games.

In 1925, in order to help the poor and weak China, Liddell came to Tianjin. While he was engaged in missionary work, he also taught in Xinxue middle school (now Tianjin No.17 middle school). Due to his fame in the world sports arena and rich experience in participating in the competition, the British concession Industry Bureau decided to invite him to participate in the design of the transformation of Minyuan stadium in 1925. Therefore, according to the standards of the world track and field competition and his own experience, Liddell put forward a series of suggestions on the reconstruction of the runway structure, lighting equipment, stand level and so on. These suggestions were of the world's advanced level at that time. Under his planning and supervision, Minyuan stadium finally became the leading comprehensive stadium in Asia at that time.

After the completion of xinminyuan stadium, it immediately attracted many international competitions. In 1929, Liddell took part in the world track and Field Games held by the British concession authorities. In the competition, he showed his strength again, defeated Artu felsa of Germany, the 500m world record holder, and won the gold medal of 400m Race in this games, which is also the last gold medal in his sports career.

In 1941, Pearl Harbor Incident broke out. Liddell, who was dedicated to safeguarding the Chinese people, was soon sent to the concentration camp in Weifang, Shandong Province, where he was persecuted and died in February 1945. Later, a comrade in arms who fought with him in the concentration camp described, "in such a difficult environment, it's hard to imagine that he would always be optimistic. At that time, what he talked about most for everyone was that he led the football team of Xinxue middle school to compete in the Minyuan stadium, which he was familiar with. He cried out, "go ahead! Move forward! " The sound of cheering seemed to make him forget that he was a foreigner. In that turbulent colonial history, he left two treasures for future generations: one is the folk garden stadium, and the other is his persistent belief in ideals. "

honor

National white football team

It was founded in 1956 to prepare for the 16th Olympic Games in Melbourne with the national football red team. The red team and the white team are mainly composed of the returned Hungarian players. The white team also added some top players from the central sports academy, the first National Sports Association and the Wuhan sports academy. However, in the subsequent Olympic trials participated by the red team, the white team, Shanghai, Bayi and Hong Kong, the white team lost to the red team 1-2 and lost the qualification to participate in the Olympic Games The reason is that 14 players of the white team settled in Tianjin.

After the founding of new China

Minyuan stadium plays an important role in the booming period of Tianjin sports.

In April 1957, 14 members of the Chinese white team settled in Tianjin under the leadership of the leader Wang Boqing and coach Shao xiankai, which marked the formal establishment of Tianjin football, and the Minyuan stadium opened a new page in history. Although at that time the National League implemented the game system instead of the present home and away system, as long as the game was in Tianjin, Minyuan stadium was the undisputed home of Tianjin team. This Tianjin football team, with the national team members as the main team, is famous all over the country for its comprehensive technique, fierce offensive playing method and "fearing death" tough style. It has won five championships, five runners up and five third places in the National Games, National First Division League and National Football Championship, and has become a veritable "master of kings" in Chinese football. This generation has also built a solid foundation for Tianjin football.

The battle against Yalu River of Korea in 1974 is a classic example of Tianjin team's exerting our national prestige. At that time, it was in the late period of the cultural revolution, and the sports games that had once stopped were gradually thawed. The Yalu River team, which integrates all the football elites of North Korea, boasts of being "invincible all over China" because of its frequent success in friendly matches. However, in Tianjin's Minyuan stadium, they finally suffered. In almost the whole game, they were tired of defending. They just drew Tianjin team with a wrong penalty just before the final game. No wonder there are still senior Tianjin fans who are worried about that game. "It was really cheap for them that time, but fortunately they finally saw the strength of Tianjin football Harm In 1980, the Tianjin team was headed by Yan Dejun, and the Tianjin team with Zuo Shusheng, Wang Yujian, Zhang guilai, Qi Yubo and Wang qunfa had the strength to win the championship. However, in that season, the Guangdong team with Rong Zhixing became the biggest obstacle in the way of winning the championship, and the two teams fought for the championship. Two days before the decisive battle between the two teams in Minyuan stadium, there was heavy rain in Tianjin, which naturally made the Guangdong team who was good at water warfare very happy. However, on the day of the game, the Guangdong team members were surprised to find that the grass of Minyuan stadium was not affected by the rain at all. It turned out that before the heavy rain, careful stadium staff had covered the grassland with plastic film, which naturally made it difficult for the Guangdong team to take advantage. In the end, the match ended with a 3-0 win for Tianjin team. That season, Tianjin team also won the first championship of Tianjin football in major national football matches after the Cultural Revolution four rounds ahead of schedule. This anecdote is still one of the folk garden classics that Tianjin veteran fans are fond of talking about.

However, after China's football entered the professionalization, although the name of Tianjin team changed again and again, from lifeI Samsung, from TEDA Dingxin to TEDA CEC, and then to Master Kang, it seems that Tianjin football has never been able to find back the former "maneuvering" heroism and domineering, on the contrary, the harvest is more disappointed and anxious waiting.

On December 17, 1997, in the 21st round of League A, the three stars of Tianjin lifeI, who were deeply in the quagmire of relegation, met Guangdong Hongyuan, a former strong team in Minyuan stadium. Perhaps the only thing that impressed people in that game was the heavy fog with visibility less than 40 meters and the excited Tianjin fans who used lighters to light up in the fog after the Tianjin team won three goals. In this game“

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