Kuye ngesikhathi sonyaka, zazibukeka njengamachibi odaka, izindawo zokushibilika eqhweni, noma izitsha zothuli. Kodwa njengoba izimali ezinkulu zitheleka ebholeni, izinkundla ezisezingeni eliphezulu sezibucayi kakhulu kulo mdlalo - iStar Gardeners
Ukuzingela ngokungemthetho kweReal Madrid uPaul Burgess wase-Arsenal ngo-2009 kwaba yisikhathi esiyingqophamlando kungqondongqondo webhola lase-England. Ngemva kokuqala umsebenzi wakhe kuBlackpool Football Club, uBurgess wathuthela eqenjini elisenyakatho yeLondon ngo-1999, wenza uphawu lwakhe eneminyaka engu-21. Wabonakala esiteji saseYurophu ngesikhathi somkhankaso we-Arsenal we-Champions League ekuqaleni kwawo-2000 futhi washaya i-Euro 2004 EPortugal. Ngemva kweminyaka emine, waphinde wazihlukanisa e-European Championships. Ngokushesha ngemva kwalokho, ukudluliselwa okuthakazelisayo kwenziwa yiqembu elihlonishwa kakhulu ebholeni lomhlaba, i-Real Madrid.
Uma ungakukhumbuli, kwakungengenxa yokuthi uBurgess wehlulekile eMadrid. Lokhu kungenxa yokuthi ungumnakekeli omkhulu we-Arsenal. Ukuhamba kukaBurgess kwaba yisiqalo sokugijima kwethalente laseBrithani kulo lonke elaseYurophu. Izimbangi zangempela ze-Atlético zavulela uDan Gonzalez, owahlabeka umxhwele ngomsebenzi wakhe eBournemouth. U-Tony Stones, owaqala ukunakekela i-bowling eluhlaza e-Barnsley futhi kamuva waba yi-Chief Grounds Keeper e-Wembley, usayinwe ukuthi angamele i-Stade de France, inkundla yesizwe yase-France. Khonamanjalo, i-FIFA isayinise u-Alan Ferguson, waseScotland owawina imiklomelo eyisikhombisa ye-Stadium Man of the Year kumasizini angu-12 e-Ipswich Town, njengomphathi wabo wokuqala ophezulu ngaphakathi.
Umdlali ogqame kakhulu kwakunguJonathan Calderwood, owajoyina iParis Saint-Germain esuka ku-Aston Villa ngo-2013. Lo mdlali waseNyakatho wase-Ireland usewine uMdlali Wonyaka wenkundla kabili, kwathi uGerard Houllier, imenenja yeLiverpool neLyon, wamqoka njengomdlali ongcono kakhulu. umhlaba. kanye nama-villas. Lesi sinyathelo siza njengoba umphathi omusha weParis Saint-Germain waseQatar etshala amakhulu ezigidi zamaRandi ukuze alethe abadlali abahamba phambili emhlabeni, okuhlanganisa uZlatan Ibrahimovic noDavid Beckham. Engxoxweni yethu yakamuva, uCalderwood uthe umzuzu wokuhamba kwakhe akubanga ngengozi.
“Babenohlu lwabalimele abangalweni,” ekhumbula. Okuphakelayo okuzinzile kuzoqala ukulungisa lokhu. Kepha bekukhona nesizathu esinobuhlakani esengeziwe sokusayinwa kukaCalderwood: ngaphambi kokuthi afike, inkundla ibihamba kancane, inyakaza kakhulu, ibingalindelekile, nokukhuluma ngohlobo lokudlula ngokushesha oludlalwa iningi lamaqembu aphezulu ase-Europe. “Abanikazi babonile ukuthi lokhu akukona ukuthenga abadlali abangu-11 abasezingeni lomhlaba,” kusho uCalderwood. “Badinga okuthile ngemuva kwabo ukuze basebenze. Enye yezinto ezisemqoka yinkundla.”
Selokhu efikile, iParis Saint-Germain isinqobe izicoco eziyisithupha zeLigue 1 kumasizini ayisishiyagalombili futhi, okokugcina, ngokubona kukaCalderwood, usephinde waba uMdlali Wonyaka weLigue 1 izikhathi eziyisithupha. Umklomelo we-Best Stadium. Ngemuva kokuwina iligi ngo-2014, owayengumphathi ngaleso sikhathi uLaurent Blanc waveza amaphuzu angu-16 ekilabhu kuCalderwood njengoba inkundla ivumela iqembu ukuthi likwazi ukuhlasela. Iqembu beliveza emabhodini futhi livela ezikhangisweni kumabonakude kazwelonke. UZlatan Ibrahimovic, owake waba ngumgadli waleli qembu, wakhalaza ngokuncokola ngokuthi uCalderwood uthole ukunakwa kwabezindaba kakhulu kunaye.
I-UK iyimboni yamathalente eyingqayizivele uma kuziwa ekuphathweni kwenkundla yezemidlalo. “Sihamba phambili ngeminyaka eyi-10 kunanoma iyiphi enye indawo emhlabeni,” kusho uRichard Hayden, umbhali we-FIFA's Official Stadium Handbook, wangitshela. “Uma ufuna ukusebenza kwezobuchwepheshe ungaya eSilicon Valley. Yebo, i-UK iyiSilicon Valley yangempela! ”
Umkhakha wokuphatha umhlaba wase-UK uwodwa ubiza ngaphezu kwe-£1bn, uqashe abantu abangaphezu kuka-27,000 futhi unochwepheshe kuyo yonke imikhakha, kusukela kwabathanda imbewu abangatshala amakhambi akhula emthunzini kuya kososayensi abakha izinto zamakhemikhali ukuze benze utshani bube luhlaza. E-West Yorkshire, i-Sports Turf Research Institute iyisikhungo samandla se-R&D, ifunda yonke into kusukela ekutheni amanzi adlula ngokushesha kanjani ezinhlotsheni ezihlukene zesihlabathi kuya ekutheni ukucoleka kwesiqu sotshani kuba nomthelela kanjani ekugingqeni kwebhola legalofu. E-West Yorkshire, i-Sports Turf Research Institute iyisikhungo samandla se-R&D, ifunda yonke into kusukela ekutheni amanzi adlula ngokushesha kanjani ezinhlotsheni ezihlukene zesihlabathi kuya ekutheni ukucoleka kwesiqu sotshani kuba nomthelela kanjani ekugingqeni kwebhola legalofu.E-West Yorkshire, i-Sports Turf Research Institute iyisikhungo socwaningo nentuthuko efunda yonke into kusukela ekutheni amanzi ahamba ngokushesha kangakanani ezinhlotsheni ezihlukene zesihlabathi kuya ekutheni ubukhulu besiqu sotshani buthinta kanjani ukuphonswa kwebhola legalofu.E-West Yorkshire, i-Sports Turf Institute iyisikhungo socwaningo nentuthuko esifunda yonke into kusukela ejubaneni lamanzi ngokusebenzisa izinhlobo ezihlukene zesihlabathi kuya ukuthi ukuzacisa kweziqu zotshani kuthinta kanjani ukuphonswa kwebhola legalofu. Mayelana ne-hardware, i-UK nayo ayinakho ukuncintisana. UBernhard e-Warwickhire wenza ezinye zezinhlelo ezingcono kakhulu zokulola ama-mower emhlabeni, i-Allett ese-Staffordshire ihlinzeka ngemishini yokugunda nokulungisa izinto ezisezingeni eliphezulu, njengoba kwenza uDennis eDerbyshire. Abasika utshani bakwaDennis basetshenziswa ukusuka eWimbledon kuya eCamp Nou eBarcelona nase-Old Trafford eManchester United. UCalderwood uphinde uwasebenzise ku-PSG.
Izindlela zokunakekela utshani ezakhiwe e-UK zisetshenziswe kuthenisi, igalofu, ibhola lombhoxo kanye nayo yonke imidlalo yobungcweti edlalwa otshanini. Kodwa kwakuyibhola lezinyawo, nengcebo yalo enkulu kanye nesisekelo sabalandeli bomhlaba wonke, okwaholela kulokhu kuguquguquka. Akekho umlimi ongasho ukuthi umsebenzi wakhe uyisizathu esiyinhloko sempumelelo yanoma yiliphi iqembu, kodwa njengoba ababhukudi bama-Olympic bengaqhudelani ngezikhindi zasogwini futhi abachwepheshile bamabhayisikili baphuce imilenze, amaqembu ebhola ahamba phambili acatshangelwa yimininingwane emincane engenza iqembu liphumelele. umehluko. phakathi kokunqoba noma ukunqoba. lahlekelwa. Lapho u-Guardiola efika eCity ngo-2016, wafuna ukuthi utshani bunqunywe ku-19mm kuphela, njengoba kwakunjalo ngamakilabhu angaphambilini iBarcelona neBayern. (Ekugcineni kwadingeka akhethe u-23mm njengoba utshani obufushane babujwayele ukugqokwa futhi isimo sezulu esibandayo saseManchester sisho ukuthi ngeke silulame ngokushesha.) Ngokufanayo, ngemuva kwesizini ka-2016/17, umphathi we-Liverpool uJurgen Klopp utshele umphathi wenkundla uMan: Inkundla I-Anfield ihamba kancane kakhulu. Abasebenzi bakhe kabusha inkundla ehlobo kanti iLiverpool ayikaze ihlulwe ekhaya kwiligi isizini yonke ezayo.
Kusukela ekuqaleni kwawo-1990, ukuthuthukiswa okukhulu kwenkundla yokudlala kushintshe indlela umdlalo odlalwa ngayo. “E-Arsenal sihlala sinenkundla esezingeni lokuqala, kodwa emidlalweni yangaphandle ilokhu ibangcono futhi ibangcono,” kusho umphathi wangaphambili u-Arsene Wenger nge-imeyili. “Kusiza kakhulu ukuthuthukisa izinga lomdlalo, ikakhulukazi ijubane lomdlalo.”
Izinga lenkundla libaluleke kakhulu kumakilabhu aphambili afuna ukukhulisa amakhono abadlali bawo abanekhono lobuchwepheshe. Ngokuphambene, ukukhonza okubi kuthathwa njengokudonsa ngoba kuvimbela iqembu elingcono ukuthi lidlule ngokushesha; ukuze ukhulume, ebholeni, inkundla yokudlala engalingani ijwayele ukubeka inkundla yokudlala.
I-European Championship kuleli hlobo izobanjelwa emadolobheni angu-11 ezwenikazi, kodwa amasimu asezandleni zamaNgisi. I-UEFA iqoke “Uchwepheshe Wezinkundla” enkundleni ngayinye ozosebenzisana nabalimi bezingadi basendaweni ukuze baqinisekise izinkundla zemidlalo ezisezingeni eliphezulu. Ngaphandle kwabase-Ireland, uRichard Hayden noGreg Whately, bonke ochwepheshe abakhonzayo bavela eNgilandi. E-Wembley Stadium, okuyikhaya lomdlalo owandulela owamanqamu nowokugcina, ochwepheshe abasebenzayo ngu-Dale Fries nomgcini waphansi u-Carl Standley, u-Brit oneminyaka engu-36 ubudala ogundwe insingo nezinhlanga ezimhlophe, imiklomelo yakhe ehlanganisa i-Top turf Influencer Awards.
Emasontweni amane ngaphambi komdlalo wokuqala we-England neCroatia eWembley, u-Standley uzwakale egxile kodwa ekhululekile, njengomfundi oyisihlabani ozilungiselele kahle izivivinyo. Yebo, umsebenzi wakhe kuma-European Championships uzobonwa ngababukeli abangaphezu kwebhiliyoni emhlabeni jikelele, futhi yebo, izihlabani zomqhudelwano zithembele kuye ngomsebenzi wazo omuhle kakhulu, kodwa akesabi. “Sekuyiminyaka sihlela lo mdlalo,” kusho u-Standley muva nje. "Sihlela ukuzama ukungabhubhi."
I-pitch ngesiNgisi kudala ikhathele. Uma lina izulu liphenduka udaka. Phakathi nezinyanga ezibandayo zasebusika, insangu iphenduka iqhwa. Khona-ke, ezinyangeni ezimbalwa kamuva, isimo sezulu esifudumele siwenza abe amathafa omile, anothuli. “Abantu bayathanda ukuza eWembley ngoba cishe iyona kuphela insimu yotshani e-England,” kusho uCalderwood.
Izinkundla ezimbi zisho ukuthi imidlalo ikhanseliwe, okusho ukulahleka kwemali engenayo, okuholele ekutheni amanye amakilabhu aphendukele kwezinye izindlela zokwenziwa. Ngo-1981, iQueens Park Rangers yafaka i-OmniTurf. Ungqimba oluncane lwe-turf yokwenziwa lwalubekwe phezu kwetiyela, futhi indawo entsha yayiqinile kangangokuthi owayengumphathi we-Oldham Athletic u-Joe Royle ukhumbula ngesinye isikhathi igoli lishaye phezulu lavele ladlula phezu komugqa ophambene. Kepha i-QPR isiqala ukunqoba endaweni yayo entsha kanti amanye amakilabhu amaningi alandele okufanayo. I-FA yabavimba ngo-1995 ngenxa yesiphithiphithi lapho okuthiwa “amasimu epulasitiki” anikeza ababungazi ithuba elingalungile. Kodwa ngalesi sikhathi, kwaqala isahluko esisha ekuphathweni kwesayithi.
Njengezindaba eziningi zesimanje zebhola lezinyawo, ukukhuphuka kokunakekelwa kwe-elite turf kuyindaba emayelana nemali nethelevishini. Ngeminyaka yawo-1990, njengoba imali ye-TV ingena kuPremier League entsha, amakilabhu aqala ukusebenzisa imali eningi emalini yokudlulisa kanye namaholo abadlali. Lapho abadlali bebaluleka ngokwengeziwe, kubaluleke kakhulu ukubavikela ekulimaleni. Enye indlela yokunciphisa ukulimala ukuhlinzeka ngenkundla yokudlala esezingeni. Ngenxa yalokho, umlimi osekunesikhathi eside ekhohliwe waba nencazelo entsha. “Ngokuphazima kweso kuba nengcindezi kubaqaphi,” kusho unozinti weNice, uScott Brooks, oke wasebenza ku-Arsenal naseTottenham.
Akukhona nje ukuvikela abadlali kuphela, kodwa nababukeli. Uma iPremier League ifuna ukuzibonakalisa njengomkhiqizo omuhle womhlaba wonke, idinga umkhiqizo ozobukeka umuhle kumabonakude. Isifundo esingcolile, esishintshayo, esingaphelele akwamukeleki. NgokukaCalderwood, abasakazi sebeqala ukufuna “izindawo ezinjengama-pool.” Abanye abasakazi baze basho ezinkontilekeni zabo ukuthi inkundla kufanele ibe sesimweni esihlanzekile, ngokusho kukaGeoff Webb, isikhulu esiphezulu seTerritory Management Association, emele izintshisekelo zabalimi baseBrithani.
Njengoba izifundo ziba ngcono, kanjalo nomdlalo ngokwawo. “Izinsuku nobusuku lapho sikhona e-Old Trafford,” uSir Alex Ferguson, owayeqeqesha iManchester United kusukela ngo-1986 kuya ku-2013, wangitshela nge-imeyili. “Ukwazi ukuthi udlala ngendlela engaguquki, esezingeni eliphezulu, ikakhulukazi uma udinga ukunyakazisa ibhola ngesivinini esithile, kuhamba ibanga elide.”
Enhliziyweni yalokhu kuguquguquka ekunakekelweni kotshani nguSteve Braddock. UBraddock wenze okungaphezu kwanoma ubani selokhu ajoyina i-Arsenal ngo-1987 ukuze akhe umhlaba lapho ukukhonza okuphelele kuyinto evamile. UWenger ucaphune ukuhlangana noBraddock njengenye yezingoma zakhe ezinkulu. "Ekugcineni ngithole umuntu onothando olufanayo lokukhonza kahle," kusho uWenger kimi. Ngokusho kwakhe, uBraddock uyisihluthulelo sokukhulisa izinga kuPremier League.
Ekuseni kunomoya wasentwasahlobo, u-Braddock wangithatha esiteshini sase-Radley e-Hertfordshire futhi sehla ngemigwaqo ejikayo eya ebaleni lokuzilolongela i-Arsenal e-Kearney, lapho agxumeka khona izinkundla eziyi-11. Leli yisonto lakhe lokuqala ebuyile emsebenzini esikhathini esingaphezu konyaka njengoba elwa nalolu bhubhane ngesikhathi elashelwa umdlavuza wesikhumba.
Ekufikeni kwakhe, wangikhombisa indawo, wama ngesinye isikhathi washayela unjiniyela wakhe amethembayo emtshela ukuthi amabhande aphephetha omunye wogandaganda wakhe adinga ukuqiniswa - wezwa kukhala ingwijikhwebu ebangeni elingamamitha angama-50 - Omunye wakhononda ngomlimi wengadi. umsizi owanyakazisa izigxobo zesango ngaphandle kokuphakamisa amasondo. “Ishiya amamaki,” echaza. Ukunaka kukaBraddock emininingwaneni kuyinganekwane: umsizi wangaphambili wangitshela ukuthi uma ekwazi, wayezogunda utshani ngesikelo.
UBraddock wayeneminyaka engu-23 kuphela lapho ejoyina i-Arsenal njengomphathi wensimu. Ezinsukwini zakuqala, ebhekene nesabelomali esilinganiselwe nalokho ayekubona njengesiko lezindinganiso eziphansi, kwadingeka azitholele eyakhe indlela. Phezu kwakho konke lokhu, kunokulungiswa kabusha kwaminyaka yonke: ekupheleni kwesizini ngayinye, insimu iyadonswa ukuze kukhishwe ukhula olungafuneki olunezimpande ezingajulile futhi lungabambeli i-turf endaweni, okwenza kube lula ukuphuka. Ngaphambi kokuthuthukiswa kobuchwepheshe ngo-2000, lokhu kwakudinga amasonto ambalwa wehla wenyuka emzileni usebenzisa imishini ebizwa ngokuthi ama-scarifiers.
Ngokuhamba kwesikhathi, amanye ama-pitchers aseBrithani asebenzisa izindlela zika-Braddock, kuhlanganise nokusebenzisa kwakhe isihlabathi ngokukhululekile ukusiza i-pitch idonsa ngokushesha. "USteve ushintshe imboni," kusho umphathi wenkundla ye-Arsenal uPaul Ashcroft. Ubuchwepheshe bokulungisa buka-Braddock "abukaze bucatshangelwe noma bubhekwe njengento engenzeka ngemishini elinganiselwe etholakalayo." UBraddock ujabule nokwabelana ngobuhlakani bakhe abuqoqile namanye amakilabhu. Abalimi abambalwa engikhulume nabo bakhumbula ukuphendukela kuBraddock ukuthola iseluleko sokulungisa.
Kancane kancane, indima yomlimi yaqala ukushintsha. Kusukela ngasekupheleni kweminyaka yawo-1990, lapho iPremier League idinga ukuthi baqeqeshwe kwisayensi yezitshalo, umsebenzi usuya ngokuya uqhutshwa yidatha. Ubuchwepheshe obusha busiza futhi. Umsiki wotshani enkundleni yezemidlalo efana ne-Wembley angase asebenze amahora angu-25-30 ngesonto, amaviki angu-50 ngonyaka. U-Standley wangitshela ukuthi umshini wokugunda utshani kufanele uhambe amakhilomitha angu-10 ukuze udlule e-Wembley kanye. Izintengo zale mishini ziqala ku-£11,000. Lapho ngivakashela ifekthri kaDennis eDerbyshire ngo-April, babehlanganisa imishini yokugunda utshani abayi-12 ukuze bathunyelwe eQatar, iFIFA eyayiyi-ode ngeNdebe Yomhlaba yangonyaka ozayo.
Kochwepheshe baseBrithani abanakekela utshani, izindinganiso zaseYurophu zisadabukisa. "Abazange baqonde ukuthi yini edingekayo ukuze badlale ibhola elikhokhelwayo," kusho uStones, ekhumbula isikhathi sakhe e-Stade de France njengomqeqeshi omkhulu. UCalderwood ucabanga ukuthi kuncike emfundweni. Njengabasebenzi abaningi abahamba phambili bokunakekela utshani, wafunda isayensi yotshani eMiles Coe College ePreston. "Ngisho ukuthola into efana nediploma noma idiploma kazwelonke ephakeme, okungenakwenzeka eFrance, ayikho into enjalo," esho.
Lapho efika eParis Saint-Germain, uCalderwood washaqeka ngalokho akuthola. Amaqembu ezinsimu awanazo ngisho izigundane ezidingekayo ukuze kugezwe utshani obufile ngemva kwemidlalo. “Abazi ngisho into elula njengaleyo,” wangitshela, eshaqekile okomuntu osanda kuthola ukuthi umakhelwane wakhe akaqondi ukuthi kufanele agunde utshani. Lapho ngikhuluma nesekela likaCalderwood, umFulentshi u-Arnaud Meline, wangitshela ukuthi “umbono” wotshani ezweni lakubo uhluke ngokuyisisekelo. KumaFulentshi, “kuseyindawo ongaya kuyo izoso nabangane.”
Amalungiselelo e-Euro 2020 aqala eminyakeni engaphezu kwemibili edlule. Ekuseni ngo-April 25, 2019, u-Dale Frith wayeshayela ehla ngo-M6 elibangise eWembley, lapho i-UEFA yayiqoqele khona ithimba layo lochwepheshe benkundla ukuze kube nomhlangano “wokuqala”.
Ngo-10 ekuseni, iziqhwaga eziningi ezinakekela utshani zisuke zisetafuleni lezingxoxo. Ngaphandle kukaFries, kukhona noRichard Hayden, othi nguyena yedwa uchwepheshe wotshani oguqule ngempumelelo izinkundla eLille ngesikhathi se-Euro 2016. U-Dean Gilasby usebenze neFIFA ukuthuthukisa onozinti abasafufusa emhlabeni wonke, kusukela eMacedonia kuya eGhana. U-Andy Cole uchwepheshe wenkantolo osehlale isikhathi eside kunabo bonke kuleli gumbi, udlale kuma-European Championships amathathu kanye nama-World Championships amathathu. Laba bantu ababona abalimi, bangabaxhumanisi botshani, izazi zezolimo namahlathi futhi bengamela amaphrojekthi ambalwa aqhubekayo.
Abamele i-UEFA bethule uhlelo lwezinyanga ezizayo, kanye nalokho abakulindele enkundleni ngayinye. Ngokweziqondiso ze-UEFA, ukubamba kufanele kube ngaphezu kwamamitha ama-newton angu-30 (Nm), okuyiyunithi yetorque ekala ukusebenzisana komdlali nendawo. Ukudonsa kakhulu kungalimaza imigqa futhi kubangele ukulimala, okuncane kakhulu kungabangela umdlali ukuba alahlekelwe ibhalansi. Ukuqina kwendawo kufanele kube phakathi kuka-70 no-90 gravimetric - lesi isilinganiso sokuthi isando sehlisa ngokushesha kangakanani umthelela. Uma ibhola lithambile kakhulu, umdlali uzokhathala ngokushesha, uma liqine kakhulu, ingozi yokulimala izokwanda futhi ibhola ligxume kakhulu. I-Turf kufanele ibe phakathi kuka-24mm no-28mm futhi kufanele isikwe ngomugqa oqondile unqamule inkundla futhi ibheke kumugqa wokuthinta. Ibala ngisho nosayizi wephoyinti lokujeziswa kanye nendawo emaphakathi (200mm kanye no-240mm ububanzi, ngokulandelana).
Njengomeluleki, uFries uzosekela i-UEFA ngokuqapha idatha ye-pitch evela ku-janitor Standley futhi ngezikhathi ezithile enze izivivinyo ezizimele. Ubudlelwano phakathi kwabalimi kanye nababonisi akulula. Abalimi banesibopho sokunakekelwa kwansuku zonke kwezindawo ezithile, kuyilapho abaxhumanisi bezulazula phakathi kwamaphrojekthi, kusukela kuNdebe Yomhlaba kuya kwezemidlalo enkulu. (Phakathi nokuvakasha kwase-Wembley, uFrith wayesebenza e-St. Helens Primary School, eyayinenkundla yezemidlalo engasenamanzi kahle.) Abanye baye baqhathanisa ubuhlobo phakathi komakhi nomdwebi wamapulani. “Ngiyakwazi engikufunayo, kodwa abasebenzi abanamakhono bazokwenza engikufunayo,” kusho u-Andy Cole. Kumlimi wanamuhla waseBrithani oqeqeshelwe ukulima, lesi simo sengqondo singaba esingathandeki. UStandley, osehlomule inqwaba yezindondo eminyakeni engu-15 esebenza engadini eWembley Stadium futhi ozifelayo ngomsebenzi wakhe, unqabile ukuxoxiswa ngalesi sihloko ngoba esaba ukuthi sizogcizelela kakhulu umsebenzi wabaxhumanisi botshani.
UStandley waqhathanisa umsebenzi wakhe nokushayela indiza. Uthemba ukuthi angakwazi ukufika kancane ngezinsuku zomdlalo ngokulungiselela kahle, kodwa uma imidlalo ilandelana, ulala ehhotela eliseduze uma kwenzeka okuthile okungalindelekile. Uvame ukuba kude nomkhaya wakhe, kuhlanganise nangezimpelasonto eziningi, kodwa kuwukuzidela azimisele ukukwenza. “Lona akuwona umsebenzi wami, lokhu kuwuthando,” kusho yena. Uqambe i-Wembley Stadium ngengane yakhe yesibili ngoba “uphila futhi uphefumula njengento eyodwa”. (Abalimi bavame ukusho lokhu uma beqonde lapho insimu “yomile” noma “ilambile.”)
Ukugcinwa okuhle kakhulu emkhakheni kuncike ekuzuzeni ukulawula okuphelele kuzo zonke izingxenye zenkundla. NgoMeyi, ngavakashela uDave Roberts, umphathi omkhulu wenkundla ye-Liverpool, e-Anfield futhi wangibonisa ukuthi usebenzisa kanjani izinzwa zokushisa nomswakama emhlabathini ukuze enze izimo ezingcono kakhulu zotshani futhi usebenzisa i-zeolite (uhlobo lomlotha wentaba-mlilo, inhlabathi) odonsa umswakama endaweni yempande. Uhlelo lokunisela “unomphela” lwase-Anfield luwuchungechunge lwamabhokisi epulasitiki axhuma ngaphansi kwenethiwekhi yamapayipi ashisayo ukuze kusheshiswe ukugeleza kwamanzi nokuwavumela ukuba anisele yonke indawo ngaphansi kwemizuzu emithathu.
Izimvula eziningi namazinga okushisa amaphakathi kwenza i-UK ibe yindawo enhle yokutshala utshani. Kodwa ngisho nakulolu hlaza oluhle, isimo sezulu siseyisitha esikhulu sabasebenzi baphansi. Baphila ngokwesaba okungalindelekile. Ngemva kwesonto ngivakashele okokuqala e-Wembley, kwaba nosuku lokugcina olungahlangene neligi. Ngobusuku bangaphambili, kune imvula engu-6 mm esikhundleni sika-2 mm owawubikezelwe, okwadala ukwethuka eqenjini le-Standley.
Uma ngibuza u-Standley ukuthi yini emesabisayo, ukhumbula isiphepho seqhwa esihlasele amahora ambalwa ngaphambi kokudlala kweTottenham 2018 FA Cup ibhekene neRochdale eWembley. (Kamuva emdlalweni, izisebenzi zaphansi kwadingeka zize endaweni namafosholo ukuze zisuse indawo yokujeziswa.) “Imvelo iyinkinga enkulu,” kungitshela u-Standley. Nakuba uFrith aqala umsebenzi wakhe wokuba ngumphathi wengadi, waphendukela kumeluleki ngo-2008, ngenxa yokuthi “ukuntuleka kokulawula” kwamenza wakhathazeka.
Umsebenzi ungase ube nenani. Njengonozinti, abalimi bezingadi abajwayele ukuqashelwa kakhulu uma izinto zihamba kahle, kodwa uma izinto zingahambi kahle, basuke besolwa kuqala. KwaMatshe, yindlela yokuphila, hhayi umsebenzi. “Awubi umlimi, uzalwa ungumlimi,” kusho yena.
Uma ufuna indawo yezemidlalo esezingeni lomhlaba, iWembley Stadium ingaba yisinqumo esibi. U-Standley ufanisa umsebenzi wakhe nokukhula kokhula ebhokisini lezicathulo. Kusukela ngoSepthemba kuya kuMashi, amamitha angama-50 afaka izithunzi otshanini. Phakathi nalezi zinyanga, amazinga okukhanya kwenkundla awavamile ukwedlula u-12 µmol, ngaphansi kakhulu kuka-20 µmol ovame ukudingeka ukuze utshani bukhule. I-Wembley iphinde yaba nokungahambi kahle komoya, kusho u-Standley. Njengoba ochwepheshe botshani besho, ngaphandle komoya, utshani buyavilapha futhi ekugcineni buyawa bufe.
I-Standley inamathuluzi amahle kakhulu okuxazulula lezi zinkinga. Isebenzisa isistimu yokufaka umoya engaphansi komhlaba ukuze ikhuphule amazinga omswakama nomoya-mpilo esihlabathini futhi ihlanganise amasentimitha angama-30 ngaphansi komhlaba (okuthiwa “indawo yezimpande”). Ukugqugquzela ukukhula kwezithombo zotshani, iphinde ilethe amanzi ashisayo ngamapayipi angaphansi komhlaba, ikhuphule izinga lokushisa endaweni engaphezulu yezimpande ibe ngu-17°C. Lapho nje imbewu iqhuma, ukhanyisa izibani namafeni amakhulu ayisithupha ukuze alingise izimo zasehlobo. Okubukeka sengathi utshani obujwayelekile empeleni “kuyinhlanganisela yamakhemikhali enkulu,” wangitshela.
Ukuze ugcine i-Wembley Stadium isesimweni esihle ngesikhathi sasehlobo, umsebenzi omkhulu udinga ukuqedwa ebusika. NgoNovemba 20, 2019, kulungiselelwa i-European Championship, kwase kuyisikhathi sokuqala ukwakhiwa kabusha kwenkundla - ukuthatha indawo yezimpande zokuqala ezinesisindo samathani ayi-6,000. Inhlabathi yemvelo yaseLondon inobumba oluningi, okusho ukuthi alukhiqizi kahle, ngakho u-Standley waletha isihlabathi eSurrey ukuze kusheshiswe ukugeleza kwamanzi. Ukwakha kabusha insimu kuwumsebenzi onzima okufanele wenziwe njalo eminyakeni eyisishiyagalombili. Iqembu lezisebenzi ezingu-15, elisebenza amahora angu-24 ngosuku amasonto amathathu, longa isikhathi nemali ngokuthola izinto zokuya nokubuya enkundleni yezemidlalo ebusuku lapho isiminyaminya sincane.
Utshani buthatha cishe amasonto angu-11 ukuvuthwa ngemva kokubekwa kwesoyi elisha. (Lokhu kuphinde kwahlanganisa nokweluka ingxenye encane yotshani bokwenziwa endaweni ukuze buzinzise.) Kwathi ngo-March 2020, i-UEFA yathutha i-European Championship ehlobo elilandelayo. Lokhu kwaba ukudumala kuStandley, kodwa hhayi inhlekelele. NgoNovemba 2020, walungisa inkundla futhi waqala ukuhlola, wathumela imiphumela kuFrith ukuze itolikwe egameni le-UEFA. Kusukela ngoFebhuwari 2021, uFrith uzohambela eLondon ukuze ayozihlola.
U-Standley uzivumelanisa kahle ne-Wembley kweminye imidlalo efana nebhola lombhoxo nebhola laseMelika. Eyokugcina, uthi, inesikhathi esifushane sokudlala futhi idinga "ukudonsa okuphezulu". Ukuze uphoqe abadlali ukuthi bashintshe indlela ngokushesha ngangokunokwenzeka, i-NFL idinga izinkambu eziqinile ezinamandla adonsela phansi phakathi kuka-90 no-100. Ukwandisa ukuqina kwenkundla, ithimba le-Standley lizokala abagunda utshani babo cishe ngo-30 kg. I-Standley ingangeza cishe iyunithi eyodwa yesisindo ukusikwa ngakunye. Ukuze anciphise ukucindezela futhi, uzophendukela ku-Verti-Drain, ithuluzi elakhiwe ngezipikili eziyisithupha ezimba phansi ukuze zidambise ukungezwani ngokuphula inhlabathi. Ukuze unikeze isivikelo esengeziwe kubadlali bebhola lezinyawo baseMelika lapho bewa, u-Standley wenza utshani bube bube bube bube bude, bufike cishe ku-32mm.
Abazalanisi badale izinkulungwane zezinhlobo ezahlukene ukuze banikeze utshani obuphelele bayo yonke imidlalo. Kwesinye isikhathi bathatha iminyaka efinyelela kweyi-15 ukwenza uhlobo olusha, futhi amaqoqo abo aqinile agcina esetafuleni likaDkt. Christian Spring e-West Yorkshire Sports Turf Institute. I-STRI ikala utshani ngezimfanelo ezinjengokuthi “ukuminyana kwehlumela” (ugqinsi lwe-turf) kanye “nokululama” (indlela obululama ngayo ekugugile). I-STRI ihlola ngokucophelela uhlobo ngalunye futhi ishicilele lokho ekutholile encwajaneni yaminyaka yonke u-Standley ayibiza ngokuthi ibhayibheli lakhe.
Kodwa-ke, awukwazi ukuguqula i-Wembley ibe yinkundla yekhilikithi noma yethenisi yotshani. Umhlabathi unesihlabathi esiningi, ngakho-ke indawo engaphezulu ayisoze yaqina ngokwanele. Ntambama lisibekele, ngabhekisa amabombo eningizimu yeLondon, lapho uNeil Stubly, umqondisi we-turf and horticulture we-All England Lawn Tennis Club, ayelungiselela i-Wimbledon. Lapho ibhola lokuqala lifika ekupheleni kukaJuni, i-Wimbledon izoba namandla ngokuphindwe kabili kune-Wembley lapho i-NFL iya edolobheni.
NjengoCalderwood, uStubley waya e-Myerscoe College, lapho afundiswa khona ukuthi izitshalo kufanele zihlale zinempilo, ziniselwe kahle, futhi zondleke kahle. “Khona-ke uqala ukudlala i-tennis, ukhiphe i-begizus, uyeke ukuyiphakela, yeka ukuyichelela,” wangitshela. Ukwakha insimu yotshani engcono kakhulu, u-Stubly kwadingeka alinganise phakathi kokuphila nokufa. “Uma uqala umqhudelwano izitshalo ziyafa kancane kancane ngoba ubulawa yindlala,” usho kanje. Kodwa indawo engaphezulu akufanele yome kakhulu ekuqaleni, “uma kungenjalo isitshalo sizofa ngesonto lesibili.” U-Kort uqede umjaho wamasonto amabili elinganiselwa ku-300 g, engengcono kakhulu kunetiyela.
Ngesikhathi ngivakashela okokuqala u-Standley e-Wembley ngo-12 Meyi - amasonto amane ngaphambi kwe-European Championship kanye nezinsuku ezintathu ngaphambi komdlalo wamanqamu we-FA Cup - bonke ngaphandle kwedlanzana labasakazi kanye ne-Standley Five, ngaphandle kokubala abasebenzi baphansi, inkundla yayingenalutho. Njengoba sekusondele umdlalo wokugcina wenkomishi, ubude benkundla bufinyelele ubude bokudlalwa: 24 mm. Phakathi kwezinhlanga, u-Standley uvumele utshani bukhule ngangokunokwenzeka. Iqembu lakhe libe seliyilungisa cishe ngo-2mm ngosuku isonto lonke. (Ukusikeka okukhulu kungashaqisa izitshalo futhi kube phuzi.) Ezinsukwini ezine ngaphambi kokuqala, zizogunda ukuze zihlale zinobude obufanayo, zisika ingxenye encane kuphela usuku ngalunye. Lokhu kubhebhetheka njalo kugcizelela iphethini enkundleni, okwenza kubukeke njengebhodi le-chess eliluhlaza.
Kamuva ngalolo suku ekuseni, ngahlola isifundo noFries. Ehlome ngezisetshenziswa ezihlukahlukene, eziningi ezibukeka njengezinsimbi zokuhlukumeza zesikhathi esizayo, uFrith wachitha utshani baseWembley, eqaphela ukuthi angagundi omunye wabasiki bakagesi abathule. Njengoba kulindelekile, isifundo sisesimweni esihle. Kamuva kulelo sonto, walayisha amaphuzu ku-UEFA Bosses Portal.
Kwaze kwaba yilapho ngibuya ngemva kwamasonto amabili, ngosuku lomdlalo wamanqamu wokuhlungela ubuqhawe, lapho ngabona khona ukubaluleka komsebenzi kaStandley. Lapho ngifika cishe ihora ngaphambi kokuqala komdlalo, u-Standley wayebonakala ehluzekile futhi izinwele zakhe ziguquliwe, ukusuka ekubukekeni kwakhe okujwayelekile okungenasici. Njengoba owinile ekhushulelwe kuPremier League, okuwumdlalo ongenise imali ephezulu kakhulu ebholeni lase-England, kuphawule ukuqala kwempelasonto enzima ekhalendeni le-Standley, ngemidlalo emithathu elandelanayo edlalwe kusukela ngoMgqibelo kuya ngoMsombuluko. Ngemuva kwalokho, uzoba namasonto amabili ukwenza izinguquko zokugcina ngaphambi komdlalo wokuqala we-England ku-European Cup.
Ngo-2:00 ntambama, u-Standley ube nomhlangano neqembu laphansi ngaphambi kokuya enkundleni ukuyobuka umdlalo. “Naphezu kokuthi sifunda yonke imininingwane, ngidinga ukubona ubufakazi manje,” wangitshela. U-Standley ubuka ibhola njengomklami okhiqiza ifilimu: yini isizinda sabanye, empeleni, ugxila kuyena.
“Abadlali angibabheki, ngibuka amabhuzu abo ethinta phansi,” usho kanje. Uzobhekana nokuphuthelwa, njengoba nje umlandeli ojwayelekile engase esabe ukubona umvikeli wakhe enqaba inhlawulo. Okulingana nokushaya amagoli kweqembu lakhe ukubuka umdlali lapho ephenduka, ajike noma ajike, okungenziwa kuphela endaweni elungiswe kahle. U-Standley wajabula lapho u-Phil Foden enza ishodi elimangalisayo ohlangothini oluseningizimu ngasekupheleni komdlalo we-Wembley ne-Iceland ngoNovemba. “Uthembele enkantolo ezinzile,” kusho u-Standley ehleka.
Ngemuva komdlalo uStandley wakwazi ukudonsa umoya. Ngemuva komdlalo wamanqamu wokuhlungela umqhudelwano, waya ehhovisi ukuze aphumule futhi alalele umculo. Wayethanda ukulalela abaculi ahlangana nabo e-Wembley: Coldplay, Adele, Springsteen. Phakathi namahora angu-24, kudingeka akwenze futhi, aphinde futhi ngakusasa. Njengoba eya ehhotela, uzivumela ukuba acabange nge-euro. NgoLwesibili, ngoJuni 1, inkundla yonke izoguqulwa ukuze kuvele uphawu lwe-Euro 2020 ezitobhini. “Kusithathe iminyaka emithathu ukufika lapha,” kusho uStandley. “Kade sikulungiselela lokhu, sifuna indawo ethambile.”
Kwakuyihora lesi-6 ekuseni ngesikhathi u-Standley efika ezobuka umdlalo wokuqala we-England ngeSonto mhlaka-13 Juni, kodwa kwase kufudumele. Ulandele inqubo efanayo njengenjwayelo, waqala ngokuhambahamba ebaleni lokudlala. Kwamthulisa futhi kwamenza wezwa phezulu. Isibikezelo sabiza amazinga okushisa aphezulu, ngakho u-Standley wayazi ukuthi ukuchelela ithrekhi kwakubaluleke kakhulu, ikakhulukazi ohlangothini olusenyakatho, oluchayeke ngokuphelele elangeni. Ngemuva kokuthi u-Standley eqede ukuhlola, iqembu lakhe limnqume kabili ukuze lenze iphethini evele enkundleni icace, futhi lapenda kabusha umugqa omhlophe kabili. Emini, sekusele amahora amabili kuqale umdlalo, inkundla iphinde yachelwa okwesibili.
Isikhathi sokuthumela: Sep-23-2022