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「我哋想幫更多人,鼓勵香港年青人同後生仔踢波。我哋亦想推廣香港文化,同埋融入呢度嘅社區。」

原文(為咗多謝《MEN》記者,每人㩒原 link 10次):https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/theres-manc-football-team-big-27680533

原作者:Ramazani Mwamba


一個星期六朝早,有班人一齊喺曼徹斯特去睇本地波。喺地球嘅另一邊,又有幾千人齊上網睇 live stream、瘋狂齊落留言同 emoji 支持。

呢對咁多人撐嘅波,並唔L係曼城或者曼聯。呢隊波叫 Konger FC,係一隊由香港人組成嘅球隊,當中有人因為政治動盪而決定離開家園。

隊波喺 2021 年成立,隊員有前職業球員、學生同埋普通人。球隊幕後人員曾經喺香港最高級別聯賽教波,不過而家就踢 Manchester Saturday Morning League,大部分比賽都喺 Hough End Playing Fields 踢。

其中一個球員,就係今年 23 歲嘅學生 Ethan Wong,佢加入呢隊波就係希望「We Connect」同路人。佢同《Manchester Evening News》講:「我哋想一路行落去,我哋想幫更多人,鼓勵香港年青人同後生仔踢波。我哋亦想推廣香港文化,同埋融入呢度嘅社區。

「我哋就係因為對香港人嘅身分認同,所以走埋一齊。香港文化好很特別。」

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2019 年,香港爆發一連串抗議示威。

2020 年,香港通過《國家安全法》,然後就由亂入治、由治入興。完。

目前估計,已經有 144,500 人離開香港、然後住喺英國。

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Konger FC 最初由一班喺曼徹斯特踢七人足球嘅香港人所組成。後來,為咗可以喺社區同呢個城市帶嚟更大影響,搞手就決定真係搞隊波,同埋正式加入英格蘭足球系統。

成立初期,球隊都係靠親朋戚友同球員自己幾百人 like。直至有日佢哋 post 咗英格蘭足總接受佢哋登記入 league,之後就喺佢哋嘅社區 viral,第一場對 Manchester Medics 嘅比賽更加有成 500 人去睇本地波。

Ethan (黃奕樂)話:「我哋無諗過咁多人嚟。

「其實開 league 前一個星期,我哋先收到通知(好似係小夫),話真係入到 league。

「我哋個 announcement 跟住就好多人些牙,之後越來越多 follow,仲有一班人嚟咗睇波。Even in Hong Kong the football culture is not as big as what we’ve experienced。」

隊波慢慢成功同埋開始多人留意,令佢哋最近喺 Tranmere Rovers 主場同曼城職員踢咗場友誼波。不過 Ethan 話,佢哋嘅終極目標係啟發,唔係升班。

佢同《Manchester Evening News》講:「可以升班,甚至踢頂級聯賽梗係好。但係呢個唔係我哋嘅終極目標,我哋只係想啟發香港後生仔去踢波,或者將來可以啟發到有港人踢英超。」

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'We want to help more people and encourage Hong Kong teenagers or young children to play football. We also want to promote the Hong Kong culture and integrate into society'

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Anonymous

Touching. Not just because seeing a team of our fellow HKers come together in a new country and compete in a league in Manchester, but also the story that they are telling us, a story about why they are there / moved there, the heritage and the culture, and seeing they are doing what they enjoy and helping our fellow HKers to blend into the new culture and the society in UK.

Anonymous

This is another good and real story showing us that we don’t need any elegant slogan and big money to “make” some culture, but finding the right starting point and direction and let it evolve through time - that’s how people are bonded together.

Edward Wong

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