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Chapter 13 - ZERO POINT

"FWEE"

The referee blew the whistle signalling for the start of the second half. Beckford started the play by passing it back to Douglas. Leeds continued to slowly build up their possession and slowly started to dominant the play.

Unlike the first half luton didn't made many mistakes in defense and were Able to keep the Leeds forwards at bay.

In the 82nd minute Carole sent a long ball pass to alba who was running down the wing . alba chested the ball to the ground and skipped past an opponent in the second touch. Before the opposing midfielder could react he sent a perfect cross into the Hartlepool box. Beckford received the cross from alba and moved past the defender sending the ball towards the left corner but was denied by the Hartlepool goalkeeper.

"FWEE"

The referee blew the whistle and pointed to the corner flag.

Jordi alba went to take the corner for Leeds ,he took the corner quickly and sent a teasing ball into the crowded box.Michael Nelson the Hartlepool defense headed the ball outside the box but as luck would have it the ball headed straight for lewandoski. Lewandoski seeing the ball making its way towards him volleyed the ball towards the top corner.The volley caught the Hartlepool keeper off guard and made it inside the goal.

Through this Leeds extended their lead to 2:0. and Robert was able to end his 3 games goalless run.

"FWEE FWEE FWEEEEEE"

"The match is over! Leeds United has gotten their fifth consecutive victory, Ryan and his team are definitely heading the right path."

"Well Roy, with this Leeds no longer are in negative points so this win means a lot for them which we can easily see with how the players are celebrating "

....

"Here we go with Leeds United,

we're gonna give the boys a hand,

stand up and sing for Leeds United,

they are the greatest in the land,

Everyday, we're all gonna say we love

you Leeds,Leeds Leeds!....."

The stadium was buzzing with Leeds fan singing' marching on together ' and applauding the team .

The fans were truly happy from the recent performance given by their club . The club was no longer in negative points in the points table and finally they could move up the table

***

September 9th 2007

[-Leeds finally at zero point

Leeds United,who were deducted 15 points before the start of the season due to the previous owners failing to exit administration finally got out of the negative point with a 2:0 victory against Hartlepool in their home ground .Leeds have won all their first five match insuring that they no longer are in negative mark.....]

[-Ryan cross wins August's manager of the month

Ryan cross, the Leeds manager has won the cococola league one manager of the month for the month of August.

Cross who was just a teacher and a amature team coach before finding himself in the Leeds manager position has led his team undefeated in league for the month of August....]

Oliver put the newspaper back to the table and smile seeing the news about Ryan in the newspaper. He was truly happy for Ryan .

"Lili has the lunch been prepared"Oliver asked his sister

"Don't worry brother Mrs Barker has already finished preparing everything "Lili replied

"Ding Dong "

"Ah I think Ryan has arrived " saying that Oliver stood up and went to the door to welcome Ryan

***

Ryan currently was heading towards Oliver's residence .

Ryan had just won the manager of the month award yesterday and oliver had called him to his residence to celebrate him winning the award along with celebrating the clubs recent good results.

When ryan arrived in the residence he caught sight of a beautiful two storied victorian house.The house was surrounded by a beautiful pond on one side and a canopy of trees from the other sides.The front of the house had a beautiful garden filled with various coloured flowers .Ryan was in awe seeing such a beautiful house.

while Ryan was admiring the beauty of the building Oliver arrived before him.

"welcome Ryan " oliver greeted him extending his hand

"Thank you for inviting me " ryan replied shaking olivers hand

"Well come on inside ,make yourself at home"oliver said showing him towards the living room

When Ryan arrived at the living room he was greeted by the sight of a beautiful women dresssed in a simple tshirt and jeans sitting in the sofa .when she saw him arrive in the living room she smiled and stood up to greet him.

"Hello I'm Elizabeth Bryan I've heard things about you from my brother so it's nice finally getting meeting you, "Elizabeth said

"Ryan cross, it's nice meeting you as well"Ryan introduced

"oh you two have already introduced each other? "Oliver said arriving in the living room"why are you still standing Ryan, please do have a seat "

"Ah, Thank you "saying that Ryan took a seat

"Anyways , Ryan congratulate on winning the manager of the Month also thank you for leading the club so well"Oliver congratulated him .

"Ah thanks, but its all because of you. without you giving me this chance i would never have been in this position " Ryan said with his voice filled with gratitude.

"Well you don't need to downplay yourself like that i just gave you a chance that all ,it was you who put all the hardwork for leading the team well" Oliver said

"well,the lunch might get cold.lets continue our talk after the lunch "

After saying that they moved to the dining room for having the lunch.Ryan was quite surprised by how delicious the food tasted.It was better than the restaurant foods.

After the lunch they carried on their convertation.

"Before I forget Ryan ,Lili and I would be going to Japan tomorrow so if you need anything while we are gone, please do contact my secretary. "

"oh how long will you be there "Ryan asked

"well it could take anywhere from a few weeks to a month ."

"Well you two have a safe journey then"

***

September 10 2007

"Lili have you got everything you need for the trip" Oliver asked his sister

" Don't worry brother I already packed everything I need yesterday and have already double checked it "

After they made sure everything was in place they headed to the airport to board their private jet and around 7:00 am morning the flight made its way from Leeds Bradford airport to London Heathrow airport, from where the jet directly made its way to the city of Osaka"