Win the championship with 111 points! Break the world record! The old-fashioned giants are back

In the football world, a team from the third-level league can spend 17.8 million euros to sign a new player in the transfer window. It can be imagined that they are not something in the pool. In the 2017-18 season, Guardiola led Manchester City to 32 wins, 4 draws and 2 losses in 38 rounds of the Premier League, winning the championship with a perfect 100 points, leading the second place to 19 points. This is also the only team in the history of the Premier League and England's top leagues to score 100 points in a single season. But if the scope is expanded to non-top events such as the Championship and League One, some teams' ability to score points can be called "perverted".

On May 3, Birmingham, a veteran giant who had won four English top league championships, defeated Cambridge United 2-1 in the final match of the English League One, and finally won 111 points. He successfully upgraded as the English League One champion and will be promoted to the English Championship next season.

According to OPTA statistics, 111 points set a record for the highest points in a single season in the World Professional Football League. The previous record belongs to the Serbian Super League class leader Belgrade Red Stars, which has scored an astonishing 108 points in the 2020-21 season (35 wins and 3 draws).

In addition, Kawasaki Green (now renamed Tokyo Green) of the Japanese J League also scored an amazing result of 108 points (52 games) in the 1994 season.

This season, Birmingham won 34 wins, 9 draws and 3 losses in the 46th round of the League One, and scored 111 points. Of course, in terms of games, Birmingham played 8 more games than Red Stars, with only 3 more points, and averaged 2.41 points per game, far less than Red Stars' 2.84 points. But in terms of total points in a single season, Birmingham's 111 points will be difficult to surpass in the future.

In fact, Birmingham kept setting records in the last few rounds of the season: after defeating Mansfield 4-0 on April 27, Birmingham broke the original record of 103 points in the single season set by Wolves in the 2013-14 season; after defeating Blackpool 2-0 on May 1, Birmingham scored 108 points, surpassing Reading's 106 points in the 2005-06 English Championship, setting a new record for the highest points in four levels of events in the history of the English Football League.

Birmingham won a big kill in the League One, and upgraded without any effort, and also created a single-season score record for the World Professional League. He may have to "thank you" to someone: former coach Rooney.

Yes, Birmingham, who was still playing in the English Championship last season, mistakenly hired Rooney to coach, causing the team's performance to plummet, and fell from expected to upgrade (Roone ranked 6th when he took over).

Although Rooney was dismissed only 15 games (2 wins, 4 draws and 9 losses), Birmingham, whose morale was severely frustrated, was unable to recover at the end of the season and was relegated sadly and had to compete in the League One.

Fortunately, this old team is still in the foundation and the club's financial resources are not bad. Last summer, they spent 17.8 million euros to sign local striker Jay Stansfield, born in 2002, from Fulham, the Premier League. This kind of courage to spend money will probably be envied by the mid- and lower-level clubs in La Liga, Serie A, Bundesliga and Ligue 1, which also sets the most expensive record for British clubs to buy people.

Stansfield scored 23 goals in 44 games this season, making it the team's number one scorer. It helped Birmingham successfully return to the Championship, proving its own value.

Japanese players won all three levels in England

Birmingham won the championship in the League One, which also gave birth to a wonderful scene in England this season: Japanese players achieved championship feats in the Premier League, the Championship and the League One league.

Premier League champion Liverpool has Japanese national team captain Endo Hokkaido. Although Endo Hokkaido has changed from a rotation main player to a major substitute this season, his team's data of conceding only 5 goals in 18 appearances is also quite impressive.

English champion Leeds United has Japanese international midfielder Tanaka Bee. He has handed in 5 goals and 2 assists in 45 games this season. He has played all the time since the fourth round and is the absolute main player of the &-liter super hero. Leeds United also scored 100 points this season.

British League One champion Birmingham is 28-year-old Japanese midfielder Tomohiro Iwada. He contributed 8 goals and 2 assists in 47 games this season. His stable output on both offense and defense has allowed the team to lock in the League One championship six rounds ahead of schedule. Moreover, Tomohiko Iwada and Bitanaka were both selected as the official best team of the League One and League Championships.