On 4 March, Brazilian star Robert Carlos returned to england amateur team Shrewsbury Barn Bulls and scored a penalty, but the team eventually lost the game 3-4.
The Barn Bulls are a Shrewsbury region named after a local pub and currently rank 5th in the First Division of the Shrewsbury Regional Sunday League, with a total of 8 teams in this category.
Carlos came to play a game for this team because they went into eBay's dream transfer draw and for a £5 bid for the chance to get the greatest left-back of all time to play a game and just happened to win the lottery.
The team was persuaded to fund the draw by the team's 29-year-old left-back Liam, who is usually a local engineer who has played for the team for five seasons and is a regular left-back, so the draw made him feel both happy and annoyed because Carlos collided with him.
"There have been some unconfirmed team-mates claiming I'm the best left-back in Shropshire, although I prefer to stay modest," Liam said, "but I've been consistent for years." If Carlos ends up playing, I'll accept it, because his honor is far better than mine. But I think we can put him a little bit ahead and give full play to his attack power. ”
Robert Carlos, 48, finally sat on the bench and came on after the team were 2-0 in the first half, playing in midfield. Carlos returned to the bench at the start of the second half, but returned to the penalty when the team won a penalty in the final minute, and despite scoring a penalty, the team lost the game 3-4.
Carlos's appearance also gives us a chance to admire the English football system, and he has played for the Barn Bulls team for 30 years, including a player named "Chicken" who has been playing for the team for 12 years.
The Barn Bulls are an amateur team in the Shrewsbury region named after a local pub and are currently ranked 5th in the First Division of the Shrewsbury Regional Sunday League, which has a total of eight teams.
Let's take a look at England's terrible league system, the Shrewsbury Regional Sunday League has 4 levels, Super, First, Second and C, with 7, 8, 8 and 9 teams respectively.
The Sunday League is a special league system in England, which originated in 1925, they are not in England's football league system, and every Sunday league operates under the jurisdiction of the local Football Association.
The English Football League pyramid, there are four professional leagues of the Premier League, the Championship, the League One and the League Two, down to the semi-professional fifth level of the British League, from the sixth level to the national north and south of the two parallel leagues, the 7th level has 3 star leagues, and then each level continues to multiply downwards, the 9th level has more than 300 teams in parallel 15 leagues...
Just like that, this is England's pyramid league system, to the lower levels, some areas have no need to continue to subdivide, the number of leagues began to decrease, and finally in the 21st level became only one league.
Theoretically, a team at the 21st level can reach the Premier League if they are promoted all the way.
And the Sunday league we mentioned above, equivalent to a wild ball league, if they want to become a regular army, you can apply to the FA, as long as you meet the home field, access fees, basic training facilities and youth development plan, then you have the opportunity to enter the regular league system, and do not necessarily have to start from the 21st level, the FA will evaluate, according to your strength to determine which level the team to insert.