Now, the stadium you see today was built in 1989, as part of a three-year redevelopment project – while that project was going on, the team had to play its matches at the ground of another club – apart from that, the club has been here on this site since 1870.

现在，你今天看到的体育场建于 1989 年，是一个为期三年的重建项目的一部分 —— 在项目进行期间，球队不得不在另一家俱乐部的场地上进行比赛 —— 除此之外，这家俱乐部自 1870 年以来就一直在这里。

As some of you may know, that was the start of a really important decade in the history of football in this country.

正如你们中的一些人可能知道的，那是这个国家足球历史上一个真正重要十年的开始。

For example, 1870 was also the year that football teams started to include a player whose role it was to guard the goal.

例如，1870 年也是足球队开始引入一名负责守门的球员的年份。

It's hard to imagine what the game must have been like without someone in that position, isn't it?

很难想象如果没有人担任那个位置，比赛会是什么样子，对吧？

In 1872 and 73, many other clubs were established, both here and abroad, and the following year, in 1874, referees were allowed to send players off if they committed certain offences. 1872

年和 1873 年，国内外都建立了许多其他俱乐部。第二年，即 1874 年，如果球员犯了某些过错，裁判被允许将其解雇。

And also in that year, teams started having to swap ends at half-time.

也是在那一年，球队开始在中场休息时不得不交换位置。

One fact I was interested to discover was that in early football games, the aim was for the scorer to get the ball between two flag posts, and later between sticks joined at the top with a piece of tape.

我感兴趣的一个发现是，在早期的足球比赛中，目标是让得分手将球踢到两根旗杆之间，后来又用一段胶带将两根旗杆顶部连接起来。

In 1875, that tape was replaced with the solid crossbar that we're familiar with today.

1875年，那条胶带被我们今天所熟悉的实心横梁所取代。

1877 saw the founding of further new clubs, and the history books tell us that in the same year, all the clubs decided to set a limit of ninety minutes for each match.

1877年，又有新的俱乐部成立，历史书告诉我们，同年，所有俱乐部都决定为每场比赛设定 90 分钟的限制。

Before that, it was a more casual arrangement, and this sometimes caused huge arguments – and sometimes fights – during matches, when one team called the end of the game and the other team wanted to play on to try and score a winning goal.

在此之前，这是一种更为随意的安排，这有时会在比赛中引发激烈争吵，甚至发生打斗。当一支球队宣布比赛结束，而另一支球队想要继续比赛并尝试进一个制胜球时，就会发生这种情况。

By 1878, the number of teams in the football league increased again.

到了 1878 年，足球联赛中的球队数量再次增加。

In addition, referees started using whistles, and electric lamps were installed on certain pitches.

此外，裁判开始使用哨子，某些场地还安装了电灯。

This was a significant change, as games could then be played in the evenings all year round.

这是一个重大变化，因为比赛可以全年在晚上进行。

In 1880, clubs began to charge fans for admission to games, even though players were still amateurs and had other ‘proper' jobs.

1880年，俱乐部开始向球迷收取入场费，尽管球员们仍然只是业余爱好者，还有其他 “正式” 的工作。

That's hard to imagine in the modern professional game where top players earn significant sums of money from both playing and commercial activities.

在现代职业游戏中，顶级玩家通过游戏和商业活动赚取可观的金钱，这是很难想象的。