有些过去的事情我们不一定要认同，但是身为枪迷，了解大熊这个人是必要的。 http://www.thecnj.co.uk/camden/2007/101107/news101107_10.html Camden New Journal - EXCLUSIVE by RICHARD OSLEY Published: 11 October 2007 Dainton Connell, 'a genuinely nice man' - Farewell to The Bear. Gooners pay tribute to fan who became folk hero 丹顿是个真正的好人 -- 向传奇英雄大熊说再见。 Famed, and once feared, on terraces, Pet Shop Boys bodyguard ‘Denton’ dies in crash 大熊，这个不但有名，还曾经一度在球场看台上为人所惧，之後成为宠物男孩的保镖人物 ，日前在车祸丧生。 HE was known as The Bear. Big D. Or just Denton. The undisputed leader of the gang. And there was hardly a fan who stood on the Clock End terraces at Arsenal’s old Highbury stadium who hadn’t heard of him or the fables of his bruising scrapes with rival fans. One man’s hooligan, he was a folk hero to others – and for many of the young supporters who followed the team home and away in the late 1970s and early 1980s, Dainton Connell seem-ed, as one fan put it this week, “indestructible”. Yet, on Sunday, friends who would normally have shared a few pints with him before a big Arsenal game gathered instead to mourn his death. Mr Connell, 46, a father-of-three, died in a car crash in Moscow late on Thursday night. He had been working as a bodyguard for the Pet Shop Boys, a band he had forged a close friendship with over 20 years. The pop duo said they were “devastated”. （丹顿被叫做The Bear, 或是Big D.，或是叫丹顿。他是帮派里面的当然首领。而且只要 有在海布理Clock End看过球的枪迷，一定听过这人跟其他联赛死敌球迷周旋的传奇故事。 他是一个以一挡百的足球流氓，对於其他早期七八零年代跟着枪手在主客场比赛的忠实 球迷来说，大熊更是传奇英雄，甚至有枪迷称大熊是"无法被摧毁的"。然而在周日有枪 手大比赛的时候，平常大家会聚在酒吧里面喝酒畅谈，这周日亲友们却聚在一起为大熊 的逝去哀悼。四十六岁的丹顿，是个有三个小孩的爸爸，周四晚间在莫斯科的一个车祸 中丧生。他一直担任宠物店男孩的保镖长达二十年，与两位歌手有深厚的感情。两位歌 手也对丹顿的离世非常难过。 On Sunday, closer to home, more than 1,000 Arsenal supporters left their red and white shirts at home and wore black for the lunchtime match with Sunderland. In an extraordinary tribute, they joined a procession from some of Mr Connell's favourite pubs in Finsbury Park, past his beloved Highbury stadium and on to circle the new Emirates Stadium. All the way, friends and relatives sang his name, some of the terraces’ biggest bruisers walking through the streets of Highbury with tears streaming down their faces. “We love you Denton, we do,” was their chant. At the two bronze canons outside the new stadium in Ashburton Grove, they toasted three cheers to their old friend, leaving behind flowers and teddy bears. One message left at the shrine said, if Mr Connell could see the emotional scenes, he would call his old friends “moo moos” in his familiar booming voice. His funeral is expected to attract thousands of fans from all clubs and possibly a few of his celebrity associates. 在周日将近一千名的枪迷将他们的红白球衣留在家中，穿着黑衣服去看枪手主场对桑德兰 的比赛。在午间这个不凡的致意行动当中，他们一路从大熊在Finsbury Park最喜欢的几 个酒吧，徒步走到海布里，再走往酋长球场并围绕起来。一路上这些亲友唱着丹顿的名 字，即使这些人当中不乏当年在看台上凶狠的壮汉，也一边唱着一边泪流满面，他们唱 着『我们爱你，丹顿。我们爱你』。在酋长球场外面的两座铜炮那里，这些人举杯三次 对他们逝去的老友致敬，并在那里留下花束与玩具熊。在留下的留言里面说着，如果大 熊还在世间见到这一幕，他一定会用他雄厚的嗓门称这些人为 Moos Moos。 他的葬礼预期将会吸引数千名球迷，包括其他队的球迷，甚至还可能会引来名人来致意。 Close friends said that, despite his fearsome reputation, he had “mellowed” in his later years as he had become a family man as father to two daughters and son.“The 1970s and the 1980s were a long time ago,” said one old friend, in tears on Sunday. “He had mellowed and a lot of his reputation was from another time.“He was just Arsenal through and through – and, if you were an Arsenal fan, he was a friend of you. He never hit a scarfer [an ordinary fan]. He looked out for the younger fans when the team would be playing in the north.” 大熊的近友们说，虽然大熊有着让人畏惧的名声，但是他近年来已经软化很多，尤其在当 他成为两个女儿与一个儿子的爸爸後。一个留着泪的好友说：『在七八零年代已经是很久 以前的事，丹顿已经圆柔很多，而他过去的名声已经是另一个时代的事。 他是个彻头彻尾的兵工厂支持者，他从不打scarfer（这个句我看不懂），当球队北上比 赛时，丹顿还会照顾年轻的枪迷。』 His reputation, however, preceded him and extended beyond the pubs around Highbury. Bulletin boards have included messages from Millwall, Spurs, Chelsea, Celtic and Middlesbrough supporters, who all say Mr Connell “ demanded respect” on the terraces. He is named in books written by self-confessed hooligans who clashed with Arsenal fans before and after matches in the 1980s. Mr Connell was described as a “main face”, albeit with his name misspelt, in Hooligans, a book by the leader of a “firm” of Everton supporters, Andy Nicholls, published two years ago with the help of Searchlight journalist Andy Lowles. 大熊的名声却比他本人传的更远，甚至传到比海布里酒吧还要更远的地方。公告栏都不乏 有热刺，Millwalls，切尔西，赛尔提克，与米堡的支持者，都说丹顿看台上要求其他球 队支持者们给予尊敬。丹顿的名字也在一本叙述八零年代足球流氓书中被提及，这位作 者坦承自己曾是足球流氓，并与枪迷们赛前赛後都起过冲突。 丹顿被描述是个主要人物，即使他的名字在书中被拼错，在这个名为"Firm"的爱佛顿支持 者帮里面，该帮领袖Andy Nocholls的自述构成这本书（Searchlight的记者Andy Lowles 帮这球迷写成书）。 He wrote: “Arsenal’s mob enjoyed a resurgence between 1979 and 1983 as a result of this new generation of lads coming through. Two separate mobs emerged, the Gooners and the Herds. The main face of Gooners was a man called Denton Connor [sic], known throughout the hooligan scene simply as Denton. “The name Gooners actually originated with a group of Spurs hooligans who intended to chant it as a term of abuse [a play on the Goons and Gunners] but this was overheard by an Arsenal fan and adopted before it could be used by their opponents.” 书里面说，在79年到83年间，因为有年轻的新人加入，枪迷间的暴徒在这段期间内 再度新兴起，枪迷有两个帮派 - Gooners与The Herds丹顿就是Gooners为首的领导者。 Gooners这个名字本来是热刺球迷们，故意拿一个戏剧"Goons and Gunners"的名字，来 调侃枪迷们，结果被枪迷们听到就拿来自称至今。 （注：我在网路论坛上也看到类似的讨论，像热刺球迷绰号"Yids"） In the same book, Stoke fan Mark Chester is quoted as saying about a match against Arsenal in the early 1990s: “We had a bit of a shock when 400 game-as-f*** Gooners steamed us back into the paddock. I remember everybody shouting, ‘Where’s Denton, the big black bastard?’ as he was singled out as their top lad.” Accounts in the book have been contested and Mr Connell was reportedly concerned that he had been unfairly named. One associate said: “He had the right hump about it. He didn’t think it was fair that people were naming names because it was such a long time ago. The world had moved on.” 在同一本书里面，Stoke的球迷Mark Chester被引述，说当九零年初一场对上枪手比赛里 ，他们曾被一群四百多人的枪迷们给围住，他们被吓到，每个人还大喊着说"丹顿在哪？ 那个黑壮的混蛋？"。丹顿当时被所有人都指出是枪迷们带头的人。但是该书里面， 其他的说法却不同意这说法，丹顿本人据说对这种名声很困扰，他本人不认为这是件公平 的事，毕竟那些是过去的事，世界在变，人也在变。 Mr Connell, who lived in Shacklewell, east London, certainly never tired of following the club. He would turn up to youth and reserve team matches, trek up to forgotten lower league outposts of Grimsby and Shrewsbury and travel across Europe. The big man in the jester hat seen on television jumping around when Arsenal scored a vital goal at Liverpool in the 1989 championship decider is Mr Connell. “That was Denton,” said a friend. “He was a genuinely nice man who lived for Arsenal. They should name part of the ground after him.” 丹顿住在东伦敦的Shacklewell，想当然尔他从不会跟随着球队而感到疲累。他常常去看 预备队与青训队的比赛，甚至跑去看Grimsby与Shrewsbury在次级联赛的赛事，并在欧洲 赛事时旅行。当枪手在1989年作客利物浦，当枪手进了第二球时，那个在电视画面中， 戴者小丑帽兴奋地跳来跳去的大个子就是丹顿。丹顿的朋友回忆道『他是个为兵工厂而 活的真正好人，球会应该以他的名字命名球场内的一部份』。 There are differing accounts of what happened in Moscow but the driver of the car, young Russian DJ Anton Antonov, is said to have invited Mr Connell to his club, the Roof of the World. But as they made their way there, Mr Antonov’s BMW skidded at speed on wet roads, hit a tree and flipped over railings running alongside the Moskva river. The car ended up in the water. Both men died. Away from the terraces, Mr Connell had links with the pop world and fans of the Pet Shop Boys would look out for him at gigs. 至於在莫斯科的车祸，说法众多，开车的人是当地的DJ Anton Antonov，据说是他邀请丹 顿去他的"世界之巅"俱乐部作客。但是当两人离去时，这个DJ的BMW车子在湿路上打滑， 撞上树然後翻到河里面，驾驶与乘客皆因此丧生。 The duo, Chris Lowe and Neil Tennant, paid tribute in a statement, describing a man who appeared too warm to be involved in football-related violence. They said: “Dainton was a warm, kind, loveable friend, a huge Arsenal fan and a larger-than-life character, famous in north London and beyond.” 在悼词中，宠物店男孩的两主唱Chris Lowe与Neil Tennant描述丹顿是个温暖且不像是个 会扯上足球暴力的人。他们说『丹顿是个温暖且和蔼的朋友，一个超级枪迷，更是一个不 平凡，甚至在北伦敦之外都有名的人物。』 ========= http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/football/premier_league/arsenal/article2696597.ece October 19, 2007 Thousands attend funeral of legendary Arsenal fan 数千名枪迷们齐聚在传奇人物的丧礼。 Former Arsenal footballer Ian Wright attends the funeral of Dainton Connell, a well-known Arsenal supporter and Pet Shop Boys bodyguard. 莱特也到该丧礼致意。 (Michael Crabtree) Former Arsenal footballer Ian Wright attends the funeral of Dainton Connell, a well-known Arsenal supporter and Pet Shop Boys bodyguard. The streets of North London were brought to a standstill on Thursday, as thousands of mourners attended the funeral of legendary football hooligan, Dainton “The Bear” Connell. 北伦敦的街道在周四变的无法通行，因为数千名枪迷们到大熊丹顿的丧礼上致意。 Considered a folk hero by many Arsenal fans, Mr Campbell, 46, was killed in a car crash in Moscow two weeks ago, where he was working as a bodyguard for the Pet Shop Boys. He had forged a close friendship with the band, which cancelled a gig in Romania to attend the funeral and said they were “ devastated” at his death. 这名被认为是传奇人物的枪迷，日前在莫斯科的车祸中丧生，他一过去直是宠物店男孩的 保镖。因为他的逝世，使得两位歌手取消在罗马尼亚的演唱行程，特地到丧礼来致意。 Around 3000 mourners, from the “big men” of the terraces to former Arsenal players such as Lee Dixon and Ian Wright, followed the funeral procession from Arsenal’s Emirates Stadium to the Mary Magdalene Church in North London. 将近三千人左右的人到场，包括前枪手球员莱特与Dixon，他们一路从酋长球场走到Mary Magdalene Church。 As the sombre crowd passed through the cordoned off roads around Highbury, bemused onlookers watched as some men cried while other held up floral tributes. Friends on the procession described Mr Connell, also known as “ Denton”, as a warm and loving man who mellowed in his later years and a fan who was “Arsenal through and through.” 当这群人经过被交管的路段时，不知情的人看着这些身形高大的男人，不但泪流满面，还 在场边留花。 Former Arsenal full back Lee Dixon told The Times that the turnout was “ amazing” adding: “you can see for yourself how much he was loved.” Dixon被这个悼念的庞大阵容感到惊吓，他说可以想见丹顿是多麽被枪迷们所爱。 A message on a wreath left by the club’s former striker Ian Wright read: "To The Bear - lived and loved life and the Arsenal. Gooners live forever. Wrighty." Other celebrity friends such as Frank Bruno joined fans from other clubs around the country at the church service. 在莱特所留下的留言中说道『给大熊 - 他曾经活过热爱过生命与兵工厂。枪迷永存。』 其他的名人包括Frank Bruno还有其他球会的球迷们也都加入这个教堂的悼念仪式。 Mr Connell is named in books written by self-confessed hooligans who clashed with Arsenal fans in the 1980s. He has been described as a “main face” and “the top lad” amongst the ranks of Arsenal hooligans at the time. But these accounts have been contested, with Mr Connell concerned that he had been unfairly named. Because of the large crowds at the church, family were given ribbons in the club colours, red and white, to gain entry to the service. They were followed by close friends, wearing blue and yellow ribbons, the colours of the team's away jersey. Hundred of others spilled out across the church grounds and surrounding roads to hear the service over loudspeaker. 因为教堂附近实在有太多人，丹顿的家属被给予红白缎带以示区别，他们得以进入教堂进 行仪式。他们的朋友则带着黄蓝缎带，也随後进入教堂。至於其他数百个球迷，则是在 教堂外听着从扩音器传来的仪式转播。 A prayer was read out by Chris Lowe, one of the Pet Shop Boys. An order of service, made up to look like an old-fashioned football programme featuring Mr Connell posing on the cover was passed around. The service was frequently interrupted by spontaneous applause and deafening roars, mirroring those from a terrace when a goal is scored. Some fans chanted “The Bear’s” name. 祷告由Chris Lower所念出，仪式的一部份是，把一本向是老式的比赛日当日手册，封面 是丹顿的照片在球迷间传递，该仪式常常被掌声与哄叫声所打断，彷佛就像过去看台上 看到球员进球时的吼声。部分球迷高唱着"大熊"。 A tribute from Mr Campbell’s wife Mandy read: “It wasn’t always easy but I would not change a thing. You to me are everything, always and forever, your Goddess, Mandy.” 大熊的妻子Mandy说『这些日子来并不容易，但是如果能再来一次，我不会改变任何事， 你跟我将是一切直到永远。你的女神，Mandy』 The service was also laced with humour, with a close friend telling the congregation that Mr Campbell’s relationship with the Pet Shop Boys meant: “ Denton found that he had something in common with the Queen. He could travel the world without a dollar in his pocket." 仪式中穿插着一些幽默，一个好友对着众人说，丹顿认为他自己与宠物店男孩的亲密关系 ，让他自己找到一个跟女皇一样的地方，那就是裤袋里面不需分文就可以环游世界。 But there was also palpable anger amongst some mourners that felt the club had not made a proper tribute to a man many considered to be Arsenal's biggest fan. Some pointed out that Arsenal had not allowed the wake to be held at the Emirates Stadium because it would be “bad publicity” and even though the Pet Shop Boys had reportedly offered to pay the ￡65,000 it would cost to hire the club’s facilities. A club spokesperson denied this, saying it was club policy not to allow any such events at the ground the day before a match. 虽然仪式很感人，场边也酝酿着参加枪迷们的愤怒，他们愤怒是因为球会不准该仪式在酋 长球场内举行，原因是怕会给球会有不好的名声，即使宠物店男孩据说愿意付六万五千镑 租下球场的设备。球会的发言人否认这点，他说球会的政策是不许赛前一天有任何这样的 活动。 Friend of “The Bear”, John Kiernan, 47, said: “It shows the marginalisation of working class fans who followed the team even when it was rubbish. Now it’s more interested in tapping into the far east market and merchandising. This outpouring of grief shows that ordinary fans should be respected. Denton should have been respected.” 大熊的朋友，四十七岁的John Kiernan说『这说明了那些真正的劳工阶级且跟随过球会这 麽多年的球迷们，是多麽被边缘化。现在球会想打入远东市场与行销管道。今天这庞大的 哀悼仪式阵仗说明了平凡的球迷们该被尊重，丹顿应该被尊重。』 YouTube上有这次活动的影片： Sunderland vs Arsenal - Pre Match http://youtube.com/watch?v=gz11I4VMejc RIP "The Bear Refix" Dainton aka Denton EIE THe Herd http://youtube.com/watch?v=LG5fCtba-UM （这段超棒的，很感人T_T，最後一段数百人身着黑服往酋长球场走去，唱着 We're on the way～ We're on the way～ We come to the Arsenal～ To see The Bear～ http://www.wearetheherd.com/forum/ RIP The Bear --

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