It is a cutting insult(犀利的侮辱) in certain parts of the world. “You’re just a shit Port Vale(你们不过是一支烂波尔维尔),” chanted(高喊、齐唱) the Bristol City fans as they celebrated a 2-0 win on the final day of the Championship season on May 2nd. Their words, and rude hand gestures, were directed towards an away end of the stadium full of Stoke City supporters—whose local rivals, Port Vale, had just been relegated to League Two despite a fairy-tale FA Cup run(童话般的足总杯征程) this season.
在世界某些地方，这是一种犀利的侮辱。“你们不过是一支烂波尔维尔，”布里斯托城球迷在5月2日英冠赛季最后一天庆祝2-0胜利时高唱道。他们的话语和粗鲁手势，指向客队看台上挤满的斯托克城球迷——而斯托克城的本地对手波尔维尔，尽管本赛季在足总杯中上演了童话般的故事，却刚刚降级到英乙。
There are four professional men’s leagues in English football: the Premier League, the Championship, League One and League Two. The Premier League has the global glamour(魅力、声望), but it accounts for(占（比例）) only 41% of the more than 38m professional match-day tickets(比赛日门票) sold every year in England. The lower divisions(低级别联赛) are where attendance is growing fastest (see chart).
英格兰足球有四个职业男子联赛：英超、英冠、英甲和英乙。英超拥有全球声望，但每年英格兰售出的超过3800万张职业比赛日门票中，英超仅占41%。低级别联赛的上座率增长最快（见图表）。
Over the past ten years attendance per Premier League game is up by 14%. In League One, as the third tier is confusingly known(令人困惑地被称为), it is up by 47%. The National League, the fifth tier of English football, home to a handful of semi-professional(半职业的) clubs, has seen a rise of(增长了) 50%. In two of the last three seasons the Championship (the second tier) has been Europe’s second-best-attended(上座率第二高的) domestic football league—behind only(仅次于) the Premier League.
过去十年，英超每场比赛的上座率增长了14%。在英甲（令人困惑地被称为第三级别联赛）中，增长了47%。全国联赛是英格兰足球的第五级别，拥有一些半职业俱乐部，其上座率增长了50%。在过去三个赛季中有两个赛季，英冠（第二级别）一直是欧洲上座率第二高的国内足球联赛——仅次于英超。