▁four ▁local ▁business men . ▁Once ▁again ▁the ▁club ▁started ▁dream ing ▁about ▁titles ▁and ▁the ▁fans ▁were ▁excited ▁by ▁the ▁sign ings ▁of ▁star ▁players ▁such ▁as ▁Pre ben ▁El k j ær ▁Lars en , ▁John ▁Lars en ▁and ▁K eld ▁B ording ga ard . ▁However , ▁the ▁new ▁manager ▁E bbe ▁Sk ov d ahl ▁could ▁not ▁get ▁the ▁team ▁to ▁work ▁together ▁even ▁though ▁he ▁had ▁several ▁star ▁players ▁in ▁his ▁side . ▁▁ 1 9 9 1 : ▁A ▁black ▁year ▁in ▁VB ' s ▁history ▁ ▁Ve j le ▁B old kl ub ' s ▁cent en ary ▁was ▁celebrated ▁in ▁the ▁worst ▁possible ▁manner ▁with ▁re leg ation ▁to ▁the ▁second ▁tier ▁for ▁the ▁first ▁time ▁since ▁ 1 9 5 6 . ▁Many ▁star ▁players ▁went ▁to ▁play ▁for ▁other ▁clubs ▁and ▁a ▁sad ▁atmosphere ▁of ▁crisis ▁desc ended ▁upon ▁Ve j le . ▁The ▁four ▁business men ▁left ▁the ▁club , ▁but ▁ens ured ▁on ▁their ▁way ▁out ▁that ▁it ▁was ▁not ▁in ▁dire ▁stra its . ▁To ▁turn ▁things ▁around ▁VB ▁h ired ▁their ▁old ▁star ▁player ▁All an ▁Sim ons en ▁as ▁new ▁manager . ▁However , ▁it ▁was ▁a ▁thank less ▁task ▁for ▁Sim ons en , ▁who ▁started ▁his ▁manager ial ▁career ▁with ▁a ▁defeat . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 9 4 ▁the ▁successful ▁manager ▁from ▁ 1 9 8 1 , ▁Ole ▁F rit sen , ▁was ▁named ▁as ▁the ▁new ▁manager ▁of ▁Ve j le ▁B