The irony is that the Glazers own the NFL team I support- the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. The Glazers have done a great job there and are very popular with the fan base. I guess they are fans of American football and not “soccer”
When I was a teen back in the 90s, I used to wear a lot of NFL gear, particularly the LA Raiders and the Washington Redskins (am I allowed to write that?) with their iconic badges. Never watched it, though - too stop-starty for my liking.
I saw the New York Giants v Arizona Cardinals in '94 whilst over in New York. We were sat behind the goal and ended up watching the game via the big screens. As we did not know the rules, we did not know that many times a mass of players are going one way and the ball was going in a different direction. We were probably the only two of a 40k plus crowd that sat through the whole game, loads would see the start then go, others would see the last third, a strange sport.
I'd love to attend a big sporting event in the USA, whether it be basketball, baseball etc, but I could never watch it on the tellybox. I reckon I could cope with a large hot dog and one of those hats you can drink from.
The disdain you’re showing for American Football is matched by my own for Cricket. Any game that has supporters hoping for rain is a no for me.
Cricket. Dear Lord no. Having said that, I used to date the daughter of a West Indies legend. I courted her for six months. A lovely girl, but the stars were not aligned.
Cricket …the most beautiful of games Only 7 weeks to go until the start of the English cricket season. You can always tell, as the players have 3 sweaters on.
I have seen quite a few over the years, I particularly like basketball. A bit like Ridiculous, it is very repetative, but unlike Ridiculous it is not boring. It is a food fest over there though, a constant flow of people in and out with scoff.
I had a Surrey membership for about 20 years, whilst cricket does not have the passion football has, I much prefer cricket as a spectator sport.
I’ve got a membership this sesson. They are fantastic value for money. About 35 years ago, Surrey had an opening batsman called Graham Clinton. His nickname was “Clint”. To say Clint was a plodder was an understatement. He had about 3 shots in his armoury, and a boundary maker wasn’t one of them. One day a frustrated Surrey member shouted “Get on with it Clinton”, and Clint took a break from batting to have it out with him In Clint’s Benefit Year, he had a Benefit Tie designed which went on sale in the Surrey Club Shop. Someone amended the price sign above the rack of ties, from Clint’s Benefit Tie to C unt’s Benefit Tie, by amusingly taking their pen to the L and the I.
I attended England v Sri Lanka at Lords on FA Cup final day when Liverpool beat West Ham. I enjoyed the experience up to a point, but I did find it a tad boring. Needless to say, I made my way to the pub when the football kicked off
I’d find cricket so boring to play at school I used to sit by the boundary making daisy chains and I’m not normally that way inclined
Well done Kojak, money very well spent. For the championship games I would normally go in the pavilion but for the one day games would sit in the stand under the gasometer. Years ago I was at Lords for a Sunday League game, Norman Cowans was having a nightmare and produced a series of wides, one of the Surrey wags, very well known, had a gravely voice similar to Rod Stewart, started to bellow out "wide" to each delivery. Gatting got p***** off with this and wandered towards the boundary and called back "not as wide as your mouth"! That brought a roar of laughter from the crowd.
Funnily enough that weekend I was in Belfast as Surrey were playing Ireland the following day at Stormont in a B & H cup game, it got rained off!
