My sons first away game was city v millwall, he was born in the states, and he couldn't believe it. Herded around like cattle from the station, fans at the end throwing plastic bottles of piss over the wall at us. One city fan got wrestled to the ground with a knee in his back by a copper, it was crazy. Now admittedly away to Millwall was probably not the place to take him for his first game but that was the one we were playing when we were there. Anyway this is an article by an American journalist giving tips to yanks who are thinking of going to see "soccer" matches next season in England. It's funny as hell and he has obviously done his research because he has got it pretty spot on! http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/21/s...ed=1&_r=1&smid=tw-nytimes&partner=rss&emc=rss
Interesting read. I gave a spare ticket to an American, for the Brighton vs Hull game, he said that fateful word before going in through the turnstile "soccer' I never saw him again!
great stuff john. after thailand, america is me favorite place on earth. been to an american football game, took 4 hours.mostly eating and drinking.
The naivety of the writer is quite endearing. Though I think it is also deliberate! I've never been to an American sporting event, though that article makes them sound very sterile in comparison to English 'soccer'. My favourite part was talking about Frank Lampard "making a score" or whatever they said. Lol, frankly. Bless.
i couldnt help but read all that with the voice of frodo baggins from Green Street in my head as it was on tele the other night
I like the bit about a player could be jumping up and down on a bloody corpse kicking him and the rival fans will be yelling "hes faking it" ha ha ha
Heh, a lot different from my first football game in England. Perhaps west stand upper wasn't the best call.
"Some American traditions will never work here, it seems. Carlin recalled going to a game some years ago when, as an experiment, a group of cheerleaders was brought out to energize the crowd. It energized the crowd, but not in the way it was supposed to: the fans all chanted the word “prostitutes” until the cheerleaders left."
