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Hi All,
It seems obvious to state that nearly all Americans like NFL, Baseball, Basketball and Hockey and that Europeans like Football, Cricket, Rugby Union/League and so on. I sometimes watch US football on t.v. but turn off very soon if the game isn't a real gripper but happily watch a boring Premier/Bundesliga game of footie. It seems to me that there's a lot more going on when we watch sport than just watching the game. I'm thirty-seven and have been a die-hard Arsenal fan since I was seven (1971! our double year!) So when I watch football, not just the Arsenal but any football game, it's another thread in the fabric that is my life. Some of my earliest memories as a kid are being allowed to stay up on Sturday nights to watch, Match of the Day on my Grandparents old black and white t.v. Athletico Madrid v. Celtic in a European Cup tie circa 1970 and one of the dirtiest games I can remember. England v. Poland in a World Cup qualifier in 1973 (Tomaczewski anyone?). England again in the 1970 World Cup against Germany going 2-0 up but finally losing 2-3. Maradona scoring with his hand, Gazza crying in Italy (remember Lineker's gesture to the bench?). Manchester United's absolutely astonishing victory over Bayern in the '99 European Cup final, and so on and so on... That's why I watch football and that's why you chaps in the US will never feel the same way about our game.
Regards, JohnTB.
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