Nfl

[seagullsovergrimsby]

I was at Withdean for that game against San Francisco college too...

http://www.sanctuaryvilla.com/Football/san_fran85.htm

They seriously underestimated the crowd that turned up, judging by the extra portaloos they laid on

 

[London Calling]

Ok , so the game length with all the stoppages was over 3 hours. It was interesting to watch it as a game of strategy , once you got your head around the rules. If it got boring you could always queue up for 20 minutes to get an incinerated patty of meat which they called a burger. Also the cheerleaders warming up used to be interesting.

Now we have the internet to letch at US cheerleaders.............................

 

[ben andrews' girlfriend]

I love American football!!!!!

 

[seagullsovergrimsby]

At one match Andrew Bowden MP was sitting behind us , he moved after I shouted out "Come on your Bombers , you're going a GRAND job."

 

[chobby]

I was at that Withdean game too, came across the programme the other day while sorting some bits out. Looking forward to Sunday, so's Mrs Chobby, although haven't told her how high up we are, hehe

 

[Skint Gull]

I might take a vague interest in the sport if they abolished timeouts allowing the game to flow. And as for the helmets and shoulder pads, have they not seen Rugby?

Time outs are a vital part of the game, unfortunately if you do not watch/understand the game you will not appreciate the importance of 'time management' at the end of each half!

Enjoy the game on Sunday and for those that wanted a ticket there were a couple of hundred left from Club Wembley (£125 each) a couple of days ago so you never know, may be some left? See you there!

 

[Kinky Gerbil]

We've had a 26 foot tall model of an NFL player erected here QUOTE]


He he he

 

[Eggman]

Great sport. If people bothered to learn the rules I'm sure you would see that fact. Fact.

 

[Easy 10]

I know the rules, and I still think its gubbins.

 

[Man of Harveys]

from Popbitch:

Miami Dolphins linebacker Channing Crowder has admitted not knowing people speak English in London. Or where London is. He goes on..."I know (Washington Redskins linebacker) London Fletcher. We did a football camp together. So I know him.

"That's the closest thing I know to London. He's black, so I'm sure he's not from London. I'm sure that's a coincidental name."

 

[Jimbo26]

American Football is a complete pile of cack. Stop Start Stop Start. Absolute shite

 

[Scotty Mac]

World Series is also on at the mo and I'm hoping (little hope) that the Rockies can come back from two nothing down to beat the Red Sox who knocked out my favorite team the Cleveland Indians.
*waits for inevitable arguement that it's not a world series*

baseball is SO much better

i think id prefer ANYONE to win it instead of the red sox, except obviously the yankees

 

[Fixtures]

American Football is a complete pile of cack. Stop Start Stop Start. Absolute shite

Yes, but while football is less stop/start, for 98% of the game there is no realistic chance of anything actually happening. Oooh, look, a throw in in our own half!

 

[blue'n'white]

Dont forget that the Brighton B52s used to play at Withdean in the 1980's. They were one of the best British sides in the country. Attendances used to average between 1500 and 3000 and the entertainment was a good afternoon out. They played an exhibition match against an American State College team and lost 76-0 but the attendance at Withdean was over 12,500.

Yeah - remember going there to see the B52s play the Crawley Wombats/Aardvaarks/Whatevers becaise some bloke in our pub who'd been to school in the States was the QB for Crawley and thought he was the dog's wotsits. Crawley got beat something like 400-0 (OK OK an exaggeration) and we never saw him again !! Sweet
Withdean at that stage was a ramshackle place - with all it's faults now it's 100% better !!

 

[clapham_gull]

Complete and utter b*llocks. They even have to mark the distances on the pitch don't there ?

( I once attended a training session with a film crew as part of work experience at Cryst*l Pal*ce and it obviously scared me for life )

After getting the basics of the game explained to me, I thought "is that it ?"

Why the f*ck do they have to wear all that rubbish protection equipment.

Sorry America, the rest of the world is right. Real Football is the greatest sport on earth.

 

[bhaexpress]

Much as I enjoy the NFL all I can say to it's detractors is that you wouldn't say that if you'd ever been to a live match. An NFL game is not just a game it's actually and event, an occasion and an excuse to let Americans do what they really can do, stir up atmosphere and glamour, there's just no comparrison to watching football here. American Stadiums tend to make even our best to shabby and complaints about food are quite unfounded. Americans love their food and frankly the muck we get insulted with here just would not be tolerated. I mean, can you imagine going to watch Chelsea play Liverpool and having a few beers and a barbecue in the car park before kick off ? It's a completely different world.

 

[cheshunt seagull]

Back in the early 80s my parents lived in Washington and were lucky enough to have contacts who could get us tickets for the Redskins at RFK. Watching a top competitive game live with a partisan crowd was a riveting experience and time didn't drag in the same way as it can when you watch it on TV. The food and drink were also part of it.

 

[ben andrews' girlfriend]

Complete and utter b*llocks. They even have to mark the distances on the pitch don't there ?

( I once attended a training session with a film crew as part of work experience at Cryst*l Pal*ce and it obviously scared me for life )

After getting the basics of the game explained to me, I thought "is that it ?"

Why the f*ck do they have to wear all that rubbish protection equipment.

Sorry America, the rest of the world is right. Real Football is the greatest sport on earth.

My friend broke his neck playing last year, and would have been a hell of a lot worse if it wasnt for the protection he had on.

 

[NMH]

I'm surprised they don't play in high heels, it's such a poor relation to rugby - totally unworthy.

A pub I used to frequent in LA, had a couple of rugby-playing mates in there, one from Aus and one from NZ. Some tart tried pushing past and got a rude response from one of them, and after she whinged, the bouncer told me he was "going to have to throw them out"!

Upon my warning that, not only were these big rugby-playing lads from down-under, who will toss him like a salad - he responded with "that's nothing, I played grid-iron football"

"bwwaaaaahahahaha" was my (couldn't help it, really, I couldn't) response to THAT. And I went on to ridicule that notion.

"we wear pads because we go in harder, rugby players hold back so they won't get hurt"! (I mean !!!) (I was now worried about this guy's life expectancy).

He did get them to leave, by buying them both a beer if they would agree to make it their last there for the evening - as he had to do his job for the management etc. They were happy, as they weren't staying anyway, til he shouted them a couple of free jars.

 

[NMH]

Let's be honest about American Football though - they love ANY excuse to hoot and holler and make it a 'fantastic atmosphere'.
Some of them could yeehaw :yahoo: at paint drying.