Rossmci90

They're talking about the Old Firm Derby (that's Darr-by, not Derr-by), the rivalry between Rangers and Celtic of Glasgow.

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Scouse Patriot

Modern day Brits dont hold any resentment, we're safe in the knowledge that had the likes of the PARAS and SAS been around then it wouldn't have happened and we regard our forefathers as cowards.

FWIW there was a thread in late '07 where we posted how we found the NFL and ended up following the Patriots. Alot of interesting stories in that thread too but I can't remember the name, I'd imagine it's out there somewhere. Wembley is a world class arena but very much soccer specific. Twickenham has been mentioned alot by fans as a better venue and alot agree.

I'd let the NFL come to Anfield but it's sacred, holy ground.

furry

I get the feeling you're not gonna cope too well when they sell it for flats are you?!!!

Scouse Patriot

Haha, these two clowns for owners haven't got the muscle to build a new stadium. I know deep down it's beneficial for the team to move into a larger stadium but every season still spent at Anfield is special and we're going to be there for a few more years atleast.

Your right though, I really can't imagine Liverpool without it if/when it happens.

Ciara's Dad

SP, Rafa's last season?

NickOGS20

Would love to be there and give the Glazers some stick but sadly (and almost inevitably, knew it'd happen as soon as I heard the Pats were playing over here) it clashes with United's biggest away game of the season, and frankly I rate my chances of getting to another Patriots game (be it over here or in the US) higher than I do getting another away ticket for Anfield anytime soon.

I'm a relative newbie to the sport and the Patriots really, have always been almost obsessed with soccer and a big fan of numerous other sports but the NFL passed me by for years for many reasons - inconvenient times, the season running concurrently with the English soccer season, a real lack of any sort of mainstream coverage and perhaps an unquestioning acceptance of the typical ignorant view many this side of the pond had/still have of the sport (too many breaks in play, overly complicated rules and all that nonsense). Can honestly and sadly say I'd never watched a game until 2001.

Luckily one of my housemates in my first year of university was originally from New England and a huge Patriots fan so I was won over to an extent thanks to him - watched a few games and developed a passing interest over the next few years, before really getting into it around 2005/2006ish due to finally getting Sky TV and a means of watching games every week (as well as meeting a couple of other good friends who are really into the game). The Patriots and the NFL now run United and soccer very close, which is something I never thought I'd say about any team/sport - just a real shame there's this schedule clash this weekend.

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Regarding Wembley (the rebuilt version anyway), maybe it's familiarity breeding contempt, a north/south thing, a sense of "all that time and money for this?" or something else, but I'm not a fan of it at all. Doesn't have the character the old Wembley seemed to have (granted I was much younger and wide-eyed, and less cynical, for my visits there) and has always struck me as soulless and essentially a larger-scale version of a number of almost identikit soccer stadia we have in England. Would love to see Old Trafford hosting a game, although I don't think the playing surface meets the minimum NFL requirements sadly.

PatsWickedPissah

GREAT post.

I gotta admit that as the consummate wiseass, I'm drinking in a bar in Paderborn Germany back when that was the Brit sector in the mid 80s and I'm sitting next to a couple guys who turned out to be SAS. For once in my life reason and survival over rode my personality and I made zero jokes about the Micks & Brits. I'm a typical redhead, Fitzgerald on me Mom's side and a Scot on me Dad's.

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Big-T

I think Old Trafford might be a tad dangerous for an NFL game, I was there the other week for the Super League (Rugby League) Grand Final and the slopes at the edges of the pitch caused a few problems for players (a few slid down into the ad boards). I don't think there'd be enough room down the sidelines for the players/coaches. I don't think there's a stadium in the north suited for the NFL, which is a shame

Ciara's Dad

Yes there is, it's called Murrayfield.

Big-T

That's Scotland not the north of England Wouldn't be a bad place to have a game though, the Super League took me to Murrayfield in the summer, good stadium and lots of room down the sidelines (especially the one with the 100m track down it )