When did you become a fan?

You mean Jim Nance. Jim Nantz is a broadcaster.

1997 age 8.

It all started with my dad as a raiders fan he got madden for my playstation and i started to play it I thought that the pats were england so wanted to be my country in about 98 I started to watch the sport because i always played as new england I became a fan of the team by about 00 I was a huge fan of football. In 03 I started to enjoy it more than soccer i was 14 had school at at 8am stayed up to watch us beat carolina till 4am. Aiming to watch a game in foxboro in 2010. Might be lucky enough to have the pats come over to the UK in the next 2 years while there is the deal with wembly and the NFl.

Early in the 1985 season when I first started watching Channel 4's NFL coverage in England. Like many English fans I settled on the Patriots simply because they played in red, white and blue and had 'England' in their name. I also loved the uniform and helmet (I suspect I'll never really come to terms with the current unis).

It was a remarkable season to get into the Pats of course, with that unlikely Superbowl run.

I never really imagined I'd end up living in New England (by the skin of my teeth) and seeing games in the flesh.

1994-I was 10 years old, it was my first year playing football. I played outside linebacker and my dad encouraged me to watch the Pats to try and learn a thing or two. We, of course had a rookie, extremely talented outside linebacker at the time. Pats weren't really supposed to do anything that year. I can still remember the comeback vs the vikings, I was at my football end of the year banquet, and I kept pretending I had to go to the bathroom so I could sneak downstairs, where there was a tv to see the game. After that playoff run I was hooked, haven't missed a game since.