Out of Town Pats Fans Speak Up

Patjew said:

I think you win so far.

OMG, that looks beautiful! My wife and I have always said that we wanted to live "in" the TV show Northern Exposure. Looks like you do.

Is your wife from Nanning, Guangxi? I'm not familiar with Nanniny.

You live in Alaska and your wife is from China. Coincidentally, our direct neighbors here in China are from Alaska. That means that in this little neighborhood of foreigners, Rhode Island borders Alaska.

PS - be like me; don't let not knowing anything about football stop you from posting!

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I'll throw my hat in the ring for Jakarta, Indonesia as most remote. We did just get American Sports Network which does have several games per week but it is usually just me watching live on a 15 inch laptop screen with unreliable somewhat grainy internet feeds from 1am-8am early Monday mornings. The only live games sportsbars will carry is the superbowl.

In the UK, the majority of people have no interesting into football or the NFL; so the usual comment is 'Isn't american football just rugby for girls! They wear all them pads'

I was once wearing my Brady jersey, and some old guy came up to me and hit me on the shoulder, as if i was wearing pads! Many things were said to him!

Calciumee said:

In the UK, the majority of people have no interesting into football or the NFL; so the usual comment is 'Isn't american football just rugby for girls! They wear all them pads'

I was once wearing my Brady jersey, and some old guy came up to me and hit me on the shoulder, as if i was wearing pads! Many things were said to him!

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I'm sure you dealt with him like most British larrikins would and glassed him.

Dublin in the house...
not many NFl folk in these parts.

I'm from Brisbane, Australia. I caught the preseason game vs Washington in 2006, 41-0. I never miss a game one way or another. How could you, right!?!

ausbacker said:

I'm sure you dealt with him like most British larrikins would and glassed him.

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Yes Or I just shouted at him, loudly

upstater1 said:

I live in Buffalo. They despise the Patriots here. Go to a bar during a Patriots game and people shout with glee when bad things happen.

I would wear my Patriot gear more but I am a gear jinx. Meaning, everytime I wear a Pats jersey or cap, they lose. Bought a brand new retro Pat Patriot hate for the 2007-8 Super Bowl. The thing was destroyed sometime in the 3rd qtr, later burned.

My 4-year old daughter did wear her Seymour jersey to her pre-school's sports jersey day. 90% of the other kids were wearing Buffalo Sabres jerseys, a few Bills jerseys, one Sox and one Yankees jersey.

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I'm near Rochester (60 miles from Buf). I wear my Pats gear proudly. I get the occasionally nasty comment from Buffalo fans, more commonly though, it's a nasty glare. Most however, don't say a thing..... It another one of the benefits of having them play crappy and be uncompetitive every year. Their fans no their place.

nashvillepatsfan said:

I don't think anyone can top Patjew.

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Oh yeah??

Here I am on the planet Mercury. Can't even get good TV reception and NOBODY likes the Pats here. Damn, the summer's are hot.

I wear my stuff all the time here in Indiana- most of the time no issues, and I've actually met a few Patriot fans that way. At work it's mostly good natured because they know me so well, but - on occasion - it does get a little heated, esp deep in the season and at playoff time. And, at those times, rest assured, I represent our team's interests rather well, even if I do say so myself!

I live in Lenexa, KS. which is a suburb of Kansas City. Everyone is high on the "Kansas City Patriots" er, um, Chief's this year. My friend and I are still searching for that one-bar, to call our own, for watching Pat's games.

On another note, I was in Amsterdam several years ago, there was a guy I saw wearing a Pat's t-shirt walking down the street. I stopped and chatted with him, turned out he was from Ireland and a big Pat's fan.

I also remember walking into a pub in London, wearing a Patriots tshirt, and across the bar, a barman jokingly told me to get out and that they don't serve Pats fans!

Turned about to be a native of Green Bay (and a Packers fan).

Time for the continent to check in …surprised we havent hear from our ‘Italian Stallion’ (ItalianPatsFan) yet.

Denmark calling….land of Legos, Carlsberg, Hans Christian Andersen fairy tales and the birthplace of the all-time leading scorer in NFL history. (answer at bottom). And thankfully here the Vikings have nothing to do with Lord Brett but instead are little souvenirs dolls that tourists buy.

I am a Bostonian from the ‘60’s and have lived half of my adult life overseas, first in Switzerland in the early ‘90’s and then last 12 years in Denmark. NFL has come along way in Denmark in those 12 years…but first I must give a condensed summary of sports life overseas since the ‘90s (early internet age).

The early (or pre) internet era was a dark time indeed. The only way to get NFL scores was from either USA Today (international edition) or The International Herald Tribune on the following Monday. But if you were not in a major European city, then you would not see those newspapers show up in the newsstands until Tuesday. The best bet was at train stations to get those newspapers quickly.

There was a one paragraph recap of each game with a little ‘box score’. Luckily (being a Pats fan), the early 90’s pre Parcells era was also a ‘dark age’ for the NEP – so it was not a huge loss.

I remember trying to get either the ’90 or ’91 Super Bowl via radio. (Living in) Zurich, Switzerland was just close enough to pick up the AFN (Armed Forces Network) broadcast from some base in Southern Germany. The signal was generally poor. But I am sure any other old’ timer who listened to sports with a small AM transistor radio will understand. Pats were obviously not in that Super Bowl but it was still good to hear some football and the excitement of the game being broadcast live.

I did not know any other Americans at that time and the Swiss were oblivious to what an American football was. The only real connection to USA was the Hollywood films, pop music and glimpsing an occasional frisbee being thrown completely askew by a native. It would then be my duty to show the correct way for it to be thrown. I dread coming back in my next life as a frisbee, cosigned to be stuck up in a tree until the next gale force winds blow.

The internet age was a breakthrough indeed- especially when it advanced from 14.4 to 28.8 kps modems. 56 kps was a godsend and I believe I loved that modem almost as much as my childhood dog. You could see an animations on the screen drawn over a football field. A colored arrow of varying lengths indicating how long the last play was for. Pats arrows were either red or blue. A long arrow indicated a Bledsoe to Coates completion. A short arrow was greeted with dissatisfaction (Marion Butts being stuffed at the LOS). But nothing was worse than the dreaded backwards arrow. Which was always accompanied by a shout of “Quit holding the damn ball Drew”. Long live the colored arrows!
But that’s not all – you also get at no extra charge a text box with the stats. COOL! I also soon learned the joy of internet radio streaming. One of the Boston radio stations had the internet Pats radio broadcast although there was a delay between this and the magical arrows dancing on my large 14” monitor. The internet radio featured the infamous Gil and Geno who sadly passed their prime about the same time as the first Sony walkmans hit the streets.

A year or two after that, NFL stopped the internet broadcasts and one had to buy the ‘Fieldpass’ package to listed to the games. But that was a no-brainer to be able to follow each and every NEP game live. (either 07:00 pm or 10:15 pm Danish time). As a sidenote: this is actually a great time to follow the games as the kiddies are either soon to bed or in bed and the yardwork done and my Great Dane (Mrs.) off my back. I can follow the game in peace and a Tuborg (or 3) keeping me company.

Wow –haven’t even gotten to Danish football fans and the growth of NFL in Denmark yet. I will have to save that for another post – as I need be somewhere else soon.

P.S. Answer is Morten Andersen. Morten is actually a common name here. And Andersen is like ‘Smith’.

Cheers and beers from ‘Sunny’ - Denmark. (North of Germany, West of Krakatoa)

shmessy said:

Oh yeah??

Here I am on the planet Mercury. Can't even get good TV reception and NOBODY likes the Pats here. Damn, the summer's are hot.

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Winters too, so I hear ...

I first started liking the Patriots when I lived in Cambridge (MA) for a year. Living in the UK and following football was a kind of secret vice, not really something to share (I can remember doing a couple of little Superbowl parties for visiting Americans, but that was about it). So no, I never get hassled, except occasionally by people who can't understand what anyone sees in the game (I've given up trying to explain). I don't brag when the Patriots win and don't get joshed when they lose -- and that's the way I like it.

IndyKen said:

I wear my stuff all the time here in Indiana- most of the time no issues, and I've actually met a few Patriot fans that way. At work it's mostly good natured because they know me so well, but - on occasion - it does get a little heated, esp deep in the season and at playoff time. And, at those times, rest assured, I represent our team's interests rather well, even if I do say so myself!

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I met you before a NE vs IND game. IIRC, your dad owns a bar.

Ive been to 10 different NFL cities for NEP games and Indy is the worst. Countless opportunities for fisticuffs if I wanted to pull the trigger, always instigated by Colts fans.

A group of us NE fans were minding our own business talking in a circle after a Colts loss and this D bag walked right through the middle of our conversation.

Albany Pats fan here, living by the Giants training camp. 3rd yr college student, rooming with a Jets fan.

I look forward to week 2, and a barrage of Brady posters.

Captain Cliche said:

I'm not trying to top Patjew, but I am writing this from above the Arctic Circle...specifically the Kuparuk oil field in Alaska. I live in Homer, AK...picture Vermont by the ocean...ummm with longer, darker,colder winters. Google it if you're curious. A truly beautiful place. We catch halibut and tanner crabs, dig clams and net salmon. I'm hoping they open up shrimp soon. I fly up to the oilfield for 2 weeks and get 2 weeks off.

The oilfield has rabid fans form all over the counrty. Most are knowledgable and will eventually admit spygate was BS. I mostly lurk here because I don't know much about football. This is my one stop shopping for all things Patriot.

BTW, my wife is Chinese from Nanniny City.

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I told my wife about Homer, AK and she's been Googling it all night. She's ready to move. No joke.

I live back in the mountains of Pennsylvania, about 30 minutes from Penn State University. This is Steeler Country. Most all despise Belichick and Brady. I constantly on a day to day basis deal with Belicheat comments or Bradys gay stuff. Thank god that Rothlisberger turned out to be the inmate he has so its eased up lately.

Galjen89 said:

I live back in the mountains of Pennsylvania, about 30 minutes from Penn State University. This is Steeler Country. Most all despise Belichick and Brady. I constantly on a day to day basis deal with Belicheat comments or Bradys gay stuff. Thank god that Rothlisberger turned out to be the inmate he has so its eased up lately.

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Just curious, where do you live?

Black Mountain? Phillipsburg? I've been in those parts. Pretty woolly. Yes, Homer Alaska must be the WILD, and Copenhagen is likely the most civilized place on earth, but between the two extremes, back country Centre County is more like Homer...

First one to post on this thread that's below the Mason-Dixon line .

Not many savage NFL fans around here in Augusta. The biggest football event is when Georgia-South Carolina meet every college football season. Other than that, everybody claims to be a "loyal" fan of a team other than the Pats. By that I mean they can't name the following: the current starting QB, the head coach, or who they happen to be playing. All they know is to still how to chant "18-1" when I wear some Pats shirt and/or hat. Yeah, real intelligent people down here. But other than that, not too many problems with being a Patriots fan in good ol' Georgia.

Patjew said:

Maybe so. I also was just PM'ing with someone from Laos.

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Ya, that would be me. Vientiane to be precise (not that any of you have ever heard of it). Been staring at the little screen on my computer between 1 and 8 AM every Monday morning since the blessed day that internet streaming was invented. But now it's being blocked via the internet trunk in Thailand! Woe is me, I need a solution fast, the season is starting in less than a week

Before that, was living in Phnom Penh, Cambodia - there's a few hardcore (real) football fans there, including a good buddy who's cursed to be a Raiders fan that I could convince to get up at 4 AM and join me at a bar to watch the Pats play when they were one of the 2 televised games that week. The Raiders were so bad and the Pats so good, I think I may even have converted him from the dark side. So at least Jamarcus Russell can claim to have done something good in his life.

Other than that though, living in soccer hell. They'd rather televise a repeat of a game between Liverpool and Manchester United from 3 years ago than broadcast a live NFL game. It's just pathetic.