A UK fan's view

Thanks for the welcome guys.

Football is definitely on the up again over here, which is great. I was too young when we had the original boom in the early 80's and it was in danger of dying out altogether after the London Monarchs in NFL Europe were relocated to Germany in the 90's. But thanks to increasing TV coverage and hard work by lots of people at ground roots level, it's popularity is increasing again.

We actually have around 40 teams over here & I played for 4 years, but the standard is pretty poor to be honest!! I caught a high school game while I was over last month & the level of play was way higher than what I used to play at.

But that's not really the point, guys over here play it cos they love the game & it's pretty expensive too with all the kit & travelling around & stuff, so you really have to be dedicated.

It's great that the NFL are going to have a regular season game over here soon, the tickets will sell out in minutes, believe me. Just hope I can get my hands on one!