Jets popular in the UK

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  1. K'OB

    K'OB 2021 TGG Fantasy Football Champ

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    Yes, you are probably correct but you have to remember I was a penniless northerner and Florida was not ever on my families holiday horizons. :D
     
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  2. UK jet

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    Flash Gordon did it for me:cool:
     
  3. donkey

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    Haha. Not me either mate. Never been to Florida. Until I went to NYC for the first time 10 years ago, my entire time in the USA was 2 hours in Buffalo. My dad drove us there from Toronto just so he could say we'd been to America. I was two years old.
     
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    UK Jets fan since C4 started showing highlights and the sack exchange was in full flow, had Jets VHS tapes mailed from a company called Pontel so I could watch "live" on a Thursday last weekends game.
     
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    I think a good proportion of Jets fans in the UK became so after week three of the 1986 season. That shootout against the Dolphins was the most exciting game I had ever seen up until that point. I was already bleeding green by then, but I think a lot of people fell in love with the team then.

    Marino was a superstar when the Super Bowl was shown live on UK TV after the 1984 season and the way he played was enough to get a lot of fans for the Fins.

    I agree with comments made earlier - the NFL is fooling itself if it thinks a London franchise would be well supported. Every NFL fan in the UK is already imprinted on a team. The London Royals would have a season full of away games as fans of whichever team was coming to play in London would buy up the tickets. In time, a new fan base would grow, but it would take a long time. I hope it never happens.
     
  6. donkey

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    Wow. I never knew that was a thing.
     
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    I started to follow the Jets when C4 showed games back in the late 70's early 80's. Loved the Sack Exchange and all that aggression.

    I;m sure that were the Dolphins got all their UK fans from too, as they were on TV nearly every week then.
     
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    Did you guys look forward to buying First Down the NFL "newspaper" every week :)
     
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    Yep, and Touchdown magazine I think
     
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    Yes it was and I even got a letter printed in there.
     
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    Ah, Touchdown magazine. I'd forgotten about the First Down paper.

    I almost fell out of love with NFL after watching a live UK game between the Sheffield City Steelers and some London team (not the Ravens) for three hours in the pouring rain. Final score 6-0 (TD, missed XP). God, I was bored.
     
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    Too many Brits on this thread. I love it.
     
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    It is like an invasion :D
     
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    Are we the Beatles and the Stones et al, then?
     
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    I am from England and I have been a Jets fan since about ‘84.

    I have met several others that live close to me who are Jets fans too. Given our lack of success it surprises me that we have quite a few UK Jets fans. What annoys me most is when I meet UK people that say they are Patriots fans. I ask why, and they usually say because they have been winning. I then follow that up with asking how they could support a team or players that have been caught cheating on numerous occasions, which then puts a question mark over their previous successes; and they stare at me blankly. That’s when I know they just occasionally watch a bit, or just watch the Super Bowl every year.

    For the UK fans who follow the NFL religiously, like myself, the most hated teams are the Cowboys and Cheatriots.
     
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    Also, any Brit supporting the Patriots has got a petty poor grasp of history.
     
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    If you need any help with that, just give me a shout :D
     
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    You got a touch of Simo Häyhä about you?
     
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    Wow, what a guy.
     
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    Fascinating story isn't it.
     
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