If you didn't read my last post and have no idea why I went to London, it was for the NFL London Games. I went and saw the Saints vs the Dolphins play at Wembley Stadium and since I am a Seahawks fan usually, I chose to support the Saints. Mainly because their jersey colours are better than the dolphins clashy colours and luckily Saints won so it wasn't at all awkward next to the Dolphins fans which were pretty much the majority of the stadium.
For one weekend out of the four games there was a NFL tailgate thingy at Regent Street in London and as it happened it was on the weekend I was going up. I met Sam Madison. He played for the Dolphins for 9 seasons and also won the Superbowl with the Giants. Those rings look good up close! Twan Russell and Troy Drayton were also there doing some entertainment and explaining the rules to those who weren't sure.
The game itself wasn't a big scoring game at 20-0 but with the amount of penalties going around it kept it interesting.
This game was the first time I wasn't right in the far back of the seats. I bought myself a ticket for the middle section of seats and for one, the food options were better and more of them, I had a padded seat and a cup holder! Exciting stuff I know. I got chatting to one woman. Her husband happened to be one of the officials for the game. I asked where she was from and when she replied with Birmingham, Alabama in her American accent I said back, ROLL TIDE. She looked at me and said 'No, I support the other Alabama team.' Oops on my part but in my defence I had forgotten about Auburn. She told me she had been to the Superbowl a couples years ago where the Seahawks lost to the Patriots and I'm glad we were both in agreement that Lynch should've run the ball.
I had an awesome time. There is always the best atmosphere at an NFL game and I cannot wait for the next one! It's sooner than you think. ;)
Toodles for now.
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