m1150
26 Oct 2007, 12:47 AM
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/26/sports/26football.html?ref=sports
Here's an article by a New York Times reporter about what it's like to go to a soccer game in Britain -- specifically, Tottenham Hotspur v. Getafe in the UEFA Cup. This is what surprised him:
Fans eat meat pies instead of hot dogs.
You can't take beer to your seats at UEFA matches (this really seemed to shock him).
You can bet on the match in the stadium.
There is no tailgating, since most fans take public transportation.
The visiting fans not only sit separately but have a separate entrance.
All of the fans seem to be men.
Few fans wear team jerseys (kits).
Fans have to sing their own songs, since there is no music piped in over the loudspeakers.So we can imagine that if a British journalist went to an NFL game, he would be surprised to see lots of women wearing jerseys (of both teams) drinking beer and singing along to the music played on the PA.
Here's an article by a New York Times reporter about what it's like to go to a soccer game in Britain -- specifically, Tottenham Hotspur v. Getafe in the UEFA Cup. This is what surprised him:
Fans eat meat pies instead of hot dogs.
You can't take beer to your seats at UEFA matches (this really seemed to shock him).
You can bet on the match in the stadium.
There is no tailgating, since most fans take public transportation.
The visiting fans not only sit separately but have a separate entrance.
All of the fans seem to be men.
Few fans wear team jerseys (kits).
Fans have to sing their own songs, since there is no music piped in over the loudspeakers.So we can imagine that if a British journalist went to an NFL game, he would be surprised to see lots of women wearing jerseys (of both teams) drinking beer and singing along to the music played on the PA.