NFL game to be played at Old Trafford?

[mhtwins113]

This is just extrapolation on my part, but if the Bucs, Malcolm Glazer's NFL team, really do head the list of teams under consideration to host a regular season game in the UK, doesn't it make sense that Old Trafford would be the venue to host that game? I wouldn't want our pitch torn up like Wembley's, that would be a disaster for our team and our style of play as well as an embarrassment to the club.

[#1 Feilhaber and Adu]

I love the EPL and Man U; but if they were to put in another American football game and destroy the feild again especially if its Old trafford i would start to lose respect for them. Simply becuase the NFL does no good and only destroys the beautiful fields in England like wembley; which i pray America had for MLS.

I wonder how much NFL pays the FA to play on their field. over $50-100 million; could be. Why else would they reschedule a game if the first one destroyed their feild and thats what England used as the reason why they lost to Croatia. So obviously the only way the FA would approve to do it again is only if the NFL whips out the BigBucks in terms of Millions.

[zippy85]

No thankyou, your county is big and rich enough.

[The Double]

No thankyou, your county is big and rich enough.

It's never enough. Muhahahaha.

[BusbyBabes]

No No No....:mad:

[LA. MAN UNITED]

I went to Old Trafford in 2000 , where its obvious that the fans actually watch the match for the love of the sport .I was also a seson ticket holder for the New Orleans Saints for 14 years where most fans need to be mindlessly entertained and go to games to socialize.The EPL and the NFL are miles apart in every possible way and tearing up the Old Trafford pitch would be a disgrace. Lets hope, if this becomes reality,l British fans do not buy tickets at record pace as they did for the Dolphins-Giants game at Wembley.

[billyireland]

During the NFL coverage last season there was talk of the NFL game that will be held in the UK next year (which iirc has been announced as a definite), and while the official announcement of who will play who, as well as when and where will not be made until sometime around the SuperBowl, the two hosts (Nick Halling & Kevin Cadle) had the NFLUK head on the show and managed to extract the following info:

1. It will most likely be in October, off the back of or leading into, the home team's bye-week.

2. It will be in either Wembley again, or else Murrayfield (Scotland) or The Millenium Stadium (Wales). It seems that the latter is the most likely choice due to the retractable roof.

3. They mentioned the four most likely teams, and while I had a few drinks in me and cannot remember exactly the four of them, one was unfortunately the Bucaneers.

- Also, there is talk of another Steelers game (most likely preseason, again) being held in Dublin due to the Rooney family's Irish connections.

But thankfully, Old Trafford it would appear is a no-no.

[BusbyBabes]

I would rather watch a Tiger and Lion fight it out at London zoo to see who is the top cat than watch a bunch of lardy arses ruining the hollowed OT pitch like they did Wembley.

At least in Rugby League/Union in Britain they don't have as much padding as the NFL wimps:D

Real men don't wear padding..

[billyireland]

Yeah that is true about the padding... then again it might only be a myth (not sure) but I recall hearing that all that padding was made necessary sometime around the 1930s/40s because too many players were dying. :D

True or not - and this might be a little morbid - I think that is frankly hilarious!

[Republic of Mancunia]

Yeah that is true about the padding... then again it might only be a myth (not sure) but I recall hearing that all that padding was made necessary sometime around the 1930s/40s because too many players were dying. :D

True or not - and this might be a little morbid - I think that is frankly hilarious!

From 1931 to 2006, the National Center for Catastrophic Sport Injury Research has reported 1,002 direct and 674 indirect fatalities resulting from participation in all organized football (professional, college, highschool, and sandlot) in the US [2]. While the yearly number of indirect fatalities has remained near 9 per year, the yearly number of direct fatalities has declined from an average of 18.6 per year between 1931-1970, 9.5 per year from 1971-1990, to 4.3 per year from 1991-2006.

:eek:

To be fair, tackling a guy who's off the ground when he's concentrating on catching the ball and is vunerable is different to most rugby tackles or american football tackles on running plays for that matter. I can deffo see the need for instances like that.

Anyway, don't want the game mucking up the pitch.

[BusbyBabes]

Nothing not even the NFL can provide as much entertainment as the Super League and one of the stars of the show.....Rob Burrow AKA 'The pocket Rocket'...:cool: (he is less than 5ft '6)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZNzA9oNWIw

[Numquam Moribimur]

I would rather watch a Tiger and Lion fight it out at London zoo to see who is the top cat than watch a bunch of lardy arses ruining the hollowed OT pitch like they did Wembley.

At least in Rugby League/Union in Britain they don't have as much padding as the NFL wimps:D

Real men don't wear padding..

Thank for you telling us you have never watch a full NFL game ....:D

[O Fenômeno]

Busby have you even played rugby before?

[zippy85]

Busby have you even played rugby before?
lol

[Granted]

I really have no doubt there will be another game in the UK. As for where it takes place, I have no clue.

But for the sake of whoever plays there, I hope they win.
It seems as if whoever wins the game will win their respective conference, while the loser will be the worst team in NFL. :rolleyes:

[Johnino]

Is there an NFL team that would get booed louder then the Bucs? That would be a huge advantage for the opposing team.

[BusbyBabes]

Thank for you telling us you have never watch a full NFL game ....:D

Yeah waste my time watching the NFL with all it's adverts ie the superbowl..nah I would rather gnaw my arm.:rolleyes::D

[Rakim_22]

Is there an NFL team that would get booed louder then the Bucs? That would be a huge advantage for the opposing team.
The Fins.
Yeah waste my time watching the NFL with all it's adverts ie the superbowl..nah I would rather gnaw my arm.:rolleyes::D
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d50/rab22es/shut.jpg

[Harry Boulton]

The money that could be made by staging an NFL game every year is huge, if the Wemlbey sales are anything to go by. And lets be honest, the money that we're currently owing out, it would help.

The pitch would get some abuse but England lost to Croatia because we're sh!t, not because of the pitch. Man Utd are not sh!t and therfore we don't need a perfect pitch to win games.

I do, however, remember not long ago when the Rugby Sup Cup final was held at OT and the pitch was disgrace. I think we lost that game?

Even so, financially, you can see why it would be so attractive. The sponsors along would pay through the nose.....

[Teso Dos Bichos]

2. It will be in either Wembley again, or else Murrayfield (Scotland) or The Millenium Stadium (Wales). It seems that the latter is the most likely choice due to the retractable roof.

I'd love to see the game back in Murrayfield. I miss going to support the Claymores there. :(