Tag: Barrow Bow & Banker
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My Three Day Reign
By Frank West “My name is Frank West. I’m a police detective and the best fucking tailgater you’ll ever meet.” That was my first line on Food Network’s Chopped, Season 31 Episode 2, titled “Tailgate Greats,” after which yours truly was crowned Champion, and pretty much how I started on the road to “Superfandom.” I…
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Painting London Green 2024
By Alasdair Mackay I have been to Tottenham Hotspur’s Stadium a few times to watch Premier League matches. It is one of those grounds that is a bit out of the way—a long walk from a tube station; passed Irish pubs, Turkish kebab shops, and Polish-run DIY emporiums (all the things that make north-east London what it is), but in 2021 that long…
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A basement, a Barrow Boy & a bottle of sauce
By Ant Cook Now, this is a story all about how my life got flipped-turned upside down. And I’d like to take a minute Just sit right there, and I’ll tell you how I became an ambassador for a team called the New York Jets …Okay, the end doesn’t work; in fact, hold on… it…
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The London Hippodrome – a Jets history
By Alasdair Mackay Last season we had 53 Jets fans in attendance for the home Patriots game. I can remember when it was just Manny and I, getting asked not to sit on the back of the sofas to get a better view of another energy sapping loss. Back then (I am guessing around 10…
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What’s the game plan?
By Nic We were all there in the Barrow Boy & Banker, the Jets chants rang loud, the beers flowed and Cockney John Crow photobombed Christopher Johnson whilst poking his tongue out. The Jets had just launched a Twitter feed specifically for the UK and, not long after this, were awarded the international marketing rights…
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Finding your people
By Alasdair Mackay Who amongst us hasn’t done this? You come out of the tube at the end of a long day; you see a man waiting at the bus stop wearing a Patriots beanie and you boo him – the volume of the boo directly correlating to the size of the Pats fan and…
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It wasn’t easy being Green (and from London)
By Nic As we all filed into the end zone, Diana directed me to ‘the camera on the right’ but I didn’t really know what she wanted me to do.. I was in awe at being on the field in front of 80,000 fans and as the dance music pumped out loud, I just looked…
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