Tag: Barrow Bow & Banker
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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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