Tag: NFL
-
Girls Changing the Game
By Kimmi AKB The hall was packed with young athletes — eager, excited, and maybe just a little apprehensive — as the Jets coach stepped up to the stage to deliver the welcoming speech. “A lot of the girls that I see here today… the skill development and improvement we’ve seen from year one until…
-
Tailgates and Thank-Yous
By Nic The Jets’ UK scene is powered by two passionate fan groups, each doing an incredible job of bringing us closer to the team and to one another through great events and meet-ups. The first is Gang Green UK (GGUK). For over ten years now, their mission has been dedicated to growing the legacy…
-
From Heartbreak to Hype: Jets Fans Return to London
By Alasdair Mackay Last year I wrote an article anticipating a Jets win over the Vikings in London. Yeah. Sorry about that. In my defence – the game was the only part of that experience that didn’t go to plan, but when has that not been the case with our beloved Jets these last few…
-
Friends, Football and Feasting
By Nic In London, I’d pay large amounts of money in eateries for what I am served at a Jets tailgate in the MetLife Stadium parking lot… Smoked brisket as big as my head? Sure. Top-quality smoked ribs with pork belly and a side of tacos? Yes, please, go on. Italian meatballs or a mountain…
-
Public Displays of Affection
By Alasdair Mackay I ticked something off my bucket list the other day – I saw Stevie Wonder perform at Hyde Park. Full disclosure: I went for a picnic with some friends in Hyde Park, and we were able to hear and see over the wall to the big screen, where Mr Wonder was performing…
-
From Wimbledon to Wisconsin
(International Fan of the Year #2) By Olivia Peebles As the 2024 International Fan of the Year and having already spent a day in Wimbledon, London, for the Jets’ Flag Football launch with Quincy Williams and Isiah Davis, I had the chance to now be part of the 2025 NFL Draft! As a self-certified draft…
-
The Three-Peat
By Nic They did it! Ealing Fields High School has become champions. That’s the story. The End. I could literally finish this piece there, as this is the third time we’ve seen this now, but that would be a huge disservice to the now-third-time reigning champions and the amazing girls that have fought hard to…
-
From Broadway to Big Ben: Relocation London!
By Larry Menkes I woke up this morning, and the NY Jets had moved to the UK. On the eve of the 2025 Draft, I dreamt of the impossible: as the Jets were planning on drafting their next cornerstones for the organization, Ambassador Woody Johnson packed up every morsel from Florham Park and, in the…
-
The good, the bad and the MetLife
By Nic, Alasdair Mackay, Anth Cook & Steve Rowe We sat there feeling a bit down because, as with many of our Jets fan meet-ups, events, and tailgating sessions, the pre-game festivities were absolutely incredible. We were gathered at the Hippodrome on a Sunday evening, and the Jets had just lost to the Vikings at…
-
2024: a season in review
By Alasdair Mackay Anyone who read my season review of 2023 will have seen my last comment was that “Jets fandom lasts forever”. Well, 2024 put that to the test in the worst way. It’s always been a great source of pride that the Jets fan group at the Hippodrome Casino in Leicester Square is…
-
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…
-
Like Father, Like Sons
By Scott Edney You’ll find me down the Hippodrome watching the games with many others, including Alasdair, Jon, and Nic. With the last one being he who is essentially Green Smoke and the ‘nuisance’ who’s been badgering me for almost one year for this bit of writing. Thankfully he won’t be there this Sunday bugging…
-
Fans get the W
By Alasdair MacKay I am sitting down to write this on Monday morning after one of the most epic weekends of my life. My throat is sore and my feet ache—in a good way. And it is all because of Jets fans. There has been a lot of anticipation about the New York Jets latest…
-
View from the sideline
By Lou I’m Lou, originally from Essex, and I grew up on a diet of Manchester United and Sunday local football with absolutely no access to American football. So when I told someone I was a New York Jets fan, they immediately asked, ‘What could you possibly know about the NFL? Well, let me take…
-
International Fan of the Year
By Frazer Campbell My head was spinning; it felt like it was only the previous day that I was speaking to Tyler Conklin via chat and then Quincy Williams in London, and now there I was standing next to Sauce Gardner in the heart of his hometown, Detroit, for the NFL Draft, and it was…
-
Back to Back
By Nic Ealing Fields… Say that name with reverence, for they are back-to-back flag football champions. You may recall an article that I wrote back in May 2023 about the inaugural London NFL Flag Football Championship that took place on a beautifully sunny afternoon in Ealing itself, where the Ealing Fields’ girls took the trophy…
-
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…
-
2023: a season in review
By Alasdair Mackay So this isn’t your regular season review for the New York Jets 2023 football season—I am sure you have read plenty of those. Plus, there was nothing regular about the 2023 Jets season, let’s be honest. What started with great hope and expectation ended with a whimper. No, this is a review of how our season went—a…
-
“You’re live in 3..2..1..”
By Nic Back in May of this year (2023, if you’re reading this at a later date), I was frustrated. I was frustrated at the New York Jets and decided to put pen to paper, so to speak, I composed a blog entitled ‘What’s the Game Plan?’. You’ve probably read it. I decided to speak…
-
A Tale of Two Stadiums
By John Bradley I’m a Jets fan who’s not from London; I’m a proud Scotsman. But that doesn’t mean I don’t head south to the Big Smoke. I do and have done so many times, whether it be for the games in London, watch parties, or even one of the draft parties with my beloved…
-
Time to say goodbye (a suicide note)
Now that I’ve got your attention with the title, I’m here to write about mental health and as it’s World Suicide Prevention Day there’s no better moment. It starts with a Londoner, Mark who’s a Jags fan… Years ago something unexpected happened in his life and, combined with a lengthy buildup of self-perceived failures beforehand,…
-
Coz London loves the Jets
By Nic That title is something that’s been bandied around Green Smoke for a while now to emphasise the love for Gang Green we have here in the UK’s capital city. The truth is, like every other UK city, football (or soccer, if you will) is very much the predominant sport, and every London-based Jets…
-
Why I quit my job for the Jets
By Jon Love This is my journey of being a UK NY Jets fan originating in 1986 at school following Ken O’Brien, Al Toon, Wesley Walker and the Sack Exchange and deciding to follow my dream of watching them in the US until they won the Super Bowl (one day it will come!) and then…
-
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…
-
An Ealing Victory
By Nic An Ealing Victory is what I’ve titled this, a play on the works from the studio of yesteryear that produced Ealing Comedies. Classics such as The Man in the White Suit and after watching the superb display by The Girls in the White Uniforms (see what I did there?), I also wanted to…