Tag: Nic
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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…
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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…
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A House Divided
By Lou You meet someone; things are going great. You have similar likes and dislikes; things are good, and then you find their red flag… ‘I’m a Bears fan.’ I mean, what do you say to that? Other than that, at least they don’t support the Patriots. Imagine that?! *shudders* The Jets and Bears have…
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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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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…
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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…
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One year and 3460 odd miles
By Steven Being a die-hard supporter of the New York Jets anywhere in the world is tough: enduring a rotating carousel of QBs with lots of “potential” (whatever that means); actually being tricked into believing that Adam Gase and Nathaniel Hackett were offensive masterminds; and championing the fact that we once again won the offseason,…
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“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…
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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,…
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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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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…
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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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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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