I posted this in another thread but once more cos I'm very egocentric lol.

I'm British, but I now live in Mexico. My aunt married a US navy guy and ended up living in Jacksonville, so I would visit at least once a year for my entire childhood pretty much. I remember being there at Christmas 1996, and being in the Landing with everyone wearing Jags gear and celebrating after a win, I think. I was 11 or 12 and had no idea about the sport, and didn't really care much tbh, but I guess it left an impression. I started really following the NFL in 2001, partly due to playing fantasy football, and obviously the Jags were my team. Terrible time to become a fan really, right after the early success of the 90s, leaving me to endure the past 20 or so lean years... Anyway, managed to attend many Jags games whenever we would visit the family, usually around Christmas... My first three games were a terrible loss to the hated tacks with Eddie George running us into the ground, another terrible loss to the tacks, and then the Christmas eve (?) game against the tinhorns when if we won we would have made the playoffs... (of course, we got shutout and absolutely creamed). I should probably have just picked another team at that point, but I was already hooked. Plus I had my Freddy T jersey. Eventually I saw them win a game, absolutely stomping the Raiders in 2007. I was so drunk I barely remember the details, but man it was fun!

Hardly been to any games at all for ten years or so now, what with family and me living in a bunch of different countries. That will change very soon though when my son gets old enough for it.

Despite the absolute misery we have to endure as Jags fans, I wouldn't and couldn't change teams even if I wanted to.

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