Sorry may be a bit of a long post

Being in the UK, no one i knew watched football, one day in 1999 i turned on a game and the Jags were playing. Loved the teal and name. Started getting more intetested and learning the game, very hard in pre internet days. 

Where my love took off, there used to be NFL Europe, and one year the World Bowl was in Scotland. I used to be on a UK NFL forum that had about 20 users and we all decided to meet up for the game. One of the guys was called Bill and lived in South Carolina. He travelled over and i got to know him well. I was desperate to travel to Jacksonville for a game and Bill offered to drive to Jacksonville from South Carolina if i ever made it over.

I decided one day to just book flights. So in 2003, at 19, on my own, i flew to South Carolina to stay with Bill and his wife Becky for a week. The way they treated me, the hospitality, the whole week was everything i loved about America. The US gets a fair bit of negative press from the outside looking in but i know what real US people are like.

When we got to the stadium for the game, Bill had contacted the Jags before hand and they allowed me to walk around the field during warmups, saw a 12 year old kid telling a Houston D lineman that he was going to 'bang his momma'. These are my people! I got to quickly meet a few players and was on the field for player introductions. The whole day was a blur of incredible experiences.

Just an amazing experience that took the Jags from a team to MY team.

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