Today, I went to see the NFL at Wembley, and it was exceptionally good fun. This comes despite a very one-sided result, too, which is good.  

I was hugely excited on my way to the game, and at the time I wasn’t exactly sure why. I have been before, so the stadium is nothing new to me – indeed, I went to the NFL game last year, where the Chargers were defeated by the Saints, so it wasn’t my first live NFL game either. But there was something about it that made me more excited than I have been before, going to a game.

Perhaps it was all the different shirts, dotted about the various stations, and flooding onto the train. All sorts of colours, all sorts of teams, as people showed their support of the sport itself rather than a specific team. Perhaps it was the energy of an excited kid on the seat to my right rubbing off on me. He was bouncing up and down, and calling out every team he saw with tremendous glee. It was his first game, and he was loving every minute of it.

Or perhaps it was the fact that I had the opportunity to watch Tom Brady and Randy Moss play. I knew that if Moss caught one touchdown, he would move to second place on the all time receiver list behind Jerry Rice. I knew that Tom Brady is already being considered one of the best ever, and so long as he stays healthy, he still has a long career ahead of him.

Whatever it was, I was excited. And I had an absolute blast. It was great seeing old friends, and drinking together, and chucking a ball around together before heading in. It was wonderful to watch the pre-game warm-ups, seeing the players catching balls, and the quarterbacks demonstrating perfect spirals. It was brilliant, all of it.

Already, I’m looking forward to next year.