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By Tom Rivers
London
28 October 2009


 
 
American professional football returned to the heartland of soccer a few days ago, as the New England Patriots 1 faced the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on the hallowed turf of London's Wembley stadium. For the third year in a row, a sell-out crowd screamed and enjoyed a piece of true Americana in a regular season contest. For both teams, playing in London was a unique part of their season and both squads 2 were well supported in Britain where television coverage 3 over the years has boosted interest.


They came from all across Britain, from Ireland and the European continent too, fans of American professional football, a sport once alien but now avidly 4 followed by many in Europe.


And they came wearing the jerseys 5 of every team in the National Football League, the NFL.


For the third year in a row. the NFL hosted a regular season game at Wembley, and 84,000 fans crammed 6 into Britain's national stadium to witness the spectacle.


The fans saw the New England Patriots defeat the Tampa Bay Buccaneers 35-7.


New England was in control from the very beginning.


 
Wes Welker
For stars like Patriot's wide receiver Wes Welker, who had never been to Europe before, coming to London was a great experience.


"I am a big soccer fan so you know I played soccer all growing up so really getting to feel that vibe and everything kind of you know, them doing the wave, you could not hear anything when they started doing the wave and things like that so, it was definitely a cool experience to kind of see their energy and what they bring to the game," said Wes Welker.


Fellow teammate, quarterback Tom Brady agreed, it was fun playing on British soil.


 
Tom Brady
"All the flash bulbs were going out there before kick off and everyone seemed excited," said Tom Brady. "The wave went on for about ten minutes which you do not see that in the states too often. But it seemed very exciting you know for the fans here. Like I said, I think it is really a privilege for the players to come over here and get to enjoy this type of experience so, like I said, it probably will never happen again for us but so we will retire one-and-zero internationally."


Given the high interest level, the league is considering increasing the number of games played each season in Britain.


Two days before the game, the Patriots got in some practice at the Brit Oval cricket ground in London. There, NFL International spokesman Neil Reynolds explained where things stood.


"It is no secret that the commissioner 7, this commissioner Roger Goodell is very excited and keen to push that through," said Neil Reynolds. "He has spoken at the owners' meetings recently about how they want to explore expanding this market. He wants to look at two games. That is a natural step. We have had one that is successful, can you host two? Can you host four? If you do that maybe then after that, what we are looking at? Maybe a franchise 8. So I mean, it is baby steps. We are trying to move it forward."


But what would the fans think? I caught up with some at Wembley.


"Keep it to one," said a fan. "It is more special yeah. If you bring two games in then it is not as special as just the one, and it would saturate 9 it too much. You want to have just the one game a year, yeah. Definitely, keep it as one." 


NFL expansion in Britain, a topic that will occupy the fans here as they watch the rest of the season on television.



爱国者,爱国主义者( patriot的名词复数 )
  • Abraham Lincoln was a fine type of the American patriots. 亚伯拉罕·林肯是美国爱国者的优秀典型。
  • These patriots would fight to death before they surrendered. 这些爱国者宁愿战斗到死,也不愿投降。
n.(军队中的)班( squad的名词复数 );(暗杀)小组;体育运动的运动(代表)队;(对付某类犯罪活动的)警察队伍
  • Anti-riot squads were called out to deal with the situation. 防暴队奉命出动以对付这一局势。 来自辞典例句
  • Three squads constitute a platoon. 三个班组成一个排。 来自辞典例句
n.报导,保险范围,保险额,范围,覆盖
  • There's little coverage of foreign news in the newspaper.报纸上几乎没有国外新闻报道。
  • This is an insurance policy with extensive coverage.这是一项承保范围广泛的保险。
adv.渴望地,热心地
  • She read avidly from an early age—books, magazines, anything. 她从小就酷爱阅读——书籍、杂志,无不涉猎。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • Her melancholy eyes avidly scanned his smiling face. 她说话时两只忧郁的眼睛呆呆地望着他的带笑的脸。 来自汉英文学 - 家(1-26) - 家(1-26)
n.运动衫( jersey的名词复数 )
  • The maximum quantity of cotton jerseys this year is about DM25,000. 平方米的羊毛地毯超过了以往的订货。 来自口语例句
  • The NBA is mulling the prospect of stitching advertising logos onto jerseys. 大意:NBA官方正在酝酿一个大煞风景的计划——把广告标志绣上球服! 来自互联网
adj.塞满的,挤满的;大口地吃;快速贪婪地吃v.把…塞满;填入;临时抱佛脚( cram的过去式)
  • He crammed eight people into his car. 他往他的车里硬塞进八个人。
  • All the shelves were crammed with books. 所有的架子上都堆满了书。
n.(政府厅、局、处等部门)专员,长官,委员
  • The commissioner has issued a warrant for her arrest.专员发出了对她的逮捕令。
  • He was tapped for police commissioner.他被任命为警务处长。
n.特许,特权,专营权,特许权
  • Catering in the schools is run on a franchise basis.学校餐饮服务以特许权经营。
  • The United States granted the franchise to women in 1920.美国于1920年给妇女以参政权。
vt.使湿透,浸透;使充满,使饱和
  • We'll saturate California with the rise in its crime rate.我们将使加利福尼亚州的犯罪案件增长率达到饱和点。
  • Saturate the meat in the mixture of oil and herbs.把肉浸泡在油和作料的卤汁里。
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akilled
Anabantidae
analogue matrix addressing
apartment-style
apologeticness
aspect ratio of rudder
asteroctis radicts de wildeman
Atmosphere, Furnace
automorph
biomethane
Buddleja forrestii
Calhoun City
cardiac cirrhosis
caudal
centrocinetie
chaff blower
Charadriiformes
chromatoelectropheresis
chylification
citenazone
claims expenses
cluster of keys
Crinum asiaticum L.
crow
definiendums
degree of inherent distortion (of a channel)
Desoxymethasone
dickweeds
dune rock
electric tool grinder
ensmallen
Etadolac
exceptional price
extrinsic nucleation
feminine sapphire
five-leaf gentian
flamboyanttree
friction-braked
genus chloroxylons
gerres macracanthus
gross out
high stepper
human development index (hdi)
hypercaution
inarritu
intercorrelate
isoenergic
Jovian atmosphere
letty
Limonium chrysocomum
listing procedure
main field focusing
manacling
manufacturer's liability insurance
marium
martir
mopet
nmha
not have anything on
one after another
paludal cachexia
paroxism
Pasir, Tg.
Perileucoptera coffeella Guerin
pitch angle detector
planetary orbiter
plant turnover ratio
pre-cxcitation syndrome
primary block
pro-british
procrustean rules
protector driving pin
pull-type roller
reconducts
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river runoff
salinator
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set program mask
sinh
sloping back lining
standard resistivity
steam-tight tank
Sulfathiocarbamide
swing span
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taxodioid
Toxostoma rufums
Triple Net Lease
trolly
uteroepichorial membranes
vertical grinder
vested remainder
Victorea
visco calculator
windshield towel
wintergreen oil
woolleny
word switch register
yaups
yojimbo