After moving to Chicago from Cincinnati, I met a friend in who grew up in London. On the first day that I met Tom, we drove from Chicago to Cleveland for a photo shoot. This happened to be on a Spurs match day. For 90 minutes it was my job to update Tom on the game, line by line, as the game progressed by use of a phone.
Read MoreI remember my first true introduction to what it truly means to be a Spurs supporter. Many of you already know what I’m talking about. The year was 2012. What happened that year confirmed that this was the club I was meant to support. Chelsea won the Champions League after finishing 6th on the table
Read MoreAfter much deliberation, I narrowed it down to 3 teams.. Blackburn, Tottenham Hotspur and their rivals down the road. I looked into Blackburn because Brad Friedel was on their team and he was a life saver for the United States in the tournament. Tottenham was in the running because they just signed an Irish lad named Robbie Keane that summer.
Read MoreOnce it became clear the MLS was a fun pastime but the game itself had so much more to offer, I began looking for a European club to follow. After a brief flirtation with Real Madrid, it became clear that the Premier League was the most competitive league in the world and his future as a fan would lead to England.
Read MoreI didn’t understand any of the chants nor any of the slang, but they always had a smile and more importantly I could start drinking at 6AM! I met new people within the group, an Englishman who kept screaming “that’s a yellow card” of which I replied “throw the flag”, I was quickly corrected for that one.
Read MoreIn college, my friends and I would regularly mock the sport on our weekly sports talk show on the campus radio station. This was mostly born out of ignorance to the nuances of the game and the stereotype of a 90 minute game that ends in a 0-0 draw.
Read MoreMy earliest memories of football supporting were from my sister, Jackie. Well no not specifically Jackie, but the elder lady family friend who used to take Jackie to Highbury to watch Arsenal.
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