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Wembley today for the third NFL International Series game between my beloved New England Patriots and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
But, with a book out and copies to sell I got there really early with Lorraine to dish out thousands of cards plugging Touchdown UK.
After casing the area I plumped for a spot outside the steps of the station next to the touts and T-shirt sellers and proceeded to dish out cards.
Two hours later we’d shifted hundreds of the damn things and thankfully didn’t find a huge mound of them a few metres behind us! Wembley, it seems, took those cards home.
Next time I see someone handing out leaflets at a sports match I think I’ll vow to take one.
But, with a book out and copies to sell I got there really early with Lorraine to dish out thousands of cards plugging Touchdown UK.
After casing the area I plumped for a spot outside the steps of the station next to the touts and T-shirt sellers and proceeded to dish out cards.
Two hours later we’d shifted hundreds of the damn things and thankfully didn’t find a huge mound of them a few metres behind us! Wembley, it seems, took those cards home.
Next time I see someone handing out leaflets at a sports match I think I’ll vow to take one.
OK, so I was trying to plug a book, but the sense of rejection you get when people don’t even look at you isn't good. Why do they think I am so dodgy?!
While dishing out the cards I bumped into Adam Goldstein, who has blogged about tailgating around the US at NFL games. You can’t miss Adam in his distinctive Bears get-up and that crazy hat.
Adam’s got a book out of his own next year and had to rush to an interview with Sky TV.
After much card
handing out we made our way down Wembley way and saw NFL Commissioner Roger Goddell being interviewed.
Inside the stadium it was a good atmosphere. As it was the Pats I lavished £75 each on tickets high up on the sidelines – If I had realised how high it was I’d never have chosen them. Talk about being high up!
Lorraine said she felt a little giddy at the top – we were actually on the back row which made the whole thing a bit surreal – it felt like watching the old arcade game Sensible Soccer.
I actually watched most of the game on the big TV screens at each end of the ground, you can see far more there anyway.So the Pats won comfortably as expected but so comfortable was their margin of victory that I was pretty bored in the final quarter and we left five minutes early to head home.
Next time though, I think I’ll sit a little closer to the action..JPG)
While dishing out the cards I bumped into Adam Goldstein, who has blogged about tailgating around the US at NFL games. You can’t miss Adam in his distinctive Bears get-up and that crazy hat.
Adam’s got a book out of his own next year and had to rush to an interview with Sky TV.
After much card
handing out we made our way down Wembley way and saw NFL Commissioner Roger Goddell being interviewed.Inside the stadium it was a good atmosphere. As it was the Pats I lavished £75 each on tickets high up on the sidelines – If I had realised how high it was I’d never have chosen them. Talk about being high up!
Lorraine said she felt a little giddy at the top – we were actually on the back row which made the whole thing a bit surreal – it felt like watching the old arcade game Sensible Soccer.
I actually watched most of the game on the big TV screens at each end of the ground, you can see far more there anyway.So the Pats won comfortably as expected but so comfortable was their margin of victory that I was pretty bored in the final quarter and we left five minutes early to head home.
Next time though, I think I’ll sit a little closer to the action.
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