- May 17, 2004
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Unfortunately I was stuck in Houston Texas so couldn't get to Wembley. In the US the game was shown on Setanta which you can only get with satellite not cable.
So I went to Richmond Arms British pub expecting 4 or 5 fellow expats maybe split 50-50 . When I got there the car park was full , there were about 50 Spurs fans and only 5 from Chelski. The owner of the pub is a Spurs fan and all the bar staff were in Spurs shirts. What really surprised me was that about 75% of the Spurs fans were American . Their knowledge about Spurs really impressed me but what impressed me even more was the noise throughout the game and the wild celebrations afterwards.
It made me think that this must have been going on across the world , that we are truly a global club and a few more finals could see us overtaking at least 2 of the so- called big 4 in worldwide support..
I was really happy to have been part of the day and for a couple of hours Houston Texas was like being in Wembley Middx. Thanks Richmond Arms.
So I went to Richmond Arms British pub expecting 4 or 5 fellow expats maybe split 50-50 . When I got there the car park was full , there were about 50 Spurs fans and only 5 from Chelski. The owner of the pub is a Spurs fan and all the bar staff were in Spurs shirts. What really surprised me was that about 75% of the Spurs fans were American . Their knowledge about Spurs really impressed me but what impressed me even more was the noise throughout the game and the wild celebrations afterwards.
It made me think that this must have been going on across the world , that we are truly a global club and a few more finals could see us overtaking at least 2 of the so- called big 4 in worldwide support..
I was really happy to have been part of the day and for a couple of hours Houston Texas was like being in Wembley Middx. Thanks Richmond Arms.