2010年12月13日 星期一

Three Bills fans from Britain

Three Bills fans from Britain


Three lads from Britain have gotten their annual dose of the woes that Buffalo sports fans have come to expect.

Nick Manning, his father, John, and Greg Zalka of London,cctv camera systems must satisfy budget constraints and meet required operating capabilities. joined by their friend Brad Clayden of Toronto, watched the Bills improve to 3-10 for the season in a rain-soaked National Football League victory over the Cleveland Browns on Sunday.tagheuerreplica1 totally free dating services with hundreds of thousands of online users. It was a contest that most locals couldn’t be bothered to watch—Ralph Wilson Stadium was half-filled, and the game was blacked out on TV.

The Brits watched their first National Hockey League game Saturday and saw the equally disappointing Sabres fall to the red-hot Pittsburgh Penguins led by star Sidney Crosby.

But they were undeterred by that disappointment or foul weather over the weekend. They were just happy to be in Orchard Park.

“Tailgating is absolutely fantastic,” said Nick, 31, president of the U. K. Bills Backers, which is part of a worldwide network of Bills fans.

The miserable game-time weather was no bother, they said. In fact,Nike shox nz shoes sale online are popular with the young! it was reminiscent of foggy London town.

“It makes us feel at home,” said John Manning, 57.

Sunday, they were dressed head to toe in Santa costumes complete with long, white beards. Nick Manning was flying a homemade Union Jack modified to incorporate the Bills’ charging-buffalo logo.

“This is hand-stitched by me,” he said, holding it proudly. “I broke two sewing machines making it. My wife and my mother are very annoyed.FASCINANTES replicas de relojes 100% suizos.”

Nick Manning estimates there are about 300 Bills fans in Britain. His interest in the team was sparked when his dad took him to see the Bills play the Philadelphia Eagles in July 1991 in a preseason game then known as the American Bowl.The compact fluorescent light bulb revolution nearly occurred back in the early 1990s. The Bills beat the Eagles in London’s Wembley Stadium, 17-13.

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