NFL Return To Wembley With Enthusiasm
NFL Wembley London 2010
The game of American Football returned to Wembley Stadium this weekend, and with such an amazing crowd eager to see the battle commence, it questions the point – should this be taken on by British as a regular pre-season or post season spectacular?
It was apacked house at the stadium, where the Denver Bronco’s took on the Sanfransisco 49′ers in one of the biggest NFL games hosted in the UK.
The crown were buzzing considering the greay October evening, and they were not to be dissapointed for their £90+ ticket prices. It took a litle while for the game to be fully charged, with the first touchdown coming in the second half by Tim Tebow as he piled over a heap of bodies on the ground.
The 49′ers looked pretty much dead and buried when like a bullet out of a gun came Jabar Gaffney took a pass from Kyle Orton in the end zone, only to have it quashed and called back for a penalty.
Of the four games which have been played at Wembley for the British NFL crowed, this certainly had to be classed as the best so far. The first two were extremely low quality, the third was a complete walkover and one sided, where as this was a complete end to end game.
With rumours that tickets could have sold out 5 times over, we can safely say that this one off event may just stretch into a small series over a week or so on closed season. Whichever way it happens, it needs to judging by the response from the crowd during the game, plus the 38,000 which turned up at Trafalger Square on Saturday for a pre-match rally.
Final result: 49′ers (24) v Bronco’s (16)
