soccer highlights show in PROCTOR
soccer highlights show PROCTOR
soccer highlights show in PROCTOR.The giants play the miami dolphins at wembley today.The national football league has already conquered america, with almost every game a sellout, waiting lists of up to 25 years for season tickets and polls consistently showing its huge appeal.
Britain is its next target, with the miami dolphins facing the new york giants at wembley stadium today in the first ever regular season game outside the americas.
The nfl first gained popularity in britain in the 1980s when broadcaster channel 4 began showing games.
The super bowl was screened live for the first time in january 1983, featuring the dolphins and the washington redskins, and a series of preseason games were played at wembley in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
English soccer launched its hugely successful premier league in 1992, while more recently cricket has found a new format, twenty20, which has helped the game reach a wider audience.
Kirkwood said one of the keys for the sport to be successful in britain was to develop local talent.
The league will soon sign off on a fiveyear plan to develop british players.
Two britishborn players will be in the giants team at wembley, kicker lawrence tynes from greenock in scotland and londoner osi umenyiora who is a defensive end.
The wembley game was quickly sold out with 87 per cent of the fans coming from britain and the balance evenly split between mainland europe and the u.
The struggling dolphins, who have lost all seven of their games this season, will be without running back ronnie brown and safety renaldo hill.
They suffered torn cruciate ligaments during the 4928 loss to the new england patriots on sunday and are out for the season.
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