A Good Yank
New Member
Hi all you Sheffield Blades! This here is my first post and I wanted to extend the hand of friendship across the pond, as I have ‘chosen’ to be a Sheffield Blade fan. I have been planning a trip to the English Isles for some time now, to come over and work and immerse myself in the culture of our English cousins. It is clear that sacker plays a major part in the English psyche, so I thought I should carefully pick a team and become a fan!
So, why Sheffield Blades? As I’m sure you all know, we Americans (or ‘merkins’ as George W used to say (isn’t a merkin a pubic wig?)) take little interest in what happens outside our shores, so I looked for any Americans involved in the sport of sacker and I found out that a guy called Gillette, who made his money as a glazier is involved in a London team called Manchester United, who play their games in Salford and are big rivals with their reserve team called Liverpool, in a competition called the Premiership where all the other teams let the rich clubs win and the runners up get to get to play in something called The Champions League. This all sounded a bit too complicated and ‘fancy dan’ for me!
I saw that there was a league structure, and that the less rich clubs play in the Championship (sponsored by our own Coca Cola!), then they can drop in to League 1, then League 2, then if they are real bad they fall in to something called the ‘Scottish Premier League’ wow, that MUST be bad!
So I decided that I should pick a team from the Championship that has a chance of doing well, but is up against it as well, just like our working class heros here at home. Just like you Brits, we love the underdog, so Sheffield Blades were prime candidates. What also attracted me was your (and your country’s) attachment to tradition. Ours is really a relatively new country, so consequently a lot of our sports clubs have names involving recent inventions and guns and shit. I really think it is so quiant that your (oops! OUR) club is so affiliated with blades/swords, I understand this is due to some sort of butchery involving pigs?????
I just love your country’s history, and I’ve watched a lot of Discovery History, I’ve seen Henry the 6th (I didn’t catch Henry 1-5 but I imagine I can get them on DVD) and his 8 wives, how he invented divorce (which is popular in the US to this day!) and matricide… popular amongst OUR football players too! I read about Robin Hood, and how he robbed from the rich and built an airport. And boy what a history Sheffield Blades have, when our club was born, back home we were still playing cowboys and indians, and burning witches at the stake!
But, both our countries are lands of opportunity, just look at our presidents, our latest crop have included a peanut farmer, an actor, a philanderer, a special needs kid, and now we have our first black president. Over the pond you guys elected Margaret Thatcher to be the first woman queen! We loved Tony Blair, but after he lost an eye, put on weight, and had a stroke you still let him be president, even with all those disabilities! In our country a foreigner can only become a state governor, but I’ve noticed your new president is a guy called Dave from Cameroon!
I am so looking forward to coming to Sheffield, althoug it may take a while as I only flip burgers for a living at the moment, you wouldn’t think it though, a lot of guys who come in my joint think I am a SPACE CADET, imagine, me working for NASA lol.
Phillisota, where I live is a bit of a hick town, most folk here think broadband is a margerine! My therapist says I need to broaden my horizons, and travel does that for you, so I’m flipping them burgers and frying them fries like crazy so I can get on a winning streak on ‘Employee of the Month’ with the $200 bonus, so I can come to Sheffield, England to support the Sheffield Blades.
I’ll keep in touch to just let y’all know how my travel plans are developing, so high fives all round, and gimmie a “WOO-HOO!”
Missing you already…
Elmer
So, why Sheffield Blades? As I’m sure you all know, we Americans (or ‘merkins’ as George W used to say (isn’t a merkin a pubic wig?)) take little interest in what happens outside our shores, so I looked for any Americans involved in the sport of sacker and I found out that a guy called Gillette, who made his money as a glazier is involved in a London team called Manchester United, who play their games in Salford and are big rivals with their reserve team called Liverpool, in a competition called the Premiership where all the other teams let the rich clubs win and the runners up get to get to play in something called The Champions League. This all sounded a bit too complicated and ‘fancy dan’ for me!
I saw that there was a league structure, and that the less rich clubs play in the Championship (sponsored by our own Coca Cola!), then they can drop in to League 1, then League 2, then if they are real bad they fall in to something called the ‘Scottish Premier League’ wow, that MUST be bad!
So I decided that I should pick a team from the Championship that has a chance of doing well, but is up against it as well, just like our working class heros here at home. Just like you Brits, we love the underdog, so Sheffield Blades were prime candidates. What also attracted me was your (and your country’s) attachment to tradition. Ours is really a relatively new country, so consequently a lot of our sports clubs have names involving recent inventions and guns and shit. I really think it is so quiant that your (oops! OUR) club is so affiliated with blades/swords, I understand this is due to some sort of butchery involving pigs?????
I just love your country’s history, and I’ve watched a lot of Discovery History, I’ve seen Henry the 6th (I didn’t catch Henry 1-5 but I imagine I can get them on DVD) and his 8 wives, how he invented divorce (which is popular in the US to this day!) and matricide… popular amongst OUR football players too! I read about Robin Hood, and how he robbed from the rich and built an airport. And boy what a history Sheffield Blades have, when our club was born, back home we were still playing cowboys and indians, and burning witches at the stake!
But, both our countries are lands of opportunity, just look at our presidents, our latest crop have included a peanut farmer, an actor, a philanderer, a special needs kid, and now we have our first black president. Over the pond you guys elected Margaret Thatcher to be the first woman queen! We loved Tony Blair, but after he lost an eye, put on weight, and had a stroke you still let him be president, even with all those disabilities! In our country a foreigner can only become a state governor, but I’ve noticed your new president is a guy called Dave from Cameroon!
I am so looking forward to coming to Sheffield, althoug it may take a while as I only flip burgers for a living at the moment, you wouldn’t think it though, a lot of guys who come in my joint think I am a SPACE CADET, imagine, me working for NASA lol.
Phillisota, where I live is a bit of a hick town, most folk here think broadband is a margerine! My therapist says I need to broaden my horizons, and travel does that for you, so I’m flipping them burgers and frying them fries like crazy so I can get on a winning streak on ‘Employee of the Month’ with the $200 bonus, so I can come to Sheffield, England to support the Sheffield Blades.
I’ll keep in touch to just let y’all know how my travel plans are developing, so high fives all round, and gimmie a “WOO-HOO!”
Missing you already…
Elmer
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