The definition of the term ‘Football’ changes drastically over the 3,300 miles separating Liverpool and New Jersey, the supposed birthplace of one of America’s favourite sports.
Interest has been steadily growing in the UK since 2007, where the first NFL game took place at Wembley in front of a sold-out crowd of 82,000 people. 16 years and 31 games later, official NFL research in 2019 concluded the NFL had around 13 million UK-based fans, 4 million of those describing themselves as ‘avid’.
There is estimated to be over 28,000 players of the game across the nation, at the top of that pile lies the north and south British American Football Association (BAFA) Premiership leagues. Local side Merseyside Nighthawks are a part of this.
