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The Trends of London NFL Games since the 1980s and 90s

With the popularity of NFL spreading across the globe, there may have been few places as apt as London to host the regular season games. London fans first enjoyed NFL on television in 1982. They can also bet on NFL at Betfair. However, it was not until 1986 when the London fans got to see the big teams perform on their soil. The first of the regular season NFL matches hosted in London saw Chicago Bears take on Dallas Cowboys and beat them 17-6. A year later in August, LA Rams and Denver Broncos had a close match with the Rams winning 28-27. In those days, televised NFL games had already become so popular, that it only the Wembley that was found to aptly host the games.
The Wembley hosted 8 games between 1986 and 1993, giving UK fans the long-awaited treat they expect to see around the July-August phase. Among the other teams participating in London were Miami Dolphins, Philadelphia Eagles, New Orleans Saints, Buffalo Bills, SF 49ers, Dallas Cowboys, Pittsburgh Steelers Washington Redskins, Detroit Riders, LA Raiders and Cleveland Browns. Low and high-scoring games were played through the years, the last one played in London in the 90s ended in a draw of 13-13 between Dallas Cowboys and Detroit Lions. This region would not be hosting more NFL games until 1997, when Croke Park in Dublin witnessed the exciting game in which Pittsburgh Steelers beat Chicago Bears 30-17.
Each time the matches were played, crowds soared to 80,000. However, most of these games were friendly matches, and it was not until a few years ago that regular season matches were hosted. With a contract of real league matches to be played until 2016 in London’s Wembley, the scene is now set for the real thrill fans in Britain had been waiting to enjoy. Now with a greater involvement of entertainment features, the games will be far thrilling than they were a couple of decades back. Cheerleaders and television coverage of unimaginable expanse are the features that will make todays NFL games become what they deserve to be in the UK. One would be eager about the ticket sales, but seldom are they available for latecomers.

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