NFL to play a game in England in 2007.

[Crazy Don]

The National Football League is planning to hold a regular-season game in England this year. Story here.

Yep, it's the game we Americans call football, and the reason we call the football played in England soccer!

[Panda]

It's great news and I hope they can fill the stadium to show the NFL they made the right decision in choosing England over Germany.

I remember when they used to have the American Bowl over here at the start of the season when the NFL was at the height of its popularity in Britain. I went one year and saw the Dolphins play the 49ers, though we had to leave at the start of the 4th quarter to catch our train home.

A regular season game is something else though and a great honour for Wembley and a great show of faith in the British fans from the NFL. I believe the UK's NFL TV contracts are the biggest in financial terms outside North America, so there's definitely a market for the sport over here. It's not as popular as it was in the 80s but the fans now are true fans, whereas back then it was a bit of a novelty and most of the people watching it didn't really understand what was going on.

[Matt Aloud]

good stuff