Are you ready for some Football, UK style?

Today we had our first experience going to a football match in the UK. It was a ton of fun. We went with friends Barry and Angela to a Tottenham Hotspur game, known as the Spurs and the team we were pulling for. They were playing Wigan Athletic. They are a Premier League team but Tottenham has not had a good season so far. Fortunately, Wigan has not been very strong this year at all and recently fired their coach. So with the stage set, we had a couple of pints before the game and headed in. Note that we had a couple of pints before the game - once you are in there are no beer vendors (or really vendors of any type) and no drinking at all during the game. They open a bar at half time, but only for 15 minutes, so it is pretty much a dry event. With good reason - the fans are crazy and intense enough as is.
The experience was great. Every seat was filled in the 35,000 seat stadium, it felt super intimate, we were 8 rows back behind the goal so saw some great shots and scoring. And there was singing, lots of singing. For the team, for specific players after good plays, and for the goal keeper, Paul Robinson, who is currently the #1 keeper for the England national team. They like him a lot, and for good reason. He totally played along with the fans, and the game was a shut out. As the game progressed, and Tottenham began scoring goals, Katherine started making friends with the gentleman next to her. After the second goal, and each one thereafter, he would grab her and shake her like a rag doll. He was pretty excited to introduce a cute American to the beautiful game, as they call it.
Final score - Tottenham 4-0 Wigan, and two new football fans.
A few pictures from the game: