Tailgate to Heaven: A British NFL Fan Tackles America

Adam Goldstein

Jan 2012 · Potomac Books, Inc.

About this ebook

Despite a global recession, Englishman Adam Goldstein felt 2008 was the perfect time to invest in his lifelong passion. So he sold his apartment and left his job and girlfriend in London for American football. Goldstein s goal was to achieve what no other fan of American football has accomplished: to attend one live National Football League (NFL) game at every NFL stadium during the regular season, plus those played in London and Canada. He traveled more than sixty-five thousand miles to watch forty football games in eighteen weeks and to experience and understand the phenomenal appeal of that classic American pastime, the tailgate party.He drove from stadium to stadium, tailgate to tailgate, sometimes eight hundred miles a day, digesting everything that American football could serve up. He met players and extreme fans alike and was party to surreal pregame rituals while absorbing the rich cultural differences of each part of the country. During his football odyssey a grueling yet rewarding quest he compared sports traditions and fandom in the United Kingdom and the United States. "Tailgate to Heaven" is a humorous, moving, and inspiring story about how nothing closes a culture gap like love of a sport and the camaraderie that comes with it."

About the author

Adam Goldstein is a drama tutor based in London. He has written for the Chicago Tribune, Tailgater Monthly Magazine, and Sport Magazine.