Remember the photos of Joe Flacco, after Super Bowl XLVII, holding the trophy above his head for cheering fans to see? Those pictures wouldn’t have been the same without London’s Wembley Stadium, where the Ravens will take on the Jacksonville Jaguars in a few weeks’ time.
The NFL first played at Wembley in 1983 and, for a while, played annual pre-season games there. My first was in 1988 when, as a 14-year-old, I watched Dan Marino’s Dolphins narrowly beat Joe Montana’s 49ers. I was an NFL fan already but seeing my first real-life game got me hooked.