My earliest memories of American Football are playing it on my Spectrum 128k computer in the mid 80's. Whatever the game was, there were only two teams to pick from - Chicago Bears or New England Patriots, who faced off in Superbowl XX in early 1986. Walter Payton and William "The Fridge" Perry were the two most famous players I can recall from the victorious Bears team. Of course, the Patriots would have years of domination to look forward to in future decades. The first time I remember watching games was the 1988-89 season. I started at Christian Brothers Grammar School in Newry that autumn and some of my new friends were big into it. There's a Poultry Shop at the bottom of Courtney Hill that looks like a huge barn in the wild west with a big wooden sliding door that stayed open during business hours. Along with chicken, they sold sweets to school kids and packs of chewing gum that had a wooden key ring inside with the helmet of a NFL team. I had a Bengals one so I...