My Team

An American football team? A high school American football team? In the far reaches of West Texas?

I started playing football when I was 5. The first opportunity I got to watch the FA Cup final live on television was Leeds v Sunderland in 1973.

I was a product of St Paul's in the 1980s.

These are heady days for a QPR fan. After 15 agonising seasons, the Rs have nearly made it back to the top division in English football. I want to go "woohoo", but I'm scared of jinxing the outcome.

Ferrari. Fer-r-r-r-ari. FERRARI. Yup, no matter how you say it, the very word conjures up images of pride, passion, beauty, speed and Formula One.

I was a wee lad in the 1980s and watched the British football round-up on TV on Sundays. It might have been Match Of The Day, I'm not sure.

It was 1996 - a year of significant sporting admiration for an enthusiastic, South Dunedin Irish Catholic with dreams of being a sports journalist.

The Canadian Football League is made up of eight teams, each with its own enthusiastic fan base.

The biggest problem with supporting a team like Manchester United is everyone thinks you are a bandwagon jumper.

About 10 or 11 years ago, I bought an American football video game - Madden 99, on Nintendo. I played that a bit and it just grew from there.