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Originally Posted by Rick
When I was growing up in the 70s the only European club matches we got here in the U.S. were England's FA Cup final once a year on tape delay on the old Wide World of Sports program, so I knew nothing of Milan. We didn't even get the World Cup except for the final. Sometimes they showed games from the old North American Soccer League.
But in 1985 our family got one of those old backyard satellite dishes. At the time everything (HBO, Showtime, porn channels -- everything) was free and in the clear. I began picking up feeds of games from Italy, England and Holland that were beamed to the U.S. to be shown in bars. That's when I became attracted to Milan.
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That reminds me, I also watched many English FA's Cup games (live!) way before I got to see Milan's game on TV. The first teams I watched were actually Arsenal, Tottenham Hotspur (with Lineker and Gascoigne, still love them very much), Sheffield Wednesday (what a funny name, back then I thought). Still remember 1991 FA Cup final. An extremely exciting game in which I supported Hotspur. Lineker was very unlucky with disallowed goal and saved penalty, just couldn't score. Gascoigne went off with injury. Just when Hotspur seemed already given up, their luck all changed and eventually came back from behind and won with an own goal. Absolutely one of the most memorable football games. Hopefully I could somehow find the link to that video. (Thanks, Rick, for helping me remember.
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I guess I could've or should've become a Hotspur fan? I am not sure why I chose to love Milan; or I guess, when it comes to love, you don't get to choose - you are stuck, happily of course.
