I visited my friend Mark this past weekend to watch Tottenham play it's first game of the season against Southampton. Mark, seen in the photograph on the left, is a big Tottenham fan, and they won big, with a final score of 4-1. In fact, all of the soccer teams Mark roots for won their first games this weekend. Besides Tottenham, both Newcastle and Leeds won their Premier League matches, and here in Denver the Colorado Rapids won their game against Minnesota.
Sadly, Mark's friend Barry, who lived in the Leed's suburb of Morley, and was a huge Leed's soccer fan, passed away last week at the age of 82 from kidney failure. Mark has many friends in Morley, and has visited there quite a few times. The photograph on the right was taken back in 2019 when Mark and Barry attended a soccer match in Leeds. Barry had a season ticket to the games, and according to Mark used to stand the entire game cheering the team on. I myself have also stood the entire time at Colorado Rockies baseball games, but that is not due to loyalty to the team, but cheapness, buying a Rockpile seat (the worst seat in the house) and then watching the game standing on the concourse behind home plate. Not quite the same thing, I guess. Rest in peace Barry.
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