My friend Mark - seen in the photograph on the left - and I watched Leeds United play Leicester (pronounced "Lester" for some reason - the British are weird) yesterday afternoon with the Leeds United Colorado fan club at the DNVR Bar, located at the corner of York and Colfax here in Denver. It was a very decent crowd for a weekday afternoon, and thanks to the Glendale Raptors playing a game in Argentina at the same time, the place was packed. Leeds looked very flat for the first 3/4 of the game, down 1-0, when they caught fire and scored two goals at the very end to win the match 3-1. The crowd went wild after each goal was scored, hugging everyone in sight, and one ex-pat from Leeds led the group in singing "Marching on Together," the Leeds United anthem.
It was an interesting group watching the game. There were ex-pats from Leeds, a few stay-at-home dads with their pre-school age kids (none of whom were allowed to go outside and play on Colfax Avenue, America's longest, wickedest street, thank God), some college kids, and a number of retired guys, among others, all very passionate about Leeds United. Which has a lot to gain if they wind up at the top of the Championship League this season. Leeds was relegated to the 2nd tier Championship League last year, and they now have a good shot at being one of the three teams promoted back up to the English Premier League, the top division in the UK. I enjoyed the soccer match, but did not join in singing "Marching on Together." I have not sung any songs at sporting events since we all used to sing "nah nah nah nah, nah nah nah nah, hey hey hey, goodbye" at White Sox games back at Comiskey Park in Chicago. Now THAT was an anthem.
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