So why the Jets?

[DavidO]

What is your story for supporting the Jets? Family? Style? Colours? Let's face it, it's not the 'success'... [emoji6]

For me, back in the mid 80s when the NFL first came to the UK, the big teams were 49ers, Dolphins, Raiders, Bears etc. I wanted to pick a team, but couldn't decide. A sports shop in Edinburgh sold lots of NFL tops so I saved up my Paper round money and went to 'pick a team'.

My Scottish soccer team is Hibernian - Green tops with white sleeves. So when I saw the Green top at the back I went for it (the Sales assistant confidently told me that I had picked the 49ers...)

So since then I have followed the NFL on and off, but always looked out for the Jets score!

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[jets82]

Been a Jets fan since the 82 Championship game against the Dolphins. Until then, I didn't know NY or NJ had a NFL football team. Which is a shame because I am born and raised in NYC and didn't know the Jets or Giants existed until that game. I was 12 yrs old and I think I was rooting for the Chiefs back then because I liked the colors or the Steelers because my brother seemed to like them. Once I saw that game, I was hooked on the Ganggreen and been ever since. J-E-T-S Jets Jets Jets

 

[Golden Rott]

October, 1968. I was 7 years old and my dad took me to my first jet game. A Saturday night game at Shea Stadium against the Chargers. Jets won by a FG, 23-20. 3 months later, they were World Champs and I was hooked.

Hard to believe that it is now 46 years later and I am still waiting for that 2nd championship.

 

[skop]

I moved to Florida in 1981 at 10 years old. I never watched football. for some weird reason, probably, because most people here at that time, were from the northeast, the Jets were on for the first 4 weeks of the season...been hooked ever since.

Richard Todd, Wesley, Bruce Harper, Scott Dierking, the Sack Exchange became what I knew to be football.

I have always said that if I started watching in the middle of the year, I would be a 49ers fan.

 

[Oraelo]

My god father had season tickets. He took me to my first game at 6 years old in 1978. Been hooked ever since.

 

[HYATT™]

NFL preseason games against the Packers held in Camp Randall Stadium here in Madison, WI - starting in 1986 - was a way for a younger, poorer HYATT™ to be able to afford NFL games on the cheap.
Those early to mid 80s teams were pretty good ones, and HYATT™ has NJ and NY relatives that are also Jets fans, so it just sort of flowed naturally from there.

 

[soj]

been a fan since 1967...

 

[Johnny Unite Us]

My father moved here from Ireland in the late '50s. Joined the U.S. Army and fought in the Korean War in order to earn citizenship here in the U.S. He settled in New York in the early 60's and, as a "new" citizen he naturally hooked onto the "new" teams in town - the Mets and the Jets.

So, I go back to the crib as a Jets fan. Namath jersey and diapers when the Jets won SBIII.

First real memories of the team are an older Namath, Eddie Bell, Jerome Barkum, Richard Caster era.

 

[flgreen]

My father moved here from Ireland in the late '50s. Joined the U.S. Army and fought in the Korean War in order to earn citizenship here in the U.S. He settled in New York in the early 60's and, as a "new" citizen he naturally hooked onto the "new" teams in town - the Mets and the Jets.

So, I go back to the crib as a Jets fan. Namath jersey and diapers when the Jets won SBIII.

First real memories of the team are an older Namath, Eddie Bell, Jerome Barkum, Richard Caster era.

LOL

I just realized, after I liked your post, that your father came here in the late 50's, then fought in the Korean War? Hmmmmmm. What's wrong with this picture?

 

[Jet Fan RI]

My father moved here from Canada in 1945. He liked baseball and hockey, but not football. So I had no influence in my early life to have an interest in football. But the game became so popular, I eventually could not avoid being drawn to the game. First game I remember watching was the Dolphins against the Raiders, I think in the playoffs after the '74 season. Stabler threw the winning TD late as he was being tackled. Anyway, at some point I had to pick a team to root for. Having grown up in NJ close to NYC I was drawn to pick a NYC team. And since I am also drawn to underdogs, my choice was the Jets. Made the choice around 1987, I think, when one of my daughters asked what football team I was a fan of.

This all makes me a pretty rare bird. I am a Jet fan who was was 18 when the Jets won SB III, but I did not even watch the game-wasn't a football fan then. Now that I am a fan and am 65, I sure hope the Jets manage another SB win. And pretty soon.

 

[Fudbutter]

Back in ancient times, you rooted for the Stadium and the laundry therein. It was either Mets-Jets or Yankees-Giants. Crossover was rare. Of course Mssrs. Mara and Hess changed that dynamic for later generations.

My Dad took me to my first Met game in '64 so naturally they became my team. The Jets followed when they started up in the fall (dooming me to be the only Bake Turner fan in the neighborhood). The next year he took me to my first Yankee game but it was too late, I was already married at a church in Flushing. On the anniversary of that first game, I call my Dad and ask him why the $%^# couldn't he have done that the reverse? I always get an apology.

Why stay with the Jets is the follow up question here. Upon consideration, I have no reasonable answer to that one

 

[Jet Fan RI]

Back in ancient times, you rooted for the Stadium and the laundry therein. It was either Mets-Jets or Yankees-Giants. Crossover was rare. Of course Mssrs. Mara and Hess changed that dynamic for later generations.

My Dad took me to my first Met game in '64 so naturally they became my team. The Jets followed when they started up in the fall (dooming me to be the only Bake Turner fan in the neighborhood). The next year he took me to my first Yankee game but it was too late, I was already married at a church in Flushing. On the anniversary of that first game, I call my Dad and ask him why the $%^# couldn't he have done that the reverse? I always get an apology.

Why stay with the Jets is the follow up question here. Upon consideration, I have no reasonable answer to that one

Here's a reason for ya: Because a Sunshine Patriot (pardon the mention) is a most despicable creature. Can't just be a fan because a team is winning, and can't quit being a fan just because a team is losing.

 

[jetgreen13]

Here's a reason for ya: Because a Sunshine Patriot (pardon the mention) is a most despicable creature. Can't just be a fan because a team is winning, and can't quit being a fan just because a team is losing.

great post RI..

go jets!!

 

[NYJETSDAN16]

Great thread to get to know each other.. i love it!

I became a Jets fan due to my brother when we moved from Argentina. He became good friends with a Jets fan at work when Richard Todd Was quarterback. All the bombs to Wesley Walker made him love what the Jets did at the time.

From that point on i was hooked with Ken O'Brien. Though because of that friend of my brothers, me and 20 members of my family including Mom, Brothers, wives, neices, nephews and now my daughter are all Jets fanatics!

Though i must confess, i'am the loudest of them all. :secret-handshake-sm

 

[Johnny Unite Us]

LOL

I just realized, after I liked your post, that your father came here in the late 50's, then fought in the Korean War? Hmmmmmm. What's wrong with this picture?

Thanks for correcting me.

It was before I was born.

My mother came over from Ireland 1956, and they met in NY in the late 50's. Not sure exactly what year my father came here, must have been '51, and I can't ask him because he's dead. He shared some stories about it and told me that's how he gained citizenship, but I never bothered to pin him down on the dates. The U.S. Army thought enough of his service to give him a Veteran tomb stone with "Korea" on it. I'll take a photo of it next time I'm up there and post it.

 

[the Claw]

Father was a Jet guy from early on. Though we've never been to a game together, and our relationship isn't the greatest, it's something that the two of us can always talk about. It's worth it just for that. Can't help it, though, I love this team and no matter what, I always will.

 

[Golden Rott]

Though i must confess, i'am the loudest of them all. :secret-handshake-sm

This is why I rarely watch Jet games at home anymore. My daughter, now 21, hates the Jets because my son and I used to make so much noise when watching the games. We started to go to a local sports bar on Sunday afternoons to keep peace around the house -- I got tired of hearing my wife and daughter telling us you know, they can't hear you through the TV. Like that really makes a difference.

Now I meet up every Sunday with about 50 other transplanted NYers living in Chicago. And we have been loud. Very, very loud, during these last two weeks. And I am hoping we keep getting louder.

 

[NYJETSDAN16]

This is why I rarely watch Jet games at home anymore. My daughter, now 21, hates the Jets because my son and I used to make so much noise when watching the games. We started to go to a local sports bar on Sunday afternoons to keep peace around the house -- I got tired of hearing my wife and daughter telling us you know, they can't hear you through the TV. Like that really makes a difference.

Now I meet up every Sunday with about 50 other transplanted NYers living in Chicago. And we have been loud. Very, very loud, during these last two weeks. And I am hoping we keep getting louder.

So it's you!! Every time I'd scream I'd hear an echo. It's your voice make sound waves my man!!

LOVE THE LOUDNESS MY DUDE!

 

[Savage69]

LOL

I just realized, after I liked your post, that your father came here in the late 50's, then fought in the Korean War? Hmmmmmm. What's wrong with this picture?

Well since the Korean war was over in 1953 and his dad came in the late 50's that would be quite a trick..:i-dont-know-smiley-

 

[Elias]

My story isn't even at all as interesting as some of the ones posted here.

I became a jets fan in 98'. It probably was the year I started to understand the game of football, no one else in my family did. Both parents were immigrants from Greece and my older brother didn't care for the sport much. We were the best team in town so I became a jets fan. Brutal way to end the season. I would take the losses so hard. I remember crying when we lost in Denver. I don't remember anything else though lol.