Above Ground on the London Underground—Day 40: Arsenal ... it's not just a football club, it's a tube stop
If it's Friday we must be back in London. Every Friday I take a virtual walking tour ‘above ground’ on the London Underground. Using my Tube guide & my fitbit® device, my goal is to walk 10,000 steps a day roughly following along the Underground route, reporting back here on Fridays with my findings. Here are the previous days . This is Day 40. We're still on the Piccadilly Line. Here’s the truth. I know f@#k all about American football, less than zero about British footy. Better known as soccer here in the U.S. The only team names I know are Manchester United. Because David Beckham. Liverpool and SAnd I gather the last two are rivals? In America, soccer is still mostly popular as a sports alternative to t-ball when the kids are little, and football when they’re in high school, and then to be honest, it seems to mostly appeal to females. Hardly anyone except transplanted football fans from Europe and Latin America follow the game except at World Cup time...