Brian Priddy joins us from France for part 21 of the series. Brian was born in the States but has been living in France for 15 years, and his life as a football supporter starts from a couple of years after that. What was at first just a replacement for baseball or gridiron has now become his great sports passion. Nothing can compare with “the beautiful game”, Brian says. And he is right!

I thank Brian for agreeing to the interview.

Tell us a bit about the French football history and the football culture which exists.

France is a much greater sporting country than their record might indicate. The modern olympics, the champions league and the world cup were all dreamed up and instituted by the French! This great love of sports is spread over several disciplines: rugby, basketball, cycling, even fencing, sailing and judo get big sports page coverage, but except for the rugby-loving southwest, football is king.

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