1.   American football really captured the imagination of the British public.

2.   In American football, a touchdown scores six points.

3.   American football is the sort of sport where you can do yourself a serious injury before the match has started.

4.   For more than forty years American football has been symbol of patriotism at the Upper Heyford airbase.

5.   The choice is staggering... the established groups for politics and religion... around seventy different sports, including American football, scuba diving, tiddlywinks... and juggling.

6.   While few cities are more obsessed with soccer than Glasgow, the NFL believes it would attract a different, younger audience to watch American football.

7.   American football in Japan is not limited to the NFL.

8.   American football is not.

9.   American football for women has fared better internationally, with leagues in Germany and Australia.

10.   American football is gaining in popularity in Mexico.