Welcome to the site, Flanno. While you may be the furthest distance-wise from Reliant Park, you’ve certainly got a home here. Look forward to reading more from you in the coming months.

And you’re right—your Houston Texans are playoff-bound in ‘08.

Same here, thanks for the welcome. I’ll definitely be making the pilgrimage to Houston this year, i sampled my 1st live action at Wembley this year and I’m itching for more.

One thing i am finding annoying is gettin Texans Merchandise, i have a few jerseys now but buying from NFL.com meant doubling the price having to pay Import Tax. Guess its the price i pay for being a long-range fan.

I’m new here as well. Its awesome, that The Texans have fans in Ireland. This only proves what I have know all along. The cowgirls may be america’s team, but the TEXANS ARE THE WORLD’S TEAM!!!

What made you decide to become a Texans fan? I noticed you listed the Rockets too, is it a Houston thing? You into Dj Screw? Do you sip the sizzurp? Into port cities? Oil derricks? Tall guys named Yao? Seriously, why Houston?

Sorry if it seems like I’m grilling you, but I’m curious as to what drives someone to go to great lengths to support a team that’s roughly 4,500 miles away.

With all that said, I’m glad that you do—don’t get me wrong. I’m just wondering about the why.

Got into the Texans simply because I started to really like/get NFL around 2002, before that just played madden on the megadrive and picked the steelers, as i was a new fan I thought I’d support the new team :) Glad I did.
Rockets is basically just because Yao Ming Rules not much of a bball fan liked the knicks too because i saw them at MSG when i was visiting an ex gfriend.
So I dont have any connection to Houston I know its strange but just love the texans feels like as they grow so has my interest in this sport. I wanna be there from the start with a team.