First Down Scotland

This site is for people in Scotland and the rest of the UK who keep meaning to “get” American football, then bounce off the jargon, and then realise there is nowhere obvious to talk about it. Three jobs: learn the game, meet fans of the team you support, and keep that club in one place (news, fantasy, podcasts, depth, watch notes) so you are not hopping six American tabs.

Discord is the chat home: general room, an NFL room, and a channel per club so you are not shouting into the void. Join from Community. The pub list is for the real-world bit: places that put the NFL on, where you can sit with people who picked the same side, or arrange a meetup in your team channel.

You can find bits of this elsewhere online. The sell is that this app does it together, in UK English, aimed at Scottish and UK fans. It is not a TV listings clone, a US magazine, a betting tip sheet, or a live play-by-play machine. Kick-off times, live scores and standings come from ESPN’s public APIs and are shown in Europe/London. Rookie Watch uses that draft list plus Sleeper’s public season stats. If a feed fails, we say so. The tone is meant to be welcoming rather than matey-American. We use UK spelling (defence, favourite, organised) and we explain US words when the broadcast will say them differently.

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