further. Matthew Berry has you covered six days a week on
people while they can Friday. You can watch him at noon,
Eason, and on Sunday mornings at 11 Eastern, it's fantasy
football, pregame which will be hosting
today. I'm delighted to say about 50 feet away
from our stage right here
at vampires. Now, it is game day here in Philly, and we are
so happy to be joined this morning by The Talented
Philadelphia Eagles cheerleaders and draw the line.
NFL Sunday with us tonight, massive match, the hometown
Philadelphia Eagles Take, on the Dallas Cowboys coverage
starts at 7:00 eastern on NBC and all because
Open the link is no stranger to football
less than four years from now, it will be in the spotlight.
Again, as one of the venues for the 2026 World Cup, jointly
hosted by the US, Mexico. And Canada, cannot wait for that.
The link previously hosted games
at the 2003, Women's World Cup, including
a 5-nil u.s. victory against Nigeria in the group stage. And
then just a few weeks before that, the first ever event held
that it's actually a friendly between Manchester United and
Barcelona. Who's that? Who's that in the background?
They're in goal, was to Alex Ferguson's team,
a 24 year old incredibly youthful-looking. Tim Howard,
who joins me on the stage alongside fellow former
Manchester United player, Danny at the bottom of our very own
Premier League on NBC team. Now
Danny, I think it's fair to say, yeah,
he's from Manchester England,
but if you're on his social media,
he is the most Philadelphia person of all time. You love
Philly. This is now here where you live?
Danny tell us more about it. This is my home now.
I absolutely love it. I'm born and raised in Manchester
Philadelphia people. Exactly the same.
You know what you see is what you get? Be honest with them.
Be an honest person, in every single sense, even with
the sport side of things, they can't get enough of you, you
know, working class, blue collar and they have their
feelings, they say what they feel and that's exactly what
you want to hear.
You know. I don't know if you know this Rebecca try to
Cheesecake for the first time I saw that musty and Die.
We had a, we had a Cheesesteak debate, okay, settle it for us.
What's the best one in town? I can only go from the Coppola.
I've had, any goes back from my wife. Made me go this way and
Geno's
reaction. I've got a reaction. We have, we do have a cheese
cheese steak. We don't a cheesecake Cheesesteak playoff
a little bit later. Tim and Robbie, as you were saying
That's to come. Okay, so your knowledge of the Eagles and we
get this, right? The He's and the union of course are you
careful is
really quite impressive?
How have you learn all of these are because I'm still learning
the NFL and
I must admit I fell in love with like NFL last season
through the playoffs, you know, and to see the Eagles obviously
5 in 5 and playing the Cowboys this evening and hopefully they
can win that one as well.
It's just it's been amazing. The Flyers, they've got off to
a great start as well because they are under a little bit
pressure 76ers, they had a great season, the Union as
you've mentioned, and the Phillies there in the first
postseason for 12 years.
So it's a wonderful City to be part of at the moment and it's
just a different vibe. When the sport side is going really as
well and like say the supporters
from in my mind, Philadelphia supporters of all sports are
the best in the country. The Manchester United
brilliant supporting this city, you're a former Premier League
player. You're on our team. Now, I'm curious what your
interaction is day-to-day with the Premier League fans around
this city. It's,
it's unbelievable because there's so many
obviously, the people
Philadelphia think support so many different teams, but
the way that they can come together here and obviously they have
the little bit of a laugh of each of a nothing goes too far
but it's something that
I I get approached quite a lot, speaking about NBC, and
obviously the team. The Fun Fest is amazing to be part of,
it is great
and it's just people asking you about the game and what I think
about it. But the growth of the sport here is incredible and
truck, the World Cup in 2026 going to take it to another
level.
And what do you think of fanfare so far? You've only
been here a few? It's been amazing. I've obviously watched
it a lot on a bench. And to you, how good it's been but to
see it in person. It's amazing, you do an amazing job and just
look at
all the people here at this time in the morning
most people just getting out of bed.
It's so good to have you here normally in the studio with us.
Now out on tour with us it in Philadelphia.