One of the great prides of the New Yorkers is their famous football team, named The New York Giants. This team was created in 1925, it is a franchise of the National Football League (NFL). The Giants won eight national championships, notably four Super Bowl in 1986, 1990, 2008 and 2011. 

The matches of the New York Giants are always very popular, and it may be difficult to buy tickets. But if you have the possibility to watch a football match with this famous team, you will never forget it, because it is a unique experience! If you travel to New York and if you like sport, do not hesitate to plan it. The Giants team plays its matches at the MetLife Stadium, situated in East Rutherford (New Jersey) where the team comes from. It is thirty minutes from Midtown Manhattan. The football season takes place each year from September to January.

A football match is generally three and half hours long. There are fifty players in each team, but only eleven play during a match. Four categories of players belong to the football team: the QuaterBacks, the Running-Backs, the Wide-Receivers and the “blockers” (center, tackles and guards). It is a very physical and strategical sport, which may also be violent, that is why each player wears a special equipment, with a protective helmet and many other protections in order to avoid the shocks. Several arbiters watch the players and indicate the faults.

Among the most famous players of the Giants, there are: Odell Beckham Jr., Eli Manning, Alec Ogletree, Brandon Marshall, Davis Webb, Jason Pierre-Paul, Eli Apple, Geno Smith, Landon Collins… At the present time, the coaches are Tom Coughlin and Pat Shurmur. The owners of the team are John Mara and Steve Tisch.