Fans gathered in Manchester on the evening of Friday April 27th for the second annual Gridiron & Gravy Draft Party.
With the GnG crew having carefully avoided the results of Round 1 all day, it was great to see that nearly all attendees had done the same leading to some genuine tension as the picks began to come in in the full NFL Draft Day 1 replay which began just after 8pm.
The Broncos Europe fan group were in attendance as well, holding their own meet-up within the Draft Party, and although they were a little bleary eyed having stayed up to watch all of Round 1 come in live the night before, they kept their promise to not reveal any of the picks and celebrated for the second time as Denver chose DE Bradley Chubb with the fifth overall draft pick.
Taking place in the excellent Pursuits room at The Brotherhood of Pursuits & Pastimes, fans gathered around the multiple HD screens to watch the picks fly in while enjoying the pop corn and M&M’s, complete with plenty of breaks for games of pool, and the ever yummy American-style menu at The Brotherhood helped keep things inline with the night.
Here comes round 2 @GridironGravy pic.twitter.com/l22acEmOjz
— Tom Owens (@tomthedoctor) April 27, 2018
Once Round 1 was completed it was straight over to the live action in Arlington, Texas at the home of the Dallas Cowboys, AT&T Stadium, with the fun continuing until 2am.
Our first ever GnG Draft Party took place at Pie & Ale this time last year, and numbers were significantly up this year including plenty of new faces to boot. We really hope that this event is something that we can make a regular and anticipated occurrence in the diary of NFL fans far and wide, and it was great to see that fans had travelled distances to enjoy the night this year.
Your attendance, along with your posts on social media, can only help make night’s like this a success by you helping spread the word, so thank you as always for your efforts to enjoy the night and we hope to see you again soon, maybe for a Classic Super Bowl night in the off-season – watch this space!
STILL waiting for the Texans to pick someone, anyone! @GridironGravy pic.twitter.com/f6fae8HohE
— Tom Owens (@tomthedoctor) April 27, 2018