"An American Raider Fan In London".....with the Crusader Raider

Keith Smith the "Crusader Raider" visits Oakland annually to see his favorite American football team the Oakland Raiders play. This April 2011 my wife Lisa and I (Randy) were fortunate enough to be able to visit Keith in his home town of London. Keith and Big Dave Chapman (also a die-hard Raiders fan) showed us a great time for the four days we were there.

Raider Nation Videocast - Episode #64

In the first part of the video, Keith chatted with fellow English Raider fans Raider Nik and Big Dave Chapman.

We also had the opportunity to attend an "English Football" game featuring Keith and Dave's favorite English football team, Leyton Orient. We had a great time, even getting to go into the team locker room prior to the game. We were shaking hands with the team and chatting with them as the coach came in to give them their final plans for the game.

We show you some video of Keith interviewing a few Raider fans inside the stadium just before the start of the game. Keith chats with Adam, Les, Keith's daughter Kellie and Big Dave's brother Richard.

After Leyton Orient won this match by a score of 2 to 1, we had a great time having a few drinks in the Leyton Orient "Supporters Club"...even the team captain had a pint with us! He agreed to become a member of the Raider Nation, so we'll be getting some Raiders gear over to him.

Our London adventure will be continued on our next videocast, Episode #65, where we will have more interviews with English Raider fans and continue the postgame celebration.

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• oakland
• raiders
• london
• leyton
• orient
• football
• nfl
• england
• sports

[RaiderNationPodcast]

Thanks guys. Lisa and I had a GREAT time in England. Keith and Dave are great friends...brought us into their homes, met their great families and friends. They took all four of the days we were there off work, and spent the whole time driving us around seeing the sights. The perfect conclusion on the final day was seeing their soccer team Leyton Orient pull of a victory when they were underdogs. Watch for our next video that will have more great footage of the trip with more Raider interviews.

[gaiuskaiser2]

RAIDER EMPIRE

[JimiMullin18]

Great stuff!!!

[tortax25]

I love to see the RAIDER NATION representing all over the world. I hope to meet these guys in san diego. RAAAAAAAAAAAAIIIIIIIIIIIIIDDDE­RRRRRRRRRRRRRSSSS!!!!

[OrientBoy]

Up the O's. Moby Dick looking good as well.

[dhchappo14]

Brilliant stuff. Worldwide Raidernation baby. Keep up the good work Randy & Greg. We Love It.

[MidnightSunshines]

This is cool. Believe it or not this video brought a smile to my face. It's something else seeing the far reaches the Raiders have.

Keep doing your thing--- representing the RAIDER NATION!

And kudos to Raider Greg for providing a platform/network/podcast to Raider fans near and far.

[pboxelement]

The Nation loves you guys!! I became a Raider fan from birth in 1971. I grew up in the south bay area (San Jose, CA.) and my family was already big fans of the Raiders. The Raiders had a wicked swagger in those days. There is something special about the team. Kudos to Al Davis.

[raiderchristian4life]

THE RAIDERNATION IS EVERYWHERE JUST WIN BABY