"We Will Travel Anywhere:" A Ride to Columbus With Chicago Fire Supporters - Chicago Fire
Much is made of the sense of community, the brotherhood, the sisterhood, the overwhelming sense of family that is engendered by fandom, whatever the sport may be. Supporting your team, through thick and thin, both near and far, being part of a... Paramedics, a professor of Religious Studies and even the President of NASL club Indy Eleven, Peter Wilt, of course better known to Fire fans as the club’s first President and GM, joined us in Indianapolis. “This is family, this is just like a family vacation for me at this point,” Patrick Stanton, a former Chairman of Section 8 Chicago, the Independent Supporters’ Association for the Fire, revealed. ” “When we were in San Jose (for the third game of the 2015 season, a 2-1 loss) our flight home got cancelled, so we had to find a new way home,” the veteran of 63 away trips with the Fire, added. “Book different flights, out of different airports, out of different cities, fly through four time zones in one day just to get home and try to make it to work two days late. Source: www.chicago-fire.com
