{"id":301308,"date":"2023-12-03T17:24:42","date_gmt":"2023-12-03T17:24:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/?p=301308"},"modified":"2023-12-03T17:24:42","modified_gmt":"2023-12-03T17:24:42","slug":"brady-continues-tour-of-english-soccer-as-hes-spotted-at-the-etihad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/soccer\/brady-continues-tour-of-english-soccer-as-hes-spotted-at-the-etihad\/","title":{"rendered":"Brady continues tour of English soccer as he&apos;s spotted at the Etihad"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1> Tom Brady continues his tour of English soccer as he&#8217;s spotted at the Etihad for Man City&#8217;s game against Tottenham&#8230; a day after NFL legend watched his Birmingham team struggle to a draw against Rotherham!<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Tom Brady attended Birmingham&#8217;s awful 0-0 draw with Rotherham on Saturday<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>He went to a much more high-profile game on Sunday &#8211; Man City vs Tottenham\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>DailyMail.com provides all the latest international sports news\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Not put off by watching his Birmingham team stumble to a 0-0 draw with Rotherham on Saturday, Tom Brady continued his soccer tour of the UK by taking in Manchester City vs Tottenham in the Premier League on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>The NFL legend, who hung up his cleats at the end of last season, switched one football for another when he bought a stake in Championship side Birmingham recently, and he crossed the pond to watch their game on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>And now, rather than flying straight back to the US, Brady is sticking around for a much more high-profile game in the North East, heading to the Etihad for a huge EPL clash between City and Spurs.<\/p>\n<p>City&#8217;s social media team shared two photos of a dapper-looking Brady arriving at the Eihad ahead of the game, with the ex-Patriots icon wearing a grey coat and scarf as he smiled for the cameras.<\/p>\n<p>Brady spent Friday watching Birmingham practice ahead of their game against Rotherham and then spent time with manager Wayne Rooney before sitting in the stands to watch the 0-0 draw, with the Blues continuing to struggle this season.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/03\/15\/78524519-0-image-a-22_1701618353629.jpg\" height=\"475\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Tom Brady was all smiles as he arrived at the Etihad to watch Man City vs Spurs on Sunday<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/03\/15\/78524539-0-image-a-23_1701618404024.jpg\" height=\"442\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Brady was in the UK to watch his Birmingham team draw 0-0 against Rotherham on Saturday<\/p>\n<p>He announced he had taken a minor stake in the second-tier soccer team on his 46th birthday on August 3 and the team made a promising start to the season under former coach John Eustace.<\/p>\n<p>Brady appeared at Birmingham&#8217;s first home game of the new season in August &#8211; a 1-0 win against Leeds United and the seven-time Super Bowl\u00a0winner was welcomed by the team&#8217;s passionate fanbase.<\/p>\n<p>Since then, they have let Eustace go and appointed Rooney, with results since falling off a cliff and they have dropped to 15th in the table.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/03\/15\/78502375-0-Tom_Brady_was_back_in_England_to_see_his_Birmingham_team_play_so-a-24_1701618461773.jpg\" height=\"641\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Brady signs autographs for fans on Saturday as he arrives wearing a Birmingham sweatshirt\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/03\/15\/78501793-0-Brady_pictured_greeting_coach_Wayne_Rooney_who_has_made_a_slow_s-a-25_1701618466800.jpg\" height=\"557\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Brady pictured greeting coach Wayne Rooney, who has made a slow start as\u00a0 the team&#8217;s coach<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/03\/15\/78501791-0-Brady_watched_Friday_s_practice_session_before_a_game_Birmingham-a-26_1701618470069.jpg\" height=\"634\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Brady watched Friday&#8217;s practice session before the 0-0 draw on Saturday afternoon\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>When Brady announced his stake in the team in August, he admitted he needed to educate himself about the &#8216;other&#8217; football.<\/p>\n<p>Well, let\u2019s just say, I\u2019ve got a lot to learn.\u00a0But I do know a few things about winning, and I think they might translate pretty well,&#8217; Brady said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I know success starts with the work put in when the world isn\u2019t watching. I know that a team is nothing without the city that shows up and stands behind it. And most importantly, I know I like being the underdog.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Brady retired from the NFL in February after his Tampa Bay Buccaneers team were knocked out of the playoffs by Dallas Cowboys.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12820245\/Tom-Brady-continues-tour-English-soccer-hes-spotted-Etihad-Man-Citys-game-against-Tottenham-day-NFL-legend-watched-Birmingham-team-struggle-draw-against-Rotherham.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tom Brady continues his tour of English soccer as he&#8217;s spotted at the Etihad for Man City&#8217;s game against Tottenham&#8230; <span class=\"more-text\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":301307,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Brady continues tour of English soccer as he&amp;apos;s spotted at the Etihad - Sportstons<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/soccer\/brady-continues-tour-of-english-soccer-as-hes-spotted-at-the-etihad\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Brady continues tour of English soccer as he&amp;apos;s spotted at the Etihad - Sportstons\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Tom Brady continues his tour of English soccer as he&#8217;s spotted at the Etihad for Man City&#8217;s game against Tottenham&#8230; 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