Minnesota Vikings hosted a fan festival at Battersea Power Station on Saturday 4 October ahead of their Sunday NFL fixture at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.
Pro Football Hall of Famers Cris Carter and John Randle answered questions from Vikings alongside games and entertainment.
Around 250 of the Skol Nation attended the event despite gloomy and windy conditions due to Storm Amy.
Carter said: “I love coming to London. The food is probably the most improved in the world!”
After an event at Redwood pub in Southwark on Friday, Carter said: “I’ve been very fortunate that the leadership have picked me as one of the people to travel with the team.
“Our fans abroad, that’s what makes our team very different from other teams. They’ve always supported us here.”
Fans could try out flag football, a format of American football closer to tag rugby with a smaller pitch.
The sport will make its Olympics debut at the 2028 Games in Los Angeles, yet the game is already growing in popularity.
James Gilmore, 12, from Bexley, plays his flag football for the Kent Exiles.
He said: “I asked my sport teacher to play flag football and we now play flag.
“We play matches all the way down to Bexhill.”
His dad, Greg Gilmore, added: “Loads of new clubs are popping up already.
“After the Olympics, I think it will be very popular.”
Radio 1Xtra presenter Nick Bright mixed the soundtrack for the afternoon, and the official cheerleader team performed to close the event.
The Vikings defeated the Cleveland Browns 21-17 on Sunday 5 October in front of 60,000 people, as matchwinner Jordan Addison scored a touchdown with 25 seconds left.
Before the contest, head coach Kevin O’Connell was asked about the logistics of hosting matches abroad, having begun an international double-header at Croke Park, Dublin on 28 September.
He said: “Like anything the NFL has done from an international standpoint, anything is possible.
“They’ve tried their absolute best, and we’ve got a great group in house that have made the trip absolutely doable.
“I think there’s going to be some factors in the future if this is something that becomes a normal reality, [we’ll need] discussions about roster size, practice squad and gameday, but I’m proud that our team has attacked it.”
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