Our guest this week, high schooler Jane Meinecke, is the daughter of previous guest, Derek Meinecke (heard in S:2, E:37). She clearly comes about her fandom honestly, but she split from her father's love of Manchester City and instead chose upstart, Brentford, as her EPL club of choice.
Both Jane and Derek share a love of the Detroit Lions and she credits her father's hunch to by season tickets prior to the 2022 season for an even deeper devotion with the Lions' recently completed NFC Championship Game-run.
During our discussion Jane shares stories of her three times seeing the Brentford Bees in person as well as of that magical Lions' playoff run. Jane's favorite players on Brentford include defenders Ben Mee and Ethan Pinnock and forward Bryan Mbeumo. Her favorite Lions are offensive lineman Penei Sewell and tight end Sam LaPorta.
We also learn that some day she hopes to see an Olympics live including her favorite athlete, hurdler Sidney McLaughlin-Levrone, as well as her beloved Bees in the UEFA Champions League.
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