American football: Proud Packers fans still warming to their cold weather heroes

EACH year in Green Bay hundreds of new Packers fans are born. They are carried home from hospital wrapped in green and gold NFL Packers blankets, sucking happily on Packers soothers and fed from Packers baby bottles.

As they grow up they take their first steps wearing little Green Bay football uniforms or cheerleading outfits and they eat breakfast each morning from their Packer cereal bowl.

When they die, some will be buried in their Packers replica jerseys but the chances are one thing this generation of Packers fans will never have is a season ticket to watch the team they worship.