Hello everyone my name is Hugo Hallerstam and today, I am going to present to you the New England Patriots wich is an American football team.

First of all, I will present you the History of the Club and what they have won, etc..        Then, I will present you the place that you have to visit if you go to New England and Massachusetts which is the Gilette Stadium.

The logo of the Patriots

The team was created in 1960 under the name of Boston Patriots. They first played in the Amertican Football League (AFL). During this period, the Patriots didn't really have any home field. Nickerson Field, Harvard Stadium, Fenway Park and Alumni Stadium all served as home fields during their time in the American Football League.

When the National Football League (NFL) and American Football League (AFL) merged in 1970, the Patrots were placed in the American Football Conference (AFC) East division, where they still play today.

The NFL Logo

The following year, the Patriots moved to a new stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts, which would serve as their home for the next 30 years. As a result of the move, they announced they would change their name from the Boston Patriots to the Bay State Patriots. The name was rejected by the NFL and on March 22, 1971 the team officially announced that they would change its geographic name to New England. In 1985, they played the playoffs and made it all the way to the Super Bowl XX, which they lost against the Chicago Bears 46-10. 

The Super Bowl trophy.

During the 1990, they changed ownership three times in the ensuing 14 years, being purchased from the Sullivan family first by Victor Kiam in 1988, who sold the team to James Orthwein in 1992. Orthwein intended to move the team to his native St. Louis, Missouri but instead sold the team in 1994 to its current owner Robert Kraft. The Patriots' current coach, Bill Belichick, was hired in 2000 and a new home field, Gillette Stadium, was opened in 2002. Under Belichick, the team won three Super Bowls in four years (2001-2003 and 2004). The Patriots finished the 2007 season regular season with a perfect 16-0 record, becoming only the fourth team in league history to go undefeated in the regular season. After advancing to Super Bowl XLII, the team's fourth Super Bowl in seven years, the Patriots were defeated by the Giants to end their bid for a 19-0 season. With the loss, the Patriots ended the year at 18-1, becoming only one of three to go 18-1 along with the 1984 San Francisco 49ers and the 1985 Chicago Bears. In 2015, they won Super Bowl XLIX defeating the Seattle Seahawksby a score of 28-24. The Patriots won their 5th Super Bolw in the 2016-17 season against the Atlanta Falcons. The Patriots became the first team to reach ten Super Bowls in the 2017-18 playoffs but lost against the Philadelphia Eagles in Super Bowl, on February 4, 2018 at U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Home and away kit of 2018.

Now, I will present you quikly the Gillette Stadium.

1. The Gillette Stadium was created in 2002.
2. The seating capacity is 65,878 including 5,876 club seats and 89 luxury suits.
3. It cost $325 million to build it($442 million in 2017 dollars).

      The Gillette Stadium  

Thank you for your time for reading this article, I hope you enjoyed it and that it motivated you to come to New England and Philadelphia to visit the Gillette Stadium and many other places. 

                                                                                                Hugo Hallerstam 4e3

Sources:

• Wikipedia : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_England_Patriots
• Foto : https://www.google.fr/search?q=logo+new+england+patriots&rlz=1C1CHBF_frFR787FR787&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjn_a-RgPnZAhXBshQKHcONBogQ_AUICigB&biw=1530&bih=718#imgrc=VWHNevbG4QiO1M: