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April 22, 2021

National Flag Football Association (UK) Youth League 1998

Standings

NFFA Youth League 1998	P	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pct
Northern Conference
Doncaster Wildcats (C)	6	6	0	0			1.000
UCLA Renegades (P)	6	4	2	0			.667
Steel City Warriors	7	2	5	0			.214
Hull Rockets	6	0	6	0			.000
Southern Conference
Brighton B-52s (C)	5	4	1	0			.800
Fen Harriers (P)	6	2	3	1			.438
Milton Keynes Pathfinders	4	1	2	1			.375

[References: Compiled from Results in 1-11]

Note: Three Weeks Results Unknown

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Semi-Finals
24.07.1998	Brighton B-52s	20	UCLA Renegades	26
24.07.1998	Doncaster Wildcats	66	Fen Harriers	0
	Plate Final		Rickley Park, Milton Keynes
09.08.1998	Milton Keynes Pathfinders	6	Steel City Warriors	20
	3rd Place		Rickley Park, Milton Keynes
09.08.1998	Brighton B-52s		Fen Harriers
	NFFA Final		Norman Green Stadium, Solihull
09.08.1998	Doncaster Wildcats	32	UCLA Renegades	8

[References: 12-14]

Regular Season Results

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Week 1
03.05.1998	Steel City Warriors	0	Doncaster Wildcats	72
03.05.1998	Hull Rockets	0 #	UCLA Renegades	1
03.05.1998	Brighton B-52s	22	Fen Harriers	6
	Week 2		Inter-Conference
10.05.1998	Steel City Warriors	6	Brighton B-52s	20
10.05.1998	UCLA Renegades	40	Fen Harriers	8
10.05.1998	Milton Keynes Pathfinders	1	Hull Rockets	0 #
	Week 3
17.05.1998
17.05.1998
17.05.1998
	Week 4
24.05.1998
24.05.1998
24.05.1998
	Week 5
31.05.1998	UCLA Renegades	0	Doncaster Wildcats	40
31.05.1998	Steel City Warriors	1	Hull Rockets	0 #
31.05.1998	Milton Keynes Pathfinders	14	Fen Harriers	22
	Week 6
07.06.1998
07.06.1998
07.06.1998
	Week 7
14.06.1998	Mid-Season Break
	Week 8
21.06.1998	Doncaster Wildcats	74	Steel City Warriors	0
21.06.1998	UCLA Renegades	1	Hull Rockets	0 #
21.06.1998	Fen Harriers	0	Brighton B-52s	28
	Week 9
28.06.1998	Brighton B-52s	8	Doncaster Wildcats	40
28.06.1998	Fen Harriers	52	Steel City Warriors	0
	Week 10
05.07.1998	Steel City Warriors	8	UCLA Renegades	44
05.07.1998	Hull Rockets	0 #	Doncaster Wildcats	1
05.07.1998	Milton Keynes Pathfinders	8	Brighton B-52s	42
	Week 11
12.07.1998	UCLA Renegades	0 #	Doncaster Wildcats	1
12.07.1998	Hull Rockets	0 #	Steel City Warriors	1
12.07.1998	Fen Harriers	14	Milton Keynes Pathfinders	14

[References: 1-11]

Final

Doncaster Wildcats 32 UCLA Renegades 8 – After falling behind early to a Adam Reagan TD reception from QB Simon Bamford, which was converted for 2 points by a Ben Ireland kick, Doncaster Wildcats fulfilled their promise and made up for 1997’s Final disappointment by scoring four unanswered touchdowns to win 32-8. First Michael Jones received a 27 yard TD pass from Quarterback Gordon Lightfoot, before Andrew Caldbeck added two touchdown receptions from Lightfoot either side of a 31 yard scramble into the endzone by Gordon Lightfoot.

At Norman Green Stadium, Solihull	H1	H2	Total
Doncaster Wildcats			32
UCLA Renegades			8

[References: 13]

Team	Scorers	Score
UCLA	Adam Reagan 3 yd Pass from Simon Bamford (Ben Ireland 2xpt Kick)	0-8
DON	Michael Jones 27 yd Pass from Gordon Lightfoot (Michael Jones 2xpt Kick)	8-8
DON	Andrew Caldbeck 44 yd Pass from Gordon Lightfoot (2xpt Kick Good)	16-8
DON	Gordon Lightfoot 31 yd Run (2xpt Kick Good)	24-8
DON	Andrew Caldbeck 28 yd Pass from Gordon Lightfoot (2xpt Kick Good)	32-8

[References: 13]

Season Report

Doncaster Wildcats blazed through the season winning in style and completely outclassing all opponents in the 1998 National Flag Football Association’s Youth League. The Wildcats, having experienced bitter disappointment in the 1997 Final to Brighton B-52s made absolutely no mistake this time around. All games were won by at least 30 points with the Wildcats scoring 40 or more on each occasion and only allowing two touchdowns all season, one to the previous years’ Champions Brighton B-52s and one more in the 1998 Final to UCLA Renegades of Boston in Lincolnshire. Brighton B-52s won the Southern Conference Title. The 1998 season was the first to feature Inter-Conference North v South play.

The NFFA replaced the Junior Gridiron League of 1993 to 1997, and Birmingham Raiders, Peterborough Centurions, Worthing Guardians, Edenbridge Knights and the entire South West Conference of Plymouth Commodores, Bristol Aztecs and Bournemouth Renegades failed to return from 1997 as the number of Conferences was reduced from 4 to 2 and the number of teams from 14 to 7. With Hull Rockets failing to start the season having signed up and only one new team in Milton Keynes Pathfinders, there were less than 50% of the teams in 1998 that there were in 1997.

UCLA Renegades, based in Boston, Lincolnshire, featured players with Irish names: Ben Ireland and Adam Reagan.

References

[1] Anon. (1993) “NFFA Kicks Off in style” First Down. 9 May, 1998. pg. 21

[4] Anon. (1993) “NFFA Week 2” First Down. 16 May 1998 pg. 21

[6] Anon. (1993) “Euro News” First Down. 6 June 1998. pg. 21

[8] Anon. (1998) “Euro News” First Down. 27 June 1998. pg. 21

[9] Anon. (1998) “Wildcats get revenge on champs” First Down. 4 July 1998. pg. 18

[10] Anon. (1993) “Euro News” First Down. 11 July 1998. pg. 20

[11] Anon. (1993) “Pathfinders tie in season Finale” First Down. 18 July 1998. pg. 19

[12] Anon (1998) “Renegades win thriller” First Down. 25 July, 1998. pg. 16

[13] Anon (1998) “NFFA Finals this week” First Down. 1 August, 1998. pg. 16

[14] Anon (1998) “Euro News” First Down. 8 August, 1998. pg. 16

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Derek Walsh.

About this document

Researched, compiled and written by Enda Mulcahy for the

Eirball | Irish North American and World Sports Archive

Last Updated: 22 April 2021

July 1, 2020

Junior Gridiron League Junior Flag League (England) 1995

Standings

	P	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pts
North Conference
Doncaster Wildcats (C)	3	3	0	0			6
UCLA Renegades	4	3	1	0			6
Newark Vulcans	2	0	2	0			0
Birmingham Bulls	3	0	3	0			0
South Conference
Brighton B-52s (C)	4	4	0	0			8
Crawley Pirates	2	1	1	0			2
Bournemouth Renegades	3	0	3	0			0
London Olympians	1	0	1	0			0

Junior Gridiron League Junior Flag League Standings 1995 [Ref: Compiled from results in 1-7]

Playoffs

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	National JGL Bowl
06.08.1995	Brighton B-52s	0	Doncaster Wildcats	20

Junior Gridiron League Junior Flag League Playoffs 1995 [Ref: 8]

Regular Season Results

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Week 1
14.05.1995	UCLA Renegades	18	Doncaster Wildcats	20
14.05.1995	London Olympians	0 #	Brighton B-52s	1
	Week 2
21.05.1995	Brighton B-52s	40	Crawley Pirates	18
	Week 5
11.06.1995	Brighton B-52s	58	Bournemouth Renegades	18
11.06.1995	UCLA Renegades	32	Birmingham Bulls	14
	Week 7
25.06.1995	Crawley Pirates	30	Bournemouth Renegades	28
25.06.1995	Doncaster Wildcats	48	Birmingham Bulls	0
25.06.1995	UCLA Renegades	1	Newark Vulcans	0 #
	Week 11
23.07.1995	Brighton B-52s	24	Bournemouth Renegades	14
23.07.1995	Newark Vulcans	6	Doncaster Wildcats	52
23.07.1995	Birmingham Bulls	0	UCLA Renegades	28

Junior Gridiron League Junior Flag League Regular Season Results 1995 [Ref: 1-7]

Report

After a number of seasons as a Northern and Southern Junior Two-Touch League, the Junior Gridiron League became a National Flag Footbal League in 1995 with two sections: Youth (9-15 year olds) and Junior (14-18 year olds). This followed from the successful introduction of Flag Football to the JGL Junior League in 1994.

The Junior Flag Football League was won by the Doncaster Wildcats, who shocked the Brighton B-52s in the National JGL Bowl 20-0. The B-52s managed to shut out the Wildcats in a spirited second-half display, but the damage was done in the first half, when Doncaster scored three touchdowns without reply.

Doncaster ran in a 42 yard TD to open the scoring in the first quarter, and then added two converted touchdowns to lead 20-0 at the half, which was how it stayed until the end of the game.

References

[1] Anon. (1995) “Kids going Flag Happy JGL” First Down. May 20, 1995. pg. 19

[2] Anon. (1995) “+JGL++JGL+” First Down. May 20 1995. pg. 21

[3] Anon. (1995) “++JGL++Round-Up” First Down. May 27, 1995. pg. 20

[4] Anon. (1995) “News Round-Up: Crawley are foiled by 38-Point Vince” First Down. June 3, 1995. pg. 18

[5] Anon. (1995) “JGL Youth” First Down. June 10, 1995. pg. 21

[6] Anon. (1995) “Brighton secure seaside honours JGL Round-Up” First Down. June 17, 1995. pg. 21

[7] Anon. (1995) “JGL” First Down. July 1, 1995. pg. 21

[8] Anon. (1995) “B-52s top of heap in the South” First Down. July 29, 1995. pg. 19

[9] Anon. (1995) “Brighton Rock Wildcats JGL Finals” First Down. August 12, 1995. pg. 21

[10] Anon. (1995) “Neill gives Harriers a jump start JGL Playoff” First Down. August 26, 1995. pg. 21

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Derek Walsh.

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Last Updated: 9 April 2021

July 1, 2020

Junior Gridiron League Youth Flag League 1995

Standings

	P	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pts
North Conference
Northwestern Redskins (C)	4	4	0	0			8
Fen Harriers (3P)	4	3	1	0			6
Doncaster Wildcats	4	1	3	0			2
Wirral Cardinals	4	0	4	0			0
South Conference
Plymouth Commodores (C)	4	4	0	0			8
London Olympians (3P)	3	1	2	0			2
Sussex All-Stars	2	0	2	0			0
East Grinstead Knights	3	1	2	0			0

Junior Gridiron League Youth Flag League Standings 1995 [Ref: compiled from Results in 1-7]

Playoffs

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	3rd Place Playoff
20.08.1995	Fen Harriers	40	London Olympians	18
	JGL National Youth Final
06.08.1995	Plymouth Commodores	19	Northwestern Redskins	14

Junior Gridiron League Youth Flag Football Playoffs 1995 [Ref: 8-9]

Regular Season Results

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Week 1
14.05.1995	Wirral Cardinals	8	Northwestern Redskins	52
14.05.1995	East Grinstead Knights	20	Plymouth Commodores	28
	Week 2
21.05.1995	Wirral Cardinals	2	Fen Harriers	64
21.05.1995	Doncaster Wildcats	14	Northwestern Redskins	88
21.05.1995	Plymouth Commodores	1	London Olympians	0 #
	Week 3
28.05.1995	Fen Harriers	20	Northwestern Redskins	24
28.05.1995	Wirral Cardinals	34	Doncaster Wildcats	40
	Week 5
11.06.1995	Fen Harriers	30	Doncaster Wildcats	6
11.06.1995	Sussex All-Stars	6	London Olympians	20
	Week 7
25.06.1991	London Olympians	6	Plymouth Commodores	14
25.06.1991	East Grinstead Knights	1	Sussex All-Stars	0 #
	Week 11
23.07.1995	Wirral Cardinals	6	Northwestern Redskins	84
23.07.1995	Fen Harriers	44	Doncaster Wildcats	18
23.07.1995	Plymouth Commodores	51	East Grinstead Knights	12

Junior Gridiron League Youth Flag Football Regular Season Results 1995 [Ref: 1-7]

Report

The 1995 JGL Youth Flag Football Final was won by Plymouth Commodores, 1914 over the Northwestern Redskins. Northwestern opened the scoring in the second quarter with a short run. Barry winter then ran 70 yards for Plymouth’s first Touchdown as time ended in the first half. The Redskins took advantage of good field position in the third to score again, and convert to go 14-6 up.

Barry Winter then replied for the Commodores on a 63 yard pass on a halfback option, with Andrew Wilcock dodging several tackles on his way to the endzone. Winter, who was voted MVP, then scored on a two yard run to seal victory for the Devon club. Winter even kicked the extra point as he put in a special all-round display.

References

[1] Anon. (1995) “Kids going Flag Happy JGL” First Down. May 20, 1995. pg. 19

[2] Anon. (1995) “+JGL++JGL+” First Down. May 20 1995. pg. 21

[3] Anon. (1995) “++JGL++Round-Up” First Down. May 27, 1995. pg. 20

[4] Anon. (1995) “News Round-Up: Crawley are foiled by 38-Point Vince” First Down. June 3, 1995. pg. 18

[5] Anon. (1995) “JGL Youth” First Down. June 10, 1995. pg. 21

[6] Anon. (1995) “Brighton secure seaside honours JGL Round-Up” First Down. June 17, 1995. pg. 21

[7] Anon. (1995) “JGL” First Down. July 1, 1995. pg. 21

[8] Anon. (1995) “B-52s top of heap in the South” First Down. July 29, 1995. pg. 19

[9] Anon. (1995) “Brighton Rock Wildcats JGL Finals” First Down. August 12, 1995. pg. 21

[10] Anon. (1995) “Neill gives Harriers a jump start JGL Playoff” First Down. August 26, 1995. pg. 21

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Derek Walsh.

About this document

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Eirball | Irish North American and World Sports Archive

Last Updated: 9 April 2021

June 19, 2020

North England American Football Friendlies 1994

Results

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Friendly
03.09.1994	Merseyside Nighthawks	64	Doncaster Wildcats	0

North England American Football Friendlies 1994 [Ref: 1]

Report

Merseyside Nighthawks triumphed 64-0 over Doncaster Wildcats from Yorkshire in this postseason American Football friendly. Ian Jackson and Phil McGrath both scored twice, and Steve Murray returned an interception for a touchdown.

References

Newspapers

[1] Anon. (1993) “Mersey Dash” First Down. September 3 1994. pg. 23

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Fiona Connolly-Mulcahy and Conor Kostick.

About this document

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Eirball | Irish North American and World Sports Archive

Last Updated: 17 June 2020

June 19, 2020

Junior Gridiron League Youth (South England) 1994

Standings

	P	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pct
*Crawley Raiders	6	6	0	0	176	8	1.000
*Kent Panthers	6	3	2	1	54	50	.583
Brighton B-52s	7	3	4	0	35	122	.438
London Olympians	5	1	3	1	9	49	.300
Park Centre Bandits	6	1	5	0	30	75	.167

Junior Gridiron League Standings 1994 [Ref: 7]

Note: Standings after 8 of 10 Weeks.

Playoffs

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	JGL Youth Bowl
07.08.1994	Crawley Raiders	8	Kent Panthers	0

Junior Gridiron League Playoffs 1994 [Ref: 8]

Regular Season Results

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Week 1
22.05.1994	Crawley Raiders	52	Brighton B-52s	6
22.05.1994	Kent Panthers	22	Park Centre Bandits	0
	Week 2
29.05.1994	Brighton B-52s	0	Kent Panthers	18
29.05.1994	Park Centre Bandits	0 #	London Olympians	1
	Week 3
05.06.1994	Brighton B-52s	6	Park Centre Bandits	28
	Week 4
19.06.1994	Crawley Raiders	26	Kent Panthers	0
19.06.1994	Brighton B-52s	22	Park Centre Bandits	0
	Week 5
26.06.1994	Crawley Raiders	36	London Olympians	2
26.06.1994	Park Centre Bandits	2	Kent Panthers	8
	Week 6
03.07.1994	Crawley Raiders	24	Brighton B-52s	0
03.07.1994	London Olympians	6	Kent Panthers	6
	Week 7
10.07.1994	Crawley Raiders	16	Kent Panthers	0
10.07.1994	Brighton B-52s	6	London Olympians	0
	Week 8
17.07.1994	Crawley Raiders	22	Park Centre Bandits	0
17.07.1994	Brighton B-52s	1	London Olympians	0 #
	Week 9
24.07.1994	Park Centre Bandits		Crawley Raiders
24.07.1994	Kent Panthers		London Olympians
	Week 10
31.07.1994	Brighton B-52s		Kent Panthers
31.07.1994	Crawley Raiders		London Olympians

Junior Gridiron League Regular Season Results 1994 [Ref: 1-7]

Report

Steve Miller caught a spectacular touchdown catch in the dying seconds of the first half to complete a perfect season for the Crawley Raiders. The touchdown and two-point conversion were the only scores of the JGL Youth Bowl in 1994.

The Raiders had finished top of the five-team League, with the Kent Panthers aalso qualifying for the Bowl in second place. Other teams were Brighton B-52s, London Olympians, and 1993 runners-up Park Centre Bandits.

The Junior Gridiron League Youth League was a Two Touch League for 15-18 year olds in the South of England. Two Touch was a variation on Flag Football whereby the ball carrier was tackled by placing two hands on him or her.

References

[1] Anon. (1994) “Crawley kids rock Brighton” First Down. May 28, 1994. pg. 18

[2] Anon. (1994) “Kids are left Worth-Less! JGL” First Down. June 4, 1994. pg. 23

[3] Anon. (1994) “JGL: Ward double stuns Kent” First Down. June 25, 1994. pg. 20

[4] Anon. (1994) “JGL” First Down. July 2, 1994. pg. 21

[5] Anon. (1994) “Raiders defense crushes Brighton: JGL” First Down. July 9, 1994. pg. 20

[6] Anon. (1994) “Unbeaten Crawley march on: JGL” First Down. July 16, 1994. pg. 20

[7] Anon. (1994) “JGL” First Down. July 23, 1994. pg. 21

[8] Anon. (1994) “JGL: Winner Miller!” First Down. August 13, 1994. pg. 21

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Derek Walsh.

About this document

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Eirball | Irish North American and World Sports Archive

Last Updated: 19 June 2020

June 19, 2020

Northern Junior Gridiron League (England) 1994

Final Standings

	P	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pct
St. Joseph’s Cardinals	2	1	0	1	22	18	.750
Doncaster Wildcats	2	0	1	1	18	22	.250

Northern Junior Gridiron League Standings 1994 [Ref: compiled from 1-3]

Results

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Week 1
10.07.1994	Doncaster Wildcats	6	St. Jospeh’s Cardinals	6
	Week 2
17.07.1994	St. Joseph’s Cardinals	16	Doncaster Wildcats	12

Northern Junior Gridiron League Results 1994 [Ref: 1-3]

Report

The St. Joseph’s Cardinals won the Northern Junior Gridiron League in 1994 defeating Doncaster Wildcats 16-12 thanks to two long touchdown runs by Michael Jones (65 yards) James Roberts (41 yards). Their first match was declared a 6-6 tie by League management after Daniel O’Shaughnessey’s Overtime winner for the Cardinals was declared void as no overtime should have been played.

The Cardinals were a team from St. Joseph’s Primary School in St. Helens, Birkenhead, Merseyside.

The Northern Junior Gridiron League Junior League was a Two Touch League for 8-11 year olds in the North of England. Two Touch was a variation on Flag Football whereby the ball carrier was tackled by placing two hands on him or her.

References

[1] Anon. (1994) “NJGL” First Down. July 16, 1994. pg. 20

[1] Anon. (1994) “Cards Shuffle: NJGL” First Down. July 23, 1994. pg. 21

[1] Anon. (1994) “JGL Winner Miller!” First Down. August 13, 1994. pg. 21

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Derek Walsh.

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Eirball | Irish North American and World Sports Archive

Last Updated: 19 June 2020

June 17, 2020

Northern Junior Gridiron League (England) 1993

Results

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Week 1
28.11.1993	Manchester Bulldogs	12	Northwestern Redskins	14
	Week 2		Victoria Park, Warrington
05.12.1993	Northwestern Redskins		Manchester Bulldogs

Junior Gridiron League (North West England) 1993 [Ref: 1]

Report

Rookie Junior Gridiron League (Youth Two Touch Football League) team Northwestern Redskins defeated the Manchester Bulldogs 14-12 in their first ever game. They met again the following week in Warrington, Cheshire.

References

[1] Anon. (1994) “Super skins” First Down. December 4, 1993. pg. 20

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Derek Walsh.

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Eirball | Irish North American and World Sports Archive

Last Updated: 17 June 2020

June 17, 2020

Youth Flag Football (South East England) 1993

Playoff Results

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Semi-Finals
08.08.1993	Crawley Pirates	35	Saints	0
08.08.1993	Braves	14	Folkestone	0
	3rd Place
08.08.1993	Folkestone	24	Saints	6
	Final
08.08.1993	Crawley Pirates	9	Braves	2

Youth Flag Football (England) Playoffs 1993 [Ref: 1]

Report

QB Jamie Walker was voted tournament MVP and fellow Crawley Pirate Gareth Wiggins won the Defensive Award as the Crawley Pirates defeated favourites the Braves 9-2 in the Youth Flag Football Final. They had earlier beaten the Saints in the Semi-Finals, while the Braves had accounted for Folkestone, who won the bronze medal after triumphing over the Saints.

References

[1] Anon. (1993) “Gannon is Flying the Flag in states. *CRAWLEY…” First Down. 14 August 1993. pg. 20

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Kate Hartnett.

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Eirball | Irish North American and World Sports Archive

Last Updated: 17 June 2020

June 15, 2020

National Passball League 1992

Standings

	P	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pct
Northern Division
*St. Helens Cardinals	2	2	0	0	82	51	1.000
North West Demons	2	1	1	0	37	58	.500
Gateshead	2	0	2	0	15	28	.000
Central Division
*Cannock Chase Giants	3	3	0	0	111	36	1.000
*Leicester Broncos	3	2	1	0	78	63	.667
Notts Crusaders	3	1	2	0	74	131	.333
Sheldon Renegades	3	0	3	0	2	37	.000
Southern Division
*Thunderbolts	3	3	0	0	208	44	1.000
*Snappy Snap Gators	3	2	1	0	187	52	.667
Sussex Raiders	3	1	2	0	112	155	.333
Kent Exiles	3	0	3	0	23	279	.000

National Passball League Standings 1992 [Ref: compiled from results in 1-3]

Note: Standings after three of six rounds.

Playoff Results

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Wild-Card Playoff
1992	Snappy Snap Gators		Leicester Broncos
	Semi-Finals
29.11.1992	St. Helens Cardinals	29	Cannock Chase Giants	30
29.11.1992	Thunderbolts	41	Snappy Snap Gators	39
	Passball ’92 Final
1992	Thunderbolts/Gators		Cannock Chase Giants

National Passball League Playoffs 1992 [Ref: 4-5]

Note: A league invetsigation was launched after the Semi-Final between Thunderbolts and Snappy Snap Gators after it was alleged the Thunderbolts broke the rule of hving no more than 18 players kitted-up for a match. It was to be decided whether they could play in the Final or not.

Regular Season Results

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Week 1
11.10.1992	St. Helens Cardinals	58	North West Demons	36
11.10.1992	Leicester Broncos	1	Sheldon Renegades	0 #
11.10.1992	Cannock Chase Giants	68	Notts Crusaders	20
11.10.1992	Snappy Snap Gators	25	Thunderbolts	41
11.10.1992	Kent Exiles	12	Sussex Raiders	93
	Week 2
18.10.1992	North West Demons	1	Gateshead	0 #
18.10.1992	Cannock Chase Giants	1	Sheldon Renegades	0 #
18.10.1992	Notts Crusaders	21	Leicester Broncos	61
18.10.1992	Snappy Snap Gators	96	Kent Exiles	1
18.10.1992	Sussex Raiders	9	Thunderbolts	77
	Week 3
25.10.1992	Gateshead	15	St. Helens Cardinals	27
25.10.1992	Leicester Broncos	16	Cannock Chase Giants	42
25.10.1992	Sheldon Renegades	2	Notts Crusaders	35
25.10.1992	Snappy Snap Gators	66	Sussex Raiders	10
25.10.1992	Kent Exiles	10	Thunderbolts	90

National Passball League Regular Season Results 1992 [Ref: 1-3]

Note: three of six weeks results known.

Report

The National Passball League in England expanded to 11 teams for 1992, with the Cannock Chase Giants winning 30-29 in one Semi-Final against St. Helens Cardinals. Defending Champions Thunderbolts defeated Snappy Snap Gators 41-39 in another close Semi-Final, but a League investigation was launched into whether they should be allowed play in the Final after it was alleged they had kitted-up more than the 18 players allowed on gameday.

About Passball

The National Passball League was an Arena-style American Football League in the England, played on a smaller field than a regular American Football field, and with a focus on passing (Passball is played on a 40-yard field with two 8-yard endzones, with five downs or attempts to score, three of which must be passing plays, before the ball is turned over). It is seven-a-side.

References

[1] Anon. (1992) “*Week one National Passball League Results” First Down. 17 October 1992. pg. 19

[2] Anon. (1992) “*WEEK two Passball results” First Down. 24 October 1992. pg. 19

[3] Anon. (1992) “*Week three Passball Results” First Down. 31 October 1992. pg. 19

[4] Anon. (1992) “Passball” First Down. 21 November 1992. pg. 19

[5] Anon. (1992) “Cannock’s Giant step” First Down. 5 December 1992. pg. 14

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Richard Declan Mulcahy and Tim Leadingham.

About this document

Researched, compiled and written by Enda Mulcahy for the

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Last Updated: 15 June 2020

June 15, 2020

National Passball League 1993

Standings

	P	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pct
Northern Division
*Cannock Chase Giants	4	4	0	0	208	79	1.000
*St. Helens Cardinals	4	2	2	0	170	121	.500
Redditch Geriatrics	2	2	0	0	53	26	1.000
Nottingham Crusaders	3	0	3	0	27	136	.000
Sheldon Renegades	3	0	3	0	40	137	.000
Southern Division
*Farnham Knights	4	4	0	0	231	60	1.000
*Ealing Eagles	3	2	1	0	161	72	.667
West Sussex Wolverines	4	1	3	0	72	181	.250
Herts Ballhawks	3	0	3	0	32	183	.000

National Passball League Standings 1993 [Ref: Compiled from 1-5]

Note: *Qualify for Semi-Finals. 10 results currently unknown.

Playoffs

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Semi-Finals
28.11.1993	Cannock Chase Giants	38	Ealing Eagles	22
28.11.1993	Farnham Knights	56	St. Helens Cardinals	24
	Passball ’93 Final		Pye Green Stadium
05.12.1993	Cannock Chase Giants	19	Farnham Knights	36

National Passball League Playoffs 1993 [Ref; 6-7]

Regular Season Results

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Week 1
10.10.1993	Cannock Chase Giants	47	St. Helens Cardinals	26
10.10.1993	West Sussex Wolverines	13	Farnham Knights	52
10.10.1993	Ealing Eagles	79	Herts Ballhawks	12
10.10.1993	Redditch Geriatrics	19	Nottingham Crusaders	13
	Week 2
17.10.1993	Ealing Eagles	61	West Sussex Wolverines	20
17.10.1993	Herts Ballhawks	6	Farnham Kights	85
17.10.1993	Cannock Chase Giants	74	Nottingham Crusaders	2
17.10.1993	Sheldon Renegades	7	St. Helens Cardinals	21
	Week 3
24.10.1993	West Sussex Wolverines		Herts Ballhawks
24.10.1993	Farnham Knights		Ealing Eagles
24.10.1993	Nottingham Crusaders		St. Helens Cardinals
24.10.1993	Redditch Geriatrics		Sheldon Renegades
	Week 4
31.10.1993	Cannock Chase Giants	43	Nottingham Crusaders	12
31.10.1993	Herts Ballhawks	14	West Sussex Wolverines	19
31.10.1993	Ealing Eagles	21	Farnham Knights	40
31.10.1993	St. Helens Cardinals	82	Sheldon Renegades	20
	Week 5
07.11.1993	St. Helens Cardinals	41	Cannock Chase Giants	47
07.11.1993	Nottingham Crusaders		Redditch Geriatrics
07.11.1993	West Sussex Wolverines		Ealing Eagles
07.11.1993	Farnham Knights		Herts Ballhawks
	Week 6
14.11.1993	Redditch Geriatrics	34	Sheldon Renegades	13
14.11.1993	Farnham Knights	54	West Sussex Wolverines	20
14.11.1993	Herts Ballhawks		Ealing Eagles
14.11.1993	St. Helens Cardinals		Nottingham Crusaders
	Week 7
21.11.1993	Sheldon Renegades		Redditch Geriatrics
21.11.1993	Cannock Chase Giants		Sheldon Renegades
21.11.1993	Redditch Geriatrics		Cannock Chase Giants

National Passball League Regular Season Results 1993 [Ref: 1-5]

Note: Some fixtures inferred from previous results and fixtures and what other fixtures were played on the day.

Report

Farnham Knights won the National Passball League title, triumphing 36-19 over Northern Division Champions Cannock Chase Giants 36-19 in Passball ’93 Final. The defeated Semi-Finalists were Ealing Eagles and St. Helens Cardinals.

The nine team League was divided into Northern and Southern Divisions with the Redditch Geriatrics, Sheldon Renegades, Nottingham Crusaders, Herts Ballhawks and West Sussex Wolverines the other teams.

About Passball

References

[1] Anon. (1993) “Marshall Four Lays Down Law: Passball Week 1” First Down. 16 October 1993. pg. 20

[2] Anon. (1993) “Notts tied up by the Giants: Passball Week 2” First Down. 23 October 1993. pg. 20

[3] Anon. (1993) “Re-born Machester back with tie: Round-Up: Passball week 4” First Down. 6 November 1993. pg. 21

[4] Anon. (1993) “Falcs pray for injured Craig: Passball” First Down. 13 November 1993. pg. 21

[5] Anon. (1993) “Thompson tears up Sheldon” First Down. 20 November 1993. pg. 21

[6] Anon. (1993) “Chase take a Giant stride” First Down. 4 December 1993. pg. 20

[7] Anon. (1993) “Farnham are Pass Masters: Passball Final” First Down. 11 December 1993. pg.

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Richard Declan Mulcahy and Tim Leadingham.

About this document

Researched, compiled and written by Enda Mulcahy for the

Eirball | Irish North American and World Sports Archive

Last Updated: 15 June 2020