Category: European American Football Leagues

June 6, 2021

AFVD American Football Verband Deutschand 1 Bundesliga 1979-1985

AFVD Deutschland Logo 2001 [References: 1]

1. Bundesliga 1979

1. Bundesliga 1979	P	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pts
Frankfurt Loewen (C)	9	9	0	0	243	44	18
Ansbach Grizzlies (P)	10	8	2	0	236	103	16
Berlin Baeren	9	4	4	1	146	83	9
Bremerhaven Seahawks	10	4	5	1	112	114	9
Munich Cowboys	10	3	7	0	90	224	6
Duesseldorf Panther	10	0	10	0	38	297	0

[References: 2]

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	German Bowl I		Venue: Frankfurt
1979	Frankfurt Loewen	14	Ansbach Grizzlies	8

[References: 2]

1.Bundesliga 1980

1. Bundesliga 1980	P	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pct
1. Bundesliga Nord
Frankfurt Loewen (C)
Neu-Isenberg Adler
Berlin Baeren
1. Bundesliga Sued
Ansbach Grizzlies (C)
Hanau Hawks (P)	13	9	3	1	339	121	19
Munich Cowboys
Kitzingen Colts
Straubing Bisons

[References: 4]

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	German Bowl II
1980	Frankfurt Loewen	21	Ansbach Grizzlies	12

[References: 4]

1. Bundesliga 1981

1. Bundesliga 1981	P	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pct
1. Bundesliga Nord
Frankfurt Loewen (C)	12	11	1	0	388	76	22
Cologne Crocodiles (P)	12	10	2	0	523	158	20
Bremerhaven Seahawks	12	9	3	0	407	169	18
Berlin Adler	12	5	7	0	240	250	10
Solingen Steelers	12	4	8	0	212	229	8
Dortmund Giants (R)	12	3	9	0	85	358	6
Krefeld Condors (R)	12	0	12	0	6	621	0
1. Bundesliga Sued
Ansbach Grizzliers (C)	12	10	1	1	388	84	21
Hanau Hawks (P)	12	10	2	0	313	140	20
Munich Cowboys	12	7	4	1	320	129	15
Stuttgart Stallions	12	5	7	0	215	204	10
Bad Homburg Falken	12	4	8	0	227	205	8
Straubing Bisons (R)	12	4	8	0	95	369	8
Erding Bulls (R)	12	1	11	0	59	481	2

[References: 5-6]

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Halbfinale
1981	Frankfurt Loewen	17	Hanau Hawks	12
1981	Ansbach Grizzlies	28	Cologne Crocodiles	0
	German Bowl III		At Cologne
1981	Ansbach Grizzlies	27	Frankfurt Loewen	6

[References: 5-6]

1. Bundesliga 1982

1. Bundesliga 1982	P	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pct
1. Bundesliga Nord
Cologne Crocodiles (C)	14	13	1	0	512	133	26
Duesseldorf Panther (P)	13	11	1	1	542	114	23
Bremerhaven Seahawks (P)	12	8	3	1	344	217	17
Essen Eagles (P)	13	6	7	0	199	271	12
Herne Tigers	14	6	8	0	234	262	12
Berlin Adler	13	3	10	0	172	384	6
Solingen Steelers (R)	13	2	11	0	47	503	4
Moenchengladbach Mustangs (R)	10	1	9	0	71	237	2
1. Bundesliga Sud
Ansbach Grizzlies (C)	12	12	0	0	363	61	24
Hanau Hawks (P)	12	7	5	0	182	188	14
Frankfurt Loewen (P)	12	6	6	0	240	231	12
Munich Cowboys (P)	12	5	7	0	180	229	10
Stuttgart Stallions	12	5	7	0	133	196	10
Bad Homburg Falken	12	4	8	0	82	166	8
Mannheim Redskins	12	3	9	0	128	237	6

[References: 7-8]

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Viertelfinale
1984	Ansbach Grizzlies	67	Essen Eagles	0
1984	Cologne Crocodiles	38	Munich Cowboys	21
1984	Duesseldorf Panther	66	Frankfurt Loewen	0
1984	Hanau Hawks	55	Bremerhaven Seahawks	0
	Halbfinale
1984	Ansbach Grizzlies	26	Duesseldorf Panther	13
1984	Cologne Crocodiles	14	Hanau Hawks	12
	German Bowl IV
1984	Ansbach Grizzlies	12	Cologne Crocodiles	6

[References: 7-8]

1. Bundesliga 1983

1. Bundesliga 1983	P	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pct
1. Bundesliga Nord
Duesseldorf Panther (C)	12	12	0	0	510	53	24
Cologne Crocodiles (P)	12	9	3	0	330	199	18
Cologne Red Barons (P)	12	8	4	0	365	231	16
Berlin Adler (P)	12	6	6	0	269	394	12
Essen Eagles	12	3	9	0	157	349	6
Hamburg Dolphins	12	2	10	0	159	377	4
Bremerhaven Seahawks (P)	12	2	10	0	136	323	4
1. Bundesliga Sued
Ansbach Grizzlies (C)	10	9	1	0	241	100	18
Munich Cowboys (P)	10	7	3	0	318	159	14
Noris Rams (P)	10	7	3	0	268	128	14
Frankfurt Loewen (P)	10	5	5	0	211	170	10
Starnberg Argonauts	10	2	8	0	142	356	4
Stuttgart Stallions (R)	10	0	10	0	55	322	0

[References: 5-6]

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Viertelfinale
1983	Cologne Crocodiles	52	Noris Rams	24
1983	Duesseldorf Panther	30	Frankfurt Loewen	0
1983	Munich Cowboys	26	Cologne Red Barons	34
1983	Ansbach Grizzlies	50	Berlin Adler	12
	Halbfinale
1983	Ansbach Grizzlies	16	Cologne Crocodiles	13
1983	Duesseldorf Panther	29	Cologne Red Barons	7
	German Bowl V
1983	Duesseldorf Panther	22	Ansbach Grizzlies	7

[References: 9-10]

1. Bundesliga 1984

1. Bundesliga 1984	P	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pct
1. Bundesliga Nord
Duesseldorf Panther (C)	12	11	1	0	485	116	22
Cologne Crocodiles (P)	12	11	1	0	368	125	22
Berlin Adler (P)	12	7	5	0	237	182	14
Duesseldorf Bulldozer (P)	12	6	6	0	151	249	12
Cologne Red Barons	12	3	9	0	119	207	6
Bonn Jets	12	3	9	0	102	317	6
Hamburg Dolphins (R)	12	1	11	0	58	324	2
1. Bundesliga Sued
Ansbach Grizzlies (C)
Munich Cowboys (P)	14	11	3	0	317	182	22
Mannheim Redskins (P)	14	7	7	0	254	283	14
Frankfurt Loewen (P)
Hanau Hawks	14	6	8	0	256	205	12
Noris Rams	14	6	8	0	221	228	12
Bad Homburg Falken
Starnberg Argonauts (R)

[References: 11-12

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Viertelfinale
1984	Cologne Crocodiles	26	Mannheim Redskins	0
1984	Duesseldorf Panther	55	Frankfurt Loewen	0
1984	Munich Cowboys	7	Berlin Adler	27
1984	Ansbach Grizzlies		Duesseldorf Bulldozer
	Halbfinale
1984	Ansbach Grizzlies	24	Cologne Crocodiles	21
1984	Duesseldorf Panther	20	Berlin Adler	6
	German Bowl VI		At Essen
1984	Duesseldorf Panther	27	Ansbach Grizzlies	13

[References: 11-12]

1. Bundesliga 1985

1. Bundesliga 1985	P	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pct
1. Bundesliga Nord
Duesseldorf Panther (C)	14	11	0	3	447	70	25
Berlin Adler (P)	14	12	1	1	470	211	25
Cologne Crocodiles (P)	14	10	2	2	454	101	22
Bonn Jets (P)	14	5	8	1	190	242	11
Duesseldorf Bulldozer	14	4	8	2	141	372	10
Cologne Red Barons	14	4	10	0	144	285	8
Dortmund Giants	14	3	11	0	121	348	6
Monheim Sharks	14	2	11	1	81	416	5
1. Bundesliga Sued
Ansbach Grizzlies (C)
Hanau Hawks (P)	14	10	4	0	352	214	20
Noris Rams (P)	14	8	5	1	352	178	17
Munich Cowboys (P)	14	6	7	1	187	159	13
Kempten Comets	14	5	8	1	190	275	11
Bad Homburg Falken	14	5	9	0	146	262	10
Mannheim Redskins	14	4	10	0	121	313	8

[References: 13-14]

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Viertelfinale
1985	Ansbach Grizzlies	28	Bonn Jets	0
1985	Berlin Adler	44	Noris Rams	39
1985	Duesseldorf Panther	40	Munich Cowboys	0
1985	Hanau Hawks	9	Cologne Crocodiles	3
	Halbfinale
1985	Ansbach Grizzlies	47	Berlin Adler	7
1985	Duesseldorf	27	Hanau Hawks	13
	German Bowl VII
1985	Ansbach Grizzlies	14	Duesseldorf Panther	7

[References: 13-14]

Report

The American Football Verband Deutschland (German American Football Federation) was founded in 1979 and featured six teams in its inaugural season, with Frankfurt Loewen (Wolves) defeating Ansbach Grizzlies 14-6 in German Bowl I. The two teams went on to dominate German American Football for the next three years, Frankfurt again defeating the Grizzlies in German Bowl II before Ansbach got revenge in German Bowl III, winning 27-6. This signalled a slow decline for the Loewen while Ansbach continued with success, winning the German Bowl in 1982 by 12-6 versus Cologne Crocodiles. German Bowl V again saw the Grizzlies compete but this time they lost 22-7 to Duesseldorf Panther, the oldest team in Germany. These two teams played in the next two German Bowls also as Duesseldorf won German Bowl VI 27-13 but lost in German Bowl VII in 1985 14-7 as yet again a team failed to capture the three-in-a-row. After 5 years of two Conferences (Nord and Sued – North and South) a Four Conference System was introduced in 1986 – Nord A, Nord B, Sued A and Sued B with the number of teams jumping from 15 to 24.

References

Images

[1] AFVD Wayback Machine (2001) afvd [Internet[ Available from: http://web.archive.org/web/20010307073130im_/http://afvd.de/buttons/afvd.gif [Accessed 6 June 2021]

Internet Archives

[2] Astreas Stojalowksi Wayback Machine (2003) 1. Bundesliga 1979 [Internet] Available from: https://web.archive.org/web/20020915132746/http://astreas.stojalowski.de/1bundesliga/1979/BUND.HTM [Accessed 6 June 2021]

[3] Astreas Stojalowksi Wayback Machine (2003) 1. Bundesliga 1980 [Internet] Available from: https://web.archive.org/web/20030716135400/http://astreas.stojalowski.de/1bundesliga/1980/BUND.HTM [Accessed 6 June 2021]

[5] Astreas Stojalowksi Wayback Machine (2003) 1. Bundesliga Nord 1981 [Internet] Available from: https://web.archive.org/web/20030620184756/http://astreas.stojalowski.de/1bundesliga/1981/NORD.HTM [Accessed 6 June 2021]

[6] Astreas Stojalowksi Wayback Machine (2003) 1. Bundesliga Sued 1981 [Internet] Available from: https://web.archive.org/web/20030525200035/http://astreas.stojalowski.de/1bundesliga/1981/SUED.HTM [Accessed 6 June 2021]

[7] Astreas Stojalowksi Wayback Machine (2003) 1. Bundesliga Nord 1982 [Internet] Available from: https://web.archive.org/web/20030620184824/http://astreas.stojalowski.de/1bundesliga/1982/NORD.HTM [Accessed 6 June 2021]

[8] Astreas Stojalowksi Wayback Machine (2003) 1. Bundesliga Sued 1982 [Internet] Available from: https://web.archive.org/web/20030526164123/http://astreas.stojalowski.de/1bundesliga/1982/SUED.HTM [Accessed 6 June 2021]

[9] Astreas Stojalowksi Wayback Machine (2003) 1. Bundesliga Nord 1983 [Internet] Available from: https://web.archive.org/web/20030620185302/http://astreas.stojalowski.de/1bundesliga/1983/NORD.HTM [Accessed 6 June 2021]

[10] Astreas Stojalowksi Wayback Machine (2003) 1. Bundesliga Sued 1983 [Internet] Available from: https://web.archive.org/web/20030527151127/http://astreas.stojalowski.de/1bundesliga/1983/SUED.HTM [Accessed 6 June 2021]

[11] Astreas Stojalowksi Wayback Machine (2003) 1. Bundesliga Nord 1984 [Internet] Available from: https://web.archive.org/web/20030620190306/http://astreas.stojalowski.de/1bundesliga/1984/NORD.HTM [Accessed 6 June 2021]

[12] Astreas Stojalowksi Wayback Machine (2003) 1. Bundesliga Sued 1984 [Internet] Available from: https://web.archive.org/web/20030527145432/http://astreas.stojalowski.de/1bundesliga/1984/SUED.HTM [Accessed 6 June 2021]

[13] Astreas Stojalowksi Wayback Machine (2003) 1. Bundesliga Nord 1985 [Internet] Available from: https://web.archive.org/web/20030620190735/http://astreas.stojalowski.de/1bundesliga/1985/NORD.HTM [Accessed 6 June 2021]

[14] Astreas Stojalowksi Wayback Machine (2003) 1. Bundesliga Sued 1985 [Internet] Available from: https://web.archive.org/web/20030529164849/http://astreas.stojalowski.de/1bundesliga/1985/SUED.HTM [Accessed 6 June 2021]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Shane Mulcahy and Ciaran Simms

About this document

Researched, compiled and written by Enda Mulcahy for the

Eirball | Irish North American and World Sports Archive

Last Updated: 6 June 2021

May 28, 2021

Scottish Claymores Flag Football Association Youth League 1996

Scottish Claymores Logo [References: 1]

Standings

SCCFL 1996	P	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pct
East Coast Division
Dundee Storm (C)	6	6	0	0	211	67	1.000
West Lothian Chargers (P)	6	1	4	1	101	167	.250
Stirling Broncos	6	1	4	1	50	118	.250
West Coast Division
East Kilbride Pirates (C)	6	6	0	0			1.000
West Coast Tigers (P)	5	3	2	0			.600
Fort William Phoenix	6	2	4	0	53	82	.333
Glasgow Lions	5	0	5	0			.000

[References: Compiled from results in 2-8 and Standings in 5]

Playoffs

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Semi-Finals		Meadowbank SC, Edinburgh
20.10.1996	East Kilbride Pirates	W	West Lothian Chargers	L
20.10.1996	Dundee Storm	W	West Coast Tigers	L
	3rd Place Playoff		Meadowbank SC, Edinburgh
20.10.1996	West Coast Tigers	6	West Lothian Chargers	12
	Final		Meadowbank SC, Edinburgh
20.10.1996	East Kilbride Pirates	14	Dundee Storm	18

[References: 6-7]

Regular Season Results

Date	Home Team / Week		Away Team / Venue
	Week 1 East Coast		Falkirk
15.09.1996	Dundee Storm	56	West Lothian Chargers	18
15.09.1996	Stirling Broncos	12	Dundee Storm	38
15.09.1996	West Lothian Chargers	6	Stirling Broncos	6
	Week 1 West Coast		Scotstoun
15.09.1996	West Coast Tigers	30	Fort William Phoenix	14
15.09.1996	Glasgow Lions	18	West Coast Tigers	21
15.09.1996	Fort William Phoenix	22	Glasgow Lions	14
	Week 2 East Coast		Livingston
22.09.1996	West Lothian Chargers	0	Stirling Broncos	14
22.09.1996	West Lothian Chargers	13	Dundee Storm	41
22.09.1996	Dundee Storm	34	Stirling Broncos	0
	Week 2 West Coast
22.09.1996	West Coast Tigers		Glasgow Lions
22.09.1996	Glasgow Lions	L	East Kilbride Pirates	W
22.09.1996	West Coast Tigers	L	East Kilbride Pirates	W
	Week 3 West Coast		Fort William
29.09.1996	Fort William Phoenix	19	Glasgow Lions	8
29.09.1996	East Kilbride Pirates	14	Glasgow Lions	0
29.09.1996	Fort William Phoenix	8	East Kilbride Pirates	28
	Week 4 East Coast		Dundee
06.10.1996	Dundee Storm	42	West Lothian Chargers	24
06.10.1996	West Lothian Chargers	40	Stirling Broncos	18
06.10.1996	Dundee Storm	W	Stirling Broncos	L
	Week 4 West Coast		East Kilbride
06.10.1996	East Kilbride Pirates	86	West Coast Tigers	0
06.10.1996	East Kilbride Pirates	1	Fort William Phoenix	0 #
06.10.1996	West Coast Tigers	1	Fort William Phoenix	0 #

[References: 2-6]

Final Box-Score

SCCFL Final, Meadowbank SC, Edinburgh	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Total
East Kilbride Pirates	8	0	0	6	14
Dundee Storm	0	0	6	12	18

[References: 7]

Team	Scorer	Score
	1st Quarter
EKP	Roddy Greig TD	6-0
	1st Half
EKP	Safety	8-0
	3rd Quarter
DUN	Graeme Anderson Pass from Adam Smith	8-6
	4th Quarter
DUN	Adam Smith Run	8-12
DUN	Adam Smith Run	8-18
EKP	James Keogh Run	14-18

[References: 7]

Report

Dundee Storm and East Kilbride Pirates both put their perfect records on the line in the Final of the first Scottish Claymores Flag Football Association Youth League for 14 to 18 year olds in Meadowbank Sports Club, Edinburgh on 20th October 1996. The Storm emerged victorious thanks to two unconverted touchdowns in the fourth quarter from Quarterback Adam Smith, which helped the Storm come back from 8-0 down to lead 18-8. East Kilbride’s Quarterback James Keogh (an Irish name) scored a late touchdown himself, but it was not enough for the Pirates as the Storm won 18-14 to take the title. Roddy Greig scored East Kilbride Pirates’ other touchdown in the first quarter, with 2 safety points their other score. Storm’s Wide Receiver Graeme Anderson had given them hope by scoring on a long pass for the best touchdown of the match in the third quarter.

Ireland’s Emmett Waldron, born in Cork played for the Scottish Claymores in the World League of American Football / National Football League Europe League from 1996 to 1999, and part of the role would have been helping out with the Youth Programme of the NFL, including the Scottish Claymores Flag Football Association Youth League.

Scottish Claymores Emmett Waldron Jersey [References: 9]

Final Venue: Meadowbank SC, Edinburgh

References / Further Reading

Logos

[1] World League of American Football (2021) Claymores [Internet] Available from: http://worldleagueofamericanfootball.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/Claymores.gif [Accessed 28 May 2021]

Newspapers

[2] Anon. (1996) “Sports Round-Up: American Football” The Courier and Advertiser. Friday, September 20, 1996. Pg. 24 Sport. [Past editions of the Courier and Advertiser are Available to view online at the British Newspaper Archive at: https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000564/19960920/383/0024 [This Article Last Accessed 28 May 2021]

[3] Anon. (1996) “Sports Round-Up: Gridiron Football” The Courier and Advertiser. Tuesday, September 24, 1996. Pg. 18 Sport. [Past editions of the Courier and Advertiser are Available to view online at the British Newspaper Archive at: https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000564/19960924/332/0018 [This Article Last Accessed 28 May 2021]

[4] Anon. (1996) “Impressive LaChapelle unable to stop defeat” The Courier and Advertiser. Tuesday, October 1, 1996. Pg. 18 Sport. [Past editions of the Courier and Advertiser are Available to view online at the British Newspaper Archive at: https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000564/19961001/225/0015 [This Article Last Accessed 28 May 2021]

[5] Anon. (1996) “Sports Round-Up: American Football” The Courier and Advertiser. Tuesday, October 8, 1996. Pg. 16 Sport. [Past editions of the Courier and Advertiser are Available to view online at the British Newspaper Archive at: https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000564/19961008/295/0016 [This Article Last Accessed 28 May 2021]

[6] Anon. (1996) “Gridiron Football” The Courier and Advertiser. Saturday, October 19, 1996. Pg. 24 Sport. [Past editions of the Courier and Advertiser are Available to view online at the British Newspaper Archive at: https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000564/19961019/385/0024 [This Article Last Accessed 28 May 2021]

[7] Anon. (1996) “Storm have Final say” The Courier and Advertiser. Monday, October 21, 1996. Pg. 15 Sport. [Past editions of the Courier and Advertiser are Available to view online at the British Newspaper Archive at: https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000564/19961021/186/0015 [This Article Last Accessed 28 May 2021]

[8] Anon. (1996) “Team is hoping to create as Storm” The Courier and Advertiser. Saturday July 13, 1996. Pg. 4 Sport. [Past editions of the Courier and Advertiser are Available to view online at the British Newspaper Archive at: https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000564/19960713/050/0004 [This Article Last Accessed 28 May 2021]

Images

[9] World League of American Football (2020) 96claymoresawayjersey50rs.jpg.w300h350 [Internet] Available from: http://www.worldleagueofamericanfootball.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/.pond/96claymoresawayjersey50rs.jpg.w300h350.jpg [Accessed 17 September 2020]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Laura Shadbolt

About this document

Researched, compiled and written by Enda Mulcahy for the

Eirball | Irish North American and World Sports Archive

Last Updated: 28 May 2021

You may quote this document in whole or part provided that proper acknowledgement is given to the authors. All Rights Reserved. The Logos and Photos used in this article remain the property of the organisations and individuals which own the copyright and are used here for educational and information purposes only.

May 23, 2021

Central European Football League Cup 2019

Central European Football League Logo {References: 1]

Results

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Quarter-Finals
13.04.2019	Budapest Cowbells (Hun)	6	Moscow Spartans (Rus)	24
13.04.2019	Bucharest Rebels (Rom)	14	Belgrade SBB Vukovi (Ser)	28
13.04.2019	Bolzano Giants (Ita)	36	Budapest Wolves (Hun)	19
13.04.2019	Istanbul ITU Hornets (Tur)	40	Moscow Patriots (Rus)	19
	Semi-Finals
11.05.2019	Belgrade SBB Vukovi	27	Bolzano Giants	42
18.05.2019	Istanbul ITU Hornets	17	Moscow Spartans	43
	CEFL Cup
09.06.2019	Bolzano Giants	14	Moscow Spartans	15

[References: 2]

Report

Moscow Spartans defeated Bolzano Giants of Italy 15-14 to take the Central European Football League Cup back to Russia in 2019. They had earlier knocked out Hungary’s Budapest Cowbells in the Quarter-Finals and Istanbul ITU Hornets of Turkey in the Semi-Finals of the Single-Elimination / Knockout Cup. Bolzano Giants had knocked out Budapest Wolves (Hungary) and Belgrade SBB Vukovi (Serbia) in the earlier rounds. Other teams competing were Bucharest Rebels of Romania and Russia’s Moscow Patriots.

The Central European Football League Cup was a A (4th Level) European American Football League which operated from 2006 to the present (at time of writing) with the first 11 years as a AAA League based in the Balkans and Central European countries which formed the Soviet Block, Ottoman Empire and Austro-Hungarian Empire of the 20th Century, due to there being not enough teams in each country for their own league prior to 2017. Since 2017 it has operated as a AA Regional Mini-League in Central Europe, stretching from Moscow in Russia in the East, Istanbul in Turkey in the South, Thonon in South-East France in the West and Wroclaw in Poland in the North.

References

Images

[1] Central European Football League (2009) CEFL Logo [Internet] Available from: https://cefl.avaladsfmusic.group/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/cefl-544-180-300×99.png [Accessed 6 June 2020]

Websites

[2] Central European Football League (2019) 2019 Schedule & Standings [Internet] Available from: http://www.european-league.com/2019-schedule-standings/ [Accessed 5 June 2020]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Tomasz Dybikowski (Dublin Bay Raptors).

About this document

Researched, compiled and written by Enda Mulcahy for the

Eirball | Irish North American and World Sports Archive

Last Updated: 23 May 2021

You may quote this document in part provided that proper acknowledgement is given to the authors. All Rights Reserved. The Logos and Photos used in this article remain the property of the organisations and individuals which own the copyright and are used here for educational and information purposes only.

May 23, 2021

Anglo-Scottish American Football Friendlies 1998

EFAF Logo [References: 1]

Results

Date	Home Team		Away Team
01.03.1998	Gateshead Senators (Eng)	20	Clydesdale Colts (Sco)	0
29.03.1998	Gateshead Senators (Eng)	40	Strathclyde Sheriffs (Sco)	0

[References: 2-3]

Report

England’s Gateshead Senators started their 1998 British American Football Association Senior League Division One campaign off with two pre-season victories over Scottish Gridiron Association team, Clydesdale Colts and Strathclyde Sheriffs. Their next match was against Dutch side Hilversum Hurricanes before their BAFA Regular Season started.

References

Logos

[1] American Football International (2013) EFAF Logo [Internet] Available from: http://www.americanfootballinternational.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/EFAF_logo.gif [Accessed 30 August 2017]

Newspapers

[2] Anon. (1998) “Senators make flying start to ’98 campaign” First Down. Saturday, March 7, 1998. pg. 22.

[3] Anon. (1997) “Gateshead rout Scots” First Down. Saturday April 4, 1998. Pg. 20.

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Ralph Schmeer.

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Last Updated: 23 May 2021

May 23, 2021

European Federation of American Football Dutch Invitational Tournament 1997-1998

EFAF Logo [References: 1]

Results

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	1997 Tournament		Venue: Hilversum, Neth
12.04.1997	Hilversum Hurricanes (Neth)	14	Gateshead Senators (Eng)	16
13.04.1997	Hoorn Unicorns (Neth)	8	Gateshead Senators (Eng)	30
	1998 Tournament		Venue: Hilversum, Neth
12.04.1998.	Hilversum Hurricanes (Neth)	8	Gateshead Senators (Eng)	9

[References: 2-3]

Report

The Gateshead Senators won the Dutch Invitational Trophy in American Football in 1997 and 1998. The Trophy was named after the Senator’s Dutch-born Defensive Back Wimmy Vantergouw. In 1997 they defeated Hilversum Hurricanes and Hoorn Unicorns, and in 1998 repeated with a narrow 9-8 victory over the Hilversum Hurricanes.

References

Logos

[1] American Football International (2013) EFAF Logo [Internet] Available from: http://www.americanfootballinternational.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/EFAF_logo.gif [Accessed 30 August 2017]

Newspapers

[2] Anon. (1997) “Gateshead win Dutch Tournament” First Down. 19 April, 1997. Pg.

[3] Anon. (1998) “Senators Roar To Dutch Crown” First Down. Saturday, April 18, 1998. pg. 10.

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Ralph Schmeer.

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European Federation of American Football West European Club Friendlies 1997-1998

EFAF Logo [References: 1]

Results

Date	Home Team		Away Team
1997	Antwerp Diamonds (Bel)	6	Winchester Rifles (Eng)	8
1998	Winchester Rifles (Eng)	28	Antwerp Diamonds (Bel)	8

[References: 2]

Report

Winchester Rifles of England defeated Belgium’s Antwerp Diamonds two years running in a European American Football Friendly series, first 8-6 away from home then a much easier game at home in Hampshire.

References

Logos

[1] American Football International (2013) EFAF Logo [Internet] Available from: http://www.americanfootballinternational.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/EFAF_logo.gif [Accessed 30 August 2017]

Sources

Anon. (1997) “Rifles Cut Down Rough Diamonds” First Down. November 5-11, 1998. Pg. 27

Acknowledgements

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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.

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European Federation of American Football Eurobowl 1993

EFAF Logo [References: 8]

First Round Group Standings

Eurobowl 1st Round 1993	P	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pts
Group
Cardkey Raiders Den Haag (Ned)	2	2	0	0	81	48	4
St. Gallen Raiders (Swi)	2	0	2	0	48	81	0
Group
Amsterdam Crusaders (Ned)	2	2	0	0	110	26	4
SAFIR Argonautes Aix-en-Provence (Fra)	2	1	1	0	132	54	2
Leuven Lions (Bel)	2	0	2	0	0	162	0
Group
London Olympians (Eng)	1	1	0	0	32	29	2
Dusseldorf Panther (Ger)	1	0	1	0	29	32	0
Group
Pharones Milano (Ita)	2	2	0	0	70	14	4
LEVIS Graz Giants (Aut)	2	0	2	0	14	70	0
Group
East City Giants Helsinki (Fin)	1	1	0	0	40	35	2
Uppsala 86ers (Swe)	1	0	1	0	35	40	0

[References: Com;piled from results in 1-7]

First Round Group Results

Date	Home Team		Away GTeam
	Group
1993	Cardkey Raiders Den Haag	50	St. Gallen Raiders	20
02.05.1993	St. Gallen Raiders	28	Cardkey Raiders Den Haag	31
	Group
1993	Amsterdam Crusaders	56	Leuven Lions	0
1993	Leuven Lions	0	SAFIR Argonauts Aix-en-Provence	106
09.05.1993	SAFIR Argonauts Aix-en-Provence	26	Amsterdam Crusaders	54
	Group
09.05.1993	Dusseldorf Panthers	29	London Olympians	32
	Group
1993	LEVIS Graz Giants	7	Pharones Milano	35
1993	Pharones Milano	35	LEVIS Graz Giants	7
	Group
09.051993	East City Giants Helsinki	40	Uppsala 86ers	35

[References: 1-7]

Finals Results

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Intermediate Round
09.05.1993	Cardkey Raiders Den Haag	36	Pharaones Milano	34
	Semi-Finals
06.06.1993	Amsterdam Crusaders	22	Cardkey Raiders	7
19.06.1993	East City Giants	29	London Olympians	34
	Eurobowl Final		Heysel Stadium, Brussels
03.07.1993	London Olympians	42	Amsterdam Crusaders	21

European Football League Eurobowl Results 1993 [Ref: 1-5]

Report

Britain’s London Olympians won the Eurobowl in 1993, defeating the Amsterdam Crusaders of the Netherlands 42-21 in the Final, after triumphing 32-29 in Dusseldorf, Germany against the hometown Panther in their First Round group, and then winning 34-29 against East City Giants from Helsinki in Finland in the Semi-Finals.

The First Round pitted 11 teams in 5 groups with one group of three, where Amsterdam Crusaders and SAFIR Argonautes Aix-en-Provence (France) made light work of Leuven Lions from Belgium. In the Group decider Amsterdam Admirals disposed of the SAFIR Argonautes 54-26 in a high-scoring shootout. East City Giants had a tougher time in their group match with Uppsala 86ers of Sweden, eventually winning 40-35. The other two Groups were played over two legs, home-and-away (home-and-home to readers from USA). The Swiss champions St. Gallen Raiders lost both legs of their group to Cardkey Raiders of Netherlands and LEVIS Graz Giants of Austria likewise lost both legs of their group match with Pharaones Milano of Italy. The Intermediate Round match saw Cardkey Raiders won a close encounter with Pharaones Milano 36-34.

The Championship was an emotional one for the British team as the Final took place at Heysel Stadium, Brussels, Belgium, where one of the worst soccer tragedies occurred, involving Liverpool fans, and was played on July 3rd, the eve of American Independence Day. It was the second Eurobowl title in a row for the Olympians and they had defeated Amsterdam Admirals, winners of the two previous Eurobowls in 1990 and 1991.

Newspapers

[1] First Down Reporter (1993) “O’s get that Helsink-ing feeling over Euro Dream” First Down. May 18, 1993. pg. 21

[2] Anon. (1993) “Flying Dutch in Final” First Down. June 12, 1993. pg. 21.

[3] Anon. (1993) “Results, Standings and Fixtures” First Down. June 26, 1993. pg. 21.

[4] Voss, Lawrence (1993) “Olympic Gold” First Down. July 10, 1993. pg. 1.

Websites

[5] Svenska Amerikansk Fotbollforbundet (2020) Eurobowl [Internet] Available from: https://www.saff.se/forbundet/Historia/Eurobowl [Accessed 4 May 2020]

[6] Britball Now (2016) Results in European Competition [Internet] Available from: http://www.britballnow.co.uk/history-index/results-in-euro-competition.html [Accessed 4 May 2020]

Bibliography

[7] Peter Nichols (1994) “American Football: Eurobowl” Guinness Sports Yearbook 1994. Pg. 34. Guinness Publishing. Enfield, Middlesex.

Logos

[8] American Football International (2013) EFAF Logo [Internet] Available from: http://www.americanfootballinternational.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/EFAF_logo.gif [Accessed 30 August 2017]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Ciaran Simms

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European Federation of American Football European Junior Championships Dusseldorf Germany 1998

EFAF Logo [References: 1]

Final Standings

Place	Country	P	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pts
1	Germany	3	3	0	0	76	8	6
2	France	3	2	1	0	85	36	4
3	Finland	3	2	1	0	83	40	4
4	Russia	3	1	2	0			2
5	Switzerland	3	1	2	0			2
6	Great Britain Crusaders	3	0	3	0	7	119	0

[References: Compiled from Results in 2]

Playoffs

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	5th Place
10.08.1998	Switzerland	18	Great Britain Crusaders	0
	3rd Place
10.08.1998	Finland	34	Russia	6
	Final
10.08.1998	Germany	26	France	8

[References: 2]

Final Group Standings

EFAF EJC 1998	P	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pts
Blue Group
France (F)	2	2	0	0	77	10	4
Finland (3P)	2	1	1	0	59	34	2
Great Britain Crusaders (5P)	2	0	2	0	7	101	0
Red Group
Germany (F)	2	2	0	0	50	0	4
Russia (3P)	2	1	1	0	0	17	2
Switzerland (5P)	2	0	2	0	0	33	0

[References: Compiled from Results in 1]

Group Results

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Blue Group
02.08.1998	France	25	Finland	10
05.08.1998	France	52	Great Britain Crusaders	0
07.08.1998	Finland	49	Great Britain Crusaders	7
	Red Group
.08.1998	Germany	33	Switzerland	0
.08.1998	Germany	17	Russia	0
.08.1998	Russia		Switzerland

[References: 2]

How They Qualified

Route	Country
Automatic Qualifier (Hosts)	Germany
Automatic Qualifier (Holders)	Finland
Qualifying (won 18-14 v Sweden)	Russia
Qualifying (Won 16-13 v Austria)	Switzerland
Qualifying (Won v Spain)	France
Qualifying (Won 54-0 v Norway)	Great Britain Crusaders

[References: 3-4]

Report

Germany won the European Federation of American Football European Junior Championships which they hosted in 1998, defeating surprise finalists France 26-8 in the Final with two TD runs by Philipp Lax and Mike Shuitze, as well as a Field Goal from Andreas Lefevre and an Interception Return for a Touchdown by Dennis Zimmermann. France gained a late consolation TD through Thomas Prian’s Reception.

Germany had earlier won their group with wins over Russia and Switzerland, while France shocked holders Finland in their first game 25-10 before crushing Great Britain Crusaders 52-0. Finland took bronze with a defeat of Russia in the 3rd Place match while Switzerland added to GB’s misery with a 18-0 win the 5th place playoff.

References

Logos

[1] American Football International (2013) EFAF Logo [Internet] Available from: http://www.americanfootballinternational.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/EFAF_logo.gif [Accessed 30 August 2017]

Newspapers

[2] Anon. (1998) “Brit Kids Crushed by Strength of Europe” First Down. August 15, 1998. pg. 17

[3] Anon. (1998) “Great Britain Crusaders 54 Norway 0” First Down. June 6, 1998. Pg. 21

Websites

[4] Google Groups (1998) uk.sport.football.american [European Youth Championships 1998] post to Group by Damon Kirby 5/13/98 [Internet] Available from: http://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/uk.sport.football.american/nofdk9PBgls [Accessed 16 July 2018]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Cillian Smith (IAFA)

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European Football League European Championship Qualifiers 1989

Final Standings

Country	P	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pts F:A
Finals Qualifiers
Germany – hosts	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Italy – holders	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Great Britain	1	1	0	0	36	6	2:0
Finland	1	1	0	0	49	0	2:0
Non-Qualifiers
France	2	1	1	0	19	42	2:2
Norway	2	1	1	0	13	49	2:2
Netherlands	1	0	1	0	6	13	0:2
Sweden	1	0	1	0	0	13	0:2

European Football League European Championships Final standings 1989 [Ref: Compiled from: 1]

Qualifiers

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Round 1
	Netherlands	6	France	13
	Sweden	0	Norway	13
	Round 2
	Great Britain	36	France	6
07.05.1989	Finland	49	Norway	0
	Automatic Qualifiers
	Germany		Hosts
	Italy		Holders

European Football League European Championship Qualifiers 1989 [Ref: 1]

Report

Germany, as hosts, and Italy, as holders, qualified automatically for the Finals, to be held in Bremerhaven, on the North Sea Coast. In the first round of the Qualifiers France and Norway beat the Dutch and Swedes respectively, before falling to the British and Finns.

References

Newspapers

[1] Leadon, Frank (1989) “The European Championship Round-Up” World American Football. 13th September, 1989. pg. ??

Websites

[2] Suomen Amerikkalaisen Jalkapollen Litto (2020) National Teams | Gentlemen | 1989 [Internet] Available from: https://www.sajl.fi/maajoukkueet/miehet/historia/1980-luku-maaottelut/1989/ [Accessed 14 June 2020]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Kevin Smyth, Ian Collins, Ian Clarke, Tony Meenaghan, John Malone, Robert Gorby, Frank Winters, Fergus C. Ryan, Declan Mulvey, Gareth Quigley and John O’Reilly.

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