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June 13, 2020

European League of American Football 1993

Final Standings

	P	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pct
Continental Conference
Hamburg Blue Devils	3	3	0	0	89	62	1.000
Cologne Crocodiles	1	0	1	0	21	31	.000
Munich Cowboys	1	–	–	–	–	–	–
Manchester Euro Spartans	3	0	2	0	41	58	.000
UK Conference
EuroSteelers	2	2	0	0	46	20	1.000
EuroRaiders	2	1	1	0	36	36	.500
EuroMonarchs	2	1	1	0	46	52	.500
EuroBears	2	0	2	0	36	56	.000

European League – Continental Conference Standings 1993 [Ref: Compiled from 1-3; 5-7]

Note: + One fixture between the Cologne Crocodiles and Hamburg Blue Devils was an exhibition match. The Cologne Crocodiles and Munich Cowboys played in the German Football League in 1993 – they met in the German Bowl, the other Continental Conference Semi-Final. Manchester Spartans and Hamburg Blue Devils left their respective leagues to play in the European League with an ad-hoc schedule apart from two games against each other. Manchester Spartans played as Euro Spartans to signify they were now a European League team.

Continental Conference Final Four Tournament

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Semi-Finals
26.09.1993	Hamburg Blue Devils	41	Euro Spartans	0
26.09.1993	Cologne Crocodiles	36	Munich Cowboys	42 (2ot)
	3rd Place		Venue: Hamburg
02.10.1993	Cologne Crocodiles		Euro Spartans
	Final		Venue: Hamburg
02.10.1993	Hamburg Blue Devils	53	Munich Cowboys	30

European League – Continental Conference Final Four Tournament 1993 [Ref: 4-5]

UK Conference Final Four Tournament

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Semi-Finals
24.10.1993	EuroSteelers	L	EuroBears	W
24.10.1993	EuroRaiders	W	EuroMonarchs	L
	Final
31.10.1993	EuroBears	14	EuroRaiders	12

European League – UK Conference Final Standings 1993 [Ref: Compiled from 7-8]

Continental Conference Regular Season Results

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Week 1
09.05.1993	Manchester Euro Spartans	20	Hamburg Blue Devils	35
	Week 3
14.08.1993	Hamburg Blue Devils	31	Cologne Crocodiles	21
14.08.1993	Munich Cowboys		Manchester Euro Spartans
	Week 2
22.08.1993	Hamburg Blue Devils	23	Manchester Euro Spartans	21

European League – Continental Conference Regular Season Results 1993 [Ref: 1-3]

UK Conference Regular Season Results

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Week 1
10.10.1993	EuroMonarchs	14	EuroRaiders	22
10.10.1993	EuroSteelers	24	EuroBears	6
	Week 2
17.10.1993	EuroBears	30	EuroMonarchs	32
17.10.1993	EuroRaiders	14	EuroSteelers	22

European League – UK Conference Regular Season Results 1993 [Ref: Compiled from 5-7]

Report

Terry Smith’s Manchester Spartans entered the European League – Continental Conference in 1993, losing two games to Hamburg Blue Devils. They changed their name to the Euro Spartans to reflect that they were not only playing in a European League now, rather than the BAFA member league the NDMA, but also that they were playing their home games at Saffron Lane in Leicester.

They lost the Semi-Final 0-41 to the Hamburg Blue Devils, who went on to meet the winners of the German Bowl, Munich cowboys, who had defeated Cologne Crocodiles to take the German title. The Hamburg Blue Devils won the Continental Conference Final 31-21. The Hamburg Blue Devils had not played in the German Football League in 1993, only playing an exhibition schedule and Continental Conference matches.

As well as playing in the European League – Continental Conference in 1993 as the Euro Spartans, Terry Smith’s Manchester Spartans organised the European League – UK Conference. Teams were named after NFL teams, but the prefix Euro- added to avoid confusion. All matches were played at Leicester’s Saffron Lane Stadium.

While the Spartans themselves didn’t play in the League, there were four teams: EuroSteelers, EuroRaiders, EuroBears and EuroMonarchs, the last one named after the London Monarchs, who had played in the World League of American Football – a AAA Development League of the NFL – from 1991 to 1992 (and would again play in 1995 when the League returned as a Europe-only league.

The UK Conference had a unusual format – the four teams played a two-game schedule with all four teams qualifying for the playoffs, rather than a 3-game schedule followed by a Final. The EuroSteelers had finished top of the Standings with two wins from two, but lost to the EuroBears (who had lost both matches in the regular season) in the Semi-Finals. The EuroBears then went on to claim the Championship with a 14-12 victory over the EuroRaiders in the Final.

References

Newspapers

[1] Berry, Lee (1993) “Spartans Humbled in Hamburg” First Down. May 15, 1993. pg. 17

[2] (1993) “Happy Campers” First Down. August 14, 1993. pg. 20

[3] Berry, Lee (1993) “Germans Get Away with Blue Murder” First Down. August 28, 1993. pg. 18.

[4] Berry, Lee (1993) “Spartans humble” First Down. October 2, 1993. pg. ??.

Internet Archive

[5] Hamburg Blue Devils Fansite| Wayback Machine (2000) Die Hamburg Blue Devils 1992-2000 {internet] Available from: https://web.archive.org/web/19991012165353/http://devils.de/ [Accessed 13 June 2020]

[6] Cologne Crocodiles (2020) Seniors Saison 1993 [Internet] Available from: https://cologne-crocodiles.de/seniors-saison-1993/ [Accessed 13 June 2020]

Newspapers

[7] Berry, Lee (1993) “They said it couldn’t be done” First Down. October 16, 1993. pg. 20

[8] Berry, Lee (1993) “Nuttall mints it with Raiders” First Down. October 16, 1993. pg. 20.

[9] Berry, Lee (1993) “Semi-Conscience” First Down. October 23, 1993. pg. 20.

[10] Berry, Lee (1993) “Near-Miss!” First Down. November 6, 1993. pg. 21.

Internet Archive

[11] Hamburg Blue Devils | Wayback Machine (1999) Devils History 1993 [Internet] Available from: https://web.archive.org/web/19991012165353/http://devils.de/ +[Accessed 13 June 2020]

[12] Cologne Crocodiles (2020) Seniors Saison 1993 [Internet] Available from: https://cologne-crocodiles.de/seniors-saison-1993/ [Accessed 14 June 2020]

[13] Football-History (2020) GFL 1993 [Internet] Available from: http://www.football-history.de/?fbclid=IwAR2E2J86wMTRYljCjLjwKPjOJOzZHRXsNAo8sSrwuvh5UtckiLU_QLSTQGU [Accessed 14 June 2020]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Shane Mulcahy and Ciaran Simms

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June 13, 2020

European Football League Scandinavian Cup 1993

Results

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Semi-Finals		Cophenhagen
05.06.1993	Turun Trojans (Fin)	W	Eskilstuna T-Town Tigers (Swe)	L
05.06.1993	Cophenhagen Towers (Den)	W	Dansk All-Stars (Den)	L
	Scndinavian Cup Final		Cophenhagen
06.06.1993	Cophenhagen Towers (Den)	7	Turun Trojans (Fin)	41

European Football League Scndinavian Cup Results 1993 [Ref: 1]

Note: Dansk All-Stars were a Danish All-Star Team assembled hastily to replace the Norwegian entrant, Askey Lynx, pulled out at the last minute.

Report

Finland’s Turun Trojans easily won the European Football League Scandinavian Cup (American Football) with a 41-7 victory over hosts Cophenhagen Towers in the Final. The Trojans had defeated T-Town Tigers from Eskilstuna in Sweden in the Semi-Finals, and the Towers had won the other Semi-final over fellow Danes, the Dansk All-Stars, who were assembled at the last minute due to the late withdrawal of the Norwegian entrant, Askey Lynx.

Newspapers

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

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Lota

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June 13, 2020

Major League Gridiron Teams 1873-2022

National, Canadian, Mexican, X and World Teams 1873-2022

Number	Team	Year Founded
	Canadian Football League
1	Toronto Argonauts	1873
3	Ottawa Rough Riders	1907
7	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	1930
13	Edmonton Eskimoes	1938
14	Calgary Stampeders	1945
15	Saskatchewan Roughriders	1946
16	Montreal Alouettes	1946
19	Hamilton Tiger-Cats	1950
21	British Columbia Lions	1954
38	Atlantic Schooners	1982
	XFL
2	St. Louis Cardinals	1898
12	Los Angeles Rams	1936
17	Cleveland Browns	1946
18	San Francisco 49ers	1946
20	Baltimore Colts	1953
24	Houston Oilers	1960
25	San Diego Chargers	1960
27	Buffalo Bills	1960
30	Oakland Raiders	1960
35	Cincinnati Bengals	1969
	National Football League
4	Chicago Bears	1920
5	Green Bay Packers	1921
6	New York Giants	1924
8	Detroit Lions	1930
9	Washington Presidents	1932
10	Pittsburgh Steelers	1933
11	Philadelphia Eagles	1933
22	Kansas City Chiefs	1960
23	Denver Broncos	1960
26	New York Jets	1960
28	New England Patriots	1960
29	Dallas Cowboys	1960
31	Minnesota Vikings	1961
32	Atlanta Falcons	1966
33	Miami Dolphins	1967
34	New Orleans Saints	1968
36	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	1976
37	Seattle Seahawks	1976
39	Carolina Panthers	1995
40	Jacksonville Jaguars	1995
41	Baltimore Ravens	1996
42	Tennessee Titans	1997
43	Houston Texans	2002
52	Las Vegas Raiders	2020
	Liga Football Americano Mexico
44	Condors CDMX	2016
45	Mayas	2016
46	Mexicas CDMX	2016
47	Raptors Edomex	2016
48	Fundidores Monterrey	2017
49	Artilleros Puebla	2018
50	Osos Toluca	2018
51	Pioneros Queretaro	2019
	National Football League World
53	Berlin Colts	2022
54	Ireland Bengals	2022
55	London Ravens	2022
56	Rome Cardinals	2022
57	Mexico City Browns	2022
58	Los Angeles Rams	2022
59	Tokyo Chargers	2022
60	Toronto Bills	2022

National, Canadian, Mexican, X and World Major League Football Teams 1873-2022

Report

This is just a Fantasy League conjecture of what happens after the NFL moves teams to Europe and the Rest of the World, and the XFL replaces them in the USA.

References

Bibliography

[1] National Football League (2014) “Past Standings” 2014 Official NFL Record & Factbook” pg. 350-399. National football League, Time Home Entertainment. 2014.

[2] Maher, Todd & Gill, Bob (2013) Canadian Pro Football EncyclopediaHistorical Highlights pg. 1-2. Maher Sports Media, 2013.

Websites

[3] Liga de Futbol Americano Profesional (2018) LFPA Standings [Internet] Available from: http://lfa.mx/home/standings/ [Accessed 20 January 2018]

[4] Liga de Futbol Americano Profesional (2018) LFPA Calendario [Internet] Available from: http://lfa.mx/home/calendario/ [Accessed 14 April 2018]

[5] Liga de Futbol Americano Profesional (2018) LFPA Standings [Internet] Available from: http://lfa.mx/standings/ [Accessed 14 April 2018]

[6] Liga de Futbol Americano Profesional (2018) LFPA Calendario [Internet] Available from: http://lfa.mx/calendario/ [Accessed 14 April 2018]

[7] American Football International (2016) Mayas Win First Liga de Football Americano Championship Game In Mexico [Internet] available from: http://www.americanfootballinternational.com/mayas-win-first-liga-de-futboll-americano-championship-game-mexico/ [accessed 5 August 2018]

[8] LFA Mexico (2019) Standings [Internet] Available from: https://lfa.mx/standings/ [Accessed 15 April 2019]

[10] Liga Football Americano Mexico (2020) Standings [Internet] Available from: https://lfa.mx/standings-lfa-2020/ [Accessed 17 April 2020]

Internet Archive

[9] Liga de Futbol Americano Profesional (2018) LFPA Standings [Internet] Available from: http://web.archive.org/web/20161106181310/http://lfa.mx/home/standings/ [Accessed 20 January 2018]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Decy Maher and John Kane.

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June 12, 2020

European American Football NFL Europe Era Timeline 1972-Present

National Football League Europe Logos [Ref: 63]

National Football League International 1960-Present

Designated Home Team (Host City)	Years
National Football League Intercontinental	1960-1993
Chicago Bears (Toronto)	1960
Detroit Lions (Montreal)	1969
Pittsburgh Steelers (Montreal)	1969
NFL Bleu (Paris)	1972
NFL Rouge (Paris)	1972
St. Louis Cardinals (Tokyo)	1976
New Orleans Saints (Mexico City)	1978
Tampa Bay Bandits (USFL)(London)	1984
Minnesota Vikings (Goteborg)	1988
Cleveland Browns (Toronto) #	1993
NFL American Bowl / International Series	1995-Present
Minnesota Vikings (London)	1983^; 2013
St. Louis / Los Angeles Rams (London)	1987+; 2012, 16-17, 19
Miami Dolphins (London)	1988+, 2007, 2015, 2017
New Orleans Saints (London)	1990+, 2008
San Francisco 49ers (London)	1992+, 2010
Buffalo Bills (Toronto)	1995+; 2008-2013 [35]
National Football League American Bowl	1986-2019
Chicago Bears (London)	1986
New York Jets (Montreal)	1988
Los Angeles Rams (Tokyo)	1989
Philadelphia Eagles (London)	1989
Denver Broncos (Tokyo)	1990, 1995
Pittsburgh Steelers (Montreal)	1990
Los Angeles Rams (Berlin)	1990
Buffalo Bills (London)	1991
San Francisco 49ers (Berlin)	1991
Miami Dolphins (Tokyo)	1991
Houston Oilers (Tokyo)	1992
Miami Dolphins (Berlin)	1992
Dallas Cowboys (London)	1993
New Orleans Saints (Tokyo)	1993
San Francisco 49ers (Barcelona)	1993
Minnesota Vikings (Berlin)	1993
Los Angeles Raiders (Barcelona)	1994
Minnesota Vikings (Tokyo)	1994
New York Giants (Berlin)	1994
Houston Oilers (Mexico City)	1994
San Diego Chargers (Tokyo)	1996
Kansas City Chiefs (Monterrey)	1996
Pittsburgh Steelers (Dublin)	1997
Miami Dolphins (Mexico City)	1997
Green Bay Packers (Toronto)	1997
Green Bay Packers (Tokyo)	1998
San Francisco 49ers (Vancouver)	1998
New England Patriots (Tokyo)	1998
Denver Broncos (Sydney)	1999
Atlanta Falcons (Tokyo)	2000; 2005
Indianapolis Colts (Mexico City)	2000
Dallas Cowboys (Mexico City)	2001
Washington Redskins (Osaka)	2002
Tampa Bay Buccaneers (Tokyo)	2003
National Football League International Series	2005-2019
Arizona Cardinals (Mexico City)	2005 [33]
Tampa Bay Buccaneers (London)	2009, 2011, 2019
Jacksonville Jaguars (London)	2013-2019
Atlanta Falcons (London)	2014
Oakland Raiders (London)	2014; 2018-2019
Kansas City Chiefs (London)	2015
Cincinnati Bengals (London)	2016
Cleveland Browns (London)	2017
Los Angeles Chargers (London)	2018
Los Angeles Chargers (Mexico City)	2019
Green Bay Packers (Winnipeg) ^	2019

NFL American Bowl & International Series 1976-2019

# International Series Match. + American Bowl Match. ^ Non-International Series Preseason Exhibition match.

National Football League Europe Era (1991-Present)

Team	Years
World League of American Football (North American Teams)	1991-1992
New York / New Jersey Knights
Orlando Thunder
Montreal Machine
Raleigh-Durham Skyhawks
Birmingham Fire
San Antonio Riders
Sacramento Surge
Ohio Glory (Columbus)
European League Continental Conference	1993
Hamburg Blue Devils (also AFLE)
Cologne Crocodiles
Munich Cowboys
Euro Spartans (Leicester)
European League UK Conference	1993
EuroBears (Leicester)
EuroRaiders (Leicester)
EuroSteelers (Leicester)
EuroMonarchs (Leicetser)
American Football League of Europe	1994-1995
Stockholm Nordic Vikings
Berlin Bears
Helsinki Roosters
Frankfurt Knights
Hamburg Blue Devils (also ELCC)
Munich Thunder
Amsterdam Crusaders (also IFAFE Big 6)
Sheffield GB Spartans
Frankfurt Gamblers
Bergamo Lions
National Football League Europe League	1995-2007
London Monarchs (also WLAF)
Barcelona Dragons (also WLAF)
Amsterdam Admirals
Scottish Claymores (Edinburgh)
Rhein Fire
Frankfurt Galaxy (also WLAF)
Berlin Thunder
Cologne Crocodiles
Hamburg Sea Devils
Central European Football League	2006-2016
Stirmium Legionaires
Ljubljana Silverhawks
Cineplexx Blue Devils
Project Spielberg Graz Giants
Zagreb Patriots
Kranj Alp Devils
Sarajevo Spartans
Domzale Tigers
Bratislava Monarchs
Budapest Docler Wolves
Budapest Cowboys
Budapest Cowbells
Nis Imperatori
Indija Indians
Istanbul Cavaliers
Vukovi Beograd
Novi Sad Dukes
ASVO / CNC Gladiators
Kragujevac Wild Boars
International Federation of American Football Europe Big 6	2016-Present
Schwabisch-Hall Unicorns
Berlin Adler
Braunschweig New Yorker Lions
Frankfurt Samsung Universe
Raiffeisen Vikings Vienna
Amsterdam Crusaders (also AFLE)
La Corneuve Flash
Aix-en-Provence Argonautes
Badalona Dracs
Milano Seamen

National Football League Europe Teams Timeline (1991-Present) [Ref: 2-62]

Report

The National Football League played its first match in Europe in Paris in 1972 as part of the Intercontintal Football League promotion, between NFL Bleu and NFL Rouge, two teams of National Football League players. The following 10 years saw more matches played, including a USFL match.

The National Football League played the first American Bowl, a series of Preseason matches in London, Berlin, Barcelona and Dublin in 1983, and these continued until 1997.

In 1991 the NFL set up the World League of American Football with seven teams in North America (including one in Canada) and three in Europe. It scrapped the League after two seasons.

In 1993 the European League was a venture featuring three German teams and 5 English teams playing a limited schedule. In 1994 this league morphed into the American Football League of europe, featuring 8 teams and playing a 10-game season, with teams throughout Northern and Central Europe.

The AFL Europe was cut short after the 1995 season, as that year saw the return of the World League of American Football which was now a Europe-only League with 6 teams. It was renamed the NFL Europe League in 1998, and by the time the National Football League scrapped it in 2007 to focus on promoting the NFL in Europe it had 5 of its six teams in Germany.

The Central European Football League was set up in 2006 as a weekly, 10-game schedule league. By the time it had been absorbed by IFAF Europe in 2017, and become a regional A League playing a 2-game schedule for the previous years champions of the Central European National Leagues, in line with the Northern European Football League, under the European Football League (AA), it had teams from Austria, Slovenia, Slovakia, Hungary, Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia-Hercegovina and Turkey.

It was replaced as the Major League in Europe by the IFAF Europe Big 6, playing a limited-schedule, 2-game season, with two groups and a Final. Teams were from Germany, Austria, Netherlands, France, Italy and Spain.

The National Football League during this time (2007-present) was promoting the National Football League in Europe through a series of Regular Season games in London, with the Jacksonville Jaguars the designated home team for one game a year. By 2019 this had become four-games a year, with a wide variety of NFL teams playing. The American Bowl and International Series included matches in Mexico, Japan, Canada and Australia.

References

Bibliography

[1] National Football League (2014) “Past Standings” 2014 Official NFL Record & Factbook” pg. 350-399. National football League, Time Home Entertainment. 2014.

[2] World League of American Football (2018) WLAF History: 1991 [Internet] Available from: http://www.worldleagueofamericanfootball.com/id165.html [Accessed 23 April 2018]

[3] World League of American Football (2018) WLAF History: 1992 [Internet] Available from: http://www.worldleagueofamericanfootball.com/id166.html [Accessed 23 April 2018]

Newspapers

[4] Berry, Lee (1993) “Spartans Humbled in Hamburg” First Down. May 15, 1993. pg. 17

[5] Berry, Lee (1993) “Germans Get Away with Blue Murder” First Down. August 28, 1993. pg. 18.

[6] Berry, Lee (1993) “Spartans humble” First Down. October 2, 1993. pg. ??.

Newspapers

[7] Berry, Lee (1993) “They said it couldn’t be done” First Down. October 16, 1993. pg. 20

[8] Berry, Lee (1993) “Nuttall mints it with Raiders” First Down. October 16, 1993. pg. 20.

[9] Berry, Lee (1993) “Semi-Conscience” First Down. October 23, 1993. pg. 20.

[10] Berry, Lee (1993) “Near-Miss!” First Down. November 6, 1993. pg. 21.

Websites

[11] Google Groups – rec.sport.football.misc (1994) Message by Ludwig Alberter – 5 September 1994 [Internet] Available from: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/rec.sport.football.misc/oNVilaWhNSY [Accessed 21 August 2018]

[12] Google Groups – rec.sport.football.misc (1994) Message by Dominik Kubla – 5 November 1994 [Internet] Available from: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/rec.sport.football.misc/BRx_xxVsAoY [Accessed 21 August 2018]

Sources

[13] FD Reporter (1995) “Terry Launches Second Coming” First Down, May 20, 1995, P. 18.

[14] Rowlands, Neil (1995) “It’s back to the good old Haze!” First Down, May 27, 1995, P. 22.

[15] Anon. (1995) “I’ll give any unhappy fans money back” First Down, June 10, 1995, P. 18.

[16] Myatt, Steve (1995) “Sedin Death!” First Down, June 17, 1995, P. 21.

[17] Myatt, Steve (1995) “Defensive Disaster sees Spartans crumble to 0-5” First Down, July 15, 1995, P. 18.

[18] Anon. (1995) “We can bounce back, says Tel” First Down, July 1, 1995, P. 18.

[19] FD Reporter (1995) “Sitting on the dock of a bay” First Down, August 5, 1995, P. 19.

Online Encyclopedia

[20] Enciclopedia del Football Italiano (2019) American Football League Europe 1995 [Internet] Available from: http://www.warriorsbologna.it/public/Enciclopedia/PDF/1995_afle_eur.pdf [Accessed 4 December 2019]

News Groups

[21] Google Groups | rec.sport.football.misc (1995) [FLE] Schedule of 1995 Season | Post by Domink Kubla 27 May 1995 [Internet] Available from: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/rec.sport.football.misc/6Y8ECEnsSi0 [Accessed 8 August 2018]

[22] Google Groups | rec.sport.football.misc (1995) [FLE] Latest News and first result | Post by Domink Kubla 2 June 1995 [Internet] Available from: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/rec.sport.football.misc/j1J9u7pcYPo [Accessed 8 August 2018]

[23] World League of American Football (2018) WLAF History: 1995 [Internet] Available from: http://www.worldleagueofamericanfootball.com/id170.html [Accessed 23 April 2018]

[24] World League of American Football (2018) WLAF History: 1996 [Internet] Available from: http://www.worldleagueofamericanfootball.com/id171.html [Accessed 23 April 2018]

[25] World League of American Football (2018) WLAF History: 1997 [Internet] Available from: http://www.worldleagueofamericanfootball.com/id172.html [Accessed 23 April 2018]

[26] World League of American Football (2018) WLAF History: 1998 [Internet] Available from: http://www.worldleagueofamericanfootball.com/id173.html [Accessed 23 April 2018]

[27] World League of American Football (2018) WLAF History: 1999 [Internet] Available from: http://www.worldleagueofamericanfootball.com/id174.html [Accessed 23 April 2018]

[28] World League of American Football (2018) WLAF History: 2000 [Internet] Available from: http://www.worldleagueofamericanfootball.com/id175.html [Accessed 23 April 2018]

[29] World League of American Football (2018) WLAF History: 2001 [Internet] Available from: http://www.worldleagueofamericanfootball.com/id176.html [Accessed 23 April 2018]

[30] World League of American Football (2018) WLAF History: 2002 [Internet] Available from: http://www.worldleagueofamericanfootball.com/id177.html [Accessed 23 April 2018]

[31] World League of American Football (2018) WLAF History: 2003 [Internet] Available from: http://www.worldleagueofamericanfootball.com/id178.html [Accessed 23 April 2018]

[32] World League of American Football (2018) WLAF History: 2004 [Internet] Available from: http://www.worldleagueofamericanfootball.com/id179.html [Accessed 23 April 2018]

[33] World League of American Football (2018) WLAF History: 2005 [Internet] Available from: http://www.worldleagueofamericanfootball.com/id180.html [Accessed 23 April 2018]

[34] World League of American Football (2018) WLAF History: 2006 [Internet] Available from: http://www.worldleagueofamericanfootball.com/id181.html [Accessed 23 April 2018]

[35] World League of American Football (2018) WLAF History: 2007 [Internet] Available from: http://www.worldleagueofamericanfootball.com/id182.html [Accessed 23 April 2018]

Internet Archive

[36] Central European Football League | Wayback Machine (2009) Scores & schedule 2006 [Internet] Available from: https://web.archive.org/web/20090118162703/http://www.european-league.com/scores/2006/ [Accessed 5 June 2020]

[37] Central European Football League | Wayback Machine (2009) Scores & Schedule 2007 [Internet] Available from: https://web.archive.org/web/20090118163121/http://www.european-league.com/scores/2007/ [Accessed 5 June 2020]

[38] Central European Football League | Wayback Machine (2008) Standings 2007 [Internet] Available from: https://web.archive.org/web/20080308000949/http://www.european-league.com/standings/ [Accessed 6 June 2020]

[39] Central European Football League | Wayback Machine (2009) Scores & Schedule 2008 [Internet] Available from:https://web.archive.org/web/20090118162938/http://www.european-league.com/scores/2008/ [Accessed 5 June 2020]

[40] Central European Football League | Wayback Machine (2009) Standings 2008 [Internet] Available from: https://web.archive.org/web/20090118162315/http://www.european-league.com/standings/ [Accessed 5 June 2020]

[41] Central European Football League | Wayback Machine (2013) Scores & Schedule 2009 [Internet] Available from: https://web.archive.org/web/20130328043843/http://www.european-league.com/scores/2009/ [Accessed 5 June 2020]

[42] Central European Football League | Wayback Machine (2009) Standings 2009 [Internet] Available from: https://web.archive.org/web/20091105230042/http://www.european-league.com/standings/ [Accessed 5 June 2020]

[43] Central European Football League | Wayback Machine (2013) Scores & Schedule 2010 [Internet] Available from: https://web.archive.org/web/20130328043549/http://www.european-league.com/scores/2010/ [Accessed 6 June 2020]

[44] Central European Football League | Wayback Machine (2010) Standings 2010 [Internet] Available from: https://web.archive.org/web/20101109060341/http://www.european-league.com/standings/ [Accessed 5 June 2020]

[45] Central European Football League | Wayback Machine (2013) Scores & Schedule 2011 [Internet] Available from: https://web.archive.org/web/20130328043252/http://www.european-league.com/scores/2011/ [Accessed 5 June 2020]

[46] Central European Football League | Wayback Machine (2011) Standings 2011 [Internet] Available from: https://web.archive.org/web/20111111013048/http://www.european-league.com/standings/ [Accessed 5 June 2020]

[47] Central European Football League | Wayback Machine (2013) Scores & Schedule 2012 [Internet] Available from:https://web.archive.org/web/20130328044149/http://www.european-league.com/scores/2012/ [Accessed 5 June 2020]

[48] Central European Football League | Wayback Machine (2012) Standings 2012 [Internet] Available from:https://web.archive.org/web/20120905031154/http://www.european-league.com/standings [Accessed 5 June 2020]

[49] Central European Football League | Wayback Machine (2014) Scores & Schedule 2013 [Internet] Available from: https://web.archive.org/web/20140802210226/http://www.european-league.com/scores/2013/ [Accessed 5 June 2020]

[50] Central European Football League | Wayback Machine (2013) Standings 2013 [Internet] Available from: https://web.archive.org/web/20131027154542/http://www.european-league.com/standings/ [Accessed 5 June 2020]

[51] Central European Football League | Wayback Machine (2009) Scores & Schedule 2014 [Internet] Available from: https://web.archive.org/web/20140821194851/http://www.european-league.com/scores/2014/ [Accessed 6 June 2020]

[52] Central European Football League | Wayback Machine (2015) Standings 2014 [Internet] Available from: https://web.archive.org/web/20150121092716/http://www.european-league.com/standings/ [Accessed 5 June 2020]

[53] Central European Football League | Wayback Machine (2015) Scores & Schedule 2015 [Internet] Available from: https://web.archive.org/web/20151003060110/http://www.european-league.com/scores [Accessed 5 June 2020]

[54] Central European Football League | Wayback Machine (2015) Standings 2015 [Internet] Available from: https://web.archive.org/web/20151008031521/http://www.european-league.com/standings [Accessed 5 June 2020]

[55] Central European Football League | Wayback Machine (2009) Scores & Schedule 2016 [Internet] Available from: https://web.archive.org/web/20161224191946/http://www.european-league.com/scores/ [Accessed 5 June 2020]

[56] Central European Football League | Wayback Machine (2016) Standings 2016 [Internet] Available from: https://web.archive.org/web/20161225012542/http://www.european-league.com/standings/ [Accessed 5 June 2020]

Websites

[57] Eurobowl (2015) BIG6 EFL Standings 2015 [Internet] Available from: http://www.eurobowl.info/index.php?Inhalt=tabellen&Liga=BIG6&Archiv=2015 [Accessed 15 April 2020]

[58] Eurobowl (2015) BIG6 EFL Schedule / Results 2015 [Internet] Available from: http://www.eurobowl.info/index.php?Inhalt=spielplan&Liga=BIG6&Archiv=2015 [Accessed 15 April 2020]

[59] Eurobowl (2016) BIG6 EFL Schedule / Results 2016 [Internet] Available from: http://www.eurobowl.info/index.php?Inhalt=spielplan&Liga=BIG6&Archiv=2016 [Accessed 15 April 2020]

[60] Eurobowl (2017) BIG6 EFL Standings 2017 [Internet] Available from: http://www.eurobowl.info/index.php?Inhalt=tabellen&Liga=BIG6&Archiv=2017 [Accessed 15 April 2020]

[61] Eurobowl (2017) BIG6 EFL Schedule / Results 2017 [Internet] Available from: http://www.eurobowl.info/index.php?Inhalt=spielplan&Liga=BIG6&Archiv=2017 [Accessed 15 April 2020]

[62] Eurobowl (2018) BIG6 EFL Schedule / Results 2018 [Internet] Available from: http://www.eurobowl.info/index.php?Inhalt=spielplan&Liga=BIG6&Archiv=2018 [Accessed 15 April 2020]

Images

[63] Growth of a Game (2014) NFL Europe Logos [Internet] Available from: https://www.growthofagame.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/NFL-Europe-Logo.jpg [Accessed 23 April 2018]

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European League – UK Conference 1993

Final Standings

	P	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pct
Eurosteelers	2	2	0	0	46	20	1.000
Euroraiders	2	1	1	0	36	36	.500
Euromonarchs	2	1	1	0	46	52	.500
Eurobears	2	0	2	0	46	20	.000

European League – UK Conference Final Standings 1993 [Ref: Compiled from 1-2]

Playoffs

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Semi-Finals
24.10.1993	EuroSteelers	L	EuroBears	W
24.10.1993	EuroRaiders	W	EuroMonarchs	L
	Final
31.10.1993	EuroBears	14	EuroRaiders	12

European League – UK Conference Final Standings 1993 [Ref: Compiled from 2-3]

Regular Season Results

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Week 1
10.10.1993	EuroMonarchs	14	EuroRaiders	22
10.10.1993	EuroSteelers	24	EuroBears	6
	Week 2
17.10.1993	EuroBears	30	EuroMonarchs	32
17.10.1993	EuroRaiders	14	EuroSteelers	22

European League – UK Conference Regular Season Results 1993 [Ref: Compiled from 1-2]

Report

References

Newspapers

[1] Berry, Lee (1993) “They said it couldn’t be done” First Down. October 16, 1993. pg. 20

[2] Berry, Lee (1993) “Nuttall mints it with Raiders” First Down. October 16, 1993. pg. 20.

[3] Berry, Lee (1993) “Semi-Conscience” First Down. October 23, 1993. pg. 20.

[3] Berry, Lee (1993) “Near-Miss!” First Down. November 6, 1993. pg. 21.

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European League Continental Conference 1993

Standings

	P	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pct
Hamburg Blue Devils	3	3	0	0	89	62	1.000
Cologne Crocodiles	1	0	1	0	21	31	.000
Munich Cowboys
Euro Spartans	2	0	2	0	41	58	.000

European League – Continental Conference Standings 1993 [Ref: 1-3]

Final Four Tournament

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Semi-Finals
26.09.1993	Hamburg Blue Devils	41	Euro Spartans	0
26.09.1993	Cologne Crocodiles	L	Munich Cowboys	W (ot)
	3rd Place		Venue: Hamburg
02.10.1993	Cologne Crocodiles		Euro Spartans
	Final		Venue: Hamburg
02.10.1993	Hamburg Blue Devils	53	Munich Cowboys	30

European League – Continental Conference Final Four Tournament 1993 [Ref: 3]

Regular Season Results

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Week 1
09.05.1993	Manchester Spartans	20	Hamburg Blue Devils	35
	Week ??
14.08.1993	Hamburg Blue Devils	31	Cologne Crocodiles	21
	Week ??
22.08.1993	Hamburg Blue Devils	23	Euro Spartans	21

European League – Continental Conference Regular Season Results 1993 [Ref: 1-2]

Report

They lost the Semi-Final 0-41 to the Hamburg Blue Devils, who went on to meet fellow Germans Munich Cowboys in the Final after they had triumphed in overtime in the second semi-final against Cologne Crocodiles. The Hamburg Blue Devils won the Continental Conference Final 31-21.

References

Newspapers

[1] Berry, Lee (1993) “Spartans Humbled in Hamburg” First Down. May 15, 1993. pg. 17

[2] Berry, Lee (1993) “Germans Get Away with Blue Murder” First Down. August 28, 1993. pg. 18.

[3] Berry, Lee (1993) “Spartans humble” First Down. October 2, 1993. pg. ??.

Internet Archive

[4] Hamburg Blue Devils Fansite| Wayback Machine (2000) Die Hamburg Blue Devils 1992-2000 {internet] Available from: https://web.archive.org/web/19991012165353/http://devils.de/ [Accessed 13 June 2020]

Acknowledgements

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June 5, 2020

SAFV Swiss American Football Federation Nationalliga A 1986-1990

SAFV Logo [Ref: 7]

SAFV Meisterschaft 1986

	P	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pct
Ost
*Lugano Seagulls	6	6	0	0	271	6	1.000
*Zurich Bay Bandits	6	4	2	0	115	95	.667
Bienna Jets	6	2	4	0	92	109	.333
Muralto Unicorns	6	0	6	0	14	282	.000
West
*Zurich Renegades	6	5	0	1	114	30	.917
*St. Gallen Raiders	6	3	1	2	92	43	.667
Basilisk Mean Machine	6	2	3	1	100	49	.417
Bulach Giants	6	0	6	0	8	192	.000

SAFV Nationalliga A Standings 1986 [Ref: 1]

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Playoffs
22.06.1986	Lugano Seagulls	18	St. Gallen Raiders	12
22.06.1986	Zurich Renegades	34	Bienna Jets	0
	3rd Place
29.06.1986	St. Gallen Raiders	28	Bienna Jets	8
	Final
29.06.1986	Lugano Seagulls	9	Zurich Renegades	6

SAFV Nationalliga A Playoffs 1986 [Ref: 2]

SAFV Meisterschaft 1987

	P	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pct
Ost
*Lugano Seagulls	8	7	1	0	304	19	.875
*Zurich Renegades	8	7	1	0	213	15	.875
Bulach Giants	8	3	5	0	102	126	.375
Zurich Bay Bandits (R)	8	2	6	0	69	184	.250
Aarau Outlaws (R)	8	1	7	0	23	367	.125
West
*Bienna Jets	8	8	0	0	264	42	1.000
*St. Gallen Raiders	8	5	3	0	143	92	.625
Basilisk Mean Machine	8	5	3	0	154	122	.625
Berner Grizzlies (R)	8	1	7	0	50	172	.125
Mendrisio Smugglers (R)	8	1	7	0	48	231	.125

SAFV Nationalliga A Standings 1987 [Ref: 1]

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Playoffs
05.07.1987	Zurich Renegades	42	Basilisk Mean Machine	6
05.07.1987	Bienna Jets	6	Lugano Seagulls	8
	3rd Place
12.07.1987	Bienna Jets	36	Basilisk Mean Machine	6
	Final
12.07.1987	Zurich Renegades	8	Lugano Seagulls	0

SAFV Nationalliga A Playoffs 1987 [Ref: 3]

SAFV NLA 1988

	P	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pct
*Bienna Jets	7	7	0	0	185	65	1.000
*St. Gallen Raiders	7	5	2	0	114	91	.714
*Basilisk Mean Machine	8	5	3	0	153	95	.625
*Zurich Renegades	8	1	7	0	99	175	.125
Bulach Giants (R)	8	1	7	0	52	177	.125

SAFV Nationalliga A Standings 1988 [Ref: 1]

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Playoffs
02.10.1988	Bienna Jets	38	Basilisk Mean Machine	36
02.10.1988	St. Gallen Raiders	18	Zurich Renegades	12
09.10.1988	Bienna Jets	18	Zurich Renegades	14
09.10.1988	St. Gallen Raiders	6	Basilisk Mean Machine	28
16.10.1988	Bienna Jets	34	St. Gallen Raiders	0
16.10.1988	Basilisk Mean Machine	7	Zurich Renegades	24
	3rd Place
30.10.1988	St. Gallen Raiders	20	Basilisk Mean Machine	8
	Swiss Super Bowl ’88
30.10.1988	Bienna Jets	6	Zurich Renegades	14

SAFV Nationalliga A Playoffs 1988 [Ref: 4]

SAFV NLA 1989

	P	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pct
*Basilisk Mean Machine	10	8	2	0	279	124	.800
*Berner Grizzlies	10	8	2	0	248	120	.800
*Mendrisio Smugglers	10	7	3	0	249	138	.700
*Zurich Renegades	10	4	6	0	95	159	.400
St. Gallen Raiders	10	2	7	1	97	221	.250
Bienna Jets (R)	10	0	9	1	62	268	.050

SAFV Nationalliga A Standings 1989 [Ref: 1]

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Playoffs
20.08.1989	Basilisk Mean Machine	8	St. Gallen Raiders	0
20.08.1989	Berner Grizzlies	27	Mendrisio Smugglers	26
27.08.1989	Basilisk Mean Machine	14	Mendrisio Smugglers	0
27.08.1989	Berner Grizzlies	6	St. Gallen Raiders	16
03.09.1989	Basilisk Mean Machine	14	Berner Grizzlies	6
03.09.1989	Mendrisio Smugglers	44	St. Gallen Raiders	0
	3rd Place
10.09.1989	Mendrisio Smugglers	13	St. Gallen Raiders	6
	Swiss Super Bowl ’89
10.09.1989	Basilisk Mean Machine	22	St. Gallen Raiders	35

SAFV Nationalliga A Playoffs 1989 [Ref: 5]

SAFV NLA 1990

	P	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pct
*Bulach Giants	6	6	0	0	147	52	1.000
*Geneva Seahawks	6	5	1	0	134	50	.833
*Basilisk Mean Machine	6	4	2	0	150	65	.667
*St. Gallen Raiders	6	4	2	0	146	62	.667
Bienna Jets	6	3	3	0	80	87	.500
Zurich Bay Bandits (R)	6	1	5	0	100	114	.167
Mendrisio Smugglers (R)	6	1	5	0	50	215	.167
Berner Grizzlies (R)	6	0	6	0	34	196	.000

SAFV Nationalliga A Standings 1990 [Ref: 1]

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Playoffs
24.06.1990	Bulach Giants	36	Basilisk Mean Machine	8
24.06.1990	Geneva Seahawks	9	St. Gallen Raiders	7
08.07.1990	Bulach Giants	23	Geneva Seahawks	14
08.07.1990	Basilisk Mean Machine	8	St. Gallen Raiders	14
15.07.1990	Bulach Giants	7	St. Gallen Raiders	44
15.07.1990	Geneva Seahawks	34	Basilisk Mean Machine	0
	3rd Place
02.09.1990	Geneva Seahawks	0	Basilisk Mean Machine	46
	Swiss Super Bowl ’90
02.09.1990	St. Gallen Raiders	36	Bulach Giants	0

SAFV Nationalliga A Playoffs 1990 [Ref: 6]

Legend: Ost = East, West = West. (R) To Relegation / Promotion Playoff with Champions of Nationalliga B

Report

The Swiss American Football Federation (SAFV / Schweizerischer American Football Verband / Federation Suisse de Football Americain / Federazione Svizzera Football Americano) was established in 1986.

The first Championship (Meisterschaft) featured 8 teams in two divisons, Ost (East) and West, with Lugano Seagulls defeating Zurich Renegades 9-6 in the Final. Two new teams were added in 1987, and Zurich Renegades got their revenge, defeating Lugano Seagulls 8-0 in the Final.

The Nationalliga was split into two Leagues A and B for 1988, with Zurich Renegades repeating as Champions, winning the Swiss Super Bowl, as it was now known 14-8 against Bienna Jets. 1989 was the first year there was no Zurich Renegades in the Swiss Super Bowl, as St. Gallen Raiders defeated Basilisk Mean Machine 35-22. St. Gallen were the champions again in 1990, beating Bulach Giants 36-0 in Swiss Super Bowl ’90.

References

Internet Archive

[1] SAFV | Wayback Machine (2005) Meisterschaft: Rangliste / Classement [1986][1987][1988][1989][1990] [internet] Available from: https://web.archive.org/web/20051228232142/http://www.safv.ch/ [Accessed 5 June 2020]

[2] SAFV | Wayback Machine (1999) Meisterschaft American Football 1986 [internet] Available from: https://web.archive.org/web/19990220113617/http://www.safv.ch/mei1986.htm [Accessed 5 June 2020]

[3] SAFV | Wayback Machine (1999) Meisterschaft American Football 1987 [internet] Available from: https://web.archive.org/web/19990221194445/http://safv.ch/mei1987.htm [Accessed 5 June 2020]

[4] SAFV | Wayback Machine (1999) Meisterschaft American Football 1988 [internet] Available from: https://web.archive.org/web/19990221212614/http://safv.ch/mei1988.htm [Accessed 5 June 2020]

[5] SAFV | Wayback Machine (1999) Meisterschaft American Football 1989 [internet] Available from: https://web.archive.org/web/19990221231856/http://safv.ch/mei1989.htm [Accessed 5 June 2020]

[6] SAFV | Wayback Machine (1999) Meisterschaft American Football 1990 [internet] Available from: https://web.archive.org/web/19990222003404/http://safv.ch/mei1990.htm [Accessed 5 June 2020]

Images

[7] Super Bowl (2020) unnamed [Internet] Available from: https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/proxy/c_4SewkEavDIBdu6ZK-XxZ09K36U0WFvc0LSq-wC6auI107zwrwUlgSdrHuXWiP_jo0Is3o3u8zPK1Hn7m_mObYFBh0S [accessed 5 June 2020]

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Washington Interscholastic Activities Association High School Football Championships 4A 1973-Present

Washington Interscholastic Activities Association Logo [Ref: 5]

4A Championship Finals 1973-Present

Year	Winners		Runners-Up
1973-74	Kentridge	26	Wenatchee	24
1974-75	Bishop Blanchet	14	Mount Tahoma	6
1975-76	Foss (12-0)	17	Richland (12-1)	7
1976-77	Snohomish (13-0)	20	Federal Way (12-1)	7
1977-78	Sumner (12-2)	12	Gonzaga Prep (11-2)	7
1978-79	Snoohomish (13-0)	14	Ingraham (10-3)	8
1979-80	Mount Tahoma (12-0)	37	Rogers Puyallup (12-1)	3
1980-81	Mount Tahoma (12-0)	21	Issaquah (12-1)	3
1981-82	Richland (12-1)	7	Kentridge (11-2)	6
1982-83	Gonzaga Prep (11-2)	25	South Kitsap (12-1)	7
1983-84	Bellevue (12-2)	17	Kennewick (9-4)	14
1984-85	Juanita (13-0)	41	South Kitsap (12-1)	27
1985-86	Juanita (13-0)	28	Gonzaga Prep (11-1)	13
1986-87	Gonzaga Prep (12-0)	14	Juanita (11-2)	7
1987-88	Puyallup (11-2)	27	Gonzaga Prep (10-2)	21
1988-89	Ingraham (11-1)	21	Kentwood (11-2)	0
1989-90	Curtis (12-1)	25	Kentwood (11-2)	0
1990-91	Curtis (11-2)	30	Newport Bellevue (12-1)	14
1991-92	Cascade Everett (12-1)	14	Puyallup (12-2)	7
1992-93	Newport Bellevue (13-0)	48	Puyallup (12-1)	21
1993-94	Turnwater (12-1)	33	Inglemoor (11-2)	7
1994-95	South Kitsap (13-0)	15	Walla Walla (11-2)	10
1995-96	Curtis (13-1)	49	Kamiakin (10-3)	7
1996-97	Curtis (13-1)	34	Richland (11-3)	15
1997-98	Central Valley (13-1)	49	South Kitsap (12-1)	13
1998-99	Pasco (13-1)	17	Wilson (12-1)	0
1999-2000	Richland (13-1)	21	Kentwood (12-2)	18
2000-01	Pasco (14-0)	20	Bethel (11-3)	3
2001-02	Kentwood (13-1)	38	Pasco (13-1)	24
2002-03	Kentwood (13-1)	35	Capital (10-3)	28
2003-04	Pasco (13-1)	21	Ballard (11-3)	14
2004-05	Evergreen Vancouver (14-0)	28	Skyline (12-2)	14
2005-06	Skyline (14-0)	35	Woodinville (11-3)	21
2006-07	Oak Harbour (13-1)	21	Bothell (12-2)	14
2007-08	Lewis & Clark (11-2)	21	Bothell (13-1)	14
2008-09	Skyline (14-0)	20	Issaquah (11-3)	15
2009-10	Skyline (12-2)	45	Ferris (10-4)	21
2010-11	Ferris	24	Skyline	16
2011-12	Skyline	38	Skyviw	7
2012-13	Skyline	49	Bellarmine Prep	24
2013-14	Wenatchee	33	Gig Harbour	31
2014-15	Bothell	24	Chiawana	14
2015-16	Gonzaga Prep	34	Skyline	16
2016-17	Camas	24	Richland	14
2017-18	Richland	38	Woodinville	11
2018-19	Union	52	Lake Stevens	20
2019-20	Camas	35	Bothell	14

Washington Interscholastic Activities Association 4A Championship Finals 1974-Present [Ref: 2]

Note: Teams Final (Won-Loss) record in (Brackets)

Classifications 1923-Present

Years	Previous Classification	Current Classification
1923-30; 1934-41; 1944-45	Single Classification	4A
1931-32; 1942; 1946-57	A B	4A B
1958-1968	AA A B	4A 1A B
1969-1997	AAA AA A B	4A 3A 1A B
1998-2006	4A 3A 2A 1A B	4A 3A 2A 1A B
2007-Present		4A 3A 1A 2B 1B

Classifications 1923-Present (Then and now) [Ref: 4]

Note: A Leagues are higher than B Leagues, and AAA higher than AA etc. In the new classification the past standings and Championships have been reclassified, and so 4A is the highest, followed by 3A etc.

Report

Player-Coach of the Erris (Mayo) Rams in 2009, Brian Wilson, a native of Glengad, Co. Mayo, played defensive linebacker for Kamiakin High School in Washington State in the 1980s. He went over there on a school exchange program, and knew enough about American Football through watching it in TV in Ireland to have known the rules. When he came back to Ireland he did not think he would ever play American Football again, but when the Erris Rams set up in Castlebar he got involved as a 38-year-old player-coach.

The Kamiakin High School Played AAA Football during the spell he played there, the highest level in Washington State High School Football (they now play 3A). AAA has since been reclassified as 4A. Kamiakin High School won the 3A State Championship in 2016-17. The Football team are known as the Kamiakin Braves.

Kamiakin High School Logo [Ref: 6]

Newspapers

[1] Anon. (1986) “Rams with a plan” Western People. Tuesday, January 13, 2009. pg. 53 [Internet] Available online at the Irish Newspaper Archive at: https://www.irishnewsarchive.com/ which is a subscription service.

Websites

[2] Washington Interscholastic Activities Association (2020)Tournament history [Activity: football] [Year: 1974-1975 to 2019-2020] [Internet] Available from: http://wiaa.com/tournhistory.aspx [Accessed 4 June 2020]

[3] Washington Interscholastic Activities Association (2020) School history [Activity: football] [School: Kamiakin HS] [Internet] Available from: http://wiaa.com/schoolhistory.aspx [Accessed 4 June 2020]

[4] Washington Interscholastic Activities Association (2020) State Championship Tournament History [Internet] Available from: http://www.wiaa.com/subcontent.aspx?SecID=338 [Accessed 4 June 2020]

Images

[5] Washington Interscholastic Activities Association (2020) headerleft [Internet] Available from: http://www.wiaa.com/images/header-left.png [Accessed 4 June 2020]

[6] Kamikian High School (2020) kamikian [Internet] Available from: https://kamiakin.ksd.org/images/kamiakin.png [Accessed 4 June 2020]

Acknowledgements

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English Senior Flag League 9v9 Senior Championship 2003-2005

ESFL 9v9 Senior 2003

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Final		2 Legs
22.08.2003	Leicester Eagles	6	Fen Harriers	26
15.09.2003	Fen Harriers	35	Leicester Eagles	6
	(Fen Harriers won 61-12 on Agg)

BSFL 9v9 Senior Championship 2003 [Ref: 6]

ESFL 9v9 Senior 2004

	P	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pct
Leicester Eagles (C)	6	6	0	0	129	30	1.000
Fen Harriers	4	2	2	0	58	52	.500
Chichester and Derby	2	1	1	0	12	12	.500
Andover Thrashers	4	1	3	0	40	91	.250
Bournemouth and Birmingham Raiders	2	0	2	0	0	18	.000
Chatham Sharks	2	0	2	0	0	16	.000

BSFL 9v9 Senior Championship 2004 [Ref: 7]

ESFL 9v9 Senior 2005

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Final		2 Legs
17.07.2005	Leicester Eagles	46	Fen Harriers	28
11.09.2005	Fen Harriers	12	Leicester Eagles	24
	(Leicester won 70-40 on Agg)

BSFL 9v9 Senior Championship 2005 [Ref: 8]

Report

In 2003 the League renamed itself the English Senior Flag League. Fen Harriers won that year and from 2004 to 2005 the Leicester Europa Eagles won the title.

The popularity of 9v9 dropped off after 2002, and the format was no longer used after 2005, as the NFL standard became the British Standard. While the League was called the British Senior Flag League prior to 2003, and was open to all teams in Britain, all teams were English and there was a separate Scottish Flag Football Association north of the border. The British American Football Association officially recognized Flag Football and took over the running of both leagues in 2008.

References

[6] English Senior Flag League | Wayback Machine (2007) [Standings][click here to access the Archive]ESFL Standings 9 on 9 Senior Championship 2003 [Internet] Available from: http://web.archive.org/web/20070205062603/http://www.seniorflag.co.uk/ [Accessed 12 November 2019]

[7] English Senior Flag League | Wayback Machine (2007) [Standings][click here to access the Archive]ESFL Standings 9 on 9 Senior Championship 2004 [Internet] Available from: http://web.archive.org/web/20070205062603/http://www.seniorflag.co.uk/ [Accessed 12 November 2019]

[8] English Senior Flag League | Wayback Machine (2007) [Standings][click here to access the Archive]ESFL Standings 9 on 9 Senior Championship 2005 [Internet] Available from: http://web.archive.org/web/20070205062603/http://www.seniorflag.co.uk/ [Accessed 12 November 2019]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Derek Walsh.

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Last Updated: 31 May 2020

May 31, 2020

British Senior Flag League 9v9 Senior Championship 1998-2002

BSFL 9v9 Senior 1998

	P	W	L	T	PF / A	Pct	Pts
Leicester Europa Eagles (C)	8	8	0	0	130	1.000	16
Sheffield Saxons	8	5	3	0	-2	.625	10
Merseyside Mavericks	8	3	5	0	-32	.375	6
Chiltern Cheetahs	8	3	5	0	-24	.375	6
Sussex Storm	8	1	7	0	-72	.125	2

ESFL 9v9 Senior Championship Standings 1998 [Ref: 1]

BSFL 9v9 Senior 1999

	P	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pct	Pts
Fen Harriers (C)	6	6	0	0	272	26	1.000	12
Leicester Europa Eagles	6	3	2	1	146	102	.583	7
Doncaster Wildcats	6	2	3	1	74	100	.417	5
Sheffield Lightning	6	0	6	0	56	320	.000	0

BSFL 9v9 Senior Championship Standings 1999 [Ref: 2]

BSFL 9v9 Senior 2000

	P	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pct	Pts
Fen Harriers (C)	4	4	0	0	92	6	1.000	8
Leicester Europa Eagles	4	2	2	0	32	50	.500	4
Boston Renegades	2	1	1	0	28	12	.500	2
Sheffield Lightning	4	0	4	0	12	96	.000	0

BSFL 9v9 Senior Championship Standings 2000 [Ref: 3]

BSFL 9v9 Senior 2001

	P	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pct
Northern Conference
*UCLA Renegades	6	5	1	0	128	66	.833
*Fen Harriers	6	4	2	0	144	36	.667
Leicester Eagles	6	4	2	0	137	70	.667
Sheffield Lightning	6	2	4	0	58	162	.333
Birmingham Raiders	6	0	6	0	0	118	.000
Southern Conference
*London Gators	6	5	0	1	144	54	.917
*Canterbury Coyotes	6	3	2	1	70	76	.583
Bournemouth Raiders	6	3	3	0	64	104	.500
London Hurricanes	6	0	6	0	12	76	.000

BSFL 9v9 Senior Championship Standings 2001 [Ref: 4]

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Semi-Finals
2001	London Gators	22	Fen Harriers	8
2001	UCLA Renegades	0	Canterbury Coyotes	14
	Final
2001	London Gators	22	Canterbury Coyotes	14

BSFL 9v9 Senior Championship Playoffs 2001 [Ref: 4]

BSFL 9v9 Senior 2002

	P	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pct
*Leicester Eagles	6	5	0	1	115	25	.917
*Invicta Coyotes	8	5	0	3	140	52	.813
*Bournemouth Raiders	6	4	1	1	114	44	.750
*Fen Harriers	6	1	4	1	154	71	.250
Brighton Tsunami	4	1	3	0	26	84	.250
Chichester Sharks	6	0	6	0	18	170	.000
London Hurricanes	4	0	4	0	14	114	.000

BSFL 9v9 senior Championship Standings 2002 [Ref: 5]

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Semi-Finals
2002	Leicester Eagles	32	Fen Harriers	6
2002	Invicta Coyotes	0	Bournemouth Raiders	6
	Final
2002	Leicester Eagles	45	Bournemouth Raiders	21

BSFL 9v9 Senior Championship Playoffs 2002 [Ref: 5]

Report

From 1998 to 2002 the British Senior Flag League ran 9v9 and 5v5 Flag American Football Leagues in England. The 5v5 version was the International Standard as promoted by the NFL, but England also ran a 9v9 Senior Championship, which was won by Leicester Europa Eagles in 1998, Fen Harriers in 1999 and 2000, London Gators in 2001, and then Leicester Eagles again in 2002.

The popularity of 9v9 dropped off after 2003, and the BSFL changed its name to the English Senior Flag League. While the League was called the British Senior Flag League prior to 2003, and was open to all teams in Britain, all teams were English and there was a separate Scottish Flag Football Association north of the border. The British American Football Association officially recognized Flag Football and took over the running of both leagues in 2008.

References

[1] English Senior Flag League | Wayback Machine (2007) [Standings][click here to access the Archive]ESFL Standings 9 on 9 Senior Championship 1998 [Internet] Available from: http://web.archive.org/web/20070205062603/http://www.seniorflag.co.uk/ [Accessed 12 November 2019]

[2] English Senior Flag League | Wayback Machine (2007) [Standings][click here to access the Archive]ESFL Standings 9 on 9 Senior Championship 1999 [Internet] Available from: http://web.archive.org/web/20070205062603/http://www.seniorflag.co.uk/ [Accessed 12 November 2019]

[3] English Senior Flag League | Wayback Machine (2007) [Standings][click here to access the Archive]ESFL Standings 9 on 9 Senior Championship 2000 [Internet] Available from: http://web.archive.org/web/20070205062603/http://www.seniorflag.co.uk/ [Accessed 12 November 2019]

[4] English Senior Flag League | Wayback Machine (2007) [Standings][click here to access the Archive]ESFL Standings 9 on 9 Senior Championship 2001 [Internet] Available from: http://web.archive.org/web/20070205062603/http://www.seniorflag.co.uk/ [Accessed 12 November 2019]

[5] English Senior Flag League | Wayback Machine (2007) [Standings][click here to access the Archive]ESFL Standings 9 on 9 Senior Championship 2002 [Internet] Available from: http://web.archive.org/web/20070205062603/http://www.seniorflag.co.uk/ [Accessed 12 November 2019]

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: 31 May 2020