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

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

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 #

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

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

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.

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

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