What we’re going to do here is go back…way back, to 1985 and the first season of competitive league football in the UK. To set the scene we need to go back a further year to 1984 and drop in at a meeting being held at the USAF base at Chicksands in Bedfordshire. The fledgling teams from around the country had come together to debate and determine the structure for the American Football
Now That Depends On How You Gauge Success I Suppose. The GFL was formed as far back as 1979, putting the Germans ahead of their European contemporaries, who generally got their first competitive structures together in the mid-eighties. The catalyst for the “birth” was the coverage of the NFL on TV and the fact that there were large numbers of American servicemen based in the country
The British Passing Academy On April 14th I had the opportunity to visit the inaugural event of the British Passing Academy at the Sheffield Hallam University sports facility. The brainchild of well-respected British coach Tom Kharchi, it was an innovative addition to the Britball calendar, and proved to be a great success. In Football, a pass is not much use
London Warriors Head Coach, Tony Allen, Has A Long Association With British Championship Games. As A Player He Was A Linebacker For The Legendary London Ravens, And Interestingly, Back In Their Mid-Eighties Heyday, The First National Title Game Was Also Between The Two Powerhouse London Programmes, The Ravens And The Then, Streatham
Chris Stone…A Football Journey Images courtesy of Chris Stone - Dave Tidswell - Kyle Hemsley Chris Stone is a native of Lebanon, Ohio. He’s been on his Football Journey for twenty-one years, and as of now, it doesn’t look like ending anytime soon. He’s currently Head Coach for the QMBL Vipers in the BUCS leagues and an assistant coach for
The GB ladies team are very successful, so successful in fact, that they are currently ranked number two in Europe. Their lofty position in the rankings comes from a stand-out showing in the 2015 European championship tournament. Headed into the competition neither the team, nor their coach (Jim Messenger) knew quite what to expect. They hadn’t played a competitive international
Football equipment has been available in the UK since in the early eighties. As teams and leagues started to form, entrepenuerial individuals saw an opportunity to meet the demand. The first “shop” to emerge was an outlet called “Diamond Sports of Hampstead”. If you saw the glossy advert, you would expect to find an expansive showroom with copious amounts of equipment to choose from,
Images courtesy of Drew Smith and Sarah Phillip When James Slack first arrived at Loughborough University in 2010 he knew all about its rich sporting heritage. His ambition was to play on the uni basketball team, but after being told he was too short and too slow, he needed to find another outlet for his sporting passion. With something of a rugby background, he liked the idea
With a chill in the air and the nights drawing in, baked bean sales rocketing and midweek binge drinking on the rise, it can only mean one thing, the students are back on the British campus’ and it’s time for some Uniball. Whilst some of the British student population will
Die ersten 10 Wochen der NFL-Saison 2024 waren äußerst ereignisreich. Von unerwarteten Überraschungen bis hin zu Durchbruchsstars, von Verletzungen bis hin zu unterdurchschnittlichen Teams haben wir eine Menge Dramatik und Geschichten erlebt, während die Liga in die zweite Saisonhälfte geht. In unserem Rückblick auf die ersten 10 Wochen wollen wir die wichtigsten Entwicklungen und
I Recently Had The Good Fortune To Be On A Touring Holiday In California, With San Francisco As Our First Port Of Call. Walking Through The Downtown Area, We Came Across A Large Red Sign On An Unremarkable Looking Building. In Big White Letters It Read, “City College Of San Francisco”. I Was Immediately Taken Back To October 1986, And A Landmark Event In Britball
Get Your Sports Thesaurus Out And Look Under “Dynamic Multi-Sport Elite Level Athlete”, They Will Probably Be A Picture Of Phoebe Schecter.The twenty seven year old dual national (her mum is British, her dad American) is a multi-discipline competitor who leads the GB
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