 |
The 2008 BAFL Season is the British American Football League. BritBowl XXII, the league's championship game, was scheduled to be played at Keepmoat Stadium in Doncaster on September 21, 2008. The regular season began on May 4 with the BritBowl champions London Blitz defeating the Gateshead Senators 48-0.
Based on the British American Football League, setup for the 2008 season there will be a 3 tier structure consisting of:
| Division | Teams |
|---|---|
| BAFL Premier | 7 |
| BAFL 1 North | 6 |
| BAFL 1 South | 6 |
| BAFL 2 Central Conference | 6 |
| BAFL 2 East Conference | 5 |
| BAFL 2 North Conference | 6 |
| BAFL 2 South East Conference | 5 |
| BAFL 2 South West Conference | 5 |
W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, PCT = Winning Percentage, PF= Points For, PA = Points Against
Clinched playoff seeds are marked in parentheses and shaded in green, for BAFL 2 divisions the colours have been changed to indicate Northern and Southern sides of the Playoffs.
| BAFL Premier | |||||||
| Team | W | L | T | PCT | PF | PA | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (1) Coventry Cassidy Jets | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 265 | 64 | |
| (2) London Blitz | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0.750 | 219 | 129 | |
| (3) Farnham Fast Lane Knights | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0.625 | 263 | 128 | |
| (4) Bristol Aztecs | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0.500 | 195 | 131 | |
| East Kilbride Pirates | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0.500 | 138 | 196 | |
| Birmingham Bulls | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0.125 | 18 | 233 | |
| Gateshead Senators | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.000 | 26 | 243 | |
| BAFL 1 - North | |||||||
| Team | W | L | T | PCT | PF | PA | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (1) Redditch Arrows | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0.750 | 285 | 85 | |
| (3) Yorkshire Rams | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0.750 | 215 | 101 | |
| Dundee Hurricanes | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0.650 | 227 | 91 | |
| West Coast Trojans | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0.500 | 188 | 170 | |
| South Yorkshire Mustangs | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0.300 | 114 | 274 | |
| Staffordshire Surge | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0.050 | 73 | 381 | |
| BAFL 1 - South | |||||||
| Team | W | L | T | PCT | PF | PA | |
| (2) Sussex Thunder | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0.700 | 154 | 76 | |
| (4) Southern Sundevils | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0.600 | 165 | 110 | |
| Kent Exiles | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0.600 | 162 | 124 | |
| Ipswich Cardinals | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0.500 | 167 | 175 | |
| Oxford Saints | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0.450 | 143 | 169 | |
| Norwich Devils | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0.150 | 104 | 241 | |
| Northern Section Playoff | Southern Section Playoff |
| BAFL 2 - Central Conference | |||||||
| Team | W | L | T | PCT | PF | PA | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (1) Nottingham Caesars | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0.950 | 269 | 55 | |
| (3) Tamworth Phoenix | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0.700 | 230 | 50 | |
| Shropshire Revolution | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0.500 | 209 | 127 | |
| Hull Hornets | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0.450 | 94 | 143 | |
| Leicester Falcons | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0.400 | 107 | 176 | |
| Lincolnshire Bombers | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0.000 | 58 | 416 | |
| BAFL 2 - East Conference | |||||||
| Team | W | L | T | PCT | PF | PA | |
| (2) Cambridgeshire Cats | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0.900 | 336 | 45 | |
| (4) Peterborough Saxons | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0.800 | 379 | 44 | |
| Bedfordshire Blue Raiders | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0.400 | 128 | 197 | |
| Watford Cheetahs | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0.250 | 94 | 304 | |
| Milton Keynes City Pathfinders | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0.050 | 60 | 445 | |
| BAFL 2 - North Conference | |||||||
| Team | W | L | T | PCT | PF | PA | |
| (2) Merseyside Nighthawks | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0.800 | 258 | 107 | |
| (4) Lancashire Wolverines | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0.600 | 260 | 171 | |
| Manchester Titans | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0.600 | 232 | 222 | |
| Edinburgh Wolves | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0.500 | 168 | 1554 | |
| Glasgow Tigers | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0.500 | 117 | ||
| Chester Romans | 0 | 10 | 0 | .000 | 60 | 332 | |
| BAFL 2 - South East Conference | |||||||
| Team | W | L | T | PCT | PF | PA | |
| (1) London Cobras | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 382 | 9 | |
| (6) Colchester Gladiators | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0.700 | 263 | 180 | |
| East Kent Mavericks | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0.600 | 225 | 193 | |
| Essex Spartans | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0.150 | 126 | 343 | |
| Maidstone Pumas | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0.100 | 109 | 395 | |
| BAFL 2 - South West Conference | |||||||
| Team | W | L | T | PCT | PF | PA | |
| (3) South Wales Warriors | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0.900 | 233 | 47 | |
| (5) Cornish Sharks | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0.600 | 141 | 60 | |
| Hampshire Thrashers | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0.600 | 232 | 119 | |
| Plymouth Admirals | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0.200 | 88 | 225 | |
| Reading Renegades | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0.150 | 88 | 283 | |
The playoffs are scheduled to start on August 24, 2008. BritBowl XXII will then be played on September 21, 2008 at Keepmoat Stadium in Doncaster.
| Seed | Teams |
|---|---|
| 1 | Coventry Cassidy Jets |
| 2 | London Blitz |
| 3 | Farnham Fast Lane Knights |
| 4 | Bristol Aztecs |
| Semifinals | BritBowl | ||||||||
| 1 | Coventry Cassidy Jets | 31 | |||||||
| 4 | Bristol Aztecs | 28 | 1 | Coventry Cassidy Jets | 33 | ||||
| 2 | London Blitz | 28 | 2 | London Blitz | 32 | ||||
| 3 | Farnham Fast Lane Knights | 15 | |||||||
| Seed | Teams |
|---|---|
| 1 | Redditch Arrows |
| 2 | Sussex Thunder |
| 3 | Yorkshire Rams |
| 4 | Southern Sundevils |
| Semifinals | Championship Game | ||||||||
| 1 | Redditch Arrows | 30 | |||||||
| 4 | Southern Sundevils | 22 | 1 | Redditch Arrows | 18 | ||||
| 2 | Sussex Thunder | 26 | 2 | Sussex Thunder | 20 | ||||
| 3 | Yorkshire Rams | 16 | |||||||
The BAFL 2 Playoffs are split geographically between the North and the South. The Southern half of the draw includes the top two teams from each of the East, South East and South West. With the top two from the Northern and Central conferences making up the Northern half.
| Seed | Southern Section | Northern Section |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | London Cobras | Nottingham Caesars |
| 2 | Cambridgeshire Cats | Merseyside Nighthawks |
| 3 | South Wales Warriors | Tamworth Phoenix |
| 4 | Peterborough Saxons | Lancashire Wolverines |
| 5 | Cornish Sharks | |
| 6 | Colchester Gladiators |
 | This section is empty. You can help by adding to it. (January 2011) |
| August 24 | August 31 | |||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Cornish Sharks | 9 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | London Cobras | 42 | ||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Peterborough Saxons | 6 | September 7 | |||||||||||||||
| 5 | Cornish Sharks | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| AFC | ||||||||||||||||||
| August 24 | 1 | London Cobras | 32 | |||||||||||||||
| August 31 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Cambridgeshire Cats | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| 3 | South Wales Warriors | 21 | AFC Championship | |||||||||||||||
| 3 | South Wales Warriors | 7 | ||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Colchester Gladiators | 12 | September 21 - Keepmoat Stadium, Doncaster | |||||||||||||||
| 2 | Cambridgeshire Cats | 21 | ||||||||||||||||
| Wild Card playoffs | ||||||||||||||||||
| Divisional playoffs | ||||||||||||||||||
| London Cobras | 30 | |||||||||||||||||
| August 31 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Tamworth Phoenix | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| BAFL 2 Championship | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Merseyside Nighthawks | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| September 7 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Tamworth Phoenix | 12 | ||||||||||||||||
| NFC | ||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Tamworth Phoenix | 16 | ||||||||||||||||
| August 31 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Nottingham Caesars | 10 | ||||||||||||||||
| NFC Championship | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Nottingham Caesars | 49 | ||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Lancashire Wolverines | 23 | ||||||||||||||||
The British American Football League (BAFL) was the United Kingdom's primary American football league from 1998 until 2010. It was formerly known as the British Senior League (BSL) until 2005. BAFL was the trading name for Gridiron Football League Ltd incorporated as a Company limited by guarantee. Registration number: 2353839. The company went into administration on 1 April 2010, and the company ceased to trade as from this date.
Doncaster Rugby League Football Club is a professional rugby league football club, from Doncaster, South Yorkshire. They play in the third tier League 1.
Keepmoat Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Doncaster, England, with a capacity of 15,231. It cost approximately £20 million to construct, as part of the wider complex it resides within which in total cost approximately £32 million, and is used by Doncaster Rovers, Doncaster Rugby League Club and Doncaster Rovers Belles Ladies Football Club.
The London Blitz are an American football team based in Finsbury Park, North London, England, who compete BAFA National Leagues Premier Division South, the highest level of British American football. They were formed in 1995 and operate from Finsbury Park Athletics Stadium. They are one of the Britain's most successful teams and are five-time BritBowl winners as well as European Champions following their EFAF Cup triumph in 2011. They have also seven divisional titles to their name.
The Colchester Gladiators are an American Football team competing in the South East National League of British American Football League (BAFL). They play their home games at the Colchester Rugby Club in Colchester, Essex and train at the Sir Charles Lucas Centre for Sport and Art in Colchester. The club was first formed in 1983 and entered senior competition in 1985 where they enjoyed a degree of success, winning the Budweiser League Premier Division playoffs in 1988 and only failing to make the post season playoffs on three occasions before the team folded in 1995. They reformed again in 2003 after a high-profile charity reunion match which featured TV presenter Dermot O'Leary. The Gladiators entered the BAFL the following year, gaining promotion in 2006 only to be relegated after just one season. The Gladiators went on to win the 2013 National League title after recording an unbeaten 13–0 season.
The Coventry Jets were an American football team based in Coventry, England.The club ceased to exist in 2018 and dropped out of the BAFA National Leagues with all club assets and teams being moved over to the Etone Jaguars based in Nuneaton, Warwickshire.
The West Coast Trojans were an amateur American Football team based at Pro-Life Gym in Paisley, Scotland. In their final season, the Trojans competed in the BAFANL Division 2 North.
Gateshead Senators are a British American football Team based in South Tyneside at Monkton Stadium.
The East Kilbride Pirates are a professional American Football team based in Glasgow, Scotland, who compete in the BAFA National Leagues NFC 1 North, the second level of British American football. The club although formed in East Kilbride currently operate in Glasgow and play their home games at Braidholm. They are both the most successful and the oldest surviving American Football team in Scotland having been formed in 1985. The club were 2011 Division One Champions and are eleven-time Divisional champions.
The Doncaster Mustangs are an American football team from Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England who compete in the BAFA National Leagues NFC East 2. They play their home games at the Keepmoat Stadium Athletics Field, the home of Doncaster Rovers & Doncaster. They were established in the autumn of 2002 and during the 2008 season they were known as the South Yorkshire Mustangs.
The Birmingham Bulls are an American football team based in Birmingham, United Kingdom. They play their home games at Kings Norton RFC in Hopwood. They are a member of the NFC Division Two South in the BAFA National Leagues.
The Dundee Hurricanes were an American football team based in Dundee, Scotland who played in the BAFA National Leagues.
The London Warriors are an American Football club based in Thornton Heath, London, England, they compete in the BAFA National Leagues Premier Division South, the highest level of British American football. They operate from Selhurst Sports Arena and were formed in 2007 as the London Cobras, but changed their name to Warriors a couple of years later.
The Leicester Falcons are an American football team based in Leicester, Leicestershire, England, that competes in the BAFA National Leagues NFC 1 South, the second level of British American football. The club currently operate from the Leicester Forest East Rugby Club, having vacated De Montfort Park in Hinckley at the end of the 2018 season.
The 2007 BAFL Season is the British American Football League. BritBowl XXI, the league's championship game, was scheduled to be played at Keepmoat Stadium in Doncaster on September 23, 2007.
The Nottingham Caesars are an American football team based in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England, who operate in the BAFA National Leagues NFC South 1, the second level of British American football. They are based at the Harvey Hadden Stadium in the Bilborough area of the city. The team is affectionately known by its players and fans as "The Big C" and was formed in 1984 initially as the youth team of the Nottingham Hoods before later splitting off to form its own adult side.
The Tamworth Phoenix are an American football team based in Coleshill, Warwickshire, England, who compete in the BAFA National Leagues Premier Division North, the highest level of British American football. They operate from Pack Meadow in Coleshill, but represent the Town of Tamworth. Formed in 2004, The Phoenix are one of the most successful American Football teams in the UK and have won four back-to-back Premier Division North titles from 2016 to 2019. In 2017 they won Britbowl XXXI in 2017 against the London Blitz at Sixways Stadium in Worcester.
The 2009 BAFL Season is the British American Football League. BritBowl XXIII, the league's championship game, was scheduled to be played at Keepmoat Stadium in Doncaster on 27 September 2009.
The BAFANL are the primary American football domestic League competition in Great Britain. The League is run by the British American Football Association to coordinate contact football within England, Scotland and Wales.
The Tiger Bay Warriors were a Junior American flag football team established in Cardiff in 1993. After initial success, and rising to the senior level, a loss of key players halted the momentum and the team folded in 2000.