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Held at Ravenhill Stadium, the team names were parodies of the college football schools Harvard and Yale. Ticket sales went to the Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast and SSAFA. [1] November 21, 1942 Belfast, Northern Ireland Yarvard Tech 14–0 Much of Tech's roster were players from Hale.
The American High School League in Europe (also referred to as High School Football Europe) is a competition organised by the European branch of the Department of Defense Dependents Schools. The teams in this league are drawn from high schools affiliated with US military bases within Europe, with the exception of South Gloucestershire and ...
The sport of American football is played in the United Kingdom in domestic and international levels. Domestic games in England. Scotland and Wales are operated by British American Football Association who run the BAFA National Leagues for Adult Contact football and British Universities American Football League for the University contact game.
This List of World War II military service football teams includes all those top-level American football teams consisting of active duty military personnel of the United States Armed Forces that played against collegiate or professional opponents during the seasons of 1942, 1943, 1944, or 1945.
During World War II, it was not uncommon for American military personnel to hold football games while stationed overseas in order to maintain morale. [4] For example, 1 January 1945 also saw matches in France (the Riviera Bowl in Marseille) and Britain (the Coffee Bowl in London).
Cheltenham Gold Cup – not held due to World War II; Grand National – not held due to World War II; Hurdle races. Champion Hurdle – not held due to World War II; Flat races. Australia – Melbourne Cup won by Sirius [5] Canada – King's Plate won by Acara; France – Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe won by Ardan; Ireland – Irish Derby Stakes ...
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The Scottish Football League and Scottish Cup were suspended in 1939, with unofficial regional competitions replacing them. These were dominated by Rangers, who won the 1939–40 Scottish War Emergency League and all of the six Southern League tournaments played, plus four of six Southern League Cups, the one-off Scottish War Emergency Cup in 1940, one of five Summer Cups and the one-off ...