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American football was introduced to the United Kingdom during the early part of the 20th century by American servicemen stationed in the country. The first recorded match took place on 23 November 1910 at Crystal Palace, London, where a team made up of the crew from USS Idaho defeated their counterparts from USS Vermont 19–0.
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.
British American Football League (1985–2010) Sport: American football: Founded (1983) reformed in 2010: First season: reformed 2010: Commissioner: Joe Walker: No. of teams: 60: Country England (52 teams) Scotland (7 teams) Wales (1 team) Headquarters: Kidderminster, Worcestershire, England [1] Most recent champion(s) Britbowl: London Warriors ...
Defunct American football teams in England (1 C, 1 P) Pages in category "American football teams in England" The following 57 pages are in this category, out of 57 total.
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Defunct American football teams in the United Kingdom (2 C) Pages in category "American football teams in the United Kingdom" This category contains only the following page.
American Football League, 1926, 1936–1937, and 1940–1941 (all unrelated, three separate leagues) California Winter League, [26] 1927–1928; Western Interprovincial Football Union, 1936–1960 [27] United States Football League, 1945 (Never played) Trans-America Football League , 1945 (Never played) World Football League, 1974–1975
The Britbowl is the championship game of the British American Football National League, and formerly the British American Football League (BAFL) in the United Kingdom. It is the most prestigious of the league's three bowl games that constitute Britbowl Weekend. Only teams in the Premier Division of BAFL are eligible to compete in Britbowl.