Results 1997-2005

Year	Location	Home Team		Away Team
1997	Dublin	Drimnagh Cycos	12	Leicester Europa Eagles	6
1998	Leicester	Leicester Europa Eagles	24	Drimnagh Cycos	12
1999	Dublin	Drimnagh Cycos	20	Leicester Europa Eagles	12
2000-01	Leicester	Leicester Europa Eagles	8	Drimnagh Cycos	12
2001	Sallins, Kildare	Drimnagh Cycos	49	Leicester Europa Eagles	6
2002	Dublin	Drimnagh Cycos	12	Leicester Europa Eagles	12
2003	Dublin	Drimnagh Cycos	6	Leicester Europa Eagles	12
2004	Marlay Pk, Dublin	Drimnagh Cycos	6	Leicester Europa Eagles	26
2005	Phoenix Pk, Dublin	Drimnagh Cycos	6	Leicester Europa Eagles	34

[1][2][3][4][5]

Note: the 2000 fixture was held over to 2001

Record: Drimnagh Cycos 4 Wins / Leicester Europa Eagles 4 Wins / 1 Tie

Report

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From 1997 to 2005 the Drimnagh Cycos (Ireland) and the Leicester Europa Eagles (England) competed for the Anglo-Irish Flag Football Challenge Trophy. These matches were the first International matches involving Irish or British Flag Football Teams. Matches played in Leiceser were played under 5-a-side Rules while matches in Dublin were played under Irish 7-a-side Rules, where every man is an eligible receiver, which was then-current in Ireland.

Sources

[1] Anon. (1997) “Eagles lose to Cycos in Dublin Challenge Match”. First Down, August 2 1997

[2] Anon. (1998) “Eagles soar over Irish challengers”. First Down, Saturday, May 16 1998,, pg. 21

[3] Anon. (1999) “Flying high for the Irish title”. First Down, June 3-9 1999

[4] Anon. (1999) “Cycos path to Glory”. First Down, June 17-23 1999, pg. 19

Websites

[5] Britball Now (2018) History of the game in Ireland [Internet] Available from: http://www.britballnow.co.uk/history-index/ireland/history-of-the-game-in.html [Accessed 25 October 2016]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Peter Mullen, Drimnagh Cycos.

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