NIJAL Table

	P	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pct
Antrim Cobras	1	1	0	0	30	0	1.000
Ballymena Wolfhounds	1	0	1	0	0	30	.000
*Belfast Junior Spartans
*City Colts
*Peel Crusaders
Prospect Pumas

1988 NIJAL

Week	Date	H/A	Opposition	W/L	Score
?	09.05.1988	H	Ballymena Wolfhounds	W	30-0

9 May 1988 – Antrim Cobras 30 Ballymena Wolfhounds 0

Antrim Bulldogs 30 Ballymena Wolfhounds 0 – Antrim Bulldogs dominated this match at Allen Park with Ballymena Wolfhounds, going in 18-0 at halftime thanks to Touchdowns from the Quarterback, a Blocked Punt Recovered in the endzone and a McGarry Interception Return. In the third quarter they added two more touchdowns, from the Quarterback (#13) to Wide Receivers # 86 and #82.

At Allen Park, Antrim	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Total
Ballymena Wolfhounds	0	0	0	0	0
Antrim Cobras			12	0	30

Team	Scorers	Score
	1st Quarter
ANT	Blocked Punt Recovered in Endzone by #57	6-0
	1st Half
ANT	Dave Mulholland ? TD
ANT	McGarry Int Return TD	18-0
	3rd Quarter
ANT	#86 TD Reception from #13 (Dave Mullholland ?)	24-0
ANT	#32 (#82?) TD Reception from #13 (Dave Mulholland ?)	30-0
	4th Quarter
–	No Scoring	30-0

1988 Team Roster

Number	Player	Position
13	Dave Mulholland	Quarterback
30	Steve McCormack	Wide Receiver
95	McGarry	Special Teams
	Moss
	Poppins
	Dee Murray
	Steven Marlay

Note: Names takeb from Video in [2] As best as Eirball Can Make out from Footage.

1988 Match Video (Antrim Cobras 30 Ballymena Wolfhounds 0)

About Two Touch Football

From 1986 to 1991, before Flags were brought in, there were a number of Junior Two-Touch Leagues organised by regional development bodies, such as the East Coast Junior Football Association (Greater Dublin Area) from 1986 to 1987, and the Northern Ireland Junior American League which ran from 1988 to 1990, when it became fully kitted. In 1991, a Junior Two-Touch American Football Blitz took place in Tymon Park, Tallaght. These Leagues were Two-Touch, although it was only the ball carrier who had to be touched twice, all other positions were full contact (i.e. Blocking etc.) [References: Andrew Wilson’s reply to Eirball’s post, March 27, 2020 [Internet] Available at : https://www.facebook.com/eirballenda/posts/2433567573622264?comment_id=2696161900696162&notif_id=1612882525056885&notif_t=feed_comment&ref=notif [Accessed 11 February 2021]

References

Media

[2] mistermo – You Tube Channel (2012) Antrim Cobras 1988 – [5:35] 18-0 to Antrim Cobras / [8:08] Antrim TD 24-0 / [9:10] Antrim TD 30-0 / [Internet] Available from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TlR8kI96Lcs [Accessed 18 July 2018]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to mistermo

About this document

Researched, compiled and written by Enda Mulcahy for the

Eirball | Irish North American and World Sports Archive

Last Updated: 9 March 2021

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