Final Standings

	P	MW	ML	MT	W	L	T	Pct
Merit Table
London Ravens	10	4	0	0	10	0	0	1.000
Northampton Stormbrigers	11	4	1	0	9	2	0	.818
Milton Keynes Bucks	13	3	1	0	10	2	1	.808
Manchester Spartans	11	2	3	0	4	7	0	.364
Poole Sharks	9	0	6	0	1	8	0	.111

Legend: P = Played, MW = Merit Wins, ML = Merit Losses, MT = Merit Ties, W = Overall Wins, L = Overall Losses, T = Overall Ties, Pct = Overall Winning Percentage.

Results

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Week 1
29.04.1984	Poole Sharks	6	Manchester Spartans	12
	Week 2
06.05.1984	RAF Wyton Eagles	6	Northampton Stormbringers	13
06.05.1984	Manchester Spartans	26	Poole Sharks	6
	Week 3
13.05.1984	Milton Keynes Bucks	32	Poole Sharks	22
13.05.1984	Manchester Spartans	0	London Ravens	28
	Week 4
20.05.1984	Manchester Spartans	8	Northampton Stormbringers	20
	Week 6
03.06.1984	Northampton Stormbringers	36	Poole Sharks	0
03.06.1984	London Ravens	27	RAF Wyton Eagles	0
	Week 7
08.06.1984	Birmingham Bulls	7	Milton Keynes Bucks	41
10.06.1984	Poole Sharks	0	London Ravens	71
	Week 8
17.06.1984	Milton Keynes Bucks	18	Northampton Stormbringers	20
	Week 9
24.06.1984	Norhampton Stormbringers	4	Milton Keynes Bucks	6
24.06.1984	London Ravens	59	Manchester Spartans	0
	Week 10
01.07.1984	Milton Keynes Bucks	30	Poole Sharks	0
01.07.1984	Walthamstow Warriors	0	London Ravens	86

Report

There was no official league in British American Football in 1984, with teams arranging their own schedules. Some played one or two games and disappeared as quickly as they were formed, while others played a whole season.

The top 5 teams in the country at the time, London Ravens, Northampton Stormbringers, Milton Keynes Bucks, Manchester Spartans and Poole Sharks organised a regular series of games amongst themselves, as well as playing other opposition. Their record against each other as well as their total record is shown here.

References

Websites

[1] Britball Now (2016) British American Football Final Tables [1984] [Internet] Available from: http://www.britballnow.co.uk/history-index/historical-league-tables-in/ [Accessed 6 July 2020]

Magazines

[2] Anon. (1984) “British American Football” Touchdown. Volume 2 Number 2.

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Jim Naughton, Kevin Smyth, Ian Collins, Ian Clarke, Alan McCormack, Jason Caldwell, Paul Nolan, Andrew McGovern, Colm Murray, Niall Brennan, John Malone and Tony Meenaghan.

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Researched, compiled and written by Enda Mulcahy for the

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Last Updated: 27 July 2020

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