Final Standings

	P	W	L	T	Pct
Ranked Teams
Brighton B-52s	5	5	0	0	1.000
Oxford Bulldogs	3	3	0	0	1.000
Thames Valley Chargers	3	3	0	0	1.000
Walsall Titans	3	3	0	0	1.000
Ealing Eagles	7	5	1	1	.786
Windsor Monarchs	5	2	2	1	.500
Tyneside Trojans	3	1	1	1	.500
Birmingham Bulls	7	4	3	0	.571
Harlow Warlords	4	1	2	1	.375
Leeds Cougars	6	2	4	0	.333
Streatham Olympians	3	1	2	0	.333
Glasgow Lions	5	1	3	1	.300
Crawley Raiders	5	1	4	0	.200
Croydon Coyotes	8	0	7	1	.063
Fylde Falcons	3	0	3	0	.000
Southampton Seahawks	3	0	3	0	.000
Walthamstow Warriors	3	0	3	0	.000
Stock Exchange Stags	4	0	4	0	.000
Heathrow Jets	6	0	6	0	.000
Unranked Teams
Dorset Broncos	2	2	0	0	1.000
Nottingham Hoods	1	1	0	0	1.000
Portsmouth Warriors	2	1	1	0	.500
Staffordshire Stampeders	2	1	1	0	.500
King’s Lynn Patriots	1	0	1	0	.000
Taunton Wyverns	1	0	1	0	.000
Torbay Trojans	1	0	1	0	.000
Ilford blackhawks	2	0	2	0	.000
Leamington Royals	2	0	2	0	.000
London Raiders	2	0	2	0	.000
Wyton Eagles	2	0	2	0	.000

Results

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Week 1
29.04.1984	Pool Sharks	6	Manchester Spartans	12
	Week 2
06.05.1984	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	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.

At the end of the season two separate rankings were created: a Merit Table for teams playing three or more games, and another table for unranked teams (playing two or less games). London Ravens (10-0), Brighton B-52s (5-0), and Oxford Bulldogs, Thames Valley Chargers and Walsall Titans (all 3-0) all finished the season with a 100% record.

As well as the London Ravens, Northampton Stormbringers (9-2), Milton Keynes Bucks (10-2-1), Manchester Spartans (4-7), Poole Sharks (1-8) and Croydon Coyotes (0-7-1) played a full British Schedule (8 or more games).

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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