Standings

	P	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pct
NORTHERN CONFERENCE
North West Division
*Glasgow Lions	1	1	0	0			1.000
*Blackpool Falcons	0	0	0	0			.000
Chester Romans	1	0	1	0			.000
Pennine Division
*Steel City Giants	2	2	0	0			1.000
*Nottingham	4	2	2	0			.500
Lincoln Siants	1	0	1	0			.000
North East Division
*Leeds Cougars	2	1	1	0			.500
*Gateshead Senators	3	1	2	0			.333
Lincoln Saints ?	0	0	0	0			.000
Midlands
*Northants Storm	3	3	0	0			1.000
*Birmingham Bulls	2	1	1	0			.500
Burton Braves	1	0	1	0			.000
Leicester Panthers	3	0	3	0			.000
SOUTHERN CONFERENCE
East Anglia Division
*Ipswich Cardinals	3	3	0	0			1.000
*Colchester Gladiators	2	1	1	0			.500
Norwich Demons	2	1	1	0			.500
Chelmsford Braves	3	0	3	0			.000
South East Division
*London Capitals	1	1	0	0			1.000
*Folkestone Vikings	3	2	1	0			.667
Luton Area Huskers	2	0	2	0			.000
South Coast Division
*Farnham Knights	2	2	0	0			1.000
*Kent Pumas	3	2	0	1			.833
Brighton B-52s	3	2	1	0			.667
Monarchs	3	0	2	1			.167
Basingstoke	3	0	3	0			.000
South West Division
*Bristol Aztecs	2	2	0	0			1.000
*Bournemouth Renegades	3	2	1	0			.667
Cardiff	1	0	1	0			.000
Solent Warriors	2	0	2	0			.000

Playoffs

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	CONFERENCE QUARTER-FINALS
	South Quarter-Finals
26.10.1991	London Capitals	23	Ipswich Cardinals	0
26.10.1991	Bristol Aztecs	26	Kent Pumas	30
26.10.1991	Colchester Gladiators	46	Folkestone Vikings	16
26.10.1991	Farnham Knights	25	Bournemouth Renegades	24
	North Quarter-Finals
26.10.1991	Northants Storm	70	Gateshead Senators	6
26.10.1991	Blackpool Falcons	50	Nottingham	20
26.10.1991	Leeds Cougars	26	Glasgow Lions	12
26.10.1991	Steel City Giants	34	Birmingham Bulls	20
	CONFERENCE SEMI-FINALS
	South Semi-Finals
02.11.1991	London Capitals	22	Kent Pumas	0
02.11.1991	Colchester Gladiators	22	Farnham Knights	39
	North Semi-Finals
02.11.1991	Blackpool Falcons	8	Steel City Giants	28
02.11.1991	Northants Storm	64	Leeds Cougars	0
	CONFERENCE FINALS
	Southern Final
09.11.1991	London Capitals	18	Farnham Knights	14
	Northern Final
17.11.1991	Northants Storm	30	Steel City Giants	12
	BYAFA YOUTH KITTED FINAL
30.11.1991	Northants Storm	58	London Capitals	6

Regualar Season Results

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Week 3
24.08.1991	Monarchs	L	Brighton B-52s	W
	Week 4
31.08.1991	Brighton B-52s	6	Monarchs	14
	Week 1
10.08.1991	Ipswich Cardinals	26	Chelmsford Braves	33
10.08.1991	Colchester Gladiators	56	Norwich Demons	6
10.08.1991	Franham Knights	30	Brighton B-52s	0
10.08.1991	Monarchs	14	Kent Pumas	14
	Week 7
21.09.1991	Norwich Demons	22	Chelmsford Braves	18
21.09.1991	Northants Storm	58	Leicester Panthers	0
21.09.1991	Bournemouth Renegades	66	Solent Warriors	6
21.09.1991	London Capitals	47	Folkestone Vikings	2
21.09.1991	Gateshead Senators	39	Lincoln Saints	12
21.09.1991	Nottingham	8	Steel City Giants	42
21.09.1991	Kent Pumas	13	Monarchs	0
21.09.1991	Basingstoke	12	Brighton B-52s	20
	Week 8
28.09.1991	Nottingham	6	Gateshead Senators	0
28.09.1991	Bournemouth Renegades	33	Cardiff	2
28.09.1991	Solent Warriors	6	Bristol Aztecs	96
28.09.1991	Folkestone Vikings	56	Luton Area Huskers	20
28.09.1991	Gateshead Senators	0	Nottingham	6
28.09.1991	Burton Braves	12	Birmingham Bulls	36
28.09.1991	Brighton B-52s	16	Basingstoke	6
28.09.1991	Monarchs	0	Farnham Knights	13
28.09.1991	Ipswich Cardinals	44	Tiptree Titans	0
28.09.1991	Chester Romans	8	Glasgow Lions	28
28.09.1991	Leicester Panthers	6	Northants Storm	40
	Week 9
05.10.1991	Northants Storm	38	Birmingham Bulls	20
05.10.1991	Chelmsford Braves	22	Ipswich Cardinals	26
05.10.1991	Leeds Cougars	0	Nottingham	8
05.10.1991	Bristol Aztecs	18	Bournemouth Renegades	6
05.10.1991	Kent Pumas	28	Basingstoke	0
05.10.1991	Luton Area Huskers	6	Folkestone Vikings	32
05.10.1991	Leicester Panthers	6	Colchester Gladiators	16
	Week 10
	Week 11
19.10.1991	Leeds Cougars	22	Gateshead Senators	0
19.10.1991	Kent Pumas	25	Brighton B-52s	0
19.10.1991	Steel City Giants	58	Nottingham	12
19.10.1991	Monarchs	0	Basingstoke	13

Report

Northants Storm lived up to their name, storming to the British Youth American Football Association Kitted Final, triumphing by a large margin in the Final, 58-6, over London Capitals. They had earlier defeated Steel City Giants, from Sheffield in Yorkshire, 30-12, in the Northern Conference Final, while London Capitals had squeezed by Farnham Knights, from Hampshire, 18-14 in the Southern Conference Semi-Final.

In total 30 teams entered the BYAFA Kitted League in 1991, and were divided into eight divisions in two conferences, north and south. London Capitals, Bristol Aztecs, Farnham Knights and Colchester Gladiators were the four division winners in the Souther Conference, while Northants Storm, Blackpool Falcons, Steel City Giants and Leeds Cougars were the Northern Conference Division winners.

Quarterback Pete Underwood linked up with Wide Receiver Steve Booth for two Touchdowns for Northants in the Final, and the pair devastated the Capitals defense all day.

References

Newspaers

[1] Anon. (1991) “BYAFA Kitted League: Jones massacre” First Down. 10 August 1991. pg. 21

[2] Anon. (1991) “Monarchs bite back” First Down. 31 August 1991. pg. 20

[3] Anon. (1991) “BYAFA Great Scott a real Devil” First Down. 21 September 1991. pg. 23

[4] Anon. (1991) “BYAFA: It’s sweet 16 for the Champions” First Down. 28 September 1991. pg. 23

[5] Anon. (1991) “BYAFA: Early blitz has Bulls in a daze” First Down. 5 October 1991. pg. 23

[6] Anon. (1991) “BYAFA: Cougars are full of Eastern promise” First Down. 19 October 1991. pg. 23

[7] Anon. (1991) “BYAFA: Ennis TD blitz puts Cougars into semis” First Down. 26 October 1991. pg. 23

[8] Anon. (1991) “BYAFA: Brilliant Northants storm into a final berth” First Down. 2 November 1991. pg. 23

[9] Anon. (1991) “BYAFA: Top Cats deliver a Hazard warning ” First Down. 9 November 1991. pg. 23

[10] Anon. (1991) “BYAFA: Pete gets Northants set for a final fling” First Down. 23 November 1991. pg. 23

[11] Anon. (1991) “BYAFA: Rampant Northants’ title glory” First Down. 30 November 1991. pg. 23

Images

[12] BYAFA | WAyback Machine (2003) logo_text [Internet] Available from: https://web.archive.org/web/20030501082740im_/http://byafa.org/graphics/logo_text.gif [Accessed 15 June 2020]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Sean Douglas and Tim Leadingham

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