Standings

BYAFA YKL 1993	P	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pct
Northern Conference
Birmingham Bulls (P)	5	4	1	0			.800
Glasgow Lions (C)	4	3	1	0			.750
Leeds Cougars	5	3	2	0			.600
Manchester Spartans	5	3	2	0			.600
Steel City Titans	3	1	1	1			.500
Leicester Hurricanes	5	1	3	1			.300
Milton Keynes Predators	5	0	5	0			.000
Anglian Conference
Southend Sabres (C)	3	2	0	1			.833
Bedford Huskers (P)	4	3	1	0			.750
Norwich Devils	4	2	1	1			.625
Nottingham	4	2	2	0			.500
Cambridge Cobras	4	1	3	0			.250
Haven Raiders	3	0	3	0			.000
South East Conference
London Olympians (C)	5	5	0	0			1.000
Heathrow Jets (P)	6	5	1	0			.833
London Capitals	5	3	2	0			.600
Basildon Chiefs	4	2	2	0			.500
Kent Pumas	5	2	3	0			.400
London Ravens	5	1	4	0			.200
Brent #	6	0	6	0			.000
West Conference
Farnham Knights (C)	6	6	0	0			1.000
Southern Sun Devils (P)	5	4	1	0			.800
Solent Scorpions	3	2	1	0			.667
Bournemouth Renegades	4	2	2	0			.500
Bristol Aztecs	5	1	4	0			.200
Cardiff AFC	3	0	3	0			.000
Gloster Gladiators	4	0	4	0			.000

Note: Week 3 Results currently unknown.

Playoffs

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Quarter-Finals
10.10.1993	Glasgow Lions		Bedford Huskers
10.10.1993	Southend Sabres	30	Birmingham Bulls	18
10.10.1993	London Olympians	20	Farnham Knights	0
10.10.1993	Southern Sun Devils	0	Heathrow Jets	42
	Semi-Finals
24.10.1993	London Olympians	L	Heathrow Jets	W
	Southend Sabres	W
	Final
07.11.1993	Southend Sabres	44	Heathrow Jets	6

Regular Season Results

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Week 1
01.08.1993	Haven Raiders	6	Norwich Devils	52
01.08.1993	Bristol Aztecs	0	Farnham Knights	26
01.08.1993	Brent	6	Kent Pumas	26
	Week 2
08.08.1993	Cambridge Cobras	0	Southend Sabres	90
08.08.1993	Leicester Hurricanes	0	Manchester Spartans	12
	Week 3
	Week 4
22.08.1993	Glasgow Lions	46	Leeds Cougars	12
22.08.1993	London Capitals	54	London Ravens	0
22.08.1993	Heathrow Jets	66	Basildon Chiefs	0
22.08.1993	Southern Sun Devils	56	Bristol Aztecs	0
22.08.1993	Farnham Knights	6	Solent Scorpions	0
22.08.1993	Bournemouth Renegades	21	Gloster Gladiators	0
22.08.1993	Birmingham Bulls	42	Leicester Hurricanes	6
22.08.1993	Bedford Huskers	68	Cambridge Cobras	34
22.08.1993	Milton Keynes Predators	c	Steel City Titans	c
22.08.1993	Southend Sabres	c	Haven Raiders	c
	Week 5
29.08.1993	Heathrow Jets	72	London Ravens	12
29.08.1993	London Capitals	36	Kent Pumas	8
29.08.1993	Manchester Spartans	20	Milton Keynes Predators	18
29.08.1993	Birmingham Bulls	42	Leeds Cougars	13
	Week 6
05.09.1993	Farnham Knights	20	Bournemouth Renegades	14
05.09.1993	Heathrow Jets	72	Kent Pumas	0
	Week 7
12.09.1993	London Olympians	36	Heathrow Jets	20
12.09.1993	Glasgow Lions	46	Manchester Spartans	6
12.09.1993	Southend Sabres	46	Nottingham	0
12.09.1993	Southern Sun Devils	43	Bournemouth Renegades	0
12.09.1993	Solent Scorpions	78	Cardiff AFC	2
12.09.1993	Bedford Huskers	16	Norwich Devils	0
12.09.1993	Leicester Hurricanes	0	Steel City Titans	0
12.09.1993	Milton Keynes Pioneers	0	Birmingham Bulls	26
12.09.1993	Bristol Aztecs	6	Gloster Gladiators	0
12.09.1993	London Ravens	c	Basildon Chiefs	c
	Week 8
19.09.1993	Cambridge Cobras	7	Norwich Devils	32
19.09.1993	Manchester Spartans	8	Leeds Cougars	38
19.09.1993	Southern Sun Devils	73	Gloster Gladiators	6
19.09.1993	Haven Raiders	6	Nottingham	28
19.09.1993	Basildon Chiefs	0	London Olympians	56
19.09.1993	London Ravens	6	Kent Pumas	36
19.09.1993	Leicester Hurricanes	40	Milton Keynes Predators	6
19.09.1993	Steel City Titans	0 #	Birmingham Bulls	1
19.09.1993	Bristol Aztecs	0	Bournemouth Renegades	20
19.09.1993	Cardiff AFC	0	Farnham Knights	20
	Week 9
26.09.1993	Glasgow Lions	28	Birmingham Bulls	26
26.09.1993	Farnham Knights	26	Southern Sun Devils	20
26.09.1993	Solent Scorpions	35	Bristol Aztecs	14
26.09.1993	Heathrow Jets	8	London Capitals	6
26.09.1993	Leeds Cougars	12	Leicester Hurricanes	8
26.09.1993	Manchester Spartans	8	Milton Keynes Predators	6
26.09.1993	Nottingham	20	Bedford Huskers	18
26.09.1993	London Olympians	22	Kent Pumas	8
26.09.1993	Basildon Chiefs	1	London Ravens	0 #
26.09.1993	Norwich Devils	0	Southend Sabres	0
26.09.1993	Gloster Gladiators	c	Cardiff AFC	c
	Week 10
03.10.1993	Steel City Titans	22	Glasgow Lions	12
03.10.1993	Leeds Cougars	24	Milton Keynes Predators	0
03.10.1993	Bedford Huskers	32	Haven Raiders	2
03.10.1993	Cambridge Cobras	12	Nottingham	6
03.10.1993	Farnham Knights	34	Gloster Gladiators	8
03.10.1993	London Olympians	1	London Capitals	0 #
03.10.1993	Southern Sun Devils	1	Cardiff AFC	0 #

Note: # Forfeited Match. Brent forfeited all games after week 1.

Report

The 1993 British Youth American Football Association Youth Kitted League was won by Southend Sabres for the second year in a row. The defending Champions made light work of Heathrow Jets in the Final, winning 44-6. Prior to that they had defeated Birmingham Bulls in the Quarter-Finals. The Sabres were Champions of the Anglian Conference where they tied a game with Norwich Devils 0-0, the only game they failed to win all year. After the season they made the step up to the British American Football Association Senior League, and the Youth team merged with Basildon Chiefs to form Essex Youth. Basildon Chiefs themselves had made the step up the the YKL from playing only friendlies in 1992.

The Chiefs were one of six entirely new teams in the YKL for 1993 with Haven Raiders (Boston, 0-3), Cambridge Cobras (1-3), Leicester Hurricanes (1-3-1), Gloster Gladiators (0-4) and Brent who folded after one game being the others. In all there were 27 teams, up from two in 1992, the six new teams replacing Ipswich Cardinals, Brighton B-52s, Folkestone Wolverines and Tiptree Titans for 1993. Southern Sun Devils replaced Eastleigh Devils, Milton Keynes Predators replaced Milton Keynes Mavericks. Luton Huskers moved to Bedford.

Map of Southend

References

Newspapers

[1] Anon. (1993) “BYAFA Kitted League” First Down. 7 August 1993. pg. 21

[2] Anon. (1993) “BYAFA” First Down.14 August 1993. pg. 21

[3] Anon. (1993) “BYAFA” First Down.21 August 1993. pg. 21

[4] Anon. (1993) “BYAFA” First Down.28 August 1993. pg. 21

[5] Anon. (1993) “BYAFAl” First Down. 4 September 1993. pg. 21

[6] Anon. (1993) “BYAFAl” First Down. 11 September 1993. pg. 21

[7] Anon. (1993) “BYAFAl” First Down. 18 September 1993. pg. 21

[8] Anon. (1993) “BYAFA” First Down. 25 September 1993. pg. 21

[9] Anon. (1993) “BYAFA” First Down. 2 October 1993. pg. 21

[10] Anon. (1993) “BYAFA” First Down. 9 October 1993. pg. 21

[11] Anon. (1993) “BYAFA” First Down. 16 October 1993. pg. 21

[12] Anon. (1993) “BYAFA” First Down. 23 October 1993. pg. 21

[13] Anon. (1993) “BYAFA” First Down. 30 October 1993. pg. 21

[14] Anon. (1993) “BYAFA” First Down. 6 November 1993. pg. 21

[14] Anon. (1993) “BYAFA” First Down. 13 November 1993. pg. 21

Images

[16] 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 Scott Nicholson.

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