Standings

BYAFA YKL 1996	P	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pct
Northern Conference
Birmingham Bulls (C)	2	1	1	0	57	46	.500
Lancashire Wolverines (P)	2	2	0	0	58	23	1.000
Bedford Huskers (P)	1	0	1	0	14	32	.000
Nottingham Caesars (D2)	1	0	1	0	20	48	.000
Southern Conference
Farnham Knights (C)	1	1	0	0	28	0	1.000
London Capitals (P)	1	1	0	0	68	8	1.000
Southern Sun Devils (P)	1	0	1	0	0	28	.000
Gloster Gladiators (D2)	1	0	1	0	8	68	.000

Playoffs

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Playoffs
06.10.1996	London Capitals	42	Southern Sun Devils	0
06.10.1996	Lancashire Wolverines	18	Bedford Huskers	0
	Semi-Finals
20.10.1996	Farnham Knights	6	London Capitals	0
20.10.1996	Lancashire Wolverines	22	Birmingham Bulls	14
	Division 2 Bowl		9v9 Football
13.10.1996	Gloster Gladiators	26	Nottingham Caesars	12
	Division 1 Bowl		11v11 Football
03.11.1996	Farnham Knights	20	Lancashire Wolverines	0

Results

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Week
11.08.1996	Chippenham & Gloucester	8	London Capitals	68
	Week
08.09.1996	Lancashire Wolverines	32	Bedford Huskers	14
08.09.1996	Birmingham Bulls	48	Nottingham Caesars	20
08.09.1996	Farnham Knights	28	Southern Sun Devils	0
	Week
22.09.1996	Lancashire Wolverines	26	Birmingham Bulls	9

Report

Farnham Knights won the British Youth American Football Association Youth Kitted League Division 1 Bowl by 20-0 over new team Lancashire Wolverines. Wide Receiver Mart Zaki scored all three touchdowns for the Knights and Sean Donahue (an Irish name) was named game MVP (Most Valuable Player) as he shined on both defense and running back. The Knights had not given up a single point all season and had triumphed 6-0 over London Capitals in the Semi-Finals. The Wolverines had knocked out Birmingham Bulls 22-14 in the other Semi-Final. Southern Sun Devils and Bedford Huskers had been defeated in the Playoffs by the Capitals and Wolverines respectively. All 8 teams were afforded an opportunity to play in the postseason as Gloster Gladiators defeated Nottingham Caesars 26-12 in the first ever 9v9 Division 2 Bowl.

References

Newspapers

[1] Anon. (1996) “BYAFA” First Down. 17 August 1996. pg. 21

[2] Anon. (1996) “BYAFA” First Down. 14 September 1996. pg. 20

[3] Anon. (1996) “BYAFA” First Down. 28 September 1996. pg. 17

[4] Anon. (1996) “BYAFA” First Down. 12 October 1996. pg. 17

[5] Anon. (1996) “BYAFA” First Down. 26 October 1996. pg. 16

[6] Anon. (1996) “BYAFA” First Down.16 November 1996. pg. 17

Images

[1] 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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