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International American Football Friendlies Reports and Box Scores 1987

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International American Football Friendlies 1987

Match Day Irish v American International American Football 1987
(Irish v American International American Football 1987)
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Dublin Celts vs Taunton Raiders (Mass)

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To open the first full Irish American Football League season, the Taunton Raiders of the Eastern Football League in Massachusetts, USA, visited Dublin to play against Ireland’s Dublin Celts, Ireland’s first ever American Football team. The Celts were determined holding the Raiders to just two touchdowns until near the end of the first half when the Raiders returned an Interception 40 yards for a Touchdown. The Celts never recovered, conceding four more touchdowns in the second half as the Taunton Raiders went on to win 46-0.

More games to follow in match reports over the following two weeks.

REFERENCES

NEWSPAPERS

[1] Irish Independent (1987) “U.S. Football” Irish Independent. Monday, April 20, 1987. pg.12 [Internet]

[2] Irish Independent (1987) Your Sports Diary – Tomorrow – American Football Irish Independent. Saturday, April 18, 1987. pg. 16

IMAGES

[6] Dublin Celts American Football Team Facebook Page (2016) Photo by Joseph Greene August 28, 2016 [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1421158977901127&set=gm.269427200117075&type=3&theater&ifg=1 [Accessed 3 July 2018]

SOURCES

[1] Irish Press (1987) It’s not so good for the ‘Giants’ Irish Press. Thursday, November 05, 1987. pg. 11[Internet]

[2] Irish Independent (1987) Your Sports Diary – Tomorrow – American Football Irish Independent. Saturday, April 18, 1987. pg. 16

WEBSITES

[3] Britball Now (2016) History of the Game in Ireland [Internet] Available from: http://www.britballnow.co.uk/history-index/ireland/history-of-the-game-in.html [Accessed 02 October 2016]

[4] Britball Now (2008) UK Clubs Against Foreign Opposition [Internet] Available from: http://www.britballnow.co.uk/History/UKClubsForeignOppo.html [Accessed 16 November 2008]

[5] Semi-Pro Football (2017) Eastern Football League Champions [Internet] Available from: http://www.semiprofootball.org/minor/champs/eastfl.htm [Accessed 16 November 2017]

SOURCES

[6] Kevin Sharkey (2020) “The Dublin Celts” Word Document shared by John Gunning on Facebook Messenger with permission.

Newspapers

[7] Anon. (1988) “Giants get their revenge’” Belfast Telegraph. Tuesday, April 12, 1988. pg. 20 [Internet] Available online at the Irish Newspaper Archive at: https://www.irishnewsarchive.com/ which is a subscription service.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Thanks to Cillian Smith and Michael Smith of the Irish American Football Association and Irish American Football Officials Association.

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International American Football – Green Isle All-Stars 0 Marlboro Shamrocks 36 – Box-Score and Match Report 29 November 1986

Green Isle All-Stars 0 Marlboro Shamrocks 36

At Glenalbyn, Dublin – The Marlboro Shamrocks, from Boston, Massachusetts, became the first ever US visitors to play an Irish team when in 1986 they took on and defeated an Irish American Football Championship All-Stars side, the Green Isle All-Stars, 36-0. With Billy Lefreniere, a former New York Giants trialist, outstanding for the Shamrocks, scoring three touchdowns in the first half, including an 85 yard run, the Boston team constantly put the Irish team under pressure. Despite good work by Mark Harris, Chris Millar and Martin Murphy, the All-Stars could not prevent Gene Massa hauling in a 3 yard touchdown in the third quarter. Paul Sharon added the visitors fourth touchdown while four Point After Touchdowns from five attempts by Pat Caruso and a Safety in the final quarter completed the scoring for the Shamrocks.

At Glenalbyn, DublinQ1Q2Q3Q4Total
Marlboro Shamrocks36
Green Isle All-Stars00000
[References: 1]
TeamScorersScore
1st Quarter
MARBilly Lafreniere TD0-6
MARBilly Lafreniere TD0-12
2nd Quarter
MARBilly Lafreniere 85 Run0-18
3rd Quarter
MARGene Massa 3 yd Pass from ??0-24
MARPaul Sharon TD0-34
4th Quarter
MARDefensive Safety0-36
Quarter ??
MARPat Caruso 4 PATS0-36
[References: 1]

References

Newspapers

[1] Anon. (1986) “Marlboro Burn Up Stars” Sunday Press, November 30. 1986. pg 43.

Websites

[3] Britball Now (2016) History of the Game in Ireland [Internet] Available from: http://www.britballnow.co.uk/history-index/ireland/history-of-the-game-in.html [Accessed 02 October 2016]

[4] Britball Now (2008) UK Clubs Against Foreign Opposition [Internet] Available from: http://www.britballnow.co.uk/History/UKClubsForeignOppo.html [Accessed 16 November 2008]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to John Malone, Declan Mulvey, Mark, Paul McEnnis, Gareth Moore.

About this document

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Eirball | Irish North American and World Sports Archive

Last Updated: 2 May 2021

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Dublin Celts 0 Taunton Raiders 46 (Eastern Football League) Box-Score and Match Report 19 April 1987

Dublin Celts Logo [Ref: 6]

Wanderers Rugby Club, Merrion Road, Dublin 4 – 19 April 1987

Dublin Celts 0 Taunton Raiders 46 – The Taunton Raiders, representing the Semi-Pro Eastern Football League in New England (Massachusetts and surrounding States), United States of America, gave a Footballing lesson to the Dublin Celts, Finalists in the Irish American Football League in 1987.

In their match at Wanderers Rugby Club, on Merrion Road, Dublin 4, the Raiders scored seven touchdowns, the most important just before halftime when the Raiders defence, which was never really put under pressure, intercepted a Celts pass, with Billy Joyce running the ball back 40 yards to the endzone. The Raiders scored four more touchdowns in the second half.

At Wanderers RFC, Merrion Rd, Dublin 4H1H2Total
Taunton Raiders (Eastern Football League)202646
Dublin Celts000
Dublin Celts 0 Taunton Raiders (Eastern Football League) 46 – Box-Score 19 April 1987 [Ref: 1-2]
TeamScorersScore
1st Half
TAUTD7-0
TAUTD14-0
TAUBilly Joyce 40 yd Int Return 20-0
2nd Half
TAUTD27-0
TAUTD34-0
TAUTD40-0
TAUTD46-0
Dublin Celts 0 Taunton Raiders 46 Scorers 19 April 1987 [Ref: 2]

References

Newspapers

[1] Irish Independent (1987) “U.S. Football” Irish Independent. Monday, April 20, 1987. pg.12 [Internet]

[2] Irish Independent (1987) Your Sports Diary – Tomorrow – American Football Irish Independent. Saturday, April 18, 1987. pg. 16

Websites

[3] Britball Now (2016) History of the Game in Ireland [Internet] Available from: http://www.britballnow.co.uk/history-index/ireland/history-of-the-game-in.html [Accessed 02 October 2016]

[4] Britball Now (2008) UK Clubs Against Foreign Opposition [Internet] Available from: http://www.britballnow.co.uk/History/UKClubsForeignOppo.html [Accessed 16 November 2008]

[5] Semi-Pro Football (2017) Eastern Football League Champions [Internet] Available from: http://www.semiprofootball.org/minor/champs/eastfl.htm [Accessed 16 November 2017]

Images

[6] Dublin Celts American Football Team Facebook Page (2016) Photo by Joseph Greene August 28, 2016 [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1421158977901127&set=gm.269427200117075&type=3&theater&ifg=1 [Accessed 3 July 2018]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Cillian Smith, Michael Smith, Ralph Schmeer and Michael Brophy of the Irish American Football Association and Irish American Football Officials Association.

About this document

Researched, compiled and written by Enda Mulcahy for the

Eirball | Irish North American and World Sports Archive

Last Updated: 2 July 2020

(c) Copyright Enda Mulcahy and Eirball 2020

You may quote this document in part provided that proper acknowledgement is given to the authors. All Rights Reserved.