IAFL Senior Team 1987

Home Ground: Annadale Sports & Social Club, Ballygowan, Belfast

Colours: White/Green & White/White

History: Played their only season in 1987, the first full season of the IAFL, finishing bottom of the Mourne Conference with a 1-9 record. They had won both of their pre-season games against Aldegrove Hawks and Bangor Buccaneers but fell apart in their first competitive game against the Belfast Blitzers, the 1986 League and Cup Champions losing 92-0, andnever really recovered after that.

Home Ground: Boucher Road Playing Fields, Belfast

Year-by-Year Record

Year	League	RS W-L-T	Pts / Pos	PS W-L-T	Champ	Other W-L-T	Champ
1987	IAFL	1-9-0	.100 / 5th	0-0-0	None	2-0-0	Pre MC

1987 Results

Week	Date	H/A	Opposition	W/L	Score
PS 1	1987	A	Aldergove Hawks	W	6-0
PS 2	15.03.1987	H	Bangor Buccaneers	W	7-2
1	27.04.1987	H	Belfast Blitzers	L	0-92
4	17.05.1987	A	Craigavon Cowboys	L	0-58
5	24.05.1987	H	Belfast Spartans	L	9-30
7	07.06.1987	A	Coleraine Chieftans	L	0-31
8	14.06.1987	H	Belfast Giants	L	0-46
11	05.07.1987	A	Bangor Buccaneers	L	0-25
14	26.07.1987	A	Carrickfergus Cougars	L	0-1 #
16	16.08.1987	H	Dublin Tornadoes	L	0-1 #
17	23.08.1987	A	Dublin Celts	L	0-1 #
18	30.08.1987	H	Jordanstown Jaguars	W	1-0 #

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Websites

[1] Britball Now (2016) Results Section [1987] [Internet] Available from: http://www.britballnow.co.uk/history-index/results-section.html [Accessed 23 March 2017]

[2] Britball Now (2016) East Side Jets [Internet] Available from: http://www.britballnow.co.uk/History/Britball%20Teams/EastSideJets.htm [Accessed 18 July 2018]

[3] Anon. (1987) “Successful start by Belfast Jets”Belfast Telegraph. Tuesday, March 17, 1987. pg. 21 [Internet] Available online at the Irish Newspaper Archive at: https://www.irishnewsarchive.com/ which is a subscription service.

[4] BBC Sport NI Facebook (2020) Post to Page by Andrew C. Hynds, July 25, 2020[Internet] Available from: https://scontent-dub4-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/110331995_10207676407903700_6075498231333887780_n.jpg?_nc_cat=101&_nc_sid=dbeb18&_nc_ohc=VOFw2CPJYmgAX9D9GUf&_nc_ht=scontent-dub4-1.xx&oh=97080de1e6cee4dca8af94992838b196&oe=5F72CA3D [Accessed 30 August 2020]

Acknowledgements

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

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Last Updated: 30 August 2020

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