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Details

Date Time League Season Match Day
April 10, 1988 12:00 pm EFL European Football League International Challenge Cup 1988 International Challenge Cup 1988

Results

TeamT
NI Giants21
Ayr Burners (Sco)0

NI Giants

# Player Position TD FG Safety PAT 2XP Comp Att Pass Yds Rush Att Rush Yds Rec Rec Yds Int Lng Fum Lost FR Tckl Solo Asst Sack PR KR Punt PYds PAvg BFG OR
John Wilson-2000000000000000000000000000
Sean SloanLinebacker1010000000001000000000000000
Billy AllenKick Returner0001000000000000000000000000
 Total 3011000000001000000000000000

Ayr Burners (Sco)

Position TD FG Safety PAT 2XP Comp Att Pass Yds Rush Att Rush Yds Rec Rec Yds Int Lng Fum Lost FR Tckl Solo Asst Sack PR KR Punt PYds PAvg BFG OR
 0000000000000000000000000000

Venue

Solitude, Belfast
Solitude - Cliftonville A&FC, Cliftonville Parade, Cliftonville, Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, BT14 6LA, United Kingdom

Recap

Belfast Tennent’s Giants 21 Ayr Burners 0 – Tennent’s Belfast Giants gained revenge for a 48-0 defeat in the corresponding fixture the year before when they triumphed 21-0 over Scottish team Ayr Burners in the European Football League’s International Challenge Cup. This was the third year of the Cup and the Giants took home the trophy thanks to two 70 yard Touchdown runs by Halfback John Wilson (one of which was converted by kicker Billy Allen) and a 75 yard Interception Return as well as a Safety (worth two points) by Linebacker Sean Sloan.

Scoring

BTG – John wilson 70yd TD Run

BTG – Johh Wilson 70yd TD Run

BTG – Sean Sloan 75yd Interception Return for TD

BTG – Sean Sloan Safety

BTG – Billy Allen PAT

References

Websites

[1] Britball Now (2009) British and Irish Friendly results against foreign opposition [Internet] Available from: http://www.britballnow.co.uk/History/UKClubsForeignOppo.html [Accessed 16 November 2017]

[2] Britball Now (2009) Results in Euro Competition [Internet] Available from: http://www.britballnow.co.uk/history-index/results-in-euro-competition.html [Accessed 1 November 2016]

[3] Irish American Football Association (2002) OTHER EVENTS: [Internet] Available from: http://americanfootball.ie/iafl/otherevents02.htm [Accessed 20 March 2018]

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.

Websites

[9] Britball Now (2009) Results in Euro Competition [Internet] Available from: http://www.britballnow.co.uk/history-index/results-in-euro-competition.html [Accessed 1 November 2016]

[10] Britball Now (2009) Results Section [1990] [Internet] Available from: http://www.britballnow.co.uk/history-index/results-section.html [Accessed 1 November 2016]

About this document

Researched, compiled and written by Enda Mulcahy for the

Eirball | Irish North American and World Sports Archive

Last Updated: 5 February 2021

(c) Copyright Enda Mulcahy and Eirball 2020-2021

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