League Table

	P	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pct
Tara Conference
*Dublin Celts	10	10	0	0			1.000
*Craigavon Cowboys	10	8	2	0			.800
*Belfast Giants	10	7	3	0			.667
Belfast Spartans	10	4	6	0			.450
Bangor Buccaneers	10	3	7	0			.300
Jordanstown Jaguars	10	0	10	0			.000
Mourne Conference
*Belfast Blitzers	10	9	1	0			.900
Carrickfergus Cougars	10	5	5	0			.500
Dublin Tornadoes	10	5	5	0			.500
Coleraine Chieftains	10	2	8	0			.200
East Side Jets	10	2	8	0			.200

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Playoff Results

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Semi-Finals
12.09.87	Belfast Blitzers	20	Craigavon Cowboys	28
12.09.87	Dublin Celts	43	Belfast Giants	0
	Shamrock Bowl II
27.09.87	Craigavon Cowboys	26	Dublin Celts	39

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Regular Season Results

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Week 1
27.04.87	East Side Jets	0	Belfast Blitzers	92
27.04.87	Coleraine Chieftains	0	Craigavon Cowboys	38
27.04.87	Labatt Belfast Spartans	6	Dublin Tornadoes	7
	Week 2
3.05.87	Carrickfergus Cougars	6	Craigavon Cowboys	30
3.05.87	Dublin Celts	28	Jordanstown Jaguars	6
	Week 3
10.05.87	Jordanstown Jaguars	0	Belfast Blitzers	28
10.05.87	Bangor Buccaneers	0	Belfast Giants	27
10.05.87	Coleraine Chieftains	9	Dublin Celts	48
	Week 4
17.05.87	Dublin Celts	13	Belfast Giants	0
17.05.87	Labatt Belfast Spartans	2	Carrickfergus Cougars	15
17.05.87	Craigavon Cowboys	58	East Side Jets	0
	Week 5
24.05.87	Jordanstown Jaguars	8	Carrickfergus Cougars	6
24.05.87	Belfast Blitzers	52	Coleraine Chieftans	0
24.05.87	Belfast Giants	52	Dublin Tornadoes	2
24.05.87	East Side Jets	9	Labatt Belfast Spartans	30
	Week 6
31.05.87	Belfast Blitzers	76	Bangor Buccaneers	0
31.05.87	Dublin Tornadoes	0	Craigavon Cowboys	32
31.05.87	Carrickfergus Cougars	p	Dublin Celts	p
	Week 7
07.06.87	Jordanstown Jaguars	0	Bangor Buccaneers	7
07.06.87	Belfast Giants	9	Carrickfergus Cougars	6
07.06.87	Coleraine Chieftains	31	East Side Jets	0
	Week 8
14.06.87	Craigavon Cowboys	21	Bangor Buccaneers	7
14.06.87	East Side Jets	0	Belfast Giants	46
14.06.87	Carrickfergus Cougars	0	Dublin Tornadoes	22
	Week 9
21.06.87	Labatt Belfast Spartans	p	Belfast Giants	p
21.06.87	Dublin Tornadoes	38	Coleraine Chieftains	6
21.06.87	Bangor Buccaneers	15	Dublin Celts	38
21.06.87	Belfast Blitzers	63	Labatt Belfast Spartans	0
	Week 10
28.06.87	Craigavon Cowboys	0	Belfast Blitzers	22
28.06.87	Coleraine Chieftans	0	Labatt Belfast Spartans	6
	Week 11
05.07.87	Bangor Buccaneers	25	East Side Jets	0
	Week 12
12.07.87	Dublin Celts	40	Dublin Tornadoes	0
12.07.87	Labatt Belfast Spartans	1	Jordanstown Jaguars	0 #
	Week 13
19.07.87	Coleraine Chieftains	0	Belfast Giants	12
19.07.87	Labatt Belfast Spartans	0	Dublin Celts	27
19.07.87	Dublin Tornadoes	1	Jordanstown Jaguars	0 #
	Week 14
26.07.87	Coleraine Chieftains	1	Jordanstown Jaguars	0 #
26.07.87	Craigavon Cowboys	14	Dublin Celts	24
26.07.87	Carrickfergus Cougars	1	East Side Jets	0 #
26.07.87	Bangor Buccaneers	p	Labatt Belfast Spartans	p
	Week 15
02.08.87	Dublin Tornadoes	32	Bangor Buccaneers	0
02.08.87	Belfast Blitzers	38	Belfast Giants	3
02.08.87	Coleraine Chieftans	12	Carrickfergus Cougars	33
	Week 16
16.08.87	Dublin Celts	26	Belfast Blitzers	14
16.08.87	Bangor Buccaneers	6	Coleraine Chieftains	0
16.08.87	Belfast Giants	0	Craigavon Cowboys	13
16.08.87	East Side Jets	0 #	Dublin Tornadoes	1
	Week 17
23.08.87	Carrickfergus Cougars	p	Belfast Blitzers	p
23.08.87	Jordanstown Jaguars	0 #	Craigavon Cowboys	1
23.08.87	Dublin Celts	1	East Side Jets	0 #
25.08.87	Carrickfergus Cougars	6	Belfast Blitzers	36
	Week 18
30.08.87	Bangor Buccaneers	6	Carrickfergus Cougars	26
30.08.87	Labatt Belfast Spartans	0	Craigavon Cowboys	52
30.08.87	East Side Jets	0 #	Dublin Tornadoes	1
30.08.87	Dublin Celts	1	East Side Jets	0 #
30.08.87	East Side Jets	1	Jordanstown Jaguars	0 #
	Week 19
06.09.87	Labatt Belfast Spartans	1	Bangor Buccaneers	0 #
06.09.87	Jordanstown Jaguars	0 #	Belfast Giants	1
06.09.87	Labatt Belfast Spartans	0 #	Belfast Giants	1
06.09.87	Carrickfergus Cougars		Dublin Celts

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Dublin Celts – Shamrock Bowl Winners 1987 [3]

References

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] Irish American Football Association (2018) Shamrock Bowl History [Internet] Available from: hhttp://www.americanfootball.ie/american-football/shamrock-bowl-history/ [Accessed 23 March 2018]

[3] Belfast Spartans (2020) Player Profiles: Georgie Jameson [Internet] Available from: http://www.belfastspartans.co.uk/player-profiles.html [Accessed 21 April 2020]

Images

[4] Dublin Celts American Football Team | Facebook (2017) [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10213260818544676&set=gm.457477981311995&type=3&theater&ifg=1 [Accessed 21 January 2019]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to John Malone, Tony Meenaghan, Declan Mulvey & Paul O’Reilly.

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