Northern Ireland Junior American League 1991-1992

Enda Mulcahy

4 years ago

NIJAL 1991

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Final		Musgrave Park, Belfast
91	Belfast Spartans	33	Ballymena Wofhounds	26

NIJAL Final 1992 [Ref: 1]

NIJAL 1992

	P	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pct
*Prospect Pumas	2	1	1	0	22	34	.500
*Ballymena Wolfhounds	2	1	1	0	31	48	.500
Belfast Spartans	2	1	1	0	37	8	.500

NIJAL Final Standings 1992 [Ref: Compiled from: 2-4]

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Final
23.08.92	Prospect Pumas	21	Ballymena Wolfhounds	0

NIJAL Final 1992 [Ref: 5]

Report

Belfast Junior Spartans won the 1991 NIJAL Final, beating the Ballymena Wolfhounds 33-26. the Wolfhounds lost the 1992 Final as well, 21-0 to the Prospect Pumas from Carrickfergus.

About

The Northern Ireland Junior American League was a Junior American Football League that ran from 1988 to 1992, originally as a Two-Touch League (Unkitted, limited contact, ball carrier is tackled by being touched twice), before becoming fully kitted from 1991 to 1992. Reduced numbers format was used.

References

Social Media

[1] Ballymena Wolfhounds Facebook Page (2011) Video: [Finals Score BW 26 SP 33 @ -0:05 [Internet] Available from: [Accessed 13 November 2018]

Sources

[2] Anon. (1992) “Dublin Celts still winless” First Down. July 25, 1992. pg. 19

[3] Anon. (1992) “In an Irish Junior game, Belfast Spartans…” First Down. August 15, 1992. pg. 17

[4] Anon. (1992) “At last! It’s the Dub-win Celts! * A replay of last year’s junior final…” First Down. August 15, 1992. pg. 17

[5] Anon. (1992) “Irish Results” First Down. August 29, 1992. pg. 17

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Gareth Quigley & Paul O’Reilly.

About this document

Researched, compiled and written by Enda Mulcahy for the

Eirball | Irish North American and World Sports Archive

Last Updated: 27 March 2020