League Table

	P	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pct
Ballymena Wolfhounds	3	3	0	0	79	12	1.000
Main Street Spartans	1	1	0	0	18	0	1.000
Brownlow Bandits	1	0	1	0	0	18	.000
Prospect Pumas	3	0	3	0	12	79	.000

Playoff Results

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Final		Musgrave Park, Belfast
25.08.1991	Belfast Spartans	33	Ballymena Wofhounds	26

Regular Season Results

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Week 1		Musgrave Pk, Belfast
23.06.1991	Ballymena Wolfhounds	21	Prospect Pumas	6
23.06.1991	Main Street Spartans	18	Brownlow Bandits	0 #
	Week 2
21.07.1991	Ballymena Wolfhounds	26	Prospect Pumas	6
	Week 3
03.08.1991	Ballymena Wolfhounds		Main Street Spartans
	Week 4
10.08.1991	Prospect Pumas	0	Ballymena Wolfhounds	32

Report

The Northern Ireland Junior American League was a Coed (Mixed) Two-Touch American Football League for 14-18 year olds in Northern Ireland that was formed in 1988, and became a Junior Kitted League in 1991. Two-Touch is a version of Flag Football that was popular among Junior sides in Ireland and Britain in the late 1980s before Flags were brought in from America. The ball carrier is tackled by placing two hands on him or her. The Kitted League was played under DV8 rules – 8v8 Contact, Tackle American Football

The 1991 NIJAL League was won by the Main Street Spartans (Junior side of the Belfast Spartans) 33-26 in a thriller over Ballymena Wolfhounds, played at Musgrave Park, Belfast. Niall Neeson, the Wolfhounds Quarterback attempted a deep throw in the dying seconds, with the Spartans leading 33-26, but the pass was intercepted, ending the game.

References

Social Media

[1] Ballymena Wolfhounds Facebook Page (2011) Video March 22, 2011: “next video will be wolfhounds v spartans at musgrave park here’s a clip to get us started
“[Fixture/Date @ -0;16] [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/197431286956389/videos/196681000352614/ [Accessed 13 November 2018]

[2] Ballymena Wolfhounds Facebook Page (2011) Video March 31, 2011:”part 4″ [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/197431286956389/videos/198665083487539/https://www.facebook.com/197431286956389/videos/198665083487539/ [Accessed 13 November 2018]

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

Newspapers

[4] Anon. (1991) “Abandoned” Belfast Telegraph. Monday, June 24, 1991. pg. 27 [Internet] Available online at the Irish Newspaper Archive at: https://www.irishnewsarchive.com/ which is a subscription service.

[5] Anon. (1991) “Buldogs tied up”Belfast Telegraph. Monday, August 12, 1991. pg. 18 [Internet] Available online at the Irish Newspaper Archive at: https://www.irishnewsarchive.com/ which is a subscription service.

[6] Anon. (1991) “Spartans win Junior crown after thriller” Belfast Telegraph. Monday, August 26, 1991. pg. 18 [Internet] Available online at the Irish Newspaper Archive at: https://www.irishnewsarchive.com/ which is a subscription service.

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Scott Nicolson (Prospect Pumas)

About this document

Researched, compiled and written by Enda Mulcahy for the

Irish North American and World Sports Archive

Last Updated: 25 August 2020

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