League Table

	P	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pts
Marlay Hellfire	11	11	0	0
Drimnagh Cycos	11	8	3	0

Playoff Results

W/E	Home Team		Away Team
	Final
03.03.1996	Drmnagh Cycos	12	Marlay Hellfire	6

[1][2]

Regular Season Results

W/E	Home Team		Away Team
	Final Week
1996	Greystones Rebels	13	Dublin Devastators	13

Report

Final, 3 March 2020

Marlay Hellfire 6 Drimnagh Cycos 12 – Marlay Hellfire went into the Final as huge favourites after an undefeated 12-game season, and having only been beaten once in the Irish League over the previous two-and-a-half-years, however, the Drimnagh Cycos, after an 8-3 season, surprised them in a 12-6 victory. Every player played his part according to Drimnagh spokesman Liam Farrell. [1] Liam Farrell scored both Drimnagh’s Touchdowns and Dave Quinn of Marlay Hellfire was game MVP (Most Valuable Player). [Reference: 4]

At	H1	H2	Total Pts
Marlay Hellfire	6	0	6
Drimnagh Cycos	12	0	12

Team	Scorer	Score
	Half 1
MAR	David Grandmaison TD Pass from Kevin Mullins (PAT No Good)	6-0
DRI	Liam Farrell TD Run [25:00] PAT No Good	6-6
DRI	Liam Farrell TD Run [35:00] PAT No Good	6-12
	Half 2
	No Scoring	6-12

Awards

Award	Winning Player	Position	Team
League MVP	David Grandmaison	Wide Receiver	Marlay Hellfire
Final MVP	Dave Quinn		Marlay Hellfire

References

Sources

[1] FD Reporter (1996) Deadly Drimnagh fly the flag for Ireland. First Down. April 20, 1996. Pg..

Internet Archive

[2] Drimnagh Cycos – Wayback Machine (2001) Photos [Internet] Available from: http://web.archive.org/web/20011117060516/http://www.geocities.com:80/colosseum/base/6389/photos.html [Accessed 21 April 2017]

[3] Dublin Rebels – Wayback Machine (2006) Dublin Rebels American Football Club – Phil & Marcus’s Dream [Internet] Available from: http://web.archive.org/web/20061205221648/http://www.dublinrebels.com:80/page.php?1 [Accessed 5 July 2017]

[4] Naughton, Lindie (1996) “FLAG FOOTBALL: Cycos make life hell for Marley” Evening Herald. Friday, March 8, 1996. Pg. 70 [Available Online At the Irish Newspaper Archive: https://www.irishnewsarchive.com/ ]

Images

[5] Evening Herald (1996) “Our Picture (Above) Shows the Drimnagh Defense (Right) Squaring off against the Cycos Offense”Evening Herald. Friday, March 8, 1996. Pg. 70 [Available Online At the Irish Newspaper Archive: https://www.irishnewsarchive.com/ ]

[6] FD Reporter (1996) “Photo caption: Irish Cream: the Lads from Drimnagh celebrate their Championship” First Down. April 20, 1996. Pg. 20.

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Peter Mullen (Drimnagh Cycos) and South West Jets, Irish Flag Football League, 1995.

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