Regular Season Results

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Week 1
23.08.1998	Bristol Aztecs	34	Bath	23
23.08.1998	Lancashire Wolverines	1	Nottingham/Birmingham	0 #
23.08.1998	Doncaster Wildcats	20	Norwich Devils	3
23.08.1998	London Capitals	18	Peterborough Centurions	14
	Week 2
30.08.1998	Southern Sun Devils	6	Bristol Aztecs	36
30.08.1998	Nottingham/Birmingham	20	Doncaster Wildcats	22
30.08.1998	Farnham Knights	50	Kent Pumas	0
	Week 3
06.09.1998	Doncaster Wildcats	8	Lancashire Wolverines	38
06.09.1998	Bristol Aztecs	6	Farnham Knights	13
06.09.1998	Bath	38	Southern Sun Devils	32
06.09.1998	Kent Pumas	6	London O’s	36
06.09.1998	London Capitals	72	Norwich Devils	0
	Week 4
13.09.1998	Peterborough Centurions		Lancashire Wolverines
13.09.1998	Nottingham/Birmingham		Doncaster Wildcats
13.09.1998	Southern Sun Devils		Kent Pumas
13.09.1998	Farnham Knights		London O’s
	Week 5

References

Images

[1] BYAFA | Wayback Machine (2003) logo_text [Internet] Available from: https://web.archive.org/web/20030501082740im_/http://byafa.org/graphics/logo_text.gif [Accessed 15 June 2020]

Newspapers

[2] Anon. (1996) “Capr Tom a True Britt” First Down. 22 August 1996. pg. 16

[3] Anon. (1996) “Euro News” First Down. 3-9 September 1998. pg. 28

[4] Anon. (1996) “Euro News” First Down. 10-16 September 1998. pg. 27

[5] Anon. (1996) “BYAFA” First Down. 12 October 1996. pg. 17

[6] Anon. (1996) “BYAFA” First Down. 26 October 1996. pg. 16

[7] Anon. (1996) “BYAFA” First Down.16 November 1996. pg. 17

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Scott Nicholson.

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Week 1 Results

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Inter-Conference
07.09.1998	Florida State Seminoles	23	Texas A&M Aggies	14
07.09.1998	Colorado State Rams	23	Michigan State Spartans	16
07.09.1998	Nebraska Cornhuskers	56	Louisiana Tech	27
07.09.1998	Purdue Boliermakers	17	USC Southern California Trojans	27

Week 2 Results

Date	Winning Team		Runners-Up
	Atlantic Coast Conference
	No Conference Games
	Big 10
	No Conference Games
	Big 12
14.09.1998	Oklahoma State Cowboys	38	Kansas Jayhawks	28
	Southeastern Conference
14.09.1998	Mississippi State Bulldogs	42	Vanderbilt Commodores	0
	Pacific-10 Conference
14.09.1998	Washington State	42	Arizona State Sun Devils	38
	Big East
	No Conference Games
	Conference USA
14.09.1998	Tulane Green Wave	52	Cincinnati Bearcats	34
	Mid-American Conference
14.09.1998	Marshall Thundering Herd	27	Akron Zips	16
14.09.1998	Western Michigan	37	Northern Illinois	23
	Big West
	No Conference Games
	Western Athletic Conference
14.09.1998	Rice Owls	23	SMU Southern Methodist Mustangs	17 ot
	Southern Conference
14.09.1998	No Conference Games
	Major-Inter-Conference
14.09.1998	Clemson Tigers	33	Furman	0
14.09.1998	Duke Blue Devils	24	Western Carolina	10
14.09.1998	Maryland Terrapins	23	James Madison	15
14.09.1998	North Carolina State Wolfpack	34	Ohio U	31
14.09.1998	Virginia	19	Sacred Heart	0
14.09.1998	Boston College Eagles	41	Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets	31
14.09.1998	Miami Hurricanes	66	Eastern Tennesseee State	17
14.09.1998	Pittsburgh Panthers	48	Villanova	41
14.09.1998	Rutgers Scarlet Knights	7	Richmond	6
14.09.1998	Virginia Tech	38	East Carolina	3
14.09.1998	Iowa Hawkeyes	38	Central Michigan	0
14.09.1998	Minnesota Golden Gophers	17	Arkansas State	14
14.09.1998	Northwestern Huskies	41	UNLV Nevada-Las Vegas Rebels	7
14.09.1998	Ohio State Buckeyes	34	West Virginia Mountaineers	17
14.09.1998	Penn State Nittany Lions	34	Southern Mississippi	6
14.09.1998	Wisconsin Badgers	26	San Diego State Aztecs	14
14.09.1998	Nebraska Cornhuskers	38	Alabama-Birmingham Blazers	7
14.09.1998	Colorado Buffaloes	42	Colorado State Rams	14
14.09.1998	Kansas State Cowboys	66	Iowa State Cyclones	0
14.09.1998	Missouri Tigers	37	Bowling Green	0
14.09.1998	Miami (OH)	13	North Carolina Tar Heels	10
14.09.1998	Toledo	24	Temple Owls	12
14.09.1998	Arizona Wildcats	27	Hawaii Rainbow Warriors	6
14.09.1998	California Golden Bears	14	Houston	10
14.09.1998	Oregon Ducks	48	Michigan State Spartans	14
14.09.1998	USC Southern California Trojans	27	Purdue Boilermakers	10
14.09.1998	Washington State	20	Illinois Fighting Illini	13
14.09.1998	Florida Gators	49	The Citadel	10
14.09.1998	Georgia Bulldogs	56	Kent	3
14.09.1998	Kentucky Wildcats	68	Louisville Cardinals	34
14.09.1998	South Carolina Gamecocks	38	Ball State	20
14.09.1998	Tennessee Volunteers	34	Syracuse Orangemen	33
14.09.1998	Mississippi State	42	Vanderbilt Commodores	0
14.09.1998	Alabama Crimson Tide	38	BYU Brigham Young Cougars	31
14.09.1998	Arkansas Razorbacks	38	SW Louisiana	17
14.09.1998	Mississippi Ole Miss Rebels	30	Memphis	10
14.09.1998	Boise State Broncos	26	CS Northridge	13
14.09.1998	Idaho Vandals	31	Eastern Washington	14
14.09.1998	TCU Texas Christian Horned Frogs	31	Iowa State Cyclones	21
14.09.1998	Tulsa	49	SW Missouri State	14
14.09.1998	Utah Utes	20	Utah State	12
14.09.1998	Air Force Fighting Falcons	42	Wake Forest Deacons	0
14.09.1998	San Jose State Spartans	35	Stanford Cardinal	23
	Major-Independents
14.09.1998	Central Florida Knights	64	Louisiana Tech	30
14.09.1998	NE Louisiana	44	Nicholls State	10
14.09.1998	Notre Dame Fighting Irish	36	Michigan Wolverines	20

References

Magazines

[2] Anon. (1998) “College Football” First Down. September 3-9, 1998. Pg. 30.

[3] Anon. (1998) “College Football” First Down. September 10-16, 1998. Pg. 30-31.

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Todd Zboyan, Bart Barden, Rick Kelley and Tim Leadingham

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Results

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Week 3
20.07.1986	Belfast Blitzers	53	Aldergrove Hawks	22
	Week 4
24.08.1986	Belfast Spartans	22	Bangor Buccaneers	40

Home Venues

Team	Venue
Belfast Blitzers	Cooke Rugby Club, Belfast
Carrickfergus Cougars	Carrickfergus RFC, Carrickfergus
Craigavon Cowboys	Shane Park, Lurgan, Craigavon

References

Websites

[1] Britball Now (2016) Results Section [1986] [Internet] Available from: http://www.britballnow.co.uk/history-index/results-section.html [Accessed 23 March 2017]

[2] Britball Now (2016) Bangor Buccaneers [Internet] Available from: http://www.britballnow.co.uk/History/Britball%20Teams/BangorBuccaneers.htm [Accessed 23 March 2018]

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

[4] Britballnow.co.uk (2019) 1986 Results [Internet] Available from: http://www.britballnow.co.uk/history-index/results-section.html [Accessed 17 August 2019]

Internet Archives

[5] Craigavon Cowboys | Wayback Machine (2017) Charles ‘Chuck’ Ebron Interview [Internet] Available from: http://web.archive.org/web/20170514064407/http://www,craigavoncowboys.co.uk:80/news [Accessed 10 October 2018]

Social Media

[6] Belfast Blitzers | Facebook (2019) Comments on Post by David Turner, August 12-17, 2019 [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/belfastblitzers/posts/2244208692356940 [Accessed 17 August 2019]

[7] Belfast Blitzers | Facebook (2019) Comments on Post by David Turner, September 7, 2019 [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/belfastblitzers/posts/2286790341432108?comment_id=2287705898007219&reply_comment_id=2292185984225877&notif_id=1568031304420635&notif_t=feed_comment [Accessed 9 September 2019]

Newspapers

[8] Anon. (1986) “A cracking good show for grid-iron fans” Belfast Telegraph. Tuesday, September 23, 1986. pg. 24 [Internet] Available online at the Irish Newspaper Archive at: https://www.irishnewsarchive.com/ which is a subscription service.

[9] Anon. (1986) “American flavour” Belfast Telegraph. Friday, August 8, 1986. pg. 26 [Internet] Available online at the Irish Newspaper Archive at: https://www.irishnewsarchive.com/ which is a subscription service.

[10] Anon. (1986) “Cowboys into ‘Shamrock Bowl'” Belfast Telegraph. Monday, September 29, 1986. pg. 18 [Internet] Available online at the Irish Newspaper Archive at: https://www.irishnewsarchive.com/ which is a subscription service.

[11] Anon. (1986) “Cowboys triumph'” Belfast Telegraph. Monday, October 6, 1986. pg. 19 [Internet] Available online at the Irish Newspaper Archive at: https://www.irishnewsarchive.com/ which is a subscription service.

[12] Anon. (1986) “Picture caption'” Belfast Telegraph. Monday, August 11, 1986. pg. 30 [Internet] Available online at the Irish Newspaper Archive at: https://www.irishnewsarchive.com/ which is a subscription service.

Images

[13] Anon. (1986) “Picture by Rick Hewitt'” Belfast Telegraph. Monday, August 11, 1986. pg. 30 [Internet] Available online at the Irish Newspaper Archive at: https://www.irishnewsarchive.com/ which is a subscription service.

[14] Anon. (1986) “Cowboys to meet Celts’”Belfast Telegraph. Saturday September 27, 1986. pg. 24 [Internet] Available online at the Irish Newspaper Archive at: https://www.irishnewsarchive.com/ which is a subscription service.

[15] Anon. (1986) “Blitzers turn the tables”Belfast Telegraph. Tuesday June 24, 1986. pg. 28 [Internet] Available online at the Irish Newspaper Archive at: https://www.irishnewsarchive.com/ which is a subscription service.

[16] Anon. (1986) “Cowboys into Shamrock Bowl’”Belfast Telegraph. Saturday September 29, 1986. pg. 18 [Internet] Available online at the Irish Newspaper Archive at: https://www.irishnewsarchive.com/ which is a subscription service.

Media

[15] BBC Sport NI Facebook (2020) Video, JMay 20, 2020 [Comment by player at 1:00-1:10] [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/BBCSPORTNI/videos/693338128160962 [Accessed 30 August 2020]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to David Turner & Billy Graham (Belfast Blitzers).

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Thanksgiving Tournament 20 November 2005

	P	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pts
Group A
Belfast Bulls	2	2	0	0	94	20	4
Cork Admirals	2	1	1	0	42	38	3
Dublin Rebel Rams	2	0	2	0	6	84	0
Group B
Dublin Rebels	2	2	0	0	58	13	6
Craigavon Silver Titans	2	1	1	0	37	36	2
Carrickfergus Knights	2	0	2	0	16	62	0
Group C
Broncos	2	2	0	0	86	28	6
Cork Predators	2	1	1	0	39	78	3
Craigavon Blue Titans	2	0	2	0	42	61	0

References: Compiled from [2][3]

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Round 1 (Thanksgiving)		(Venue: ALSAA)
	Group A
20.11.05	Belfast Bulls	38	Cork Admirals	14
20.11.05	Dublin Rebel Rams	6	Belfast Bulls	56
20.11.05	Cork Admirals	28	Dublin Rebel Rams	0
	Group B
20.11.05	Craigavon Silver Titans	13	Dublin Rebels	20
20.11.05	Dublin Rebels	38	Carrickfergus Knights	0
20.11.05	Carrickfergus Knights	16	Craigavon Silver Titans	24
	Group C
20.11.05	Craigavon Blue Titans	26	Cork Predators	27
20.11.05	Cork Predators	12	Broncos	52
20.11.05	Broncos	34	Craigavon Blue Titans	16

References: [2][3]

Report

At a Thanksgiving Flag Football Tournament in ALSAA, Dublin Airport on 20 November 2005, Belfast Bulls won the Junior Section,

About Flag Football

Flag Football is a non-contact version of American Football whereby teams (usually of 5) play on a smaller field (50 yards with two 10 yard endzones), using Flags tied around their waist which must be pulled of by the tackler. The aim as in American Football is to pass or run the ball into the opposition endzone, within a specified number of downs (attempts) – teams have four downs in which to reach the Halfway line or two lines close to either endzone, or the ball is turned over to the opposition. On completing either a touchdown (reaching the endzone) or one of the first down markers (ie the Halfway line or one of the other two lines) the down count starts at one again. A Touchdown is worth 6 points, and a conversion (which must be passed into the endzone) is worth one or two points depending on whether the scoring team opts to start from the 5 yard line or 20 yard line. There is no kicking, although in Irish Flag Football in the 1990s there was kicking and seven player teams. Teams are mixed (coed).

References

Websites

[1] Irish American Football League (2005) 2005 Thanksgiving Flag Football Tournament [Internet] Available from: http://americanfootball.ie/iafl/flagnov05.htm [Accessed 25 October 2016]

Internet Archive

[2] Irish Flag Football Association (2006) – Wayback Machine 2006/05/07 Results (November 23, 2005) [Internet] Available from: https://web.archive.org/web/20060507204557/http://www.irish-flag-football.com/ [Accessed 25 March 2017]

[3] Irish Flag Football Association (2006) – Wayback Machine 2006/05/07 Junior League Table / Junior League Results (May 1, 2006) [Internet] Available from: https://web.archive.org/web/20060507204557/http://www.irish-flag-football.com/ [Accessed 25 March 2017]

[4] Dublin Rebels | Wayback Machine (2007) Introduction to the Junior Rebels [Internet] Available from:    http://web.archive.org/web/20070319105246/http://www.dublinrebels.com:80/page.php?35   [Accessed 27 March 2018]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Peter Mullen, Drimnagh Cycos

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Irish League Players A-Z

Surname	First Name	Years Active	Number	Position	Teams
Anderson	Davy				Belfast Spartans ?
Armstrong	Neil			RB	Bangor Buccaneers
Baird	Verner				Belfast Spartans
Boskett	Lawrence	1984-1993	32 / 20	RB, KR	Belfast Spartans, Ireland (Northern Hordes)
Bowles	Neil	1996-?		OL, G, T, C, RBC	Belfast Spartans (1996-97), Chiltern Cheetahs (1998-?), London Blitz (?-2007)(C)(RBC), UAE Falcons (Coach)
Boyd	Billy	1984-1990s		QB	Belfast Spartans
Brown	Greg				Belfast Spartans
Bryans	Robert	1985-1989		RG, ROT, DT	Belfast Spartans
Cochran	Paul	1987			Belfast Spartans
Cullen	Pat			QB, OC	Craigavon Cowboys, Ireland, London Blitz (OC)
Denny (USA)				HC	Belfast Spartans
Devenny	Paul	1986-?		OL	Belfast Spartans
	“Dougie”				Belfast Spartans
Faulkner	Brendan				Belfast Spartans
	“Fige”				Belfast Spartans
Green	Colin		51	CB	Belfast Spartans
Helferty	Mark	1996			Belfast Spartans
Hallowell	Davey	1984-1988/89		HB, CB, QB	Belfast Spartans
Hanvey	Eric				Belfast Spartans ?
Hynds	Aaron “Hitman”	late 80s-early 90s			Belfast Spartans
Jamieson	George	1986-1991 ?		HB, QB, S, KO, KR	Belfast Spartans
Knowlton				Coach	Belfast Spartans
Lemon	Davy	1989-1996		CB, FS, RB (Junior), RB (Senior)	Belfast Junior Spartans (1989-1992), Belfast Junior Spartans Kitted (1992-1994), Belfast Spartans (1994-1996?97?)Cambridge Cats (1998-2003?), Ireland (v GB in Derby 2004/05)
McCabe	Paul	1996-97?		C	Belfast Spartans
McCabe		1996-97?			Belfast Spartans
McCormack	Robert “Bert”	1984-1999	75	DE, LB, OG, ST	Belfast Spartans
McKee	Andrew			C	Belfast Spartans
McKnight	Andy				Belfast Spartans
McKnight	John				Belfast Spartans
McWilliams	Ian				Belfast Spartans
Milford	Ernie				Belfast Spartans
Mulgrave	John “Masher”		50	LB. OG, KO, KR	Belfast Spartans, Belfast Blitzers, Belfast Giants, Antrim Bulldogs, Ireland
Mulholland	Jerry	1986-1989	56, 84	OL, TE	Belfast Spartans, Ireland
Smith	Davey				Belfast Spartans
Smith	Ian				Belfast Spartans
Spence	Trevor	1986-2011		SS, ST	Belfast Spartans (86-89), Witney Wildcats, Oxford University Cavaliers, Marbella Suns
Taylor	Blair	1984-1989	83, 20	FS, WR, KO, KR	Belfast Spartans
Thompson	Rod	1996-97			Belfast Spartans
Wallace	Gary	1984			Belfast Spartans
Williams	Steve	1986?		LT	Belfast Spartans

References

Websites

[1] Belfast Spartans (2020) Player Profiles [Internet] Available from: http://www.belfastspartans.co.uk/player-profiles.html [Last Accessed 22 April 2020]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Cillian Smith, Michael Smith, Ralph Schmeer and Michael Brophy of the Irish American Football Association and Irish American Football Officials Association; Tim Leadingham (Tallaght Outlaws); Joe Grey (Dublin Dragons); Sean Douglas (Dublin Rebels & UCD).

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IAFL Team

Irish American Football Team

________________________________________________________

IAFL Senior Team Home Ground: Colours: Honours: Career Record (W-L-T): Total: / Regular Season: History:

 

Year-by-Year Record

Year

Regular Season

Post-Season

International

Lge

P

W

L

T

Pct

P

W

L

T

Chp

P

W

L

T

Results

Week

Date

H/A

Opposition

W/L

Score

[4]

References

__________________________________________________________

Websites

Sources

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Cillian Smith, Michael Smith, Ralph Schmeer and Michael Brophy of the Irish American Football Association and Irish American Football Officials Association.

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Standings

NAL	P	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pct
Albany Empire
Carolina Cobras
Columbus Lions
Jacksonville Sharks
Ontario Bandits
Orlando Predators
West Virginia Roughriders
Jersey Flight

Schedule

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Week 1
03.04.2021	Carolina Cobras		Jacksonville Sharks
03.04.2021	Albany Empire		Orlando Predators
05.04.2021	Ontario Bandits		Jersey Flight
	Week 2
10.04.2021	Albany Empire		Columbus Lions
11.04.2021	Carolina Cobras		Jersey Flight
	Week 3
16.04.2021	Columbus Lions		Carolina Cobras
17.04.2021	Orlando Predators		Jacksonville Sharks
19.04.2021	Ontario Bandits		Albany Empire
	Week 4
24.04.2021	Jacksonville Sharks		Jersey Flight
24.04.2021	Carolina Cobras		Orlando Predators
26.04.2021	Columbus Lions		Ontario Bandits
	Week 5
01.05.2021	Jersey Flight		Albany Empire
01.05.2021	Jacksonville Sharks		Columbus Lions
03.05.2021	Orlando Predators		Ontario Bandits
	Week 6
08.05.2021	Jacksonville Sharks		Albany Empire
08.05.2021	Jersey Flight		Carolina Cobras
08.05.2021	Columbus Lions		Orlando Predators
	Week 7
15.05.2021	Orlando Predators		Jersey Flight
15.05.2021	Albany Empire		Ontario Bandits
16.05.2021	Carolina Cobras		Jacksonville Sharks
	Week 8
22.05.2021	Albany Empire		Carolina Cobras
22.05.2021	Ontario Bandits		Jacksonville Sharks
22.05.2021	Jersey Flight		Columbus Lions
	Week 9
29.05.2021	Orlando Predators		Columbus Lions
30.05.2021	Jersey Flight		Ontario Bandits
	Week 10
04.06.2021	Ontario Bandits		Carolina Cobras
04.06.2021	Columbus Lions		Jacksonville Sharks
05.06.2021	Orlando Predators		Albany Empire
	Week 11
12.06.2021	Jacksonville Sharks		Orlando Predators
12.06.2021	Columbus Lions		Carolina Cobras
12.06.2021	Albany Empire		Jersey Flight
	Week 12
19.06.2021	Columbus Lions		Jersey Flight
19.06.2021	Carolina Cobras		Albany Empire
19.06.2021	Orlando Predators		Ontario Bandits
	Week 13
26.06.2021	Carolina Cobras		Ontario Bandits
26.06.2021	Jacksonville Sharks		Albany Empire
26.06.2021	Jersey Flight		Orlando Predators
	Week 14
02.07.2021	Orlando Predators		Carolina Cobras
03.07.2021	Albany Empire		Jacksonville Sharks
05.07.2021	Ontario Bandits		Columbus Lions
	Week 15
10.07.2021	Jersey Flight		Jacksonville Sharks
10.07.2021	Carolina Cobras		Columbus Lions
12.07.2021	Ontario Bandits		Orlando Predators
	Week 16
17.07.2021	Albany Empire		Orlando Predators
17.07.2021	Jersey Flight		Columbus Lions
17.07.2021	Jacksonville Sharks		Ontario Bandits
	Week 17
24.07.2021	Columbus Lions		Albany Empire
24.07.2021	Ontario Bandits		Jersey Flight
24.07.2021	Jacksonville Sharks		Carolina Cobras

Home Arenas

Team	Home Arena	Capacity
Albany Empire	New York
Carolina Cobras	North Carolina
Columbus Lions	Georgia
Jacksonville Sharks	Florida
Ontario Bandits	California
Orlando Predators	Florida
West Virginia Roughriders	West Virginia
Jersey Flight	New Jersey

About the NAL

The National Arena Football is a AA (Third Level) American Football League based primarily in the Northeastern & Southeastern States of the USA. It is one of 4 AA Indoor Football Leagues in the USA, the others in the Eastern Seaboard (American Arena League), Midwest & Southwest (Champions Indoor Football) and West (American West Football Conference).

About Arena / Indoor Football

Indoor (also known as Arena) Football plays an 8 v 8 version of American Football on a converted Ice Hockey Rink 50-yards long with 2 10 -yard endzones. Teams have 5 downs (attempts) to score or the ball is turned over – 3 of which must be passing plays. It is therefore a higher scoring game than standard 11 v 11 American Football. The main difference between Arena Football and Indoor Football is that there is no rebound net either side of the goalposts in Indoor Football. Arena Football rules allow the ball stay in play when it comas back off the rebound nets.

Images

[1] National Arena League (2018) logo [Internet] Available from: http://www.nationalarenaleague.com/images/logo.png [Accessed 26 November 2019]

Websites

[2] National Arena League (2020) NAL Team Directory [Internet] Available from: https://www.nationalarenaleague.com/the-nal/teams/nal-team-directory/ [Accessed 27 December 2020]

[3] National Arena League (2020) Schedule [Internet] Available from: https://www.nationalarenaleague.com/schedules/full-schedules/ [Accessed 12 February 2020]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Todd Zboyan & Tim Leadingham.

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