British Youth American Football Association Youth Kitted League 1993

Standings

BYAFA YKL 1993PWLTPFPAPct
Northern Conference
Birmingham Bulls (P)5410.800
Glasgow Lions (C)4310.750
Leeds Cougars5320.600
Manchester Spartans5320.600
Steel City Titans3111.500
Leicester Hurricanes5131.300
Milton Keynes Predators5050.000
Anglian Conference
Southend Sabres (C)3201.833
Bedford Huskers (P)4310.750
Norwich Devils4211.625
Nottingham4220.500
Cambridge Cobras4130.250
Haven Raiders3030.000
South East Conference
London Olympians (C)55001.000
Heathrow Jets (P)6510.833
London Capitals5320.600
Basildon Chiefs4220.500
Kent Pumas5230.400
London Ravens5140.200
Brent #6060.000
West Conference
Farnham Knights (C)66001.000
Southern Sun Devils (P)5410.800
Solent Scorpions3210.667
Bournemouth Renegades4220.500
Bristol Aztecs5140.200
Cardiff AFC3030.000
Gloster Gladiators4040.000
[References: Compiled from Results in 1-]

Note: Week 3 Results currently unknown.

Playoffs

DateHome TeamAway Team
Quarter-Finals
10.10.1993Glasgow LionsBedford Huskers
10.10.1993Southend Sabres30Birmingham Bulls18
10.10.1993London Olympians20Farnham Knights0
10.10.1993Southern Sun Devils0Heathrow Jets42
Semi-Finals
24.10.1993London OlympiansLHeathrow JetsW
Southend SabresW
Final
07.11.1993Southend Sabres44Heathrow Jets6
[References: ]

Regular Season Results

DateHome TeamAway Team
Week 1
01.08.1993Haven Raiders6Norwich Devils52
01.08.1993Bristol Aztecs0Farnham Knights26
01.08.1993Brent6Kent Pumas26
Week 2
08.08.1993Cambridge Cobras0Southend Sabres90
08.08.1993Leicester Hurricanes0Manchester Spartans12
Week 3
Week 4
22.08.1993Glasgow Lions46Leeds Cougars12
22.08.1993London Capitals54London Ravens0
22.08.1993Heathrow Jets66Basildon Chiefs0
22.08.1993Southern Sun Devils56Bristol Aztecs0
22.08.1993Farnham Knights6Solent Scorpions0
22.08.1993Bournemouth Renegades21Gloster Gladiators0
22.08.1993Birmingham Bulls42Leicester Hurricanes6
22.08.1993Bedford Huskers68Cambridge Cobras34
22.08.1993Milton Keynes PredatorscSteel City Titansc
22.08.1993Southend SabrescHaven Raidersc
Week 5
29.08.1993Heathrow Jets72London Ravens12
29.08.1993London Capitals36Kent Pumas8
29.08.1993Manchester Spartans20Milton Keynes Predators18
29.08.1993Birmingham Bulls42Leeds Cougars13
Week 6
05.09.1993Farnham Knights20Bournemouth Renegades14
05.09.1993Heathrow Jets72Kent Pumas0
Week 7
12.09.1993London Olympians36Heathrow Jets20
12.09.1993Glasgow Lions46Manchester Spartans6
12.09.1993Southend Sabres46Nottingham0
12.09.1993Southern Sun Devils43Bournemouth Renegades0
12.09.1993Solent Scorpions78Cardiff AFC2
12.09.1993Bedford Huskers16Norwich Devils0
12.09.1993Leicester Hurricanes0Steel City Titans0
12.09.1993Milton Keynes Pioneers0Birmingham Bulls26
12.09.1993Bristol Aztecs6Gloster Gladiators0
12.09.1993London RavenscBasildon Chiefsc
Week 8
19.09.1993Cambridge Cobras7Norwich Devils32
19.09.1993Manchester Spartans8Leeds Cougars38
19.09.1993Southern Sun Devils73Gloster Gladiators6
19.09.1993Haven Raiders6Nottingham28
19.09.1993Basildon Chiefs0London Olympians56
19.09.1993London Ravens6Kent Pumas36
19.09.1993Leicester Hurricanes40Milton Keynes Predators6
19.09.1993Steel City Titans0 #Birmingham Bulls1
19.09.1993Bristol Aztecs0Bournemouth Renegades20
19.09.1993Cardiff AFC0Farnham Knights20
Week 9
26.09.1993Glasgow Lions28Birmingham Bulls26
26.09.1993Farnham Knights26Southern Sun Devils20
26.09.1993Solent Scorpions35Bristol Aztecs14
26.09.1993Heathrow Jets8London Capitals6
26.09.1993Leeds Cougars12Leicester Hurricanes8
26.09.1993Manchester Spartans8Milton Keynes Predators6
26.09.1993Nottingham20Bedford Huskers18
26.09.1993London Olympians22Kent Pumas8
26.09.1993Basildon Chiefs1London Ravens0 #
26.09.1993Norwich Devils0Southend Sabres0
26.09.1993Gloster GladiatorscCardiff AFCc
Week 10
03.10.1993Steel City Titans22Glasgow Lions12
03.10.1993Leeds Cougars24Milton Keynes Predators0
03.10.1993Bedford Huskers32Haven Raiders2
03.10.1993Cambridge Cobras12Nottingham6
03.10.1993Farnham Knights34Gloster Gladiators8
03.10.1993London Olympians1London Capitals0 #
03.10.1993Southern Sun Devils1Cardiff AFC0 #
[References: 1-10]

Note: # Forfeited Match. Brent forfeited all games after week 1.

Report

The 1993 British Youth American Football Association Youth Kitted League was won by Southend Sabres for the second year in a row. The defending Champions made light work of Heathrow Jets in the Final, winning 44-6. Prior to that they had defeated Birmingham Bulls in the Quarter-Finals. The Sabres were Champions of the Anglian Conference where they tied a game with Norwich Devils 0-0, the only game they failed to win all year. After the season they made the step up to the British American Football Association Senior League, and the Youth team merged with Basildon Chiefs to form Essex Youth. Basildon Chiefs themselves had made the step up the the YKL from playing only friendlies in 1992.

The Chiefs were one of six entirely new teams in the YKL for 1993 with Haven Raiders (Boston, 0-3), Cambridge Cobras (1-3), Leicester Hurricanes (1-3-1), Gloster Gladiators (0-4) and Brent who folded after one game being the others. In all there were 27 teams, up from two in 1992, the six new teams replacing Ipswich Cardinals, Brighton B-52s, Folkestone Wolverines and Tiptree Titans for 1993. Southern Sun Devils replaced Eastleigh Devils, Milton Keynes Predators replaced Milton Keynes Mavericks. Luton Huskers moved to Bedford.

Map of Southend

References

Newspapers

[1] Anon. (1993) “BYAFA Kitted League” First Down. 7 August 1993. pg. 21

[2] Anon. (1993) “BYAFA” First Down.14 August 1993. pg. 21

[3] Anon. (1993) “BYAFA” First Down.21 August 1993. pg. 21

[4] Anon. (1993) “BYAFA” First Down.28 August 1993. pg. 21

[5] Anon. (1993) “BYAFAl” First Down. 4 September 1993. pg. 21

[6] Anon. (1993) “BYAFAl” First Down. 11 September 1993. pg. 21

[7] Anon. (1993) “BYAFAl” First Down. 18 September 1993. pg. 21

[8] Anon. (1993) “BYAFA” First Down. 25 September 1993. pg. 21

[9] Anon. (1993) “BYAFA” First Down. 2 October 1993. pg. 21

[10] Anon. (1993) “BYAFA” First Down. 9 October 1993. pg. 21

[11] Anon. (1993) “BYAFA” First Down. 16 October 1993. pg. 21

[12] Anon. (1993) “BYAFA” First Down. 23 October 1993. pg. 21

[13] Anon. (1993) “BYAFA” First Down. 30 October 1993. pg. 21

[14] Anon. (1993) “BYAFA” First Down. 6 November 1993. pg. 21

[14] Anon. (1993) “BYAFA” First Down. 13 November 1993. pg. 21

Images

[16] 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]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Scott Nicholson.

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