Standings

	P	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pct
Hamburg Blue Devils	3	3	0	0	89	62	1.000
Cologne Crocodiles	1	0	1	0	21	31	.000
Munich Cowboys
Euro Spartans	2	0	2	0	41	58	.000

Final Four Tournament

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Semi-Finals
26.09.1993	Hamburg Blue Devils	41	Euro Spartans	0
26.09.1993	Cologne Crocodiles	L	Munich Cowboys	W (ot)
	3rd Place		Venue: Hamburg
02.10.1993	Cologne Crocodiles		Euro Spartans
	Final		Venue: Hamburg
02.10.1993	Hamburg Blue Devils	53	Munich Cowboys	30

Regular Season Results

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Week 1
09.05.1993	Manchester Spartans	20	Hamburg Blue Devils	35
	Week ??
14.08.1993	Hamburg Blue Devils	31	Cologne Crocodiles	21
	Week ??
22.08.1993	Hamburg Blue Devils	23	Euro Spartans	21

Report

Terry Smith’s Manchester Spartans entered the European League – Continental Conference in 1993, losing two games to Hamburg Blue Devils. They changed their name to the Euro Spartans to reflect that they were not only playing in a European League now, rather than the BAFA member league the NDMA, but also that they were playing their home games at Saffron Lane in Leicester.

They lost the Semi-Final 0-41 to the Hamburg Blue Devils, who went on to meet fellow Germans Munich Cowboys in the Final after they had triumphed in overtime in the second semi-final against Cologne Crocodiles. The Hamburg Blue Devils won the Continental Conference Final 31-21.

References

Newspapers

[1] Berry, Lee (1993) “Spartans Humbled in Hamburg” First Down. May 15, 1993. pg. 17

[2] Berry, Lee (1993) “Germans Get Away with Blue Murder” First Down. August 28, 1993. pg. 18.

[3] Berry, Lee (1993) “Spartans humble” First Down. October 2, 1993. pg. ??.

Internet Archive

[4] Hamburg Blue Devils Fansite| Wayback Machine (2000) Die Hamburg Blue Devils 1992-2000 {internet] Available from: https://web.archive.org/web/19991012165353/http://devils.de/ [Accessed 13 June 2020]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Ciaran Simms

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