Results
Date | Home Team | Away Team | ||
16.03.1986 | Dublin Celts (Irl) | 14 | Wirral Wolves (Eng) | 0 |
30.03.1986 | Dublin Celts (Irl) | 14 | Newcastle Senators (Eng) | 8 |
30.03.1986 | Manchester Allstars (Eng) | 43 | Eindhoven Alleycats (Ned) | 0 |
13.04.1986 | Milton Keynes Bucks (Eng) | 12 | Paris Blue Angels (Fra) | 27 |
13.04.1986 | Surrey Thunderbolts (Eng) | 3 | Amsterdam Crusaders (Ned) | 28 |
20.04.1986 | Surrey Thunderbolts (Eng) | 13 | Paris Red Devils (Fra) | 8 |
Report
In 1986 a series of Friendly matches were organised among Western European American Football teams, with Ireland’s Dublin Celts doing very well in beating the Wirral Wolves (14-0) and the Newcastle Senators (14-8), two of England’s top sides.
Other matches involved French teams Paris Blue Angels and Paris Red Devils, Dutch teams Amsterdam Crusaders and Eindhoven Alleycats, and other English teams Manchester Allstars and Surrey Thunderbolts.
Websites
[2] Britball Now (2016) Results Section [1986: Friendlies] [Internet] Available from: http://www.britballnow.co.uk/history-index/results-section.html [Accessed 14 April 2020]
Acknowledgements
Thanks to Ralph Schmeer of the Irish American Football Association and Irish American Football Officials Association.
About this document
Researched, compiled and written by Enda Mulcahy for the
Eirball | Irish North American and World Sports Archive
Last Updated: 14 April 2020
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