American Football team based in the United Kingdom.
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Year Formed | 2012; 12 years ago (2012) |
Team Colours | Navy, Grey and Yellow |
Head Coach | Andrew Wood |
League | BAFA National Leagues South West Division |
Website | http://portsmouthdreadnoughts.co.uk/ |
The Portsmouth Dreadnoughts are an American football team currently based in Portsmouth, England. The club was founded in 2012.[1] The team is named after the famous battleship HMS Dreadnought that was built in Portsmouth in 1906.[1] The team play in the BAFA National Leagues South West Division.[2]
History
The Portsmouth Dreadnoughts were founded in April 2012 by three players, Pete Southwood, Ben Bell and David Bennett.[1] They had met whilst playing and coaching for the Solent Thrashers, but found that the travel considerations of a long drive to Southampton from Horndean were significant enough to make them look into how to keep playing American Football, but not at such a distance.[1]
The team's first game was played against the Plymouth Extreme.[3]
The Dreadnoughts were admitted to the National league for the start of the 2014 season. They failed to win a game in their first season which was brought to an early end when they were disqualified from the last 4 games of the season for bringing the game into disrepute by allowing unregistered coaches to participate and for permitting someone to participate in club activities whilst banned for safeguarding reasons.[4][5] The Dreadnoughts returned to the National Leagues for the start of the 2015 season, during which they recorded their first ever league win in a 48 points to 15 victory over the Hastings Conquerors[6][7]
References
- ^ a b c d Allen, Mischa (5 January 2013). "The Dreadnoughts have their sights set high". The News. Portsmouth News. Retrieved 24 June 2013.
- ^ "Portsmouth Dreadnoughts - National South West". BAFANL.co.uk. Retrieved 24 June 2014.
- ^ Jeff, Marshman (24 August 2013). "Dreadnoughts anticipate momentous 'naval derby'". The News. Portsmouth News. Retrieved 24 June 2013.
- ^ Pankhurst, Frankie (24 June 2014). "BAFANL drop the hammer on the Dreadnoughts". DBLCoverage.com. Double Coverage. Retrieved 21 February 2017.
- ^ Snee, Tom (10 October 2014). "BAFA reject Dreadnoughts appeal". DBLCoverage.com. Double Coverage. Retrieved 21 February 2017.
- ^ Marshman, Jeff (3 April 2015). "Dreadnoughts go back to school before curtain-raiser". www.portsmouth.co.uk. The News (Portsmouth). Retrieved 21 February 2017.
- ^ "Dreadnoughts break duck with success at Hastings". www.portsmouth.co.uk. The News (Portsmouth). 5 June 2015. Retrieved 21 February 2017.
Delighted Portsmouth Dreadnoughts are celebrating after securing their first success in the British American Football Association National League.
External links
- Portsmouth Dreadnoughts Official Web Site
- Portsmouth Dreadnoughts on Facebook
- Portsmouth Dreadnoughts on Twitter
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BAFANL Premier League | Premier Division North | - East Kilbride Pirates
- Edinburgh Wolves
- Leicester Panthers
- Manchester Titans
- Merseyside Nighthawks
- Tamworth Phoenix
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Premier Division South | - Bristol Aztecs
- Cambridgeshire Cats
- Kent Exiles
- London Blitz
- London Warriors
- Solent Thrashers
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BAFANL Division 2 | NFC 2 West | |
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Associate Teams | - Cumbria Wildcats
- Rossendale Raiders
- South East Squadron
- South Lincolnshire Lightning
- Yorkshire Bobcats
- Worcestershire Black Knights
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