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181.
Basildon 12-18
Crawley Raiders, 7th August
1994. Crawley led 12-0, but
Basildon pulled the scores level in this
Div.3 quarter-final. Gus Romain scored the decisive TD from 1 yard with 4
minutes left, and the Raiders D held off a determined
Basildon attack. Match
report.
182.
Leicester Panthers 10-6
Milton
Keynes Pioneers, 25th August
1996. A momentous day for the Panthers
as they won their first national championship in 13 years of trying, in what
turned out to be the last competitive game of the franchise’s history. Tiggy
Bell ran for 85 yards on 24 carries, and
Craig Broughton scored the TD that gave the Panthers the lead. Rex Harrison’s
field goal a slender advantage to the Panthers in a brutal match that they hung
onto win. Match
report.
183.
GB Spartans 50-44 Amsterdam Crusaders, FLE,19th June 1994
Victor Ebubedike ran for 215 yards on
30 carries and scored 2 TDs, as the Spartans outscored the Crusaders 43-8
between the 2nd and 3rd quarters! The Spartans cruised out
into a 50-29 lead, and a couple of late TD’s closed the gap in a great display
of offense by both sides. Match
report
184. Herts Phantoms 48-34 Ipswich
Cardinals, 28th
August 1988. Terry
Lee ran for a final record of 363 yards and 5TD’s, but the Cardinals were still
only adrift by a score with just over 3 minutes to go. Parkin’s interception for
the Phantoms sealed the Budweiser Division One title in this 80 point thriller.
Match
report
185.
Birmingham Bulls
13-14 London
Olympians, 30th
April 1995 Eurobowl.
Leroy Innis’s 17 yard TD catch on 4th and 16 gave the Olympians a 7-6
lead, but the Bulls took a 13-7 lead on Rigg’s bomb late in the first half.
Dunkley gave the Olympians the win with the go-ahead score in the 3rd
quarter, and despite Colin Nash’s late interception for the Bulls, the O’s hung
on for the win. Match
report
186.
London Capitals
22-28 Brighton B-52s,
1988. The B-52s clinched a fantastic victory over the fancied London Capitals on
the back of a strong performance from QB Chaz Jasicki. No match
report
187.
Birmingham Bulls
23-2 Glasgow Lions,
Summerbowl II, 1986. Lloyd Queen returned the opening kickoff 86 yards for a TD,
and Richard Meanwell booted a 54 yard field goal as the Bulls won their first
national title. Match report to be added shortly.
188.
Leicester Panthers
18-32 Birmingham Bulls,
1986 Eurobowl. At a snowy Saffron Lane Stadium, the Bulls triumphed in this
Eurobowl I qualifier –the first meeting between two English sides in a European
competition. No match report
189.
Dublin Celts
13-18 Manchester Heroes,
1989. The Heroes squeezed through this CGL Duke Premier Division quarter-final
in Dublin with a
late TD, and then held of a determined Celts charge in the final minutes. No
match report.
190.
Dusseldorf Panthers
21-14 London
Olympians, 8th
July 1995. Eurobowl
Final. Estrus Crayton (formerly of the University of Southern California) scored
2 TDs and then intercepted Leonard Valentine’s hail mary pass in the final
seconds as the Olympians were thwarted in their attempt to win a Eurobowl three
peat. Richard Dunkley ran for 117 yards and was named MVP. Match
report
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