11. London Olympians 22-20 East City Giants, Eurobowl Semi-Final, 22nd May 1994
The Olympians looked down and out when trailing 20-8 with less than 7
minutes remaining. Richard Dunkley launched the comeback, and then
after the O’s D had snuffed out a Giants drive he went in again
with 2.49 on the clock for the go ahead score. Mike Taylor intercepted
the Giants QB on their subsequent possession handing the O’s the
chance to run out the clock. Match report
12. London Ravens 8-22 London Olympians, Budweiser League, 15th May 1988
In front of 3,000 fans, the Ravens unbeaten record against domestic
opponents stretching back to 1983 went down against the close London
rivals. Richard Dunkley ran for 3 TD’s and over 100 yards for the
Olympians as they took control after the Ravens took an early 8-0 lead.
Match report.
13. Kent Exiles 26-30 Coventry Jets, BAFL Division Two Final, 25th September 2005
The Jets, trailing 20-6 at halftime, were facing defeat for the first
time in 2005. The Coventry team slowly turned the tide, eating away at
the Kent lead and by midway through the fourth quarter took the lead
24-20 on the back of an amazing catch in the end zone by Mark Cohen.
With 3 minutes to go the Exiles retook the lead on Matt Duncan’s
30 yard scrambling pass to Sean Starwind, but the Jets responded
emphatically and on the ensuing kick-off MVP Tony Perkins returned the
ball 90 yards for the title. Match report
14. France 17-18 Great Britain Lions, European Championship Pool B, 28th August 2004
Great Britain won promotion to Pool A of the European Championship,
with a fantastic 18-17 victory over France. Trailing 7-0, and then
having star QB Adam Lane knocked out of the game on a play that
resulted in a personal foul, stand-in QB Pete Rogers passed for 2 TD's
to Mark Squire and Tam Bryne. Rogers tied the scores at 7-7 on a pass
to Squire, but with 2.45 left in the 3rd quarter, France took a 14-7
lead. With just over 10 minutes left in the match, Rogers passed for
his 2nd TD of the game (to Tam Bryne), and a courageous call by Coach
Riq Ayub to go for the 2 PAT was successful when Steve Coles burst over
the line to give GB a 15-14 lead. France kicked a 25 yard field-goal
with 3.30 mins left to lead 17-15, but GB were not to be denied as Pete
Rogers kicked a 30 yard field goal with 38 seconds remaining in the
game to give the Lions the Pool B championship. No match report
15. PA Knights 19-21 London Olympians, BAFL Division One Final, 25th September 2005
The Knights took an early 10-0 lead on Paul Attia’s 1 yard run
and Steve Belcher’s field goal, and when QB Ashley Heath found
Belcher on a 43 yard TD the Knights had a 17-0 half-time lead in the
British championship game. After blocking a Belcher field goal in the
3rd quarter, the O’s scored on a fake punt through Boyle before
Tony Mackenzie broke loose to record a sack and safety to increase the
Knights lead to 19-7 as the fourth quarter began. Jermaine Allen scored
from 1yd out with 11 minutes remaining in the game the score stood at
19-14, and after another Belcher missed field goal the Olympians had
one shot to win the game. Taking over at their own 22yd line they drove
down the field on the power running of Jermaine Allen - finally scoring
on his 7yd run with just 43 seconds left on the clock. Match report
16. London Olympians 26-23 Bergamo Lions, Eurobowl Final, 5th June 1994
In front of over 20,000 fans in Stuttgart, the Olympians backup RB
Stephen Hutchison (in for the injured Richard Dunkley) ran for 155
yards and 2 TDs and QB Leonard Valentine ran for a 91 yard score as the
Olympians retained their Euro title. The O’s came from behind and
withheld a late Lions rally in which their opponents declined to go for
a tying 35 yard field goal that would have taken the game into OT.
Match report.
17. Colchester Gladiators 27-23 Cambridgeshire Cats, BAFL Division Two, 14th May 2006
Stuart Brereton was the match winner for the Colchester Gladiators,
hauling in a Rob Turner pass as time expired to complete a dramatic and
unlikely comeback win. The Gladiators trailed by 17 points and trailed
by nine points inside the final two minutes, with the Cats near
midfield. After turning the ball over to try to run out clock, Turner
found Clarke in the corner of the endzone to make the score 21-23 with
20 seconds remaining. The Gladiators recovered the onside kick and
Turner’s “Hail Mary” to Brereton sparked wild scenes
of celebration and disbelief with the 27-23 final score. Match report
18. Fife 49ners 24-18 Dundee Whalers (OT), BNGL, 13th May 1990
Fife won the UK’s first ever overtime game with a sensational 86
yard kick return from Andy Meikle. Dundee led 12-6 at half-time, and
18-12 in the second half before David Glendinning forced OT with a 21
yard pass to Dan McCarthy. Match report.
19. Glasgow Lions 27-24 Leicester Panthers, NDMA Semi-Final, 25th July 1993
Darren Trainor bootlegged into the endzone from 2 yards out with less
than a minute remaining to send the jubilant Lions into the British
final. Trainor’s sensational TD capped a 70 yard drive after
Leicester had seemingly won the game with 1.51 left in the game when
the Panthers went 24-20 ahead after a 83 yard TD reception from David
Sweetman. Match report.
20. Destroyers 20-18 Severn Vale, BNGL, 27th May 1990
Severn Vale led 12-0 at half-time, but the Destroyers hit back with a
94 yard run from star RB Martin Phillips. Seven Vale went 18-6 ahead
with Pat Hogan’s second TD of the day before the Destroyers
launched their comeback scoring through David Dodd, and then on a last
gasp drive scoring the winning TD with 6 seconds to go on Paul
Mallen’s 3 yard catch from Ian Manley. Match report
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