Shropshire Revolution

The Shropshire Revolution are a British American Football team based in Telford, Shropshire. The Team are currently associate members of the British American Football League and have applied for full league status for 2007.

[edit] History

The Shropshire Revolution were formed in 2006 by fans of the game via a forum on the website of NFLUK. 7 players met for the first session in the Town Park Bowl on Saturday 21st January 2006.
The following week a management team was formed.
Initial discussions were along the lines of Flag Football until we were ready to think about entering an application for kitted league football.
Media interest from BBC Radio Shropshire and The Shropshire Star swelled the numbers considerable over the following weeks.
A competition, run on Beacon Radio to choose the team name from a short list, declared that the team shall be known as Shropshire Revolution.
The management team have since been working towards becoming an Associate Member of the British American Football League. This application was successful and the team granted associate membership on 2nd July 2006.
The teams first game took place on the 1st October 2006. In front of around 200 people, the Revolution beat the Lincoln Bombers 30-6.
This was followed on the 15th October by the teams first away game against the Leicestershire Falcons, which the Revolution won 28-14.
And finally a home game against the Leicestershire Falcons on the 28th October saw the Revolution romp home with a 29-0 victory, bringing their 2006 associate season to a glorious finale.
On November 1st the league confirmed that the Revolutions application for league membership for the 2007 season, had been sucessful.