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Birmingham Lions at Seattle Seahawks training camp
With preparation for the upcoming season well under way one of the Lions coaches got dream opportunity to learn from some of the best in the business this week. Offensive Coordinator Paul Cooper has been visiting with the NFL’s Seattle Seahawks attending practices as the Seahawks prepare for their upcoming season. The highlight thus far was being introduced by head coach Pete Carroll to...
Lions repeat as undefeated National Champions
Lions secured their second consecutive undefeated National Championship after beating the Loughborough Aces 27 – 16 in a hard fought game at Sixfields Stadium Northampton. This brings the Lions record over the last two season as 24 – 0 with two National Championships to add to first in 2005. Three touchdowns from Andy Watson and one from Sarunas Babonas coupled with an outstanding...
Lions 28 – 12 Hurricanes
On Sunday 2nd May, the Birmingham Lions took on the Hertfordshire Hurricanes to be crowned the Southern Champions of BUAFL and to book a place in the national championship game. This matchup was the first game to take place on the new 3G-astro pitch on the Metchley playing fields – which ensures a fast, even surface allowing the game to be played at a higher standard.
The game came a long time...
Semi Final – Sunday 5pm KO
So the Lions find themselves at 10-0 come the end of April, with a semi-final match the next challenge on the cards. The Lions have been training through easter for this rivalry match against the Hertfordshire Hurricanes to be crowned the champions of the southern conference of BUAFL.
The Lions have already defeated there Hertfordshire counterparts this year, but Herts will let no-one forget...
Lions 61 – 7 Bullets
Birmingham faced a rematch against the UWE Bullets on Sunday 28th March if they were to progress to the southern conference final. After a comprehensive victory against UWE in Filton after Xmas, UWE were bound to come gunning even harder to claim the prize. UWE received the first kick off and Birmingham’s defense stole the ball on the drives third play – with a tipped ball being reigned in...
The story since xpLosION
Since a cold and tense affair against Loughborough back on 7th November, the Birmingham Lions have gone from strength to strength. They have gone 8-0 to complete a third consecutive, undefeated regular season under the leadership of head coach Tony Athersmith. This season saw a much more challenging regular season schedule for the Lions, with rival clashes occurring with UWE, Herts and obviously...
Lions – Barracuda match report
This is it, the business end of the season where its win or go home. The Birmingham Lions had earned home-field advantage against Bristol Barracuda by going 8-0 in the regular season, but Bristol came out firing and proved tough opposition for the full 60 minutes. Bristol started off by stopping the Lions’ first drive before completing one long pass over the top to open the scoring for the day....
Birmingham Lions 52 – 6 Bristol Barracuda
The Lions successfully navigate the first round of the playoffs and earn a rematch with the UWE Bullets at home on the Metchley pitch on the 28th March. Kick off at...
BNU Game update
As of Monday evening, the league has given the originally cancelled game @BNU to Birmingham. This means that as of the beginning of March, the Lions are officially 8-0 and start preparing for a run all the way through the playoffs – to the college bowl in...
Birmingham Lions 62 – 0 Warwick Wolves
Birmingham was officially 6-0 heading into their last scheduled regular season match, due to the BNU match being called off due to the weather. The Lions have met the Wolves 3 times over the last two seasons so knew what they were about. The pitch looked in good condition considering the weather over the last few weeks; however it soon cut up– with the grass between the hashes turning to mud...