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]
Historyedit
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]
Referencesedit
^ abcdAllen, 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 linksedit
Portsmouth Dreadnoughts Official Web Site
Portsmouth Dreadnoughts on Facebook
Portsmouth Dreadnoughts on Twitter
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