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BRITISH FOOTBALL LEAGUE kicked-off in 2015 and is a fantasy football league to my love of the game of Gridiron Football and the NFL. Alex Thomas is the BFL Commissioner and the BFL does not own the rights to the teams and their logos and are used for entertainment purposes only.
In 2025, the BFL introduced a new logo, keeping in line with the UK flag American Football theme but adding 'BFL' text instead of the previously used rotated 'B' logo stylised from the original London Monarchs logo as this also looked like a '3' instead of a 'B'.
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2020-2024 |
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2025- |
2025 BFL logo is AI generated.
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BRITISH CONFERENCE |
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UNITED CONFERENCE |
The league is made up of 16 teams split into two conferences made up of 2 divisions of 4 teams each, who are 'affiliated' with an NFL team as per the final standings following the close of the previous season, in alphabetical order per BFL/NFL city/region as per the final 8 per the AFC/NFC.
The BFL limits expansion as this keeps the league competitive and means that NFL affiliates will not always be affiliated with the same BFL teams each season and possibly hinder playoff chances.
Teams are primarily given names from leagues past and present, whereas others are based on unrelated college football teams or not inspired by any current team past or present.
| EXPANSION | # |
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| 2015-2018 | 8 |
| 2019-2020 | 10 |
| 2021-2024 | 12 |
| 2025- | 16 |
| 2015-2018 | 8 | Birmingham Bandits London Monarchs MANCHESTER DEMONS SCOTTISH CLAYMORES Sussex Pirates TYNESIDE MARINERS Welsh Dragons YORKSHIRE VIKINGS |
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| 2019-2020 | |
| 10 | Birmingham Bandits London Monarchs MANCHESTER DEMONS SCOTTISH CLAYMORES Sussex Pirates TYNESIDE MARINERS Welsh Dragons YORKSHIRE VIKINGS |
CALEDONIAN KNIGHTS (E) Sherwood Forest Outlaws (E) |
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| 2021-2024 | |
| 12 | Birmingham Bandits CALEDONIAN KNIGHTS London Monarchs MANCHESTER DEMONS SCOTTISH CLAYMORES Sherwood Forest Outlaws Sussex Pirates TYNESIDE MARINERS Welsh Dragons YORKSHIRE VIKINGS |
Merseyside Centurions (E) Thames Valley Thunder (E) |
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| 16 | Avon Fire Birmingham Bandits CALEDONIAN KNIGHTS Humberside Destroyers London Monarchs MANCHESTER DEMONS Merseyside Centurions SCOTTISH CLAYMORES Sherwood Forest Outlaws Sussex Pirates Thames Valley Thunder TYNESIDE MARINERS Welsh Dragons YORKSHIRE VIKINGS |
Avon Fire (E) Humberside Destroyers (E) LEICESTER STALLIONS (E) SHEFFIELD SURGE (E) |
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Since 2025, and prior to the 2020 season, the top two division teams contested the individual division finals, making up 8 teams and meaning that the Division champion no longer receives a bye into the Division Final but will automatically host it instead like they did from 2015-2018. From 2015-2019, the playoffs were made up of 4 teams and expanded to 6 from 2019-2024. The introduction of the Conferences and their Divisions, discontinued the Division Semi-Finals.
Top 4 per conference (8 teams) qualify for the playoffs, with Divisional Conference Finals for the 2025 season.
See BFL Rules 2-4 for further details.
The BFL Standings can be found here.
All playoff pages show '@' for away games and 'VS' for home games.
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BFL Bowl |
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BFL Bowl began with the 2025 BFL Season, having been known as the BFL Championship Game from 2015-2024.
Wembley Stadium, London is the designated host with the designated home team on conference rotation per highest seed.
The game is contested by the British & United Conferences' champions.
| 2024 BFL CHAMPIONSHIP GAME | MOST TITLES |
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 LONDON MONARCHS (2) |
 SCOTTISH CLAYMORES (4) |
| SEASON | WINNER | SCORE | LOSER | STADIUM |
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BFL Championship Game |
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| 1 2015  |
 BIRMINGHAM BANDITS (1) |
27 @ 17 |  MANCHESTER DEMONS |
 WEMBLEY STADIUM LONDON,UK |
| 2 2016  |
BIRMINGHAM BANDITS (2) |
31 VS 20 | SCOTTISH CLAYMORES |
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| 3 2017  |
SCOTTISH CLAYMORES (1) |
23 VS 9 | BIRMINGHAM BANDITS |
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| 4 2018  |
SCOTTISH CLAYMORES (2) |
40 @ 30 | BIRMINGHAM BANDITS |
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| 5 2019  |
SCOTTISH CLAYMORES (3) |
23 VS 12 |  WELSH DRAGONS |
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| 6 2020  |
 SHERWOOD FOREST OUTLAWS (1) |
52 VS 27 |  CALEDONIAN KNIGHTS |
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| 7 2021  |
SCOTTISH CLAYMORES (4) |
36 VS 24 | LONDON MONARCHS |
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| 8 2022  |
LONDON MONARCHS (1) |
40 VS 35 | CALEDONIAN KNIGHTS |
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| 9 2023+  |
 SUSSEX PIRATES (1) |
40 @ 36(OT) | CALEDONIAN KNIGHTS |
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| 10 2024  |
LONDON MONARCHS (2) |
34 VS 24 | MANCHESTER DEMONS |
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BFL Bowl |
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| 11 2025  |
WEMBLEY STADIUM LONDON,UK |
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OVERTIME
2023 + - Both teams were drawn 33-33 at the end of regular time, therefore both teams' 1st quarter points were used to decide OT (Caledonian Knights (3) & Sussex Pirates (7)
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SCOTTISH CLAYMORES | 4-1 | 5 | 2021 | 2021 | |
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LONDON MONARCHS | 2-1 | 3 | 2024 | 2024 | |
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BIRMINGHAM BANDITS | 2-2 | 4 | 2016 | 2016 | |
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SUSSEX PIRATES | 1-0 | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | |
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SHERWOOD FOREST OUTLAWS | 1-0 | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | |
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MANCHESTER DEMONS | 0-2 | 2 | 0 | 2024 | |
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CALEDONIAN KNIGHTS | 0-3 | 3 | 0 | 2023 | |
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WELSH DRAGONS | 0-1 | 1 | 0 | 2019 | |