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Northern Conference NORTH DIVISION |
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Teams compete for a place in the Northern Conference Playoffs made up of the Division Champions and the best seeded team.
Scottish Claymores introduced a new helmet for the 2025 season.
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CALEDONIAN KNIGHTS (GLASGOW) 2019 |
 HAMPDEN PARK |
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humberside Destroyers (hull) 2025 |
MKM STADIUM |
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SCOTTISH CLAYMORES (EDINBURGH) 2015 |
MURRAYFIELD |
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TYNESIDE MARINERS (NEWCASTLE) 2015 |  ST.JAMES' PARK |
INFORMATION
Manchester Demons, Scottish Claymores, Tyneside Mariners and Yorkshire Vikings were the founding members of the BFL North Division in 2015, Caledonian Knights joined in 2019 and the Merseyside Centurions joined in 2021.
Manchester Demons, Merseyside Centurions and Yorkshire Vikings joined the West Division with expansion teams Humberside Destroyers and Sheffield Surge .
All teams, except for the Humberside Destroyers, have qualified for the playoffs with the Claymores appearing in the most with 6 appearances (as of 2023).
Tyneside Mariners had the longest active playoff drought of 4 seasons, having last appeared in 2015, until it was broken in 2020.
Follower Cody Grimes suggested Humberside Destroyers, playing in Hull, who will join in 2025.
Division champions host one of the Northern Conference Semi-Finals against the next best seeded team.
DIVISION HISTORY
| 2015-2018 | 4 | MANCHESTER DEMONS SCOTTISH CLAYMORES TYNESIDE MARINERS YORKSHIRE VIKINGS |
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| 2019-2020 | |
| 5 | MANCHESTER DEMONS SCOTTISH CLAYMORES TYNESIDE MARINERS YORKSHIRE VIKINGS |
CALEDONIAN KNIGHTS (E) |
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| 2021-2024 | |
| 6 | CALEDONIAN KNIGHTS MANCHESTER DEMONS SCOTTISH CLAYMORES TYNESIDE MARINERS YORKSHIRE VIKINGS |
MERSEYSIDE CENTURIONS (E) |
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| 2025- | |
| 4 | CALEDONIAN KNIGHTS SCOTTISH CLAYMORES TYNESIDE MARINERS |
HUMBERSIDE DESTROYERS (E) |
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MANCHESTER DEMONS > WEST DIVISION MERSEYSIDE CENTURIONS > WEST DIVISION YORKSHIRE VIKINGS > WEST DIVISION |
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E - Expansion team(s).
DIVISION CHAMPIONS
| SEASON | TEAM |
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| 2015 | |
TYNESIDE MARINERS (1) | 0 |
| 2016 |  |
YORKSHIRE VIKINGS (1) | 0 |
| 2017 | |
SCOTTISH CLAYMORES (1) |  |
| 2018 | |
SCOTTISH CLAYMORES (2) | |
| 2019 | |
YORKSHIRE VIKINGS (3) | 0 |
| 2020 | |
TYNESIDE MARINERS (2) | 0 |
| 2021 | |
SCOTTISH CLAYMORES (3) | |
| 2022 | |
CALEDONIAN KNIGHTS (1) | 0 |
| 2023 | |
CALEDONIAN KNIGHTS (2) | 0 |
| 2024 | |
TYNESIDE MARINERS (3) | - |
STANDINGS
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TYNESIDE MARINERS | 3 | 2024 |
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Scottish Claymores | 3 | 2021 |
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CALEDONIAN KNIGHTS | 2 | 2023 |
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YORKSHIRE VIKINGS | 2 | 2019 |
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Manchester Demons | 0 | 0 |
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Merseyside Centurions | 0 | 0 |