North Division

The North Division became part of the British Conference for the 2025 BFL season, along with the West Division and is made up of four teams, of which former teams Manchester Demons, Merseyside Centurions and Yorkshire Vikings joined the West Division.

Division Champions and the next best team in the British Conference compete for a place in the British Conference Playoffs.

Division Navigation

• Division Teams
• Team names
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• Division History
• Division Champions

Division Teams

TEAMS		JOINED	BC	BFL	STADIUM
	CALEDONIAN KNIGHTS	2019	0	0	HAMPDEN PARK (GLASGOW)
	HUMBERSIDE DESTROYERS	2025	1	1	MKM STADIUM (hull)
	SCOTTISH CLAYMORES	2015	5	4	MURRAYFIELD (EDINBURGH)
	TYNESIDE MARINERS	2015	0	0	ST.JAMES' PARK (NEWCASTLE)

Recent Changes

New logos and helmets were introduced by the Caledonian Knights (2025), Scottish Claymores (2025) & Tyneside Mariners (2025 & 2026) and the Humberside Destroyers joined in for the 2025 season.

Since the 2025 BFL season:

Team Names

Teams adhere to the Team Rules.

Caledonian Knights use an old name for Scotland called Caledonia and reference the Knights of Caledon who were a tribal confederacy who ruled in the are now known as Scotland during the Iron Age and Roman eras. The team plays in Glasgow and represents both Western Scotland and Scotland as a whole. Its logo is inspired by that used by the New York/New Jersey (WLAF) team that played from 1991-1992.

Humberside Destroyers represent the region of Humberside which includes East Yorkshire and North East Lincolnshire which are connected by the Humber Bridge. Its logo is inspired by the New York/New Jersey Hitmen (XFL) team that played in 2001 only, name from the Virginia Destroyers (UFL) who played from 2011-2012 and its colours from the Rugby Super League team Hull FC.

Scottish Claymores are a resurrection of the defunct NFL Europe team that played from 1995-1998. The team plays in Edinburgh, the Capital city of Scotland, and represents both Eastern Scotland and Scotland as a whole.

Tyneside Mariners nickname refers to Newcastle's maritime history and is a testament to its role as a major coal hub and its significance in the global maritime industry. The city's shipyards, once bustling with the sounds of steel and steam, have left a lasting legacy on the region's engineering heritage. Tyneside covers the region of the built-up area across the banks of the River Tyne and is made up of metropolitan boroughs of Newcastle upon Tyne, Gateshead, North Tyneside and South Tyneside.

Archive

This represents changes in logos and helmets only, teams with no changes to either logo or helmet are represented in the Teams section.

CALEDONIAN KNIGHTS

Logos

2025

2015

Helmets

2025

2019

SCOTTISH CLAYMORES

Logos

2025

2015

Helmets

2025

2015

Tyneside Mariners

Logos

2026

2025

2015

Helmets

2026

2025

2015

Division History

Since 2025, the division added expansion team Humberside Destroyers.

E - Expansion team(s).

DIVISION CHAMPIONS

The current season champions and standings are listed below.

SEASON	TEAM
2015		TYNESIDE MARINERS (1)
2016		YORKSHIRE VIKINGS (1)
2017		SCOTTISH CLAYMORES (1)
2018		SCOTTISH CLAYMORES (2)
2019		YORKSHIRE VIKINGS (3)
2020		TYNESIDE MARINERS (2)
2021		SCOTTISH CLAYMORES (3)
2022		CALEDONIAN KNIGHTS (1)
2023		CALEDONIAN KNIGHTS (2)
2024		TYNESIDE MARINERS (3)
2025		HUMBERSIDE DESTROYERS (1)

DIVISION STANDINGS

Team		T	RT
	TYNESIDE MARINERS	3	2024
	Scottish Claymores	3	2021
	CALEDONIAN KNIGHTS	2	2023
	YORKSHIRE VIKINGS	2	2019
	HUMBERSIDE DESTROYERS	1	2025

Teams in italics are former teams that moved to the West Division for the 2025 BFL Season.

This reflects Yorkshire Vikings results only whilst in the North Division.