United Conference

Central Division

The Central Division was introduced for the 2025 season and became part of the United Conference, along with the South Division and is made up of four teams of which Birmingham Bandits, Sherwood Forest Outlaws and Thames Valley Thunder previously played in the South Division.

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

Division Navigation

Division Teams

	JOINED	UC	BFL	STADIUM
BIRMINGHAM BANDITS	2015	5	2	VILLA PARK (BIRMINGHAM)
LEICESTER STALLIONS	2025	0	0	King Power Stadium (LEICESTER)
SHERWOOD FOREST OUTLAWS	2019	1	1	CITY GROUND (NOTTINGHAM)
THAMES VALLEY THUNDER	2021	0	0	STADIUM MK (MILTON KEYNES)

LEGEND

BC British Conference title
BFL League Title

Recent Changes

New logos and helmets were introduced by the Birmingham Bandits (2025), Leicester Stallions (2025 & 2026), Sherwood Forest Outlaws (2025 & 2026) & Thames Valley Thunder (2025).

Team Names

Teams adhere to the Team Rules.

Birmingham Bandits is the second largest city in the UK. Its nickname is as an alternative name to their tenants at Villa Park, Premier League team Aston Villa who are nicknamed the Villains. Its logo is inspired by that used by the Arizona/Oklahoma Outlaws of the USFL team that played from 1983-1985 an dcolours from an alternative helmet used by the Ohio State Buckeyes college football team.

Leicester Stallions are unrelated to any team represented by the city and inspired by the CFL's only North American Grey Cup Champions Baltimore Stallions who played from 1994-1995.

Sherwood Forest Outlaws is an ancient royal forest in Nottinghamshire in the East Midlands region of England, which is associated with the legend of Robin Hood, a known outlaw in folklore who is most closely associated with his stance of "robbing the rich to give to the poor".

Thames Valley Thunder is a geographical and political area in South East England around the River Thames west of London that covers the counties of Berkshire and Oxfordshire but the area can also include Buckinghamshire and Swindon. Their nickname is a resurrection of the nickname used by the defunct NFL Europe team Berlin Thunder that played from 1999-2007. However, it is unrelated to the resurrected Berlin Thunder who played in the European League of Football (ELF) and now in the new American Football League Europe (AFLE). Its logo has changed to a more related logo to that of the team name whereby the hammer represents the letter 'T' and the letter 'V' for Valley to showcase Thames Valley and keeping the hammer to reference the historic Thunder stylised logo.