United Conference

Coast Division (2028)

The Coast Division will become part of the United Conference for the 2028 BFL season, made up of the Avon Fire and Sussex Pirates along with two to be confirmed expansion teams. Both the Fire and Pirates will join this new division from the South Division. Teams will be solely based in coastal cities/regions.

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

Learn more about the BFL Expansion Roadmap: 2026–2028.

In 2028, the two additional expansion teams will be based in coastal regions to kepe in line with the name of the division which will focus on rivals to Avon (Bristol) and Sussex (Brighton).

Division Navigation

Division Teams

TEAMS		JOINED	UC	BFL	STADIUM
	avon fire	2025	0	0	ASHTON GATE STADIUM (bristol)
	SUSSEX PIRATES(1)	2015	1	1	AMEX COMMUNITY STADIUM (BRIGHTON)

LEGEND

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Team Names

Teams adhere to the Team Rules.

Avon Fire is named after the River Avon that flows through the area and represents the county boroughs of Bristol and Bath, and the counties of Gloucestershire and Somerset. It uses the resurrected nicknamepreviously used by the defunct Rhein Fire NFL Europe team that played from 1995-2007 but unrelated from the resurrection of that same team for the European League of Football from 2022-2025 and subsequently joining American Football League Europe (AFLE) in 2026. The previous logo was the NFL Europe logo and then modernised to a fire-styled letter 'A' to differientiate it from the active American Football team.

Sussex Pirates covers both East and West Sussex counties of which Brighton is the largest city in the region. Pirates name is derived from the known practice of pirates hiding their treasures along the south coast of England to evade authorities. Furthermore, nearby Peacehaven, East Sussex references this in the name of the The Smuggler's Rest which is well worth the visit if you are in the area.