BRITISH FOOTBALL LEAGUE

Teams, split into regions of South-west England (Avon Fire & Welsh Dragons) and South (London Monarchs & Sussex Pirates), compete for a place in the United Football Conference Championship made up of the South Division champions versus the Central Division champions.

London Monarchs, Sussex Pirates & Welsh Dragons have introduced new logos and helmets for the 2025 season with Avon Fire introducing a revised logo for the inaugural season.

TEAMS
JOINED STADIUM

avon
fire
2025
ASHTON GATE STADIUM
(bristol)

LONDON
MONARCHS
2015
WEMBLEY STADIUM
(LONDON)

SUSSEX
PIRATES
2015
AMEX STADIUM
(BRIGHTON)

WELSH
DRAGONS
2015
PRINCIPALITY STADIUM
(CARDIFF)
HELMETS & LOGOS
Avon Fire
(2025)
(2025-)
(2025)
(2025-)
London Monarchs
(2015-2024)
(2025-)
(2015-2024)
(2025-)
Sussex Pirates
(2015-2024)
(2025-)
(2015-2019)
(2020-2024)
(2025-)
Welsh Dragons
(2015-2024)
(2025-)
(2015-2018)
(2019-2024)
(2025-)
DIVISION HISTORY
2015-2018
4 BIRMINGHAM BANDITS
LONDON MONARCHS
SUSSEX PIRATES
WELSH DRAGONS
2015-2018
5 BIRMINGHAM BANDITS
LONDON MONARCHS
SUSSEX PIRATES
WELSH DRAGONS
SHERWOOD FOREST OUTLAWS (E)
2021-2024
6 BIRMINGHAM BANDITS
LONDON MONARCHS
SHERWOOD FOREST OUTLAWS
SUSSEX PIRATES
WELSH DRAGONS
THAMES VALLEY THUNDER (E)
2025-
4 LONDON MONARCHS
SUSSEX PIRATES
WELSH DRAGONS
AVON FIRE (E)
BIRMINGHAM BANDITS > CENTRAL DIVISION
SHERWOOD FOREST OUTLAWS > CENTRAL DIVISION
THAMES VALLEY THUNDER > CENTRAL DIVISION
DIVISION CHAMPIONS
SEASON
TEAM
2015 BIRMINGHAM BANDITS (1)
2016 WELSH DRAGONS (1)
2017 WELSH DRAGONS (2)
2018 SUSSEX PIRATES (1)
2019 SUSSEX PIRATES (2)
2020 SHERWOOD FOREST OUTLAWS (1)
2021 WELSH DRAGONS (3)
2022 LONDON MONARCHS (1)
2023 SUSSEX PIRATES (3)
2024 LONDON MONARCHS (2)
STANDINGS
Team T RT
Sussex Pirates 3 2023
Welsh Dragons 3 2021
London Monarchs 2 2024
Birmingham Bandits 1 2015
Sherwood Forest Outlaws 1 2020
Thames Valley Thunder 0 0
LEGEND

Prior to 2025, this was previously contested by the Division Champion hosting the North Division Semi-Final winner from (2019-2024).

Dates are in order of the winners followed by the losers NFL affiliate teams.

2024 CHAMPIONS MOST TITLES

London
Monarchs (3)

BIRMINGHAM
BANDITS (4)
DATE WINNER SCORE LOSER STADIUM
NOVEMBER 29 & 26, 2015
BIRMINGHAM
BANDITS (1)
30 VS 24
SUSSEX
PIRATES

VILLA PARK
BIRMINGHAM
NOVEMBER 26 & 24, 2016
BIRMINGHAM
BANDITS (2)
19 @ 13
WELSH
DRAGONS

PRINCIPALITY STADIUM
CARDIFF
NOVEMBER 26, 2017
BIRMINGHAM
BANDITS (3)
34 @ 24
WELSH
DRAGONS
NOVEMBER 19 & 22, 2018
BIRMINGHAM
BANDITS (4)
54 @ 31
SUSSEX
PIRATES

AMEX STADIUM
BRIGHTON
DECEMBER 2,
NOVEMBER 28, 2019

WELSH
DRAGONS (1)
37 @ 26
SUSSEX
PIRATES
DECEMBER 20, 2020
SHERWOOD
FOREST
OUTLAWS (1)
29 VS 20
WELSH
DRAGONS

CITY GROUND
NOTTINGHAM
DECEMBER 19, 2021
LONDON
MONARCHS (1)
31 @ 0
WELSH
DRAGONS

PRINCIPALITY STADIUM
CARDIFF
DECEMBER 18 & 15, 2022
LONDON
MONARCHS (2)
34 VS 21
THAMES
VALLEY
THUNDER

WEMBLEY STADIUM
LONDON
DECEMBER 17, 2023
SUSSEX
PIRATES (1)
17 VS 10
BIRMINGHAM
BANDITS

AMEX STADIUM
BRIGHTON
DECEMBER 15, 2024
LONDON
MONARCHS (3)
42 @ 40
WELSH
DRAGONS

PRINCIPALITY STADIUM
CARDIFF
STANDINGS
Team REC A RT RA
BIRMINGHAM BANDITS 4-1 5 2018 2023
LONDON MONARCHS 3-0 3 2024 2024
WELSH DRAGONS 1-5 5 2019 2024
SUSSEX PIRATES 1-3 4 2023 2023
SHERWOOD FOREST OUTLAWS 1-0 1 2020 2020
THAMES VALLEY THUNDER 0-1 1 0 2022
SOUTH DIVISION SEMI-FINAL (2019-2024)

Prior to 2025, the #3 team played at the home of the #2 team for a place in the Division Final before returning to the Division Final being a part of the Division Semi-Finals round of the playoffs.

SEASON WINNER SCORE LOSER
NOVEMBER 24, 2019
WELSH
DRAGONS
17 VS 9
LONDON
MONARCHS
DECEMBER 13, 2020
WELSH
DRAGONS
40 @ 31
BIRMINGHAM
BANDITS
DECEMBER 13, 2021
LONDON
MONARCHS
45 VS 30
SHERWOOD FOREST
OUTLAWS
DECEMBER 11, 2022
THAMES VALLEY
THUNDER
35 VS 7
WELSH
DRAGONS
DECEMBER 10, 2023
BIRMINGHAM
BANDITS
33 @ 28
THAMES VALLEY
THUNDER
DECEMBER 8, 2024*
WELSH
DRAGONS
42 @ 19
SUSSEX
PIRATES