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Portsmouth Dreadnoughts
Year Formed 2012; 12 years ago (2012)
Team Colours Navy, Grey and Yellow
Head Coach Andrew Wood
League BAFA National Leagues South West Division
Website http://portsmouthdreadnoughts.co.uk/

The Portsmouth Dreadnoughts are an American football team currently based in Portsmouth, England. The club was founded in 2012.[1] The team is named after the famous battleship HMS Dreadnought that was built in Portsmouth in 1906.[1] The team play in the BAFA National Leagues South West Division.[2]

History

The Portsmouth Dreadnoughts were founded in April 2012 by three players, Pete Southwood, Ben Bell and David Bennett.[1] They had met whilst playing and coaching for the Solent Thrashers, but found that the travel considerations of a long drive to Southampton from Horndean were significant enough to make them look into how to keep playing American Football, but not at such a distance.[1]

The team's first game was played against the Plymouth Extreme.[3]

The Dreadnoughts were admitted to the National league for the start of the 2014 season. They failed to win a game in their first season which was brought to an early end when they were disqualified from the last 4 games of the season for bringing the game into disrepute by allowing unregistered coaches to participate and for permitting someone to participate in club activities whilst banned for safeguarding reasons.[4][5] The Dreadnoughts returned to the National Leagues for the start of the 2015 season, during which they recorded their first ever league win in a 48 points to 15 victory over the Hastings Conquerors[6][7]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Allen, Mischa (5 January 2013). "The Dreadnoughts have their sights set high". The News. Portsmouth News. Retrieved 24 June 2013.
  2. ^ "Portsmouth Dreadnoughts - National South West". BAFANL.co.uk. Retrieved 24 June 2014.
  3. ^ Jeff, Marshman (24 August 2013). "Dreadnoughts anticipate momentous 'naval derby'". The News. Portsmouth News. Retrieved 24 June 2013.
  4. ^ Pankhurst, Frankie (24 June 2014). "BAFANL drop the hammer on the Dreadnoughts". DBLCoverage.com. Double Coverage. Retrieved 21 February 2017.
  5. ^ Snee, Tom (10 October 2014). "BAFA reject Dreadnoughts appeal". DBLCoverage.com. Double Coverage. Retrieved 21 February 2017.
  6. ^ Marshman, Jeff (3 April 2015). "Dreadnoughts go back to school before curtain-raiser". www.portsmouth.co.uk. The News (Portsmouth). Retrieved 21 February 2017.
  7. ^ "Dreadnoughts break duck with success at Hastings". www.portsmouth.co.uk. The News (Portsmouth). 5 June 2015. Retrieved 21 February 2017. Delighted Portsmouth Dreadnoughts are celebrating after securing their first success in the British American Football Association National League.

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