- Northeastern Football Alliance
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Northeastern Football Alliance Formerly New York Amateur Football League Sport American football Founded 1997 No. of teams 12 Country(ies) United States Most recent champion(s) Monroe County Sting Official website www.nfafootball.com The Northeastern Football Alliance is an amateur-semiprofessional American football league based mostly in upstate New York. It was formerly known as the New York Amateur Football League, which split off from the Mid Continental Football League in the mid-1990s after the MCFL contracted into the midwest.
The NFA shares territory with the Empire Football League; most of the NFA's teams are in western and central New York whereas the EFL mostly covers the eastern half of the state.
As of the end of 2008, Minor League Football News has two NFA teams, the Albany Metro Mallers and Monroe County Sting, as the two best teams in all of semiprofessional football.[1]
Teams
Buffalo Gladiators
A charter NYAFL/NFA team, the Gladiators are based in Buffalo, New York and play at the Nichols School. Buffalo has had numerous homes in the team's history.
Cortland Bulldogs
Based in Cortland, New York.
Finger Lakes Impact
Based in Waterloo, New York.
Glove Cities Colonials
An on-an-off team representing the "Glove Cities" (Johnstown-Gloversville-Amsterdam) of the eastern Mohawk Valley.
Jamestown Chiefs
The Chiefs are based in Jamestown, New York and play at Strider Field.
Lyndonville Tigers
The Tigers are based in Lyndonville, New York.
New York Stallions
The Stallions are based in Oneonta, New York and play on the campus of Hartwick College.
Southern Tier Diesel
The Southern Tier Diesel are based in Olean, New York. They joined the league in 2005 (originally representing Steuben County) and relocated to its current home, Bradner Stadium in Olean, in December 2008.[2]
Southern Tier Warriors
Based in Odessa, New York; the Warriors joined the NFA in 2011.
Troy's Fighting Irish
Based in Troy, New York.
Utica Yard Dogs
The Yard Dogs are the fourth team to represent Oneida County in the NYAFL or NFA. Previous teams include the Oneida County Titans, Rome Rampage, and Mohawk Valley Vikings.
Watertown Revolution
The Revolution are based in Watertown, New York. They are the result of the team founder's failed purchase of the Watertown Red & Black in 2008.
Previous teams
Historically, at least one team has represented the Rochester and Syracuse areas. The Central New York Express had been in existence since the 1980s, but disbanded and were replaced by the Syracuse Shock in 2008 and 2009; the Shock will joined the North American Football League in 2010. Meanwhile, in Rochester, the long-established Monroe County Sting were members of the league after the NYFL disbanded until leaving to the United States Football Alliance in 2010.
NFA/NYAFL past Champions
- 2010 Troy's Fighting Irish
- 2009 Monroe County Sting
- 2008 Albany Metro Mallers
- 2007 Monroe County Sting
- 2006 Buffalo Gladiators
- 2005 Monroe County Sting
- 2004 Buffalo Gladiators
- 2003 Central NY Express (currently Syracuse Shock)
- 2002 Buffalo Gladiators
- 2001 Buffalo Gladiators
- 2000 Buffalo Gladiators
- 1999 Buffalo Gladiators
- 1998 Batavia Titans (defunct)
- 1997 Buffalo Gladiators
References
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Categories:- Organizations established in 1997
- Semi-professional American football
- American football in New York
- American football leagues in the United States
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