Shropshire Revolution

The Shropshire Revolution (also known as "The Revolution") are a British American football team based in Telford, Shropshire, in the Midlands, England.

The Team are currently members of the British American Football League (BAFL), competing to enter the BritBowl to win the Boston Trophy.

The Shropshire Revolution are in the BAFL 2, Division 2 Central of the BAFL's 3 divisions, (BAFL Premier, BAFL 1 and BAFL 2).

BAFL 1 is split into 2 conferences, Division 1 North North and Division 1 South South. BAFL 2 is split into four conferences, Division 2 North, Division 2 Central, Division 2 South East and Division 2 South West. [Teams of the BAFL]

The Revolution are Shropshire's only American Football team. [ [http://www.bafl.org.uk/artman2/publish/REVOLS/Revolution_announce_recruitment_drive.shtml BAFL News] ]

After making a successful debut on the American Football scene in the UK when they beat Lincoln Bombers 30-6 on October 1 2006 in their maiden match at Telford Town Park, registering four touchdowns to the delight of a healthy crowd of around 200 as they bid to earn a place in the British American Football League for the 2007 season, the game marked the return of the sport to Shropshire after the collapse of the county's Wrekin Giants in the 1980s. [ [http://www.shropshirestar.com/2006/10/winning-start-to-revolution/ Shropshire Star] ]

History

The "Shropshire Revolution" American Football team were formed in January 2006 by like minded enthusiasts and fans of the game, via a forum on the website of [http://www.nfluk.com/ NFLUK] . [ [http://www.nfluk.com/usersession_new.php?board=4;action=display;threadid=15367 NFL-UK Revolutution formation thread] ]

7 players met for the first session in the Town Park Bowl on Saturday January 21 2006, when the following week a management team was formed.

Initial discussions were along the lines of Flag Football until the team were ready to think about entering an application for kitted league football.

Media interest from BBC Local Television, BBC Radio Shropshire, the Shropshire Star newspaper, and Beacon Radio swelled the numbers of those interested in viewing and participating in the game considerably over the following weeks and a competition, run on Beacon Radio to choose the team name from a short list, declared that the team shall be known as the " 'Shropshire Revolution' ".The management team have since been working towards becoming an Associate Member of the British American Football League. This application was successful and the team granted associate membership on 2nd July 2006.

The teams first game took place on the 1st October 2006. In front of around 200 people, the Revolution beat the Lincolnshire Bombers 30-6.This was followed on the 15th October by the teams first away game against the Leicestershire Falcons, which the Revolution won 28-14.And finally a home game against the Leicestershire Falcons on the 28th October saw the Revolution romp home with a 29-0 victory, bringing their 2006 associate season to a glorious finale.

On November 1st the league confirmed that the Revolutions application for league membership for the 2007 season, had been successful.

The Shropshire Revolution cheerleader squad are called the Revettes. [ [http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=R6SNDysWOVg YouTube - Revolution Cheerleader Squad ] ]

ponsorship

The Shropshire Revolution started as a team securing a £10,000, 3-year sponsorship deal with the Ultimate Cleaning Company [http://www.ultimatecleaningco.co.uk/] , one of the Midlands fastest growing cleaning companies, which allowed the team to purchase a Rogers Athletic 3-man Blocking Sled and a set of 50 home and away game shirts and game pants [ [http://www.nfluk.com/news-display.php?id=2351 NFLUK News] ] [ [http://www.shropshirestar.com/2006/11/revolution-eye-the-big-stage/ Shropshire Star] ] [ [http://www.bafl.org.uk/artman2/publish/REVOLS/REVOLUTION_S_TRIPLE_WHAMMY_1110.shtml BAFL News] ] and November 16 2007 saw the Revolution announce a major additional sponsorship deal with Telford Signs [http://www.telfordsigns.co.uk/] [ [http://www.bafl.org.uk/artman2/publish/REVOLS/Revolution_sign_another_sponsor.shtml BAFL News] ] .

Venue

Revolution home games and training sessions take place at the home of the Telford Hornets Rugby Club, in Dawley, Telford.
* [http://www.multimap.com/map/browse.cgi?lat=52.6611&lon=-2.457&scale=10000&icon=x Multimap]

2008 Season schedule and results

2007 Season record

The Shropshire Revolution finished their 2007 inaugural season, BAFL Division 2 Central Conference, with a 2-8-0 record.

References

ee also

Previous American Football teams in Shropshire:
*Wrekin Giants (1985-1989)
*Shropshire Giants (1989)
*Cannock Chase Giants (1989-1993/4)

External links

* [http://www.shropshirerevolution.com Shropshire Revolution] , Official Shropshire Revolution Website
* [http://www.shropshirerevolution.co.uk/forum/ Official Shropshire Revolution Forum]
* [http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=183670388 Official Shropshire Revolution MySpace]
* [http://www.gridironuk.co.uk/talk/index.php Official BAFL Forum]
* [http://clubs.rfu.com/CLUBS/portals/TelfordHornetsRFC/ Telford Hornets] , Shropshire Revolution Team Stadium
* [http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=mXhh19E-yyU Revolution 2007] video

hropshire Revolution in the Media

* [http://www.bafl.org.uk/artman2/publish/REVOLS/index.shtml Shropshire Revolution BAFL News] BAFL Revolution News
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/american_football/6958605.stm Revolution end season with defeat] , BBC News - August 22 2007
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/american_football/6913626.stm Revolution 21-7 Reading Renegades] , BBC News - July 24 2007
* [http://www.shropshirestar.com/2007/06/mersey-misery-for-revolution/ Mersey misery for Revolution] , Shropshire Star - June 6 2007
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/american_football/6658861.stm Revolution rocked by Nottingham] , BBC News - May 15 2007
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/american_football/6548333.stm Revolution ready for first season] , BBC News - April 12 2007
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/american_football/6242017.stm Players required for Revolution] , BBC News - January 8 2007
* [http://www.shropshirestar.com/2006/11/revolution-eye-the-big-stage/ Revolution eye the big stage] , Shropshire Star - November 21 2006
* [http://www.shropshirestar.com/2006/10/revolution-gathers-pace-on-road/ Revolution gathers pace on road] , Shropshire Star - October 17 2006
* [http://www.shropshirestar.com/2006/10/winning-start-to-revolution/ Winning start to Revolution] , Shropshire Star - October 3 2006