FFWally Posted September 24, 2015 Author Share Posted September 24, 2015 1974 Expansion InLondon BulldogsAs part of the agreement with the City of London, and the ownership group of the Bulldogs, no city in Great Britain, will be included in the 1974 Expansion PoolDublin, as part of the Republic of Ireland is eligible however, the 1978 Expansion will include a minimum of 2 Cities in Great Britain, as per the agreement.Tier 1 Cities - Have facilities in place as well as a history of American Football development, and community support in their bid. Considered ready to step up to SFL competition with the assistance of an expansion draft.***Aalborg, Denmark - Aalborg RedsAntwerp, BelgiumAmsterdam, NederlandsDublin, Ireland***Helsinki, FinlandKoln, West Germany***Normandy (Region) France***Paris, France*** Denotes cities that have profiles postedTier II - Have either an established history with American Football, or facilities capable of supporting a SFL Franchise, as well as community support for the project. (some cities may be close to Tier 1 standards, but will need considerable help to be awarded a franchise in this round.Bergen, NorwayBrussels, BelgiumHalmstad, SwedenHamburg, West GermanyMarseilles, France​Reykjavik IcelandRotterdam, Nederlands________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________An expansion council will narrow the field to 5 finalists, with the top three being awarded Franchises, The next 4 teams will begin play L2 in 1974 and the rest will continue to play in their national leagues. L2/L3 will expand beyond the current Scandinavian borders in 1976 after reaching agreements with National Leagues in: Great Britain, Germany, France, Nederlands, Luxomburg, Belgium and Italy.Spain, Greece, and Portugal will fold into the SFL in 1978. Fictional History of the SFAF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darknes Posted September 24, 2015 Share Posted September 24, 2015 I'd like to see Helsinki, Dublin and Amsterdam Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burmy Posted September 24, 2015 Share Posted September 24, 2015 Helsinki, Dublin and Paris here... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan O'Mac Posted September 24, 2015 Share Posted September 24, 2015 I think I'd like to know more before I vote. I know virtually nothing about Aalborg or Koln, for example. So, right now, I'd be picking without knowing all the information I could need I like this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burmy Posted September 24, 2015 Share Posted September 24, 2015 I think I'd like to know more before I vote. I know virtually nothing about Aalborg or Koln, for example. So, right now, I'd be picking without knowing all the information I could needKoln is Cologne... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FFWally Posted September 24, 2015 Author Share Posted September 24, 2015 Aalborg RedsSFL L2 (Danmark/Skane)established 1964 3X L2 Champions, 4X DFL Champions 18,000 Seat Stadium Aalborg Reds U21 7X SFL/DFL Champions Owner: Danish Distilers (Akvavit)Since the inception of the SFL in 1964, Aalborg has fielded a team, and was in the running at least competitively with Copenhagen for the first Danish Football team in SFL.Multiple Reds players have made considerable impacts in the SFL, and the city has a 15,000 seat stadium as well as fan support for the team the the aptly named "Red Army!"Aalborg has won or shared the title in Danish L2 4 times in the past 5 years, and competitively is the closest to the level of SFL play among cities vying for a franchise.The only limiting factor is that Denmark has a team, and the league is working to expand its footprint. On a side note however, Aalborg is across Denmark from Copenhagen and would rally a large portion of the country not enraptured by all things Copenhagen.The connection to the Danish distillery led to an add campaign in the late 60's that started the Skål! tradition, whenever the Reds score... many of the supporters carry flasks with Akvavit to the games and take a shot after touchdowns.Notable PlayersQB Gus Torstonsson - GoteburgQB Karl Scheile - StockholmQB Jan Jansen - CopenhagenLT Stig Lund - CopenhagenLT Olaf Bengtsson - HelsingborgMLB Jan Janssen - GoteburgNeedless to say, Aalborg is developing nearly as many players as the Uppsala and Helsingborg academies are.Outlook: A top 5 player in the expansion committees recommendation. Like Normandy, Aalborg is a power program, one that could compete immediately, but they do not truly expand the footprint of SFL. Fictional History of the SFAF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burmy Posted September 24, 2015 Share Posted September 24, 2015 Ooooh...really tempting this is.Nonetheless, if voting were held today, I'd retain my choices of candidates (in that order) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neo_prankster Posted September 24, 2015 Share Posted September 24, 2015 I hope I'm not too late to vote on Expansion cities, because I would pick Amsterdam, Dublin and Paris. The Fictional Story of Austus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FFWally Posted September 25, 2015 Author Share Posted September 25, 2015 I will post better reports on the cities this saturday.Homecoming game tonight, and our biggest rival, at their house (yeah we are the bastard stepchild) so kind of a crazy day here!Ill have a couple paragraphs about the Tier 1 and then a blurb about the Tier II citiesAnd all have historic links to the Vikings/Norse/Danes. Fictional History of the SFAF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burmy Posted September 26, 2015 Share Posted September 26, 2015 Looking forward to it-Dublin looks like one of the early favorites right now, so if they do get a team, it'll make for an INTENSE rivalry between them and the Bulldogs.If Belfast is one of the UK cities which gets selected in '78, watch out! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FFWally Posted September 27, 2015 Author Share Posted September 27, 2015 Paris CrusadersFrench Football Leagueestablished 19664X FFL Champions34,000 Seat StadiumParis Football Academy U21 Team 5X FFL U21 ChampionsOwner: Horst Buchholtz (French Actor Magnificant Seven)Paris is the bully of French Football and the most financially interesting team vying for inclusion in the SFL.As a football program, Paris entered into American Football early, and began sending their academy players to the USA as exchange students in the mid 1960's, and strategically placed them with families in Texas, Ohio, California, Georgia, and Pennsylvania, giving the Crusaders players a year of US High School football in areas that are traditionally strong. Not only did the Academy place their young athletes in the states, they placed them in locations that matched their skillsets, often leading to opportunities to play college football in the USA.This strategic growth plan not only accelerated the learning process, it has given Paris the best coached football players outside the US and Scandinavia. Paris has not been afraid to go after American and SFL retreads, and undersized talents, and the combination of talent infusion and focused development has the Crusaders an 86-21 overall record in 9 seasons.Financial Stability: Co-Owned by French Multi Millionaire Actor Horst Buchholtz and Citrön Heir Staffan Citrön (Combined worth: 198MM USD)Sporting Strength: A+Facilities: AFA Quality FacilitiesTop Players:QB: #4 Jacques Hinault FFL MVPMLB: #55 Steve Bernard (LSU) New Orleans backup 1970-1972K: #9 Alex Lyon - Former French superstar footballer, with 72 career Caps, and 41 Goals (Global Cup 1958 3rd Place, 9 goals, Golden Shoe) 5X FFL All StarOutlook: SFL Expansion Committee #1 choice, virtual lock for one of the 3 expansion cities Fictional History of the SFAF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burmy Posted September 27, 2015 Share Posted September 27, 2015 Not just "Oui," but "Putain, oui!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
athleticsfan2k8 Posted September 27, 2015 Share Posted September 27, 2015 I Predict in the 70's that the league will probably be in Dublin, Ireland, Paris, France (Crusaders) and probably Hamburg, West Germany. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FFWally Posted September 27, 2015 Author Share Posted September 27, 2015 Norman InvadersFrench Football Leagueestablished 1967 2X FFL Champions 26,200 Seat Stadium (Football/Soccer) Invader U21 Team 2X FFL U21 Champions Owner(s): Gilbert Duclos (Apple Cider Magnet) Invader football, though not as successful as their neighbors to the south, grew out of a successful Soccer Club, FC Normandy, and plays in a state of the art stadium near the coast. Arguably the second best European based team outside of Scandinavia, the Invaders have played Paris 5 times for the championship, winning twice in 1968 and 1972, the '72 game has been called the best football game ever played in France, with the outcome decided on a 4th and 2 from the Paris 4 yard line, when #40 Herve Tolbert split a tackle and dove in for a game winning Touchdown as time expired, giving the Invaders a 20-17 win, for their 2nd Championship. The Norman program took a different track from the Crusaders, with owner Gilbert Duclos, befriending Uppsala owner Anders Bergstrom, and sending his academy teams to Sweden to play what was the best European competition. Additionally, he accompanied Bergström to Texas on several occasions, meeting with TCU, and SMU staff to find the best young minds in Texas HS football. From 1967 on the academy has been run by Texas HS football coaches from the North Texas area, and no less than 20 have gone on to positions within other European programs, including former Invaders U21 HC, Steve Smith (Cleburne HS) who took the HC position at Antwerpen Leeuw (Lions). Socially, the Invaders have become a cultural phenomenon, quickly becoming the regions source of Pride, and after the French Championship in '72 the region chose to erect a statue in honor of the game winning TD dive, immortalizing Herve Tolbert, and making him the regions most recognizable name. Top Players: RB #40 Herve Tolbert (1972 Championship MVP)QB #17 Jean-Luc Piccard a product of the upstart Enterprise Football Academy in Lyon. Won the FFL Championship in his second year.LB #55 John Butcher (Former Cincinnatti LBer)K #1 Felix Favre (Former Lyon Captain, and French Soccer 3X MVP, injured non kicking knee in a Victors League Match, Gilbert Duclos paid for Favre to travel to the USA for knee surgery, as well as recovery in Los Angeles where he learned to kick under AFA legendary kicker Leon Maradona (Krewe) and UCLA Soccer style kicking coach Peter Kufonos, who turned him into a kicking machine, 78 of 79 Field Goals, 228 of 228 on extra points, including an amazing 61 yarder in 1973. Outlook: SFL Expansion Committee 3rd choice, a lock if not for Paris's bid, but proximity to London makes Normandy a viable option. Likely to be included in the second European Expansion along with the British Cities. Fictional History of the SFAF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burmy Posted September 28, 2015 Share Posted September 28, 2015 Paris is still a for sure...now Normandy is looking pretty tempting... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darknes Posted September 28, 2015 Share Posted September 28, 2015 Nice Star Trek reference mate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MSO94 Posted September 28, 2015 Share Posted September 28, 2015 I new to this series and have a question. I have been looking at Gavle Goats logo and for the life of me cant figure out what it is. ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FFWally Posted September 28, 2015 Author Share Posted September 28, 2015 I new to this series and have a question. I have been looking at Gavle Goats logo and for the life of me cant figure out what it is. ?Its the Julbocken... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%A4vle_goat Fictional History of the SFAF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FFWally Posted September 30, 2015 Author Share Posted September 30, 2015 HELSINKI TURISASSoumi American Football Associationestablished 1965 6X SAFA Champions 14,500 Seat Stadium (Football/Soccer) Soumi American Football Academy (1972) Owner(s): Bjorn "Nallie" Westerlund (CEO NOKIA) Nikki Partanen Helsinki adopted American football at the same time as Sweden, and before there were enough teams in Finland, played the Northern and Eastern Swedish teams (primarily today's L2/L3 teams) including Gavle, and Stockholm in pre-season exhibitions, losing soundly in the early games by 40-50 points, but after Nallie Westerlund got behind the team in 1968 fortunes changed, and the hiring of Head Coach Marti Mustonen (Northwestern) brought the real culture change needed to become a Tier 1 program. Mustonen spent 2 decades in American High School football, becoming the first Minnesota coach to win 200 games in under 20 seasons, and took the Offensive Coordinator position at Northwestern in 1967, but after only one season he was contacted by "Nallie" Westerlund, and offered not only a head coaching job, but a significant package from Nokia. Marti had not been satisfied running someone else's offense at an also-ran Big10 school, and jumped at the opportunity. Over the course of the next 7 seasons Helsinki lost a total of 4 games and did it with an option offense, the same offense Mustonen ran at Minnetonka from 1960-1966. GM Jaako Seppa leaned on his owner to buy the best available American talent, and took chances on players considered damaged goods, like Houston's Greg Ellers, a three time All AFA Defensive Tackle, and until the time of his injury, considered to be the next Jon Stark. Seppa knew that the level of competition in Finland would allow Ellers to not only perform at a high level, but to get his confidence back after the biceps injury that saw him released after the 1971 season. Ellers along with Texas QB Billy Hart (USC) put the Turisas in the company of Paris, Aalborg, and Dublin as dominant teams ready for SFL play from Day 1. Top Players: QB #8 Billy Hart - Hart was a HS All American who never lived up to the hype at USC, but was worth a 2nd round pick by Texas in 1972. (on loan - Texas)RB #44 George Lahti - was a star at Illinois, and spent three seasons as a short yardage back, and FB for Chicago, has been a star for Helsinki.WR #4 Patrik Jokula - #1 receiver and top native born player for the Turisas. Great Route Runner.DT #68 Greg Ellers - Former All AFA DT, signed a 6 year deal worth $360,000 ($60K per yr) and has been the MVP in the SAFA in each of his first 3 years.LB #53 Jim Yungblud - Never lived up to hype coming out of Florida St, but has been the leagues leading tackler form 1971-1974 Outlook: On a sporting scale, Helsinki is already a mid tier SFL team, having beaten Linkoping 38-10 in their preseason game in 1974, and the facilities as well as financial backing make the team a natural addition. But, the team logo, which Westerlund refuses to change has imaginary that causes concern, and unless the team is willing to make changes, to a symbol that predates the Nazi's by several hundred years, it is unlikely Helsinki will get league approval. Fictional History of the SFAF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burmy Posted September 30, 2015 Share Posted September 30, 2015 I still think Helsinki would be PERFECT for the SFL (staying true to its Scandanavian roots while expanding the league footprint)...however, I imagine those who vote for them will likely do so on the condition that that logo is "phased out". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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