Viperion101 91 Posted December 9, 2019 The British Gridiron League (BGL) brings American Football to the United Kingdom and Ireland, and to Europe. With the playing of the NFL London games, the sport has gained popularity in the country. The creation of a separate league in the British Isles allows for the sport to be played there, without the NFL having to commit to having a full team there. The NFL would still play the London Series. The league would start with 10 12 teams, divided into a North Division and a South Division. The rules would be mostly the same as the NFL, *except with XFL-style kickoffs*. South Division London Knights Southampton Storm Spitfires Bristol Marauders Birmingham Cannons Cardiff Dragons Belfast Dublin Emeralds North Division Edinburgh Highlanders Kelpies Manchester Industry Liverpool Steamers Glasgow Griffons Leeds Owls Newcastle Vibe The season would run for 14 weeks, from the beginning of April through July. Each team would play each of their division opponents twice, and 3 of the teams from the other division. Each team would get one bye week. The playoffs would run over a course of four weeks, with a week between the Division Semis and Division Finals, and 2 weeks between the Division Finals and League Championship. League Logo/Shield Banner Logo Team Locations Poster C&C Welcome and appreciated, it may be a few days before I can get any actual team concepts going, I've been busy with school and the like. Just wanted to get the league concept on here. 3 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Viperion101 91 Posted December 9, 2019 Forgot to mention this, but I decided to call it the "British Gridiron League" instead of the "British American Football League" or something similar to that. "Football" is used to refer to association football/soccer, or rugby, and I feel that it wouldn't become as popular if they include "American" in a league with all British teams. In America, we call the rest of the world's "football" something else, so I think it'd be perfectly acceptable for them to call our kind of "football" something else in Britain. 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
heavybass 740 Posted December 9, 2019 "settles down" You got my interest.... 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Whittier S 534 Posted December 9, 2019 Full disclosure, I've used the name before, but I think Manchester Machine would work much better as a name. 3 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
heavybass 740 Posted December 9, 2019 Especially if it's like the Montreal Machine of the old World Football league 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Viperion101 91 Posted December 9, 2019 51 minutes ago, Whittier S said: Full disclosure, I've used the name before, but I think Manchester Machine would work much better as a name. Ooh nice I like that one. They might be more apt to use Industry though, since that more closely fits the naming scheme of European sports 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
stumpygremlin 473 Posted December 9, 2019 4 hours ago, heavybassX said: "settles down" You got my interest.... Mine, too. Can't wait to see where this goes! 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rjrrzube 611 Posted December 9, 2019 In my own British fantasy league (which never left my mind), I also picked the name Owls for Leeds! I know where you got it from! 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
neo_prankster 3,435 Posted December 9, 2019 Southampton could be the Dockers or Stevedores. Something to do with the shipping ports over there. 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Brian in Boston 2,837 Posted December 9, 2019 Southampton Spitfires The Spitfire - the most widely produced and strategically important British single-seater fighter plane of World War II - was designed and developed at the Supermarine Aviation Works in the Southampton suburb of Woolston, with a significant amount of the aircraft's production taking place in the Southampton area, as well. The Spitfire, which first proved itself during the Battle of Britain, went on the become the foundation of the Royal Air Force's Fighter Command for the remainder of World War II. It served as an interceptor, photo-reconnaissance, fighter-bomber, and trainer in the European, Mediterranean, Pacific, and Southeast Asian theaters. 4 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Skycast 249 Posted December 9, 2019 Would love to have seen a few Irish teams in the mix here. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BengalErnst 134 Posted December 10, 2019 3 hours ago, Skycast said: Would love to have seen a few Irish teams in the mix here. Let’s hope for some eventual expansion! 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CaliforniaGlowin 2,201 Posted December 10, 2019 I'm already a fan of the Manchester Industry! There aren't enough industrial themes in sports. Unfortunately their biggest industry was cotton. 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ATolly66 174 Posted December 10, 2019 I think you need to have more than one team in London. For the Premiership, there are at least 3 teams in the table every year, who represent a different part of the city. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Viperion101 91 Posted December 10, 2019 14 hours ago, ATolly66 said: I think you need to have more than one team in London. For the Premiership, there are at least 3 teams in the table every year, who represent a different part of the city. I originally was going to include a second London team, however, I feel that at least at first, the sport isn't popular enough to have 2 teams in London (it still is popular, but I think there'd just be the market for one team as of now). 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NiagaraConcepts 12 Posted December 11, 2019 i cant wait for the logos im excited! 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Viperion101 91 Posted December 11, 2019 London Knights South Division Stadium: Wembley Stadium Jersey Sponsor: Vodafone The first team, the London Knights. They would play at Wembley Stadium. Yes, I know the name seems a bit generic (it's better than the Monarchs or the Royals, though). However, this team would very likely become "Britain's Team", or the team that is used as a flagship for the whole league. I think that Knights works well for that,. Main Logo: Banner Logos (Each BGL Team will have one) Wordmark Uniforms: 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Est1980 74 Posted December 11, 2019 On 12/9/2019 at 6:17 PM, heavybassX said: Especially if it's like the Montreal Machine of the old World Football league Actually, it was the World League of American Football (or later World League/NFL Europe). WFL was a different league played in the 70s. That being said, the Montreal Machine had a nice color scheme which hasn't been used yet. By the way, PROPS to both the WLAF for giving us some pretty unique and original color schemes. (Orlando Thunder <3) 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sicknick459 17 Posted December 12, 2019 Love everything about this idea cant wait to see it but as a scouser can i suggest Liverpool be liverpool liverbirds as for our team not to have a liverbird would be a crime 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Viperion101 91 Posted December 12, 2019 Manchester Industry North Division Stadium: Etihad Stadium Jersey Sponsor: Siemens Presenting the Manchester Industry, a.k.a. the Discount Pittsburgh Steelers (just kidding, that wasn't my intent). The name comes from the city's industrial past (in fact, Manchester is known as the "first industrial city"). The color scheme comes from worker bees and bees in general being a symbol of the city. Main Logo: Banner Logo: Wordmark (would not include the "est. 2020" and "Gridiron Football Club" on it) Uniforms: C&C welcome and appreciated! 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
