Head Coach Jason Scott is creating somewhat of a dynasty over at the University of Nottingham, his BUCS Gold side heading into Tuesday’s battle with the UWE (University of West England) Bullets, for the National Championship. He’s not averse to winning championships either, is Scott, both as a player, and as a coach; in fact,…
“The Caesars have a huge opportunity to win the division this year and I am enjoying being part of the coaching team, and bringing some new ideas to the defensive side of the ball.” Laura Moore, 2023 Having played both codes of rugby, Union with Nottingham/West Bridgford, and League with the Nottingham Outlaws, Defensive Coach…
The 2022 season may well be over, but thoughts for Head Coach Vanden Warner, and his Nottingham Caesars British American Football team, have already shifted to 2023, and that elusive push for promotion. Having gone undefeated in the unofficial 2021 campaign, the only blot on the copy-book that season being against the Manchester Titans (coincidentally,…
The East Midlands derby, against the undefeated Leicester Falcons, 9-0, stands in the way of the Nottingham Caesars, 7-2, and a spot in this seasons British American Football Association (BAFA) play-offs. The NFC1 South side, second in their division, and sandwiched between leaders Leicester, and third place Chester Romans know that, in all honesty, nothing…
Let’s talk American Football, and the NFL, well, the NFL’s International Player Pathway Program to be precise, and the recent addition, on the 2022 intake, of former University of Nottingham Law graduate, Ayo Oyelola. As one of four players to be allocated, into the AFC South, program, Stateside, Oyelola will spend the offseason in the…
As the NFL heads towards its season finale stateside, with ‘the greatest show on earth, the Super Bowl, next month, than the British American Football Association (BAFA) is preparing for its summer season to begin. In the championship games, this year’s American offering will see the AFC contested between the Kansas City Chiefs (last victory…
After a relatively successful 2021 campaign, one which would see that of the Nottingham Caesars undefeated in the British American Football Association Central East, their only blot being a cross-divisional loss to the highly-regarded Manchester Titans, Head Coach Vanden Warner, has announced his coaching team for next year, 2022. In announcing their Offensive Coaches, the…
Tributes and messages of condolences continue to pour in for a man, a gentleman, who went simply as Coach Beef, or ‘Beef’ to those who were closest to him. Stephen Brittle was an integral part of the growth of the sport of American Football in the grand old city of Nottingham for many a year,…
There are many, differing forms, and it can affect us all in so many, many different ways, and, as we go through Wold Mental Health Day, highlighting those who have maybe suffered, quite often in silence, or even work within is paramount. Here at the Nottingham Sport, we caught up with a few of Nottingham’s…
Nottingham Caesars 16-7 Northants Knights (BAFA Central East) 26.09.21 Sometimes victory comes at a cost and, for the Nottingham Caesars, their undefeated, BAFA Central East campaign did just that on Sunday afternoon as defensive line, Josh Poultney, required hospital treatment late on in the 16-7 success over visiting Northants Knights. A scoreless, first quarter, would…
Nottingham Caesars 34-8 Scunthorpe Alphas (BAFANL Central East) 19.09.21 Twice in two, successive outings, the Nottingham Caesars American Football side, registered a 30+ score against opponents, Scunthorpe Alphas, whilst also restricting them to single figures. Last time out, the Caesars, away to the Alphas, claimed a 33-6 success, on Sunday gone, the score-line was marginally…
Across the Atlantic, America’s famed, ‘Road to the Super Bowl’ has now begun, as the 32 teams from the AFC & NFC, combined, known as the NFL, battle it out for a place in next February’s, global, showpiece, at the SoFi Stadium, Inglewood, California. Last time out, at the Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida,…
Meanwhile in Maryland, on America’s Mid-Atlantic coastline, a future, shining light of American Sports is honing his skills as Sean Endicott, current coach of the Nottingham Caesars Juniors, is but a mere youngster, watching college basketball with his parents. Fast-forward slightly to his own college years and Endicott is making a pathway of his own,…
It was a challenge Coach Vanden Warner and his Nottingham Caesars were willing to take on, and they went out and held their own when big-hitters Manchester Titans came to town at the weekend in a cross-divisional encounter at The Stute. As the #2 ranked club in the UK, the Manchester Titans were always going…
It’s three from three for the unbeaten Nottingham Caesars following another, impressive outing, this time at home (at the Stute, Ilkeston Rugby Club) against the Northampton Knights, an early rematch from the opening day. It was to be a game that, although the Caesars did well throughout, neither side really capitalised on anything until the…
If their first game in nearly two years was cause for cheer, the second, for the returning Nottingham Caesars, was as exciting as it was dramatic, and for many reasons at the Memorial Hall. Granted, Vanden Warner’s side moved to 2-0 in the BAFANL Central East on Sunday afternoon, but they did so having come…
Shy of two years since they last took to the field for a competitive contest, Vanden Warner’s Nottingham Caesars finally took to the field again on Sunday, in their first outing of the 2021 season. On the road at Northants Knights, in a BAFANL Central East fixture, the Caesars were at full strength with Warner,…
It’s coming, it really is coming, and the countdown is well and truly on…. After more than a year of no action, no punting the ball upfield, no scrimmage, no touchdowns in which to celebrate, the Nottingham Caesars, and all of the British American Football Association (BAFA), finally return to their hallowed turf. There may…
There’s a production line of talented individuals coursing through the veins of Nottinghamshire, both on, and off, the sporting field. One such individual is that of former Gedling Town goalkeeper turned American Football and Rugby Sports Therapist, Toni Read, and she has the experience to back it all up. Graduating from Teesside University, in 2012,…
“We were going in the right direction and I was optimistic going into the season, then the pandemic hit,” Nottingham Caesars Head Coach, Vanden Warner looking back on a year without American Football. As club loyalties go, that in which Nottingham’s Vanden Warner has shown, and continues to, with the Nottingham Caesars, is quite exemplary….
