Twenty plus degree heat, a ten-hour day, eight touchdowns, and a near fifty-point game was endured this past weekend as the Nottingham Sport took in the British American Football Association (BAFA) Division One Northern Play-Off Final between the Nottingham Caesars, and hosts Northumberland Vikings. Unfortunately for the Caesars, it wasn’t to be, the hosts eventually…
A 31-0 whitewash of visiting Chester Romans last time around for Bryce Stevenson’s Northumberland Vikings set up a tantalising, Northern Final with the Nottingham Caesars, this Sunday (3 September) afternoon. A clash that’s been mooted, discussed, bandied about for quite a while now, finally comes to fruition as two of the NFC1 champions go head-to-head…
Nottingham Caesars centre, Sam Fraser, returned to British soil during this past winter, following a Germanic sojourn which saw him experience playing American Football at German third tier outfit, Biberach Beavers. Fraser, now 24-years-old, has already racked up a number of years playing ‘Americas Game,’ the qualified physiotherapist having initially took up the sport when…
Sunday afternoon in the north-east, Nottingham Caesars are the visitors of the Northumberland Vikings in the Northern Play-Off Final, with a place in the Premiership North up for grabs. The Caesars, like their north-east counterparts, have had an unbeaten season, Vanden Warner’s side currently on an eleven-game winning streak following last weekends’ 29-6 win at…
NFC One South champions, play-offs bound, undefeated, it’s been an incredible season so far for Vanden Warner and the Nottingham Caesars – but they’re not done yet, far from it. For the first time since 1995, and only the second time in their history, the Caesars have completed an undefeated, regular season; this time around,…
As starts to a season go, that enjoyed by Vanden Warner’s Nottingham Caesars in the current, British American Football Association (BAFA) NFC1 South campaign, is one to excite Nottingham, and the East Midlands as a whole. Albeit beginning a little later than other sides, the Caesars never let that fact distract them from the job…
The Nottingham Caesars, they are ready to go, more than ready in all honesty, as Head Coach Vanden Warner and his NFC1 South side go all out for promotion this season, just ask Will Hobbs – we did!! One of the team captains at the Caesars this, 2023 season, Hobbs, who joined the club during…
Moving to the David Ross Sports Village, at the University of Nottingham, has been but one of many highlights for Vanden Warner’s Nottingham Caesars off-season. The past few months, in preparing for the new British American Football Association (BAFA) NFC1 South campaign has been nothing short of stellar, from announcing new coaches, to a plethora…
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,…
