The Bournemouth Raiders was an
American football
American football, referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada and also known as gridiron football, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular American football field, field with goalposts at e ...
club based in
Bournemouth
Bournemouth ( ) is a coastal resort town in the Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole unitary authority area, in the ceremonial county of Dorset, England. At the 2021 census, the built-up area had a population of 196,455, making it the largest ...
, England. The club folded in May 2006.
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Early days
The club was created in 1988 at Bournemouth School
Bournemouth School is an 11–18 boys grammar school, with a co-educational sixth form, located in Charminster, Bournemouth, Charminster, Bournemouth, Dorset, England, for children aged 11 to 18. The school was founded by E. Fenwick and opened o ...
for Boys through a group of enthusiasts. Starting by playing and learning the game during lunch breaks, the players created a team called the Bournemouth Deckchairs, and in the fall of 1988 played back to back games against the local under-15 team, the Bournemouth Bearcats.[
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Colours
The team played in black and grey uniforms, the same colours as their namesakes the Las Vegas Raiders
The Las Vegas Raiders are a professional American football team based in the Las Vegas Valley, Las Vegas metropolitan area. The Raiders compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member of the American Football Conference (AFC) AFC West ...
.[
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League record
All-Time Results
Tables
1990 Table
1991 Table
2001 Table
2002 9man Table
2002 5man Table
2003 Table
References
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American football teams in England
1988 establishments in England
2006 disestablishments in England
American football teams established in 1988
American football teams disestablished in 2006