The Shropshire Revolution are an
American football
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team based in
Telford
Telford () is a town in the borough of Telford and Wrekin and ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county of Shropshire, England, about east of Shrewsbury, south west of Stafford, north west of Wolverhampton and from Birmingham in t ...
,
Shropshire
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,
England
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, who compete in the
BAFA National Leagues
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NFC 1 South, the second level of British American Football. The club are based at the Telford Athletics Stadium which is part of the Oakengates Leisure complex. They were formed in 2006 and debuted and were granted Associate membership shortly afterwards before debuting in the League in 2007.
The club were the 2017 NFC 2 South champions and went undefeated with a 13-0 record before beating the
Glasgow Tigers in the Division Two Bowl to earn promotion to Division 1. The club are also five-time Play-off qualifiers.
History
The Shropshire Revolution American Football team were formed in January 2006 by like minded enthusiasts and fans of the game, via a forum on the website o
NFLUK Seven players met for the first session in the
Town Park Bowl on Saturday 21 January 2006, when the following week a management team was formed. Initial discussions were along the lines of
Flag Football
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until the team were ready to think about entering an application for kitted league football.
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swelled the numbers of those interested in viewing and participating in the game considerably over the following weeks and a competition, run on
to choose the team name from a short list, declared that the team shall be known as the '' 'Shropshire Revolution' ''. The management team worked towards becoming an Associate Member of the British American Football League. This application was successful and the team was granted associate membership on 2 July 2006. The team's first game took place on 1 October 2006. In front of around 200 people, the Revolution beat the
30–6. This was followed on 15 October by the team's first away game against the
, which the Revolution won 28–14. A home game against the
on 28 October saw the Revolution with a 29–0 victory.
On 1 November the league confirmed that the Revolutions application for league membership for the 2007 season, had been successful. The Shropshire Revolution cheerleader squad are called the Revolution Royals.