London monarchs
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| Founded | 1991 | ||||
| Dissolved | 1998 | ||||
| city | London , UK | ||||
| Team colors | Red, gold, blue, white | ||||
| Head coach | Larry Kennan | ||||
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Wembley Stadium (1991 and 1992) White Hart Lane (1995 and 1996) Stamford Bridge (1997 and 1998) |
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| address | various | ||||
| capacity | 82,000 36,310 42,055 |
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| Spectator (1991) | 200,000 (Ø 40,000) | ||||
| World Bowls (1) | |||||
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World Bowl I (1991) |
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The London Monarchs were a professional football team , and in 1991 they were a founding member of the World League of American Football (WLAF). After their dissolution, they were part of the new NFL Europe from 1995 .
history
In the early years, the Monarchs played their home games at Wembley Stadium , where they also won the first World Bowl against the Barcelona Dragons . The initially very high popularity in London - in the premiere season 1991 an average of 40,000 spectators came and over 61,000 to the World Bowl - did not last long. From 1995 onwards, Wembley was no longer played, but in football stadiums, some of which were even too short for a 120-yard football field and could only be used with a special permit from NFL Europe . They played at White Hart Lane in 1995 and 1996 - and in 1997 and 1998 at Stamford Bridge Stadium. In the 1998 season they called themselves England Monarchs and played in different stadiums. This proved to be a failure, the number of viewers kept falling, and so the team was dissolved in the summer of 1998 and replaced by Berlin Thunder from 1999 .
literature
Alex Cassidy: American Football's Forgotten Kings. The Rise and Fall of the London Monarchs. (English) Pitch Publishing, Durrington 2015. ISBN 978 178531 047 8
Individual evidence
- ↑ Geoocities.com London Monarchs , accessed July 12, 2009
- ^ London Monarchs History. Accessed March 31, 2020 .