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The Chester Romans are an American Football team based in Chester, United Kingdom. Formed in 1986, they are one of the oldest teams in the UK.〔(Britball Now - Chester Romans Team Notes )〕 They play in the BAFANL Division 1 NFC South. ==History== The Romans were founded during the week of Super Bowl XX at the Handbridge College, and played their first game of full kitted football in September of that year, beating the Rotherham Redskins 38-25.〔(Chester Romans - History )〕 They spent their formative years in the Budweiser League, but did not achieve much success and in the late 1980s, moved to the British National Gridiron League, where they made their first play off appearance in 1989 and made them again in 1994.〔(Britball Now - Chester Romans )〕 In the 1995 and 1996 seasons, the Romans relocated to Wrexham, Wales, achieving mixed success. In 2001, they changed their to the Cheshire Romans, before reverting to the Chester Romans in 2002.〔(Britball Now - Chester Romans Team Notes )〕 In 2014, former NFL player and Sky Sports pundit Cecil Martin held a training session with the Romans.〔(NFL star inspires Chester Romans as part of UK tour )〕 2015 saw a league realignment,〔(Proposed BAFANL Structure for 2015 )〕 and the Romans were placed in the Division 1 NFC South division, where they lost their opening game to the Nottingham Caesars 28-23.〔(Nottingham Caesars start new season with narrow win at Romans )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Chester Romans」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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