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American football was introduced to the United Kingdom during the early part of the 20th century by American servicemen stationed in the country. The first recorded match took place on 23 November 1910 at Crystal Palace, London, where a team made up of the crew from USS ''Idaho'' defeated their counterparts from USS ''Vermont'' 19–0.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.britballnow.co.uk/History/Records/Firsts.html )〕 During the Second World War, matches were played by American and Canadian servicemen stationed in the UK at venues throughout the country. This included the 'Tea Bowl' game played at the White City Stadium in 1944, and this was followed by the creation of the United States Armed Forces Europe (USAFE) league in 1946. This league consisted of teams from American military bases throughout Europe, with one of the league's three conferences made up of teams based in the UK – teams from this conference won the league championship thirteen times until the competition ceased in 1993.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=USAFE Football )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Military Football in the UK )〕 The first teams open to British players were established in 1983, and competition began the following year in the form of a series of one-off games. The match results were compiled into a 'Merit Table', with teams playing more than three games eligible for the championship—the first champions were the London Ravens, who won all ten of their matches.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=1984 Table of Merit )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=All Time British American Football Tables – 1984 )〕 Hundreds of clubs have since been formed, playing both full contact football and flag football at senior, university and youth level. Many of these clubs have since folded, renamed or merged with other local teams, but a few of the older clubs survive today. The sport is administered by the British American Football Association (BAFA), with two main bodies of competition; the BAFA National Leagues (BAFANL) and the British Universities American Football League (operating as part of the British Universities and Colleges Sport competition). ==National Football League== As part of the NFL International Series, the National Football League, which otherwise has all of its teams resident in the United States, has one team with a permanent part-time residence in the UK. The league also plays neutral-site games in London under the International Series banner. Since 2007, these have all been at Wembley Stadium; beginning in 2017, the neutral-site games will move to the Northumberland stadium currently under construction. 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「List of American football teams in the United Kingdom」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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