# BAFA National League 2021

La BAFA National League 2021 è la 35ª edizione del campionato di football americano di primo livello, organizzato dalla BAFA.
È occasionalmente l'unico livello del campionato, aperto a tutte le squadre della nazione. Non definisce un campione nazionale, bensì ogni girone incorona il proprio campione.
Era prevista la partecipazione della seconda squadra dei Manchester Titans, col nome di Manchester Bees, ma questi ultimi si sono ritirati prima dell'emissione del calendario.
Gli Aberdeen Roughnecks, i Bury Saints, i Carlisle Kestrels e gli Hastings Conquerors si sono ritirati a calendario emesso.
I Portsmouth Dreadnoughts si sono ritirati dopo aver disputato il primo incontro.
Gli Halton Spartans si sono ritirati il 20 luglio,dopo aver disputato 2 incontri.

## Squadre partecipanti

| Club | Città |
| ( Aberdeen Roughnecks) | Aberdeen |
| Birmingham Bulls | Birmingham |
| Bournemouth Bobcats | Bournemouth |
| Bristol Apache | Bristol |
| Bristol Aztecs | Bristol |
| ( Bury Saints) | Thetford |
| Cambridgeshire Cats | Cambridge |
| ( Carlisle Kestrels) | Carlisle |
| Chester Romans | Chester |
| Clyde Valley Blackhawks | Wishaw |
| Colchester Gladiators | Colchester |
| Cornwall Monarchs | Newquay |
| Crewe Railroaders | Crewe |
| Darlington Steam | Darlington |
| DC Presidents | Chester-le-Street |
| Doncaster Mustangs | Doncaster |
| Dumfries Hunters | Dumfries |
| Dunfermline Kings | Dunfermline |
| East Essex Sabres | Rayleigh |
| East Kent Mavericks | Canterbury |
| East Kilbride Pirates | East Kilbride |
| Edinburgh Wolves | Edimburgo |
| Essex Spartans | Grays |
| Gateshead Senators | Jarrow |
| Glasgow Tigers | Glasgow |
| Halton Spartans | Widnes |
| ( Hastings Conquerors) | Hastings |
| Hereford Stampede | Hereford |
| Hertfordshire Cheetahs | St Albans |
| Highland Stags | Inverness |
| Humber Warhawks | Kingston upon Hull |
| Inverclyde Goliaths | Greenock |
| Ipswich Cardinals | Ipswich |
| Jurassic Coast Raptors | Dorchester |
| Kent Exiles | Chislehurst |
| Knottingley Raiders | Knottingley |
| Lancashire Wolverines | Blackburn |
| Leeds Bobcats | Leeds |
| Leicester Falcons | Quorn |
| Leigh Miners | Tyldesley |
| Lincolnshire Bombers | North Hykeham |
| London Blitz | Londra |
| London Blitz B | Londra |
| London Hornets | Londra |
| London Olympians | Londra |
| London Warriors | Londra |
| ( Manchester Bees) | Manchester |
| Manchester Titans | Manchester |
| Merseyside Nighthawks | Liverpool |
| Morecambe Bay Storm | Morecambe |
| Northumberland Vikings | Newcastle upon Tyne |
| Northants Knights | Wellingborough |
| Norwich Devils | Norwich |
| Nottingham Caesars | Nottingham |
| Ouse Valley Eagles | Bedford |
| Oxford Saints | Oxford |
| Portsmouth Dreadnoughts | Portsmouth |
| Rushmoor Knights | Rushmoor |
| Sandwell Steelers | Tipton |
| Scunthorpe Alphas | Scunthorpe |
| Sheffield Giants | Sheffield |
| Shropshire Revolution | Telford |
| Solent Thrashers | Southampton |
| Somerset Wyverns | Taunton |
| South East Squadron | Maidstone |
| South Lincolnshire Lightning | Bourne |
| South Wales Warriors | Llanharan |
| Staffordshire Surge | Burton upon Trent |
| Sussex Thunder | Brighton |
| Sussex Thunderbolts | Brighton |
| Swindon Storm | Swindon |
| Tamworth Phoenix | Atherstone |
| Torbay Trojans | Paignton |
| Wembley Stallions | Londra |
| Worcestershire Black Knights | Evesham |
| Yorkshire Rams | Leeds |

## Stagione regolare
### Classifiche

Le classifiche della regular season sono le seguenti.
* PCT = percentuale di vittorie, G = partite giocate, V = partite vinte, P = partite perse, PF = punti fatti, PS = punti subiti

#### Caledonia

| Pos. | Squadra | PCT | G | V | N | P | PF | PS |
| 1 | Edinburgh Wolves | .833 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 190 | 38 |
| 2 | East Kilbride Pirates | .833 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 184 | 20 |
| 3 | Inverclyde Goliaths | .333 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 126 | 208 |
| 4 | Glasgow Tigers | .000 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 31 | 265 |
| - | Aberdeen Roughnecks | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |

#### Saltire

| Pos. | Squadra | PCT | G | V | N | P | PF | PS |
| 1 | Highland Stags | .750 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 139 | 32 |
| 2 | Clyde Valley Blackhawks | .583 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 62 | 53 |
| 3 | Dumfries Hunters | .500 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 96 | 93 |
| 4 | Dunfermline Kings | .167 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 39 | 158 |

#### Central East

| Pos. | Squadra | PCT | G | V | N | P | PF | PS |
| 1 | Nottingham Caesars | 1.000 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 157 | 64 |
| 2 | Northants Knights | .625 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 213 | 67 |
| 3 | Scunthorpe Alphas | .444 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 56 | 165 |
| 4 | Lincolnshire Bombers | .286 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 61 | 129 |
| 5 | South Lincolnshire Lightning | .143 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 21 | 83 |

#### Mercia

| Pos. | Squadra | PCT | G | V | N | P | PF | PS |
| 1 | Tamworth Phoenix | 1.000 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 344 | 29 |
| 2 | Shropshire Revolution | .714 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 164 | 121 |
| 3 | Leicester Falcons | .600 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 184 | 55 |
| 4 | Sandwell Steelers | .444 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 85 | 199 |
| 5 | Staffordshire Surge | .286 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 42 | 146 |
| 6 | Crewe Railroaders | .000 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 13 | 282 |

#### East Anglia

| Pos. | Squadra | PCT | G | V | N | P | PF | PS |
| 1 | Cambridgeshire Cats | 1.000 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 279 | 65 |
| 2 | Colchester Gladiators | .625 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 117 | 87 |
| 3 | Norwich Devils | .500 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 214 | 137 |
| 2 | Ipswich Cardinals | .375 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 83 | 224 |
| 5 | Ouse Valley Eagles | .000 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 56 | 236 |
| - | Bury Saints | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |

#### London

| Pos. | Squadra | PCT | G | V | N | P | PF | PS |
| 1 | London Warriors | 1.000 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 200 | 41 |
| 2 | London Blitz | .750 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 83 | 44 |
| 3 | London Olympians | .200 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 35 | 173 |
| 4 | Kent Exiles | .167 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 73 | 141 |

#### Hadrians

| Pos. | Squadra | PCT | G | V | N | P | PF | PS |
| 1 | Northumberland Vikings | 1.000 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 236 | 12 |
| 2 | Darlington Steam | .571 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 135 | 152 |
| 3 | Gateshead Senators | .429 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 136 | 116 |
| 4 | Morecambe Bay Storm | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DC Presidents | .000 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 233 |
| - | Carlisle Kestrels | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |

#### White Rose

| Pos. | Squadra | PCT | G | V | N | P | PF | PS |
| 1 | Yorkshire Rams | 1.000 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 247 | 41 |
| 3 | Sheffield Giants | .857 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 135 | 70 |
| 2 | Humber Warhawks | .625 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 106 | 102 |
| 4 | Doncaster Mustangs | .375 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 172 | 254 |
| 5 | Leeds Bobcats | .125 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 46 | 119 |
| 6 | Knottingley Raiders | .125 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 35 | 155 |

#### Red Rose

| Pos. | Squadra | PCT | G | V | N | P | PF | PS |
| 1 | Manchester Titans | 1.000 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 340 | 90 |
| 2 | Merseyside Nighthawks | .714 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 223 | 196 |
| 3 | Chester Romans | .500 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 325 | 201 |
| 4 | Lancashire Wolverines | .500 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 276 | 287 |
| 5 | Leigh Miners | .000 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 357 |
| - | Halton Spartans | .000 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 27 | 73 |

#### South

| Pos. | Squadra | PCT | G | V | N | P | PF | PS |
| 1 | Solent Thrashers | 1.000 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 261 | 62 |
| 2 | Bournemouth Bobcats | .625 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 115 | 137 |
| 3 | Rushmoor Knights | .500 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 104 | 130 |
| 4 | Sussex Thunder | .000 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 23 | 146 |
| - | Portsmouth Dreadnoughts | .000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 20 |

#### South East

| Pos. | Squadra | PCT | G | V | N | P | PF | PS |
| 1 | Essex Spartans | .857 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 228 | 49 |
| 2 | East Essex Sabres | .625 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 155 | 97 |
| 3 | East Kent Mavericks | .571 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 185 | 87 |
| 4 | South East Squadron | .500 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 33 | 70 |
| 5 | Sussex Thunderbolts | .000 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 31 | 329 |
| - | Hastings Conquerors | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |

#### South West

| Pos. | Squadra | PCT | G | V | N | P | PF | PS |
| 1 | Bristol Apache | 1.000 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 234 | 14 |
| 2 | Somerset Wyverns | .750 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 206 | 77 |
| 3 | Cornwall Monarchs | .500 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 176 | 178 |
| 4 | Jurassic Coast Raptors | .250 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 68 | 119 |
| 5 | Torbay Trojans | .000 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 46 | 342 |

#### Thames Valley

| Pos. | Squadra | PCT | G | V | N | P | PF | PS |
| 1 | Hertfordshire Cheetahs | .875 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 182 | 97 |
| 2 | Wembley Stallions | .750 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 169 | 98 |
| 3 | London Blitz B | .438 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 127 | 137 |
| 4 | London Hornets | .313 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 126 | 125 |
| 5 | Oxford Saints | .125 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 64 | 211 |

#### Severn

| Pos. | Squadra | PCT | G | V | N | P | PF | PS |
| 1 | Bristol Aztecs | 1.000 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 283 | 15 |
| 2 | Birmingham Bulls | .643 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 185 | 176 |
| 3 | South Wales Warriors | .571 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 77 | 102 |
| 4 | Swindon Storm | .438 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 174 | 203 |
| 5 | Hereford Stampede | .200 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 50 | 136 |
| 6 | Worcestershire Black Knights | .000 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 27 | 164 |