Wildcats beat Demons to take eighth AFL London flag
West London Wildcats are the 2011 AFL London premiers. (Image: David Walker) WEST London Wildcats have capped off a spectacular 2011 season, defeating Wandsworth Demons by 32 points in the AFL London...
View ArticleAFL Grand Final in London – watch it live
Also see: Where to watch AFL Grand Final 2012 live telecast in London AFL Grand Final 2011 – telecast live in London. Official AFL London party, in association with Australian Times Watch the 2011...
View ArticleBlowing the whistle on AFL London’s ‘white maggots’
WHO would be an Aussie Rules umpire? A pound for each time that question was asked would fund my travel itinerary for a decade. It’s hardly surprising that being an umpire isn’t at the top of people’s...
View ArticleCats and Demons set the standard for AFL London opener
THE 2011 AFL London Grand Finalists West London Wildcats and Wandsworth Demons showed their intent to again feature at the pointy end of the new AFL London season, with comfortable Round 1 victories...
View ArticleTop of the table clash for AFL London
THE scene is set for a cracking AFL London Grand Final rematch this Saturday at Clapham Common with both West London and Wandsworth going into the Aussie Rules blockbuster undefeated and with a head...
View ArticleDazzling Demons demolish Wildcats in AFL London
Putney Magpies against Dulwich Giants in AFL London. Image by Jon Whiles By Lee Crossley WANDSWORTH DEMONS have firmed as this year’s AFL London flag favourites after their come-from-behind win against...
View ArticleWandsworth Demons wary of AFL London favourites tag
THE Putney Magpies are officially a serious AFL London 2012 premiership contender after their comfortable 27-point win over West London at Putney Heath on Saturday. Heading into Round 4, last year’s...
View ArticleIt’s tight at the top for the AFL London flag favourites
By Lee Crossley AFL London’s three flag fancies – Wandsworth, West London and Putney – all continued their winning ways in an action-packed Round 5 at the weekend. The Wildcats were 99-point winners...
View ArticlePutney Magpies looking the goods in AFL London comp
By Lee Crossley Hackney Weekend plus Isle of Wight plus Ascot Races - AFL London clubs had been dreading Round 6 for some time. But the show went on, leaving clubs to scrape together the best line-ups...
View ArticleSwans upset Wildcats to blow AFL London finals race wide open
By Lee Crossley LONDON Swans have made a last-minute bid to be included in this year’s AFL London finals series action with a stunning 52-point upset over West London Wildcats on Saturday at Ply Park...
View ArticleMagpies, Demons eye AFL London semi-final showdown
By Lee Crossley PUTNEY and Wandsworth all but booked AFL London semi-final berths with wins at the weekend as the London Swans saw their top-four hopes fade. Putney beat West London in soggy...
View ArticleTop four settled in AFL London
By Lee Crossley THE AFL London top four is signed and sealed with one home-and-away round remaining. North London’s 28.9 (177) to 4.3 (27) win over London Swans at Bounds Green spelled the end of the...
View ArticleDees finish top despite Lions upset
ALL this excitement around London lately can only mean one thing: it’s AFL London finals time. Two days of semi-finals action will take place on Saturday and Sunday at Bounds Green, however there is...
View ArticleAFL London Finals fixtures announced for 2012
AFL London have announced this weekend’s finals line-up to be played at London’s Bounds Green. Two days of semi-finals action will take place on Saturday and Sunday at Bounds Green, with table toppers...
View ArticleLions, Demons heating up in AFL London finals
By Lee Crossley NORTH London made arguably the most powerful statement in AFL London’s first weekend of finals, beating West London by 40 points in Sunday’s elimination final at Bounds Green and...
View ArticleCan Lions cash in and win the AFL London flag?
By Lee Crossley NORTH London Lions have managed to do what all other AFL London sides could not – send two teams into the big one – the Grand Final at Motspur Park this Saturday. The Lions’...
View ArticleNorth London Lions take the spoils in thrilling AFL London final
By Lee Crossley THE AFL London season reached an epic climax at Motspur Park on Saturday with the Lions and Raiders winning the Premiership and Conference flags by a combined margin of just three...
View ArticleAFL London; Putney Magpies want you bad!
NEED a footy fix? Aussie Rules club The Putney Magpies can give you the hit you need. Based around Putney, Fulham and Hammersmith in South West London, this AFL club are looking for new players. Fast,...
View ArticleAFL London arch rivals open Season 2014 with thriller
Aussie rules football returned to London at the weekend. With three tight games in Round 1 of the Premiership Division it looks to be the closest and most competitive AFL London season in a long time....
View ArticleAFL London: Demons stick fork into ‘Pies
The sun shone for Round 2 of the 2014 AFL London season and across the capital footy devotees woke knowing that a vital 4 points was on offer for those willing to put in the hard yards and claim them...
View ArticleBattle of the Birds: Hawks beat Swans in AFL London
A grey and cloudy morning greeted AFL footy fans around the capital on Saturday With the forecast predicting rain and wind, players and fans alike spent the morning packing their wet weather gear and...
View ArticleCats tame Lions while Demons ruffle Hawks feathers
The best weekend weather of the year so far saw some excellent AFL footy being played all round London. A crowd of approximately two hundred showed up at Shoreditch Park to see the Swans take on the...
View ArticleAFL London: 5 Things we’ve learned
With the AFL London league-wide bye week occurring this past weekend, now seems a good time to take stock of the season so far. So let’s try to discern some sort of pattern from the chaos that has...
View Article‘Pies fly high over Lions while Wildcats romp on
A more typical, sometimes cloudy, sometimes sunny London spring day was on offer on Saturday for AFL London footy fans. With teams coming off the mid-season break the question was if anybody would...
View ArticleBattle of the cats in Grand Final replay
Apart from an early morning storm on Saturday, London really turned it on weather wise this weekend. As hot as it was in the sunshine or on the common, it was even hotter on the footy pitches around...
View ArticleDemons put Wildcats back in their cage to go top
This weekend saw a mouth-watering AFL London top of the table clash at Clapham Common between the Demons and the Wildcats. Meanwhile, the Hawks and Magpies were trying to establish themselves as the...
View ArticleDemons whip timid Lions to stay top
The footy played on the weekend in the AFL London reminded us all why we love this great game. Every now and again London will turn on a weekend that reminds all of us expats just why we enjoy it here...
View ArticleIt’s the finals countdown in AFL London
AFL London saw the penultimate round of Aussie Rules being played in London over the weekend, with sides now jostling for position with the finals just around the corner. Wandsworth welcomed the London...
View ArticleFinals fever grips AFL London
The steamiest weekend of the summer brought out some of the hottest footy of the year as AFL London teams battled it out for the right to be there at the end of the season. In the Premiership,...
View ArticleAFL London Grand Finals, here we come
The AFL London Grand Finalists have been decided for 2014. The West London clubs have shown exactly how valuable the second chance can be by bouncing back from two tough defeats last week to book...
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