British American Football: EFAF Cup Final - The London Blitz vs Kragujevac Wild Boars on July 2

Published: 30 June, 2011
by STEVE BARNETT

UNDEFEATED British American football champions the London Blitz play the biggest game in the club’s history on Saturday at Finsbury Park Athletics Stadium. 

The team, which hasn’t lost a domestic game in two years, host Serbia’s Kragujevac Wild Boars in the European Federation of American Football (EFAF) Cup final. 

Reaching the final is a massive achievement for the Blitz, who only competed in Europe for the first time last season. 

The equivalent to football’'s UEFA Cup, it’s the first time a British team have reached the final in seven years. 

The Blitz won their group, beating Amsterdam and Valencia, before defeating Danish team the Sollerod Gold Diggers in the semi-final. 

The Blitz’s domestic season has been testing for them so far, despite winning all of their games bar one – a 7-7 tie against the London Warriors. The team are now at the halfway stage of the domestic season, having beaten the Farnham Knights 40-7 on Sunday.

EFAF award home-field-advantage to the team who present the best facilities, a professional environment and high-quality media coverage. When asked for his reaction to not only reaching the final, but hosting it, Head Coach Mark Moss said, "It’s unbelievable. To think that when I came here, we couldn’t win a game and years later, we’re in a European final, it’s quite incredible. It’s huge.”

Entrance to Saturday’s game, which gets underway at 3pm, is £5 in advance, via www.londonblitz.com, or £7 on the gate. All spectators are automatically entered into a raffle to win two tickets to the NFL game at Wembley this October, when the Tampa Bay Buccaneers play the Chicago Bears.