Games 1986 IAFL Season

All-Ireland Championship Final – 16 August 1986 – Belfast Blitzers 7 Dublin Celts 0 – Belfast Blitzers signed Glentoran Soccer Team’s fullback George Neill for the match versus Dublin Celts at Cooke Rugby Club in Belfast following his return from the Irish League sides tour of the USA that summer. Playing Wide Receiver, her scored the only touchdown in the Belfast Blitzers 7-0 triumph in the All Ireland Championship in Belfast on August 16, 1986. [4]

Games 1987 IAFL Season

Week 10 – 28 June 1987 – Craigavon Cowboys 0 Belfast Blitzers 22 – Goodyear Playing Fields, Portadown – George Neill scored converted two Point After Touchdown kicks and ran one in for two points as the Belfast Blitzers continued their run of being the only team in Britain and Ireland to have not conceded a point, improving to 6-0 in the process. [25]

References

[1] Anon. (1986) “Blitzers turn the tables” Belfast Telegraph. Tuesday, June 24, 1986. pg. 28

[2] Anon. (1986) “Neill set for Capital Cup blitz” Belfast Telegraph. Wednesday, June 18, 1986. Pg. 23

[3] Anon. (1986) “Sport in Brief: American Football” Sunday Press. Sunday, August 17, 1986. pg. 25.

[4] Anon. (1986) “Dublin Celts are blitzed” Sunday Press, August 17, 1986. pg. 44.

[25] Anon. (1987) “Big Blitz” Belfast Telegraph. Monday, June 29, 1987. Pg. 16. Past Editions of the Belfast Telegraph are Available to view on the Internet at the Irish Newspaper Archive at: https://www.irishnewsarchive.com/ [Accessed 8 December 2021]