Player-Coach for the Belfast Blitzers in 1986.
[1] Belfast Blitzers Facebook Page (2019) Post, August 12, 2019 at 1:31 PM [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/belfastblitzers/posts/2244208692356940?notif_id=1565921781157641¬if_t=comment_mention [Accessed 17 August 2019]
26 April 1987 – IAFL Week 1 – East Side Jets 0 Belfast Blitzers 92 – Ivan Smith scored a touchdown as the Belfast Blitzers ran riot at Castlereagh versus the Jets.
10 May 1987 – IAFL Week 3 – Jordanstown Jaguars 0 Belfast Blitzers 28 – Ivan Smith scored a touchdown as the Blitzers beat the students from the Jaguars at Ulster University Jordanstown.
15 May 1988 – AFAI Friendlies & Festivals – Belfast Blitzers 39 Antrim Bulldogs 2 – Ivan Smith scored three extra points in this Blitzers friendly win over the Antrim Bulldogs.
[13] Anon. (1987) “Weekend Sport: American Football” Belfast Telegraph. April 27, 1987. pg. 29.
[1] Anon. (1986) “Blitzers turn the tables” Belfast Telegraph. Tuesday, June 24, 1986. Pg. 28.
[3] Anon. (1988) Antrim fall Belfast Telegraph. Tuesday, May 17, 1988, pg. 17 [Internet] Original Article Available from: https://www.irishnewsarchive.com/ [Accessed 13 January 2022]
Past Copies of the Belfast Telegraph are available to view online at: https://www.irishnewsarchive.com/
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]
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]
[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]
[1] Belfast Blitzers Facebook Page (2019) Post, August 12, 2019 at 1:31 PM [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/belfastblitzers/posts/2244208692356940?notif_id=1565921781157641¬if_t=comment_mention [Accessed 17 August 2019]
[1] Anon. (1986) “Picture Caption” Belfast Telegraph. Monday, August 11, 1986. pg. 30
[2] Anon. (1986) “American flavour” Belfast Telegraph. Friday, August 8, 1986. pg. 26
[3] Belfast Blitzers Facebook Page (2019) Post, August 12, 2019 at 1:31 PM [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/belfastblitzers/posts/2244208692356940?notif_id=1565921781157641¬if_t=comment_mention [Accessed 17 August 2019]
[1] Belfast Blitzers Facebook Page (2019) Post, August 12, 2019 at 1:31 PM [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/belfastblitzers/posts/2244208692356940?notif_id=1565921781157641¬if_t=comment_mention [Accessed 17 August 2019]
[1] Belfast Blitzers Facebook Page (2019) Post, August 12, 2019 at 1:31 PM [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/belfastblitzers/posts/2244208692356940?notif_id=1565921781157641¬if_t=comment_mention [Accessed 17 August 2019]
[1] Belfast Blitzers Facebook Page (2019) Post, August 12, 2019 at 1:31 PM [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/belfastblitzers/posts/2244208692356940?notif_id=1565921781157641¬if_t=comment_mention [Accessed 17 August 2019]
[1] Belfast Blitzers Facebook Page (2019) Post, August 12, 2019 at 1:31 PM [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/belfastblitzers/posts/2244208692356940?notif_id=1565921781157641¬if_t=comment_mention [Accessed 17 August 2019]
