A.F.L. Home PageWelcome to the A.F.L. (Assocation Football League) web site. This is an archive of my simulated English football leagues, which were originally played using dice from the vintage LOGacta dice game from the 1970s. Recently, however, I have changed over to using two pairs of dice and "score cards" similar to those used by the Lambourne Games Premiership Football game. The aim of this site is mainly for me to have an electronic archive of as much of the data as possible, most of which currently exists only in paper format. It may also be of interest to others who like to play these sort of games in their spare time. First, though, is a short history of the league followed by some of the essential records. A Short HistoryWhen the league began, it had five divisions of 20 teams, i.e. 100 teams in total. These were arranged variously as a vertical setup of divisions 1 to 5 and as a regional system with northern, central and southern divisions of Division 3. This soon became unwieldy, however, and it was eventually reduced to 80 teams in divisions 1 to 4. In season 77, the league was increased by six teams, and the setup was now 20-22-22-22, with the top division renamed as the Premier Division, followed by Divisions 1, 2 and 3 (for ease of comparison, this will the convention used in all records). Eventually, the league was increased to 92 teams and, apart from a few seasons where the format was 22-22-24-24, the standard format since then has been 20-24-24-24. In the last couple of season this has been changed slightly again, to 20-20-24-24 format. Incidentally, apart from a few occasions in the past, only the top division is ever played out using dice, the others being simulated automatically using computer software. Seasons (Champions)
Records
Other Stuff
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