Australian rules football in England is a team and spectator sport with a long but obscure history and has grown since 1989 to a number of local leagues coordinated by AFL Britain. In 2010, these regional divisions will be the AFL London, AFLB North East, AFLB Central & North West and AFLB South.
Australian Football League exhibition matches have been held in London every few years since 1972.
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“Each Australian is a Ulysses.”
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—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)
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