Colchester Gladiators (American Football)
The Colchester Gladiators are an American Football team competing in the South East Conference of British American Football League (BAFL) Division 2. They play their home games at the Broad Lane stadium in Wivenhoe, Essex (owned by soccer team Wivenhoe Town) and train at the Sir Charles Lucas Centre for Sport and Art in Colchester. The club was first formed in 1983 and entered senior competition in 1985 where they enjoyed a degree of success, winning the Budweiser League Premier Division playoffs in 1988 and only failing to make the post season playoffs on three occasions before the team folded in 1995. They reformed once again in 2003 after a high-profile charity reunion match which featured TV presenter Dermot O'Leary. The Gladiators entered the BAFL the following year, gaining promotion in 2006 only to be relegated after just one season.
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