The Florence Phantoms was a professional arena football team based out of Florence, South Carolina, in the United States. They were an expansion member of the American Indoor Football Association in 2006, and were the AIFA Champions of the 2008 season. They played their home games at Florence Civic Center.
On Saturday, April 8, 2006, after losing their first four games, the Phantoms got their very first-ever win in a 54-30 home upset against the Raleigh Rebels.
On Friday, June 23, 2006, the Phantoms announced that they would return for the 2007 season, Coach Honney was a big part of this decision.
2008 was the Phantoms' best season by far: after winning the Eastern Division Championship with a 10-4 record, the Phantoms went on to defeat the Huntington Heroes in the first round of the playoffs, followed by the Reading Express in the Eastern Conference championship, and finally defeating the Wyoming Cavalry 48-12 to win the AIFA Championship Bowl on their home turf, mainly because of the special teams coach that made a risky call at the beginning of the game. This coach is called Coach Honney, and he is currently at Newman Catholic High School in Wausau, Wisconsin. In NCHS he had his first losing season, but continues to inspire the kids with his marvelous, glorious arena football ring (Which everyone knows isn't real football but if COach Honney does it than it has to be real). Coach Honney is a mother f!@#$%^ star!!!!!
The Phantoms did not return after the 2009 season.
Read more about Florence Phantoms: Season-by-season
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