30 Jan 04

• NFL Europe players left in this season's Superbowl are;
  
  Carolina Panthers
  
  WR Eugene Baker (Thunder 03)
  
  QB Jake Delhomme (Admirals 98,Galaxy 99)
  
  T Melvin Tuten (Dragons 99)
  
  New England Patriots
  
  S Chris Akins (Fire 00)
  
  OT Joe Andruzzi (Claymores 98)
  
  G Wilbert Brown (Galaxy 01)
  
  DE Bobby Hamilton (Admirals 95-96)
  
  QB Damon Huard (Galaxy 98)
  
  RB Frank Moreau (Fire 03)
  
  K Adam Vinatieri (Admirals 96)

12 Jan 04

• A 2 TD effort from WR/PR Dante Hall (Claymores 01), one a 92yd kickoff return for a TD, the other a 9yd pass from QB Trent Green, was not enough to help the Chiefs overcome Indianapolis as they fell to a 38-31 final scoreline. The Chiefs had never been on top in the match and it was Hall and RB Priest Holmes who scored all the KC touchdowns (2 apiece).
  

28 Nov 03

• The 2003 NFL Europe schedule has been published.
  NFL Europe website

14 Nov 03

• Opinions on the recent Claymores Management/Fan meeting can be found at the Claymores website and the TDC website
  Claymores and TDC website

7 Nov 03

• DL William Whitehead (Galaxy 99) has been named NFC Defensive Player of the week for Week 9
  KFFL

6 Nov 03

• The new Berlin Thunder Head Coach will be Rick Lance, formerly a defensive assistant with the Barcelona Dragons.
  NFL Europe website

  The Claymores new Head Coach, Jack Bicknell will be introduced to the fans at the forthcoming Fan Forum on Monday (Nov 10th) at Hampden Park, 7pm.
  Claymores' website

3 Nov 03

• The German city of Cologne is to receive an NFL Europe team and it will be headed by Peter Vaas, previously head coach of the Berlin Thunder.
  Not unexpected. No mention of who will head the Thunder, however.
  NFL Europe website

31 Oct 03

• Claymores' Head Coach, Jack Bicknell has said that he will bring his own offensive team coaches from Barcelona; Sam Rutigliano and Vince Martino. This means that it is likely that OC Ken Margerum and OLC Don Eck will be re-allocated to other NFLE teams. Coach Bicknell has still to talk to Defensive Coach Jim Tomsula however, and there may still be a place on the staff for him.
  I am sad to hear that Offensive Coach, Ken Margerum and Offensive Line Coach, Don Eck will be leaving the Claymores' organisation, as it was evident that in the latter part of last season that the Claymores' offense was really playing well. I wish them good fortune with whichever team they end up with.
  I would be quite excited about a Tomsula organised defense playing alongside a Bicknell offense however, should both coaches be happy to work together. Defense has been one of the Claymores strong points in season's past, and the Dragons have often played with an exciting Offense.
  Claymores' website

29 Oct 03

• In his latest match for the Kansas City Chiefs, Dante Hall, scored another touchdown (this one in regular play) and after crossing the goal line was seen to put his arms in the shape of a cross. This was a gesture some players have been noted doing for the Claymores in recent seasons and it has been taken as a sign of recognition of his Claymores' season and the Scottish fans. We're delighted that Dante still recognises us and hope he 'tears up the NFL' for many seasons.
  

  The Barcelona Dragons have been suspended and are to be replaced by a new franchise in an, as yet, unnamed city.
  Germany seems to be the country most likely to profit from this unfortunate state of affairs. My sympathies to all those Dragons' fans who have now lost their team. It could as easily have been us or the Admirals,and may yet still go that way, as there are rumours that the NFL Europe will change to NFL Germany in a year or two's time.
  NFL Europe website

  Former Dragon's Head Coach, Jack Bicknell, has been appointed as Head Coach of the Claymores
  Jack is a good Coach and I'm quite happy he is with the Claymores but he is also 64(or 65, I'm not sure) so retirement may be on his mind in a couple of seasons, which fits in neatly with the 'NFL Germany rumour'.
  Claymores' website

24 Oct 03

• K Jose Cortez (Admirals 00) is expected to be cut by the Minnesota Vikings after week 8
  KFFL

8 Oct 03

• Kansas City Chiefs' WR Dante Hall (Claymores 01) has become the first NFL player ever to receive 4 consecutive Player of the Week awards(AFC Special Teams Player of the Week for Week 5).
  Chiefs website

6 Oct 03

• Kansas City Chiefs' WR Dante Hall (Claymores 01) has done it again, with a 93yd punt return for a TD in the fourth quarter to take the Chiefs to 5-0 and a 24-23 victory over the Denver Broncos. He is the first player in NFL history to return a punt or kickoff for TDs in four consecutive weeks and has already tied the NFL record for kick returns for TDs in a season.
  NFL.com

  Chicago Bears' DT Keith Traylor (Dragons 95) will miss three to four weeks following surgery to his knee.
  
  RB Madre Hill (Thunder 01) is due to workout with the Carolina Panthers this week
  KFFL

2 Oct 03

• Philadelphia Eagles PK David Akers (Thunder 99) was named NFC Special Teams Player of the Week for Week 4. He connected on all three of his field goal attempts at the weekend and scored 11 points in the Eagles win over the Bills.
  
  TE Byron Chamberlain (Fire 96) has had workouts with both the Redskins and Buccaneers
  KFFL

1 Oct 03

• Kansas City Chiefs' WR Dante Hall (Claymores 01) has become the first player in NFL history to achieve consecutive Player Of The Week awards (Special Teams Player of the Week) for three weeks running. Dante returned a kickoff 97yds in the fourth quarter of the Chiefs' match with the Baltimore Ravens to break open a 10-10 tied game. The Chiefs won the match 17-10.
  Chiefs website

25 Sep 03

• Denver Broncos' DB Nick Ferguson (Fire 99-00) is expected to start at strong safety this weekend due to an injury to the Bronco's regular starter.
  
  Buffalo Bills' RB Kenneth Simonton (Claymores 03) may be activated from the practise squad to the team roster if RB Travis Henry's condition does not improve
  KFFL

24 Sep 03

• Kansas City Chiefs' WR Dante Hall (Claymores 01) has been named the AFC Special Teams Player of the Week for Week 3, becoming the first player in Chiefs' history to earn back to back Conference Player of the Week honours.
  Chiefs website

  DE Michael Landry (Claymores 03) had a workout for the San Francisco 49ers on Tuesday
  KFFL

19 Sep 03

• In a meeting this week, the NFL owners decided by a narrow 24-8 majority (the minimum necesssary) to keep NFL Europe running for 2 more years.Apparently some owners are unwillng to keep subsidising a league they see as 'stagnant' and unlikely to produce NFL quality players.
  In two year's time, NFL Commisioner Paul Tagliabue hopes to have a plan together which would keep NFL Europe runnning until 2013 but it looks like he may have a hard time selling this to some teams.
  ESPN

17 Sep 03

• Kansas City Chiefs WR Dante Hall (Claymores 01) has been named the AFC Special Teams Player of the Week for Week Two. Hall had a 100-yard kickoff return for a touchdown on Sunday, Sept. 14, against the Pittsburgh Steelers.
  KFFL

12 Sep 03

• FB Corey McIntyre (Galaxy 03) and QB Nick Rolovich (Fire 03) had a tryout with the St.Louis Rams on Tuesday
  KFFL

8 Sep 03

• Atlanta Falcons' WR Brian Finneran (Dragons 99) is expected to be out 4 to 6 weeks with a broken hand, suffered in this weekend's match.
  
  QB Jamie Martin (Admirals 95) looks likely to be re-signed by the New York Jets in the near future
  KFFL

5 Sep 03

• QB Cory Sauter (Dragons 00) had a workout with the Indianapolis Colts. There is a possibility the Colts will sign him next week depending on how their injury situation works out.
  KFFL

4 Sep 03

• Kansas City Chiefs' WR Dante Hall (Claymores 01) {hand} has returned to full workouts and is expected to take up his uasual role of kick return and slot WR duties.
  KFFL

1 Sep 03

• QB Jim Miller (Galaxy 95) has been placed on the physically unable to perform list by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers
  
  WR Travis Williams (Admirals 03) has been placed on the non football injury list by the Chicago Bears
  
  S Than Merrill (Dragons 02,Admirals 03) has been placed on the non football injury list by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers
  Transaction Wire

29 Aug 03

• Arizona Cardinals S Nijrell Eason (Galaxy 02){knee} left the exhibition game on Thursday, against the Minnesota Vikings after twisting his left knee.
  
  Chicago Bears' WR Ahmad Merritt (Thunder 01) has secured a spot on the roster as the team's fourth receiver and primary kickoff returner.
  
  G Corey Hulsey (Admirals 01) and TE Marcus Williams (Admirals 02) have been placed on IR by the Oakland Raiders
  KFFL

28 Aug 03

• 
  I hear WR Yo Murphy (Claymores 96-97,99) has been signed by the Ottawa Renegades (CFL). Good to see he is still playing football.
  

  Chicago Bears WR Ahmad Merritt (Thunder 01) had kickoff returns of 45, 43 and 30 yards, and a 22-yard touchdown reception in an exhibition game against the New England Patriots on Wednesday, Aug. 27. Merritt, Edell Shepherd (Claymores 03) and Justin Gage are engaged in a battle for the final two wide receiver slots on the team's opening day roster.
  
  The Miami Dolphins brought in free agent QB Clint Stoerner (Claymores 01) for a workout on Tuesday. No decision was made on signing him.
  
  OL Dennis O'Sullivan (Admirals 01) has been placed on the PUP list by the New York Jets
  
  Houston Texans' C Ben Lynch (Galaxy 98) has suffered a season ending knee injury.
  KFFL

25 Aug 03

• Green Bay Packers' G Marco Rivera ( Claymores 97){knee} could miss 2-4 weeks of action after suffering a sprained medial collateral ligament in his left knee over the weekend.
  KFFL

20 Aug 03

• New York Giants DE Keith Washington (Dragons 01) practiced with the first-team defense during the second half of the afternoon practice session held on Tuesday, Aug. 19.
  
  OL Barry Stokes (Claymores 98-99) is battling for a starting spot at Guard for the Cleveland Browns
  KFFL

18 Aug 03

• QB Kelly Holcomb (Dragons 96) has been named the starter for the Cleveland Browns
  
  Washington Redskins DT Brandon Noble (Dragons 98-99) has suffered a knee injury which will put him out for the season.
  
  Green Bay Packers RB Herbert Goodman (Claymores 02) improved his chances of making the roster Friday, Aug. 15 in the pre-season game against the Cleveland Browns. Whisper gained 136 yards running and receiving combined in the second half, including a 13-yard shovel TD pass from Packers QB Akili Smith with 9:33 left in the game that put the Packers ahead 38-28.
  
  San Francisco 49ers C Craig Osika (Admirals 03) will miss the next exhibition match with a sprained ankle.
  KFFL

1 Aug 03

• Denver Bronco's CB Kelly Herndon, has been moved to the right side to compete against CB Deltha O'Neal for the right corner spot.
  KFFL

31 Jul 03

• New England Patriots head coach Bill Belichick said OG Joe Andruzzi (Claymores 98) is almost fully healed from his knee injury.
  
  Head coach, Dan Reeves, has expressed pleasent surprise at the play of G Michael Moore (Galaxy 03) during Atlanta Falcons' camp
  
  Carolina Panthers' T Melvin Tuten (Dragons 99) suffered a torn knee ligament during practise yesterday and is likely out for the next 4 weeks.
  
  Buffalo Bills' RB Ken Simonton (Claymores 03) was one of five players on the team returning punts in practice yesterday.
  KFFL

30 Jul 03

• Dallas Cowboys DL La'Roi Glover (Dragons 97) has a good chance to be the starter at defensive tackle, according to Cowboys head coach Bill Parcells.
  KFFL

29 Jul 03

• Houston Texans' T, Andy Stensrud (Claymores 02) suffered an ankle injury during Sunday's practice. The extent of the injury is not yet known.
  
  Miami Dolphins' DE Lamanzer Williams (Thunder 03) is still suffering with a shoulder injury received while in Europe. He is expected to be out for a few more months and is likely to get cut when he returns.
  KFFL

  
  The Fire Fans are concerned about where their team is heading after spending last season at a new venue while their usual one was being refurbished. They are concerned that they will not be getting their team back and that it will be moving elsewhere.
  A number of fans have got together and written a letter to NFL Commisioner Paul Tagliabue putting forward their case to ensure the return of their team. You can add your voice to their cause by visiting their website;
  Bring the Fire Back Home
  The letter they have drafted to the NFL can also be viewed on Touchdown Claymores in the NFL Europe forum
  

28 Jul 03

• WR Jorg Heckenbach (Galaxy 97-98, Thunder 00-03) experienced cramping and muscle fatigue last week after he struggled to complete the Packer's conditioning runs. He was admitted to hospital with kidney problems and was due to be released yesterday (Sunday). He is not expected to return to practice with the Packers.
  The last thing they need is an NFL Europe national to 'die' on them, following the Kory Stringer tragedy last season.
  KFFL

25 Jul 03

• TE Cory Geason (Admirals 99) is working out for the Green Bay Packers
  KFFL

24 Jul 03

• The Tennessee Titans are expected to sign K Brian Holmes (Claymores 03) to ease the load on Joe Nedney during training camp
  KFFL

21 Jul 03

• OL Dennis O'Sullivan (Admirals 01) has been placed on the PUP (physically unable to perform) list by the New York Jets
  Meaning he will be ineligible to play for the first 6 weeks of the season
  
  KFFL

  The head coach of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers has apparently nominated RB Aaron Stecker (Claymores 00) as the backup in the event of injury to their current starter.
  
  DB Todd Franz (Claymores 02) will have to show solid special teams play for the Washington Redskins in order to claim a roster spot.
  KFFL

18 Jul 03

• WR Yoshinobu Imoto (Admirals 03) and LB Shinzo Yamada (Admirals 03) will play for the New York Jets and Tampa Bay Buccaneers, respectively, in the 2003 American Bowl in Tokyo, Japan.
  The game will be played on Saturday, August 2.
  KFFL

16 Jul 03

• The Claymores' Head Coach, Gene Dahlquist, and Defensive Coordinator, Ray Woodard have not had their contracts renewed by NFL Europe. Replacements will be appointed at a later date.
  Punishment for failing to take this year's allocation to the World Bowl or just a general lack of achievement over three years ?
  NFL Europe

20 Jun 03

• Is this the end of the Chedderheads ?
  The party duo who are the Clan Chiefs of Cheesy photos?
  Check out what may be their swansong (and their take on the World Bowl) at; the Chedderheads website and the FTP website
  
  

16 Jun 03

• View from the cheap seats
  
  World Bowl XI, June 14th. Hampden
  
  Cracking weather for a World Bowl ! Travelling was stress free - straight from working overtime on the Saturday morning to Hampden, with a stop off at McDonald's for a bite to eat. Why is the traffic in Glasgow so much lighter at 1:30pm on a Saturday when it gets choked up solid at 2:30pm on a Sunday ? I suspect the Glasgow Roads' Department know the answer to that one. However, with two of my sons off to a weekend camp, having elected to do that rather than go to the World Bowl once they realised the Claymores weren't going to be there, it was down to the rest of the family plus a friend to fill the gaps and a great day it was too.
  
  While I have heard grumblings elsewhere about the lack of support, I thought that 28,000 for a game that the home team wasn't in was pretty good going. NFL Europe is still not a well marketed product and has poor TV coverage in the UK, after all. I doubt any other sports apart from football and international rugby could put more people on seats than this. The markup on football goods for the day was noticeable though (even after we sussed out the pound prices from the euro), but there was a reasonable choice of gear available that isn't normally on show.
  
  Come stadium time getting out of Lesser Hampden was chaotic with a huge queue of people trying to get out the one exit and having to wait ages to squeeze through (when there were three exits available, one locked off and the other only for 'celebrities'). What was the point of angering the crowd for the sake of opening all available exits ? We eventually went to the 'celebrity' gate and pointed out the queue to the security guard and he let us through that way. Exit time in seconds.
  
  Into our seats, no problem there and caught the pre-game show. Excellently done,with the pipers, all the dancers and 'Fish' putting on a good show (I'll refrain from my usual comments when 'Fish' is around. Suffice to say he wasn't my favourite prefect at High School. We clashed on occasion.). Credit to Mr Dick (Fish), however, he had by far and away the best singing performance of the day with 'Caledonia'. In fact the guys beat out the girls in this respect all round. The sound system for Sugababes for instance was woeful, and Mis-Teeq, outside the stadium in Lesser Hampden, didn't quite manage it for me.
  
  The match, perhaps, was the biggest let down. Having elected to support the Fire on account of Chris Ward and Yubrenal Isabelle playing for them (should have stuck to the original plan, I know). It was evident from fairly early on that they just didn't have the plan or the personnel to take on the Galaxy offence or defence. We supported them right down to the final whistle however, even when other 'Fire' fans had shut up, perhaps that was because they were feeling the loss more keenly than us (one of the advantages of being a casual supporter). I couldn't help thinking the game would have been a lot closer had this been a Claymores - Galaxy final.
  
  Take nothing away from the Galaxy however, who came prepared and executed well on the day. You can only beat the team that's facing you and this they did, comprehensively, with RB Jonas Lewis having a great day on the ground and the Galaxy defense as mean as ever when it counted. The Fire offence were on the field longer than their defence so it is credit to the Galaxy that they were able to shut down the majority of Fire attacks.
  
  Credit to NFL Europe, who quashed grumblings about matches being fixed so that the home team got to the final, yet still managed to have a final with 28,000 spectators. Also to the coordinators who we all love to grumble at but without whom, there would be no league at all. Given the number of NFL clubs they have to persuade to keep up with allocation, theirs is a thankless task all round.
  
  I hope all the fans who were at the match had a good experience, even if your team didn't win. Hope to see you all again next year.
  
  

11 Jun 03

• Player of the Week Awards - Week 10
  Offensive - RB Ken Simonton (Claymores)
  Defensive - LB Jamal White (Thunder)
  Special Teams - WR Kendall Newson (Fire)
  National - DE Daniel Benetka (Galaxy)
  NFL Europe

10 Jun 03

• The Claymores' have announced that due to injuries on the Fire team DE Chris Ward and LB Yubrenalle Isabelle have been transferred to the Fire, to help them out.
  Both these Claymores' players are favourites of mine so I have decided to switch my allegiance and support the Fire this weekend (in a Galaxy top, just to confuse the Germans )
  

9 Jun 09

• View from the cheap seats
  Week 10 - Admirals at Claymores
  
  A depressing start to the Sunday trip knowing that neither of the games on the Saturday night had gone in our favour and we were out of the World Bowl irrespective of the forthcoming result. While it may be a dubious system that allows one team to pick its opponents for the final,the Claymores organisation (as a whole) only have themselves to blame for failing to be in control of their own destiny. How different this would have been had the Claymores won the overtime battle in Frankfurt, a game they were well ahead in at halftime, for instance.
  
  Anyway, what's done is done and owing to the fact I have a Galaxy top (aquired from a sale somewhere at sometime) I will be supporting the Galaxy this coming weekend (no doubt contrary to most Claymores' fans who saw the Galaxy-Thunder game as a sell out and will therefore support the Fire).
  
  No problems on the trip through to Glasgow this week, we had lots of spare time and could have arrived earlier to catch the pre-game show if we had wanted, but as it looked like it was going to be a wet day we elected to turn up closer to kickoff time and avoid various levels of grumpiness from wet, board, tired and hungry kids.
  
  This weekend's match mirrored the depression amongst the fans and was played mostly in the rain of a typical Scottish June day, but we all wanted the Claymores to show why they should have been in the World Bowl and put up a good victory, which they duly did.
  
  The Admirals won the toss and elected to receive which suited me fine. I always like to start a game on Defense as it gives the crowd a chance to join in with "DeFense!" chants - not that many of the people around where we sit have much of a clue but there was at least one other voice apart from ours this week so maybe things are improving, although the number of sniggering kids looking the wrong way from the action on the field seems about the same :}
  
  The lack of a long kicker (injured, I believe) meant that the Ads elected to go for a 4th down on their first drive, which failed, with their QB being sacked. This allowed the Claymores Offense on to the pitch where they engineered a great drive, culminating in a well crafted shovel pass from Nall to Malan and the FB rumbled on into the endzone from 20yds out.
  Claymores 7 - Admirals 0
  The Admirals were not to be discouraged however and put together a drive from the resulting kickoff that resulted in a tying TD from RB Tellis Redmon running in from a couple of yards out.
  Claymores 7 - Admirals 7
  Claymores' KR Ken Simonton responded with a great reply from the kickoff and ran the ball back 66yds with good blocking from his teammates. However the resultant position from the Ads 23yd line wasn't able to be capitalised on and an attempted 32yd kick from Rob Hart was foiled by a bad snap. Rob had to pick up the ball and was creamed by a queue of Ads defenders.
  
  The Admirals weren't able to do much with the ball however and eventually punted it away.
  
  Both sides held until just after the first quarter when an attempted 52yd field goal by Claymores' K Brian Holmes fell short (Brian hasn't had a great season, hope he doesn't suffer from it when he gets back to the States). The Claymores defense were still in pretty good form though and when the Ads once again refused to kick on a 4-1 from the 30yd line, their QB was sacked for the second time in the match (The Claymores recorded 4 sacks in total for this game).
  
  The switch to QB Shane Stafford did nothing to slow down the Claymores good progress and he engineered a 60yd drive finishing off with a short pass to FB Mike Malan, who once again went over for the TD, this time from 4yds out. The resultant 14-7 lead was held until halftime.
  Claymores 14 - Admirals 7
  After the break Nall was back on as QB and from the Claymores' first possession at their own 40yd line, drove the team all the way to the endzone on the back of Ken Simonton's running, finishing with a 15yd TD pass to WR Edell Shepherd.
  Claymores 21- Admirals 7
  Former Claymores' 3rd string QB, David Priestley, came on for the Admirals but had a torrid time at the hands of the Claymores' defense and couldn't get anything going but the Ads got a break when a Craig Nall pass from within his own 20 was intercepted and returned to the Claymores 10yd line. RB Tellis Redmon ran the ball in from there to bring the Ads back to within 7.
  Claymores 21- Admirals 14
  Another break followed as the Claymores pressed for another TD but FB Mike Malan (who had a great game to this point) fumbled the ball in the Admirals red zone and the Admirals recovered. They couldn't do anything with it however even although in the resultant drive they fumbled themselves and recovered again. Having had to punt the ball away, the Ads held the Claymores offence and eventually got the ball back only to fumble it once more except this time it was the Claymores' who came up with the ball and turned the resultant possession into 3 points with a Rob Hart 31yd field goal.
  Claymores 24 - Admirals 14
  Thereafter it was the Ken Simonton show as the Claymores ran down the clock. Then Stafford snapped out of the run,.. run,.. run,.. scenario to fire a 29yd TD strike to WR Edell Shepherd to finish off the day with a 31-14 win for the Claymores.
  Claymores 31 - Admirals 14
  With no running game and not much luck on the passing side the Admirals were pretty much swamped by what was probably the best side in the league at that point, unfortunately it took the Claymores to long to gell to get a spot in World Bowl XI
  
  There was a little bit of silverware as a consolation for the team as the sponsors had put up a cup for the winning side, but hopefully they received a better consolation reward from the cheering fans who stayed behind to thank the players for the 'almost' great season.
  
  I didn't catch the official announcement of the attendance but given there were 3,000 seats set aside for one of the sponsors, it didn't seem to be an enormous number of people, although better than some matches this season.
  
  It will be interesting to see how NFL Europe is going to arrange things in order to get as many German fans as possible over for the final as it looks unlikely that the general Glasgow public will turn out in force, having failed to show up in any great numbers this season despite the Claymores having one of the most potent offences in the league. I hear they have already started handing out free tickets to all the children in the Glasgow area schools (what's wrong with the rest of Scotland, don't they qualify ?). I hope that the lack of attendees (because the Claymores never made it) doesn't affect the viability of the NFLE financially or indeed any plans for the league as a whole. I expect about 25,000 to attend, hope I'm wrong and its more.
  
  

5 Jun 03

• Player of the Week Awards - Week 9
  Offensive - WR Robert Baker (Galaxy)
  Defensive - DE Radell Lockhart (Claymores)
  Special Teams - WR Matthew Hatchette (Admirals)
  National - DE Robert Flickinger (Claymores)
  NFL Europe

3 Jun 03

• The Claymores' are back from a two week away stint with a good victory over the Admirals and a comprehensive one over the Dragons, where they turned round a 7 point tiebreaker deficit, into a 31 point advantage.
  Those fans (like myself) who are not able to get to away matches can catch the flavour of fan participation from the Cheaderheads and FTP websites. - always good sites to follow throughout the season
  
  By the time the Claymores play this weekend they will know whether it is possible to be in the World Bowl. They require a Galaxy or Dragons win on Saturday to have their destiny in their own hands by the time k.o. comes at 3pm on Sunday.
  

29 May 03

• Player of the Week Awards - Week 8
  Offensive - QB Craig Nall (Claymores)
  Defensive - DE Jesse Warren (Fire)
  Special Teams - J.R.Jenkins (Thunder)
  National - DE Bastian Lano (Fire)
  NFL Europe

21 May 03

• View from the cheap seats
  
  Week 7 - Fire at Claymores
  
  Finally, for the first home game of the season we had no other activities to attend and all six of us went to this match with plenty of time to spare, even managing, for the first time this season, to attend the pre-match party and witness the terrific singing talents of Lamar (probably the only really talented person to come out of the recent UK Fame Academy TV series and funnily enough the one I have heard the least of since)
  
  Contrast this with the unfortunate singing talents of whoever the guest singers for the national anthem were. Please don't make this a regular thing Claymores Officials, they were woeful and not even in time never mind the tune. The Scottish national anthem doesn't lend itself well to individual renditions. There have only ever been two people who could do it justice and they were the people who invented it (the Corries). Nobody I have ever heard since has come remotely close to the tune and empathy in which the song should be sung. As a communal song however, sung by everyone, it always sounds right.
  
  To the match then. We win the toss, go 3 and out, looks like it could be a regular Claymores' match day. Punt the ball (good punt, plenty of hang time), someone's there to bat it out of the end zone, and as it is now heading the wrong way at a fair lick another Claymores' player bats it back towards the endzone again. A flag is thrown, looks like a penalty (what would the penalty be for promoting the ball forward to your advantage anyway ?) but the ruling is no penalty on the play (did they give the guy the benefit of the doubt and decided that the ball bounced off him ?) didn't look that way to me but its to our benefit so I'm not complaining. The following snap is bungled and the Fire are forced to give away a Safety. Two points to the Claymores.
  
  The momentum swung in that instant to the Claymores and from there on, when the Offense faltered, the Defense stepped up creating problem after problem for the tough Fire Offensive unit. They appeared to be on the field all day, our Defense, but really that was because we were scoring pretty quickly or going three and out just as rapidly or just that when things were looking a bit dodgy it was the defense who were out there sorting it out. They were outstanding, however, in their resolve to stop the Fire and ultimately victorious in that attempt.
  
  The Safety, a quick strike to WR John Minardi from the resulting kick and we were 9 points up, more than half the deficit gone from our previous matchup with the Fire (something it was essential to turn over to give us advantage in any tie-break) and it was still the first quarter. The Fire managed to work the ball up to Field Goal range but their kicker missed with his attempt (the only opportunity they were to try as it turned out). The heavens then took the opportunity to help the Claymores out with an outburst of heavy rain which scuppered any plans of the Fire to throw the ball. A defensive standoff occured for a while then the Claymores D, with Rhein backed onto their goal line, forced a fumble and came up with the ball for a TD. 16-0 and held thus until half time and the 17 point deficit all but wiped out. One more half, where if we could make just one more unanswered score and keep that difference we would win any future tiebreaker.
  
  The opportunity fell fairly quickly after the break to Rob Hart, who put past weeks of blundered FG attempts behind him with a short 30yd field goal. Excellent, I thought, if we can only match them score for score from this point then we will have achieved a momentous win. Not so, as it turned out. The team weren't finished and with Rhein now forced into using fourth downs as a normal play, it was inevitable perhaps that they were going to fail occasionally. Two more Claymores' touchdowns followed before full time and perhaps the most heartening thing of all to watch, was that even when the Fire required three scores with only minutes to go (just to get the tiebreaker in their favour), the Claymores Defense held firm in their desire to keep a clean sheet right up to the final seconds where the fun for the crowd was in watching a brave defensive stand, from what must have been a very tired unit, culminating in a last second interception of the Fire in the Claymores' endzone. Great stuff and roundly applauded by the fans both then and when the match finished a few seconds later.
  
  That was as fun a 33-0 drubbing as I have ever seen, perhaps it passed by some of the casual fans but it was a win that was both needed and competent and gives us a great boost to take to the rest of the matches left in the season.
  

21 May 03

• Player of the Week Awards - Week 7
  Offensive - QB Shaun Hill (Admirals)
  Defensive - DE Lamanzer Williams (Thunder)
  Special Teams - WR Robert Baker (Galaxy)
  National - LB Jens Pettersson (Claymores)
  NFL Europe

14 May 03

• Thunder QB Henry Burris has returned to Birmingham, Alabama, with a knee injury. He will not return to NFL Europe this season.
  The Thunder have received QB Mike Watkins from the Rhein Fire
  KFFL

13 May 03

• Player of the Week Awards - Week 6
  Offensive - WR Marc Lester (Galaxy)
  Defensive - DE Lamanzer Williams (Thunder)
  Special Teams - WR Kendal Newson (Fire)
  National - DE Daniel Benetka (Galaxy)
  NFL Europe

7 May 03

• Player of the Week Awards - Week 5
  Offensive - RB Ken Simonton (Claymores)
  Defensive - LB Charles Burton (Fire)
  Special Teams - P Nick Murphy (Dragons)
  National - WR Jorg Heckenbach (Thunder)
  NFL Europe

  (Half a) View from the cheap seats
  
  Week 5 - Dragons at Claymores
  
  Once again Rugby matches and tournaments affected our arrival time at Hampden and as these were going to be the last of the season, I decided to hang back with the rest of the family and managed watch all three of my sons in action. The upshot of doing that however was that we got to the ground in time to catch the 2-minute warning for the first half and a very depressing scoreline of 14-0 to the Dragons.
  
  The crowd as well was pretty depressing (announced at 8,700 something, but it seemed much less to me). The Claymores record of 2 and 2 was obviously not inspiring the local Glasgow population.
  
  This was a game in which the Claymores RB, Ken Simonton was to rack up over 100yards in rushing and 90+ in receiving but all that good work was to go to waste as our QB had a really bad day at the office, throwing two key interceptions into areas where there was noone but a Dragon defender to catch the ball. What was the problem there ? Were the Dragons' away uniforms too similar to the Claymores' away kit and he was just confused ? Were they supposed to be timed plays relying on a receiver to be in the area when the ball arrived ? If so they were badly designed plays for a day in which the rain was so prevelant and the footing on the pitch so precarious.
  
  Someone else having a bad day was our national kicker Rob Hart and having commented rather negatively on his American counterpart in previous weeks, its only fair to point out that he had a stinker this game, 3 missed FGs within 40yds (that has put a stop to his record for consecutive FGs). The rest of the offense have to hold their hands up as well this week as they were continually penalised for false starts and holding. 55yards of penalties on the offense alone.
  
  I can't say much negative about our defence as they only gave up 3 points in the time that I was watching them and giving up 17 points in a game is a pretty fair innings. They appear pretty solid against the pass in recent weeks but are still finding it difficult to stop the run. They don't appear as capable as previous teams of pressurising the opponent's QB, however, and sacks appear to be harder to come by this season.
  
  Overall, a very disappointing game for a team that is still high in the power rankings and just can't seem to get its act together. Steps will have to be made fairly quickly to stop this season becoming a damp squib. On the bright side, the Rugby season is finished and I look forward to getting to the remaining games on time.
  
  

30 Apr 03

• Player of the Week Awards - Week 4
  Offensive - QB Shaun Hill (Admirals)
  Defensive - LB Dwayne Levels (Dragons)
  Special Teams - RB David Allen (Thunder)
  National - WR Marc Soumah (Galaxy)
  NFL Europe

25 Apr 03

• The rumours that the Claymores 3rd QB, David Priestley, has been transferred to the Amsterdam Admirals appears to be true as he is now showing up on NFL Europe's Admirals' depth chart for week 4, as their No.2 QB and is missing from the Claymores' depth chart.
  
  

22 Apr 03

• Player of the Week Awards - Week 3
  Offensive - RB Jonas Lewis (Galaxy)
  Defensive - S Calvin Spears (Galaxy)
  Special Teams - LB Idris Price (Galaxy)
  National - WR Carlos Rosado (Admirals)
  NFL Europe

17 Apr 03

• While the Cheddarheads have been a bit quiet recently, following their trip to the USA to take in NFL Europe camp,the FTP have been anything butt (pun intended). Check out their website for pictorial updates on the Claymores season this far.
  
  

16 Apr 03

• Player of the Week Awards - Week 2
  Offensive - RB Autry Denson (Fire)
  Defensive - DT Josh McKibben (Fire)
  Special Teams - P Tim Morgan (Galaxy)
  National - DT Bastian Lano (Fire)
  NFL Europe

14 Apr 03

• View from the cheap seats
  
  Week 2 - Galaxy at Claymores
  
  Down to two travellers only for this trip to Hampden as No.1 son had elected to join his cousins on a week's holiday to (sunny- more likely windy) Skegness and No.3 son had a difficult choice to make; whether to chase his own dream or come and watch someone alse's (tough decision. He chose to follow his own path - a chance for glory in a Rugby tournament for Primary 5s which ment him missing out on the Claymores' match but I'm proud of him for doing that, its a decision all the Claymores' players and sportsmen everywhere had to make at some point in their life. Do they miss out on watching a big sporting event to take part in a smaller one of their own in the hopes of being part of that same big sporting event in later life ? Answer: Yes they do/did and they are still doing it today. Take the NFL Europe players for instance, they are still playing for the dream of making the NFL some day.
  Respect !)
  
  However no such tough choice for me (I'm to old to chase dreams, I'll happily watch someone else try instead) and with mother and daughter electing to watch son 3 playing rugby, it left only me and son 2 to make the trip to Hampden. After rushing through the morning's Rugby training (and collecting myself a cauliflower ear from the boot of a wayward primary 7 player on the way), there were no problems with the clock this week, well only minor ones, but we arrived at the stadium with half an hour left before kickoff. A quick change from Rugby to Claymores' kit and we were seated in the stadium 15 minutes before kickoff. It appeared that my lack of a family following had been mirrored elsewhere in the ground however, as there was a definite drop in the attendance to my eyes (after a record breaking performance the week before, what's a team got to do ? Eh? ). 11, 100 something the announcer said, down 3,000 odd from last week's 14,800
  
  So to the football, and my hopes of last week that the correct defense would turned up were pretty much answered apart from the odd CB getting burned and causing unnecessary penalties. Perhaps I should jump forward here and say that we lost (If you didn't already know) 13-17 but it was the manner in which we lost that was so frustrating. The offence was not as awesome as previously but they did take us to within scoring positions on a number of occassions only for the kicker to miss field goals (3 of them). I don't like to call for heads this early in the season but it seems that our long distance kicker is more than a bit wayward. He has kicked 1 out of 4 attempts (make that 1 out of 5 as he got a lucky break on one of his wide kicks last week and was allowed a rekick), and the Galaxy missed two of their FGs in this match so if all kicks had gone through and Rob Hart's PAT attempt had not suffered a botched snap, we would have been looking at an overtime game with the Claymores D having the upper hand. Condolences to Rob, by the way, having had his streak of never missing a PAT in NFL Europe broken, must have stung a bit especially as he didn't even get to kick the ball and never had the consolation of a Claymores' win to cushion the blow.
  
  As I said the defense were ok, 17 points isn't a bad total to give up but credit also has to go to the Galaxy D as well, they had good coverage against our RBs and some decent, but not stellar, performances in the secondary but especially good when it came to ball hunting. Throwing into double or triple coverage is not a high percentage play in any match and we were punished for attempting it this game where last week we weren't.
  
  Sadly the missed PAT attempt robbed the crowd (what was left of it) of an exciting finish and some good clock management by the Galaxy helped to keep it that way as the onside kick failed and the Claymores' chances with it.
  
  A depressing trip home then, with the added news over the phone that No.2 son had also failed in his attempts to win his second Rugby tournament of the season. Never mind, 'better to have tried and failed that never to have tried at all'.
  
  Next week the Claymores are away so it will mean a trip to the computer and follow the results via the internet, no doubt to discover that last year's audio software requires upgrading or that the game is not being covered live on the net. The forthcoming game against the Fire could also be another tough game as the Claymores' will have to face a (large) hostile fan base for the first time and cope with a team that is coming off a victory during which they held the Thunder to 10 points, a team that scored 31 points against us last week.
  
  

9 Apr 03

• The Rhein Fire have lost LB/DE Tony Doghmi (Fire 98-02) {cruciate ligament} and LB Todd Delamielluere {shoulder} for the season.
  Fire website

08 Apr 03

• Player of the Week Awards - Week 1
  Offensive - RB Ken Simonton (Claymores)
  Defensive - DE Joey Evans (Galaxy)
  Special Teams - K Ralf Kleinman (Galaxy)
  National - Silvio Diliberto (Admirals)
  NFL Europe

  View from the cheap seats
  
  Week 1 - Claymores v Thunder
  
  Well, as expected, Rugby got in the way of us arriving in time for the kickoff this week, however it was ultimately an unexpected injury to my eldest son which resulted in us having to head south from Edinburgh to visit a doctor rather than the planned journey west to Glasgow, to see the Claymores.
  
  We had managed to scrape up an hour and a half for travel time which would have seen us at Hampden in time for the kickoff, but this became fifty minutes before we turned once again to the west minus injured son and mother, having left them on the doctor's doorstep with a mobile phone and a promise from the grandparent's to pick them up.
  
  Down from six to four then, as the old car chugged through to Glasgow and deposited us outside the stadium to the roar of the crowd within celebrating a Claymores' TD (I think). By the time we had entered the ground and fortuitously met up with our friends (cousins)right away, the score was 7 to 3 for the Claymores with 5 minutes left in the first quarter.
  
  Down to business then, what about this team ?
  
  Well, as offensive possession produced score after score for the appropriate team, the first thought was ; where's the defense? Are these really good offenses, on both sides of the ball? 32 to 28 for the Fire at the half and I only recall one punt. Both teams attempted, and made, fourth down conversions during this half.
  
  Nall and Stafford split time at QB and both looked poised. Stafford, however, was picked off when he attempted a rather floated pass to wideout, Edell Shepherd, from the Claymores 20yd line and again with a similar pass intended for Scott McCready a little later, both interceptions led to TDs for the Thunder. He kept his composure, however, and led the Claymores on a late drive in the second quarter, culminating in a 26yd TD strike to McCready (which was a pivotal point in the game), reducing the Claymores' deficit to only 3 points at half time.
  
  It was a new half and a new defense for the Claymores after the break, as the D line led the way with a fumble recovery, the secondary stepped in with two interceptions and the D added a couple of sacks to stop the Thunder offense continuing their productive outing. The Claymores' offense, however, continued their first half performance, barely missing a beat as they quickly racked up 17 points by the end of the third quarter, then shifted to the running game to eat up the clock. As time progressed in the fourth quarter the Claymores were pinned back onto their own 2yd line as the Thunder attempted a 4th and goal effort, which failed, effectively ending any hopes they had of catching up but RB Maurice Hicks, who was given the job of running and eating the clock for the Claymores took the opportunity from the Claymores' resultant possession to crunch a few yards then bust out of a ruck of players and ran the ball almost the entire length of the pitch to cap a great second half for the team and set a new Claymores rushing TD record of 93yds (and as my youngest son quickly pointed out, the score was 62 - 31 which added up to 93. {Smart cookie for a P5})
  
  Overall, a great result, hopefully the D that appeared in the second half for the Claymores will be the defense we take into the rest of the season and the offense, which appeared quite evenly balanced, will work as well against the other NFL Europe teams.
  
  My worries are that this defense didn't look solid all the time. The Thunder were able to find and make holes for their RB quite a lot of the time and the benefits of a scrambling QB were shown as Burris showed quick feet and evaded our D on several occasions. Not until the second half did our secondary show much in the way of ball hunting skills and we did appear to have a 'soft' defense, by accident or design, which allowed receivers to catch and advance the ball before the tackle was made. On the plus side, when the tackle was made it was generally solid and not to many guys were run through.
  
  

04 Apr 03

• Injuries
  Thunder
  Out - DE Roshaun Matthews (knee)
  Claymores website

  The Rhein Fire have reported around 1,000 fans turned out for their Fan Day
  Fire website

03 Apr 03

• The Tennessee Titans have officially rescinded their tender offer to RB Mike Green (Dragons 01)
  KFFL

01 Apr 03

• Former Claymores' LB Brian Jones (Claymores 95) will return to NFL Europe this year as a broadcaster for Fox TV, as will QB Jason Garrett (San Antonio '91). Brian will comment on the Fire-Admirals match and Jason on the Claymores-Thunder
  NFL Europe website

31 Mar 03

• {Pre}-View from the cheap seats
  
  The Fan day - what did I think about it ?
  
  Well we turned up about an hour and a half late for the event, having left immediately after the boy's Rugby training ended (season still runs for another month or so and is looking likely to cause us problems for the first couple of home matches), but even though we apparently missed the introduction of the team inside the stadium, we were still in time to meet a number of them in the hospitality suite in the main stand. I wandered round (a little island of green amidst all the blue, as I still had my Rugby kit on) and these were my impressions.
  
  First impressions ? - Great, a friendly group for the most part.
  Autograph signing had been arranged via a line of tables against the end wall at which the players sat and the crowd filed past. All who sat at the tables seemed pleasent enough with one or two laughing and joking with the crowd. There was the odd player (I counted 4) who sat/stood back from the tables and didn't get too involved with talking, but that's par for the course. There were others who went out of their way to interact with the fans (don't know all their names yet but;
  the guy (Stemke?) collecting autographs from the autograph hunters (nice touch),
  the guy spending time disentagling balloon cords to hand out balloons to the young ones and taking time to talk to them,
  the big guy (they're all big aren't they?) who was in the room before the rest and spent all his time out amongst the fans signing autographs and talking to anyone who wanted to chat,
  Flickenger who also stood out amongst the crowd and chatted,
  and the Head Coach, Gene Dahlquist, who looked a little more relaxed this year and wandered amongst fans, chatting).
  
  My first impression of the fan turnout was that it was good, maybe the best the Claymores have had, certainly it was pretty busy for the size of the room that was being used.
  
  The conditions, however, were fairly stuffy and overwarm for the number of occupants in the room. The area allocated appeared to me to be slightly on the cramped side, perhaps the front office will need to consider a larger space next season.
  
  There was a good selection of Claymores merchandise available and the sale items had a number of what I considered to be bargains amongst them.
  
  The food,as ever, was on the expensive side.
  
  

26 Mar 03

• QB Zak Kustok and G Bill Ferrario were apparently recalled by the Green Bay Packers
  To save them the ignomany of being waived, I guess. Both were late allocates to NFL Europe
  
  KFFL

  The Claymores will hold an open day at Hampden this coming Sunday, starting at 1:00pm
  Another blow to the Edinburgh area fans who now no longer have a pre-season contact with the team.
  It looks like the organisation is making a strong bid to appeal to the Glasgow area fans this season, which is understandable, with the World Bowl coming up at Hampden.
  Unfortunately the lead in to the start of the season is to short to hold multiple fan days. It would have been nice to see some in the likes of Dundee and Aberdeen as well as Edinburgh.
  
  Claymores Website

19 Mar 03

• CB/WR Rowelle Blenman (Monarchs 97-98, Claymores 99-02) has announced his retirement from American Football from the end of this season.
  Rowelle looks likely to retire with the record for most number of appearances in NFL Europe. A record he took off of Scott Couper after Scott retired { albeit briefly}
  
  NFL Europe Website

11 Mar 03

• LB Mike Maslowski (Dragons 99), who recently signed a six year, multi-million dollar, contract with the Kansas City Chiefs has returned to NFL Europe as a coaching intern with the Scottish Claymores
  NFL Europe Website

7 Mar 03

• The Claymores are looking to get S Scott Shields (Claymores 02) onto their squad and have apparently been in touch with him.
  Claymores Website

5 Mar 03

• T Derrick Chambers (Thunder 02), WR Jimi Redmond (Galaxy 02), LB Joe Tuipala (Dragons 00), P Chris Hanson (Dragons 00) and K Danny Boyd (Thunder 02) have received tender offers from the Jacksonville Jaguars
  KFFL

3 Mar 03

• The Cowboys have tendered an offer to QB Clint Stoerner (Claymores 01)
  
  LB Maugaula Tuitele (Fire 02) has received a tender offer from the New England Patriots
  
  QB Cory Sauter (Dragons 00),LB Bobbie Howard (Galaxy 00) and CB Todd McMillon (Galaxy 01) have received tender offers from the Chicago Bears
  
  RB Aaron Stecker (Claymores 00) has received a tender offer from the Tampa Bay Buccaneers
  KFFL

28 Feb 03

• RB Mike Green (Dragons 01) has received a tender offer from the Tennessee Titans
  KFFL

27 Feb 03

• P Brian Moorman (Thunder 00-01) has received a tender offer from the Buffalo Bills
  KFFL

26 Feb 03

• 9 nationals have made it through the mini camp to join the Claymores in pre-season training, they are;
  WR Scot Couper (Claymores 95-01) - Scotland
  DE Robert Flickenger (Claymores 96-88, 01-02) - England
  DB Rowelle Blenman (Monarchs 96-98, Claymores 99-02) - England
  RB Stephen Hutchinson (Monarchs 95-96, Claymores 01)- England
  LB Stuart Hare (Claymores 02)- Scotland
  TE Jeff Nicolson - Scotland
  LB Aden Durde - England
  LB Jens Peterson - Sweden
  DE Daniel Datz - Germany
  This number will be cut to 7 by the start of the season
  NFL Europe

  The Denver Broncos have tendered an offer to QB Jarious Jackson (Dragons 01)
  KFFL

25 Feb 03

• The three day mini camp for nationals has just passed and a decision is awaited as to which players have made team rosters.
  nfleurope.com

12 Feb 03

• The Claymores have hired two new Coaches;
  Ken Marjerum will take over as Offensive Coordinator and Don Eck as Offensive Line Coach.
  Marjerum was a Super Bowl winner at WR for the Chicago Bears in 1985 and has recently been coaching wide receivers at the University of California, Berkely.
  Eck has come from the University of Utah
  Eck was an offensive line coach for the most part and has been cited several times for the good play of his linesmen. In 2000 the Utes O-line allowed only 5 sacks, tying for first in the nation with Miami.
  
  Claymores' website

11 Feb 03

• CB Adrian Sadler (Fire 02) and WR Daniel Guy (Dragons 02) have been invited to workouts with the Montreal Allouettes (CFL).
  KFFL

6 Feb 03

• The Chicago Bears may have an interest in hiring the Thunder Head Coach, Peter Vass, for their quarterbacks coach. Vass has served as quarterbacks coach at Notre Dame and as an offensive coordinator in the CFL
  KFFL

5 Feb 03

• All the NFL allocated players and Free agents have now been allocated teams. check out NFLEurope.com for the lists.
  NFL Europe.com

  Allocates to NFL Europe
  San Francisco 49ers:
  FB Matt Stanley
  G Milford Stephenson
  G Craig Osika
  G Alonzo Cunningham
  WR Hilton Alexander
  Green Bay Packers:
  S Bobby Jackson
  Buffalo Bills:
  K Jason Witczak
  RB Ken Simonton has been allocated to the Claymores
  FB Jarrett Ferguson has been allocated to the Thunder
  DE Merceda Perry has been allocated to the Dragons
  G Ronald Boldin has been allocated to the Galaxy
  S Milton Proctor has been allocated to the Fire
  Chicago Bears:
  CB Teddy Gaines has been allocated to the Fire
  FB Tyree Foreman has been allocated to the Dragons
  OL Shane Grice has been allocated to the Dragons
  OL Jeff Grzeskowiak has been allocated to the Claymores
  WR Edell Shepherd has been allocated to the Claymores
  DT Curry Dawson has been allocated to the Thunder
  DE Roshaun Matthews (Admirals 01) has been allocated to the Thunder
  WR Elijah Thurmon has been allocated to the Thunder
  C Josh Warner (Thunder 02) has been allocated to the Thunder
  DB Travis Coleman has been allocated to the Thunder
  QB Henry Burris has been allocated to the Thunder
  New York Jets:
  WR Jevonte Philpot
  OL Chris Smith
  OL Brandon Moore
  RB Johnathan Reese
  RB Raymonn Adams
  OL David Viger
  New Orleans Saints:
  WR Nate Turner has been allocated to the Galaxy
  G Melvin Paige has been allocated to the Dragons
  QB Chris Finlen has been allocated to the Dragons
  WR Kerwin Cook has been allocated to the Dragons
  DB Shawn Byrdsong has been allocated to the Fire or Thunder ( Or Berlin Fire according to KFFL :)
  OL Jovon Bush has been allocated to the Fire or Thunder
  New England Patriots:
  LB Courtney Ledyard has been allocated to the Fire
  G Mike Clare(Galaxy 02) has been allocated to the Galaxy
  WR T.C. Taylor has been allocated to the Dragons
  CB Dyshod Carter has been allocated to the Claymores
  FB Mike Malan has been allocated to the Claymores
  TE Rodney Trafford has been allocated to the Claymores
  QB Shane Stafford has been allocated to the Claymores
  WR Scott McCready(Claymores 02) has been allocated to the Claymores
  Jacksonville Jaguars:
  TE Matt Cercone(Dragons 00) has been allocated to the Dragons
  QB Quinn Gray has been allocated to the Galaxy
  WR Kerry Hood has been allocated to the Admirals
  RB David Allen has been allocated to the Thunder
  S Abdual Howard has been allocated to the Fire
  CB Jason Olford has been allocated to the Dragons
  Seattle Seahawks:
  DT Luis Almanzer
  G Pete Campion
  T Brian Crawford
  DE Joey Evans
  WR Emmett Johnson
  LB Dane Krager
  QB Wes Pate
  WR Joe Pendergrass
  RB Tellis Redmon
  KFFL

4 Feb 03

• It appears that some players have now been allocated teams
  
  

  Allocates to NFL Europe
  Minnesota Vikings:
  OT Lorenzo White has been allocated to the Galaxy
  G Kenny Sandlin has been allocated to the Claymores
  QB Shaun Hill has been allocated to the Admirals
  WR Kenny Clark has been allocated to the Admirals
  PK Todd France
  Denver Broncos:
  S Chris Young has been allocated to the Galaxy
  G Wayne Smith has been allocated to the Fire
  QB Nick Rolovich has been allocated to the Fire
  LB Louis Green has been allocated to the Admirals
  CB Jeff Harris has been allocated to the Thunder
  CB Jeff Brunson has been allocated to the Dragons
  WR Charlie Adams has been allocated to the Fire
  KFFL

3 Feb 03

• Allocates to NFL Europe
  Tennessee Titans :
  TE Chad Hayes
  TE Nate Bandy
  LB Nate Morrow
  Miami Dolphins:
  WR Shawn Terry
  LB Joshua Symonette
  P Kevin Stemke
  OG David Sherrod
  RB Sedrick Irvin
  WR Robert Baker
  OL Troy Andrew
  DT Maurice Anderson
  Jacksonville Jaguars:
  CB Jason Olford
  S Abdual Howard
  WR Kerry Hood
  QB Quinn Gray
  TE Matt Cercone (Dragons 00)
  RB David Allen
  New York Giants:
  P Steve Cheek
  WR David Thompson
  LB Josh Hotchkiss
  DT Brad Harris
  TE Taman Bryant
  G Pat Crummey
  KFFL

31 Jan 03

• Allocates to NFL Europe
  Houston Texans :
  WR John Minardi
  LB Terrell Washington
  FS Glenn Sumter
  TE Rashod Kent
  WR LaVell Boyd
  Carolina Panthers:
  DB Adesola Badon
  TE Kirk McCullen
  G Thomas Moody
  WR Eugene Baker
  DB Chris Pointer
  DT Darian Tate
  Pittsburgh Steelers:
  FB Wes Ours
  G Dave Costa
  WR Darcy Levy
  San Diego Chargers:
  QB Seth Burford
  C Luke Butkus
  C Zack Quaccia
  DB Lemual Ligon
  DT Scott Pospisil (Thunder 01-02)
  Philadelphia Eagles:
  TE Kori Dickerson
  FB Corey McIntyre
  WR Sean Scott
  DE Daryl Whittington
  KFFL

  The results of the NFL Allocated Player Draft will be announced on 4th Feb and will be followed by a free agent draft to fill out the preseason rosters. More than 350 professional football players are expected to compete for chances to become NFL players in the future
  KFFL

30 Jan 03

• NFL teams are now required only to allocate 3 players.
  Allocates to NFL Europe
  Washington Redskins:
  DL Mike Cecere
  OL Akil Smith
  WR Justin Skaggs
  RB Robert Gillespie
  DB Bruce Branch
  
  Indianapolis Colts:
  LB Paul Lacoste (6-0, 236, Mississippi State)
  WR Royd Williams (6-2, 207, Alabama - Birmingham)
  DB Kevin Jordan (5-10, 215, Robert Morris)
  
  Training camp news:
  Amsterdam works out at Lakewood HS
  Barcelona at Clearwater HS
  Berlin at Boca Ciega HS
  Frankfurt at University of Tampa
  Rhein at Plant HS
  Claymores will be at Alonso HS
  
  Passing camps start Feb. 26, with full squad sessions on March 4.
  NFLEurope fan list

  Allocates to NFL Europe
  Kansas City Chiefs :
  DE T.J. Bingham
  OT Aaron Crittendon
  S Clint Finley
  DE Michael Landry
  C Shawn Lynch
  WR Pete Rebstock
  WR Kirk Rogers
  KFFL

• Allocates to NFL Europe
  Arizona Cardinals :
  LB Charles Burton
  WR Ezekiel Parker
  OT Kendrick Rigers
  transaction wire

  TE Johnny Mitchell has received approval from the league to enter the allocation draft for the 2003 NFL Europe season.
  KFFL

29 Jan 03

• Allocates to NFL Europe
  Detroit Lions :
  LB Jody Littleton (Galaxy 02)
  DB James Lewis
  WR Pierre Brown
  RB Autry Denson
  P Adam Wulfeck
  LB LB Chaz Murphy
  Dallas Cowboys :
  OT Joe Jackson
  DE Kevin DeRonde
  G/C Dustin Keith (Fire 02)
  KFFL

28 Jan 03

• Some expected allocates to NFL Europe
  Buffalo Bills:
  OL Ronald Boldina (6-5, 318, Florida State)
  FB Jarrett Ferguson (5-8, 222, Virginia Tech)
  LB Merceda Perry (6-5, 246, North Carolina)
  S Milton Proctor (6-0, 211, Kansas State)
  RB Ken Simonton (5-8, 191, Oregon State)
  K Jason Witczak (6-1, 188, SE Missouri; Rhein Fire 2002)
  NFLE fan list

  More allocates to NFL Europe
  St.Louis Rams:
  P Rhett Kopp
  S Robbie Robinson
  CB Todd Howard
  OG James Broyles
  
  KFFL