PopularFreedom Bay Football League

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Bay Football League (BFL)
Competing teams16
Current championsPleasantview Ravens

The Bay Football League (BFL) is the top level of domestic football competition in the nation of PopularFreedom. It contains the majority of PopularFreedom's internationally-known clubs. There are now 18 clubs in the BFL, and each plays two matches against each other club, one home and one away. The team with the most points (three for each win and one for each draw) at the end of the season is crowned BFL champion. In the case that two or more clubs should be tied for the most points, a championship final is held in the stadium of the current defending champion.

The current defending Bay Football League Champion are the Pleasantview Ravens located in the city of Loyalty Bay, PopularFreedom.


History

The Bay Football League (BFL) was formed in 1899 with four teams, North Beach Sharks, Pleasantview Ravens, Parkcove Rangers, and OceanHeights Archers. In 1907 it expanded when the Central Titans and the Paradise Dolphins joined.

In 1913 it expanded to 8 teams with the arrival of the Rockyedge Crushers and the Falconpoint Hawks.

Finally, in 1955, it expanded to 12 teams with the addition of the Great Falls Eagles, Willowbrook Bobcats, Downtown Capitalists, and the Stornoway Blizzard. These four teams are all located outside the Loyalty Bay central area.

Other football leagues did spring up across the nation of PopularFreedom over the years however the Bay Football League champions are still regarded as the premier power in football in the nation. Occasionally teams from across the nation have gathered to face off against the champion of the Bay Football League however in over 50 matches dating from 1955 to 2007 there has been only one defeat of a Bay Football League team by a PopularFreedom team from outside the Loyalty Bay Greater Area.

In the 2005 season the BFL was tier 1 in a super league which included the Pearson Cliffs Football Association (PCFA), known as tier 2 in the super league. During the next two years the team ranked lowest in the BFL were to play the winner of the PCFA from the previous season. The winner of that game would play in the BFL (tier 1) the following season while the defeated team would play in the PCFA (tier 2) in the season upcoming.

In 2007 it was announced that the PCFA would no longer exist and the teams from it would officially merge into the BFL creating one league of 18 teams without tiers or divisions. The teams that merged into the BFL included the Brunstone Grizzlies, and the Harbour Sharks however the Cliffstone Cougars, Cresthenge Mavericks, Ridgeway Rams, and the Westview Pitbulls opted out of the merger and currently are without a league though continue to compete against themselves and other teams.

In 2007, the BFL also opened up the ability for regional teams to play in the league and welcomed the Zulfía Fishers and the Caballos Salvajes, both from the nation of Vassfforcia.

Champions

1899 North Beach Sharks
1900 Pleasantview Ravens
1901 Parkcove Rangers
1902 OceanHeights Archers
1903 Pleasantview Ravens
1904 North Beach Sharks
1905 North Beach Sharks
1906 North Beach Sharks
1907 OceanHeights Archers
1908 Central Titans
1909 Central Titans
1910 Paradise Dolphins
1911 Pleasantview Ravens
1912 Pleasantview Ravens
1913 Parkcove Rangers
1914 North Beach Sharks
1915 Rockyedge Crushers
1916 North Beach Sharks
1917 Pleasantview Ravens
1918 Pleasantview Ravens
1919 Pleasantview Ravens
1920 North Beach Sharks
1921 Pleasantview Ravens
1922 Parkcove Rangers
1923 Central Titans
1924 Pleasantview Ravens
1925 Central Titans
1926 Rockeyedge Crushers
1927 Central Titans
1928 OceanHeights Archers
1929 Paradise Dolphins
1930 Falconpoint Hawks
1931 Falconpoint Hawks
1932 Parkcove Rangers
1933 North Beach Sharks
1934 Falconpoint Hawks
1935 Rockeyedge Crushers
1936 Falconpoint Hawks
1937 Pleasantview Ravens
1938 Pleasantview Ravens
1939 Pleasantview Ravens
1940 Central Titans
1941 Paradise Dolphins
1942 North Beach Sharks
1943 North Beach Sharks
1944 Pleasantview Ravens
1945 Parkcove Rangers
1946 Central Titans
1947 Pleasantview Ravens
1948 Rockeyedge Crushers
1949 Rockeyedge Crushers
1950 North Beach Sharks
1951 North Beach Sharks
1952 North Beach Sharks
1953 North Beach Sharks
1954 Pleasantview Ravens
1955 North Beach Sharks
1956 Central Titans
1957 Pleasantview Ravens
1958 Pleasantview Ravens
1959 North Beach Sharks
1960 Pleasantview Ravens
1961 Pleasantview Ravens
1962 Paradise Dolphins
1963 North Beach Sharks
1964 OceanHeights Archers
1965 Pleasantview Ravens
1966 Central Titans
1967 North Beach Sharks
1968 North Beach Sharks
1969 Great Falls Eagles
1970 North Beach Sharks
1971 Pleasantview Ravens
1972 Pleasantview Ravens
1973 North Beach Sharks
1974 North Beach Sharks
1975 Pleasantview Ravens
1976 Pleasantview Ravens
1977 Central Titans
1978 Paradise Dolphins
1979 Central Titans
1980 North Beach Sharks
1981 Falconpoint Hawks
1982 Falconpoint Hawks
1983 Falconpoint Hawks
1984 Central Titans
1985 Falconpoint Hawks
1986 Pleasantview Ravens
1987 Willowbrook Bobcats
1988 Pleasantview Ravens
1989 Great Falls Eagles
1990 North Beach Sharks
1991 North Beach Sharks
1992 North Beach Sharks
1993 North Beach Sharks
1994 Pleasantview Ravens
1995 Great Falls Eagles
1996 Pleasantview Ravens
1997 Pleasantview Ravens
1998 North Beach Sharks
1999 Pleasantview Ravens
2000 Parkcove Rangers
2001 North Beach Sharks
2002 Pleasantview Ravens
2003 North Beach Sharks
2004 North Beach Sharks
2005 Central Titans
2006 Pleasantview Ravens
2007 Pleasantview Ravens

First division soccer leagues
Allied States Premiership (The Lowland Clans) | Apex League (Bettia) | Bureaucratic States 1st Division (Oglethorpia) | Casaran First Division (Casari) | Cafundeu First Division (Cafundeu]) | C4 Champions League (Unified Capitalizt States) | CMSC (Candelaria And Marquez) | H1SR (Rejistania | Hockey Canada Soccer League (Hockey Canada) | Jabonga Çwego Ligī (Unified Capitalizt States) | KLF Overleague (Krytenia) | Kzuu Maian Football League (Gigaleague) (Kzuu Mai) | Leaguealese (Legalese) | Liga Starblaydia (Starblaydia) | Liverpool England High League (Liverpool England) | Milchama Football League (Milchama) | Naleloospalakintula Football (Division 1) | National Football League (Daehanjeiguk) | Nedalia Premier League (Nedalia) | Nojikan Premiere League (Nojika) | PopularFreedom Extreme Soccer League (PopularFreedom) | Première Ligue Pepsioli (Oliverry) | Qazox Football League (Qazox) | Qutari Premier League (The Islands of Qutar) | Ratlea Championship Soccer (Ratlea) | Spruitland First Division (Spruitland) | Súprelige (Bedistan) | Liga de Fútbol de Vassfforcia (Vassfforcia) | Virsliga (Boudra-Boudra) | Weegie Premiership (The Weegies) | Winchestia Pro League (Winchestia)