Florida Football Alliance

Florida Football Alliance
Sport American football
Inaugural season 2008
President Terrence Page Sr.
No. of teams 14
Country United States
Most recent
champion(s)		 SW Florida Gladiators
Most titles Miami "Magic City" Bulls (6)
Official website FFAFootball.org

The Florida Football Alliance (FFA) is an Adult Amateur Minor League of American football (often referred to as “semi-professional”) based out of Boynton Beach, Florida. Founded in May of 2007, the league opened its first season of operation on January 19, 2008 and remains the oldest continuous operating organization of its type in the Sunshine State. At present, the FFA comprises 14 teams for the 2018 season. Member teams are divided into two separate conferences, Alliance and Florida. Within each of the respective conferences, there are two divisions and all teams play a 10-game regular season schedule that traditionally begins in late January of each year. At the end of the regular season, qualified teams compete in a post-season playoff schedule that begins in April. The champion of each respective conference then compete for the league championship in the final game of the year, dubbed the "Alliance Bowl". Alliance Bowl-XI is scheduled for May 19, 2018 at Larry Kelly Field at Municipal Stadium (Daytona Beach) in Daytona Beach, Florida.

Alliance Bowl

GameDateWinning teamScoreLosing teamVenueCityRef
IMay 3, 2008Miami "Magic City" Bulls30–18Bradenton GladiatorsMunicipal StadiumDaytona Beach, Florida
IIMay 2, 2009Port St. Lucie Bobcats40–34Miami "Magic City" BullsMunicipal Stadium (2)Daytona Beach, Florida (2)[1]
IIIMay 1, 2010Orlando Rage40–34Miami "Magic City" Bulls (2)Hodges StadiumJacksonville, Florida
IVApril 30, 2011Miami "Magic City" Bulls (2)56–50Orlando RageMunicipal Stadium (3)Daytona Beach, Florida (3)
VMay 5, 2012Orlando Rage (2)35–30Bradenton Gladiators (2)Ansin Sports ComplexMiramar, Florida[2]
VIMay 25, 2013Miami "Magic City" Bulls (3)61–28Orlando Rage (2)Tropical Park StadiumMiami, Florida[3]
VIIMay 3, 2014Miami "Magic City" Bulls (4)50-29Bradenton Gladiators (3)Municipal Stadium (4)Daytona Beach, Florida (4)[4]
VIIIMay 30, 2015SW Florida Gladiators51-27Miami "Magic City" Bulls (3)Municipal Stadium (5)Daytona Beach, Florida (5)[5][6]
IXMay 14, 2016Miami "Magic City" Bulls (5)34-20Tampa Bay PatriotsMunicipal Stadium (6)Daytona Beach, Florida (6)
XMay 20, 2017Miami “Magic City” Bulls (6)58-31Tampa Bay Patriots (2)Ronald L Book Athletic Stadium (1)North Miami Beach, Florida (1)
XI May 19, 2018 SW Florida Gladiators 17-14 Twin County Raiders Municipal Stadium (7) Daytona Beach, Florida (7)

Member Teams

TeamLocationDivisionConferenceFirst YearStadium
Miami “Magic City” BullsMiami, FloridaSouthAlliance2008North Miami Athletic Stadium
Twin County RaidersFort Lauderdale, FloridaSouthAlliance2017
South Florida ChargersMiami, FloridaSouthAlliance2017Orange Bowl Field
Southeast Florida ReapersBoynton Beach, FloridaEastAlliance2008Wardell Chance Memorial Field
South Florida WolverinesFort Lauderdale, FloridaEastAlliance2015Orange Bowl Field
Palm Beach MakosRiviera Beach, FloridaEastAlliance2011Dan Calloway Field
Hollywood BrownsHollywood, FloridaWestFlorida2017Ansin Sports Complex
Southwest Florida GladiatorsBradenton, FloridaWestFlorida2008East Manatee Bulldogs Field
Tampa Bay PatriotsTampa, FloridaWestFlorida2015
Dunedin PiratesDunedin, FloridaWestFlorida2017Dunedin Memorial Stadium
Jax X-MenJacksonville, FloridaNorthFlorida2011Andrew Jackson Stadium
River City CommandosJacksonville, FloridaNorthFlorida2017Charles "Boobie" Clark Park
Port Orange StallionsPort Orange, FloridaNorthFlorida2017Coraci Athletics Field
Golden Isles GrizzliesBrunswick, GeorgiaNorthFlorida2018North Glynn Complex

League administration

NamePositionSince
Terrence Page, SrPresident/CEO2007
Mark K. TruebloodCommissioner2014
Christopher McIntoshChairman2007
Cleveland Morley, Jr.1st Vice-Chairman2007
Edrick Sweeting2nd Vice-Chairman2007
Patricia JohnsonSecretary2007
Paula McIntoshTreasurer2007

References

  1. ↑ "St. Lucie defeats Miami-Magic City to win Florida Football Alliance Championship". TCPalm. May 3, 2009. Retrieved October 20, 2013.
  2. ↑ "Former UCF QB Israel, Orlando Rage Alliance V champions". Florida Today. May 13, 2012. Retrieved October 20, 2013.
  3. ↑ Jason Dill (May 21, 2013). "Commentary Bevy of Bradenton Gladiators named Florida Football Alliance all-stars". Bradenton. Retrieved October 20, 2013.
  4. ↑ "2014 Season". FFA. Retrieved July 1, 2015.
  5. ↑ "Semi-pro football: Gladiators win Alliance Bowl". Bradenton Herald. June 1, 2015. Retrieved July 1, 2015.
  6. ↑ "Florida Football Alliance Bowl this weekend at Municipal Stadium". The Daytona Beach News-Journal. May 27, 2015. Retrieved July 1, 2015.
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