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American football: Mud sweat and touchdowns beyond the NFL - grassroots gridiron in the UK

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The British American Football Association currently lists 160 active clubs in the UK .

With 140 players across three teams, Wembley Stallions are one of many clubs taking the sport from the screen and putting it into the grassroots.

Warren Smart began playing the sport in the 1980s after he was medically discharged from the Royal Air Force .

Daniella Hamelberg , 26 , was the only female on the entire roster of the Brunel Burners at university.

British Universities and Colleges Sport [BUCS] have no gender-based eligibility requirements to their competitions.

The women's game is currently going through a transitional period where a nine -a-side format has been introduced alongside the sevens game.

Hamelberger now coaches the Stallions ' under-19s team and the Burners at Brunel University .

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