Founded | 2008 |
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Dissolved | 2021 |
League | BAFA National Leagues |
Division | Associate |
Location | Leeds, West Yorkshire |
Stadium | West Leeds RUFC |
Colours | Gold Helmets White, Navy & Gold Jerseys White & Navy Pants |
Head coach | n/a |
General manager | N/a |
Division titles | 2016, 2017 |
Playoff berths | 2016, 2017, 2019 |
The Leeds Bobcats were a British American football team based in Leeds, West Yorkshire who played in the BAFA National Leagues. The club was formed as the Bobcats in 2008 as a youth football team following ties with the Celina Bobcats from Texas. A Bobcats senior team began playing associate Football from 2011 onwards until being granted BAFA status in 2014 in order to debut in the 2015 season. The club has since grown from strength to strength from then onward making it to the playoffs in their second season.
Just before the start of the 2022 season, The Bobcats announced they had resigned their BAFANL spot, and would be demoting themselves to the BAFA Associate programme. Furthermore the club announced they were being absorbed into the programme of their local rivals the Yorkshire Rams and would be known as the Yorkshire Academy Rams thus becoming the Rams development team, however despite announcing their intention to operate, by 20 February 2023 the team had yet to begin operations.[1]