The East Midland Eagles were an Australian rules football

Australian rules football

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 club based in Leicester

Leicester

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England

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History

The East Midland Eagles were formed in 1990 as a foundation club of the British Australian Rules Football League. They played seven seasons in the BARFL, their last being 1996. The Eagles struggled for most of their existence in a competition dominated by London

London

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-based clubs with large numbers of Australia

Australia

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n players. They wore the colours of the West Coast Eagles

West Coast Eagles

The West Coast Eagles are an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League. The club is based in Perth, Western Australia. The club was founded in 1986 and played its first games in the 1987 season. Its current home ground is Subiaco Oval...

 from the AFL

Australian Football League

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