BRIT TOWERS HERALD

  I was sitting in my Commish office this morning when I heard the thunder of horses hooves and the rattling on the cobbles. I opened my door to see a regal, golden chariot being pulled by four white horses. The carriage door opened, a red carpet was rolled to my step and out stepped Dan, the GM of the Wessex Monarchs. He strode to my door, monarch gown flowing and handed me a rolled up parchment sealed with candle wax. Ladies and Gentlemen of the BFFL realm, please be upstanding for the announcement of the 2021 Keepers for the Wessex Monarchs. The King Is Dead, Long Live The King! The following players have been banished from the kingdom of the Wessex Monarchs, under royal command, and will be placed back into the BFC 2021 Draft Pool: Nick Mullens Leonard Fournette Boston Scott JaMycal Hasty Curtis Samuel Antonio Brown Brandin Cooks Corey Davis Jack Doyle Mo Alie-Cox Graham Gano Cameron Jordan Frank Clark Trey Flowers Eric Rowe Marcus Peters Trevon Diggs Jalen Mills Josh Allen (De...

  Wessex was an Anglo-Saxon kingdom in the south of Great Britain from AD 519 until England was unified under Athelstan. Wessex was invaded by the Danes in 871, they were paid to leave by Alfred the Great but returned once more in 876. In 927 Great Britain became a once more powerful kingdom under Athelstan. Cnut the Great conquered England in 1016, but in 1066 King Harold II reunited the earldom and Wessex ceased to exist. In sporting terms, Wessex covers such a wide area that many sports teams can be caught under that umbrella, but the Wessex Football League is a "thing". Founded in 1986 it is the fifth step in the National League System and encompasses football clubs from Wiltshire, Berkshire, Hampshire, Dorset and the Isle of Wight. The Wessex Monarchs were an expansion team in 2020, taking over from the defunct Surrey Lynx. The GM was previously in charge of Plymouth Solars in the BFA and took the offer to step up a league. He spent the rest of the season just trying to ...