Mersey Tigers vs Essex Pirates 賽果

Mersey Tigers

球隊 ID：136379

所屬聯賽：_Defunct Basketball Teams

聯賽 ID：4518

國家／地區：United Kingdom

主場：Knowsley Leisure & Culture Park

成立年份：2007

性別：Male

The Mersey Tigers were a professional basketball team based in the city of Liverpool, England. The club was established in 2007 as a start-up franchise of the British Basketball League, the country's elite competition. The Tigers started competing at the start of the 2007–08 season, and won the BBL Cup in their second season as well as finishing as runners-up in the league. Previously, under the name Everton Tigers, the club was an Official Partner of the Everton Football Club organisation and an amalgam of the Toxteth Tigers community youth programme which started in 1968. The club also operated the Tigers Basketball Academy in partnership with Childwall Academy, founded in 2009. However...

Essex Pirates

球隊 ID：136372

所屬聯賽：_Defunct Basketball Teams

聯賽 ID：4518

國家／地區：United Kingdom

主場：Southend Leisure & Tennis Centre

成立年份：2009

性別：Male

Essex Pirates were a British Basketball League team from Southend-on-Sea, in the county of Essex. They were founded in 2009 and played their home games at the Southend Leisure & Tennis Centre. Following the loss of a major sponsor, the franchise withdrew from the league just two weeks prior to the start of the 2011-12 season and have remained inactive since, with much of their former fan-base now following Essex Leopards. History Basketball in Essex Prior to the creation of the Pirates franchise in 2009, the county of Essex had previous flirtations with top-level basketball through the Essex Leopards franchise, still a synonymous name with the area. After mounting costs forced the Great...