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2025 Captains Announced

Meet your Sussex Thunder AFC 2025 Team Captains Offensive Captains: Oli DeRuyter, Jaden Ellis, Johnny Mills Defensive Captains: Adam Tyler-Kinnane, Nick West Let’s go Thunder!

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2025 Season Schedule

The wait is over! The Sussex Thunder are back for the 2025 season, and it all kicks off April 13 at Whitemans Green Sports Club as we take on the Wembley Stallions! Mark your calendars and get ready for a season of hard hits, big plays, and electrifying action! Let’s bring the thunder! Home games…

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Off Season Open Training 2023

These sessions are aimed for people new to the sport, or new to the team, or to players that are missing football in the off-season. All you will need are a pair of boots (not metal or moulded studs) and water. All training sessions to be held at Falmer Sports Complex Sunday 22nd October 10am-1pm…

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2023 Thunder Schedule

All set to go! Our season will officially kick off April 23rd where we will take on the Colchester Gladiators at home! It’s still not too late to be a part of the Thunder family for the forthcoming season, please message for more details on how to join! Design Credit: Kyle Hemsley

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New Home Venue for 2023

We are pleased to announce our new home venue for the upcoming season will be at Haywards Heath Rugby Football Club! Our first fixture sees us welcoming the Colchester Gladiators on 23rd April and with the addition of a clubhouse serving drinks and food we hope to see as many of you there as possible as…

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Announcing Chris Chesney Percival as Defensive Coordinator

We are pleased to announce another coaching appointment as Chris Chesney Percival will be our new Defensive Coordinator! Chris is no stranger to Thunder after having spent 15 seasons here as a player and more recently on the coaching staff and was a part of the 2008 Championship winning squad which in the same year…

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Announcing Karl Filmer-Sankey as Offensive Coordinator

After our recent unveiling of Head Coach Billy Walker we are pleased to announce that Karl Filmer-Sankey will be our new offensive coordinator! Karl brings with him a wealth of experience as both player and coach and was a member of our 2012 Div 1 Championship winning team. Here’s what he had to say on…

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Announcing Billy Walker as Head Coach

We are pleased to announce the appointment of our new Head Coach, Billy Walker. Coach Walker is committed to laying down a strong foundation with both his enthusiasm and extensive knowledge of the game as Thunder embark upon a new era after Coach and club legend Ian Ellis retired at the end of last season….

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2022 End of Season MVPs

Following on from last week’s end of season awards do, we are pleased to announce our MVP’s from the ’22 season: Team MVP: Rene Zokra Defensive MVP: Josh Conlon Offensive MVP: Jaden Ellis Lineman of The Year: Mark Bannister Special Teams MVP: James Brooker Most Improved: Basil Dsouza Rookie of The Year: Rory Chick Players…

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Thunders 2021 Schedule

Following the recent British American Football Association announcement, we are pleased to announce our 2021 Schedule.