White-Out Weekend: Titans vs Caesars & U16s Playoffs
This Saturday we have a full day of football on show down at Belle Vue Stadium. From 12pm until 9pm, you can watch some of the best American Football the North has to offer.
Our U16s play their first game at 12pm - a great opportunity for kids who are getting into American Football to come down and see our youngest youth team in action. For everyone who sticks around after the tournament, we’ve got a special evening kick off at 6pm!
Fans in the crowd at Manchester Titans vs Merseyside Nighthawks, 1 August 2026. Photo by @clarkvisuals_.
Our U16s secured a spot in the Northern Playoffs when they beat the North East Academy Giants and Lancashire Buccaneers in two decisive victories at home on 25 July. As the #1 seed in the North, they share a group with the East Kilbride Pirates and the Birmingham Lions. Another two victories guarantees our Titans a spot in the National Finals to be played on 29 August in Staffordshire.
Titans U16 kick off against EKP at 12:00 and they play Birmingham at 15:00.
We will be selling Titans merchandise on the concourse and there will be refreshments available throughout the day. Come down and show your support for our youngest Titans as they battle it out in their pursuit of National Finals!
The Titans merchandise desk run by our fantastic Karina and Elisa. Photo by @clarkvisuals_.
Full U16 Northern Playoff schedule:
12:00 - Pitch 1: Manchester Titans vs East Kilbride Pirates
12:00 - Pitch 2: Yorkshire Academy Assassins vs Sheffield Giants
13:30 - Pitch 1: Birmingham Lions vs East Kilbride Pirates
13:30 - Pitch 2: Edinburgh Knights vs Sheffield Giants
15:00 - Pitch 1: Manchester Titans vs Birmingham Lions
15:00 - Pitch 2: Yorkshire Academy Assassins vs Edinburgh Knights
Evening programme:
16:30 - Doors open for Titans vs Caesars (Premiership North)
17:45 - Team run-outs
18:00 - Kick off
Defensive stalwart Djoss Balela (DB, #0) firing up his teammates. Photo by Alex Bertrand.
From 4.30pm we will start inviting supporters into the grandstand as we gear up for the final game in the Premiership regular season. Our Manchester Titans play their annual white-out game against the Nottingham Caesars at 6pm.
Nottingham are fresh off a massive win up in Scotland where they faced the East Kilbride Pirates, so they’ll be itching to get another win on the board. However, our Titans are on a 7-0 hot streak and won’t want to walk away with anything other than a perfect 8-0 regular season record on Saturday.
Titans duo Josh Mills (QB, #3) and Hafeez Bisiriyu (RB, #34) under the lights in our all-white kit! Photo by Alex Bertrand.