1996 London Monarchs season

The 1996 London Monarchs season was the fourth season for the team in the World League of American Football.

1996 London Monarchs season
Owner(s)	{{{owner}}}
Head Coach	Bobby Hammond Lionel Taylor
General Manager	Gareth Moores
Home Field	White Hart Lane Stamford Bridge
Results
Record	4–6
Place	5th
Playoff Finish	did not qualify
Timeline
Previous season	Next season
1995	1997

Offseason

World League Draft

1996 London Monarchs World League Draft selections

Draft order		Player name	Position	College
Round	Choice
1	3	Russell White	RB	California
2	9	Dunstan Anderson	DE	Tulsa
3	16	Daniel Adams	WR	Houston
4	21	Preston Jones	QB	Georgia
5	28	Sean Crocker	DB	North Carolina
6	33	Profail Grier	RB	Utah State
7	40	Kendall Brown	DE	Louisville
8	45	Mike Suarez	T	Illinois
9	52	Curtis Thomas	WR	Delaware State
10	57	Kevin Gaines	DB	Louisville
11	64	Willie Harris	WR	Mississippi State
12	69	Marc Lamb	T	Montana
13	78	Jim Witherspoon	LB	Ouachita Baptist
14	83	Shar Pourdanesh	T	Nevada
15	90	Roger Ruzek	K	Weber State
16	95	Travis Colquitt	P	Marshall
17	102	Frank Costa	QB	Miami
18	107	Lawann Latson	WR	Northwestern State
19	114	Gaston Green	RB	UCLA

Personnel

Staff

1996 {{{team}}} staff
	Front office General Manager – Gareth Moores Head coaches Head Coach – Bobby Hammond Assistant Head Coach/Linebackers – Jimmy Carr Offensive coaches Offensive Coordinator – Lionel Taylor National Coach/Running Backs – Tony Allen Offensive Line – John Payne			Defensive coaches Defensive Coordinator/Defensive Line – Thurmond Moore Defensive Backs/Special Teams – Maurice Spencer

Roster

1996 London Monarchs roster
	Quarterbacks 12 Frank Costa  8 Preston Jones Running Backs 44 Gaston Green 22 Profail Grier 35 Tony Vinson  9 Russell White Wide Receivers 86 Linzy Collins 80 Willie Harris 85 Edwin Howard  2 Larry Wallace Tight Ends 82 Michael Titley		Offensive Linemen 69 Damon Baldwin C -- Greg Black G 79 Marc Lamb C/T 71 Chris Luneburg T 78 Everett McIver T -- Mike Moody 67 Craig Ritter G 64 Richard Saenz C 65 Tim Simpson G 76 Mike Suarez T 68 Terrence Wisdom G Defensive Linemen 93 Dunstan Anderson DE -- Blaine Berger DT 99 Jerry Drake DE 75 Jeffrey Hunter DT/DE 63 A. J. Jenkins DE 95 William Perry DT		Linebackers 92 Andre Allen OLB 52 Ivan Caesar ILB 58 Darrell Crawford 97 Horace Morris 94 Richard Newbill ILB 56 Nick Smith OLB Defensive Backs -- Melvin Aldridge 31 Sean Crocker CB 25 Kevin Gaines S 28 Kenny McEntyre CB 23 Mark Montreuil 27 Darren Studstill S Special Teams  4 Sonny Feexico P -- David Gordon K  7 Roger Ruzek K		National Players 87 Gerry Anderson TE File:Flag of England.svg 30 Rowelle Blenman DB File:Flag of England.svg 66 Lewis Capes DL File:Flag of England.svg 29 Victor Ebubedike RB File:Flag of England.svg 83 Willie Hinchcliff WR File:Flag of New Zealand.svg  6 Kevin Hurst K File:Flag of England.svg 45 Stephen Hutchinson RB File:Flag of England.svg Rookies in italics

Schedule

Week	Date	Kickoff	Opponent	Results		Game site	Attendance
				Final score	Team record
1	Sunday, April 14	3:00 p.m. BST	Scottish Claymores	L 21–24 (OT)	0–1	White Hart Lane	16,258
2	Saturday, April 20	7:00 p.m. CET	at Frankfurt Galaxy	L 3–37	0–2	Waldstadion	34,186
3	Saturday, April 27	7:00 p.m. CET	at Rhein Fire	W 27–20	1–2	Rheinstadion	16,104
4	Monday, May 6	3:00 p.m. BST	Barcelona Dragons	L 7–9	1–3	White Hart Lane	13,627
5	Saturday, May 11	6:30 p.m. CET	at Amsterdam Admirals	L 9–28	1–4	Olympisch Stadion	8,327
6	Sunday, May 19	3:00 p.m. BST	Frankfurt Galaxy	W 27–7	2–4	White Hart Lane	10,764
7	Monday, May 27	3:00 p.m. BST	Amsterdam Admirals	W 16–13	3–4	White Hart Lane	11,048
8	Sunday, June 2	6:00 p.m. CET	at Barcelona Dragons	L 6–7	3–5	Estadi Olímpic de Montjuïc	9,875
9	Sunday, June 9	3:00 p.m. BST	at Scottish Claymores	L 28–33	3–6	Murrayfield Stadium	15,461
10	Sunday, June 16	3:00 p.m. BST	Rhein Fire	W 17–14	4–6	Stamford Bridge	11,125

Standings

World League
Team	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA	Home	Road	STK
Scottish Claymores	7	3	0	.700	233	190	5–0	2–3	L1
Frankfurt Galaxy	6	4	0	.600	221	220	3–2	3–2	W2
Amsterdam Admirals	5	5	0	.500	250	210	4–1	1–4	L1
Barcelona Dragons	5	5	0	.500	192	230	4–1	1–4	W1
London Monarchs	4	6	0	.400	161	192	3–2	1–4	W1
Rhein Fire	3	7	0	.300	176	191	2–3	1–4	L2