Saint George Stadium
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| Full name | Sent György Atlétikai Stadion |
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| Nicknames | Györgyek Dragon Slayers |
| Short name | Saint-George |
| Based in | Angrast |
| Stadium | Saint George Stadium (building) |
| Owner | Utica Internationalis Holdings |
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The Saint George Stadium is a Drevstranese professional Gridiron football team based in Angrast' metropolitan area. The club has existed, in one form or another, since the 1910s and is considered one of the most iconic sport team in Drevstran and one of the greatest Gridiron franchise. At home, they compete in the National Division 1, the highest league of professional Gridiron in Drevstran, but they are also founding members of the Belisarian Gridiron League. The franchise also include a feminine, a junior, and an amateur section.
History
During the Drevstranese Civil War, Ottonian volunteers brought with them Gridiron football which quickly became popular among the units alongside which they served. Stranded in Drevstran because of Ottonia' own civil war between 1917 and 1919, these volunteers ended founding a Gridiron club, the Ottonian Club, the first sport club entirely dedicated to Gridiron in Drevstran. In reaction, Drevstraneses veterans founded their own Gridiron club and began organising regular games with their Ottonian counterparts. Both clubs are then strongly associated with the military and in 1920 members of both teams were part of the Drev-Ottonian Expeditionary Force to participate in the Ottonian Civil War. There, Drevstraneses soldiers had the occasion to learn more about the sport and play against other Ottonian teams. Back to Angrast two years later, veterans installed their club in the St-George Sport Field and renamed it after their new home field. This is generally considered the official founding of St-George Stadium.
What followed is generally considered the "golden age" of the club, part of the amateur era of Gridiron football. They dominated other clubs within Drevstran, winning most of the early leagues and championships they participated in. Internationally, they regularly led "tour" across Belisaria, and especially in Ottonia and also received foreign teams on similar tours, building an healthy rivalry with the Dragons of Draakur that last to this day. But the political and economic troubles of the 50s in Drevstran led to the club entering a downward spiral and falling off grace as a sport team, losing most of its roaster of talents and incapable of re-organising the team. The 50s and 60s are thus generally called the "lost decades" by the fans and the downturn lasted until the club was bought by Jonas Ottman who brought deep and swift reforms to St-George, including its professionalisation.
In 1970, St-George is one of the six founders of the Belisarian Gridiron League, securing its status as an international team. Nonetheless, results were considered less than impressive for a team of its prestige, with the team regularly dropping out of the National Division and not winning the Belisarian Cup once over twenty years. Mismanagement by the owner led to financial difficulties and conflicts within the club.
In the 2000s, Marvek Ottman sold the team to Utica Internationalis Holdings, a Latin investment firm, which re-organised the club in-depth and injected in new cash. While at first this change led to more confusion and troubles, the Gyorgek were finally able to found their foot sport-wise and have returned to dominance since the 2010s.