BritLeague champions' curse

The BritLeague champions' curse is a supposed jinx placed on BritLeague 1 champions, who without explanation suffer a dip of form the season after winning the title.

London Town won the most recent title in 2017, but despite having invested more than £150million on new players to following year, are guaranteed to finish 6th.

The curse is believed to have begun in 2012, when London United won the title but finished a miserable sixth place to following year. Although the 2011 champions, Monsters, finished 5th in 2012. Since then no defending champion has even qualified for the CSA European Champions League the following season. The last time that happened was when Real Birmingham, winners in 2010, finished 2nd the following year, losing a winner-take-all against the Monsters on the final day.

The Curse

 * Monsters (1st 2011, 5th 2012)
 * London United (1st 2012, 6th 2013)
 * Real Birmingham (1st 2013, 5th 2014)
 * London Town (1st 2014, 5th 2015)
 * FC London (1st 2015, 10th 2016)
 * Essex Saxons (1st 2016, 11th 2017)
 * London Town (1st 2017, 6th 2018)