Leicester Panthers

The club can boast Denver Broncos head coach Sean Payton as their most famous alumnus, as he was the starting quarterback in the 1988 season.

[1][2] A number of original players from the Leicester Panthers, including rugby star Martin Johnson, who had played for the team in the early 1990s, Barry Driver, Charles Thompson and Neil Eastoll, reformed in 2007 to play a charity match against the Loughborough Aces for the Matt Hampson Trust; the Panthers won 20–3.

This had the desired effect and helped an improving team to win its next four matches and secure a wildcard place in the 2010 season play-offs.

In the playoffs, the Falcons beat Doncaster Mustangs in the quarterfinals, before a famous upset win against top seeds London Olympians in the semifinal, to set up a rematch with East Kilbride Pirates at Britbowl XXV.

As a result, both head coach Stuart Franklin and interim GM Colin Branagh left their positions.

The 2015 season saw the return of Guy Kersey and Head Coach Lester Hopewell, as well as a move to a new home ground, Leicester Road Stadium at De Montfort Park, Hinckley.

With home field advantage, the Falcons defeated division rivals Staffordshire Surge 60–0 and the Chester Romans 58–29 earning them a spot in the NFCII bowl game on 11 September.

Travelling to Leeds to take on the second seeded Newcastle Vikings, Leicester rode out 36–0 winners, securing their 9th shutout victory of the season and completing the perfect record of 13–0–0.

The team earned promotion and competed in Division 1 for the 2017 season, setting up local rivalries with the likes of Sandwell, Birmingham and Coventry.

With Noel Cassar taking over as head coach, the Falcons dominated NFC1 South, finally overcoming their bogey team Sandwell Steelers and beating local rivals Coventry Jets and Nottingham Caesars on their way to a 9–1–0 regular season record.

This ensured the Falcons returned to the top tier of football in 2019, however this was short lived; with the existing Premiership teams holding a meeting with BAFA and refusing to play due to not wanting to play against some of the Americans that the Falcons roster had, BAFA instituted a rule a few weeks before the season effectively removing a number of starters from the Flacon's roster, they were subsequently narrowly relegated with a 2–8–0 record (just one tie behind Sheffield Giants' 2–7–1 record).

Following a year without football in 2020, the Falcons signed former Nottingham Hoods quarterback and NAIA National Championship-winning Head Coach Mike Grossner to lead the team into 2021.

2022 saw the return of league play, as Leicester won every regular season game in the NFC 1 South to go 10–0–0 and enter playoffs as the top seed.

After beating Chester Romans for a third time that season in the Division 1 quarter-finals, the Falcons welcomed East Kilbride Pirates for the semi-final matchup.

In 2011, they entered the BAFACL Junior division for the first time and finished their inaugural season with a 1–7 record, with the sole win coming against Coventry Jets.

The club discontinued the academy in 2015 due to low numbers, but relaunched the U16 Youth team in 2018 in conjunction with local school Fullhurst College.