National Association Football League
Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Template:Use American English Template:Infobox football league The National Association Football League (also spelled National Association Foot Ball League) (NAFBL) was a semi-professional U.S. soccer league which operated between 1895 and 1898.[1] The league was reconstituted in 1906 and continued to operate until 1921.[2]
History
The NAFBL was formed in January 1885[3] and by April 1895, the NAFBL began operation as the third significant U.S. soccer league. It drew its teams primarily from northern New Jersey and New York City.[2] Few records exist for the league, but the teams and standings for four of the five seasons do exist.[4] After its first spring-summer season in 1895, the NAFBL moved to a winter schedule in the fall of 1895.
On December 16, 1895, the NAFBL opened its second season with a game pitting the Kearny Scottish-Americans and the International Athletic Club.[5] In 1899, a deep recession, accompanied by the Spanish–American War led to the collapse of several athletic leagues and teams, among them the NAFBL. On August 14, 1906, the league was revived and continued in operation until 1921.[6] That year, several of the top NAFBL teams, frustrated by the amateur/semi-professional nature of the league, joined with other top North Atlantic U.S. teams to form the first fully professional U.S. soccer league, the American Soccer League.
1895–1899
Teams
- Americus A. A. (1895)
- Bayonne Bayside (1898–1899)
- Brooklyn Wanderers (1895–1899)
- Centreville A.C. (1895–1899)
- International A.C. (1895–1896)
- Kearny AC (1897–1898)
- Kearny Arlington (1897–1899)
- Kearny Cedars (1898–1899)
- Kearny Scots (1895–1899)
- Newark Caledonians (1895–1896)
- New York Thistle (1895–1896)
- Paterson Crescent (1897–1898)
- Paterson True Blues (1897–1988)
1906–1921
Teams
- Babcock & Wilcox (1915–1919, 1920–1921)
- Bethlehem Steel F.C. (1917–1921)
- Bronx United (1910–1915)
- Brooklyn Field Club (1909–1916)
- Brooklyn Morse Dry Dock (1919–1920)
- Brooklyn Robins Dry Dock (1918–1921)
- Bunker Hill F.C. (1920)
- Dublin F.C. (1916–1917)
- Clark A.A. (East Newark Clark A.A.) (1906–1907, 1908–1909)
- Essex County F.C. (1906–1907)
- Gorden Rangers (1906)
- Haledon Thistles (1915–1916)
- Harrison Alley Boys (1915–1916)
- Hollywood Inn F.C. (1907–1908)
- Jersey A.C. (1907–1908, 1909–1918)
- Kearny A.C. (1906–1907)
- Erie A.A. (1919–1921)
- Kearny Scots (Scots-Americans or Scottish-Americans) (1906–1918)
- Kearny Federal Ship (1919–1921)
- Kearny Stars (1906–1907)
- Newark Caledonians (1912–1914)
- Newark FC (1906–1911, 1912–1915)
- Newark Hearts (1906–1908)
- Newark Ironsides (1916–1917)
- New York Clan MacDonald (1907–1908, 1913–1915)
- New York F.C. (1916–1921)
- New York IRT (1919)
- Paterson F.C. (1917–1920)
- Paterson Rangers (1906–1915)
- Paterson True Blues (1906–1915)
- Paterson Wilberforce (1909–1914)
- Disston A.A. (Tacony Disston or Philadelphia Disston) (1917–1918, 1919–1921)
- Philadelphia Merchant Ship (1918–1920)
- St. George F.C. (1913–1914)
- West Hudson A.A. (1906–1907, 1908–1918)
- West New York Burns Club (1906–1907)
Champions
Source:[7]
| Ed. | Year | Winner | Runners-up |
|---|---|---|---|
1 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
1895 | Centreville A.C. (1)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Kearny Scots |
2 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
1895–96 | (no records about this season) Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
| |
3 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
1896–97 | Scottish Americans (1)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Brooklyn Wanderers |
4 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
1897–98 | Paterson True Blues (1)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Kearny Scots |
5 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
1898–99 | Paterson True Blues (2)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Kearny Arlington |
– Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
(no championships held 1899–1906) Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
| ||
6 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
1906–07 | West Hudson A.A. (1)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Kearny Scots |
7 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
1907–08 | Newark F.C. (1)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Paterson Rangers |
8 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
1908–09 | East Newark Clark A.A. (1)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Template:Refn | Paterson True Blues |
| West Hudson A.A. (2)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Template:Refn | |||
9 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
1909–10 | West Hudson A.A. (3)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Jersey A.C. |
10 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
1910–11 | Jersey A.C. (1)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Paterson Wilberforce |
11 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
1911–12 | West Hudson A.A. (4)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Paterson Wilberforce |
12 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
1912–13 | West Hudson A.A. (5)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Paterson True Blues |
13 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
1913–14 | Brooklyn F.C. (1)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | West Hudson A.A. |
14 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
1914–15 | West Hudson A.A. (6)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Jersey A.C. |
15 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
1915–16 | Harrison Alley Boys (1)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Kearny Scots |
16 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
1916–17 | Jersey A.C. (2)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Kearny Scots |
17 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
1917–18 | Paterson F.C. (1)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Bethlehem Steel F.C. |
18 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
1918–19 | Bethlehem Steel F.C. (1)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Philadelphia Merchant Ship |
19 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
1919–20 | Bethlehem Steel F.C. (2)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Erie A.A. |
20 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
1920–21 | Bethlehem Steel F.C. (3)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | New York F.C. |
- Notes
References
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- ↑ National Association Foot Ball League on Sover.net (archived)
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- ↑ NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOOT BALL LEAGUE - Results by David A. Litterer on the RSSSF