National Association Football League

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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. The league was reconstituted in 1906 and continued to operate until 1921.

1 History
2 1895-1899
- 2.1 Teams
- 2.2 Champions
3 1906-1921
- 3.1 Teams
- 3.2 Champions
4 Links

[edit] History

The NAFBL began operation in 1895 as the third U.S. soccer league which spanned an area greater than a single city or state. The league's teams were concentrated in northern New Jersey, eastern Pennsylvania and New York City. Few records exist for the league, but the teams and standings for four of the five seasons do exist. The first NAFBL folded in 1899. In 1906 the league was revived and continued in operation until 1921. 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.

[edit] 1895-1899

[edit] Teams

Bayonne Centerville (1895-1899)
Kearny Scots (1895-1899)
Brooklyn Wanderers (1895-1899)
Americus A. A. (1895)
Newark Caledonians (1896)
Paterson True Blues (1897-1988)
Kearny Arlington (1897-1899)
Kearny AC (1897-1898)
Paterson Crescent (1897-1898)
Bayonne Bayside (1898-1899)
Kearny Cedars (1898-1899)

[edit] Champions

Year	Winner	Runners-up
1895	Bayonne Centerville	Kearny Scots
1895-1896	No Records
1896-1897	Bayonne Centerville	Brooklyn Wanderers
1897-1898	Peterson True Blues	Kearny Scots
1898-1899	Peterson True Blues	Kearny Arlington

[edit] 1906-1921

[edit] Teams

Bayonne Babcock & Wilcox (1915-1919, 1920-1921)
Bayonne Jersey F.C. (1907-1908)
Bethlehem Steel F.C. (1917-1921)
Bronx United (1910-1915)
Brooklyn Field Club (1909-1916)
Brooklyn Morse Dry Dock (1919-1920)
Bunker Hill F.C. (1920)
Dublin F.C. (1916-1917)
East Newark Clark A.A. (1906-1907, 1908-1909)
Essex County F.C. (1906-1907)
Kearny A.C. (1906-1907)
Kearny Scots (Scots-Americans or Scottish-Americans) (1906-1918)
Newark Caledonians (1912-1914)
Newark F.C. (1906-1911, 1912-1915)
Gorden Rangers (1906)
Haledon Thistles (1915-1916)
Harrison Alley Boys (1915-1916)
Jersey F.C. (Jersey A.C.) (1909-1918)
Kearny Erie (Harrison Erie S.C.) (1919-1921)
Kearny Federal Ship (1919-1921)
Kearny Stars (1906-1907)
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)
Philadelphia Disston (1919-1921)
Philadelphia Merchant Ship (1918-1920)
Robins Dry Dock (Brooklyn Robins Dry Dock) (1918-1921)
St. George F.C. (1913-1914)
Tacony Disston A.A. (1917-1918)
West Hudson A.A (1906-1907, 1908-1918)
West New York Burns Club (1906-1907)
Yonkers Hollywood Inn (1907-1908)

[edit] Champions

Year	Winner	Runners-up
1906-1907	West Hudson A.A.	Kearny Scots
1907-1908	Newark F.C.	Paterson Rangers
1908-1909	East Newark Clark A.A.	West Hudson A.A.
1909-1910	West Hudson A.A.	Jersey A.C.
1910-1911	Jersey A.C.	Paterson Wilberforce
1911-1912	West Hudson A.A.	Paterson Wilberforce
1912-1913	West Hudson A.A.	Paterson True Blue
1913-1914	Brooklyn Field Club	West Hudson A.A.
1914-1915	West Hudson A.A.	Jersey A.C.
1915-1916	Harrison Alley Boys	Kearny Scots
1916-1917	Jersey A.C.	Kearny Scots
1917-1918	Paterson F.C.	Bethlehem Steel F.C.
1918-1919	Bethlehem Steel F.C.	Philadelphia Merchant Ship
1919-1920	Bethlehem Steel F.C.	Keary Erie
1920-1921	Bethlehem Steel F.C.	New York F.C.

[edit] Links

Source

Preceded by ALPF	Division 1 Soccer League in the United States 1895-1921	Succeeded by ASL I

v • d • e Defunct Soccer Leagues In The United States
AFA (1884–88) • ALPF (1894–95) • NAFBL (1895-1921) • ASL I (1921–33) • ASLII (1933–83) • NPSL I (1967) • USA (1967) • NASL (1968–85) • MISL I (1978–92) • NPSL II 1984–01 • USL I (1984–85) • WSL (1985–89) • LSSA (1987–92) • ASL III (1988–89) • CISL (1993–97) • EISL (1997–98) • WISL (1998–01) • WUSA (2001–03)