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Brooklyn Wanderers

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Brooklyn Wanderers
Full nameBrooklyn Wanderers Football Club
Founded1890s
Dissolvedc. 1950
StadiumBrooklyn
LeagueASL
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TheBrooklyn Wandererswas a U.S.soccerteam which was a founding member of theNational Association Football Leaguein the late nineteenth century. Later versions joined theoriginal American Soccer Leagueand thereorganized American Soccer League.

Brooklyn Wanderers (1895–1899, 1912–1913)

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History

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In December 1894 the Wanderers were a key part of the formation of theNational Association Football League.[1]The league suspended operations in 1899. The team's competitive record then becomes difficult to follow as it appears to have operated as an independent club. In September 1901, it lost to the Bayonne Rangers during aLabor Daysports carnival.[2]In 1906, a member of the Wanderers acted as a referee in a game between Critchleys and Brooklyn Thistle.[3]This rare reference to the Wanderers is significant in that Critchley's outside rightNat Agar(listed as Agot) later owned the Wanderers. In 1912, the Wanderers rejoined the NAFBL, but withdrew only six games into the season. Several of the players then jumped to Brooklyn F.C.[4]

Year-by-year

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Year Division League Reg. Season Playoffs National Cup
1895 N/A NAFBL 3rd No playoff N/A
1895/96 N/A NAFBL ? No playoff N/A
1896/97 N/A NAFBL ? No playoff N/A
1897/98 N/A NAFBL 6th No playoff N/A
1898/99 N/A NAFBL ? No playoff N/A
1912/13 N/A NAFBL Withdrew No playoff N/A

Brooklyn Wanderers (1922–1931)

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See also:Category:Brooklyn Wanderers (1922–1931) players

History

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In 1922, theBay Ridge F.C.fielded two clubs that fall. One continued under the Bay Ridge F.C. name in the First Division of the amateurNew York State Association Football Leagueand another was a reorganizedBrooklyn Wanderers F.C.that was created to play in the newly-formed semi-proNew Jersey State Soccer League.The home pitch for both teams wasHawthorne Field.[5]

The Wanderers played a handful of games in the New Jersey State League and threeNational Challenge Cupmatches from mid-September through the first week of November in 1922. Then, on November 12 at a special meeting of theAmerican Soccer League,the Wanderers were admitted (a month into the season) as the league's eighth club, belatedly replacing theTodd Shipyards F.C.that had left the league and disbanded during the off-season.[6]

During its years in the ASL, the Wanderers played at Hawthorne Field, a dedicated soccer stadium owned by Agar.[7]In 1926,Béla Guttmannbriefly played for the team.[8][9]After the 1925/26 ASL season the Wanderers, theBoston Soccer Cluband theNew Bedford Whalersjoined with four top Canadian clubs to form the one-offInternational Soccer Leagueheld that summer and early fall. The Wanderers won the season championship, but lost toToronto Ulster Unitedin the final of the league'sNathan Strauss Cup.

The Wanderers folded after the 1931 Spring season, the first half of the ASL 1931 season.

Year-by-year

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Year Division League Reg. Season Playoffs National Cup
1922/23 1 ASL 6th No playoff First round
1923/24 1 ASL 5th No playoff Third round
1924/25 1 ASL 3rd No playoff did not enter
1925/26 1 ASL 7th No playoff Second round
1926 N/A ISL 1st Champion (no playoff) N/A
1926/27 1 ASL 7th No playoff Third round
1927/28 1 ASL 4th (1st half); 8th (2nd half) did not qualify Quarterfinals
1928/29 1 ASL 2nd (1st half); 5th (2nd half) No playoff ?
Fall 1929 1 ASL 7th No playoff N/A
1930 1 ACL/ASL 9th (Spring); 7th (Fall) No playoff Third round
1931 1 ASL 2nd (Spring) No playoff N/A

Brooklyn Wanderers (1932–1933)

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The thirdBrooklyn Wandererswas also a member of theAmerican Soccer League.

The club joined the league before the fall 1932 season and stayed through the disintegration of the league in the spring of 1933.

Year-by-year

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Year Division League Reg. Season Playoffs National Cup
Fall 1932 1 ASL 5th No playoff N/A
Spring 1933 1 ASL ? ? First round

Brooklyn Wanderers (1942–1949)

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See also:Category:Brooklyn Wanderers (1942–1949) players

The fourthBrooklyn Wandererswas a member of the reformedAmerican Soccer League.

Suffering financial trouble, the franchise was bought by the owners ofHakoah A.C.two games into the 1948/49 season. Hakoah left the National League to join the ASL and carried on from the Wanderers' loss and tie.[10]

Year-by-year

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Year Division League Reg. Season Playoffs National Cup
1942/43 N/A ASL 4th No playoff ?
1943/44 N/A ASL 2nd No playoff ?
1944/45 N/A ASL 3rd No playoff ?
1945/46 N/A ASL 4th No playoff ?
1946/47 N/A ASL 2nd No playoff ?
1947/48 N/A ASL 3rd No playoff ?
1948/49 N/A ASL Played two games N/A N/A

References

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  1. ^December 14 1894New York Times
  2. ^September 3 1901New York Times
  3. ^January 2 1906New York Times
  4. ^"U.S. Soccer History - 1913".Archived fromthe originalon January 16, 2008.RetrievedFebruary 9,2008.
  5. ^"Bay Ridge Football Club To Have Two Elevens".The Brooklyn Daily Eagle.September 13, 1922. p. 22.
  6. ^"Bay Ridge Eliminated From Socker Competition".The Brooklyn Daily Eagle.November 13, 1922. p. 22.
  7. ^March 25 1926Bethlehem Globe
  8. ^"Holocaust Memorial Day Trust | Béla Guttmann".
  9. ^Joseph Siegman (2020).Jewish Sports Legends; The International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame
  10. ^Graham, William (October 6, 1948). "Wanderer Club Again Wiped Off Soccer Books".The Brooklyn Daily Eagle.p. 20.
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