Comments on: History | Remembering New Jersey’s immigrant soccer past http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/2008/03/remembering-new-jerseys-immigrant-soccer-past/ Soccer as a second language Tue, 23 Feb 2010 17:10:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Ernesto Kirchgassler http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/2008/03/remembering-new-jerseys-immigrant-soccer-past/comment-page-1/#comment-48073 Ernesto Kirchgassler Fri, 25 Apr 2008 23:01:16 +0000 http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/?p=420#comment-48073 During the late ’70s and ’80s my friends and I were growing up in Jersey City, NJ. We used to get kicked out of the baseball fields in Pershing Field Park which is in the Heights (Central & Manhattan Avenues), and luckily one of our friend's fathers was foreman at a nearby cardboard factory (The Davey Co.) where they had hand-built regulation-sized goals with nets in their parking lot. There we would spend partically all our free time having great games and tons of fun. During the late ’70s and ’80s my friends and I were growing up in Jersey City, NJ. We used to get kicked out of the baseball fields in Pershing Field Park which is in the Heights (Central & Manhattan Avenues), and luckily one of our friend’s fathers was foreman at a nearby cardboard factory (The Davey Co.) where they had hand-built regulation-sized goals with nets in their parking lot. There we would spend partically all our free time having great games and tons of fun.

]]> By: The Global Game | History | Were Paterson FC the first stateside association football club? http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/2008/03/remembering-new-jerseys-immigrant-soccer-past/comment-page-1/#comment-47254 The Global Game | History | Were Paterson FC the first stateside association football club? Wed, 16 Apr 2008 23:04:19 +0000 http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/?p=420#comment-47254 [...] While Oneida played one of the football codes—perhaps a soccer-rugby hybrid—beginning in 1862, photographic evidence offered by a descendant of a Paterson FC captain suggests that the New Jersey side, formed in 1880, staked claim early to playing by the Football Association rules established in London in 1863 (see also Mar 30). [...] [...] While Oneida played one of the football codes—perhaps a soccer-rugby hybrid—beginning in 1862, photographic evidence offered by a descendant of a Paterson FC captain suggests that the New Jersey side, formed in 1880, staked claim early to playing by the Football Association rules established in London in 1863 (see also Mar 30). [...]

]]> By: John Turnbull http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/2008/03/remembering-new-jerseys-immigrant-soccer-past/comment-page-1/#comment-46429 John Turnbull Tue, 01 Apr 2008 22:50:10 +0000 http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/?p=420#comment-46429 The Paterson True Blues participated in the 1894 American FA Cup and lost the final to Pawtucket. They may have competed in previous versions of the AFA Cup, but it is difficult to come by these records. (At various times, there were also teams called Paterson Thistle, Paterson Rangers and Paterson FC.) There were organized association football sides in 1880, in St. Louis and in Eastern cities. Paterson may have been one of these sides, but I cannot confirm it. Certainly your picture is excellent evidence. If you can make a scan of the photo, I can ask someone on the staff at the U.S. Soccer Hall of Fame. Most histories cite Oneida of Boston in the early 1860s as the first U.S. football team, although they played a soccer/rugby hybrid. Otherwise, the first game under London FA rules took place in 1869 between Rutgers and Princeton universities; they played 25 a side, and the sport continued to develop in colleges before clubs took hold in workplaces and communities. The Paterson True Blues participated in the 1894 American FA Cup and lost the final to Pawtucket. They may have competed in previous versions of the AFA Cup, but it is difficult to come by these records. (At various times, there were also teams called Paterson Thistle, Paterson Rangers and Paterson FC.)

There were organized association football sides in 1880, in St. Louis and in Eastern cities. Paterson may have been one of these sides, but I cannot confirm it. Certainly your picture is excellent evidence. If you can make a scan of the photo, I can ask someone on the staff at the U.S. Soccer Hall of Fame.

Most histories cite Oneida of Boston in the early 1860s as the first U.S. football team, although they played a soccer/rugby hybrid. Otherwise, the first game under London FA rules took place in 1869 between Rutgers and Princeton universities; they played 25 a side, and the sport continued to develop in colleges before clubs took hold in workplaces and communities.

]]> By: Patricia Wright http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/2008/03/remembering-new-jerseys-immigrant-soccer-past/comment-page-1/#comment-46408 Patricia Wright Tue, 01 Apr 2008 17:18:29 +0000 http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/?p=420#comment-46408 I have in my possession a photograph dated 1884 of the <a href="http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/?p=437" rel="nofollow">Paterson Football Club</a>. It states that the team was organised in 1880 and was the first club playing the Association Game in the United States. My husband's great-grandfather <strong>Peter Wright</strong> was the captain in the photograph. Peter Wright immigrated from England around 1880 following the decline in the silk industry in England. Can anyone provide me with information regarding the Paterson club at that time? I have in my possession a photograph dated 1884 of the Paterson Football Club. It states that the team was organised in 1880 and was the first club playing the Association Game in the United States.

My husband’s great-grandfather Peter Wright was the captain in the photograph. Peter Wright immigrated from England around 1880 following the decline in the silk industry in England.

Can anyone provide me with information regarding the Paterson club at that time?

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