Jacksonville Tea Men
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The Jacksonville Tea Men were an American soccer team that played briefly in the NASL from 1980-1982 and in the American Soccer League for another brief spell from 1983-1984.
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[edit] NASL
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| Full name | Jacksonville Tea Men | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Founded | 1980 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dissolved | 1982 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ground | Gator Bowl Stadium, Jacksonville, Florida, United States (Capacity 70,000) |
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| Coach | Noel Cantwell | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| League | NASL | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The first Jacksonville Tea Men were a soccer team based out of Jacksonville, Florida that played in the NASL from 1980 to 1982. Their home field was Gator Bowl Stadium. The team was previously known as the New England Tea Men and moved to Jacksonville after playing 2 games in the 1980/81 NASL Indoor season. The Tea Men's coach was Irishman Noel Cantwell, former manager of Coventry City (1967-1972), Peterborough United (1972-1977).
Noatable players are goalkeeper Arnie Mausser, midfielder Archie Gemmill and strikers Alan Green and Ricardo Alonso and Aleksandar Mihailovic.
[edit] Former Players
Keith Bertschin (1982) [1]- Tony Brown (English footballer) (1981)
- Jack Carmichael (1981-82)
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Alan Green (soccer) (1981-82) - Mark Lindsay Footballer) (1982) [2]
- David Stride (1982) [3]
Archie Gemmill (1982) [4]- Tommy O'Hara (1981) [5]
[edit] Year-by-year
| Year | League | W | L | T | Pts | Reg. Season | Playoffs |
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| 1980/81 | NASL Indoor | 8 | 10 | — | — | 3rd, Eastern Division | Did not qualify |
| 1981 | NASL | 18 | 14 | — | 141 | 3rd, Southern Division | Won 1st Round (Atlanta) Lost Quarterfinal (San Diego) |
| 1981/82 | NASL Indoor | 7 | 11 | — | — | 3rd, American Conference, East Division | Did not qualify |
| 1982 | NASL | 11 | 21 | — | 105 | 4th, Southern Division | Did not qualify |
[edit] All-time results
- NASL Regualar Season: 29–35–0
- NASL Playoffs: 3-2
[edit] Average attendance
- 1981: 9,507
- 1982: 7,160
[edit] ASL
The second Jacksonville Tea Men was an American soccer club based in Jacksonville, Florida that was a member of the American Soccer League. It joined the league after the original Tea Men left the NASL.
After the ASL folded, the club moved to the newly formed United Soccer League.
[edit] Year-by-year
| Year | Division | League | Reg. Season | Playoffs | U.S. Open Cup |
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| 1983 | 2 | ASL | 1st, Eastern | Champion | Did not enter |
| 1984 | N/A | USL | 3rd, Southern | Did not qualify | Did not enter |
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