Montreal Manic

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Montreal Manic / Manic de Montréal
Full name	Montreal Manic / Manic de Montréal
Nickname(s)	The Manic / Le Manic
Founded	1981
Dissolved	1983
Ground	Stade Olympique (Capacity 60,000)
Coach	Eddie Firmani Andy Lynch
League	North American Soccer League
Home colours 　 Away colours

The Montreal Manic were a soccer team based out of Montreal that played in the NASL. They played from 1981 to 1983. Their home field was Stade Olympique. Previous to Montreal, the team played as the Philadelphia Fury.

Contents 1 Year-by-year 2 Players 3 Head Coaches 4 Yearly Average Attendance 5 External links

[edit] Year-by-year

Year	League	W	L	T	Pts	Reg. Season	Playoffs
1981	NASL	15	17	—	141	2nd, Eastern Division	Won 1st Round (Los Angeles) Lost Quarterfinal (Chicago)
1981/82	NASL Indoor	9	9	—	—	1st, American Conference, East Division	Lost 1st Round (Tampa Bay)
1982	NASL	19	13	—	159	2nd, Eastern Division	Lost 1st Round (Ft. Lauderdale)
1982/83	NASL Indoor	Season cancelled
1983	NASL	12	18	—	124	4th, Eastern Division	Won 1st Round (New York) Lost Semifinal (Tulsa)

[edit] Players

• Tony Towers (1981-1983)
• Mike Hewitt (1983) [1]
• Gordon Hill (1981-82)
• Alan Willey (1981-83)
• Andy Lynch (soccer) (1981-82)

[edit] Head Coaches

• Eddie Firmani 1981-1982
• Andy Lynch (soccer) (1983)

[edit] Yearly Average Attendance

• 1981 - 23,704
• 1982 - 21,348
• 1983 - 9,910

[edit] External links

• History of the Montreal Manis, from loop48.com