Feb. 27, 1927 – Brooklyn Wanderers 1:1 [AET] Fall River Marksmen, ASL Challenge Cup at Hawthorne Field (Att.: 7,000)
Brooklyn Wanderers right half Mahrer opened the scoring with a free kick in the opening minute of the second half. Fall River’s Sam Kennedy equalized with a free kick in the final seconds of regulation “within a half minute of time …” according to The Boston Globe.
Feb. 26, 1924 – Fall River Marksmen buy center halfback Bill Fryer “at a price said to be the highest ever paid for a soccer player in this country”
Bill Fryer, an ex-Barnsley player, captained Paterson’s U.S. Open Cup champions and was playing for the New York National Giants. No figures were reported in the Boston Globe story. A Wikipedia entry lists a $1,500 transfer fee.
Feb. 25, 1917 – Soccer Invitation of Danes Declined
Pres John A. Fernley of Pawtucket presided as the National Council of the United States Football Association met in Providence. The Danish Association “offer of $9,000 for a series of international matches in that country next May and June was declined, but the Missouri Association was given permission to send a team to Sweden in […]
Feb. 24, 1924 – Fall River supporters steaming to Brooklyn
According to The Boston Globe, for the Fall River Marksmen’s National Challenge Cup (U.S. Open Cup) game against Bethlehem Steel, owner Sam Mark … “has chartered two steamers, SS Priscilla and Chester W. Chapin, and there is no room left on either, so many of the Fall River fans will have to make other arrangements. […]
Feb. 23, 1930 – Fall River Marksmen 6:1 Bridgeport Hungaria, Atlantic Coast League
In the midst of a “Soccer War,” the top professional teams were divided between the American Soccer League and Atlantic Coast League. The ASL had been concentrated in New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania and two New England states (Massachusetts and Rhode Island). Connecticut’s Bridgeport Hungaria represented a chance to expand.
Feb. 22, 1931 – Fall River Marksmen 5:2 Velez Sarsfield at Mark’s Stadium, N. Tiverton, R.I. (Att.: 1,700)
This was a rematch for several players of the 1930 World Cup semifinals, Argentina defeating the U.S., 6-1, in Montevideo. Velez Sarsfield had a 20W-1L-4D record on tour of Chile, Cuba, Mexico, Peru and the U.S., using several players on loan, such as Bernabé Ferreyra, Fernando Paternoster and Francisco Varallo. Ferreyra was likely the Velez […]