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Calcio Storico Fiorentino 2014

Comune di Firenze Logo [Reference: 1]

Results

*Date*	*Home Team*		*Away Team*
	Semi-Finals
14.06.2014	Bianchi di Santo Spirito	2	Azzurri di Santa Croce	1
15.06.2014	Rossi di Santa Maria Novella	*	Verdi di San Giovanni	0
	Final
24.06.2014	Bianchi di Santo Spirito		Rossi di Santa Maria Novella

Calcio Storico Fiorentino 2014 [Reference: 2]

Note: *Match suspended after 34 minutes due to a player from Verdi refusing to leave the field after being ejected. Match awarded to Rossi.

Note 2: Final Cancelled by Mayor Dario Nardella due to tensions arisng over the abandoned Semi-Final.

Report

The 2014 Calcio Fiorentino Final was cancelled due to tensions arising out of the abandoned Semi-Final between Rossi di Santa Maria Novella and Verdi di San Giovanni which was awarded to Rossi after a Verdi player refused to leave the field after being ejected.

The Rossi were due to meet Bianchi di Santo Spirito in the Final after they defeated Azzurri di Santa Croce in the other Semi-Final.

Images

[1] Calcio Storico Fiorentino Sito Ufficiale (2020) logo-tamburino-firenze [Internet] Available from: http://www.calciostoricofiorentino.it/sites/default/files/logo-tamburino-firenze.png [Accessed 4 August 2020]

Websites

[2] Calcio Storico Fiorentino Sito Ufficiale (2020) Risultati Partite [Internet] Available from: http://www.calciostoricofiorentino.it/risultati_partite [Accessed 4 August 2020]

[4] Calcio Storico Fiorentino Sito Ufficiale (2020) CALCIO STORICO FIORENTINO [Internet] Available from: http://calciostoricofiorentino.it/?q=calcio-storico-fiorentino [Accessed 4 August 2020]

[5] Calcio Storico Fiorentino Sito Ufficiale (2020) Studies & Documentation [Internet] Available from: http://www.calciostoricofiorentino.it/?q=studi_e_documentazione [Accessed 4 August 2020]

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Calcio Storico Fiorentino 2015

Comune di Firenze Logo [Reference: 1]

Results

*Date*	*Home Team*		*Away Team*
	Semi-Finals
13.06.2015	Verdi di san Giovanni	3½	Rossi di Santa Maria Novella	2½
14.06.2015	Bianchi di Santo Spirito	3½	Azzurri di Santa Croce	2
	Final
24.06.2015	Bianchi di Santo Spirito	4½	Verdi di San Giovanni	½

Calcio Storico Fiorentino 2015 [Reference: 2]

Report

Bianchi di Santo Spirito won the Calcio Fiorentino in 2015 with a 4½ to ½ triumph over Verdi San Giovanni in the Final. They had defeated Rossi di Santa Maria Novella in the Semi-Finals.

Images

Websites

[2] Calcio Storico Fiorentino Sito Ufficiale (2020) Risultati Partite [Internet] Available from: http://www.calciostoricofiorentino.it/risultati_partite [Accessed 4 August 2020]

[4] Calcio Storico Fiorentino Sito Ufficiale (2020) CALCIO STORICO FIORENTINO [Internet] Available from: http://calciostoricofiorentino.it/?q=calcio-storico-fiorentino [Accessed 4 August 2020]

[5] Calcio Storico Fiorentino Sito Ufficiale (2020) Studies & Documentation [Internet] Available from: http://www.calciostoricofiorentino.it/?q=studi_e_documentazione [Accessed 4 August 2020]

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Calcio Storico Fiorentino 2016

Comune di Firenze Logo [Reference: 1]

Results

*Date*	*Home Team*		*Away Team*
	Semi-Finals
11.06.2016	Verdi di San Giovanni	5	Bianchi di Santo Spirito	8
12.06.2016	Rossi di Santa Maria Novella	2	Azzurri di Santa Croce	6½
	Final
24.06.2016	Bianchi di Santo Spirito	6½	Azzurri di Santa Croce	6

Calcio Storico Fiorentino 2016 [Reference: 2]

Report

Bianchi di Santo Spirito won the Calcio Fiorentino in 2016, with a narrow 6½ to 6 win over Azzurri di Santa Croce in the Final, after winning by 3 against Verdi di San Giovanni (8-5) in the Semi-Finals.

Images

Websites

[2] Calcio Storico Fiorentino Sito Ufficiale (2020) Risultati Partite [Internet] Available from: http://www.calciostoricofiorentino.it/risultati_partite [Accessed 4 August 2020]

[4] Calcio Storico Fiorentino Sito Ufficiale (2020) CALCIO STORICO FIORENTINO [Internet] Available from: http://calciostoricofiorentino.it/?q=calcio-storico-fiorentino [Accessed 4 August 2020]

[5] Calcio Storico Fiorentino Sito Ufficiale (2020) Studies & Documentation [Internet] Available from: http://www.calciostoricofiorentino.it/?q=studi_e_documentazione [Accessed 4 August 2020]

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Thanks to Francesco.

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Calcio Storico Fiorentino 2017

Comuni di Firenze Logo [Reference: 1]

Results

*Date*	*Home Team*		*Away Team*
	Semi-Finals
10.06.2017	Rossi di Santa Maria Novella	11½	Verdi di San Giovanni	4
11.06.2017	Bianchi di Santo Spirito	0	Azzurri di Santa Croce #	3
	Semi-Finals
24.06.2017	Rossi di Santa Maria Novella	5½	Bianchi di Santo Spirito	6

Calcio Storico Fiorentino 2017 [References: 2]

Report

Bianchi di Santo Spirito won the Calcio Fiorentino in 2017, triumphing 6 to 5½ over Rossi di Santa Maria Novella in the Final, after being awarded the match against Azzurri di Santa Croce in the Semi-Finals folllowing an aggresive act against the referee.

References

Images

Websites

[2] Calcio Storico Fiorentino Sito Ufficiale (2020) Risultati Partite [Internet] Available from: http://www.calciostoricofiorentino.it/risultati_partite [Accessed 4 August 2020]

[4] Calcio Storico Fiorentino Sito Ufficiale (2020) CALCIO STORICO FIORENTINO [Internet] Available from: http://calciostoricofiorentino.it/?q=calcio-storico-fiorentino [Accessed 4 August 2020]

[5] Calcio Storico Fiorentino Sito Ufficiale (2020) Studies & Documentation [Internet] Available from: http://www.calciostoricofiorentino.it/?q=studi_e_documentazione [Accessed 4 August 2020]

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Camanachd Association Shinty South Division 1 2016-2019

Camanachd Association Logo [Reference: 1]

CA Shinty South Division 1 2016

	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
Oban Celtic (C)	14	11	1	2	76	11	23
Aberdour	14	7	3	4	30	24	17
Lochside Rovers	14	7	2	5	40	31	16
Taynuilt	14	4	4	6	21	38	12
Col Glen	14	4	4	6	21	39	12
Kyles Athletic	14	4	3	7	28	40	11
Glenorchy	14	4	2	8	14	26	10
Inveraray	14	4	3	7	21	42	9*

Camanachd Association Shinty South Division 1 2016 [Reference: 3]

CA Shinty South Division 1 2017

	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
Lochside Rovers (C)	18	13	3	1	74	12	30*
Aberdour	18	9	4	5	50	35	22
Kilmory	18	7	3	4	44	31	22*
Bute	18	11	4	1	52	16	21*
Tayforth	18	7	2	7	30	44	19*
Ballachulish	18	4	5	8	27	47	15*
Kyles Athletic	18	4	2	9	27	54	14*
Taynuilt	18	4	4	9	30	37	13*
Col Glen	18	2	5	9	18	40	12*
Glenorchy	18	1	2	9	18	54	2*

Camanachd Association Shinty South Division 1 2017 [References: 3]

CA Shinty South Division 1 2018

	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
Bute (C)	16	11	3	2	43	17	25
Lochside Rovers	16	11	3	2	42	21	25
Kyles Athletic	16	10	4	2	47	15	24
Aberdour	16	6	4	6	36	32	16
Col Glen	16	6	4	6	33	37	16
Ballachulish	16	4	4	8	33	37	12
Taynuilt	16	3	5	8	23	46	11
Inveraray	16	3	2	11	27	48	6*
Tayforth	16	2	3	11	21	52	5*
Kilmory	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Camanachd Association Shinty South Division 1 2018 [Reference: 5]

CA Shinty South Division 1 2019

	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
Aberdour (C)	16	13	2	1	65	25	28
Ballachulish	16	8	2	6	42	40	18
Lochside Rovers	16	8	1	7	45	31	17
Tayforth	16	7	3	6	44	51	17
Kyles Athletic	16	7	2	7	34	39	16
Taynuilt	16	6	1	9	37	38	13
Col Glen	16	5	2	9	26	41	12
Glasgow Mid Argyll	16	6	0	10	33	49	12
Inveraray	16	4	3	9	42	54	9*

Camanachd Association Shinty South Division 1 2019 [Reference: 6]

Report

Oban Celtic in 2016, Lochside Rovers in 2017, Bute in 2018 and Aberdour in 2019 were the Champions of the Camanachd Association South Division 1 from 2016 to 2019. The South Division 1 is the top Regional Division in Scottish Men’s Shinty below the two National Divisions.

2 Pts Win / 1 Pt Draw / 0 Pts Loss / * Points Adjustments

Websites

[1] Camanachd Association (2017) Camanachd Association Logo [Internet] https://www.shinty.com/uploads/news-images/_w800fit/camanach-logo-wide.jpg [Accessed 9 March 2018]

[2] Shinty.com (2017) Camanachd Association Shinty.com Logo [Internet] http://www.shinty.com/images/logo.gif [Accessed 20 March 2017]

[3] Shinty.com (2020) Camanachd Association Marine Harvest South Division 1 2017 [Internet] Available from: https://www.shinty.com/fixtures-and-results/2016/south-division-1 [Accessed 21 March 2020

[4] Shinty.com (2017) Camanachd Association Marine Harvest South Division 1 2017 [Internet] http://www.shinty.com/fixtures-live/marine-harvest-south-division-1/ [Accessed 10 April 2017][Accessed 2 May 2017][Accessed 21 May 2017][Accessed 5 June 2017][Accessed 27 June 2017][Accessed 4 July 2017]

[5] Shinty.com (2018) Camanachd Association Marine Harvest South Division 1 2017 [Internet] Available from: https://w.fixtureslive.com/staticapi.aspx?a=statzone_comp.ashx%3fdivD%3d57115 [Accessed 29 December 2018]

[6] Shinty.com (2019) Camanachd Association Marine Harvest South Division 1 2017 [Internet] Available from: https://www.shinty.com/fixtures-and-results/2019/mowi-south-division-1 [Accessed 11 December 2019]

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Camanachd Association Shinty North Division 1 2016-2019

Camanachd Association Logo [Reference: 1]

CA Shinty North Division 1 2016

	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
Newtownmore (C)	16	15	0	1	82	21	30
Strathglass	16	11	2	3	64	29	24
Kingussie	16	9	3	4	45	28	21
Glenurquhart	16	7	1	8	29	43	15
Skye	16	6	1	9	31	38	13
Beauly	16	5	2	9	28	47	12
Kinlochshiel	16	5	1	10	32	29	11
Fort William	16	5	0	11	25	53	10
Lovat	16	3	2	11	19	67	8

Camanachd Association Shinty North Division 1 2016 [References: 3]

CA Shinty North Division 1 2017

	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
Newtownmore (C)	14	11	2	1	61	14	24
Aberdeen University*	14	9	1	2	53	27	22
Kingussie	14	8	2	4	49	28	18
Skye	14	5	3	6	27	23	13
Fort William*	14	3	4	6	30	44	11
Kinlochshiel*	14	4	0	9	13	36	9
Glenurquhart	14	2	3	9	16	42	7
Beauly*	14	3	1	8	16	51	2

Camanachd Association Shinty North Division 1 2017 [References: 4]

CA Shinty North Division 1 2018

	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
Newtownmore (C)	14	13	0	1	57	13	26
Fort William	14	8	4	2	28	10	20
Glengarry	14	9	0	5	52	39	18
Kingussie	14	7	3	4	34	33	17
Skye	14	6	1	7	32	21	13
Kinlochshiel	14	2	3	9	15	62	7
Glenurquhart	14	2	1	11	24	43	5
Aberdeen University	14	2	2	10	25	46	4*

Camanachd Association Shinty North Division 1 2018 [References: 5]

CA Shinty Mowi North Division 1 2019

	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
Newtownmore (C)	20	13	3	4	74	36	29
Glengarry	20	13	3	4	71	36	29
Lovat	20	8	8	3	64	36	25*
Fort William	20	12	1	7	47	30	25
Glenurquhart	20	8	5	7	41	48	21
Skye	20	6	7	7	33	39	19
Kingussie	20	5	6	7	34	39	18*
Caberfeidh	20	8	1	11	51	47	15*
Inverness	20	8	4	8	49	37	12*
Kinlochshiel	20	4	2	14	26	78	10
Aberdeen University	20	2	0	15	14	78	-3*

Camanachd Association Shinty North Division 1 2019 [References: 6]

2 Pts Win / 1 Pt Draw / 0 Pts Loss / * Points Adjustments

Report

Newtownmore won the Shinty North Division 1 four years in succession from 2016 to 2019. The North is one of two regional structures underneath the two National Divisions in the Camanachd Association Shinty Men’s Leagues.

Shinty is a stick-an-ball game that has the same origins as Hurling and is most popular in the Scottish Highlands.

Websites

[1] Camanachd Association (2017) Camanachd Association Logo [Internet] https://www.shinty.com/uploads/news-images/_w800fit/camanach-logo-wide.jpg [Accessed 9 March 2018]

[2] Shinty.com (2017) Camanachd Association Shinty.com Logo [Internet] http://www.shinty.com/images/logo.gif [Accessed 20 March 2017]

[3] Shinty.com (2020) Camanachd Association Marine Harvest North Division 1 2017 [Internet] Available from: http://www.shinty.com/fixtures-and-results/2016/north-division-1 [Accessed 21 March 2020]

[4] Shinty.com (2017) Camanachd Association Marine Harvest North Division 1 2017 [Internet] http://www.shinty.com/fixtures-live/marine-harvest-north-division-1/ [Accessed 10 April 2017][Accessed 2 May 2017][Accessed 21 May 2017][Accessed 5 June 2017][Accessed 27 June 2017][Accessed 4 July 2017]

[5] Shinty.com (2020) Camanachd Association Marine Harvest North Division 1 2018 [Internet] Available from: https://w.fixtureslive.com/staticapi.aspx?a=statzone_comp.ashx%3fdivD%3d57114 [Accessed 21 March 2020]

[6] Shinty.com (2020) Camanachd Association Marine Harvest North Division 1 2018 [Internet] Available from: http://www.shinty.com/fixtures-and-results/2019/mowi-north-division-1 [Accessed 21 March 2020]

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Camanachd Association Shinty National Division 2016-2019

Camanachd Association Logo [Reference: 1]

CA Shinty National Division 2016

	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
Kilmallie (C)	14	11	3	0	51	14	25
Glasgow Mid Argyll	14	9	3	2	49	18	21
Inveraray	14	8	3	3	43	25	19
Beauly	14	7	3	4	53	26	17
Caberfeidh	14	6	2	6	30	29	14
Bute	14	1	5	8	13	37	7
Inverness	14	2	2	10	27	47	6
Ballaculish	14	1	1	12	11	81	3

Camanachd Association Shinty National Division 2016 [References: 3]

CA Shinty National Division 2017

	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
Skye (C)	14	12	2	0	50	9	26
Caberfeidh	14	9	2	3	47	18	20
Fort William	14	9	2	3	40	22	20
Inveraray	14	6	1	7	32	26	13
Beauly	14	5	3	6	29	41	13
Oban Celtic	14	4	2	8	30	44	10
Strathglass	14	2	4	8	21	35	8
Inverness	14	0	2	12	14	68	2

Camanachd Association Shinty National Division 2016 [Reference: 4]

CA Shinty National Division 2018

	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
Kilmallie (C)	14	11	1	2	48	25	23
Inveraray	14	9	2	3	38	18	20
Fort William	14	9	1	4	33	18	19
Glasgow Mid Argyll	14	6	4	4	42	23	16
Oban Celtic	14	5	2	7	39	38	12
Beauly	14	3	3	8	19	38	9
Strathglass	14	3	2	9	23	42	8
Inverness	14	2	1	11	16	56	5

Camanachd Association Shinty National Division 2018 [Reference: 5]

CA Shinty National Division 2019

	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
Fort William (C)	14	14	0	0	68	19	28
Glasgow Mid Argyll	14	8	4	2	34	10	20
Glenurquhart	14	7	3	4	52	26	17
Skye	14	8	1	5	49	29	17
Oban Celtic	14	5	3	6	31	46	13
Beauly	14	4	2	8	24	38	10
Strathglass	14	1	2	11	13	52	4
Bute	14	0	3	11	8	59	3

Camanachd Association Shinty National Division 2019 [References: 6]

Report

The National Division is the second division of the Camanachd Association Men’s Shinty Leagues, and was reinstated in 2016 after a gap of 9 years (it was previously known as Division 1 from 2000 to 2007).

Champions, and thus promoted to the Shinty Premiership from 2016 to 2019 were Kilmallie in 2016, Skye in 2017, Kilmallie again in 2018 and Fort William in 2019. The 2020 season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 Coronavirus Pandemic.

References

Websites

[1] Camanachd Association (2017) Camanachd Association Logo [Internet] https://www.shinty.com/uploads/news-images/_w800fit/camanach-logo-wide.jpg [Accessed 9 March 2018]

[2] Shinty.com (2017) Camanachd Association Shinty.com Logo [Internet] http://www.shinty.com/images/logo.gif [Accessed 20 March 2017]

[3] Shinty.com (2020) Marine Harvest National Division 2016 [Internet] Available from: https://www.shinty.com/fixtures-and-results/2016/national-division [Accessed 21 March 2020]

[4] Shinty.com (2017) Camanachd Association Marine Harvest National Division 2017 [Internet] http://www.shinty.com/fixtures-live/marine-harvest-national-division/ [Accessed 10 April 2017][Accessed 24 April 2017][Accessed 2 May 2017][Accessed 21 May 2017][Accessed 5 June 2017][Accessed 27 June 2017][Accessed 4 July 2017]

[5] Shinty.com (2018) Camanachd Association Marine Harvest National Division [Internet] Available from: https://w.fixtureslive.com/staticapi.aspx?a=statzone_comp.ashx%3fdivD%3d57113 [Accessed 29 December 2018]

[6] Camanachd Association | Fixtures Live (2019) Mowi National Division 2019 | Table [Internet] Available from: https://w.fixtureslive.com/staticapi.aspx?a=statzone_comp.ashx%3fdivID%3d59106 [Accessed 11 December 2019]

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European Soccer Super League Proposition

With the new World Club Cup from next year being a 24-team tournament like the World Cup for countries, and the Coronavirus COVID-19 Pandemic bringing to full focus the amount of games players are playing and the need for safety in scheduling, Eirball takes a look at what could be a solution to the problem of a European Super League.

While reading the South American Football Yearbook 2020-2021 by Gabriel Mantz, available at Soccer Books Limited: http://www.soccer-books.com/ the author noticed that the Brazilian State League run alongside the Brazilian National Championship i.e teams take part in both, with the State Leagues taking up the first 2-3 months before the National Championship takes over.

Here is the suggestion for the possibility of a European Super League: that teams continue to play in their National League for the first 5-6 months, playing a 30-34 game schedule, and then the top teams play in a European Super League with two levels for the last 3 months. It is possible to have the 32 team format, teams could just be divided into 2 groups of 18 (36 teams) based on geography (North and South or East and West) and play a 17-game schedule with the top 8 of each group reaching a knockout phase played, like this summers Champions League, over the course of two weeks in a single host country, chosen beforehand. There could be relegation and promotion wthin the two levels. Eirball has stuck with EU countries for this line-up. Turkey and the CIS countries could also be involved.

Possible Line-Up for European Super League

ESL North	ESL South
Manchester United	Juventus
Chelsea	AS Roma
Liverpool FC	AC Milan
Aston Villa	Napoli
Bayern Munich	Real Madrid
Werder Bremen	FC Barcelona
Hertha Berlin	Sevilla FC
Borussia Dortmund	Atletico Madrid
AIK Stockholm	FC Porto
FC Cophenhagen	Sporting Clube de Benfica
Paris St. Germain	Austria Vienna
Olympique de Marseille	Ferencvaros
Ajax Amsterdam	AEK Athinai
Anderlecht	Steaua Bucharest
Celtic Rangers	Red Star Belgrade
Legia Warsaw	Sparta Praha
Dublin City FC	CSKA Sofia
Grasshoppers Zurich	Slovan Bratislava

Possible Line-Up for European Super League

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Cathal Gallagher, Gabriel McCloyne, Peter Lemass, Rose McCabe, Ciaran Simms, Gerry Tully, Paul Lynch, Paul Foley.

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National Professional Soccer League 1967

Final Standings 1967

	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
Eastern Division
Baltimore Bays	32	14	9	9	53	47	162
Philadelphia Spartans	32	14	9	9	53	43	157
New York Generals	32	11	8	13	60	58	143
Atlanta Chiefs	32	10	9	12	51	46	135
Pittsburgh Phantoms	32	10	7	14	59	74	132
Western Division
Oakland Clippers	32	19	5	8	64	34	185
St. Louis Stars	32	14	7	11	54	57	156
Chicago Spurs	32	10	11	11	50	55	142
Toronto Falcons	32	10	5	17	59	70	127
Los Angeles Toros	32	7	10	15	42	61	114

National Professional Soccer League 1967 [Reference: 1]

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Championship
1967	Oakland Clippers	0	Baltimore Bays	1
1967	Baltimore Bays	1	Oakland Clippers	4
	(Oakland won 4-2 on Agg)

National Professional Soccer League Championship 1967 [Reference: 1-2]

Note: 6 Pts Win, 3 Pts Tie, 0 Pts Loss, 1 Pt per Goal Scored up to a Maximum of 3 per Game.

Note 2: After the season Philadelphia Spartans and Pittsburgh Phantoms folded, Chicago Spurs moved to Kansas City, Los Angeles Toros moved to San Diego and the League merged with the USA to form the North American Soccer League.

Report

There were two professional soccer leagues in North America in 1967, both attempting at the same time to bring Pro Soccer to USA & Canada. The United Soccer Association was the FIFA-sponsored league and featured teams from Europe and South America guesting as North American teams over a Summer Schedule in between their normal Winter schedules. It included Shamrock Rovers (playing as Boston Rovers) and Glentoran (playing as Detroit Cougars). The other league was the National Professional Soccer League, and after the season the two leagues merged in 1968 to form the North American Soccer League which lasted until 1984.

Two Irishmen, Eric Barber & Joe Haverty played for the Chicago Spurs in 1967, and the Kansas City Spurs (After the team moved) in 1968. [Reference: 5-6]

Irish Players (Chicago Spurs) 1967

No.	Name	Pos	P	G	A	Pts	Born/Citizen
8	Joe Haverty	F	16	0	3	3	Ireland
20	Eric Barber	F	12	8	2	18	Ireland

Other Irish Players [Chicago Spurs NPSL] 1967 [Reference:9]

Refernces

Bibliography

[1] Jose, Colin “The Complete Record of the North American Soccer League”.

[2] Litterer, David A. & RSSSF (1995/2018) North American Soccer League [Internet] Available from: http://www.rsssf.com/usadave/nasl.html[Accessed 7 February 2020]

[3] Litterer, David A. & RSSSF (1995/2018) North American Soccer League 1967 [Internet] Available from: http://www.rsssf.com/usadave/nasl67.html [Accessed 7 February 2020]

[4] The Wild Geese (2012) Boston Rovers [Internet] Available from: http://irishfootballersineurope.blogspot.com/2012/09/boston-rovers.html [Accessed 7 February 2020]

[5] The Wild Geese (2011) Eric Barber [Internet] Available from: http://irishfootballersineurope.blogspot.com/2011/12/eric-barber.html [Accessed 7 February 2020]

[6] NASL Jerseys (2020) Joe Haverty [Internet] Available from: http://www.nasljerseys.com/Players/H/Haverty.Joe.htm [Accessed 7 February 2020]

[7] NASL Jerseys (2020) Boston Rovers [Shamrock Rovers] Roster 1967 [Internet] Available from: http://www.nasljerseys.com/Rosters/Rovers_Rosters.htm [Accessed 7 February 2020]

[8] NASL Jerseys (2020) Detroit Cougars [Glentoran] Roster 1967 [Internet] Available from: http://www.nasljerseys.com/Rosters/Cougars_Rosters.htm [Accessed 7 February 2020]

[9] NASL Jerseys (2020) Chicago Spurs Roster 1967 [Internet] Available from: http://www.nasljerseys.com/Rosters/Spurs_Rosters.htm [Accessed 7 February 2020]

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[10] Wikipedia (2020) National_Professional_Soccer_League_1967_logo [Internet] Available from: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/9e/National_Professional_Soccer_League_1967_logo.gif [Accessed 1 September 2020]

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United Soccer Association 1967

	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
Eastern Division
Washington Whips	12	5	5	2	19	11	15
Cleveland Stokers	12	5	4	3	19	13	14
Toronto City	12	4	5	3	23	17	13
Detroit Cougars	12	3	6	3	11	18	12
New York Skyliners	12	2	6	4	15	17	10
Boston Rovers	12	2	3	7	12	26	7
Western Division
Los Angeles Wolves	12	5	5	2	21	14	15
San Francisco Gales	12	5	3	4	25	19	13
Chicago Mustangs	12	3	7	2	20	14	13
Houston Stars	12	4	4	4	19	18	12
Vancouver Royal Canadians	12	3	5	4	20	28	11
Dallas Tornado	12	3	3	6	14	23	9

United Soccer Association Final Standings 1967 [Reference: 1-2]

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Championship
10.07.1967	Los Angeles Wolves	6	Washington Whips	5 sdet

United Soccer Association Championship 1967 [Reference: 3]

Note: 2 Pts Win, 1 Pt Draw, 0 Pts Loss; Teams were actually teams from Ireland, Northern Ireland, Scotland, England, Italy, Netherlands and Uruguay representing US cities on a Summer Schedule in between their normal Winter Schedules back home. See Below for Teams.

Note 2: After the season Toronto City and New York Skyliners folded, and San Francisco Gales were absorbed by Vancouver Royal Canadians., and the League merged with the NPSL to form the North American Soccer League.

USA Teams

USA Team	European/South American Team
Boston Rovers	Shamrock Rovers (Dublin, Ireland)
Chicago Mustangs	Cagliari (Italy)
Cleveland Stokers	Stoke City (England)
Dallas Tornado	Dundee United (Scotland)
Detroit Cougars	Glentoran (Northern Ireland)
Houston Stars	Bangu (Brazil)
Los Angeles Wolves	Wolverhampton Wanderers (England)
New York Skyliners	Cerro (Montevideo, Uruguay)
San Francisco Gales	AD) (Den Haag, Netherlands)
Toronto City	Hibernian (Edinburgh, Scotland)
Vancouver Royal Canadians	Sunderland (England)
Washington Whips	Aberdeen (Scotland)

United Soccer Association Teams 1967 [Reference: 3]

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Among the Rovers players over in Boston were Liam Tuohy, Frank O’Neill, Paddy Mulligan, Davy Pugh ad Tommy Kelly.

The side also included Carlos Metidieri, A Brazilian-born USA International, as gueat player, and his younger brother, Gilson.

After the merger with the NPSL, the Boston Rovers side became the Boston Beacons, a team in its own right, but kept the link with Shamrock Rovers. Paddy Mulligan was loaned out to the Beacons side in 1968 by Shamrock Rovers, but most of the team returned, and the side lost its mainly Irish make-up. [Reference: 4]

Boston Rovers Roster 1967

Boston Rovers Team Photo 1967 [Reference: 10]

No.	Name	Pos	P	G	A	Pts	Born/Citizen
1	Pat Dunne	G	12	0	0	0	Ireland
1	Mick Smyth	G					Ireland
1	John Brookes	M					Ireland
2,5	Ronnie Nolan	M	9	0	1	1	Ireland
2	John Keogh	D					Ireland
3	Patrick Courtney	D					Ireland
4	John Fullam	D					Ireland
4,6	Mike Kearin	M/D					Ireland
5	David Pugh	M	14			0	Ireland
5,6	Patrick Mulligan	M	6	1	0	2	Ireland
6	Sean Core	D					Ireland
4,6,12	Doug Wood	M					Scotland
7,9	Frank O’Neill	F	12	3	4	10	Ireland
7,11	Tommy Kinsella	M	4	0	2	2	Ireland
8	Billy Dixon	F	11			0	Ireland
9	Bobby Gilbert	F	6	1	1	3	Ireland
9	Eric Barber	F					Ireland
8,10	Michael Leech	F	5	2	0	4	Ireland
10,11	Liam Tuohy	F	9	3	0	6	Ireland
11	Carlos Matidieri	F					Brazil
12	Alexander Wood	M
	Orest Banach	G					Germany/USA
	Jorge Benitez	F					Peru
	Tommy Farrell						Ireland
	Gilson Metidieri	F					Brazil

Boston Rovers 1967 Roster [Reference: 7]

Detroit Cougars [Glentoran FC] Roster 1967

Detroit Cougars 1967 Team Photo [Reference: 11]

No.	Name	Pos.	P	G	A	Pts	Born/Citizen
1	John Kennedy	G	12	0	0	0	Northern Ireland
1	Sammy Kydd	G	1	0	0	0	Ireland
2	Harry Chreighton	D				0	Northern Ireland
3	Billy McKeag	D	3				Northern Ireland
4	Roy Borne	D					Northern Ireland
10	Tommy Jackson	M				0	Northern Ireland
11	Billy McCullough	D				0	Northern Ireland
12	Walter Bruce	M				0	Northern Ireland
14	Arthur Stewart	M	12	2	0	4	Northern Ireland
15	Billy Sinclair	M	10	0	1	1	Scotland
20	Trevor Thompson	D	4	3	0	6	Northern Ireland
21	Jim Weatherup	F	9	2	1	5	Northern Ireland
22	John Colrain	F	3	1	0	2	Scotland
23	Alan McNeill	M					Northern Ireland
24	Eric Ross	F	7	0	1	1	Northern Ireland
25	Danny Trainor	F	8	2	2	6	Northern Ireland
30	Jimmy Johnston	M					Northern Ireland
31	Sammy Lunn						Northern Ireland
32	Tommy Morrow	F	8	1	1	3	Northern Ireland
33	Maurice Wright						Northern Ireland
	Albert Finaly	G					Northern Ireland

Detroit Cougars [Glentoran FC] Roster 1967 [Reference: 8]

Refernces

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[1] Jose, Colin “The Complete Record of the North American Soccer League”.

[2] Litterer, David A. & RSSSF (1995/2018) North American Soccer League [Internet] Available from: http://www.rsssf.com/usadave/nasl.html[Accessed 7 February 2020]

[3] Litterer, David A. & RSSSF (1995/2018) North American Soccer League 1967 [Internet] Available from: http://www.rsssf.com/usadave/nasl67.html [Accessed 7 February 2020]

[4] The Wild Geese (2012) Boston Rovers [Internet] Available from: http://irishfootballersineurope.blogspot.com/2012/09/boston-rovers.html [Accessed 7 February 2020]

[5] The Wild Geese (2011) Eric Barber [Internet] Available from: http://irishfootballersineurope.blogspot.com/2011/12/eric-barber.html [Accessed 7 February 2020]

[6] NASL Jerseys (2020) Joe Haverty [Internet] Available from: http://www.nasljerseys.com/Players/H/Haverty.Joe.htm [Accessed 7 February 2020]

[7] NASL Jerseys (2020) Boston Rovers [Shamrock Rovers] Roster 1967 [Internet] Available from: http://www.nasljerseys.com/Rosters/Rovers_Rosters.htm [Accessed 7 February 2020]

[8] NASL Jerseys (2020) Detroit Cougars [Glentoran] Roster 1967 [Internet] Available from: http://www.nasljerseys.com/Rosters/Cougars_Rosters.htm [Accessed 7 February 2020]

[9] NASL Jerseys (2020) Chicago Spurs Roster 1967 [Internet] Available from: http://www.nasljerseys.com/Rosters/Spurs_Rosters.htm [Accessed 7 February 2020]

Images

[10] The Wild Geese (2020) Boston Rovers Team Photo 1967 [Internet] Available from: http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-sSApbL9Wwx8/UEis7XjGZTI/AAAAAAAAAiM/68xISgaPi68/s320/c88e_1.jpg [Accessed 7 February 2020]

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[12] Wikiwand (2020) United Soccer Association 1967 [Internet] Available from: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/16/United_Soccer_Association_1967_logo.gif [Accessed 7 February 2020]

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Pos	Team	W	L	Pct	PF	PA	Net Pts
1	Belfast Blitzers	9	1	0.900	449	47	402
2	Dublin Tornadoes	6	4	0.600	121	164	-43
3	Carrickfergus Cougars	4	6	0.400	99	126	-27
4	Coleraine Chieftains	1	9	0.100	58	234	-176
5	East Side Jets	1	9	0.100	10	284	-274

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1987-09-12 06:09:23September 12, 1987	Belfast Blitzers vs Craigavon Cowboys		Recap	Semi-Finals
1987-09-13 14:00:10September 13, 1987	Dublin Celts vs Belfast Giants	Drogheda Rugby Club, Drogheda, Co. Louth	Recap	Semi-Finals
1987-09-26 15:00:18September 26, 1987	Dublin Celts vs Craigavon Cowboys	North Rugby Club, Ormeau Road, Belfast	Recap	Shamrock Bowl II

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