National Association Foot Ball League

defunct United States second-division league

followed by ASL1

recorded 1895–1920-1921 most titles West Hudson AA (6) attendance 2,617 avg data coverage

seasons
20
games
407
clubs
51

Seasons and totals are as recorded here.

Seasons

season champion golden boot goals/game avg. attendance
1920-1921 Bethlehem Steel 4.67 4,500 (8%)
1919-1920 Bethlehem Steel 5.04 1,550 (8%)
1918-1919 Bethlehem Steel 4.13
1917-1918 Paterson FC 4.56 3,000 (4%)
1916-1917 Jersey A.C.
1915-1916 Harrison Alley Boys
1914-1915 West Hudson AA
1913-1914 Brooklyn FC
1912-1913 West Hudson AA
1911-1912 West Hudson AA
1910-1911 Newark F.C.
1909-1910 West Hudson AA
1908-1909
1907-1908 Newark F.C.
1906-1907 West Hudson AA 2.33
1898-1899 Paterson True Blues
1897-1898 Paterson True Blues 7.00
1896-1897 Kearny Scots
1895-1896 5.25 600 (12%)
1895 Centreville AC 5.50

The percentage after an attendance average is the share of that season's games with a crowd on record. Seasons without one have a crowd for every game.

Clubs, season by season

1895 1896-1897 1898-1899 1907-1908 1909-1910 1911-1912 1913-1914 1915-1916 1917-1918 1919-1920 rank by 1895rank by 1895-1896rank by 1896-1897rank by 1897-1898rank by 1898-1899rank by 1906-1907rank by 1907-1908rank by 1908-1909rank by 1909-1910rank by 1910-1911rank by 1911-1912rank by 1912-1913rank by 1913-1914rank by 1914-1915rank by 1915-1916rank by 1916-1917rank by 1917-1918rank by 1918-1919rank by 1919-1920rank by 1920-1921 New York Field ClubNew York Field Club: 5 seasons, 1916-1917-1920-1921 New York Field Club, 1917-1918New York Field Club, 1918-1919New York Field Club, 1920-1921 Babcock & WilcoxBabcock & Wilcox: 4 seasons, 1916-1917-1920-1921 Babcock & Wilcox, 1917-1918Babcock & Wilcox, 1918-1919Babcock & Wilcox, 1920-1921 Bethlehem SteelBethlehem Steel: 4 seasons, 1917-1918-1920-1921 Bethlehem Steel, 1917-1918Bethlehem Steel, 1918-1919Bethlehem Steel, 1920-1921 Paterson FCPaterson FC: 4 seasons, 1917-1918-1920-1921 Paterson FC, 1917-1918Paterson FC, 1918-1919Paterson FC, 1919-1920Paterson FC, 1920-1921 DisstonDisston: 3 seasons, 1917-1918-1920-1921 Disston, 1917-1918Disston, 1920-1921 Robins Dry DockRobins Dry Dock: 3 seasons, 1918-1919-1920-1921 Robins Dry Dock, 1918-1919Robins Dry Dock, 1920-1921 Erie A.A.Erie A.A.: 2 seasons, 1919-1920-1920-1921 Erie A.A., 1920-1921 Kearny Federal ShipKearny Federal Ship: 2 seasons, 1919-1920-1920-1921 Kearny Federal Ship, 1920-1921 Merchant ShipMerchant Ship: 2 seasons, 1918-1919-1919-1920 Merchant Ship, 1918-1919Merchant Ship, 1919-1920 Brooklyn Morse Dry DockBrooklyn Morse Dry Dock: 1 season, 1919-1920 Brooklyn Morse Dry Dock, 1919-1920 Interborough Rapid Transit FCInterborough Rapid Transit FC: 1 season, 1919-1920 Interborough Rapid Transit FC, 1919-1920 Kearny ScotsKearny Scots: 10 seasons, 1895-1918-1919 Kearny Scots, 1895Kearny Scots, 1895-1896Kearny Scots, 1897-1898Kearny Scots, 1906-1907Kearny Scots, 1912-1913Kearny Scots, 1913-1914Kearny Scots, 1914-1915Kearny Scots, 1917-1918Kearny Scots, 1918-1919 West Hudson AAWest Hudson AA: 6 seasons, 1906-1907-1917-1918 West Hudson AA, 1906-1907West Hudson AA, 1912-1913West Hudson AA, 1914-1915West Hudson AA, 1917-1918 Jersey A.C.Jersey A.C.: 5 seasons, 1912-1913-1917-1918 Jersey A.C., 1912-1913Jersey A.C., 1914-1915Jersey A.C., 1917-1918 Jersey City FCJersey City FC: 1 season, 1917-1918 Jersey City FC, 1917-1918 Splitdorf FCSplitdorf FC: 1 season, 1916-1917 Paterson RangersPaterson Rangers: 4 seasons, 1906-1907-1914-1915 Paterson Rangers, 1906-1907Paterson Rangers, 1912-1913Paterson Rangers, 1913-1914Paterson Rangers, 1914-1915 Bronx UnitedBronx United: 3 seasons, 1912-1913-1914-1915 Bronx United, 1912-1913Bronx United, 1914-1915 Newark F.C.Newark F.C.: 3 seasons, 1906-1907-1914-1915 Newark F.C., 1906-1907Newark F.C., 1914-1915 True BluesTrue Blues: 3 seasons, 1912-1913-1914-1915 True Blues, 1912-1913True Blues, 1913-1914True Blues, 1914-1915 Brooklyn FCBrooklyn FC: 2 seasons, 1912-1913-1914-1915 Brooklyn FC, 1912-1913Brooklyn FC, 1914-1915 Clan McDonaldClan McDonald: 2 seasons, 1913-1914-1914-1915 Clan McDonald, 1914-1915 Paterson True BluesPaterson True Blues: 2 seasons, 1906-1907-1914-1915 Paterson True Blues, 1906-1907Paterson True Blues, 1914-1915 Scottish-American FCScottish-American FC: 2 seasons, 1913-1914-1914-1915 Scottish-American FC, 1914-1915 Paterson Rangers FCPaterson Rangers FC: 1 season, 1914-1915 Paterson Rangers FC, 1914-1915 Newark CaledonianNewark Caledonian: 2 seasons, 1912-1913-1913-1914 Newark Caledonian, 1912-1913Newark Caledonian, 1913-1914 Wilberforce FCWilberforce FC: 2 seasons, 1912-1913-1913-1914 Wilberforce FC, 1912-1913Wilberforce FC, 1913-1914 BrooklynBrooklyn: 1 season, 1913-1914 Brooklyn, 1913-1914 Brooklyn Field ClubBrooklyn Field Club: 1 season, 1913-1914 Brooklyn Field Club, 1913-1914 CaledoniansCaledonians: 1 season, 1913-1914 Caledonians, 1913-1914 Clan MacDonaldClan MacDonald: 1 season, 1913-1914 Clan MacDonald, 1913-1914 NewarkNewark: 1 season, 1913-1914 Newark, 1913-1914 Newark Caledonian FCNewark Caledonian FC: 1 season, 1913-1914 Newark Caledonian FC, 1913-1914 RangersRangers: 1 season, 1913-1914 Rangers, 1913-1914 St. GeorgeSt. George: 1 season, 1913-1914 St. George, 1913-1914 St. George FCSt. George FC: 1 season, 1913-1914 St. GerogeSt. Geroge: 1 season, 1913-1914 St. Geroge, 1913-1914 Brooklyn WanderersBrooklyn Wanderers: 2 seasons, 1895-1912-1913 Brooklyn Wanderers, 1895Brooklyn Wanderers, 1912-1913 Newark CaledoniansNewark Caledonians: 1 season, 1912-1913 Newark Caledonians, 1912-1913 Burns ClubBurns Club: 1 season, 1906-1907 Burns Club, 1906-1907 Kearney Clarks ONTKearney Clarks ONT: 1 season, 1906-1907 Kearney Clarks ONT, 1906-1907 Kearny ACKearny AC: 1 season, 1906-1907 Kearny AC, 1906-1907 Kearny AthleticsKearny Athletics: 1 season, 1906-1907 Kearny Athletics, 1906-1907 Newark HeartsNewark Hearts: 1 season, 1906-1907 Newark Hearts, 1906-1907 NewarksNewarks: 1 season, 1906-1907 Newarks, 1906-1907 St. George ClubSt. George Club: 1 season, 1906-1907 St. George Club, 1906-1907 Americus AAAmericus AA: 2 seasons, 1895-1897-1898 Americus AA, 1895Americus AA, 1897-1898 Centreville ACCentreville AC: 2 seasons, 1895-1895-1896 Centreville AC, 1895Centreville AC, 1895-1896 International ACInternational AC: 1 season, 1895-1896 International AC, 1895-1896 New York ThistlesNew York Thistles: 1 season, 1895-1896 New York Thistles, 1895-1896 New RochelleNew Rochelle: 1 season, 1895 New Rochelle, 1895
Clubs by season. Ordered by last season, then by seasons played. A block marks a season the club played; a row with gaps is a club that left and came back. Where a final table is on record the block is shaded by the finish, bright green at the top of the table, dulling towards the middle, then deepening red at the bottom, and shows the record on hover; an outlined block is a season with no final table on file. Select a season at the top to rank the clubs by how they finished it, and again to restore the order.

Clubs by season

0 10 20 30 1895: 5 clubs 1895 1895-1896: 4 clubs 1895-1896 1897-1898: 2 clubs 1897-1898 1906-1907: 12 clubs 1906-1907 1912-1913: 11 clubs 1912-1913 1913-1914: 21 clubs 1913-1914 1914-1915: 12 clubs 1914-1915 1916-1917: 6 clubs 1916-1917 1917-1918: 9 clubs 1917-1918 1918-1919: 7 clubs 1918-1919 1919-1920: 10 clubs 1919-1920 1920-1921: 8 clubs 1920-1921
Clubs by season. Counts every club that played at least one recorded game in the season.

League positions

1908-1909 1910-1911 1911-1912 1913-1914 1916-1917 1919-1920 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Bethlehem Steel, 1919-1920: 1st of 8; 1.0 over 1919-1920 Bethlehem Steel New York Field Club, 1916-1917: 4th of 8; 4.0 over 1916-1917New York Field Club, 1919-1920: 2nd of 8; 3.0 over 1916-1917-1919-1920 New York Field Club Robins Dry Dock, 1919-1920: 3rd of 8; 3.0 over 1919-1920 Robins Dry Dock Kearny Federal Ship, 1919-1920: 4th of 8; 4.0 over 1919-1920 Kearny Federal Ship Erie A.A., 1919-1920: 5th of 8; 5.0 over 1919-1920 Erie A.A. Babcock & Wilcox, 1916-1917: 3rd of 8; 3.0 over 1916-1917Babcock & Wilcox, 1919-1920: 6th of 8; 4.5 over 1916-1917-1919-1920 Babcock & Wilcox Disston, 1919-1920: 7th of 8; 7.0 over 1919-1920 Disston Bunker Hill FC, 1919-1920: 8th of 8; 8.0 over 1919-1920 Bunker Hill FC Jersey A.C., 1910-1911: 1st of 8; 1.0 over 1910-1911Jersey A.C., 1911-1912: 5th of 8; 3.0 over 1910-1911-1911-1912Jersey A.C., 1913-1914: 6th of 11; 4.0 over 1910-1911-1913-1914Jersey A.C., 1916-1917: 1st of 8; 4.0 over 1911-1912-1916-1917 Jersey A.C. 1916-1917 Kearny Scots, 1910-1911: 7th of 8; 7.0 over 1910-1911Kearny Scots, 1916-1917: 2nd of 8; 2.0 over 1916-1917 Kearny Scots 1916-1917 West Hudson AA, 1908-1909: 2nd of 6; 2.0 over 1908-1909West Hudson AA, 1910-1911: 5th of 8; 3.5 over 1908-1909-1910-1911West Hudson AA, 1911-1912: 1st of 8; 2.7 over 1908-1909-1911-1912West Hudson AA, 1913-1914: 2nd of 11; 2.7 over 1910-1911-1913-1914West Hudson AA, 1916-1917: 5th of 8; 2.7 over 1911-1912-1916-1917 West Hudson AA 1916-1917 Dublin F.C., 1916-1917: 6th of 8; 6.0 over 1916-1917 Dublin F.C. 1916-1917 Ironsides AFC, 1916-1917: 7th of 8; 7.0 over 1916-1917 Ironsides AFC 1916-1917 Splitdorf FC, 1916-1917: 8th of 8; 8.0 over 1916-1917 Splitdorf FC 1916-1917 Brooklyn FC, 1911-1912: 6th of 8; 6.0 over 1911-1912Brooklyn FC, 1913-1914: 1st of 11; 3.5 over 1911-1912-1913-1914 Brooklyn FC 1913-1914 Clan McDonald, 1913-1914: 3rd of 11; 3.0 over 1913-1914 Clan McDonald 1913-1914 Newark F.C., 1908-1909: 4th of 6; 4.0 over 1908-1909Newark F.C., 1913-1914: 4th of 11; 4.0 over 1913-1914 Newark F.C. 1913-1914 Paterson Rangers FC, 1913-1914: 5th of 11; 5.0 over 1913-1914 Paterson Rangers FC 1913-1914 Scottish-American FC, 1908-1909: 5th of 6; 5.0 over 1908-1909Scottish-American FC, 1911-1912: 8th of 8; 8.0 over 1911-1912Scottish-American FC, 1913-1914: 7th of 11; 7.5 over 1911-1912-1913-1914 Scottish-American FC 1913-1914 Paterson True Blues, 1913-1914: 8th of 11; 8.0 over 1913-1914 Paterson True Blues 1913-1914 Bronx United, 1911-1912: 7th of 8; 7.0 over 1911-1912Bronx United, 1913-1914: 9th of 11; 8.0 over 1911-1912-1913-1914 Bronx United 1913-1914 Newark Caledonians, 1913-1914: 10th of 11; 10.0 over 1913-1914 Newark Caledonians 1913-1914 St. George FC, 1913-1914: 11th of 11; 11.0 over 1913-1914 St. George FC 1913-1914 Wilberforce FC, 1910-1911: 2nd of 8; 2.0 over 1910-1911Wilberforce FC, 1911-1912: 2nd of 8; 2.0 over 1910-1911-1911-1912 Wilberforce FC 1911-1912 Paterson Rangers, 1908-1909: 6th of 6; 6.0 over 1908-1909Paterson Rangers, 1910-1911: 3rd of 8; 4.5 over 1908-1909-1910-1911Paterson Rangers, 1911-1912: 3rd of 8; 4.0 over 1908-1909-1911-1912 Paterson Rangers 1911-1912 True Blues, 1908-1909: 3rd of 6; 3.0 over 1908-1909True Blues, 1910-1911: 6th of 8; 4.5 over 1908-1909-1910-1911True Blues, 1911-1912: 4th of 8; 4.3 over 1908-1909-1911-1912 True Blues 1911-1912 Newarks, 1910-1911: 4th of 8; 4.0 over 1910-1911 Newarks 1910-1911 Brooklyn, 1910-1911: 8th of 8; 8.0 over 1910-1911 Brooklyn 1910-1911 Kearney Clarks ONT, 1908-1909: 1st of 6; 1.0 over 1908-1909 Kearney Clarks ONT 1908-1909
League position by season, averaged over three seasons, 1908-1909 to 1919-1920. Each point is the club's mean finish over that season and the two before it, in the overall table: points, then wins. A break in a line is a season out of the league, and the count starts again after it; a season with no final table on file is left out. Names are in the order the lines end; clubs no longer in the league are listed below the current ones with their last season, most recent first. Line patterns repeat every five clubs and only tell neighbours apart; a lifted line takes the club's own color where one is on record.

All-time club records

team GP W T L pts gf ga ppg gf/ga
West Hudson AA 65 36 7 17 84 — — 1.29 —
Jersey A.C. 48 23 11 11 60 — — 1.25 —
Brooklyn FC 25 16 4 5 36 — — 1.44 —
Wilberforce FC 26 14 6 6 34 — — 1.31 —
True Blues 32 13 6 13 32 — — 1.00 —
New York Field Club 22 12 1 5 29 34 17 1.32 2.00
Paterson Rangers 35 12 9 14 33 — — 0.94 —
Bethlehem Steel 12 11 1 0 23 48 13 1.92 3.69
Kearney Clarks ONT 10 9 0 1 18 — — 1.80 —
Kearny Scots 24 9 1 12 21 — — 0.88 —
Clan McDonald 16 9 2 5 20 — — 1.25 —
Babcock & Wilcox 23 9 1 13 19 25 53 0.83 0.47
Newark F.C. 24 7 6 11 20 — — 0.83 —
Newarks 14 6 2 6 14 — — 1.00 —
Scottish-American FC 32 6 7 19 19 — — 0.59 —
Paterson Rangers FC 14 5 4 5 14 — — 1.00 —
Robins Dry Dock 12 5 2 5 12 28 21 1.00 1.33
Bronx United 23 4 5 14 13 — — 0.57 —
Erie A.A. 9 3 2 4 8 21 18 0.89 1.17
Kearny Federal Ship 10 3 3 4 9 27 28 0.90 0.96
Paterson True Blues 8 3 2 3 8 — — 1.00 —
Dublin F.C. 10 2 — 7 5 — — 0.50 —
Newark Caledonians 13 1 3 9 5 — — 0.38 —
Ironsides AFC 9 1 — 6 4 — — 0.44 —
Brooklyn 10 1 3 6 5 — — 0.50 —
Disston 12 1 3 8 4 16 32 0.33 0.50
St. George FC 13 1 1 11 3 — — 0.23 —
Bunker Hill FC 3 0 0 3 0 5 22 0.00 0.23
Splitdorf FC 0 0 — 0 0 — — —

Final games

date season team score team venue sources
April 16, 1921 1920-1921 Bethlehem Steel 4 - 1 Erie A.A. Steel Field 0
April 2, 1921 1920-1921 Babcock & Wilcox 2 - 5 Bethlehem Steel Bayonne, NJ 1
Feb. 6, 1921 1920-1921 Bethlehem Steel 1 - 0 Kearny Federal Ship Harrison, NJ 0
Jan. 30, 1921 1920-1921 New York Field Club 2 - 3 Robins Dry Dock Todd Field 1
Jan. 29, 1921 1920-1921 Bethlehem Steel 9 - 0 Disston Steel Field 1
Jan. 23, 1921 1920-1921 Erie A.A. 0 - 4 New York Field Club New York Oval 1
Jan. 22, 1921 1920-1921 Bethlehem Steel 3 - 2 Robins Dry Dock Steel Field 0
Jan. 16, 1921 1920-1921 Erie A.A. 3 - 0 Robins Dry Dock Harrison Field 1
Jan. 15, 1921 1920-1921 Bethlehem Steel 4 - 0 New York Field Club Steel Field 1
Jan. 9, 1921 1920-1921 Disston 1 - 4 Robins Dry Dock Todd Field 1
Jan. 9, 1921 1920-1921 Erie A.A. 2 - 2 Kearny Federal Ship Harrison Field 1
Jan. 8, 1921 1920-1921 Babcock & Wilcox 2 - 10 Bethlehem Steel Steel Field 2
Jan. 1, 1921 1920-1921 Bethlehem Steel 2 - 3 Robins Dry Dock Steel Field 3
Dec. 12, 1920 1920-1921 Kearny Federal Ship 3 - 4 Paterson FC Olympic Field 0
Nov. 21, 1920 1920-1921 Babcock & Wilcox 3 - 6 Kearny Federal Ship Jersey City Baseball Park 1
Nov. 21, 1920 1920-1921 Erie A.A. 2 - 1 New York Field Club Harrison Field 1
Nov. 20, 1920 1920-1921 Bethlehem Steel 3 - 0 Paterson FC Steel Field 0
Oct. 31, 1920 1920-1921 Kearny Federal Ship v Robins Dry Dock Todd Field 0
Oct. 31, 1920 1920-1921 Babcock & Wilcox v Disston Bayonne, NJ 0
Oct. 31, 1920 1920-1921 Bethlehem Steel 1 - 1 New York Field Club New York Oval 0
Oct. 31, 1920 1920-1921 Erie A.A. v Paterson FC Olympic Field 0
Oct. 24, 1920 1920-1921 Disston 1 - 2 New York Field Club New York Oval 1
Oct. 24, 1920 1920-1921 Erie A.A. 1 - 1 Robins Dry Dock Todd Field 1
Oct. 9, 1920 1920-1921 Bethlehem Steel 3 - 2 Erie A.A. East Newark, NJ 1
Oct. 2, 1920 1920-1921 Bethlehem Steel 5 - 0 Kearny Federal Ship Steel Field 0

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Awards

award seasons winners most recent
Champion 1895–1920-1921 20 Bethlehem Steel 1920-1921