New England Tea Men

New England Tea Men was a professional football club based in Foxborough, Massachusetts, who practiced both outdoor and indoor soccer. It was founded in 1978 and to Jacksonville, Florida, transplanted in late 1980, where he came into existence as Jacksonville Tea Men.

History

In January 1978, the Lipton Tea Company acquired a license to participate in the NASL, which was available due to the forthcoming enlargement of the league. The accomplished at this time increase the participants resulted from the boom that spectacular obligations of New York Cosmos had enabled, which inter alia include Pelé ( 1975-1977 ) and Franz Beckenbauer ( 1977-1980), under contract.

Lipton Inc. installed his new club in Foxborough, Massachusetts, and gave him the name New England Tea Men The company not only wanted to promote his products, but also refer to the revolutionary roots of this region, its expression, among other found in the so-called Boston Tea Party of 1773.

In its first season, the team reached the semi-finals of the NASL and achieved average attendance of over 11,000. Best player this season was on loan from Charlton Athletic England striker Mike Flanagan, who scored 30 goals in 28 games and was voted the best player in the NASL.

But even before its second season suffered the first setbacks, the Tea Men. Flanagan had to be returned to Charlton Athletic and also the club was committed by court order to give up his usual home ground. The club moved into the Nickerson Field in Boston, where in 1979 he graduated from a bad season and collection missed the play- offs.

In December 1979, the club signed up for the first indoor season in winter 1979/80, which, however, was both sporty and financially a disaster.

The home games of the 1980 season were the New England Tea Men, although again the familiar Schaefer contest stage, but could not grasp right foot and there were at the end of Lipton transplanted to Jacksonville in Florida. There, the club got its new name Jackson Tea Men

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