The Celtic Football Club, commonly called the Jersey City Celtics, was an American

soccer Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 Football player, players who almost exclusively use their feet to propel a Ball (association football), ball around a rectangular f ...

club based in

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. The club was organized in the summer of 1921 to be an inaugural member of the professional American Soccer League. The club folded after five games.

History

The owners of Celtics put over $6,000 into establishing their team which played in a baseball stadium. In July 1921, they played

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in preparation for the upcoming season. After losing its first five games, the ownership withdrew the team from the league, dissolved it, and forfeited its franchise in early December.''A Swing Along Athletic Row'' The Globe -- Bethlehem; Monday, December 12, 1921
/ref> Like a number of the ASL teams that season the Celtics lost considerable money. The system was for home teams to get the gate receipts instead of a percent to both teams. Since the Celtics were not able to use their home ground well into late October they played all their ASL games away.

Year-by-year

Matches

Friendlies

Celtic Lineup: GK Whelan, LB Lappin, RB Reynolds, LHB Irvine, CHB Gallagher, RHB Tom Stark(c), OL Sweeney, IL Hosie, CF McKenna, IR A.Stark, OR Downie.

ASL

Celtic Lineup: GK Thompson, LB Reid, RB Gilfallan, LHB Crilley, CHB Peat, RHB Gibson, OL Boyle, IL O'Harra, CF D.Fitzpatrick, IR J.Fitzpatrick, OR Smith. Celtic Lineup: GK Reilly, LB Gallagher, RB Gilfillan, LHB Peat, CHB Trimble, RHB Boyle, OL Reid, IL D.Fitzpatrick, CF McDonald, IR Baird, OR J.Fitzpatrick. Celtic Lineup: GK Reilly, LB Gallagher, RB Concalves, LHB Peat, CHB Trimble, RHB Boyle, OL Reed, IL D.Fitzpatrick, CF J.Fitzpatrick, IR McDonald, OR Baird. Celtic Lineup: GK Reilly, LB Gallagher, RB Concalves, LHB Peat, CHB Trimble, RHB Boyle, OL Reed, IL D.Fitzpatrick, CF J.Fitzpatrick, IR McDonald, OR Baird. Celtic Lineup: GK Reilly, LB Campbell, RB Gilfillan, LHB Waite, CHB Peat, RHB Trimble, OL Fox, IL Baird, CF J.Fitzpatrick, IR Masterson, OR Boyle.

NCC

Roster

Notes and references

;Bibliography * * * ;Footnotes Defunct soccer clubs in New Jersey American Soccer League (1921–1933) teams Sports in Hudson County, New Jersey 1921 establishments in New Jersey 1921 disestablishments in New Jersey Association football clubs established in 1921 Association football clubs disestablished in 1921 {{NewJersey-footyclub-stub