The Newark Skeeters was an American

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club based in

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and was a member of the American Soccer League and the Eastern Soccer League.

History

In December 1924, Tom Adam, former manager of West Hudson A.A., became the manager of the Skeeters.Stock of Newark Soccer Club Boosted
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. The Skeeters then joined two other ASL teams,

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and the

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, in the newly created

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. The club folded upon the merger of the ASL and ESL after the fall 1929 season.

Year-by-year

References

Defunct soccer clubs in New Jersey American Soccer League (1921–1933) teams Eastern Professional Soccer League (1928–29) teams 1929 disestablishments in New Jersey Soccer clubs in Newark, New Jersey Association football clubs disestablished in 1929 {{NewJersey-footyclub-stub