J. & P. Coats 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 founded in 1900 as the team of the
Pawtucket, Rhode Island
Pawtucket ( ) is a city in Providence County, Rhode Island, United States. The population was 75,604 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, making the city the fourth-largest in the state. Pawtucket borders Providence, Rhode Island, Prov ...
branch of the J. & P. Coats threadmaking company of
Paisley, Scotland
Paisley ( ; ; ) is a large town situated in the west central Lowlands of Scotland. Located north of the Gleniffer Braes, the town borders the city of Glasgow to the east, and straddles the banks of the White Cart Water, a tributary of the River ...
(following a 1952 merger this firm became part of the
Coats Group
Coats Group plc is a British multinational company. The company provides products, including apparel, accessory and footwear threads, structural components for footwear and accessories, fabrics, yarns, and software applications.
Coats is listed ...
).
The club played won the
Rhode Island League in 1914 then was an inaugural member of the semi-pro
Southern New England Soccer League. The club then joined the professional
American Soccer League as an inaugural member.
After the first half of the 1928/29 season, the team ran into financial trouble and was bought by new management. The new owners renamed the team the Pawtucket Rangers.
The club left the original ASL sometime after the 1932 fall season and joined the New England Division of the new ASL that was formed in 1933/34.
The team won the
Times Cup in 1919.
Year-by-year
References
Defunct soccer clubs in Rhode Island
American Soccer League (1921–1933) teams
Sports in Pawtucket, Rhode Island
1900 establishments in Rhode Island
Sports clubs and teams established in 1900
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