Jacksonville Tea Men

The Jacksonville Tea Men were an American soccer team that played briefly in the NASL from 1980-1982 and in the American Soccer League for another brief spell from 1983-1984.

NASL

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clubname = Jacksonville Tea Men


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founded = 1980
dissolved= 1982
ground = Gator Bowl Stadium,
Jacksonville, Florida, United States
capacity = 70,000| chairman =
mgrtitle = Coach
manager = Noel Cantwell
league = NASL
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The first Jacksonville Tea Men were a soccer team based out of Jacksonville, Florida that played in the NASL from 1980 to 1982. Their home field was Gator Bowl Stadium. The team was previously known as the New England Tea Men and moved to Jacksonville after playing 2 games in the 1980/81 NASL Indoor season. The Tea Men's coach was Irishman Noel Cantwell, former manager of Coventry City (1967-1972), Peterborough United (1972-1977).

Noatable players are goalkeeper Arnie Mausser, midfielder Archie Gemmill and strikers Alan Green and Ricardo Alonso and Aleksandar Mihailovic.

Former Players

*flagicon|ENG Keith Bertschin (1982) [http://home.att.net/~nasl/players.htm#B]
*flagicon|ENG Tony Brown (1981)
*flagicon|ENG Jack Carmichael (1981-82)
*flagicon|England flagicon|USA Alan Green (1981-82)
*flagicon|England Mark Lindsay (1982) [http://home.att.net/~nasl/players.htm#L]
*flagicon|ENG David Stride (1982) [http://home.att.net/~nasl/players.htm#S]
*flagicon|Scotland Archie Gemmill (1982) [http://home.att.net/~nasl/players.htm#G]
*flagicon|SCO Tommy O'Hara (1981) [http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/player1/tommyo'hara.htm]

Year-by-year

All-time results

*NASL Regualar Season: 29–35–0
*NASL Playoffs: 3-2

Average attendance

*1981: 9,507
*1982: 7,160

ASL

The second Jacksonville Tea Men was an American soccer club based in Jacksonville, Florida that was a member of the American Soccer League. It joined the league after the original Tea Men left the NASL.

After the ASL folded, the club moved to the newly formed United Soccer League.

Year-by-year