The Globe -- Bethlehem
Thursday, March 28, 1918
RECALLING SOCCER HISTORY

During the season 1913-14 when soccer was added to the athletics at the local plant of the Bethlehem Steel Company, the team played in thirty-two games and finished the season by winning the Amateur Cup, American Cup and leaders in the Allied League. During this year the team scored 125 points to 20 scored by its opponents.

The games played and the results of each were as follows:

Date

Opponents

Kind of Game

Points for

Points against

Sept. 27

Reading

Exhibition

3

0

Oct. 11

Wissinoming

A.F.A. Cup

5

1

Oct. 18

Phillipsburg

Exhibition

8

0

Oct. 25

Trenton

A.F.A. Cup, 2nd round

Forfeit

Nov. 1

Disston A. A.

Nat. Cup 1st round

7

0

Nov. 8

Irish Americans

League Game

10

0

Nov 15

Schuylkill Falls

League Game

4

2

Nov. 22

Farr Alpaca, Mass.

A.F.A. Cup 2nd round

3

1

Nov. 27

Peabody

League

5

1

Nov. 29

West Philadelphia

League

8

1

Dec. 6

Braddock of Pittsburg

Nat. Cup 2nd round

3

2

Dec. 13

Kensington

League Game

8

0

Dec. 27

West Hudson

A.F.A. Cup, 3rd round

1

1

Jan. 1

Reading

League Game

1

1

Jan. 11

* West Hudson

A.F.A. Cup

1

1

Jan. 25

Brooklyn F. C.

National Cup

0

1

Jan. 31

* West Hudson

A.F.A. Cup

4

1

Feb. 7

Peabody

League Game

4

0

Feb. 21

Pick of Allied League

Exhibition

1

1

Feb. 28

Centennary

Allied Cup

9

0

Mar. 21

Disston

League Game

4

1

Mar. 20

Jersey A. C.

A.F.A. Cup

2

2

Apr. 4

* Jersey A. C.

A.F.A. Cup

2

1

Apr. 8

Reading

League

8

1

Apr. 11

Putnams F. C.

Amateur Cup

3

0

Apr. 13

Smith A. A.

League

4

1

Apr. 19

Tacony

A.F.A. Cup

0

0

Apr. 25

Smith A. A.

League

6

0

May 3

* Tacony A. A.

A.F.A. Cup Final

1

0

May 9

Pick of Allied League

Exhibition Game

6

1

May 16

Kensington A. A.

League Game

2

0

     

125

20


1917-1918
Bethlehem Steel Soccer Club