Tuesday, August 24, 2010

"LANCER DANCERS" 1979




















Very special thanks to Gail for this fantastic photo!

Saturday, August 21, 2010

STING vs TORNADO, 1981




















Dallas' Wolfgang Rausch (19) and Chicago's Ivan Miljkovic battle for the ball on May 10, 1981.  Chicago dominated the Tornado 5-0.

Friday, August 20, 2010

JOMO SONO, 1977






















Jomo Sono hurdles an opponent during his time with the New York Cosmos.

Sunday, August 15, 2010

SOCKERS vs SURF, 1980



































California's Craig Allen is sandwiched between San Diego's Julie Veee (L) and Nick Rohmann at Anaheim Stadium, June 17, 1980.  The Surf hammered the Sockers 5-1 on a hattrick by Laurie Abrahams (background, center) and goals from Craig Allen and Jim Hinch.  Jose' Neto scored the Sockers' lone goal.  Official attendance was 8,762.

Wednesday, August 11, 2010

SUNSHINE INTERNATIONAL SERIES TOURNAMENT, 1983
























The NASL's Tampa Bay Rowdies and Ft. Lauderdale Strikers hosted Manchester City FC (England) and Jau XV (Brazil) in the 1983 Sunshine International Series Tournament.

Saturday, July 31, 2010

DALLAS TORNADO/CABELL'S DAIRY PROMOTION, 1981
























Cabell's Dairy promotion to vote for the Tornado's "Most Popular Player" of 1981.  The players featured are Peter Gruber (L) and Chris Collins.

Friday, July 30, 2010

EDMONTON vs TAMPA BAY, 1979


















Rowdie Jan Van Der Veen (5) gets tackled by Driller's midfielder Gudgeir Leifsson at Commonwealth Stadium in Edmonton, June 29, 1979. A four goal performance by Tampa's Oscar Fabbiani saw the Driller's fall 4-2.

Thursday, July 15, 2010

MATT O' SULLIVAN, 1978






















Matt O' Sullivan (20) on the move for the Houston Hurricane in a match against the Detroit Express played June 24, 1978 at the Astrodome.

Friday, July 9, 2010

ATLANTIC RECORDS SALUTES THE PHILADELPHIA FURY, 1979






















Most of the Fury's ownership group were involved in the music industry.  Peter Frampton, Rick Makeman, and Paul Simon to name a few.

Saturday, July 3, 2010

DEREK SMETHURST, 1976























Derek Smethurst (12) moves past the Cosmos' Dave Clements in a match played at Tampa Stadium on June 6, 1976.  Smethurst got a hat-trick in the Rowdies' 5-1 hammering of New York. 

Thursday, June 17, 2010

CALIFORNIA vs CALGARY, 1981


















Boomers' players prepare for a Surf free-kick at Anaheim Stadium on July 29, 1981.
California 4 (Oates, Moyers (2), Van Der Veen).
Calgary 2 (Kristensen, Gerber)
Attendance:  5,531

Saturday, June 12, 2010

JIM BARRON, 1977

















Goalkeeper for the Connecticut Bicentennials.

Friday, June 11, 2010

Friday, June 4, 2010

ADIDAS NASL CLEATS AUTOGRAPHED BY TREVOR FRANCIS































These cleats are from the Adidas NASL line shown in the previous post.  The left shoe was autographed by Trevor Francis in 1978 while he was playing for the  Detroit Express.

Wednesday, June 2, 2010

BLIZZARD vs SOCKERS, 1979























San Diego's Bob Smith gets squeezed between Toronto's Jim Bone (12) and Paulo Mata (21) in a match played June 29, 1979 in front of 6,284 fans at Exhibition Stadium in Toronto.  The Blizzard came out on top 2-1 with goals from George Gibbs and Peter Lorimer.  Leonardo Cuellar scored the lone Sockers' goal. 

Sunday, May 30, 2010

GERD MUELLER, 1979























"Der Bomber" looking reflective for Ft. Lauderdale during the '79 season.

Thursday, May 27, 2010

SHEP MESSING, 1977


















Very special thanks to Shep Messing for the photo.

Thursday, May 20, 2010

VANCOUVER WHITECAPS, 1978

























Local ad for an automobile leasing company featuring, and autographed by, Alan Hinton (L) and Bobby Campbell.

Wednesday, May 19, 2010

NEW WASHINGTON DIPLOMATS BLOG!

























 My friend Jim has started a blog dedicated to the Washington Diplomats of the NASL.  Please check it out at washingtondiplomats.blogspot.com