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J. & P. Coats was an American soccer club founded in 1900 as the team of the Pawtucket, Rhode Island branch of the J. & P. Coats threadmaking company of Paisley, Scotland (following a 1952 merger this firm became part of the Coats Group).

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

YearDivisionLeagueReg. SeasonPlayoffsNational Cup
1913/14N/ARIL1stChampiondid not enter
1914/15N/ASNESL3rdNo playoffSemifinals
1915/16N/ASNESLSchedule not finishedSecond round
1916/17N/ASNESL3rdNo playoffFirst round
1917/18N/ASNESL1stChampion (no playoff)Second round
1918/19N/ASNESLSeason canceled due to WWIThird round
1919/20N/ASNESL??Third round
1920/21N/ASNESL3rdNo playoffFirst round
1921/22 1ASL2ndNo playoffFourth round
1922/23 1ASL1stChampion (no playoff)Semifinals
1923/24 1ASL4thNo playoffFirst round
1924/251ASL7thNo playoffdid not enter
1925/261ASL8thNo playoffSemifinals
1926/271ASL9thNo playoffFirst round
1927/281ASL8th (1st half); 9th (2nd half)did not qualifySemifinals
1928/29N/AASL8th (1st half); 3rd (2nd half)No playoff?
Fall 1929N/AASL5thNo playoffN/A
1930N/AACL/ASL6th (Spring); 9th (Fall)No playoffQuarterfinals
1931N/AASL4th (Spring); 3rd (Fall)No playoffFirst round
Spring 1932N/AASL4th?No playoffSecond round
Fall 1932N/AASL2ndNo playoffN/A
Spring 1933N/A???Semifinals


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