Bethlehem Steel Soccer Club, 1921-1922

Because of poor attendance at Bethlehem Steel Field, the management of the Bethlehem Steel F. C. decided to move the team to Philadelphia for the 1921-22 season, where they played under the name Philadelphia F. C. in the newly-formed American Soccer League (ASL). The core of the old Bethlehem Steel team played for the Philadelphia F. C., while maintaining their jobs at the Bethlehem Steel plant and keeping their homes in Bethlehem.

Billy Sheridan organized a new Bethlehem Steel F. C. which entered the National Cup competition, being eliminated in the second round by Fleisher Yarn.

Following are articles from the Bethlehem Globe about the Philadelphia F. C.

August 2, 1921 -- A Swing Along Athletic Row
August 31, 1921 -- A Swing Along Athletic Row
September 9, 1921 -- Billy Sheridan resurrects Bethlehem Steel F. C.
September 12, 1921 -- A Swing Along Athletic Row
September 12, 1921 -- Phila. F. C. vs. Phila. All-Stars, 5-0 [exhibition]
September 15, 1921 -- A Swing Along Athletic Row
September 19, 1921 -- A Swing Along Athletic Row
September 19, 1921 -- Phila. F. C. vs. Coats, 3-0 [ASL]
September 26, 1921 -- Phila. F. C. vs. Coats, 6-2 [ASL]
October 3, 1921 -- Phila. F. C. vs. Todd's Shipyard, 2-0 [ASL]
October 10, 1921 -- Phila. F. C. vs. New York, 3-3 [ASL]
Ocotber 14, 1921 -- A Swing Along Athletic Row
October 17, 1921 -- Bethlehem F. C. vs. Ascension, 4-0 [National Cup, first round]
October 20, 1921 -- Soccer notes
October 24, 1921 -- Soccer notes
October 24, 1921 -- Phila. F. C. vs. Falco, 5-1 [ASL]
October 28, 1921 -- Soccer notes
October 31, 1921 -- Phila. F. C. vs. Harrison, 3-1 [ASL]
November 7, 1921 -- Phila. F. C. vs. M. E. Smith, 4-1 [National Cup, second round]
November 7, 1921 -- Bethlehem Steel F. C. vs. Fleisher, 1-4 [National Cup, second round]
November 9, 1921 -- Phila. F. C. vs. New York, 8-1 [ASL]
November 14, 1921 -- Phila. F. C. vs. Harrison, 3-0 [ASL]
November 28, 1921 -- Soccer notes
December 12, 1921 -- A Swing Along Athletic Row
December 12, 1921 -- Phila. F. C. vs. Fall River, 3-1 [ASL]
December 16, 1921 -- Soccer notes
December 19, 1921 -- Phila. F. C. vs. Todd Shipyard, 1-1 [ASL]
December 24, 1921 -- Soccer notes
December 27, 1921 -- Phila. F. C. vs. Todd Shipyard, 1-4 [National Cup, 4th round]
December 31, 1921 -- Year-end Round-up
January 1, 1922 -- vs. Hibernians, 2-2
January 2, 1922 -- Soccer notes
January 2, 1922 -- A Swing Along Athletic Row
January 3, 1922 -- Phila. F. C. vs. New York, 1-3 [ASL]
January 9, 1922 -- Phila. F. C. vs. Coats, 3-1 [ASL]
January 23, 1922 -- Phila. F. C. vs. Fall River, 2-1 [ASL]
January 23, 1922 -- A Swing Along Athletic Row
February 11, 1922 -- A Swing Along Athletic Row
February 13, 1922 -- Phila. F. C. vs. Fall River, 5-2 [ASL]
February 13, 1922 -- A Swing Along Athletic Row
February 21, 1922 -- A Swing Along Athletic Row
February 23, 1922 -- Phila. F. C. vs. Bethlehem F. C., 5-2 [exhibition]
February 23, 1922 -- A Swing Along Athletic Row
February 27, 1922 -- Phila. F. C. vs. Bethlehem F. C., 3-3 [exhibition]
February 27, 1922 -- A Swing Along Athletic Row
February 28, 1922 -- A Swing Along Athletic Row
March 6, 1922 -- Soccer notes
March 20, 1922 -- A Swing Along Athletic Row
March 27, 1922 -- A Swing Along Athletic Row
March 28, 1922 -- A Swing Along Athletic Row
April 1, 1922 -- American Soccer League standings
April 8, 1922 -- A Swing Along Athletic Row
April 17, 1922 -- Soccer Revival in Bethlehem?
April 18, 1922 -- soccer notes
April 19, 1922 -- A Swing Along Athletic Row
May 1, 1922 -- A Swing Along Athletic Row
May 2, 1922 -- A Swing Along Athletic Row
May 3, 1922 -- A Swing Along Athletic Row
May 22, 1922 -- A Swing Along Athletic Row
June 14, 1922 -- Banquet for players

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