|
Season |
Seniority Rank |
Club Name |
Status |
Club Name Previous Season or Other Origin |
Colours Shirts/Shorts |
Field |
Years in the League |
|
1979 |
1 |
Alfie's Angels |
Original Members |
|
Red/White |
Joel School, Clinton |
1 |
|
1980 |
1 |
Alfie's Angels |
|
|
Red/White |
Joel School, Clinton |
2 |
|
Spring 1981 |
1 |
Clinton SC |
Name Change |
Alfie's Angels |
Red/White |
Joel School, Clinton |
2.5 |
|
2 |
Guilford SC |
New Team |
|
Dark Green |
Cox Field, Guilford |
0.5 |
|
|
2 |
North Branford Kickers |
New Team |
North Branford |
|
North Branford High School |
0.5 |
|
|
2 |
North Branford Strikers |
New Team |
North Branford |
|
North Branford High School |
0.5 |
|
|
Fall 1981 |
1 |
Clinton SC |
|
|
Red/White |
Joel School, Clinton |
3 |
|
2 |
Guilford Old Pharts |
Name Change |
Guilford SC |
Dark Green |
Cox Field, Guilford |
1 |
|
|
2 |
North Branford |
Merger |
North Branford Kickers & Strikers |
Yellow/Black |
North Branford High School |
1 |
|
|
3 |
Cheshire SC |
New Team |
|
Red/Red |
La Sallete, Cheshire |
0.5 |
|
|
4 |
Guilford United |
New Team & Final Season |
|
Yellow/Blue |
Calvin Leetes School, Guilford |
0.5 |
|
|
5 |
Wallingford |
New Team |
|
Blue/White |
Woodhouse Avenue, Wallingford |
0.5 |
Alfie Campbell, formerly of Glasgow, Scotland, was the Founder of both Clinton Soccer Club and the Shoreline Adult Soccer League. He ran both all on his own from 1979 until 1st November, 1987. His title was League Commissioner.
Clinton player Garry Archer formerly of Derbyshire, England helped him to do some of the paperwork, so perhaps he was technically the League's first Secretary, albeit not an official position at the time.
There was no age-limit in the early days. Adult was interpreted as virtually anyone out of High School.
Teams obtained their own local referee's, sometimes with considerable effort owing to the lack of available quality and qualified referees at the time. Referee fees were $25.00.
In the Fall, the two North Branford teams merged.
A new team, Guilford United, was made up of mostly college-aged players. Their youth, aggression, speed and skill was far too much for the other teams. Alfie Campbell decided that beginning with the Spring 1982 season, the League would become strictly 30 years of age and over for all new players and teams. Players currently under that age at the time would be Grandfathered, that is, they would be allowed to continue to play as long as they remained in the League. If they left, they could not return until they were 30 years old. Alfie was trying to maintain a strictly recreational league and frowned on over-competitiveness. Guilford United were not invited to return for 1982.
The over-30 rule, however, did not officially take effect until the Fall 1985 season when the first edition of official, printed League rules were distributed.