Nov. 27, 1929 – Boston Wonder Workers disband

A dispute over the status of outside left Dave McEachern, who had been “award(ed)” to the New Bedford Whalers caused the Wonder Workers to cease competing in the Atlantic Coast Soccer League. Boston manager “McDonald stated he would play no more games unless given a square deal.”

The Boston Globe’s George Collins wrote that McEachern had gone to New Bedford “through channels of the subterranean route. Professional soccer will never get anywhere in this town under such conditions.”

Nov. 27, 1890 – Fall River Rovers 3:1 Canadians at Bedford St. Grounds (Att.: 4,000)

“Nearly 4,000 foot ball enthusiasts packed every inch of space … this afternoon to see the Rover and cracks Canadian team play the association game. … The Rovers looked like mere boys when they appeared on the field with their athletic opponents, but the spectators soon saw that neither weight nor height was necessary to win. … The visitors attended the ‘Dark Secret’ this evening as guests of the Rovers, and both teams were present in a body at the Rugby game this morning.” (Fall River 14:12 Harvard, rugby game at North End ground – Att.: 800)

Nov. 27, 1895 – Free Wanderers 5:3 YMCA, American Cup, Dexter Street Grounds, Pawtucket, R.I.

“The Free Wanderers were to play the East Ends of Fall River this forenoon, but the latter telegraphed at the last moment that they could not come.”

Red Cross 4:4 Hub Gore, Old Cricket Grounds, Brockton, Mass.

Nov. 27, 1920 – Fall River Rovers 1:2 Bethlehem Steel (Att.: 3,000)

Goals: Lynch; Forrest, Britton.

Fore River 3:0 Gray & Davis (Cambridge, Mass.), National Cup (U.S. Open Cup) third round, Fore River Field, Quincy, Mass.

Lynn Gas 3:1 Boston City

Lynn Thistles 1:4 Amoskeag

Penn 4:0 Harvard, Franklin Field

Penn tied with Princeton for league lead. Goals: Chink Lee 4. Note: “Lee … one of the few star Chinese players in college.”

Haverford 1:0 Yale

Nov. 27, 1924 – Providence 0:0 Boston, Kinsley Park (Att.: 5,000)

Boston’s Hamill and Battles hit crossbar in second half of game played in “muddy condition(s) …”

New Bedford Whalers 3:2(2:2) J&P Coats, ASL game

Goals: Cameron, Jackson, Adair (PK); Adams, Perry (PK).

Yale 3:3 Crescent Athletic Club at Yale Bowl, New Haven, Conn.

Attendance: “Several thousand soccer fans …”

Rothesay Select 9:6 Clan McKenzie, Franklin Field

Nov. 27, 1927 – Fall River Marksmen 0:1 Bethlehem Steel at Mark’s Stadium (Att.: 5,149)

Archie Stark scored one of his 49 goals (in 43 matches) of the 1927-28 ASL season. Stark set a record with 67 regular-season goals for Bethlehem Steel in the 1924-25 season.

Nov. 27, 1927 – New York Giants 4:1 Boston SC, ASL game at Starlight Park, Brooklyn (Att.: 5,000)

Victoria v YMSC, Bay State Junior League match at Shedd Park in Lowell, Mass.

“Football Bursts, So Game Is Called Off.” Victoria leading, 3-0, late in the first half.

“School Soccer Season is Over”

“Big game” on Boston Common called off.

Fore River v Armenian Americans at Shipbuilders’ Field, Quincy, Mass.

“Rain Prevents Game”

Nov. 27, 1976 – Brandeis 2:1 Brockport State, NCAA D3 final, Elizabethtown, Pa.

Nov. 27, 1977 – Babson 1:0 Wooster, NCAA D3 third-place match

NEW ENGLAND SOCCER HISTORY