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| Full name | Memphis Rogues | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nickname(s) | Rogues | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Founded | 1978 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dissolved | 1980 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ground | Liberty Bowl (Capacity 51,000) |
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| Chairman | Beau Rogers Avron Fogelman |
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| Coach | Malcolm Allison Eddie McCreadie Charlie Cooke |
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| League | North American Soccer League | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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History
“We’re the Ramblin’ Rogues from Memphis, the biggest kick in town!” - Rogues fight song.
In the mid-1970s, two men, Harry T. Mangurian, Jr. and Beau Rogers, joined forces to establish a new North American Soccer League (NASL) franchise. Harry T Mangurian Jr (born October 1, 1926 in Rochester New York) is a veteran of World War II, an American businessman a former owner of North American Soccer League (NASL was a professional soccer League with teams in the United States of America (U Mangurian owned a horse racing track in Florida, and Rogers was part-owner and general manager of the Tampa Bay Rowdies. This article is about the sport For other uses see Horserace (drinking game or Horse race (politics. As the two men searched for a city to serve as home for their new team, they looked at several locations in the southern U. S. before settling on Memphis, Tennessee. Memphis is a City in the southwest corner of Tennessee, and the County seat of Shelby County. Next, they decided to name the team the "Rogues" in part as an allusion to the Rowdies, as well as for a desire to have an elephant mascot (a "Rogue" elephant). Elephants ( family: Elephantidae) are large land Mammals of the order Proboscidea.
The team made its first mistake when it hired Malcolm Allison as its first coach. Malcolm Alexander Allison (born 5 September 1927 in Dartford) is an English former football player and manager. Allison came from Turkish powerhouse Galatasaray but his time in Memphis would be very short. Allison had achieved much controversy during his time in England, and when he had failed to sign a sufficient number of players for the inaugural season, he was dismissed without having coached a match and replaced by ex-Chelsea star Eddie McCreadie. Edward Graham "Eddie" McCreadie (born 15 April 1940 in Glasgow) is a former Scottish footballer who played at left-back Sadly the club finished the 1978 season in third place in its division and did not make the playoffs. Attendance was also disappointing, averaging only 8,708 a match, 17th in the 24-team league.
The second season, 1979, was disrupted by a players' strike which forced McCreadie out of retirement for a time. The team did worse on the pitch, finishing last, and worse at the box office, with 7,137 a match, with only three teams doing worse.
The poor gates resulted in Mangurian and Rogers selling the team to Avron Fogelman in 1980. Fogelman owned a Memphis minor league baseball team and later became a part owner of the Kansas City Royals. Part of the History of baseball series Minor league baseball is a hierarchy of Professional baseball leagues in North The Kansas City Royals are a Major League Baseball team based in Kansas City, Missouri. Though attendance went up in 1980 to 9,864 a match, this was still only 17th in the league and the team were again last in their division, though McCreadie's old Chelsea mate Charlie Cooke had taken over as coach. Charles 'Charlie' Cooke (born 14 October, 1942 in St Monans, Scotland) is a former Scottish footballer.
The Rogues last game ever came at Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium against the Houston Hurricane. Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium is a football stadium located at the Mid-South Fairgrounds in Memphis Tennessee, United States. The Houston Hurricane was a Soccer team based out of Houston that played in the NASL. The Rogues won 6-1. Tony Field scored the final goal in Memphis Rogues history. Tony Field (born 6 July 1946 in Halifax) is a retired English footballer who played in the United States for New York Cosmos He beat the goalkeeper and walked the ball into the net. When he arrived at the goalline, he got down on his knees and headed the ball into the net - a truly memorable goal.
In 1981, Fogelman cut his loses and sold the Rogues to Nelson Skalbania, a Canadian businessman who moved the team to Calgary, Alberta. Nelson M Skalbania (born February 12, 1938) is a flamboyant Canadian businessman from Vancouver, British Columbia best known for Calgary (ˈkælgəriː is the largest city in the Province of Alberta, Canada Skalbania renamed the team the Calgary Boomers for the 1981, but the team lasted only one year in Calgary before folding. The Calgary Boomers were a professional soccer team that competed in the North American Soccer League during the 1981 season after which they folded
Coaches
- Malcolm Allison 1978
- Eddie McCreadie 1978-1979
- Charlie Cooke 1980
Famous Players
Phil Beal (1978)- Alan Birchenall (1978) [1]
Steve Bradshaw (1980)- Paul Cannell
Toni Carbognani (1980)- Paul Child
Charlie Cooke (1978-80)- John Faulkner (1978-80)
- Tony Field (1978-80)
- Neil Smillie (1978-79)
- Jimmy Husband (1978-80) [2]
- Jim Steele (1980)
- David Stride (1978/1980) [3]
Year-by-year
| Year | League | W | L | T | Pts | Regular Season | Playoffs |
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| 1978 | NASL | 10 | 20 | — | 101 | 3rd, American Conference, Central Division | Did not qualify |
| 1979 | NASL | 6 | 24 | — | 73 | 4th, American Conference, Central Division | Did not qualify |
| 1979/80 | NASL Indoor | 9 | 3 | — | — | 1st, Western Division | Won Semifinal (Minnesota) Lost Championship (Tampa Bay) |
| 1980 | NASL | 14 | 18 | — | 126 | 4th, American Conference, Central Division | Did not qualify |
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Malcolm Alexander Allison (born 5 September 1927 in Dartford) is an English former football player and manager. Edward Graham "Eddie" McCreadie (born 15 April 1940 in Glasgow) is a former Scottish footballer who played at left-back Charles 'Charlie' Cooke (born 14 October, 1942 in St Monans, Scotland) is a former Scottish footballer. Phil Beal born January 8, 1945 at Godstone, Surrey is a living former English, Football player Alan Birchenall MBE (born 22 August 1945 in East Ham) is a retired English footballer who played during the Paul Cannell (Born Newcastle upon Tyne 2 September, 1953) is a Footballer who played forward for Newcastle United between 1972 - 1978 Paul Child (born December 8 1952 in Birmingham, England) is a former U Charlie Cooke may refer to Charlie Cooke (businessman, Canadian businessman Charlie Cooke (footballer, Scottish football player John Philip Faulkner (born 12 April 1954) has been an Australian Labor Party member of the Australian Senate since April 1989 representing Tony Field (born 6 July 1946 in Halifax) is a retired English footballer who played in the United States for New York Cosmos Neil Smillie (born Barnsley, 19 July, 1958 is an English former professional Football (soccer player and manager. Jim Steele, born Edinburgh 11 March 1950, is a former footballer who helped Southampton F Minnesota Kicks were a professional Soccer team that played at Metropolitan Stadium in Bloomington Minnesota from 1976 to 1981Dapyx Software network: MP3 Explorer | Ebook Manager | Zenithic