Pawtucket Rangers

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

Year	Division	League	Reg. Season	Playoffs	National Cup
1913/14	N/A	RIL	1st	Champion	did not enter
1914/15	N/A	SNESL	3rd	No playoff	Semifinals
1915/16	N/A	SNESL	Schedule not finished		Second round
1916/17	N/A	SNESL	3rd	No playoff	First round
1917/18	N/A	SNESL	1st	Champion (no playoff)	Second round
1918/19	N/A	SNESL	Season canceled due to WWI		Third round
1919/20	N/A	SNESL	?	?	Third round
1920/21	N/A	SNESL	3rd	No playoff	First round
1921/22	1	ASL	2nd	No playoff	Fourth round
1922/23	1	ASL	1st	Champion (no playoff)	Semifinals
1923/24	1	ASL	4th	No playoff	First round
1924/25	1	ASL	7th	No playoff	did not enter
1925/26	1	ASL	8th	No playoff	Semifinals
1926/27	1	ASL	9th	No playoff	First round
1927/28	1	ASL	8th (1st half); 9th (2nd half)	did not qualify	Semifinals
1928/29	N/A	ASL	8th (1st half); 3rd (2nd half)	No playoff	?
Fall 1929	N/A	ASL	5th	No playoff	N/A
1930	N/A	ACL/ASL	6th (Spring); 9th (Fall)	No playoff	Quarterfinals
1931	N/A	ASL	4th (Spring); 3rd (Fall)	No playoff	First round
Spring 1932	N/A	ASL	4th?	No playoff	Second round
Fall 1932	N/A	ASL	2nd	No playoff	N/A
Spring 1933	N/A	?	?	?	Semifinals