The results of the 1908-1909 Derbies


 

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1909-1910 Season

The 1909-1910 season in the Ultimate Division was a tight race, but the  Boston Shipwrights emerged triumphant in the All-American Association Football League.  The Milwaukee Brewmasters led the Shipwrights by 1 point after Week 18.  In Week 19, the Brewmasters went up 2 points after the Cleveland Longlegs defeated Boston.  In Week 20, the Shipwrights closed the gap to a single point.  In the final weekend of the season, the Brewmasters were trounced by the giant-killing Longlegs while the Shipwrights salvaged a tie with the Washington Insiders.  Both squads finished with identical records and 28 points.  Sporting a +18 goal difference, the Shipwrights claimed the title over the Brewmasters’ +10.   The Shipwrights now have captured 4 titles, the most of all AAAFL clubs.

The defending champion Baltimore Bannerets had a poor season, finished in 9th place, 1 point above relegation.  Cleveland Forest ended a 3-year stay in the Ultimate by finishing last.  Philadelphia Libbies, a founding team, was relegated for the first time.  They were nipped by the Cincinnati Scarlets on goal difference.

For the in-season derbies, the Star-Spangled Cup went to Chimney Swifts over the Bannerets, the Longlegs retained the Sixth City Cup over Forest (7:7), and the Carnation Cup went to the Scarlets over the Longlegs (7:4).  The only bright note of the Libbies’ season was that they took the Quaker Cup over the Privateers (6:3).

 

In the Eastern Regional Division, the New York Chieftains and Paterson True Blues punched their tickets for a return to the Penultimate Division.  Both clubs had spent two years in the Eastern.  Pawtucket Millwheels did not make much of a run at returning to the Penultimate.  Neither of the new clubs - Lokomotiv Reading or Nova Britannia - had particularly strong seasons.
 

Golden West secured their first Western Regional Division title, edging out LA Victoria.  In the final week, Golden West had the chance to clinch the title on their own merits, but fell 3-2 to the surprising newcomer Pasadena Pacifics.  LA Victoria squandered their opening to vault into the top spot as they totally collapsed at home 5-0 to the Alameda Vampires.