1977 South Melbourne FC season
1977 season | ||
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Head Coach | Manny Poulakakis Con Xanthopoulos | |
Stadium | Middle Park Soccer Stadium | |
National Soccer League | 11th | |
NSL Cup | First round | |
Top goalscorer | League: Peter Ollerton (6) All: Peter Ollerton (6) | |
Highest home attendance | 15,000 vs. St George-Budapest (13 June 1977) National Soccer League | |
Lowest home attendance | 2,000 vs. Eastern Suburbs (14 August 1977) National Soccer League | |
Average home league attendance | 4,823 | |
Biggest win | 2–0 (4 times) 4–2 (once) | |
Biggest defeat | 0–3 vs. Marconi Fairfield (A) (30 April 1977) National Soccer League 2–5 vs. Fitzroy United (A) (3 July 1977) National Soccer League | |
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The 1977 season was the first in the National Soccer League for South Melbourne Football Club. In addition to the domestic league, they also participated in the NSL Cup. South Melbourne finished 11th in their National Soccer League season, and were eliminated in the first round of the NSL Cup. 191f51
Players
[edit]Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Transfers
[edit]Transfers in
[edit]Date from | Position | Name | From | Fee | Ref. |
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22–23 January 1977 | GK | Jack Reilly | Fitzroy United | $3,500 | [1] |
MF | Fitzroy United | $3,500 | [1] |
Competitions
[edit]Overall record
[edit]Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | |||||||
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Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | |||||
National Soccer League | 2 April 1977 | 25 September 1977 | Matchday 1 | 11th | 26 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 27 | 35 | −8 | 26.92 |
NSL Cup | 22 September 1977 | First round | First round | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 0.00 | |
Total | 27 | 7 | 8 | 12 | 27 | 36 | −9 | 25.93 |
Source: Competitions
National Soccer League
[edit]League table
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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9 | Brisbane Lions | 26 | 9 | 5 | 12 | 27 | 41 | −14 | 23 |
10 | Brisbane City | 26 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 30 | 35 | −5 | 22 |
11 | South Melbourne | 26 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 27 | 35 | −8 | 22 |
12 | Sydney Olympic | 26 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 25 | 38 | −13 | 21 |
13 | Canberra City | 26 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 22 | 39 | −17 | 17 |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
Results summary
[edit]Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||
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Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
26 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 27 | 35 | −8 | 29 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 13 | −1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 22 | −7 |
Source: worldfootball.net
Results by round
[edit]Matches
[edit]Win Draw Loss
2 April 1977 1 | Sydney Olympic | 0–2 | South Melbourne | Sydney |
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Stadium: Sydney Sports Ground Attendance: 5,872[2] Referee: Tony Boskovic |
11 April 1977 2 | South Melbourne | 1–1 | Fitzroy United | Melbourne |
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Stadium: Middle Park Soccer Stadium Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Chris Bambridge |
17 April 1977 3 | Footscray JUST | 2–2 | South Melbourne | Melbourne |
Report | Stadium: Olympic Park Attendance: 8,750 Referee: David Yelland |
23 April 1977 4 | South Melbourne | 0–1 | Brisbane City | Melbourne |
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Stadium: Middle Park Soccer Stadium Attendance: 2,300 Referee: Bob Henderson |
30 April 1977 5 | Marconi Fairfield | 3–0 | South Melbourne | Sydney |
Report | Stadium: Sydney Sports Ground Attendance: 1,800 Referee: Tim Davies |
15 May 1977 7 | Eastern Suburbs | 0–1 | South Melbourne | Sydney |
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Stadium: Wentworth Park Attendance: 750 Referee: Brian Fowler |
21 May 1977 8 | South Melbourne | 0–0 | Adelaide City | Melbourne |
Report | Stadium: Middle Park Attendance: 5,200 Referee: Chris Bambridge |
28 May 1977 9 | South Melbourne | 2–0 | Mooroolbark | Melbourne |
Report | Stadium: Middle Park Soccer Stadium Attendance: 4,000 Referee: David Yelland |
5 June 1977 10 | West Adelaide | 1–1 | South Melbourne | Adelaide |
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Report | Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium Attendance: 7,500 Referee: Barry Wilkinson |
11 June 1977 11 | South Melbourne | 1–0 | Brisbane Lions | Melbourne |
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Report | Stadium: Middle Park Attendance: 4,800 Referee: Stewart Mellings |
13 June 1977 6 | South Melbourne | 2–3 | St George-Budapest | Melbourne |
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Report | Stadium: Middle Park Soccer Stadium Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Stewart Mellings |
26 June 1977 13 | South Melbourne | 2–0 | Western Suburbs | Melbourne |
Report | Stadium: Middle Park Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Bob Henderson |
3 July 1977 14 | Fitzroy United | 5–2 | South Melbourne | Melbourne |
Report | Stadium: Olympic Park Attendance: 13,000 Referee: David Yelland |
10 July 1977 15 | South Melbourne | 1–1 | Sydney Olympic | Melbourne |
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Stadium: Middle Park Attendance: 5,200 Referee: Jim Dixon |
15 July 1977 12 | Canberra City | 0–2 | South Melbourne | Queanbeyan |
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Stadium: Seiffert Oval Attendance: 1,500 |
17 July 1977 16 | Brisbane City | 2–0 | South Melbourne | Brisbane |
Report | Stadium: Perry Park Attendance: 5,187 Referee: Des Miles |
24 July 1977 17 | South Melbourne | 0–2 | Footscray JUST | Melbourne |
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Stadium: Middle Park Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Chris Bambridge |
30 July 1977 18 | South Melbourne | 1–2 | Marconi Fairfield | Melbourne |
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Report | Stadium: Middle Park Attendance: 3,000 Referee: David Yelland |
7 August 1977 19 | St George-Budapest | 1–1 | South Melbourne | Sydney |
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Stadium: Marconi Oval Attendance: 3,456 Referee: Barry Wilkinson |
14 August 1977 20 | South Melbourne | 0–0 | Eastern Suburbs | Melbourne |
Report | Stadium: Middle Park Attendance: 2,000 Referee: David Yelland |
21 August 1977 21 | Adelaide City | 2–0 | South Melbourne | Adelaide |
Report | Stadium: Olympic Sports Field Attendance: 4,600 Referee: Richard Lorenc |
28 August 1977 22 | Mooroolbark | 2–4 | South Melbourne | Melbourne |
Report | Stadium: Esther Park Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Tony Beazleigh |
3 September 1977 23 | South Melbourne | 1–2 | West Adelaide | Melbourne |
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Report | Stadium: Middle Park Attendance: 2,200 Referee: Jim Dixon |
11 September 1977 24 | Brisbane Lions | 2–0 | South Melbourne | Brisbane |
Report | Stadium: Perry Park Attendance: 3,528 Referee: Bill Jones |
18 September 1977 25 | South Melbourne | 1–1 | Canberra City | Melbourne |
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Stadium: Middle Park Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Jim Dixon |
25 September 1977 26 | Western Suburbs | 2–0 | South Melbourne | Sydney |
Report | Stadium: Englefield Stadium Attendance: 526 Referee: Henry Witschge |
NSL Cup
[edit]Win Draw Loss
22 September 1977 First round | Mooroolbark | 1–0 | South Melbourne | Melbourne |
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Report | Stadium: Olympic Park Attendance: 4,000[3] Referee: Tony Boskovic |
Statistics
[edit]Appearances and goals
[edit]Includes all competitions. Players with no appearances not included in the list.[4][3]
No. | Pos. | Nat. | Player | National Soccer League | NSL Cup | Total | |||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||
— | MF | Jim Alexiou | 5+7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | |
— | — | George Bozikis | 2+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
— | FW | Duncan Cummings | 6+1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | |
— | MF | John Daperis | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 0 | |
— | DF | Anton Dosen | 10+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | |
— | FW | Graham French | 18+5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 2 | |
— | FW | John Gardiner | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | |
— | MF | Ian Gibson | 22+1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 5 | |
— | — | Margaritis Hagegmanouil | 20+3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 1 | |
— | DF | Kris Kalifatidis | 24 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 1 | |
— | MF | Chris Kent | 15+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 0 | |
— | — | Reno Lia | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
— | FW | Malcolm Macdonald | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
— | MF | Jimmy Mackay | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
— | DF | Malcolm Manley | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
— | MF | Noel Mitten | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | |
— | FW | Peter Ollerton | 21 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 6 | |
— | DF | Mike Pye | 26 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 1 | |
— | GK | Jack Reilly | 24 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 0 | |
— | MF | Billy Rogers | 16 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 4 | |
— | GK | Lou Tsigaris | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
— | DF | Arthur Xanthopoulos | 25 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 0 |
Disciplinary record
[edit]Includes all competitions. The list is sorted by squad number when total cards are equal. Players with no cards not included in the list.
Rank | No. | Pos. | Nat. | Player | National Soccer League | NSL Cup | Total | ||||||
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1 | — | FW | Peter Ollerton | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
2 | — | DF | Kris Kalifatidis | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
3 | — | MF | John Daperis | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
— | MF | Ian Gibson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
— | FW | Graham French | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
— | — | Margaritis Hagegmanouil | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
7 | — | FW | Duncan Cummings | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
— | DF | Arthur Xanthopoulos | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
Total | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 1 |
Clean sheets
[edit]Includes all competitions. The list is sorted by squad number when total clean sheets are equal. Numbers in parentheses represent games where both goalkeepers participated and both kept a clean sheet; the number in parentheses is awarded to the goalkeeper who was substituted on, whilst a full clean sheet is awarded to the goalkeeper who was on the field at the start of play. Goalkeepers with no clean sheets not included in the list.
Rank | No. | Nat. | Goalkeeper | NSL | NSL Cup | Total |
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1 | — | Jack Reilly | 8 | 0 | 8 | |
Total | 8 | 0 | 8 |
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Tansey, O'Reilly: $14,000 – Gibson and Reilly: $7,000". Soccer Action. 26 January 1977. p. 1.
- ^ Stock, Greg. "1977 National Soccer League Results". OzFootball.net.
- ^ a b Stock, Greg. "1977 National Soccer League Cup Results". OzFootball.net.
- ^ Persoglia, Tony; Stock, Greg. "South Melbourne 1977 Squad". OzFootball.net.