1978 St George-Budapest FC season

April 2023 April 2023 St George-Budapest 1978 Head Coach Ilija TakacJoe Vlasits St George StadiumGarside Park National Soccer League 7th NSL Cup Second round Phil O'Connor (12) Phil O'Connor (12) 4,953vs. Brisbane Lions(16 July 1978)National Soccer League 722vs. APIA Leichhardt(17 May 1978)NSL Cup 3853 2533 1637 2160 2005 1200 3254 2452 963 4953 3676 3234 1025 0 4–1 (3 times) 2–5vs. South Melbourne (A)(10 June 1978)National Soccer League 1977 1979 The 1978 season was the second in the National Soccer League for St George-Budapest (now St George Football Club). In addition to the domestic league, they also participated in the NSL Cup. Players 1 GK AUS Martin Coe 2 DF AUS Doug Utjesenovic 3 MF ENG Ralph Coates 4 DF AUS John O'Shea 5 DF AUS George Harris 6 AUS Brendan Grosse 7 AUS Carlos Mendez 9 DF AUS Robbie O'Shea 10 AUS Neville Morgan 11 FW AUS Phil O'Connor 12 AUS Emery Holmik 13 DF AUS Peter Terry 14 AUS Zoran Durisic 15 AUS Paul Jones 17 FW ENG Peter Hensman 18 DF AUS Mike O'Shea 20 GK AUS Tim Patterson 21 GK ENG Ray Clemence 22 MF AUS Paul Kay FW PAR Isadore Acosta MF AUS Mark Barton MF AUS Mike Dale MF AUS Rudolfo Gnavi AUS David Jirsa DF AUS Michael Rendell DF PAR Herminio Toñánez AUS Jim Vlassis Competitions Overall record 2 National Soccer League 5 March 1978 27 August 1978 Matchday 1 7th 11 3 12 41 40 NSL Cup 17 May 1978 19 July 1978 First round Second round 1 0 1 2 2 National Soccer League 1978 National Soccer League League table STG Results summary 7 1 5 20 17 4 2 7 21 23 worldfootball.net April 2023 Results by round table b 4 3 Round Ground H/A/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/A/H/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H Result L/W/L/W/L/L/D/W/L/W/L/L/L/L/L/D/W/L/W/D/W/W/W/W/L/W Position 12/6/6/5/9/9/12/9/12/8/11/14/14/14/14/14/13/13/13/13/11/11/9/8/9/7 Points 0p/2p/2p/4p/4p/4p/5p/7p/7p/9p/9p/9p/9p/9p/9p/10p/12p/12p/14p/15p/17p/19p/21p/23p/23p/25p green2 Win yellow2 Draw red2 Loss Home Away gold yellow1 worldfootball.net Matches #CCFFCC Win 1px solid #AAAAAA #FFFFCC Draw 1px solid #AAAAAA #FFCCCC Loss 1px solid #AAAAAA 1 5 March 1978 St George-Budapest 0–2 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1978/1978NSLResults.html#Round1 South Melbourne Cummings 20 Rogers 50 St George Stadium Sydney 3,853http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1978/1978NSLResults.html 1978 National Soccer League Results Stock Greg OzFootball Tony Boskovic L 2 12 March 1978 West Adelaide 1–4 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1978/1978NSLResults.html#Round2 St George-Budapest McGachey 59 R. O'Shea 37 J. O'Shea 61 O'Connor 62 Jones 81 Hindmarsh Stadium Adelaide 5,233 Jim Johnston W 4 26 March 1978 Adelaide City 1–0 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1978/1978NSLResults.html#Round4 St George-Budapest Grosse 39 o.g. Olympic Sports Field Adelaide 5,800 Dennis Stanley L 3 27 March 1978 St George-Budapest 2–1 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1978/1978NSLResults.html#Round3 Canberra City O'Connor 43 Hensman 61 Heywood 22 St George Stadium Sydney 2,533 Peter Rampley W 5 2 April 1978 Sydney Olympic 2–0 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1978/1978NSLResults.html#Round5 St George-Budapest Ainslie 3 Laing 57 Arlington Oval Sydney 4,629 Henry Witschge L 6 9 April 1978 St George-Budapest 2–3 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1978/1978NSLResults.html#Round6 Newcastle KB United O'Connor 13 Jones 73 Endacott 16 Boden 42 Harris 72 o.g. St George Stadium Sydney 1,637 Doug Rennie L 7 15 April 1978 Brisbane Lions 0–0 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1978/1978NSLResults.html#Round7 St George-Budapest Perry Park Brisbane 3,000 Dave Nugent D 8 23 April 1978 St George-Budapest 2–0 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1978/1978NSLResults.html#Round8 Fitzroy United O'Connor 36 pen. 76 pen. St George Stadium Sydney 2,160 Barry Wilkinson W 9 29 April 1978 Footscray JUST 2–0 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1978/1978NSLResults.html#Round9 St George-Budapest Palinkas 13 Ristovski 86 Middle Park Soccer Stadium Melbourne 2,500 Chris Bambridge L 10 7 May 1978 St George-Budapest 2–0 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1978/1978NSLResults.html#Round10 Brisbane City Gnavi 46 Durisic 83 St George Stadium Sydney 2,005 Tony Boskovic W 11 14 May 1978 Marconi Fairfield 2–1 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1978/1978NSLResults.html#Round11 St George-Budapest Sharne 44 Jankovics 46 O'Connor 46 Marconi Oval Sydney 8,093 Jim Reeves L 12 21 May 1978 St George-Budapest 1–3 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1978/1978NSLResults.html#Round12 Eastern Suburbs Mendez 42 H. Silva 57 Watson 65 Trenter 90+3 St George Stadium Sydney 1,200 Brian Fowler L 13 28 May 1978 Western Suburbs 2–1 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1978/1978NSLResults.html#Round13 St George-Budapest Vernon 51 77 Morgan 55 Wentworth Park Sydney 5,928 Richard Lorenc L 14 4 June 1978 St George-Budapest 0–1 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1978/1978NSLResults.html#Round14 West Adelaide Kambas 4 pen. St George Stadium Sydney 3,254 Henry Witschge L 15 10 June 1978 South Melbourne 5–2 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1978/1978NSLResults.html#Round15 St George-Budapest Hagegmanouil ? Cummings ? O'Connor ? Rogers ? Christopoulos ? Morgan ? Hensman ? Middle Park Soccer Stadium Melbourne 4,000 Jack Readshaw L 16 17 June 1978 Canberra City 1–1 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1978/1978NSLResults.html#Round16 St George-Budapest Grujicic 29 pen. Coates 33 Bruce Stadium Canberra 4,500 Tony Beazleigh D 17 25 June 1978 St George-Budapest 2–1 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1978/1978NSLResults.html#Round17 Adelaide City O'Connor 19 Hensman 79 Northcote 12 St George Stadium Sydney 2,452 Peter Rampley W 18 2 July 1978 St George-Budapest 1–2 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1978/1978NSLResults.html#Round18 Sydney Olympic Hensman 35 Jamieson 50 Ainslie 90 St George Stadium Sydney 963 Tim Davies L 19 8 July 1978 Newcastle KB United 1–2 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1978/1978NSLResults.html St George-Budapest Summerscales 49 Willis 6 o.g. O'Shea 24 Newcastle International Sports Centre Newcastle 10,197 Doug Rennie W 20 16 July 1978 St George-Budapest 2–2 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1978/1978NSLResults.html#Round20 Brisbane Lions Morgan 7 Grosse 85 Hughes 18 63 St George Stadium Sydney 4,953 Bill Jones D 21 23 July 1978 Fitzroy United 1–4 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1978/1978NSLResults.html#Round21 St George-Budapest Cole 42 Grosse 12 Terry 35 Hensman 75 Coates 90+1 Middle Park Soccer Stadium Melbourne 3,000 Tony Beazleigh W 22 30 July 1978 St George-Budapest 3–1 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1978/1978NSLResults.html#Round22 Footscray JUST O'Shea 18 O'Connor 46 61 McGuinness 84 St George Stadium Sydney 3,676 Henry Witschge W 23 6 August 1978 Brisbane City 1–4 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1978/1978NSLResults.html#Round23 St George-Budapest Kelso 60 Hensman 37 O'Connor 41 53 Morgan 49 Perry Park Brisbane 2,500 Jack Wood W 24 13 August 1978 15:00 AEST St George-Budapest 2–1 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1978/1978NSLResults.html#Round24 Marconi Fairfield Morgan 2 Coates 24 Vieri 56 St George Stadium Sydney 3,234 Peter Rampley W 25 20 August 1978 Eastern Suburbs 4–2 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1978/1978NSLResults.html#Round25 St George-Budapest Grosse 22 o.g. Stevenson 26 Smith 62 82 Morgan 25 O'Connor 46 Wentworth Park Sydney 2,747 Jim Reeves L 26 27 August 1978 St George-Budapest 1–0 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1978/1978NSLResults.html#Round26 Western Suburbs Utjesenovic 16 St George Stadium Sydney 1,025 Bill Jones W NSL Cup 1978 NSL Cup #CCFFCC Win 1px solid #AAAAAA #FFFFCC Draw 1px solid #AAAAAA #FFCCCC Loss 1px solid #AAAAAA First round 17 May 1978 St George-Budapest 2–1 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1978/1978NSLCup.html#Round1 New South Wales APIA Leichhardt J. O'Shea 35 Hensman 84 Jack 77 Garside Park Sydney 722http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1978/1978NSLCup.html 1978 National Soccer League Cup Results Stock Greg OzFootball W Second round 19 July 1978 Western Suburbs 1–0 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1978/1978NSLCup.html#Round2 St George-Budapest Eaton 4 Wentworth Park Sydney 1,023 Henry Witschge L Statistics Appearances and goals Includes all competitions. Players with no appearances not included in the list.http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1978/1978NSLSquads_SG.html St. George 1978 Squad OzFootball No. Squad number Pos. Position Nat. Nationality Player National Soccer League NSL Cup Total Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals 1 GK AUS Martin Coe 24 0 2 0 26 0 2 DF AUS Doug Utjesenovic 20 1 1 0 21 1 3 MF ENG Ralph Coates 11 3 1 0 12 3 4 DF AUS John O'Shea soccer 25 3 2 1 27 4 5 DF AUS George Harris soccer 25 0 2 0 27 0 6 — AUS Brendan Grosse 25 2 2 0 27 2 7 — AUS Carlos Mendez soccer 8+1 1 1 0 10 1 9 DF AUS Robbie O'Shea 14+2 1 1 0 17 1 10 — AUS Neville Morgan 25+1 6 2 0 28 6 11 FW AUS Phil O'Connor 24+1 12 2 0 27 12 12 — AUS Emery Holmik 3+3 0 0 0 6 0 13 DF AUS Peter Terry soccer 18+3 1 1 0 22 1 14 — AUS Zoran Durisic 4+7 1 0 0 11 1 15 — AUS Paul Jones soccer 15+1 2 2 0 18 2 17 FW ENG Peter Hensman 17+4 6 1+1 1 23 7 18 DF AUS Mike O'Shea soccer 6+2 0 0 0 8 0 20 GK AUS Tim Patterson soccer 0 0 0+1 0 1 0 21 GK ENG Ray Clemence 2 0 0 0 2 0 22 MF AUS Paul Kay soccer 3+4 0 0 0 7 0 — FW PAR Isadore Acosta 0+1 0 1 0 2 0 — MF AUS Mark Barton soccer 1 0 0 0 1 0 — MF AUS Mike Dale soccer 0+1 0 0 0 1 0 — MF AUS Rudolfo Gnavi 11+2 1 0 0 13 1 — — AUS David Jirsa 0 0 1 0 1 0 — DF AUS Michael Rendell soccer 1 0 1 0 2 0 — DF PAR Herminio Toñánez 4 0 0 0 4 0 — — AUS Jim Vlassis 0+1 0 0 0 1 0 — — AUS Watson 0 0 0+1 0 1 0 Disciplinary record 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. Squad number Pos. Position Nat. Nationality Player National Soccer League NSL Cup Total 1 5 DF AUS George Harris soccer 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 2 — MF AUS Rudolfo Gnavi 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 2 DF AUS Doug Utjesenovic 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 6 — AUS Brendan Grosse 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 17 FW AUS Doug Utjesenovic 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 — DF AUS John O'Shea soccer 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Total 11 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 0 Clean sheets 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. Squad number Nat. Nationality Goalkeeper NSL NSL Cup Total 1 1 AUS Martin Coe 4 0 4 Total 4 0 4 References 1978 Category:1978 National Soccer League (Australia) by team Category:1978 in sport in Sydney