1977 Sydney Olympic FC season

February 2023 February 2023 Sydney Olympic 1977 Head Coach Bruce StowellKaz Kulak Sydney Sports GroundWentworth Park National Soccer League 12th NSL Cup First round Billy Pirie (7) Billy Pirie (7) 6,217vs. West Adelaide(17 April 1977)National Soccer League 1,025vs. Adelaide City(14 August 1977)National Soccer League 5872 6217 3616 5857 2753 2923 4982 3470 2960 1025 2056 3691 2987 0 4–0vs. Brisbane City (H)(4 June 1977)National Soccer League 0–4vs. West Adelaide (H)(17 April 1977)National Soccer League0–4vs. Canberra City (A)(30 July 1977)National Soccer League _bluewhite_cuffs _bluevertical _bluewhite_cuffs FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF 1978 The 1977 season was the first in the National Soccer League for Sydney Olympic Football Club. In addition to the domestic league, they also participated in the NSL Cup. Sydney Olympic finished 12th in their National Soccer League season, and were eliminated in the first round of the NSL Cup. Players AUS FW Don Allan AUS Greg Allan AUS DF Richard Bell ENG FW Ray Botham ENG DF Mike Cross AUS Bernie Cullerton AUS Michael Drossos SCO DF George Gibson AUS Tony Ikonomou AUS FW Jim Izatt SCO MF Alex Jamieson AUS Bill Kardambis ENG DF Paul Luckett AUS FW Greg Lynch AUS Neil Malone AUS DF Dave McIntosh AUS GK Gary Meier AUS DF Billy Palmer AUS Lazaros Paraskevas AUS FW Brian Parker SCO FW Billy Pirie AUS MF Peter Raskopoulos AUS MF Joe Senkalski AUS FW Chris Thamnidis SCO DF Ken Wilson Transfers Transfers in Date from Position Name From Fee Ref. 26 January 1977 MF AUS Joe Senkalski AUS Adamstown Rosebud Free transfer Ambitious bids by Olympic, Hakoah Soccer Action 26 January 1977 4 Competitions Overall record 2 National Soccer League 2 April 1977 25 September 1977 Matchday 1 12th 7 7 12 25 38 NSL Cup 20 September 1977 First round First round 0 0 1 1 2 National Soccer League 1977 National Soccer League League table SYD Results summary 5 3 5 16 17 2 4 7 9 21 worldfootball.net February 2023 Results by round table b 13 12 Round Ground H/A/H/A/H/A/A/H/A/H/A/A/H/H/A/H/A/A/H/H/A/H/A/H/A/H Result L/D/L/W/D/W/L/W/L/W/D/L/W/L/D/W/L/L/L/W/L/D/L/L/D/D Position 13/12/13/11/10/9/10/9/11/8/9/8/6/9/9/9/9/9/11/10/10/10/11/12/12/12 Points 0p/1p/1p/3p/4p/6p/6p/8p/8p/10p/11p/11p/13p/13p/14p/16p/16p/16p/16p/18p/18p/19p/19p/19p/20p/21p Home Away green2 Win yellow2 Draw red2 Loss green1 red1 worldfootball.net Matches #CCFFCC Win 1px solid #AAAAAA #FFFFCC Draw 1px solid #AAAAAA #FFCCCC Loss 1px solid #AAAAAA 1 2 April 1977 Sydney Olympic 0–2 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1977/1977NSLResults.html#Round1 South Melbourne Ollerton 72 85 Sydney Sports Ground Sydney 5,872http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1977/1977NSLResults.html 1977 National Soccer League Results Stock Greg OzFootball.net Tony Boskovic L 2 10 April 1977 Mooroolbark 1–1 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1977/1977NSLResults.html#Round2 Sydney Olympic Tront 39 pen. Botham 28 Middle Park Soccer Stadium Melbourne 2,100 Bob Henderson D 3 17 April 1977 Sydney Olympic 0–4 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1977/1977NSLResults.html#Round3 West Adelaide Kosmina 42 46 McGregor 56 Honeyman 87 Wentworth Park Sydney 6,217 Barry Wilkinson L 4 24 April 1977 Brisbane Lions 0–2 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1977/1977NSLResults.html#Round4 Sydney Olympic D. Allan 57 68 Perry Park Brisbane 5,111 Des Miles W 5 1 May 1977 Sydney Olympic 2–2 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1977/1977NSLResults.html#Round5 Canberra City D. Allan 3 Botham 56 Stoddart 22 Henderson 81 Wentworth Park Sydney 3,616 Brian Fowler D 6 8 May 1977 Western Suburbs 0–2 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1977/1977NSLResults.html#Round6 Sydney Olympic Cross 15 Pirie 34 Sydney Sports Ground Sydney 7,253 Bob Mee W 7 15 May 1977 Adelaide City 3–0 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1977/1977NSLResults.html#Round7 Sydney Olympic Muniz 1 Deans 21 Northcote 32 Olympic Sports Field Adelaide 10,500 Don Campbell L 8 22 May 1977 Sydney Olympic 3–1 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1977/1977NSLResults.html#Round8 Fitzroy United Pirie 54 81 McIntosh 65 Buljevic 50 Wentworth Park Sydney 5,857 John van der Linde W 9 28 May 1977 Footscray JUST 1–0 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1977/1977NSLResults.html#Round9 Sydney Olympic Kondarios 81 Middle Park Soccer Stadium Melbourne 4,000 Bob Henderson L 10 4 June 1977 Sydney Olympic 4–0 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1977/1977NSLResults.html#Round10 Brisbane City Botham 16 60 Pirie 72 88 Sydney Sports Ground Sydney 2,753 Tim Davies W 11 12 June 1977 Marconi Fairfield 0–0 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1977/1977NSLResults.html#Round11 Sydney Olympic Marconi Oval Sydney 9,580 Harold Hall D 13 26 June 1977 Eastern Suburbs 2–0 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1977/1977NSLResults.html#Round13 Sydney Olympic Barnes 6 Smith 67 Wentworth Park Sydney 6,115 Tony Boskovic L 12 29 June 1977 Sydney Olympic 2–0 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1977/1977NSLResults.html#Round12 St George-Budapest Cross 32 Senkalski 60 Sydney Sports Ground Sydney 2,923 Peter Rampley W 14 3 July 1977 Sydney Olympic 1–2 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1977/1977NSLResults.html#Round14 Mooroolbark Pirie 11 pen. P. Ontong 80 84 Wentworth Park Sydney 4,982 Dennis McDermott L 15 10 July 1977 South Melbourne 1–1 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1977/1977NSLResults.html#Round15 Sydney Olympic Mitten 46 Pirie 75 Middle Park Soccer Stadium Melbourne 5,200 Jim Dixon D 16 17 July 1977 Sydney Olympic 1–0 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1977/1977NSLResults.html#Round16 Brisbane Lions Botham 55 Sydney Sports Ground Sydney 3,470 Tony Boskovic W 17 24 July 1977 West Adelaide 1–0 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1977/1977NSLResults.html#Round17 Sydney Olympic Kosmina 80 Hindmarsh Stadium Adelaide 4,125 Don Campbell L 18 30 July 1977 Canberra City 4–0 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1977/1977NSLResults.html#Round18 Sydney Olympic Grujicic 3 Henderson 35 Alston 81 McIntosh 85 o.g. Manuka Oval Canberra 1,500 Henry Witschge L 19 7 August 1977 Sydney Olympic 0–3 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1977/1977NSLResults.html#Round19 Western Suburbs Curran 13 Eaton 62 83 Sydney Sports Ground Sydney 2,960 Richard Lorenc L 20 14 August 1977 Sydney Olympic 3–1 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1977/1977NSLResults.html#Round20 Adelaide City Senkalski 29 McIntosh 34 Botham 68 Deans 85 Sydney Sports Ground Sydney 1,025 Peter Rampley W 21 21 August 1977 Fitzroy United 2–0 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1977/1977NSLResults.html#Round21 Sydney Olympic Taylor ? pen. Cole ? Olympic Park Melbourne 3,000 L 22 28 August 1977 Sydney Olympic 0–0 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1977/1977NSLResults.html#Round22 Footscray JUST Sydney Sports Ground Sydney 2,056 Bill Jones D 23 4 September 1977 Brisbane City 3–0 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1977/1977NSLResults.html#Round23 Sydney Olympic Conner 44 Johnston 47 Tokesi 60 Perry Park Brisbane 4,420 Jack Wood L 24 11 September 1977 Sydney Olympic 0–2 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1977/1977NSLResults.html#Round24 Marconi Fairfield Rooney 16 Sharne 41 Sydney Sports Ground Sydney 3,691 Richard Lorenc L 25 18 September 1977 St George-Budapest 3–3 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1977/1977NSLResults.html#Round25 Sydney Olympic Mendez 27 Hensman 51 Morgan 90+2 Senkalski 22 81 pen. McIntosh 76 Sydney Sports Ground Sydney 1,502 Dennis McDermott D 26 25 September 1977 Sydney Olympic 0–0 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1977/1977NSLResults.html#Round26 Eastern Suburbs Wentworth Park Sydney 2,987 Chris Bambridge D NSL Cup 1977 NSL Cup #CCFFCC Win 1px solid #AAAAAA #FFFFCC Draw 1px solid #AAAAAA #FFCCCC Loss 1px solid #AAAAAA First round 20 September 1977 Western Suburbs 2–1 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1977/1977NSLCup.html#Round1 Sydney Olympic Turnbull 31 78 Jamieson 86 Marconi Oval Sydney 2,237http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1977/1977NSLCup.html 1977 National Soccer League Cup Results Stock Greg OzFootball.net Tim Davies (Ray Sandell) L Statistics Appearances and goals Includes all competitions. Players with no appearances not included in the list.http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1977/1977NSLSquads_SO.html Sydney Olympic 1977 Squad Persoglia Tony Stock Greg OzFootball.net No. Squad number Pos. Position Nat. Nationality Player National Soccer League NSL Cup Total Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals — FW AUS Don Allan soccer 20+1 3 0 0 21 3 — — AUS Greg Allan 18+2 0 0 0 20 0 — DF AUS Richard Bell soccer 13 0 1 0 14 0 — FW ENG Ray Botham 26 6 1 0 27 6 — DF ENG Mike Cross footballer 24+1 2 1 0 26 2 — — AUS Bernie Cullerton 13 0 0 0 13 0 — — AUS Michael Drossos 0+1 0 0 0 1 0 — DF SCO George Gibson footballer, born 1945 19 0 0 0 19 0 — — AUS Tony Ikonomou 4+3 0 0 0 7 0 — FW AUS Jim Izatt 0+1 0 0 0 1 0 — MF SCO Alex Jamieson footballer 11 0 1 1 12 1 — — AUS Bill Kardambis 0+4 0 0 0 4 0 — DF ENG Paul Luckett 22+2 0 1 0 25 0 — FW AUS Greg Lynch 5 0 0 0 5 0 — — AUS Neil Malone 0+1 0 0 0 1 0 — DF AUS Dave McIntosh soccer 18 3 1 0 19 3 — GK AUS Gary Meier soccer 26 0 1 0 27 0 — DF AUS Billy Palmer soccer 12+2 0 1 0 15 0 — — AUS Lazaros Paraskevas 0+3 0 0+1 0 4 0 — FW AUS Brian Parker soccer 2+1 0 0 0 3 0 — FW SCO Billy Pirie 8+1 7 0 0 9 7 — MF AUS Peter Raskopoulos 7+1 0 1 0 9 0 — MF AUS Joe Senkalski 25 4 1 0 26 4 — FW AUS Chris Thamnidis 10+7 0 1 0 18 0 — DF SCO Ken Wilson footballer, born 1957 3+2 0 0+1 0 6 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 — FW AUS Don Allan soccer 3 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 1 2 — FW AUS Chris Thamnidis 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 — FW AUS Dave McIntosh 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 4 — DF AUS Richard Bell soccer 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 — DF ENG Mike Cross footballer 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Total 9 0 2 0 0 0 9 0 2 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 — AUS Gary Meier soccer 8 0 8 Total 8 0 8 References 1977 Category:1977 National Soccer League (Australia) by team Category:1977 in sport in Sydney