1977 South Melbourne FC season

January 2022 January 2022 South Melbourne 1977 Head Coach Manny PoulakakisCon Xanthopoulos Middle Park Soccer Stadium National Soccer League 11th NSL Cup First round Peter Ollerton (6) Peter Ollerton (6) 15,000vs. St George-Budapest(13 June 1977)National Soccer League 2,000vs. Eastern Suburbs(14 August 1977)National Soccer League 9000 2300 15000 5200 4000 4800 5000 5200 3000 3000 2000 2200 2000 0 2–0 (4 times)4–2 (once) 0–3vs. Marconi Fairfield (A)(30 April 1977)National Soccer League2–5vs. Fitzroy United (A)(3 July 1977)National Soccer League _thinnavyhoops _thinnavyhoops 191f51 191f51 191f51 191f51 191f51 1978 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 AUS MF Jim Alexiou AUS George Bozikis AUS FW Duncan Cummings AUS MF John Daperis YUG DF Anton Dosen AUS FW Graham French AUS MF John Gardiner AUS MF Ian Gibson GRE Margaritis Hagegmanouil AUS DF Kris Kalifatidis AUS MF Chris Kent AUS Reno Lia ENG FW Malcolm Macdonald AUS MF Jimmy Mackay SCO DF Malcolm Manley IRL MF Noel Mitten AUS FW Peter Ollerton ENG DF Mike Pye AUS GK Jack Reilly AUS MF Billy Rogers GRE GK Lou Tsigaris AUS DF Arthur Xanthopoulos Transfers Transfers in Date from Position Name From Fee Ref. 22–23 January 1977 GK Jack Reilly Fitzroy United $3,500 Tansey, O'Reilly: $14,000 – Gibson and Reilly: $7,000 Soccer Action 26 January 1977 1 MF SCO Ian Gibson Fitzroy United $3,500 Competitions Overall record 2 National Soccer League 2 April 1977 25 September 1977 Matchday 1 11th 7 8 11 27 35 NSL Cup 22 September 1977 First round First round 0 0 1 0 1 National Soccer League 1977 National Soccer League League table SOU Results summary 3 5 5 12 13 4 3 6 15 22 worldfootball.net February 2023 Results by round table b 7 8 9 10 11 6 13 14 15 12 Round Ground A/H/A/H/A/A/H/H/A/H/H/H/A/H/A/A/H/H/A/H/A/A/H/A/H/A Result W/D/D/L/L/W/D/W/D/W/L/W/L/D/W/L/L/L/D/D/L/W/L/L/D/L Position 4/4/5/6/8/9/10/8/9/8/10/5/5/5/5/7/8/8/8/9/9/9/9/9/10/11 Points 2p/3p/4p/4p/4p/6p/7p/9p/10p/12p/12p/14p/14p/15p/17p/17p/17p/17p/18p/19p/19p/21p/21p/21p/22p/22p 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 W 2 11 April 1977 South Melbourne 1–1 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1977/1977NSLResults.html#Round2 Fitzroy United Cummings 57 Provan 88 Middle Park Soccer Stadium Melbourne 9,000 Chris Bambridge D 3 17 April 1977 Footscray JUST 2–2 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1977/1977NSLResults.html#Round3 South Melbourne Palinkas 16 Kazi 69 Gibson 54 French 87 Olympic Park Melbourne 8,750 David Yelland D 4 23 April 1977 South Melbourne 0–1 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1977/1977NSLResults.html#Round4 Brisbane City Pimblett 73 Middle Park Soccer Stadium Melbourne 2,300 Bob Henderson L 5 30 April 1977 Marconi Fairfield 3–0 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1977/1977NSLResults.html#Round5 South Melbourne Sharne 7 49 Mariani 40 Sydney Sports Ground Sydney 1,800 Tim Davies L 7 15 May 1977 Eastern Suburbs 0–1 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1977/1977NSLResults.html#Round7 South Melbourne Gibson 53 Wentworth Park Sydney 750 Brian Fowler W 8 21 May 1977 South Melbourne 0–0 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1977/1977NSLResults.html#Round8 Adelaide City Middle Park Melbourne 5,200 Chris Bambridge D 9 28 May 1977 South Melbourne 2–0 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1977/1977NSLResults.html#Round9 Mooroolbark Gibson 17 Rogers 50 Middle Park Soccer Stadium Melbourne 4,000 David Yelland W 10 5 June 1977 West Adelaide 1–1 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1977/1977NSLResults.html#Round10 South Melbourne Boyle 47 Macdonald 57 pen. Hindmarsh Stadium Adelaide 7,500 Barry Wilkinson D 11 11 June 1977 South Melbourne 1–0 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1977/1977NSLResults.html#Round11 Brisbane Lions Hagegmanouil 80 Middle Park Melbourne 4,800 Stewart Mellings W 6 13 June 1977 South Melbourne 2–3 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1977/1977NSLResults.html#Round6 St George-Budapest Macdonald 45 84 Gnavi 2 George 22 Jankovics 56 Middle Park Soccer Stadium Melbourne 15,000 Stewart Mellings L 13 26 June 1977 South Melbourne 2–0 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1977/1977NSLResults.html#Round13 Western Suburbs Gibson 58 Rogers 87 Middle Park Melbourne 5,000 Bob Henderson W 14 3 July 1977 Fitzroy United 5–2 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1977/1977NSLResults.html#Round14 South Melbourne Olympic Park Melbourne 13,000 David Yelland 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 Melbourne 5,200 Jim Dixon D 12 15 July 1977 Canberra City 0–2 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1977/1977NSLResults.html#Round12 South Melbourne Pye 42 Kalifatidis 86 Seiffert Oval Queanbeyan 1,500 W 16 17 July 1977 Brisbane City 2–0 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1977/1977NSLResults.html#Round16 South Melbourne Conner 46 Coyne 87 Perry Park Brisbane 5,187 Des Miles L 17 24 July 1977 South Melbourne 0–2 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1977/1977NSLResults.html#Round17 Footscray JUST Borovnica 38 53 Middle Park Melbourne 3,000 Chris Bambridge L 18 30 July 1977 South Melbourne 1–2 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1977/1977NSLResults.html#Round18 Marconi Fairfield Mitten 42 Richards 20 Rooney 29 Middle Park Melbourne 3,000 David Yelland L 19 7 August 1977 St George-Budapest 1–1 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1977/1977NSLResults.html#Round19 South Melbourne Morgan 8 Ollerton 51 Marconi Oval Sydney 3,456 Barry Wilkinson D 20 14 August 1977 South Melbourne 0–0 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1977/1977NSLResults.html#Round20 Eastern Suburbs Middle Park Melbourne 2,000 David Yelland D 21 21 August 1977 Adelaide City 2–0 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1977/1977NSLResults.html#Round21 South Melbourne Leane 75 Northcote 90 Olympic Sports Field Adelaide 4,600 Richard Lorenc L 22 28 August 1977 Mooroolbark 2–4 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1977/1977NSLResults.html#Round22 South Melbourne McGregor 30 39 pen. Ollerton 24 65 73 French 85 Esther Park Melbourne 1,000 Tony Beazleigh W 23 3 September 1977 South Melbourne 1–2 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1977/1977NSLResults.html#Round23 West Adelaide Cummings 66 Kosmina 19 Boyle 70 Middle Park Melbourne 2,200 Jim Dixon L 24 11 September 1977 Brisbane Lions 2–0 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1977/1977NSLResults.html#Round24 South Melbourne Murray 21 Laszlo 30 Perry Park Brisbane 3,528 Bill Jones L 25 18 September 1977 South Melbourne 1–1 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1977/1977NSLResults.html#Round25 Canberra City Cummings 30 Alston 78 Middle Park Melbourne 2,000 Jim Dixon D 26 25 September 1977 Western Suburbs 2–0 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1977/1977NSLResults.html#Round26 South Melbourne Wilson 53 Manley 76 o.g. Englefield Stadium Sydney 526 Henry Witschge L NSL Cup 1977 NSL Cup #CCFFCC Win 1px solid #AAAAAA #FFFFCC Draw 1px solid #AAAAAA #FFCCCC Loss 1px solid #AAAAAA First round 22 September 1977 Mooroolbark 1–0 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1977/1977NSLCup.html#Round1 South Melbourne Lowrey 44 Olympic Park Melbourne 4,000http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1977/1977NSLCup.html 1977 National Soccer League Cup Results Stock Greg OzFootball.net Tony Boskovic 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_SM.html South Melbourne 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 — MF AUS Jim Alexiou 5+7 0 0 0 12 0 — — AUS George Bozikis 2+2 0 0 0 4 0 — FW AUS Duncan Cummings 6+1 3 1 0 8 3 — MF AUS John Daperis 21 0 1 0 22 0 — DF YUG Anton Dosen 10+3 0 0 0 13 0 — FW AUS Graham French Australian soccer 18+5 2 0 0 23 2 — FW AUS John Gardiner soccer 14 0 0 0 14 0 — MF SCO Ian Gibson Scottish footballer 22+1 5 1 0 24 5 — — AUS Margaritis Hagegmanouil 20+3 1 0 0 23 1 — DF AUS Kris Kalifatidis 24 1 1 0 25 1 — MF AUS Chris Kent soccer 15+2 0 1 0 18 0 — — AUS Reno Lia 0 0 0+1 0 1 0 — FW ENG Malcolm Macdonald 3 3 0 0 3 3 — MF AUS Jimmy Mackay 1 0 0 0 1 0 — DF SCO Malcolm Manley 2 0 1 0 3 0 — MF IRL Noel Mitten 9 1 0 0 9 1 — FW AUS Peter Ollerton 21 6 1 0 22 6 — DF ENG Mike Pye footballer 26 1 1 0 27 1 — GK AUS Jack Reilly footballer 24 0 1 0 25 0 — MF AUS Billy Rogers soccer 16 4 1 0 17 4 — GK GRE Lou Tsigaris 2 0 0 0 2 0 — DF AUS Arthur Xanthopoulos 25 0 1 0 26 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 Peter Ollerton 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 — DF AUS Kris Kalifatidis 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 3 — MF AUS John Daperis 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 — MF SCO Ian Gibson Scottish footballer 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 — FW AUS Graham French Australian soccer 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 — — GRE Margaritis Hagegmanouil 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 7 — FW AUS Duncan Cummings 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 — DF AUS Arthur Xanthopoulos 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Total 15 0 1 0 0 0 15 0 1 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 Jack Reilly soccer 8 0 8 Total 8 0 8 References Category:South Melbourne FC seasons South Melbourne