1979 Brisbane City FC season

July 2023 July 2023 Brisbane City 1979 Head Coach Nereo Saftich Perry Park National Soccer League 4th NSL Cup Quarter-finals Kevin Low (11) Kevin Low (12) 6,535vs. Marconi Fairfield(26 August 1979)National Soccer League 1,500vs. Canberra City(15 April 1979)National Soccer League 3100 2970 1500 3100 2200 2450 3100 3755 3750 4445 6535 2560 3100 0 4–0vs. St George-Budapest (H)(13 May 1979)National Soccer League 0–4vs. South Melbourne (A)(16 September 1979)National Soccer League 1978 1980 The 1979 season was the third in the National Soccer League for Brisbane City Football Club. In addition to the domestic league, they also participated in the NSL Cup. Brisbane City finished 4th in their National Soccer League season, and were eliminated in the quarter-finals of the NSL Cup. Players 1 GK AUS Kim Wishart 2 DF SCO Ian Rathmell 4 DF AUS Peter Tokesi 5 DF AUS Steve Perry 6 MF AUS Larry Gaffney 7 FW NIR Bobby Campbell 8 MF ENG Frank Pimblett 9 MF AUS Boze Runje 10 MF AUS Roberto Echeverria 11 FW AUS Kevin Caldwell 12 FW AUS Barry Kelso 13 FW AUS Mark Brusasco 15 DF AUS David Ratcliffe 16 FW AUS John Coyne 17 DF SCO Billy Wilkinson 18 DF SCO George Potter 19 MF SCO Kevin Low FW AUS Willie Conner Competitions Overall record 2 National Soccer League 11 March 1979 23 September 1979 Matchday 1 4th 14 5 7 38 30 NSL Cup 25 April 1979 27 May 1979 First round Quarter-finals 2 1 0 4 1 National Soccer League 1979 National Soccer League League table BRC Results summary 8 2 3 22 11 6 3 4 16 19 worldfootball.net September 2022 Results by round table b Round Ground A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/H/A/H/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H Result W/W/L/W/D/L/W/L/D/W/L/W/L/W/W/W/D/W/D/D/W/L/W/W/L/W Position 7/7/8/7/6/7/6/9/7/7/9/6/8/8/8/5/5/2/4/4/3/5/4/4/4/4 Points 2p/4p/4p/6p/7p/7p/9p/9p/10p/13p/13p/15p/15p/17p/19p/21p/22p/24p/25p/26p/28p/28p/30p/32p/32p/34p 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 11 March 1979 Adelaide City 2–4 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1979/1979NSLResults.html#Round1 Brisbane City Deans 8 Kent 75 Echeverria 56 Low 61 Pimblett 71 Caldwell 89 Olympic Sports Field Adelaide 4,236http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1979/1979NSLResults.html 1979 National Soccer League Results Stock Greg OzFootball Don Campbell W 2 18 March 1979 Brisbane City 2–0 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1979/1979NSLResults.html#Round2 APIA Leichhardt Echeverria 22 Caldwell 71 pen. Perry Park Brisbane 3,100 Jack Wood W 3 25 March 1979 14:30 AEDT Newcastle KB United 4–1 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1979/1979NSLResults.html#Round3 Brisbane City Curran 15 Summerscales 37 Boden 49 Heys 67 Low 7 Newcastle International Sports Centre Newcastle 9,032 Tim Davies L 4 1 April 1979 Brisbane City 2–1 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1979/1979NSLResults.html#Round4 Sydney Olympic Low 33 68 Eaton 82 Perry Park Brisbane 2,970 Des Miles W 5 8 April 1979 Heidelberg United 0–0 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1979/1979NSLResults.html#Round5 Brisbane City Olympic Park Melbourne 6,000 Stewart Mellings D 6 15 April 1979 Brisbane City 0–1 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1979/1979NSLResults.html#Round6 Canberra City Grujicic 80 Perry Park Brisbane 1,500 Jim Reeves L 7 22 April 1979 Brisbane Lions 1–2 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1979/1979NSLResults.html#Round7 Brisbane City Spearritt 85 Kelso 44 71 Perry Park Brisbane 3,500 Richard Lorenc W 8 29 April 1979 Brisbane City 0–1 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1979/1979NSLResults.html#Round8 Sydney City Thomson 13 Perry Park Brisbane 3,100 Jack Wood L 9 6 May 1979 Marconi Fairfield 3–3 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1979/1979NSLResults.html#Round9 Brisbane City Krncevic 8 36 Mariani 30 Low 25 78 Gaffney 77 Marconi Oval Sydney 1,575 Ken Allen D 10 13 May 1979 Brisbane City 4–0 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1979/1979NSLResults.html#Round10 St George-Budapest Kelso 16 Coyne 55 Low 68 69 Perry Park Brisbane 2,200 Des Miles W 11 3 June 1979 Footscray JUST 2–0 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1979/1979NSLResults.html#Round11 Brisbane City Ilioski 32 Picioane 34 Olympic Park Melbourne 1,250 Tony Beazleigh L 12 10 June 1979 Brisbane City 1–0 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1979/1979NSLResults.html#Round12 South Melbourne Kelso 72 Perry Park Brisbane 2,450 Doug Rennie W 13 17 June 1979 West Adelaide 2–1 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1979/1979NSLResults.html#Round13 Brisbane City Kosmina 63 Kambas 82 Coyne 4 Hindmarsh Stadium Adelaide 4,600 Graham Neal L 14 24 June 1979 APIA Leichhardt 1–2 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1979/1979NSLResults.html#Round14 Brisbane City Reed 55 Coyne 7 Kelso 35 Wentworth Park Sydney 5,023 Tony Boskovic W 15 1 July 1979 Brisbane City 2–1 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1979/1979NSLResults.html#Round15 Adelaide City Campbell 67 Caldwell 73 Marwe 43 Perry Park Brisbane 3,100 Ken Allen W 16 8 July 1979 Sydney Olympic 0–1 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1979/1979NSLResults.html#Round16 Brisbane City Kelso 73 Pratten Park Sydney 2,150 Bill Jones W 17 15 July 1979 Brisbane City 1–1 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1979/1979NSLResults.html#Round17 Newcastle KB United Caldwell 72 Curran 80 Perry Park Brisbane 3,755 Henry Witschge D 18 22 July 1979 Brisbane City 3–1 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1979/1979NSLResults.html#Round18 Heidelberg United Low 3 Perry 18 Campbell 49 Taylor 87 Perry Park Brisbane 3,750 Jim Reeves W 19 28 July 1979 Canberra City 0–0 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1979/1979NSLResults.html#Round19 Brisbane City Bruce Stadium Canberra 3,378 Bob Mee D 20 5 August 1979 Brisbane City 0–0 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1979/1979NSLResults.html#Round20 Brisbane Lions Perry Park Brisbane 4,445 Tony Boskovic D 21 15 August 1979 Sydney City 0–1 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1979/1979NSLResults.html#Round21 Brisbane City Low 4 Sydney Sports Ground Sydney 745 Richard Lorenc W 22 26 August 1979 Brisbane City 3–4 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1979/1979NSLResults.html#Round22 Marconi Fairfield Campbell 55 65 Gaffney 89 Jankovics 5 62 81 Krncevic 17 Perry Park Brisbane 6,535 Stewart Mellings L 23 2 September 1979 St George-Budapest 0–1 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1979/1979NSLResults.html#Round23 Brisbane City Brusasco 2 St George Stadium Sydney 2,007 Peter Rampley W 24 9 September 1979 Brisbane City 2–1 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1979/1979NSLResults.html#Round24 Footscray JUST Campbell 34 Low 58 Kondarios 83 Perry Park Brisbane 2,560 Bob Mee W 25 16 September 1979 South Melbourne 4–0 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1979/1979NSLResults.html#Round25 Brisbane City Ristovski 63 Christopoulos 82 Evans 85 89 Middle Park Soccer Stadium Melbourne 5,000 Stewart Mellings L 26 23 September 1979 Brisbane City 2–0 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1979/1979NSLResults.html#Round26 West Adelaide Echeverria 55 Campbell 89 Perry Park Brisbane 3,100 Tim Davies W Finals series The Finals series was not considered the championship for the 1979 National Soccer League. 1 7 October 1979 Brisbane City 2–0 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1979/1979NSLResults.html#Finals1 Eastern Suburbs Campbell 48 63 Perry Park Brisbane 3,200 Jim Reeves W 2 14 October 1979 Brisbane City 2–1 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1979/1979NSLResults.html#Finals2 Marconi Fairfield Campbell 38 Low 72 Jankovics 58 Perry Park Brisbane 5,100 Chris Bambridge W 3 19 October 1979 Heidelberg United 6–2 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1979/1979NSLResults.html#Finals3 Brisbane City Buljevic 35 Cole 55 57 67 Bozikas 61 71 Kelso 65 Campbell 70 Olympic Park Melbourne 500 Tony Boskovic L Grand Final 1st leg 28 October 1979 Sydney City 1–0 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1979/1979NSLResults.html#GrandFinal Brisbane City Silva 78 Wentworth Park Sydney 2,523 Ken Allen L Grand Final 2nd leg 4 November 1979 Brisbane City 1–1 1–2 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1979/1979NSLResults.html#GrandFinal Sydney City Kelso 78 Trenter 84 Perry Park Brisbane 4,200 Don Campbell D NSL Cup 1979 NSL Cup #CCFFCC Win 1px solid #AAAAAA #FFFFCC Draw 1px solid #AAAAAA #FFCCCC Loss 1px solid #AAAAAA First round 25 April 1979 Brisbane City 2–0 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1979/1979NSLCup.html#Round1 Queensland St George-Souths Kelso 48 82 Perry Park Brisbane 2,000http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1979/1979NSLCup.html 1979 National Soccer League Cup Results Stock Greg OzFootball Dave Nugent W Second round 20 May 1979 Brisbane City 1–0 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1979/1979NSLCup.html#Round2 Brisbane Lions Low 28 Perry Park Brisbane 2,500 Tony Boskovic W Quarter-finals 27 May 1979 Brisbane City 1–1 yes 3–4 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1979/1979NSLCup.html#QuarterFinals St George-Budapest Ratcliffe 17 Hensman 11 Perry Park Brisbane 2,500 Chris Bambridge D Statistics Appearances and goals Includes all competitions. Players with no appearances not included in the list.http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1979/1979NSLSquads_BC.html Brisbane City 1979 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 Kim Wishart 26 0 3 0 29 0 2 DF SCO Ian Rathmell 3+1 0 0 0 4 0 4 DF AUS Peter Tokesi 8+1 0 0+1 0 10 0 5 DF AUS Steve Perry soccer 24 1 3 0 27 1 6 MF AUS Larry Gaffney 19+5 2 3 0 27 2 7 FW NIR Bobby Campbell Northern Irish footballer 13+2 6 0 0 15 6 8 MF ENG Frank Pimblett 26 1 3 0 29 1 9 MF AUS Boze Runje 0 0 0+1 0 1 0 10 MF AUS Roberto Echeverria soccer 11+4 3 2+1 0 18 3 11 FW AUS Kevin Caldwell 18+3 4 1 0 22 4 12 FW AUS Barry Kelso 21+4 6 3 2 28 8 13 FW AUS Mark Brusasco 4+7 1 0+1 0 12 1 15 DF AUS David Ratcliffe 21+2 0 3 1 26 1 16 FW AUS John Coyne soccer 19+2 3 3 0 24 3 17 DF SCO Billy Wilkinson 23 0 3 0 26 0 18 DF ENG George Potter footballer 26 0 3 0 29 0 19 MF SCO Kevin Low 24+2 11 3 1 29 12 — FW AUS Willie Conner 0+1 0 0 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 16 FW AUS John Coyne soccer 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 11 FW AUS Kevin Caldwell 7 0 1 0 0 0 7 0 1 3 12 FW AUS Barry Kelso 4 0 0 1 0 0 5 0 0 4 15 DF AUS David Ratcliffe 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 17 DF SCO Billy Wilkinson 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 6 19 MF SCO Kevin Low 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 7 6 MF AUS Larry Gaffney 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 7 FW NIR Bobby Campbell Northern Irish footballer 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 8 MF ENG Frank Pimblett 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 10 MF AUS Roberto Echeverria soccer 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 18 DF ENG George Potter footballer 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 12 2 DF SCO Ian Rathmell 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 DF AUS Steve Perry soccer 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Total 33 0 3 2 0 0 35 0 3 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 Kim Wishart 10 2 12 Total 10 2 12 References Category:Brisbane City FC seasons Brisbane City