1979 South Melbourne FC season

August 2023 August 2023 South Melbourne 1979 Head Coach David MaclarenDuncan McKayJohn Margaritis Middle Park Soccer Stadium National Soccer League 14th NSL Cup First round Alun Evans (7) Alun Evans (7) 12,000vs. APIA Leichhardt(18 June 1979)National Soccer League12,000vs. Heidelberg United(15 July 1979)National Soccer League 2,500vs. Brisbane Lions(22 July 1979)National Soccer League 4500 5200 8000 4500 4500 7000 12000 3200 12000 2500 5000 4000 5000 0 4–0vs. Brisbane City(16 September 1979)National Soccer League 0–6vs. Marconi Fairfield(22 April 1979)National Soccer League 1978 1980 The 1979 season was the third 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 14th in their National Soccer League season, and were eliminated in the first round of the NSL Cup. Players 1 GK AUS Peter Laumets 2 DF AUS Kris Kalifatidis 3 FW AUS Mendo Ristovski 4 DF SCO Frank Munro 5 MF ENG Stuart Baxter 6 NIR Sammy Wright 8 MF AUS George Christopoulos 9 FW AUS Duncan Cummings 10 FW ENG Alun Evans 11 FW SCO George Campbell 12 AUS Steve Carr 13 AUS Ken Drakeford 14 DF AUS Alan Davidson 15 DF AUS Kyri Kyriakouleas 16 DF ENG Mike Pye 17 DF AUS Peter Scarlett 18 DF AUS Bertie Lutton 19 FW AUS Steve Kakantonis 20 GK SCO Dennis Boland GK AUS John Hansen GK AUS Jack Reilly DF ENG Tony Turner Competitions Overall record 2 National Soccer League 11 March 1979 23 September 1979 Matchday 1 14th 6 3 17 26 45 NSL Cup 25 April 1979 First round First round 0 0 1 1 2 National Soccer League 1979 National Soccer League League table SOU Results summary 4 2 7 19 18 2 1 10 7 27 worldfootball.net September 2022 Results by round table b Round Ground A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/H/A/H/A/H/A/A/H/A Result L/L/L/D/L/L/L/W/W/W/L/L/L/D/L/L/L/W/L/L/L/D/L/W/W/L Position 10/12/14/14/14/14/14/13/13/13/13/13/13/13/13/13/14/13/13/14/14/14/14/14/14/14 Points 0p/0p/0p/1p/1p/1p/1p/3p/5p/7p/7p/7p/7p/8p/8p/8p/8p/10p/10p/10p/10p/11p/11p/13p/16p/16p 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 14:30 AEDT Newcastle KB United 3–0Awarded score. Original score 2–1 to Newcastle KB United; result was changed after the Australian Soccer Federation determined that South Melbourne fielded ineligible player Tony Tuner. http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1979/1979NSLResults.html South Melbourne Curran 16 Summerscales 57 Baxter 19 Newcastle International Sports Centre Newcastle 7,332http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1979/1979NSLResults.html 1979 National Soccer League Results Stock Greg OzFootball Peter Rampley L 2 18 March 1979 South Melbourne 0–3Awarded score. Original score 1–0 to South Melbourne; result was changed after the Australian Soccer Federation determined that South Melbourne fielded ineligible player Tony Tuner. http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1979/1979NSLResults.html#Round2 Sydney Olympic Evans 27 Middle Park Soccer Stadium Melbourne 4,500 Chris Bambridge L 3 25 March 1979 Heidelberg United 3–0Awarded score. Original score 2–2; result was changed after the Australian Soccer Federation determined that South Melbourne fielded ineligible player Tony Tuner. http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1979/1979NSLResults.html#Round3 South Melbourne Buljevic 36 Taylor ? Drakeford 62 Cummings 79 Olympic Park Melbourne 12,000 Tony Beazleigh L 4 1 April 1979 South Melbourne 1–1 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1979/1979NSLResults.html#Round4 Canberra City Cummings 53 Byrne 35 Middle Park Soccer Stadium Melbourne 5,200 Graham Neale D 5 8 April 1979 Brisbane Lions 2–0 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1979/1979NSLResults.html#Round5 South Melbourne Hughes 67 Brennan 72 Perry Park Brisbane 1,500 Tony Boskovic L 6 15 April 1979 South Melbourne 1–2 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1979/1979NSLResults.html#Round6 Sydney City Kalifatidis 54 Smith 22 Barnes 26 Middle Park Soccer Stadium Melbourne 8,000 Jack Johnston L 7 22 April 1979 15:00 AEST Marconi Fairfield 6–0 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1979/1979NSLResults.html#Round7 South Melbourne Degney 7 Sharne 13 85 Jankovics 29 60 78 Marconi Oval Sydney 4,500 Tim Davies L 8 29 April 1979 South Melbourne 2–0 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1979/1979NSLResults.html#Round8 St George-Budapest Christopoulos 66 Evans 79 Middle Park Soccer Stadium Melbourne 4,500 Tony Beazleigh W 9 6 May 1979 15:00 AEST Footscray JUST 0–2 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1979/1979NSLResults.html#Round9 South Melbourne Lutton 14 Wright 50 Olympic Park Melbourne 7,050 Chris Bambridge W 10 13 May 1979 15:00 AEST South Melbourne 1–0 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1979/1979NSLResults.html#Round10 Adelaide City Baxter 65 Middle Park Soccer Stadium Melbourne 4,500 Tony Boskovic W 11 3 June 1979 South Melbourne 3–4 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1979/1979NSLResults.html#Round11 West Adelaide Evans 21 79 Davidson 83 Kosmina 14 88 Norris 54 72 Middle Park Soccer Stadium Melbourne 7,000 Tim Davies 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 L 13 18 June 1979 South Melbourne 1–2 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1979/1979NSLResults.html#Round13 APIA Leichhardt Lutton 38 Butler 22 Pye 85 o.g. Middle Park Soccer Stadium Melbourne 12,000 Don Campbell L 14 24 June 1979 Sydney Olympic 1–1 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1979/1979NSLResults.html#Round14 South Melbourne Bell 15 Davidson 8 Pratten Park Sydney 2,572 Peter Rampley D 15 1 July 1979 South Melbourne 1–2 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1979/1979NSLResults.html#Round15 Newcastle KB United Christopoulos 52 Drinkwater 6 Senkalski 38 Middle Park Soccer Stadium Melbourne 3,200 Tony Beazleigh L 16 7 July 1979 Canberra City 3–2 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1979/1979NSLResults.html#Round16 South Melbourne Byrne 14 59 Maclaren ? Lutton 4 Evans 49 Bruce Stadium Canberra 2,225 Doug Rennie L 17 15 July 1979 South Melbourne 0–1 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1979/1979NSLResults.html#Round17 Heidelberg United Taylor 3 Middle Park Soccer Stadium Melbourne 12,000 Tim Davies L 18 22 July 1979 South Melbourne 3–0 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1979/1979NSLResults.html#Round18 Brisbane Lions Campbell 59 81 Lutton 88 Middle Park Soccer Stadium Melbourne 2,500 Stewart Mellings W 19 29 July 1979 Sydney City 2–0 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1979/1979NSLResults.html#Round19 South Melbourne Mullen 44 Souness 90+1 pen. Wentworth Park Sydney 1,027 Bill Jones L 20 5 August 1979 South Melbourne 1–2 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1979/1979NSLResults.html#Round20 Marconi Fairfield Ristovski 57 Henderson 33 Krncevic 70 Middle Park Soccer Stadium Melbourne 5,000 Jack Johnston L 21 18 August 1979 St George-Budapest 1–0 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1979/1979NSLResults.html#Round21 South Melbourne Hensman 81 St George Stadium Sydney 2,143 Tim Davies L 22 26 August 1979 South Melbourne 1–1 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1979/1979NSLResults.html#Round22 Footscray JUST Kakantonis 82 Lujic 74 Middle Park Soccer Stadium Melbourne 4,000 Jack Johnston D 23 2 September 1979 Adelaide City 3–0 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1979/1979NSLResults.html#Round23 South Melbourne Kent 50 Villani 60 Perin 82 Hindmarsh Stadium Adelaide 2,000 Henry Witschge L 24 9 September 1979 West Adelaide 0–1 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1979/1979NSLResults.html#Round24 South Melbourne Baxter 71 pen. Hindmarsh Stadium Adelaide 3,100 Richard Lorenc 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 W 26 23 September 1979 APIA Leichhardt 2–1 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1979/1979NSLResults.html#Round26 South Melbourne Drewes 23 Stone 72 Ristovski 47 Wentworth Park Sydney 850 Ken Allen L Notes: 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 Heidelberg United 2–1 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1979/1979NSLCup.html#Round1 South Melbourne Campbell 60 63 Christopoulos 15 Olympic Park Melbourne 6,000http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1979/1979NSLCup.html 1979 National Soccer League Cup Results Stock Greg OzFootball Graham Neale L Statistics Appearances and goals Includes all competitions. Players with no appearances not included in the list.http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1979/1979NSLSquads_SM.html South Melbourne 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 Peter Laumets 11 0 0 0 11 0 2 DF AUS Kris Kalifatidis 22+1 1 1 0 24 1 3 FW AUS Mendo Ristovski 7 3 0 0 7 3 4 DF SCO Frank Munro 10 0 0 0 10 0 5 MF ENG Stuart Baxter 25 3 1 0 26 3 6 — NIR Sammy Wright Northern Irish association footballer 18+3 1 1 0 22 1 8 MF AUS George Christopoulos 21+3 3 1 1 25 4 9 FW AUS Duncan Cummings 12+4 2 0 0 16 2 10 FW ENG Alun Evans 25 7 1 0 26 7 11 FW SCO George Campbell footballer, born 1957 24 2 1 0 25 2 12 — AUS Steve Carr soccer 3+5 0 0 0 8 0 13 — AUS Ken Drakeford 10+2 1 1 0 13 1 14 DF AUS Alan Davidson Australian soccer 19+2 2 1 0 22 2 15 DF AUS Kyri Kyriakouleas 7+1 0 0 0 8 0 16 DF ENG Mike Pye footballer 20 0 1 0 21 0 17 DF AUS Peter Scarlett soccer 1 0 0 0 1 0 18 DF AUS Bertie Lutton 23+2 4 1 0 26 4 19 FW AUS Steve Kakantonis 3+1 0 0 0 4 0 20 GK SCO Dennis Boland 6 0 0 0 6 0 — GK AUS John Hansen soccer 4 0 1 0 5 0 — GK AUS Jack Reilly soccer 5 0 0 0 5 0 — DF ENG Tony Turner footballer 10+2 0 0 0 12 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 4 DF SCO Frank Munro 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 2 DF AUS Kris Kalifatidis 7 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 10 FW ENG Alun Evans 7 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 4 5 MF ENG Stuart Baxter 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 5 18 DF AUS Bertie Lutton 3 0 0 1 0 0 4 0 0 6 8 MF AUS George Christopoulos 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 7 6 — NIR Sammy Wright Northern Irish association footballer 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 9 FW AUS Duncan Cummings 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 13 — AUS Ken Drakeford 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 14 DF AUS Alan Davidson Australian soccer 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 15 DF AUS Kyri Kyriakouleas 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 — GK AUS John Hansen soccer 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Total 30 0 1 2 0 0 32 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 1 AUS Peter Laumets 4 0 4 2 20 AUS Dennis Boland 2 0 2 Total 6 0 6 References Category:South Melbourne FC seasons South Melbourne