1978 South Melbourne FC season

April 2023 April 2023 South Melbourne 1978 Head Coach David MaclarenTed Smith Middle Park Soccer Stadium National Soccer League 3rd NSL Cup Second round Duncan Cummings (9) Duncan Cummings (10) 18,000vs. Fitzroy United(2 April 1978)National Soccer League 3,500vs. Canberra City(27 May 1978)National Soccer League 4500 5000 18000 5750 17728 4000 3500 4000 5000 4500 7000 5000 12000 0 5–0vs. Adelaide City (H)(13 August 1978)National Soccer League 0–3 (twice)1–4 (once) 1977 1979 The 1978 season was the second in the National Soccer League for South Melbourne Football Club. In addition to the domestic league, they also participated in the NSL Cup. Players 1 GK AUS John Hansen 2 DF ENG Mike Pye 3 DF AUS Kris Kalifatidis 4 MF ENG Stuart Baxter 5 GRE Margaritis Hagegmanouil 6 DF AUS Bertie Lutton 7 NIR Sammy Wright 8 MF AUS Billy Rogers 9 FW AUS Duncan Cummings 10 FW AUS Peter Ollerton 11 DF SCO Frank Munro 12 MF AUS Socrates Nicolaides 13 FW SCO Bobby McGuinness 14 MF AUS George Christopoulos 15 FW AUS Steve Kakantonis 16 FW SCO George Campbell 17 DF AUS Kyri Kyriakouleas 20 GK AUS Jack Reilly AUS Billy Bergman FW ENG Alun Evans MF AUS Chris Kent AUS Peter Vaughan Competitions Overall record 2 National Soccer League 5 March 1978 26 August 1978 Matchday 1 3rd 12 8 6 45 30 NSL Cup 31 May 1978 2 August 1978 First round Second round 1 0 1 3 3 National Soccer League 1978 National Soccer League League table SOU Results summary 7 3 3 26 12 5 5 3 19 18 worldfootball.net April 2023 Results by round table b Round Ground A/H/H/A/H/A/H/H/A/H/A/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/A/H/A/H/H/A Result W/D/W/D/D/W/L/L/D/W/D/L/D/W/W/D/W/L/W/W/D/W/L/W/L/W Position 3/2/2/2/3/2/2/3/3/2/2/4/5/4/4/4/3/5/4/4/4/2/4/3/4/3 Points 2p/3p/5p/6p/7p/9p/9p/9p/10p/12p/13p/13p/14p/16p/18p/19p/21p/21p/23p/25p/26p/28p/28p/30p/30p/32p 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 W 2 12 March 1978 South Melbourne 1–1 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1978/1978NSLResults.html#Round2 Sydney Olympic Rogers 63 Ainslie 78 Middle Park Soccer Stadium Melbourne 4,500 Chris Bambridge D 3 19 March 1978 South Melbourne 3–0 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1978/1978NSLResults.html#Round3 Newcastle KB United Ollerton 15 74 Hagegmanouil 76 Middle Park Soccer Stadium Melbourne 5,000 Jim Dixon W 4 26 March 1978 Brisbane Lions 1–1 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1978/1978NSLResults.html#Round4 South Melbourne Neale 43 Wright 74 Perry Park Brisbane 330 Dieter Klose D 5 2 April 1978 South Melbourne 1–1 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1978/1978NSLResults.html#Round5 Fitzroy United Kent 45 Cole 53 Middle Park Soccer Stadium Melbourne 18,000 Nick Karlich D 6 9 April 1978 Footscray JUST 0–2 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1978/1978NSLResults.html#Round6 South Melbourne Ollerton 45 78 Olympic Park Melbourne 8,250 Bob Henderson W 7 16 April 1978 South Melbourne 0–1 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1978/1978NSLResults.html#Round7 Brisbane City Echeverria 80 Middle Park Soccer Stadium Melbourne 5,750 Jack Readshaw L 8 23 April 1978 South Melbourne 0–3 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1978/1978NSLResults.html#Round8 Marconi Fairfield Sharne 44 Vieri 67 pen. Jankovics 89 Middle Park Soccer Stadium Melbourne 17,728 Stewart Mellings L 9 30 April 1978 Eastern Suburbs 0–0 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1978/1978NSLResults.html#Round9 South Melbourne Wentworth Park Sydney 3,580 Tony Boskovic D 10 6 May 1978 South Melbourne 2–1 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1978/1978NSLResults.html#Round10 Western Suburbs Ollerton 6 24 Vernon 2 Middle Park Soccer Stadium Melbourne 4,000 Jim Dixon W 11 14 May 1978 Adelaide City 1–1 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1978/1978NSLResults.html#Round11 South Melbourne Muir 60 Christopoulos 16 Olympic Sports Field Adelaide 7,856 Jim Johnston D 12 21 May 1978 West Adelaide 3–1 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1978/1978NSLResults.html#Round12 South Melbourne Kambas 42 pen. Honeyman 76 Tymczyszyn 87 Ollerton 30 Hindmarsh Stadium Adelaide 10,000 Dennis Stanley L 13 27 May 1978 South Melbourne 0–0 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1978/1978NSLResults.html#Round13 Canberra City Middle Park Soccer Stadium Melbourne 3,500 Tony Beazleigh D 14 4 June 1978 Sydney Olympic 1–2 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1978/1978NSLResults.html#Round14 South Melbourne Davourlis 45 Campbell 5 Cummings 39 Erskineville Oval Sydney Barry Wilkinson W 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 W 16 17 June 1978 14:30 AEST Newcastle KB United 1–1 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1978/1978NSLResults.html#Round16 South Melbourne Summerscales 72 Cummings 63 Newcastle International Sports Centre Newcastle 7,357 Tim Davies D 17 25 June 1978 South Melbourne 2–1 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1978/1978NSLResults.html#Round17 Brisbane Lions Christopoulos 30 Campbell 40 Fairbrother ? Middle Park Soccer Stadium Melbourne 5,000 W 18 2 July 1978 Fitzroy United 4–1 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1978/1978NSLResults.html#Round18 South Melbourne Campbell 23 Buljevic 57 62 McMillan 86 Rogers 6 Olympic Park Melbourne 10,000 L 19 9 July 1978 South Melbourne 4–0 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1978/1978NSLResults.html#Round19 Footscray JUST Campbell 2 Cummings 45 Evans 61 Christopoulos 84 Middle Park Soccer Stadium Melbourne 4,500 Tony Beazleigh W 20 16 July 1978 Brisbane City 3–4 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1978/1978NSLResults.html#Round20 South Melbourne Marley 22 Kelso 27 Perry 90 Cummings 10 Christopoulos 37 Campbell 47 Evans 71 Perry Park Brisbane 3,000 Henry Witschge W 21 23 July 1978 Marconi Fairfield 1–1 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1978/1978NSLResults.html#Round21 South Melbourne Vieri 29 pen. Evans 10 Marconi Oval Sydney 5,813 Bill Jones D 22 29 July 1978 South Melbourne 3–0 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1978/1978NSLResults.html#Round22 Eastern Suburbs Evans 25 Hagegmanouil 85 pen. Thomson 89 o.g. Middle Park Soccer Stadium Melbourne 7,000 Don Campbell W 23 6 August 1979 Western Suburbs 3–0 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1978/1978NSLResults.html#Round23 South Melbourne Eaton 4 36 60 Wentworth Park Sydney 4,102 Tony Boskovic L 24 13 August 1978 South Melbourne 5–0 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1978/1978NSLResults.html#Round24 Adelaide City Evans 35 86 Baxter 62 Kalafatidis 78 Cummings 85 Middle Park Soccer Stadium Melbourne 5,000 Nick Karlich W 25 20 August 1978 South Melbourne 0–2 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1978/1978NSLResults.html#Round25 West Adelaide McGregor 15 Jones 50 Middle Park Soccer Stadium Melbourne 12,000 Tim Davies L 26 26 August 1978 15:00 AEST Canberra City 0–3 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1978/1978NSLResults.html#Round26 South Melbourne Lutton 2 Cummings 58 75 Bruce Stadium Canberra 4,200 Tony Boskovic W Finals series The Finals series was not considered the championship for the 1978 National Soccer League. Semi-finals 3 September 1978 South Melbourne 2–3 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1978/1978NSLResults.html#Finals Marconi Fairfield Cummings 41 Evans 55 Jones 1 Sharne 8 Ollerton 44 Middle Park Soccer Stadium Melbourne 6,200 Graham Neal L NSL Cup 1978 NSL Cup #CCFFCC Win 1px solid #AAAAAA #FFFFCC Draw 1px solid #AAAAAA #FFCCCC Loss 1px solid #AAAAAA First round 31 May 1978 Footscray JUST 1–2 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1978/1978NSLCup.html#Round1 South Melbourne Ristovski ? Rogers 27 Lutton 57 Olympic Park Melbourne 3,000http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1978/1978NSLCup.html 1978 National Soccer League Cup Results Stock Greg OzFootball W Second round 2 August 1978 Fitzroy United 2–1 yes http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1978/1978NSLCup.html#Round2 South Melbourne Buljevic 88 Taylor 110 Cummigs 89 Olympic Park Melbourne 8,000 Chris Bambridge 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_SM.html South Melbourne 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 John Hansen soccer 16 0 1 0 17 0 2 DF ENG Mike Pye footballer 25+1 0 2 0 28 0 3 DF AUS Kris Kalifatidis 23 1 1 0 24 1 4 MF ENG Stuart Baxter 25 1 2 0 27 1 5 — GRE Margaritis Hagegmanouil 26 3 2 0 28 3 6 DF AUS Bertie Lutton 21+1 1 2 1 24 2 7 — NIR Sammy Wright Northern Irish association footballer 24 1 2 0 26 1 8 MF AUS Billy Rogers soccer 25+1 4 1+1 1 28 5 9 FW AUS Duncan Cummings 21+1 9 2 1 24 10 10 FW AUS Peter Ollerton 12 7 0 0 12 7 11 DF SCO Frank Munro 5 0 1 0 6 0 12 MF AUS Socrates Nicolaides 1+1 0 0 0 2 0 13 FW SCO Bobby McGuinness 3+4 0 0+1 0 8 0 14 MF AUS George Christopoulos 11+3 5 2 0 16 5 15 FW AUS Steve Kakantonis 1+1 0 0 0 2 0 16 FW SCO George Campbell footballer, born 1957 14 4 2 0 16 4 17 DF AUS Kyri Kyriakouleas 1+1 0 0 0 2 0 20 GK AUS Jack Reilly soccer 10 0 1 0 11 0 — — AUS Billy Bergman 1 0 0 0 1 0 — FW ENG Alun Evans 7 6 1 0 8 6 — MF AUS Chris Kent soccer 13 1 0 0 13 1 — — AUS Peter Vaughan soccer 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 11 DF SCO Frank Munro 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 2 DF AUS Mike Pye footballer 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 6 DF AUS Bertie Lutton 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 7 — NIR Sammy Wright Northern Irish association footballer 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 9 FW AUS Duncan Cummings 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 — FW ENG Alun Evans 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 Total 5 0 1 1 0 0 6 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 John Hansen soccer 5 0 5 2 20 AUS Jack Reilly soccer 4 0 4 Total 9 0 9 References Category:South Melbourne FC seasons South Melbourne