1978 NSL Cup

October 2015 October 2015 NSL Cup 1978 National Soccer League Cup Australia 10 May – 8 October 1978 32 Brisbane City 2 Adelaide City 31 90 Branko CulinaBarry Kelso(4 goals each) 1977 1979 The 1978 NSL Cup was the second edition of the NSL Cup, which was the main national association football knockout cup competition in Australia. The competition was known as the Philips Cup under a sponsorship arrangement with Dutch company Philips.17 May 1978 Clash for Cup spot The Age https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-age-clash-for-cup-spot/123605097/ 2023-04-27 Defending champions Brisbane City defeated Adelaide City 2–1 in the final to win their second and back-to-back NSL Cup title.PHILIPS CUP TO BRISBANE Soccer World 12 October 1978 6 Teams The NSL Cup was a knockout competition with 32 teams taking part all trying to reach the Final in October 1978.http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1978/1978NSLCup.html 1978 National Soccer League Cup Results Stock Greg OzFootball The competition consisted of the 14 teams from the National Soccer League plus 18 teams from their respective top division state leagues. Round Main date Number of fixtures Clubs remaining First round Wednesday 24 May 1978 16 32 → 16 Second round Wednesday 19 July 1978 8 16 → 8 Quarter-finals Sunday 24 September 1978 4 8 → 4 Semi-finals Sunday 1 October 1978 2 4 → 2 Final Sunday 24 September 1978 1 2 → 1 Bracket high Brisbane City 1 St. George-Souths 0 Brisbane Lions 7 Annerley 0 Southside Eagles 1 Eastern Suburbs Hakoah 2 Sydney Olympic 2 Auburn 0 Weston Bears 1 Newcastle KB United 2 Marconi 0 (3) Sydney Croatia 0 (4) Western Suburbs 2 Sutherland 0 St. George 2 APIA Leichhardt 1 Beograd Woodville 2 Eastern Districts Azzurri 1 White Eagles 0 Essendon Croatia 2 Adelaide City 5 Noarlunga United 0 Ascot 1 West Adelaide 4 George Cross 1 Juventus 0 Canberra City 4 West Woden Juventus 0 Fitzroy United 6 Prahan Slavia 3 Footscray JUST 1 South Melbourne 2 Brisbane City 0 (5) Brisbane Lions 0 (4) Eastern Suburbs Hakoah 4 Sydney Olympic 0 Newcastle KB United 2 Sydney Croatia 0 Western Suburbs 1 St. George 0 Beograd Woodville 0 Essendon Croatia 5 Adelaide City 1 West Adelaide 0 George Cross 2 Canberra City 3 Fitzroy United 2 South Melbourne 1 Brisbane City 3 Eastern Suburbs Hakoah 0 Newcastle KB United 1 Western Suburbs 0 Essendon Croatia 0 Adelaide City 1 Canberra City 1 (5) Fitzroy United 1 (4) Brisbane City 2 Newcastle KB United 0 Adelaide City 3 Canberra City 1 Brisbane City 2 Adelaide City 1 First round 10 May 1978 Canberra City (1) 4–0 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1978/1978NSLCup.html West Woden Juventus (2) Henderson 51 57 ? Grujicic ? Seiffert Oval Queanbeyan 10 May 1978 White Eagles (2) 0–2 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1978/1978NSLCup.html Essendon Croatia (2) Sikora 56 o.g. Culina 61 pen. Hobart 900 Ron Proctor 17 May 1978 20:45 AEST Fitzroy United (1) 6–3 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1978/1978NSLCup.html Prahran Slavia (2) Bozikas 25 44 53 Campbell 71 79 Cole 72 Miller 30 Paton 67 Train 90 Olympic Park Stadium Melbourne 17 May 1978 18:45 AEST George Cross (2) 1–0 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1978/1978NSLCup.html Juventus (2) Cullen 2 Olympic Park Stadium Melbourne 17 May 1978 20:00 AEST St George (1) 2–1 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1978/1978NSLCup.html APIA Leichhardt (2) J. O'Shea 35 Hensman 84 Jack 77 Garside Park Sydney 722 17 May 1978 Weston Bears (2) 1–2 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1978/1978NSLCup.html Newcastle KB United (1) JJ. Turnbull 12 Drinkwater 58 Summerscales 68 Weston Park Weston 1,500 Alf Rodway 24 May 1978 Adelaide City (1) 5–0 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1978/1978NSLCup.html Noarlunga United (2) J. Nyskohus 22 B. Nyskohus 49 Fyffe 53 Kosmina 66 Marocchi 82 Hindmarsh Stadium Adelaide 24 May 1978 Ascot (2) 1–4 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1978/1978NSLCup.html West Adelaide (1) Jones 31 o.g. Honeyman 30 86 McGregor 55 Norris 85 Litis Stadium Perth 24 May 1978 Beograd Woodville (2) 2–1 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1978/1978NSLCup.html Eastern Districts Azzurri (2) Jankovic 6 Kamleitner 11 Russo 86 Hindmarsh Stadium Adelaide 24 May 1978 Brisbane Lions (1) 7–0 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1978/1978NSLCup.html Annerley (2) Laszlo ? ? Spearritt ? Fairbrother ? Morris ? Amos 35+ Ontong 55+ Perry Park Brisbane 24 May 1978 Sydney Olympic (1) 2–0 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1978/1978NSLCup.html Auburn (2) Laing 45 Allan 68 Garside Park Sydney 1,000 24 May 1978 Western Suburbs (1) 2–0 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1978/1978NSLCup.html Sutherland (2) Eaton 20 Stone 32 Garside Park Sydney 1,000 31 May 1978 Footscray JUST (1) 1–2 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1978/1978NSLCup.html South Melbourne (1) Ristovski ? Rogers 27 Lutton 57 Olympic Park Stadium Melbourne 3,000 31 May 1978 Southside Eagles (2) 1–2 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1978/1978NSLCup.html Eastern Suburbs Hakoah (1) Millman 37 Thomson 50 Watson 83 Perry Park Brisbane Dave Nugent 14 June 1978 Brisbane City (1) 1–0 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1978/1978NSLCup.html St George-Souths (2) Coyne 16 Perry Park Brisbane Jack Wood 21 June 1978 Marconi (1) 0–0 3–4 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1978/1978NSLCup.html Sydney Croatia (2) Marconi Oval Sydney 4,175 Tim Davies Second round 19 July 1978 Adelaide City (1) 1–0 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1978/1978NSLCup.html West Adelaide (1) Marwe 76 Hindmarsh Stadium Adelaide 6,856 Graham Neal 19 July 1978 Brisbane City (1) 0–0 5–4 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1978/1978NSLCup.html Brisbane Lions (1) Perry Park Brisbane Dave Nugent 19 July 1978 Eastern Suburbs Hakoah (1) 4–0 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1978/1978NSLCup.html Sydney Olympic (1) Souness 17 Barnes 21 Smith 68 73 Wentworth Park Sydney 1,023 Tim Davies 19 July 1978 Western Suburbs (1) 1–0 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1978/1978NSLCup.html St George (1) Eaton 4 Wentworth Park Sydney 1,023 Henry Witschge 26 July 1978 Beograd Woodville (2) 0–5 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1978/1978NSLCup.html Essendon Croatia (2) Culina 45 52 63 Gilder 69 Davidson 79 Hindmarsh Stadium Adelaide 1,500 Dennis Stanley 2 August 1978 Fitzroy United (1) 2–1 yes http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1978/1978NSLCup.html South Melbourne (1) Buljevic 88 Taylor 110 Cummigs 89 Olympic Park Stadium Melbourne 8,000 Chris Bambridge 2 August 1978 George Cross (1) 2–3 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1978/1978NSLCup.html Canberra City (1) Paparas 26 Reed 65 Davies 42 Byrne 62 Grujicic 70 Olympic Park Stadium Melbourne 8,000 Chris Bambridge 2 August 1978 Newcastle KB United (1) 2–0 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1978/1978NSLCup.html Sydney Croatia (2) Galpin 38 Boden 51 Newcastle International Sports Centre Newcastle 3,544 Bill Jones Quarter-finals 3 September 1978 Newcastle KB United (1) 1–0 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1978/1978NSLCup.html Western Suburbs (1) Tredinnick 86 Newcastle International Sports Centre Newcastle 6,417 Jack Wood 24 September 1978 Brisbane City (1) 3–0 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1978/1978NSLCup.html Eastern Suburbs Hakoah (1) Caldwell 48 pen. Kelso 82 ? Perry Park Brisbane 1,500 Stewart Mellings 24 September 1978 Canberra City (1) 1–1 5–4 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1978/1978NSLCup.html Fitzroy United (1) Cant 45 Cole ? Canberra Stadium Canberra 24 September 1978 Essendon Croatia (2) 0–1 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1978/1978NSLCup.html Adelaide City (1) J. Nyskohus 83 Olympic Park Stadium Melbourne 5,000 Richard Lorenc Semi-finals 1 October 1978 Adelaide City (1) 3–1 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1978/1978NSLCup.html Canberra City (1) Marwe 8 Muniz 52 89 Stoddart 4 Olympic Sports Field Adelaide 2,651 Tim Davies 1 October 1978 Brisbane City (1) 2–0 yes http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1978/1978NSLCup.html Newcastle KB United (1) Caldwell 105 pen. Kelso 119 Perry Park Brisbane 3,000 Henry Witschge Final 1978 NSL Cup final Top scorers Rank Player Club Goals1AUS Branko CulinaEssendon Croatia4AUS Barry KelsoBrisbane City3AUS Andy BozikasFitzroy United3AUS Tony HendersonCanberra City References 2 Category:1978 NSL Cup NSL Cup NSL Cup Category:NSL Cup seasons