1978 West Adelaide SC season

June 2023 June 2023 West Adelaide 1978 Head Coach John MargaritisJim Adam Hindmarsh Stadium National Soccer League 1st NSL Cup Second round Ian McGregor (7) Ian McGregor (8) 16,251vs. Adelaide City(27 August 1978)National Soccer League 4,300vs. Brisbane City(23 July 1978)National Soccer League 5233 4500 4786 5523 5341 10000 4321 4400 5993 4300 12671 4321 16251 0 3–0vs. Brisbane Lions (H)(2 April 1978)National Soccer League4–1vs. Ascot (A)(24 May 1978)NSL Cup 1–4vs. St George-Budapest (H)(12 March 1978)National Soccer League 1977 1979 The 1978 season was the second in the National Soccer League for West Adelaide Soccer Club. In addition to the domestic league, they also participated in the NSL Cup. West Adelaide finished 1st in their National Soccer League season, and were eliminated in the second round of the NSL Cup. Players 1 GK AUS Martyn Crook 2 DF ENG Peter Tymczyszyn 3 DF AUS Barry Reynolds 4 MF SCO Neil McGachey 5 AUS Lucky Vagianos 6 DF AUS David Jones 7 FW AUS Peter Boyle captain 8 FW AUS Dave Pillans 9 FW RSA 1928 Graham Norris 10 FW SCO Graham Honeyman 11 MF SCO Ian McGregor 12 DF AUS Vic Bozanic 13 FW AUS George Koulianos 14 MF AUS John Batchelor 15 FW AUS Alex Zervas 16 DF GRE Con Kambas 17 FW AUS Nick Pantelis 20 GK IRL Sam Service DF SCO Eric Carruthers MF SCO Gordon McCulloch YUG Uros Zivkovic Competitions Overall record 2 National Soccer League 5 March 1978 27 August 1978 Matchday 1 1st 16 4 6 42 27 NSL Cup 24 May 1978 19 July 1978 First round Second round 1 0 1 2 4 National Soccer League 1978 National Soccer League League table WAD Results summary 9 1 3 24 14 7 3 3 18 13 worldfootball.net May 2023 Results by round table b Round Ground A/H/H/A/H/A/H/A/A/H/A/H/A/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/H/A/H/A/H Result D/L/L/W/W/D/L/W/L/W/W/W/W/W/W/W/W/L/W/D/W/W/L/W/W/D Position 7/13/13/11/7/7/7/6/11/5/4/2/2/2/2/2/2/2/2/1/1/1/1/1/1/1 Points 1p/1p/1p/3p/5p/6p/6p/8p/8p/10p/12p/14p/16p/18p/20p/22p/24p/24p/26p/27p/29p/31p/31p/33p/35p/36p Home Away green2 Win yellow2 Draw red2 Loss gold yellow1 worldfootball.net Matches #CCFFCC Win 1px solid #AAAAAA #FFFFCC Draw 1px solid #AAAAAA #FFCCCC Loss 1px solid #AAAAAA 1 5 March 1978 Canberra City 1–1 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1978/1978NSLResults.html#Round1 West Adelaide Grujicic 82 pen. Norris 68 Bruce Stadium Canberra 6,000http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1978/1978NSLResults.html 1978 National Soccer League Results Stock Greg OzFootball.net Ken Allen D 2 12 March 1978 West Adelaide 1–4 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1978/1978NSLResults.html#Round2 St George-Budapest McGachey 59 R. O'Shea 37 J. O'Shea 61 O'Connor 62 Jones 81 Hindmarsh Stadium Adelaide 5,233 Jim Johnston L 3 19 March 1978 West Adelaide 0–1 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1978/1978NSLResults.html#Round3 Sydney Olympic Senkalski 46 Hindmarsh Stadium Adelaide 4,500 Graham Neal L 4 25 March 1978 Newcastle KB United 0–1 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1978/1978NSLResults.html#Round4 West Adelaide Drinkwater 45 o.g. Newcastle International Sports Centre Newcastle 7,019 Richard Lorenc W 5 2 April 1978 West Adelaide 3–0 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1978/1978NSLResults.html#Round5 Brisbane Lions Jones 52 McGregor 61 Boyle 87 Hindmarsh Stadium Adelaide 4,786 Don Campbell W 6 8 April 1978 Fitzroy United 1–1 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1978/1978NSLResults.html#Round6 West Adelaide Cole 73 Carruthers 90+1 Middle Park Soccer Stadium Melbourne 3,500 David Yelland D 7 16 April 1978 West Adelaide 1–2 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1978/1978NSLResults.html#Round7 Footscray JUST Bozanic 32 Picioane 82 Rujevic 85 Hindmarsh Stadium Adelaide 5,523 Jack Tarling L 8 23 April 1978 Brisbane City 0–1 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1978/1978NSLResults.html#Round8 West Adelaide McGachey 44 Perry Park Brisbane 4,200 Bob Mee W 9 30 April 1978 15:00 AEST Marconi Fairfield 2–0 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1978/1978NSLResults.html#Round9 West Adelaide Mariani 16 Jankovics 48 Marconi Oval Sydney 6,479 Richard Lorenc L 10 7 May 1978 West Adelaide 3–2 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1978/1978NSLResults.html#Round10 Eastern Suburbs Bozanic 20 O'Connor 53 o.g. McGregor 56 Barnes 22 37 Hindmarsh Stadium Adelaide 5,341 Tony Beazleigh W 11 14 May 1978 Western Suburbs 1–2 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1978/1978NSLResults.html#Round11 West Adelaide Harding 37 McGregor 50 Honeyman 70 Wentworth Park Sydney 2,685 Tim Davies W 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 W 13 28 May 1978 Adelaide City 1–2 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1978/1978NSLResults.html#Round13 West Adelaide Marocchi 60 Reynolds 7 Norris 52 Olympic Sports Field Adelaide 11,734 Jim Dixon W 14 4 June 1978 St George-Budapest 0–1 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1978/1978NSLResults.html#Round14 West Adelaide Kambas 4 pen. St George Stadium Sydney 3,254 Henry Witschge W 15 11 June 1978 West Adelaide 2–0 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1978/1978NSLResults.html#Round15 Canberra City McGregor 28 Norris 90 Hindmarsh Stadium Adelaide 4,321 Bobby Kerr W 16 17 June 1978 Sydney Olympic 2–4 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1978/1978NSLResults.html#Round16 West Adelaide Pirie 5 43 McGachey 23 24 McGregor 70 Boyle 87 Erskineville Oval Sydney 1,860 Richard Lorenc W 17 25 June 1978 West Adelaide 1–0 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1978/1978NSLResults.html#Round17 Newcastle KB United Bozanic 21 Hindmarsh Stadium Adelaide 4,400 Jim Johnston W 18 2 July 1978 Brisbane Lions 1–0 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1978/1978NSLResults.html#Round18 West Adelaide Neale 73 Perry Park Brisbane 3,300 Peter Rampley L 19 9 July 1978 West Adelaide 3–2 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1978/1978NSLResults.html#Round19 Fitzroy United Honeyman 52 57 Boyle 54 Campbell 51 Taylor 68 pen. Hindmarsh Stadium Adelaide 5,993 Graham Neal W 20 16 July 1978 Footscray JUST 2–2 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1978/1978NSLResults.html#Round20 West Adelaide Kriaris 49 Vasic 58 Jones 65 McGregor 73 Middle Park Soccer Stadium Melbourne 1,000 Jim Dixon D 21 23 July 1978 West Adelaide 2–0 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1978/1978NSLResults.html#Round21 Brisbane City Pillans 63 Jones 77 Hindmarsh Stadium Adelaide 4,300 Don Campbell W 22 30 July 1978 West Adelaide 2–1 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1978/1978NSLResults.html#Round22 Marconi Fairfield Norris 21 Pillans 55 Mariani 6 Hindmarsh Stadium Adelaide 12,671 Stewart Melllings W 23 6 August 1978 Eastern Suburbs 2–1 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1978/1978NSLResults.html#Round23 West Adelaide Smith 14 Silva 36 Honeyman 2 Wentworth Park Sydney 4,102 Jack Readshaw L 24 13 August 1978 West Adelaide 2–0 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1978/1978NSLResults.html#Round24 Western Suburbs Norris 42 Boyle 61 Hindmarsh Stadium Adelaide 4,321 Jim Johnston 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 W 26 27 August 1978 West Adelaide 1–1 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1978/1978NSLResults.html#Round26 Adelaide City Bozanic 85 Perin 53 Hindmarsh Stadium Adelaide 16,251 Peter Rampley D Finals series The Finals series was not considered the championship for the 1978 National Soccer League. Semi-finals 3 September 1978 West Adelaide 2–3 yes http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1978/1978NSLResults.html#Finals Eastern Suburbs Koulianos 12 Reynolds 14 Souness 20 Barnes 53 Campbell 117 Hindmarsh Stadium Adelaide 4,800 Tony Beazleigh L Preliminary Final 10 September 1978 Marconi Fairfield 2–0 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1978/1978NSLResults.html#Finals West Adelaide Mariani 61 Sharne 81 Marconi Oval Sydney 6,885 Chris Bambridge L NSL Cup 1978 NSL Cup #CCFFCC Win 1px solid #AAAAAA #FFFFCC Draw 1px solid #AAAAAA #FFCCCC Loss 1px solid #AAAAAA First round 24 May 1978 Ascot Western Australia 1–4 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1978/1978NSLCup.html#Round1 West Adelaide Jones 31 o.g. Honeyman 30 86 McGregor 55 Norris 85 Lake Monger Velodrome Perth http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1978/1978NSLCup.html 1978 National Soccer League Cup Results Stock Greg OzFootball W Second round 19 July 1978 Adelaide City 1–0 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1978/1978NSLCup.html#Round2 West Adelaide Marwe 76 Hindmarsh Stadium Adelaide 6,856 Graham Neal 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_WA.html West Adelaide 1978 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 1 GK AUS Martyn Crook 26 0 0 0 26 0 2 DF ENG Peter Tymczyszyn 16+2 1 1 0 19 1 3 DF AUS Barry Reynolds soccer 25 1 2 0 27 1 4 MF SCO Neil McGachey 26 4 1 0 27 4 5 AUS Lucky Vagianos 4+1 0 0 0 5 0 6 DF AUS David Jones soccer, born 1955 25 4 2 0 27 4 7 FW AUS Peter Boyle soccer 24+2 4 1 0 27 4 8 FW AUS Dave Pillans 13 2 0 0 13 2 9 FW RSA 1928 Graham Norris footballer 18+4 5 1 1 23 6 10 FW SCO Graham Honeyman 1 0 2 2 3 2 11 MF SCO Ian McGregor footballer, born 1956 24 7 2 1 26 8 12 DF AUS Vic Bozanic 21+4 4 1 0 26 4 13 FW AUS George Koulianos 0+3 0 1 0 4 0 14 MF AUS John Batchelor soccer 2 0 0+1 0 3 0 15 FW AUS Alex Zervas 8+3 0 0+1 0 12 0 16 DF GRE Con Kambas 21 2 1 0 22 2 17 FW AUS Nick Pantelis 2 0 0 0 2 0 20 GK IRL Sam Service 1+1 0 0 0 2 0 — DF SCO Eric Carruthers footballer 4+1 1 0 0 5 1 — MF SCO Gordon McCulloch 1 0 0 0 1 0 — — YUG Uros Zivkovic 2+1 0 0 0 3 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 9 FW RSA Graham Norris footballer 4 0 1 0 0 0 4 0 1 2 5 — AUS Lucky Vagianos 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 3 3 DF AUS Barry Reynolds soccer 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 7 FW AUS Peter Boyle soccer 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 16 DF GRE Con Kambas 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 6 4 MF SCO Neil McGacey 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 6 DF AUS David Jones soccer, born 1955 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 8 15 FW AUS Alex Zervas 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Total 22 0 1 0 0 0 22 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 Martyn Crook 8 0 8 Total 8 0 8 References Category:West Adelaide SC seasons West Adelaide Category:Australian men's soccer championship–winning seasons June 2023