1978 Sydney Olympic FC season

May 2023 May 2023 Sydney Olympic 1978 Head Coach Tom AndersonGeorge GibsonJoe MarstonKaz Kulak Arlington OvalErskineville OvalWentworth ParkGarside ParkSt George Stadium National Soccer League 8th NSL Cup Second round Alan Ainslie (7) Alan Ainslie (7) 6,702vs. Marconi Fairfield(21 May 1978)National Soccer League 1,000vs. Auburn(24 May 1978)National Soccer League 4214 4133 4629 3685 6311 6702 1860 2152 4953 3676 1138 3530 0 2–0 (3 times)3–1 (once) 0–5vs. Eastern Suburbs (A)(28 May 1978)National Soccer League 1977 1979 The 1978 season was the second in the National Soccer League for Sydney Olympic Football Club. In addition to the domestic league, they also participated in the NSL Cup. Sydney Olympic finished 8th in their National Soccer League season, and were eliminated in the second round of the NSL Cup. Players 1 GK AUS Gary Meier 2 DF AUS Billy Palmer 3 DF ENG Mike Cross 4 DF SCO Stuart Markland 5 DF AUS Dave McIntosh 6 AUS Bill Starvopodis 7 FW SCO Derek Laing 8 MF SCO Alex Jamieson 9 AUS Con Davourlis 10 MF AUS Joe Senkalski 11 MF AUS Alan Ainslie 12 FW ENG Ray Botham 13 DF SCO Ken Wilson 14 DF ENG Paul Luckett 15 MF AUS Peter Raskopoulos 17 DF AUS Richard Bell 20 AUS Herc Karakostas FW AUS Don Allan AUS Greg Allan AUS Nick Constantinou DF ENG Paul Cotton MF IRL Jim Herron DF AUS John Karaspyros FW SCO Billy Pirie FW AUS Chris Thamnidis Competitions Overall record 2 National Soccer League 5 March 1978 25 September 1978 Matchday 1 8th 9 7 10 35 43 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 SYD Results summary 3 3 7 16 23 6 4 3 19 20 worldfootball.net May 2023 Results by round table b Round Ground H/A/A/H/H/A/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/A/H/H/A/H/A/H/A/H Result L/D/W/L/W/W/D/L/L/D/L/D/L/L/D/L/W/W/W/D/W/L/W/W/D/W Position 9/12/7/10/5/5/5/6/9/11/12/10/13/13/13/13/11/11/9/9/8/10/8/7/7/8 Points 0p/1p/3p/3p/5p/7p/8p/8p/8p/9p/9p/10p/10p/10p/11p/11p/13p/15p/17p/18p/20p/20p/22p/24p/25p/27p 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 Sydney Olympic 0–1 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1978/1978NSLResults.html#Round1 Western Suburbs Fisher 75 Arlington Oval Sydney 4,124http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1978/1978NSLResults.html 1978 National Soccer League Results Stock Greg OzFootball.net Jim Reeves L 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 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 W 4 26 March 1978 Sydney Olympic 1–2 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1978/1978NSLResults.html#Round4 Canberra City Senkalski 19 pen. Grujicic 9 pen. Byrne 17 Erskineville Oval Sydney 4,133 Alf Rodway L 5 2 April 1978 Sydney Olympic 2–0 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1978/1978NSLResults.html#Round5 St George-Budapest Ainslie 3 Laing 57 Arlington Oval Sydney 4,629 Henry Witschge W 6 8 April 1978 Adelaide City 0–1 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1978/1978NSLResults.html#Round6 Sydney Olympic D. Allan 57 Hindmarsh Stadium Adelaide 5,895 Bobby Kerr W 7 15 April 1978 Newcastle KB United 1–1 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1978/1978NSLResults.html#Round7 Sydney Olympic Boden 27 Senkalski 31 Newcastle International Sports Centre Newcastle 5,287 Tony Boskovic D 8 23 April 1978 Sydney Olympic 2–4 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1978/1978NSLResults.html#Round8 Brisbane Lions Ainslie 53 Wilson 80 Fairbrother 31 Hughes 34 Ontong 41 Laszlo 88 Erskineville Oval Sydney 3,685 Peter Rampley L 9 30 April 1978 Fitzroy United 3–1 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1978/1978NSLResults.html#Round9 Sydney Olympic Cole 8 38 Campbell 48 Ainslie 49 Wentworth Park Sydney 3,580 Doug Rennie L This match was moved to play at Wentworth Park in Sydney as Fitzroy United's home fixture due to punishment by NSL for an assault on a referee. 10 7 May 1978 Sydney Olympic 1–1 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1978/1978NSLResults.html#Round10 Footscray JUST Laing 58 Picioane 24 Wentworth Park Sydney 6,311 Alf Rodway D 11 14 May 1978 Brisbane City 3–2 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1978/1978NSLResults.html#Round11 Sydney Olympic Marley 22 44 Conner 61 D. Allan 72 80 Perry Park Brisbane 4,500 Jack Wood L 12 21 May 1978 Sydney Olympic 1–1 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1978/1978NSLResults.html#Round12 Marconi Fairfield Jamieson 40 Vieri 58 Wentworth Park Sydney 6,702 Tony Boskovic D 13 28 May 1978 Eastern Suburbs 5–0 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1978/1978NSLResults.html#Round13 Sydney Olympic Watson 21 46 Trenter 42 Silva 55 D. Allan 85 o.g. Wentworth Park Sydney 5,928 Tim Davies L 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 L 15 11 June 1978 Western Suburbs 2–2 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1978/1978NSLResults.html#Round15 Sydney Olympic Stone 51 Eaton 78 Pirie 21 Jamieson 23 Wentworth Park Sydney 4,725 D 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 L 17 24 June 1978 Canberra City 1–3 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1978/1978NSLResults.html#Round17 Sydney Olympic Byrne 85 Pirie 7 63 D. Allan 70 Bruce Stadium Canberra 4,300 Doug Rennie W 18 2 July 1978 St George-Budapest 1–2 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1978/1978NSLResults.html#Round18 Sydney Olympic Hensman 35 Jamieson 50 Ainslie 90 St George Stadium Sydney 963 Tim Davies W 19 9 July 1978 Sydney Olympic 2–1 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1978/1978NSLResults.html#Round19 Adelaide City Pirie 8 D. Allan 75 Muir 47 St George Stadium Sydney 2,152 Jim Reeves W 20 16 July 1978 Sydney Olympic 1–1 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1978/1978NSLResults.html#Round20 Newcastle KB United Ainslie 22 Boden ? St George Stadium Sydney 4,953 Peter Rampley D 21 23 July 1978 Brisbane Lions 1–2 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1978/1978NSLResults.html#Round21 Sydney Olympic Morris 31 McIntosh 39 Bell 89 Perry Park Brisbane 2,100 Dave Nugent W 22 30 July 1978 Sydney Olympic 1–3 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1978/1978NSLResults.html#Round22 Fitzroy United McIntosh 62 Campbell 37 Buljevic 72 Cole 82 St George Stadium Sydney 3,676 Tony Boskovic L 23 6 August 1978 Footscray JUST 2–3 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1978/1978NSLResults.html#Round23 Sydney Olympic Kondarios 49 Lujic 81 McIntosh 14 48 Laing 62 Middle Park Soccer Stadium Melbourne 800 Tony Beazleigh W 24 13 August 1978 Sydney Olympic 2–1 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1978/1978NSLResults.html#Round24 Brisbane City Ainslie 10 McIntosh 65 Kelso 26 Wentworth Park Sydney 1,138 Jim Reeves W 25 20 August 1978 Marconi Fairfield 0–0 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1978/1978NSLResults.html#Round25 Sydney Olympic Marconi Oval Sydney 5,241 Tony Boskovic D 26 27 August 1978 Sydney Olympic 0–2 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1978/1978NSLResults.html#Round26 Eastern Suburbs Smith 61 Barnes 71 Wentworth Park Sydney 3,530 Chris Bambridge W 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 Sydney Olympic 2–0 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1978/1978NSLCup.html#Round1 New South Wales Auburn Laing 45 D. Allan 68 Garside Park Sydney 1,000http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1978/1978NSLCup.html 1978 National Soccer League Cup Results Stock Greg OzFootball W Second round 19 July 1978 Eastern Suburbs 4–0 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1978/1978NSLCup.html#Round2 Sydney Olympic Souness 17 Barnes 21 Smith 25 Wentworth Park Sydney 1,023 Tim Davies 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_SO.html Sydney Olympic 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 Gary Meier soccer 23 0 1 0 24 0 2 DF AUS Billy Palmer soccer 16 0 2 0 18 0 3 DF ENG Mike Cross footballer 25 0 2 0 27 0 4 DF SCO Stuart Markland 19+1 0 1 0 21 0 5 DF AUS Dave McIntosh soccer 24 5 1 0 25 5 6 — AUS Bill Starvopodis 4+3 0 1 0 8 0 7 FW SCO Derek Laing 26 3 2 1 28 4 8 MF SCO Alex Jamieson footballer 24 3 2 0 26 3 9 — AUS Con Davourlis 8 1 0 0 8 1 10 MF AUS Joe Senkalski 6+5 3 2 0 13 3 11 MF AUS Alan Ainslie 24+2 7 1 0 27 7 12 FW ENG Ray Botham 2+1 0 1 0 4 0 13 DF SCO Ken Wilson footballer, born 1957 17+4 1 1 0 22 1 14 DF ENG Paul Luckett 15+2 0 2 0 19 0 15 MF AUS Peter Raskopoulos 1+2 0 0 0 3 0 17 DF AUS Richard Bell soccer 12 1 1 0 13 1 20 — AUS Herc Karakostas 3 0 1 0 4 0 — FW AUS Don Allan soccer 11+3 5 1+1 1 16 6 — — AUS Greg Allan 11+1 0 0 0 12 0 — — AUS Nick Constantinou 2 0 0 0 2 0 — DF ENG Paul Cotton footballer 2 0 0 0 2 0 — MF IRL Jim Herron 1+1 0 0 0 2 0 — DF AUS John Karaspyros 0+1 0 0 0 1 0 — FW SCO Billy Pirie 8 6 1 0 9 6 — FW AUS Chris Thamnidis 2+2 0 0+1 0 5 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 AUS Stuart Markland 2 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 5 DF AUS Dave McIntosh soccer 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 7 FW SCO Derek Laing 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 8 MF SCO Alex Jamieson footballer 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 5 3 DF ENG Mike Cross footballer 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 6 — AUS Bill Starvopodis 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 14 DF AUS Paul Luckett 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 — — AUS Greg Allan 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Total 13 0 1 0 0 0 13 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 Gary Meier soccer 4 0 4 2 20 AUS Herc Karakostas 0 1 0 Total 4 1 5 References 1978 Category:1978 National Soccer League (Australia) by team Category:1978 in sport in Sydney