1959 NSWSF season

NSW Federation of Soccer Clubs 1959 Sydney Prague Sydney Prague Bobby Young (Corrimal) and Joe Vasvary (APIA) Leo Baumgartner (29 goals) 1958 1960 The 1959 New South Wales Federation of Soccer Clubs (NSWSF) season was the third season of football in New South Wales under the administration of the federation since its breakaway from the NSW Soccer Football Association in January of 1957. The home and away league season began on the 28th of March with fourteen teams, increasing its number by two clubs from the previous season. Sydney Prague were minor premiers after twenty-six rounds of competition. Once again a finals series was used decide the First Division champions of New South Wales in the format of a four team page playoff system. Sydney Prague won the league double, becoming this season's champions with a 3–2 the grand final win over APIA Leichhardt FC. Other tournaments held this season included the Ampol Cup and the third edition of the Federation Cup. Both competitions were won by Sydney Prague, meaning the club won all three competitions held by the federation. Clubs Changes from last season Number of teams increased from twelve (12) to fourteen (14) Balgownie Rangers FC, Budapest and Granville AEK were all new entries into the competition Villawood was relegated to Second Division Club Ground Colours Founded App Appearance/(s) in NSW First Division Debut First season competed in NSW First Division Last season Result in previous season's competition ladder (finals place) A.P.I.A. Lambert Park, Leichhardt Maroon and blue 1954 3rd 1957 8th Auburn SFC Mona Park, Auburn Green and gold 1957 3rd 1957 3rd (runners-up) Balgownie Rangers Judy Masters Oval, Balgownie Black and white 1889 1st 1959 2nd NSWSFA First Div. Bankstown SFC Bankstown Oval, Bankstown Green and gold 1944 3rd 1957 7th Budapest Sydney Athletics Field, Moore Park Red, white and green 1957 1st 1959 1st in Second Div. Canterbury-Marrickville Arlington Oval, Dulwich Hill Blue and gold 1896As Canterbury Bankstown in 1943. As Canterbury-Marrickville in 1951. 3rd 1957 2nd (winners) Concord Concord Oval, Concord Black 1949 3rd 1957 11th Corrimal United Memorial Park, Corrimal Red and white 1958 2nd 1958 1st (preliminary finalist) Gladesville-Ryde Gladesville Sports Ground, Gladesville Amber and black 1951 3rd 1957 6th Granville AEK Macarthur Park, Granville Amber and black 1885 1st 1959 5th in NSWSFA First Div. Hakoah Sydney Athletics Field, Moore Park Sky Blue and White 1953 3rd 1957 5th North Side United Chatswood Oval, Chatswood Blue and gold 1953 3rd 1957 10th Prague Sydney Athletics Field, Moore Park Sky Blue 1952 3rd 1957 4th (minor semi-finalist) Sydney Austral Sydney Cricket Ground No. 2, Moore Park Red, white and blue 1952 3rd 1957 9th Source:https://drive.google.com/file/d/1s5DWrypGHeIKbdbKpmCcEhbqTnmTG3C2/view 1959 Soccer Year Book N.S.W. Federation of Soccer clubs 15 June 2024 Regular season Table and results main WDL QR 5 2 PRA Prague API APIA COR Corrimal United HAK Hakoah CAN Canterbury-Marrickville AUB Auburn NSU North Side United GLR Gladesville-RydeDeducted four points SAU Sydney Austral GRN Granville AEK BUD Budapest BAN Bankstown BAL Balgownie Rangers CON Concord 16 4 6 66 51 10 6 10 70 63 5 5 16 39 80 13 3 10 56 45 9 11 6 49 34 -4 21 3 2 109 44 C 13 5 8 54 42 9 8 9 50 49 9 5 12 39 52 19 4 3 72 33 2 4 20 34 89 R 4 5 17 37 65 7 5 14 61 86 7 8 11 59 62 #D0F0C0 1959 Federation Finals NSWF NSWF NSWF NSWF #FFCCCC Relegation to NSWSF Second Division for next season. R 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored. complete http://www.socceraust.co.uk/1959/NSW/Div1/fixtures.html NSW Federation Division One 1959 socceraust.co.uk 15 June 2024 Results main FBR grey API APIA AUB Auburn BAL Balgownie Rangers BAN Bankstown BUD Budapest CAN Canterbury-Marrickville CON Concord COR Corrimal United GLR Gladesville Ryde GRN Granville AEK HAK Hakoah NSU North Side United PRA Prague SAU Sydney Austral 2–3 4–2 11–0 7–3 8–1 6–3 2–2 3–0 4–2 3–1 3–1 3–1 5–2 5–4 3–1 1–0 7–1 2–3 5–0 3–2 2–1 3–4 3–0 2–0 4–0 1–0 3–3 6–2 4–1 5–1 2–3 2–2 1–1 1–1 2–5 1–2 4–1 0–3 5–1 2–3 1–0 1–5 3–1 1–5 1–1 0–0 0–2 0–3 1–2 2–1 3–3 4–4 1–1 1–2 3–0 1–1 3–2 2–1 0–1 1–2 2–2 1–3 2–1 1–2 2–3 1–4 1–1 0–4 2–1 1–3 2–6 1–3 1–3 0–6 1–3 3–2 4–6 2–4 1–1 2–5 4–3 0–4 3–3 2–1 2–1 2–1 0–2 4–1 3–2 9–2 2–1 2–0 6–0 3–0 0–2 2–1 1–1 3–1 2–3 4–4 2–0 0–0 0–0 1–1 1–1 2–1 3–1 0–2 4–2 2–1 1–4 4–4 2–4 5–0 3–6 3–1 0–0 0–2 2–7 0–0 1–2 1–0 3–3 1–1 0–5 5–1 1–2 2–2 3–2 3–3 0–2 1–5 5–2 1–2 2–0 1–2 0–0 0–1 1–1 1–2 4–3 3–2 1–1 1–2 1–1 2–5 1–3 2–1 0–2 0–0 0–3 0–2 0–7 4–1 4–2 0–0 2–6 4–5 7–2 2–6 2–2 1–2 3–2 0–1 1–0 3–6 2–2 5–3 4–4 1–3 7–1 3–1 4–5 3–1 1–2 0–3 2–5 0–6 1–2 2–2 3–0 8–1 complete http://www.socceraust.co.uk/1959/NSW/Div1/matrix.html 1959 NSW Div 1 Result matrix SoccerAust 15 June 2024 Finals series yes Semi-finals Final Grand Final Major semi-final Minor semi-final 1 Prague 1 2 APIA Leichhardt 0 3 Corrimal 2 4 Hakoah 4 2 APIA Leichhardt 4 4 Hakoah 3 1 Prague 3 3 APIA Leichhardt 2 Semi-finals Minor semi-final 19 September 1959 Corrimal United 2–4 Hakoah Major semi-final 20 September 1959 Prague 1–0 APIA Leichhardt Final 27 September 1959 APIA Leichhardt 4–3 Hakoah Grand final Grand Final 4 October 1959 Prague 3–2 Reporthttps://archive.org/details/soccer-world-1959/Soccer%20World%2C%20Vol.%2002%2C%20No.%2033%2C%20Friday%20October%202nd%201959/page/n1/mode/1up?view=theater Soccer World Vol. 02, No. 33 2 October 1959 15 June 2024 Soccer World APIA Leichhardt Henson Park, Marrickville 12,451https://archive.org/details/soccer-world-1959/Soccer%20World%2C%20Vol.%2002%2C%20No.%2034%2C%20Thursday%20October%208th%201959/mode/1up?view=theater Soccer World, Vol. 02, No. 34 8 October 1959 15 June 2024 Soccer World Roy Rearce GK 1 AUS Ron Lord RB 2 AUS Ken Hiron (capt.) LB 3 GER Les Scheinflug RH 4 AUS Stuart Sherwin CH 5 AUS Kevin O'Neill LH 6 AUT Karl Jaros OR 7AUT Erich Schwarz IR 8AUT Walter Tamandl CF 9AUT Leo Baumgartner IL 10 HUN Andreas Saghi OL 11AUT Herbert NinausCoach:AUT Leo Baumgartner |style="vertical-align:top;width:50%"| GK 1 AUS Max Trisic RB 2 AUS L. Stedman LB 3 AUS R. Hawkshaw RH 4AUS G. Cinat CH 5AUS Joe Marston (capt.) LH 6 AUS G. Alocca OR 7AUS I. Pittioni IR 8AUS Joe Vasvary CF 9AUS A. De Paoli IL 10 AUS P. Turella OL 11 AUS Phil BottalicoCoach: AUS G. Polgar NSWSF First Division1959 PremiersNew South Wales 100pxPragueFirst Title Awards and statistics The following awards were reported on by Soccer World in the lead up to the league grand final.https://archive.org/details/soccer-world-1959/Soccer%20World%2C%20Vol.%2002%2C%20No.%2033%2C%20Friday%20October%202nd%201959/page/n2/mode/1up?view=theater Soccer World, Vol. 02, No. 33 2 October 1959 3 Soccer World 15 June 2024 Player of the Year Rank Player of the Year 1 Bobby Young (Corrimal United) and Joe Vasvary (APIA) 3 Walter Tamandl (Prague) 4 John Wong (North Side United) 5 Les Scheinflug (Prague) 6 Karl Jaros (Prague) Top goal-scorers Rank Player Goals 1 Leo Baumgartner (Prague) 29 2 Bruce Morrow (Auburn) 28 3 Walter Tamandl (Prague) 27 4 Joe Galambos (Budapest) 23 Other awards Award Person Captain of the Year Ken Hiron (Prague) Coach of the Year G. Polgar (APIA) Referee of the Year Roy Pearce Teams of the Year "A" Team Position "B" Team K. Speigel (Hakoah) Goalkeeper W. Henderson (Auburn) J. Prestwell (Gladesville) Right back L. Stedman (APIA) J. Aird (Hakoah) Left back R. Hawkshaw (APIA) Karl Jaros (Prague) Right half Phil Peters (Corrimal) J. Curry (Canterbury) Center half J. Pettigrew (Gladesville) Bobby Young (Corrimal) Left half Les Scheinflug (Prague) Bruce Morrow (Auburn) Outside right A. Levinson (Hakoah) Joe Vasvary (APIA) Inside right Walter Tamandl (Prague) Keith Learmonth (Corrimal) Centre forward Joe Galambos (Budapest) John Wong (North Side Utd) Inside left Andreas Saghi (Prague) Barry Salisbury (Canterbury) Outside left Herbert Ninaus (Prague) Club championship (unofficial) Club Points APIA Leichhardt 107 Canterbury-Marrickville 107 Hakoah 89 Auburn 82 Prague 80 Granville AEK 80 North Side United 74 Gladesville-Ryde 69 Bankstown 71 Sydney Austral 47 Budapest 45 Concord 37 Note: Corrimal United and Balgownie Rangers are not included as they did not field a third grade team. Other competitions Ampol Cup Originally formed in 1957 as the William Kennard Cup, this was the third year of competition and the first to be solely known as the Ampol Cup. Final Final 15 April 1959 7–0 Prague Auburn http://www.socceraust.co.uk/1959/NSW/Ampol/fixtures.html 1959 Ampol Cup SoccerAust 15 June 2024 Ascot Thousand Federation Cup 1959 NSW Federation Cup This was the third year contesting the Federation Cup, named the Ascot Thousand for sponsorship reasons. Final Final 25 October 1959 15:45 AEST (UTC+10:00) 0–2 Prague Hakoah Redfern Oval Redfern 10,500 Roy Pearce http://www.socceraust.co.uk/1959/NSW/Ascot/fixtures.html 1959 Ascot Cup SoccerAust 15 June 2024 References Category:1959 in Australian sport Soccer Category:New South Wales Federation of Soccer Clubs seasons