1978 Fitzroy United FC season

March 2023 March 2023 Fitzroy United 1978 Head Coach Tony BoggiJohn Margaritis Middle ParkSchintler ReserveWentworth ParkOlympic Park National Soccer League 5th NSL Cup Quarter-finals Jim Campbell (12) Jim Campbell (14) 12,000vs. Marconi Fairfield(4 June 1978)National Soccer League 3,000vs. Brisbane City(5 March 1978)National Soccer League3,000vs. St George-Budapest(23 June 1978)National Soccer League 3000 3500 3500 3580 5500 4000 12000 3500 10000 4000 3000 4500 4000 0 4–1 (twice)3–0 (once)6–3 (once) 0–4vs. Marconi Fairfield (A)(12 March 1978)National Soccer League 1977 1979 The 1978 season was the second in the National Soccer League for Fitzroy United (now Heidelberg United Football Club). In addition to the domestic league, they also participated in the NSL Cup. Players 1 GK AUS Peter Blasby 2 DF SCO Arthur McMillan 3 DF SCO Bob Provan 6 DF SCO Pat Bannon captain 7 MF AUS Ken Taylor 8 MF AUS Jim Campbell 9 MF AUS Andy Bozikas 10 FW AUS Mike Micevski 11 FW AUS Branko Buljevic 12 FW SCO Joe Tront 14 DF AUS Nick Rakovalis 15 MF AUS Theo Selemidis 16 FW AUS Gary Cole 18 AUS Doug Hay 20 GK AUS Jim Marner DF SCO Jim O'Reilly DF AUS Jim Tansey DF AUS Charlie Yankos Competitions Overall record 2 National Soccer League 5 March 1978 27 August 1978 Matchday 1 5th 9 8 9 39 39 NSL Cup 17 May 1978 24 September 1978 First round Quarter-finals 2 1 0 9 5 National Soccer League 1978 National Soccer League League table FIT Results summary 6 3 4 19 14 3 5 5 20 25 worldfootball.net March 2023 Results by round table b 3 4 Round Ground H/A/H/A/A/H/A/A/H/A/H/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/H/A/H/A/A/H Result W/L/L/L/D/D/D/L/W/D/D/W/W/W/D/D/W/W/L/L/L/W/W/D/L/L Position 4/10/13/10/13/14/14/14/14/14/14/8/7/6/5/6/5/4/5/5/5/5/6/6/5/5 Points 2p/2p/2p/2p/3p/4p/5p/5p/7p/8p/9p/11p/13p/15p/16p/17p/19p/21p/21p/21p/21p/23p/25p/26p/26p/26p 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 Fitzroy United 1–0 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1978/1978NSLResults.html#Round1 Brisbane City Bozikas 79 Middle Park Soccer Stadium Melbourne 3,000http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1978/1978NSLResults.html 1978 National Soccer League Results Stock Greg OzFootball Stewart Mellings W 2 12 March 1978 Marconi Fairfield 4–0 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1978/1978NSLResults.html#Round2 Fitzroy United Vieri 15 Rooney 40 Jankovics 50 Byrne 70 Marconi Oval Sydney 5,891 Richard Lorenc L 4 26 March 1978 Fitzroy United 0–3 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1978/1978NSLResults.html#Round4 Western Suburbs Fisher 21 C. Eaton 25 47 Schintler Reserve Melbourne 3,500 Tony Beazleigh L 3 27 March 1978 Eastern Suburbs 2–1 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1978/1978NSLResults.html#Round3 Fitzroy United Mullen 57 Stevenson 77 pen. Tront 79 Olympic Park Melbourne 4,000 Dennis McDermott L This match was moved to play at Olympic Park in Melbourne as Eastern Suburbs' home fixture. 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 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 15 April 1978 Canberra City 2–2 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1978/1978NSLResults.html#Round7 Fitzroy United Byrne 54 Grujicic 65 pen. Cole 60 Taylor 85 pen. Bruce Stadium Canberra 5,300 Brian Fowler D 8 23 April 1978 St George-Budapest 2–0 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1978/1978NSLResults.html#Round8 Fitzroy United O'Connor 36 pen. 76 pen. St George Stadium Sydney 2,160 Barry Wilkinson 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 W 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 6 May 1978 Newcastle KB United 2–2 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1978/1978NSLResults.html#Round10 Fitzroy United Boden 20 Mason 83 Buljevic 65 Campbell 70 Newcastle International Sports Centre Newcastle 7,826 D 11 14 May 1978 Fitzroy United 0–0 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1978/1978NSLResults.html#Round11 Brisbane Lions Olympic Park Melbourne 5,500 Bob Henderson D 12 20 May 1978 Fitzroy United 3–0 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1978/1978NSLResults.html#Round12 Adelaide City Campbell 47 50 68 Middle Park Soccer Stadium Melbourne 4,000 Stewart Mellings W 13 27 May 1978 Footscray JUST 1–2 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1978/1978NSLResults.html#Round13 Fitzroy United Palinkas 6 Cole 12 65 Schintler Reserve Melbourne 4,500 W 14 4 June 1978 Fitzroy United 4–1 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1978/1978NSLResults.html#Round14 Marconi Fairfield Buljevic 13 Cole 27 Campbell 44 Bozikas 50 Richards 55 Olympic Park Melbourne 12,000 Nick Karlich W 15 11 June 1978 Brisbane City 1–1 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1978/1978NSLResults.html#Round15 Fitzroy United Caldwell 37 pen. Campbell 59 Perry Park Brisbane 3,200 Dave Nugent D 16 18 June 1978 Fitzroy United 1–1 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1978/1978NSLResults.html#Round16 Eastern Suburbs Tansey 35 E. Campbell 77 Olympic Park Melbourne 3,500 Dennis McDermott D 17 25 June 1978 Western Suburbs 2–3 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1978/1978NSLResults.html#Round17 Fitzroy United Turnbull 63 Eaton 79 Campbell 49 Bozikas 55 Buljevic 65 Wentworth Park Sydney 2,458 Henry Witschge 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 W 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 L 20 16 July 1978 Fitzroy United 0–1 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1978/1978NSLResults.html#Round20 Canberra City Marinello 85 Olympic Park Melbourne 4,000 Nick Karlich L 21 23 July 1978 Fitzroy United 1–4 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1978/1978NSLResults.html#Round21 St George-Budapest Cole 42 Grosse 12 Terry 35 Hensman 75 Coates 90+1 Middle Park Soccer Stadium Melbourne 3,000 Tony Beazleigh L 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 W 23 6 August 1978 Fitzroy United 1–0 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1978/1978NSLResults.html#Round23 Newcastle KB United Taylor 69 pen. Olympic Park Melbourne 4,500 Chris Bambridge W 24 13 August 1979 Brisbane Lions 1–1 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1978/1978NSLResults.html#Round24 Fitzroy United Amos 57 Campbell 22 Perry Park Brisbane 2,100 Jack Wood D 25 20 August 1978 Adelaide City 3–2 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1978/1978NSLResults.html#Round25 Fitzroy United Muniz 21 83 Perin 58 Cole 70 Bannon 89 Olympic Sports Field Adelaide 3,223 Don Campbell L 26 27 August 1978 Fitzroy United 0–1 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1978/1978NSLResults.html#Round26 Footscray JUST Lujic 18 Olympic Park Melbourne 4,000 Stewart Mellings L NSL Cup 1978 NSL Cup #CCFFCC Win 1px solid #AAAAAA #FFFFCC Draw 1px solid #AAAAAA #FFCCCC Loss 1px solid #AAAAAA First round 17 May 1978 Fitzroy United 6–3 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1978/1978NSLCup.html#Round1 Prahran Slavia Bozikas 25 44 53 Campbell 71 79 Cole 72 Miller 30 Paton 67 Train 90 Olympic Park Melbourne http://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 W Quarter-finals 24 September 1978 Canberra City 1–1 yes 5–4 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1978/1978NSLCup.html#QuarterFinals Fitzroy United Cant 45 Cole ? Canberra Stadium Canberra 2,600 Peter Rampley D Statistics Appearances and goals Includes all competitions. Players with no appearances not included in the list.http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1978/1978NSLSquads_FU.html Fitzroy United 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 Peter Blasby 19 0 1 0 20 0 2 DF SCO Arthur McMillan 25 1 3 0 28 1 3 DF SCO Bob Provan 24 0 3 0 27 0 6 DF SCO Pat Bannon footballer 25 1 1 0 26 1 7 MF AUS Ken Taylor soccer 24+1 3 3 1 28 4 8 MF AUS Jim Campbell soccer 25+1 12 3 2 29 14 9 MF AUS Andy Bozikas 19+4 3 2 3 25 6 10 FW AUS Mike Micevski 8+11 0 2+1 0 22 0 11 FW AUS Branko Buljevic 22 6 3 1 25 7 12 FW SCO Joe Tront 2 1 0 0 2 1 14 DF AUS Nick Rakovalis 0+1 0 0+1 0 2 0 15 MF AUS Theo Selemidis 10+3 0 2+1 0 16 0 16 FW AUS Gary Cole soccer 25 11 3 2 28 13 18 — AUS Doug Hay 2+1 0 0 0 3 0 20 GK AUS Jim Mariner 7 0 2 0 9 0 — DF SCO Jim O'Reilly association footballer 24+1 0 3 0 28 0 — DF AUS Jim Tansey 25 1 3 0 28 1 — DF AUS Charlie Yankos 0 0 0+1 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 3 DF SCO Bob Provan 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 2 2 DF SCO Arthur McMillan 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 6 DF SCO Pat Bannon 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 7 MF AUS Ken Taylor soccer 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 8 MF AUS Jim Campbell soccer 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 6 — DF AUS Jim Tansey 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 7 10 FW AUS Mike Micevski 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 11 FW AUS Branko Buljevic 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 15 MF AUS Theo Selemidis 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 18 — AUS Doug Hay 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 — DF SCO Jim O'Reilly association footballer 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Total 21 0 0 2 0 0 23 0 0 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 Peter Blasby 3 0 3 2 20 AUS Jim Mariner 1 0 1 Total 4 0 4 References Category:Heidelberg United FC seasons Fitzroy United