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South Melbourne
1978 season
Head CoachDavid Maclaren
Ted Smith
StadiumMiddle Park Soccer Stadium
National Soccer League3rd
NSL CupSecond round
Top goalscorerLeague: Duncan Cummings (9)
All: Duncan Cummings (10)
Highest home attendance18,000
vs. Fitzroy United
(2 April 1978)
National Soccer League
Lowest home attendance3,500
vs. Canberra City
(27 May 1978)
National Soccer League
Average home league attendance7,383
Biggest win5–0
vs. Adelaide City (H)
(13 August 1978)
National Soccer League
Biggest defeat0–3 (twice)
1–4 (once)
← 1977
1979 →

The 1978 season was the second in the National Soccer League for South Melbourne Football Club. In addition to the domestic league, they also participated in the NSL Cup.

Players

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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Australia AUS John Hansen
2 DF England ENG Mike Pye
3 DF Australia AUS Kris Kalifatidis
4 MF England ENG Stuart Baxter
5 Greece GRE Margaritis Hagegmanouil
6 DF Australia AUS Bertie Lutton
7 Northern Ireland NIR Sammy Wright
8 MF Australia AUS Billy Rogers
9 FW Australia AUS Duncan Cummings
10 FW Australia AUS Peter Ollerton
11 DF Scotland SCO Frank Munro
No. Pos. Nation Player
12 MF Australia AUS Socrates Nicolaides
13 FW Scotland SCO Bobby McGuinness
14 MF Australia AUS George Christopoulos
15 FW Australia AUS Steve Kakantonis
16 FW Scotland SCO George Campbell
17 DF Australia AUS Kyri Kyriakouleas
20 GK Australia AUS Jack Reilly
— Australia AUS Billy Bergman
— FW England ENG Alun Evans
— MF Australia AUS Chris Kent
— Australia AUS Peter Vaughan

Competitions

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Overall record

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Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
National Soccer League 5 March 1978 26 August 1978 Matchday 1 3rd 26 12 8 6 45 30 +15 046.15
NSL Cup 31 May 1978 2 August 1978 First round Second round 2 1 0 1 3 3 +0 050.00
Total 28 13 8 7 48 33 +15 046.43

Source: Competitions

National Soccer League

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Main article: 1978 National Soccer League

League table

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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 West Adelaide (C) 26 16 4 6 42 27 +15 36 Qualification to Finals series[a]
2 Eastern Suburbs 26 15 5 6 49 27 +22 35
3 South Melbourne 26 12 8 6 45 30 +15 32
4 Marconi Fairfield 26 12 6 8 46 31 +15 30
5 Fitzroy United 26 9 8 9 39 39 0 26
Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ^ The Finals series was not considered the championship for the 1978 National Soccer League.

Results summary

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Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
26 12 8 6 45 30  +15 44 7 3 3 26 12  +14 5 5 3 19 18  +1

Results by round

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Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526
GroundAHHAHAHHAHAAHAHAHAHAAHAHHA
ResultWDWDDWLLDWDLDWWDWLWWDWLWLW
Position32223223322454443544424343
Points23567999101213131416181921212325262828303032
Source: worldfootball.net
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

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  Win   Draw   Loss

5 March 1978 1 St George-Budapest 0–2 South Melbourne Sydney
Report
Stadium: St George Stadium
Attendance: 3,853[1]
Referee: Tony Boskovic
12 March 1978 2 South Melbourne 1–1 Sydney Olympic Melbourne
 Report
Stadium: Middle Park Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Chris Bambridge
19 March 1978 3 South Melbourne 3–0 Newcastle KB United Melbourne
 Report Stadium: Middle Park Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Jim Dixon
26 March 1978 4 Brisbane Lions 1–1 South Melbourne Brisbane
 Report
Stadium: Perry Park
Attendance: 330
Referee: Dieter Klose
2 April 1978 5 South Melbourne 1–1 Fitzroy United Melbourne
 Report
Stadium: Middle Park Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Nick Karlich
9 April 1978 6 Footscray JUST 0–2 South Melbourne Melbourne
Report
Stadium: Olympic Park
Attendance: 8,250
Referee: Bob Henderson
16 April 1978 7 South Melbourne 0–1 Brisbane City Melbourne
Report
Stadium: Middle Park Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 5,750
Referee: Jack Readshaw
23 April 1978 8 South Melbourne 0–3 Marconi Fairfield Melbourne
Report
Stadium: Middle Park Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 17,728
Referee: Stewart Mellings
30 April 1978 9 Eastern Suburbs 0–0 South Melbourne Sydney
Report Stadium: Wentworth Park
Attendance: 3,580
Referee: Tony Boskovic
6 May 1978 10 South Melbourne 2–1 Western Suburbs Melbourne
 Report
Stadium: Middle Park Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Jim Dixon
14 May 1978 11 Adelaide City 1–1 South Melbourne Adelaide
 Report
Stadium: Olympic Sports Field
Attendance: 7,856
Referee: Jim Johnston
21 May 1978 12 West Adelaide 3–1 South Melbourne Adelaide
 Report
Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Dennis Stanley
27 May 1978 13 South Melbourne 0–0 Canberra City Melbourne
Report Stadium: Middle Park Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Tony Beazleigh
4 June 1978 14 Sydney Olympic 1–2 South Melbourne Sydney
 Report
Stadium: Erskineville Oval
Referee: Barry Wilkinson
10 June 1978 15 South Melbourne 5–2 St George-Budapest Melbourne
 Report
Stadium: Middle Park Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Jack Readshaw
17 June 1978 16 Newcastle KB United 1–1 South Melbourne Newcastle
14:30 AEST
Report
Stadium: Newcastle International Sports Centre
Attendance: 7,357
Referee: Tim Davies
25 June 1978 17 South Melbourne 2–1 Brisbane Lions Melbourne
 Report
Stadium: Middle Park Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 5,000
2 July 1978 18 Fitzroy United 4–1 South Melbourne Melbourne
 Report
Stadium: Olympic Park
Attendance: 10,000
9 July 1978 19 South Melbourne 4–0 Footscray JUST Melbourne
 Report Stadium: Middle Park Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Tony Beazleigh
16 July 1978 20 Brisbane City 3–4 South Melbourne Brisbane
 Report
Stadium: Perry Park
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Henry Witschge
23 July 1978 21 Marconi Fairfield 1–1 South Melbourne Sydney
 Report
Stadium: Marconi Oval
Attendance: 5,813
Referee: Bill Jones
29 July 1978 22 South Melbourne 3–0 Eastern Suburbs Melbourne
 Report Stadium: Middle Park Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Don Campbell
6 August 1979 23 Western Suburbs 3–0 South Melbourne Sydney
 Report Stadium: Wentworth Park
Attendance: 4,102
Referee: Tony Boskovic
13 August 1978 24 South Melbourne 5–0 Adelaide City Melbourne
 Report Stadium: Middle Park Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Nick Karlich
20 August 1978 25 South Melbourne 0–2 West Adelaide Melbourne
Report
Stadium: Middle Park Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Tim Davies
26 August 1978 26 Canberra City 0–3 South Melbourne Canberra
15:00 AEST Report
Stadium: Bruce Stadium
Attendance: 4,200
Referee: Tony Boskovic

Finals series

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The Finals series was not considered the championship for the 1978 National Soccer League.

3 September 1978 Semi-finals South Melbourne 2–3 Marconi Fairfield Melbourne
 Report
Stadium: Middle Park Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 6,200
Referee: Graham Neal

NSL Cup

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Main article: 1978 NSL Cup

  Win   Draw   Loss

31 May 1978 First round Footscray JUST 1–2 South Melbourne Melbourne
 Report
Stadium: Olympic Park
Attendance: 3,000[2]
2 August 1978 Second round Fitzroy United 2–1 (a.e.t.) South Melbourne Melbourne
 Report
Stadium: Olympic Park
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Chris Bambridge

Statistics

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Appearances and goals

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Includes all competitions. Players with no appearances not included in the list.[3][2]

No. Pos. Nat. Player National Soccer League NSL Cup Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Australia John Hansen 16 0 1 0 17 0
2 DF England Mike Pye 25+1 0 2 0 28 0
3 DF Australia Kris Kalifatidis 23 1 1 0 24 1
4 MF England Stuart Baxter 25 1 2 0 27 1
5 — Greece Margaritis Hagegmanouil 26 3 2 0 28 3
6 DF Australia Bertie Lutton 21+1 1 2 1 24 2
7 — Northern Ireland Sammy Wright 24 1 2 0 26 1
8 MF Australia Billy Rogers 25+1 4 1+1 1 28 5
9 FW Australia Duncan Cummings 21+1 9 2 1 24 10
10 FW Australia Peter Ollerton 12 7 0 0 12 7
11 DF Scotland Frank Munro 5 0 1 0 6 0
12 MF Australia Socrates Nicolaides 1+1 0 0 0 2 0
13 FW Scotland Bobby McGuinness 3+4 0 0+1 0 8 0
14 MF Australia George Christopoulos 11+3 5 2 0 16 5
15 FW Australia Steve Kakantonis 1+1 0 0 0 2 0
16 FW Scotland George Campbell 14 4 2 0 16 4
17 DF Australia Kyri Kyriakouleas 1+1 0 0 0 2 0
20 GK Australia Jack Reilly 10 0 1 0 11 0
— — Australia Billy Bergman 1 0 0 0 1 0
— FW England Alun Evans 7 6 1 0 8 6
— MF Australia Chris Kent 13 1 0 0 13 1
— — Australia Peter Vaughan 1 0 0 0 1 0

Disciplinary record

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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. Pos. Nat. Player National Soccer League NSL Cup Total
Yellow card Second yellow card Red card Yellow card Second yellow card Red card Yellow card Second yellow card Red card
1 11 DF Scotland Frank Munro 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
2 2 DF Australia Mike Pye 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
6 DF Australia Bertie Lutton 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
7 — Northern Ireland Sammy Wright 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
9 FW Australia Duncan Cummings 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
— FW England Alun Evans 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0
Total 5 0 1 1 0 0 6 0 1

Clean sheets

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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. Nat. Goalkeeper NSL NSL Cup Total
1 1 Australia John Hansen 5 0 5
2 20 Australia Jack Reilly 4 0 4
Total 9 0 9

References

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  1. ^ Stock, Greg. "1978 National Soccer League Results". OzFootball.
  2. ^ a b Stock, Greg. "1978 National Soccer League Cup Results". OzFootball.
  3. ^ "South Melbourne 1978 Squad". OzFootball.
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