1978 Sydney Olympic FC season

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.

Sydney Olympic
1978 season
Head CoachTom Anderson
George Gibson
Joe Marston
Kaz Kulak
StadiumArlington Oval
Erskineville Oval
Wentworth Park
Garside Park
St George Stadium
National Soccer League8th
NSL CupSecond round
Top goalscorerLeague: Alan Ainslie (7)
All: Alan Ainslie (7)
Highest home attendance6,702
vs. Marconi Fairfield
(21 May 1978)
National Soccer League
Lowest home attendance1,000
vs. Auburn
(24 May 1978)
National Soccer League
Average home league attendance3,915
Biggest win2–0 (3 times)
3–1 (once)
Biggest defeat0–5
vs. Eastern Suburbs (A)
(28 May 1978)
National Soccer League
← 1977
1979 →

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   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
No. Pos. Nation Player
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

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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 25 September 1978 Matchday 1 8th 26 9 7 10 35 43 −8 034.62
NSL Cup 24 May 1978 19 July 1978 First round Second round 2 1 0 1 2 4 −2 050.00
Total 28 10 7 11 37 47 −10 035.71

Source: Competitions

National Soccer League

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League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
6 Brisbane Lions 26 8 10 8 37 39 −2 26
7 St George-Budapest 26 11 3 12 41 40 +1 25
8 Sydney Olympic 26 9 7 10 35 43 −8 25
9 Western Suburbs 26 9 6 11 41 45 −4 24
10 Adelaide City 26 9 6 11 38 44 −6 24
Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored

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 9 7 10 35 43  −8 34 3 3 7 16 23  −7 6 4 3 19 20  −1

Results by round

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Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526
GroundHAAHHAAHAHAHAHAHAAHHAHAHAH
ResultLDWLWWDLLDLDLLDLWWWDWLWWDW
Position91271055569111210131313131111998108778
Points01335788899101010111113151718202022242527
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 Sydney Olympic 0–1 Western Suburbs Sydney
Report
  • Fisher   75'
Stadium: Arlington Oval
Attendance: 4,124[1]
Referee: Jim Reeves
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 West Adelaide 0–1 Sydney Olympic Adelaide
Report
Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium
Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Graham Neal
26 March 1978 4 Sydney Olympic 1–2 Canberra City Sydney
Report
Stadium: Erskineville Oval
Attendance: 4,133
Referee: Alf Rodway
2 April 1978 5 Sydney Olympic 2–0 St George-Budapest Sydney
Report Stadium: Arlington Oval
Attendance: 4,629
Referee: Henry Witschge
8 April 1978 6 Adelaide City 0–1 Sydney Olympic Adelaide
Report
Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium
Attendance: 5,895
Referee: Bobby Kerr
15 April 1978 7 Newcastle KB United 1–1 Sydney Olympic Newcastle
Report
Stadium: Newcastle International Sports Centre
Attendance: 5,287
Referee: Tony Boskovic
23 April 1978 8 Sydney Olympic 2–4 Brisbane Lions Sydney
Report
Stadium: Erskineville Oval
Attendance: 3,685
Referee: Peter Rampley
30 April 1978 9 Fitzroy United 3–1 Sydney Olympic Sydney
Report
Stadium: Wentworth Park
Attendance: 3,580
Referee: Doug Rennie
Note: 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.
7 May 1978 10 Sydney Olympic 1–1 Footscray JUST Sydney
Report
Stadium: Wentworth Park
Attendance: 6,311
Referee: Alf Rodway
14 May 1978 11 Brisbane City 3–2 Sydney Olympic Brisbane
Report
Stadium: Perry Park
Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Jack Wood
21 May 1978 12 Sydney Olympic 1–1 Marconi Fairfield Sydney
Report
Stadium: Wentworth Park
Attendance: 6,702
Referee: Tony Boskovic
28 May 1978 13 Eastern Suburbs 5–0 Sydney Olympic Sydney
Report Stadium: Wentworth Park
Attendance: 5,928
Referee: Tim Davies
4 June 1978 14 Sydney Olympic 1–2 South Melbourne Sydney
Report
Stadium: Erskineville Oval
Referee: Barry Wilkinson
11 June 1978 15 Western Suburbs 2–2 Sydney Olympic Sydney
Report
Stadium: Wentworth Park
Attendance: 4,725
17 June 1978 16 Sydney Olympic 2–4 West Adelaide Sydney
Report
Stadium: Erskineville Oval
Attendance: 1,860
Referee: Richard Lorenc
24 June 1978 17 Canberra City 1–3 Sydney Olympic Canberra
Report
Stadium: Bruce Stadium
Attendance: 4,300
Referee: Doug Rennie
2 July 1978 18 St George-Budapest 1–2 Sydney Olympic Sydney
Report
Stadium: St George Stadium
Attendance: 963
Referee: Tim Davies
9 July 1978 19 Sydney Olympic 2–1 Adelaide City Sydney
Report
Stadium: St George Stadium
Attendance: 2,152
Referee: Jim Reeves
16 July 1978 20 Sydney Olympic 1–1 Newcastle KB United Sydney
Report
Stadium: St George Stadium
Attendance: 4,953
Referee: Peter Rampley
23 July 1978 21 Brisbane Lions 1–2 Sydney Olympic Brisbane
Report
Stadium: Perry Park
Attendance: 2,100
Referee: Dave Nugent
30 July 1978 22 Sydney Olympic 1–3 Fitzroy United Sydney
Report
Stadium: St George Stadium
Attendance: 3,676
Referee: Tony Boskovic
6 August 1978 23 Footscray JUST 2–3 Sydney Olympic Melbourne
Report
Stadium: Middle Park Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 800
Referee: Tony Beazleigh
13 August 1978 24 Sydney Olympic 2–1 Brisbane City Sydney
Report
Stadium: Wentworth Park
Attendance: 1,138
Referee: Jim Reeves
20 August 1978 25 Marconi Fairfield 0–0 Sydney Olympic Sydney
Report Stadium: Marconi Oval
Attendance: 5,241
Referee: Tony Boskovic
27 August 1978 26 Sydney Olympic 0–2 Eastern Suburbs Sydney
Report
Stadium: Wentworth Park
Attendance: 3,530
Referee: Chris Bambridge

NSL Cup

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  Win   Draw   Loss

24 May 1978 First round Sydney Olympic 2–0   Auburn Sydney
Report Stadium: Garside Park
Attendance: 1,000[2]
19 July 1978 Second round Eastern Suburbs 4–0 Sydney Olympic Sydney
Report Stadium: Wentworth Park
Attendance: 1,023
Referee: Tim Davies

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   Gary Meier 23 0 1 0 24 0
2 DF   Billy Palmer 16 0 2 0 18 0
3 DF   Mike Cross 25 0 2 0 27 0
4 DF   Stuart Markland 19+1 0 1 0 21 0
5 DF   Dave McIntosh 24 5 1 0 25 5
6   Bill Starvopodis 4+3 0 1 0 8 0
7 FW   Derek Laing 26 3 2 1 28 4
8 MF   Alex Jamieson 24 3 2 0 26 3
9   Con Davourlis 8 1 0 0 8 1
10 MF   Joe Senkalski 6+5 3 2 0 13 3
11 MF   Alan Ainslie 24+2 7 1 0 27 7
12 FW   Ray Botham 2+1 0 1 0 4 0
13 DF   Ken Wilson 17+4 1 1 0 22 1
14 DF   Paul Luckett 15+2 0 2 0 19 0
15 MF   Peter Raskopoulos 1+2 0 0 0 3 0
17 DF   Richard Bell 12 1 1 0 13 1
20   Herc Karakostas 3 0 1 0 4 0
FW   Don Allan 11+3 5 1+1 1 16 6
  Greg Allan 11+1 0 0 0 12 0
  Nick Constantinou 2 0 0 0 2 0
DF   Paul Cotton 2 0 0 0 2 0
MF   Jim Herron 1+1 0 0 0 2 0
DF   John Karaspyros 0+1 0 0 0 1 0
FW   Billy Pirie 8 6 1 0 9 6
FW   Chris Thamnidis 2+2 0 0+1 0 5 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
                 
1 4 DF   Stuart Markland 2 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1
2 5 DF   Dave McIntosh 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
3 7 FW   Derek Laing 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
8 MF   Alex Jamieson 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
5 3 DF   Mike Cross 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
6   Bill Starvopodis 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
14 DF   Paul Luckett 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
  Greg Allan 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Total 13 0 1 0 0 0 13 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   Gary Meier 4 0 4
2 20   Herc Karakostas 0 1 0
Total 4 1 5

References

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  1. ^ Stock, Greg. "1978 National Soccer League Results". OzFootball.net.
  2. ^ a b Stock, Greg. "1978 National Soccer League Cup Results". OzFootball.
  3. ^ Persoglia, Tony; Stock, Greg. "Sydney Olympic 1978 Squad". OzFootball.net.