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1978 West Adelaide SC season

The 1978 season was the second in the National Soccer League for West Adelaide Soccer Club. In addition to the domestic league, they also participated in the NSL Cup. West Adelaide finished 1st in their National Soccer League season, and were eliminated in the second round of the NSL Cup.

West Adelaide
1978 season
Head CoachJohn Margaritis
Jim Adam
StadiumHindmarsh Stadium
National Soccer League1st
NSL CupSecond round
Top goalscorerLeague: Ian McGregor (7)
All: Ian McGregor (8)
Highest home attendance16,251
vs. Adelaide City
(27 August 1978)
National Soccer League
Lowest home attendance4,300
vs. Brisbane City
(23 July 1978)
National Soccer League
Average home league attendance6,742
Biggest win3–0
vs. Brisbane Lions (H)
(2 April 1978)
National Soccer League
4–1
vs. Ascot (A)
(24 May 1978)
NSL Cup
Biggest defeat1–4
vs. St George-Budapest (H)
(12 March 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 Martyn Crook
2 DF   ENG Peter Tymczyszyn
3 DF   AUS Barry Reynolds
4 MF   SCO Neil McGachey
5   AUS Lucky Vagianos
6 DF   AUS David Jones
7 FW   AUS Peter Boyle (captain)
8 FW   AUS Dave Pillans
9 FW   RSA Graham Norris
10 FW   SCO Graham Honeyman
11 MF   SCO Ian McGregor
No. Pos. Nation Player
12 DF   AUS Vic Bozanic
13 FW   AUS George Koulianos
14 MF   AUS John Batchelor
15 FW   AUS Alex Zervas
16 DF   GRE Con Kambas
17 FW   AUS Nick Pantelis
20 GK   IRL Sam Service
— DF   SCO Eric Carruthers
— MF   SCO Gordon McCulloch
—   YUG Uros Zivkovic

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 27 August 1978 Matchday 1 1st 26 16 4 6 42 27 +15 061.54
NSL Cup 24 May 1978 19 July 1978 First round Second round 2 1 0 1 2 4 −2 050.00
Total 28 17 4 7 44 31 +13 060.71

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 16 4 6 42 27  +15 52 9 1 3 24 14  +10 7 3 3 18 13  +5

Results by round

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Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526
GroundAHHAHAHAAHAHAAHAHAHAHHAHAH
ResultDLLWWDLWLWWWWWWWWLWDWWLWWD
Position713131177761154222222221111111
Points1113566881012141618202224242627293131333536
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 Canberra City 1–1 West Adelaide Canberra
 Report
Stadium: Bruce Stadium
Attendance: 6,000[1]
Referee: Ken Allen
12 March 1978 2 West Adelaide 1–4 St George-Budapest Adelaide
 Report
Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium
Attendance: 5,233
Referee: Jim Johnston
19 March 1978 3 West Adelaide 0–1 Sydney Olympic Adelaide
Report
Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium
Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Graham Neal
25 March 1978 4 Newcastle KB United 0–1 West Adelaide Newcastle
Report
Stadium: Newcastle International Sports Centre
Attendance: 7,019
Referee: Richard Lorenc
2 April 1978 5 West Adelaide 3–0 Brisbane Lions Adelaide
 Report Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium
Attendance: 4,786
Referee: Don Campbell
8 April 1978 6 Fitzroy United 1–1 West Adelaide Melbourne
 Report
Stadium: Middle Park Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: David Yelland
16 April 1978 7 West Adelaide 1–2 Footscray JUST Adelaide
 Report
Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium
Attendance: 5,523
Referee: Jack Tarling
23 April 1978 8 Brisbane City 0–1 West Adelaide Brisbane
Report
Stadium: Perry Park
Attendance: 4,200
Referee: Bob Mee
30 April 1978 9 Marconi Fairfield 2–0 West Adelaide Sydney
15:00 AEST
Report Stadium: Marconi Oval
Attendance: 6,479
Referee: Richard Lorenc
7 May 1978 10 West Adelaide 3–2 Eastern Suburbs Adelaide
 Report
Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium
Attendance: 5,341
Referee: Tony Beazleigh
14 May 1978 11 Western Suburbs 1–2 West Adelaide Sydney
 Report
Stadium: Wentworth Park
Attendance: 2,685
Referee: Tim Davies
21 May 1978 12 West Adelaide 3–1 South Melbourne Adelaide
 Report
Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Dennis Stanley
28 May 1978 13 Adelaide City 1–2 West Adelaide Adelaide
 Report
Stadium: Olympic Sports Field
Attendance: 11,734
Referee: Jim Dixon
4 June 1978 14 St George-Budapest 0–1 West Adelaide Sydney
Report
Stadium: St George Stadium
Attendance: 3,254
Referee: Henry Witschge
11 June 1978 15 West Adelaide 2–0 Canberra City Adelaide
 Report Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium
Attendance: 4,321
Referee: Bobby Kerr
17 June 1978 16 Sydney Olympic 2–4 West Adelaide Sydney
 Report
Stadium: Erskineville Oval
Attendance: 1,860
Referee: Richard Lorenc
25 June 1978 17 West Adelaide 1–0 Newcastle KB United Adelaide
 Report Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium
Attendance: 4,400
Referee: Jim Johnston
2 July 1978 18 Brisbane Lions 1–0 West Adelaide Brisbane
 Report Stadium: Perry Park
Attendance: 3,300
Referee: Peter Rampley
9 July 1978 19 West Adelaide 3–2 Fitzroy United Adelaide
 Report
Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium
Attendance: 5,993
Referee: Graham Neal
16 July 1978 20 Footscray JUST 2–2 West Adelaide Melbourne
 Report
Stadium: Middle Park Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Jim Dixon
23 July 1978 21 West Adelaide 2–0 Brisbane City Adelaide
 Report Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium
Attendance: 4,300
Referee: Don Campbell
30 July 1978 22 West Adelaide 2–1 Marconi Fairfield Adelaide
 Report
Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium
Attendance: 12,671
Referee: Stewart Melllings
6 August 1978 23 Eastern Suburbs 2–1 West Adelaide Sydney
 Report
Stadium: Wentworth Park
Attendance: 4,102
Referee: Jack Readshaw
13 August 1978 24 West Adelaide 2–0 Western Suburbs Adelaide
 Report Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium
Attendance: 4,321
Referee: Jim Johnston
20 August 1978 25 South Melbourne 0–2 West Adelaide Melbourne
Report
Stadium: Middle Park Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Tim Davies
27 August 1978 26 West Adelaide 1–1 Adelaide City Adelaide
 Report
Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium
Attendance: 16,251
Referee: Peter Rampley

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 West Adelaide 2–3 (a.e.t.) Eastern Suburbs Adelaide
 Report
Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium
Attendance: 4,800
Referee: Tony Beazleigh
10 September 1978 Preliminary Final Marconi Fairfield 2–0 West Adelaide Sydney
 Report Stadium: Marconi Oval
Attendance: 6,885
Referee: Chris Bambridge

NSL Cup

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Main article: 1978 NSL Cup

  Win   Draw   Loss

24 May 1978 First round Ascot   1–4 West Adelaide Perth
 Report
Stadium: Lake Monger Velodrome
Attendance: [2]
19 July 1978 Second round Adelaide City 1–0 West Adelaide Adelaide
 Report Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium
Attendance: 6,856
Referee: Graham Neal

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   Martyn Crook 26 0 0 0 26 0
2 DF   Peter Tymczyszyn 16+2 1 1 0 19 1
3 DF   Barry Reynolds 25 1 2 0 27 1
4 MF   Neil McGachey 26 4 1 0 27 4
5   Lucky Vagianos 4+1 0 0 0 5 0
6 DF   David Jones 25 4 2 0 27 4
7 FW   Peter Boyle 24+2 4 1 0 27 4
8 FW   Dave Pillans 13 2 0 0 13 2
9 FW   Graham Norris 18+4 5 1 1 23 6
10 FW   Graham Honeyman 1 0 2 2 3 2
11 MF   Ian McGregor 24 7 2 1 26 8
12 DF   Vic Bozanic 21+4 4 1 0 26 4
13 FW   George Koulianos 0+3 0 1 0 4 0
14 MF   John Batchelor 2 0 0+1 0 3 0
15 FW   Alex Zervas 8+3 0 0+1 0 12 0
16 DF   Con Kambas 21 2 1 0 22 2
17 FW   Nick Pantelis 2 0 0 0 2 0
20 GK   Sam Service 1+1 0 0 0 2 0
— DF   Eric Carruthers 4+1 1 0 0 5 1
— MF   Gordon McCulloch 1 0 0 0 1 0
— —   Uros Zivkovic 2+1 0 0 0 3 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 9 FW   Graham Norris 4 0 1 0 0 0 4 0 1
2 5 —   Lucky Vagianos 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0
3 3 DF   Barry Reynolds 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
7 FW   Peter Boyle 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
16 DF   Con Kambas 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
6 4 MF   Neil McGacey 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
6 DF   David Jones 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
8 15 FW   Alex Zervas 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Total 22 0 1 0 0 0 22 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   Martyn Crook 8 0 8
Total 8 0 8

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. "West Adelaide 1978 Squad". OzFootball.net.


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