Western Suburbs SC (NSW)

The Western Suburbs Soccer Club was an Australian association football club based in Sydney. The club was a foundation member of Australia's National Soccer League in 1977,[1] after previously playing in NSW Division 1 and NSW Division 2. Western Suburbs were absorbed by APIA Leichhardt FC for the 1979 NSL season.[2]

Western Suburbs SC
Full nameWestern Suburbs Soccer Club
Founded1964
Dissolved1978

Seasons edit

Season League Waratah
Cup
Australia
Cup
Other Top scorer
Div P W D L F A Pts Pos Finals Player(s) Goals
1964 Amateur B 22 10 2 10 62 81 22 7th
1965 unknown
1966 Inter-suburban 3 18 9 4 5 45 37 22 3rd
1967 NSW Div. 2 22 11 4 7 45 34 26 6th
1968 NSW Div. 2 22 17 1 4 64 28 35 2nd RU
1969 NSW Div. 2 22 13 5 4 66 19 31 3rd RU
1970 NSW Div. 2 22 17 3 2 57 17 37 1st
1971 NSW Div. 1 22 13 4 5 42 27 30 3rd RU
1972 NSW Div. 1 22 4 8 10 27 34 16 9th
1973 NSW Div. 1 22 11 4 7 39 23 26 4th SF
1974 NSW Div. 1 22 11 6 5 31 19 28 4th SF
1975 NSW Div. 1 22 7 7 8 24 23 21 8th
1976 NSW Div. 1 22 8 2 12 33 38 18 9th
1977 NSL 22 11 7 8 38 29 29 5th
1978 NSL 22 9 6 11 41 45 24 9th

Source: OzFootball

Honours edit

  • Ampol Cup Winner: 1971, 1976.[3]
  • NSW State League Runner-Up: 1971 (lost grand final to St George Budapest 3–2).[4]
  • Federation Cup Runner-Up: 1975.[3]
  • NSW Division 2 Champion: 1970. [5]

Notable former players edit

References edit

  1. ^ "1977 – NSL Season in Review". Oz Football. Retrieved 25 January 2015.
  2. ^ a b "Peter Wilson – Club Soccer". Oz Football. Archived from the original on 13 April 2013. Retrieved 25 January 2015.
  3. ^ a b "Australia – List of Regional Cup Winners". The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Archived from the original on 22 December 2013. Retrieved 25 January 2015.
  4. ^ "Sydney Federation Division One (AKA State League)". Soccer Aust. Archived from the original on 25 January 2015. Retrieved 25 January 2015.
  5. ^ Persoglia, Tony. "Western Suburbs: First Grade Divisional History". Oz Football. Archived from the original on 28 April 2013. Retrieved 25 January 2015.

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