1977 Brisbane City FC season

Brisbane City
1977 season
Head Coach	Iain Kesson; Nereo Saftich
National Soccer League	10th
NSL Cup	Winners
Top goalscorer	League: ; Willie Conner (4); John Coyne (4); Ian Johnston (4); All: Ian Johnston (6)

The 1977 season was Brisbane City's first season in the National Soccer League. In addition to the domestic league, they also participated in the inaugural NSL Cup. Brisbane City finished tenth in their National Soccer League season, but were winners in their NSL Cup campaign.

Players

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	GK	ARG	Osvaldo Borzi
—	DF	DEN	Peter Neilson
—	DF	SCO	Ian Rathmell
—	DF	AUS	Peter Tokesi
—	DF	AUS	Larry Herdle
—	DF	AUS	Karl Herdle
—	DF	SCO	Jim Hermiston
—	MF	AUS	Roberto Echeverria


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	AUS	Larry Gaffney
—	MF	SCO	John Lavaelle
—	MF	ENG	Frank Pimblett
—	FW	AUS	Kevin Caldwell
—	FW	AUS	John Coyne
—	FW	AUS	Willie Conner
—	FW	AUS	Ian Johnston
—	FW	AUS	Brian Kibbey

Competitions

Overview

Competition	Record
Competition	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
National Soccer League	26	8	6	12	30	35	−5	030.77
NSL Cup	4	2	2	0	8	4	+4	050.00
Total	30	10	8	12	38	39	−1	033.33

Source: Competitions

National Soccer League

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Eastern Suburbs (C)	26	13	11	2	52	28	+24	37	League Champions
2	Marconi	26	15	7	4	42	21	+21	37
3	Fitzroy	26	12	8	6	41	34	+7	32
4	Adelaide City	26	12	7	7	50	31	+19	31
5	Western Suburbs	26	11	7	8	38	29	+9	29
6	St George	26	7	14	5	39	35	+4	28
7	West Adelaide	26	8	10	8	38	32	+6	26
8	Footscray	26	9	6	11	36	39	−3	24
9	Brisbane Lions	26	9	5	12	27	41	−14	23
10	Brisbane City	26	8	6	12	30	35	−5	22
11	South Melbourne	26	7	8	11	27	35	−8	22
12	Sydney Olympic	26	7	7	12	25	38	−13	21
13	Canberra City	26	5	7	14	22	39	−17	17
14	Mooroolbark (R)	26	5	5	16	31	61	−30	15	Relegation to the 1978 Victoria Metropolitan League Three

Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated

Results by Matchday

Matchday	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	L	L	D	W	W	D	W	L	L	L	D	L	W	D	L	W	L	D	W	L	L	D	W	L	L	W
Position	10	14	11	9	7	7	7	8	9	11	10	11	10	10	10	10	11	10	10	11	12	12	10	11	11	10

Source: aus.worldfootball.net
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

3 April 1977 1	Brisbane City	0–1	Marconi-Fairfield	Brisbane
		Report	Sharne 83'	Stadium: Perry Park Attendance: 5,214 Referee: Des Miles

11 April 1977 2	St George-Budapest	3–2	Brisbane City	Sydney
	Jankovics ?' Hensman ?' O'Connor ?'	Report	Herdle ?' Johnston ?'	Stadium: Sydney Sports Ground Attendance: 3,650

18 April 1977 3	Brisbane City	0–0	Eastern Suburbs	Brisbane
		Report		Stadium: Perry Park Attendance: 6,300

25 April 1977 4	South Melbourne	0–1	Brisbane City	Melbourne
		Report	Pimblett ?'	Stadium: Middle Park Attendance: 2,500

2 May 1977 5	Brisbane City	3–1	Mooroolbark	Brisbane
	Hermiston ?' Gaffney ?' Coyne ?'	Report	McGregor ?'	Stadium: Perry Park Attendance: 6,500

9 May 1977 7	Brisbane City	3–1	Brisbane Lions	Brisbane
	Echeverria ?' Hermiston ?' Johnston ?'	Report	Morris ?'	Stadium: Perry Park Attendance: 6,400

22 May 1977 8	Canberra City	2–0	Brisbane City	Canberra
	Henderson ?' O'Connor ?'	Report		Stadium: Manuka Oval Attendance: 1,400

30 May 1977 9	Brisbane City	0–1	Western Suburbs	Brisbane
		Report	Moores ?'	Stadium: Perry Park Attendance: 5,103

5 June 1977 10	Sydney Olympic	4–0	Brisbane City	Sydney
	Botham ?', ?' Pirie ?', ?'	Report		Stadium: Sydney Sports Ground Attendance: 2,753

9 June 1977 6	West Adelaide	3–3	Brisbane City	Adelaide
	Honeyman ?' Boyle ?' Kosmina ?'	Report	Hermiston ?' Wallace ?', ?'	Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium Attendance: 4,000

12 June 1977 11	Brisbane City	1–1	Fitzroy United	Brisbane
	Pimblett 86'	Report	Cole 20'	Stadium: Perry Park Attendance: 4,723

20 June 1977 12	Footscray JUST	2–1	Brisbane City	Melbourne
	Kazi ?' Kondarios ?'	Report	Coyne ?'	Stadium: Middle Park Attendance: 2,000

27 June 1977 13	Brisbane City	1–0	Adelaide City	Brisbane
	Gaffney ?'	Report		Stadium: Perry Park Attendance: 6,429

14 July 1977 14	Brisbane City	1–1	St George-Budapest	Brisbane
	Pimblett ?'	Report	O'Connor ?'	Stadium: Perry Park Attendance: 6,500

18 July 1977 16	Brisbane City	2–0	South Melbourne	Brisbane
	Conner ?' Coyne ?'	Report		Stadium: Perry Park Attendance: 5,187

24 July 1977 17	Eastern Suburbs	3–1	Brisbane City	Sydney
	Watson ?' Manecas ?' ?' (o.g.)	Report	Wallace ?'	Stadium: Sydney Sports Ground Attendance: 5,482

31 July 1977 18	Mooroolbark	1–1	Brisbane City	Melbourne
	Fairbrother ?'	Report	Gaffney ?'	Stadium: Middle Park Attendance: 500

6 August 1977 15	Marconi-Fairfield	1–0	Brisbane City	Sydney
	Byrne ?'	Report		Stadium: Marconi Stadium Attendance: 2,784

8 August 1977 19	Brisbane City	1–0	West Adelaide	Brisbane
	Conner ?'	Report		Stadium: Perry Park Attendance: 5,200

14 August 1977 20	Brisbane Lions	2–1	Brisbane City	Brisbane
	Morris ?' Laslo ?'	Report	Tokeski ?'	Stadium: Perry Park Attendance: 7,300

22 August 1977 21	Brisbane City	0–1	Canberra City	Brisbane
		Report	Alston ?'	Stadium: Perry Park Attendance: 4,000

29 August 1977 22	Western Suburbs	0–0	Brisbane City	Sydney
		Report		Stadium: Englefield Stadium Attendance: 521

5 September 1977 23	Brisbane City	3–0	Sydney Olympic	Brisbane
	Tokesi ?' Conner ?' Johnston ?'	Report		Stadium: Perry Park Attendance: 4,420

12 September 1977 24	Fitzroy United	3–2	Brisbane City	Melbourne
	Bannon ?' Cole ?', ?'	Report	Johnston ?' ?' (o.g.)	Stadium: Middle Park Attendance: 4,000

19 September 1977 25	Brisbane City	1–3	Footscray JUST	Brisbane
	Coyne ?'	Report	Palinkas ?' Ristovski ?' Vasic ?'	Stadium: Perry Park Attendance: 5,500

26 September 1977 26	Adelaide City	1–2	Brisbane City	Adelaide
				Stadium: Olympic Sports Field Attendance: 3,500

NSL Cup

[1]

21 September 1977 First round	Brisbane City	3–2	Brisbane Lions	Brisbane
	Echeverria 3' Caldwell 49', 68'	Report	Spearritt 17' Neale 75'	Stadium: Perry Park Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Peter Rampley

2 October 1977 Quarter-finals	Brisbane City	1–1 (a.e.t.) (5–4 p)	Western Suburbs	Brisbane
	Johnston 5'	Report	Harding 55'	Stadium: Perry Park Attendance: 4,000 Referee: David Yelland

5 October 1977 Semi-finals	Brisbane City	3–0 (a.e.t.)	West Adelaide	Brisbane
	Johnston 93' Pimblett 102' Kibbey 118'	Report		Stadium: Perry Park Attendance: 5,000

9 October 1977 Quarter-finals	Brisbane City	1–1 (a.e.t.) (5–3 p)	Marconi-Fairfield	Brisbane
	Tokesi 60'	Report	Sharne 40'	Stadium: Perry Park Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Stewart Mellings

Statistics

Appearances and goals

Players with no appearances not included in the list.

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name[2]	National Soccer League		NSL Cup		Total
No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name[2]	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK		Osvaldo Borzi	26	0	4	0	30	0
	FW		Kevin Caldwell	15(9)	1	4	2	19(9)	3
	FW		Willie Conner	17(8)	4	4	0	21(8)	4
	FW		John Coyne	20(5)	4	0(4)	0	20(9)	4
	MF		Roberto Echeverria	23	1	4	1	27	2
	MF		Larry Gaffney	26	3	4	0	30	3
			Karl Herdle	4(4)	1	0	0	4(4)	1
	DF		Jim Hermiston	20	3	4	0	24	3
	FW		Ian Johnston	15	4	4	2	19	6
	FW		Brian Kibbey	14(2)	0	0(2)	1	14(4)	1
			Ron Kidd	0(2)	0	0	0	0(2)	0
	MF		John Lavelle	12(1)	0	0	0	12(1)	0
	MF		Tom McLeod	3(4)	0	4	0	7(4)	0
	DF		Peter Neilson	2	0	0	0	2	0
			Ian Perry	3	0	0	0	3	0
	MF		Frank Pimblett	25(1)	3	4	1	29(1)	4
	DF		Ian Rathmell	26	0	4	0	30	0
	DF		Peter Tokesi	26	2	4	1	30	3
	FW		Craig Wallace	9(1)	3	0	0	9(1)	3

Goalscorers

As of 10 June 2021

Rank	Pos	Name	National Soccer League	NSL Cup	Total
1	FW	Ian Johnston	4	2	6
2	FW	Willie Conner	4	0	4
	FW	John Coyne	4	0	4
	MF	Frank Pimblett	3	1	4
5	FW	Kevin Caldwell	1	2	3
	MF	Larry Gaffney	3	0	3
	DF	Jim Hermiston	3	0	3
	DF	Peter Tokesi	2	1	3
	FW	Craig Wallace	3	0	3
10	MF	Roberto Echeverria	1	1	2
11		Karl Herdle	1	0	1
11	FW	Brian Kibbey	0	1	1
Own Goals			1	0	1
Totals			30	8	38

References

"1977 National Soccer League Cup Results". ozfootball.net. Retrieved 13 June 2021.
"Brisbane City 1977 Squad". ozfootball.net. Retrieved 13 June 2021.

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[1] "1977 National Soccer League Cup Results". ozfootball.net. Retrieved 13 June 2021.

[2] "Brisbane City 1977 Squad". ozfootball.net. Retrieved 13 June 2021.