1977 South Melbourne FC season

South Melbourne
1977 season
Head Coach	Manny Poulakakis; Con Xanthopoulos
National Soccer League	11th
NSL Cup	First round

The 1977 season was South Melbourne's first season in the National Soccer League.[1][2] In addition to the domestic league, they also participated in the inaugural NSL Cup. South Melbourne finished eleventh in their National Soccer League season, and were eliminated in the first round of the NSL Cup.

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
—	MF	AUS	Jim Alexiou
—		AUS	George Bozikis
—	FW	AUS	Duncan Cummings
—	MF	AUS	John Daperis
—	DF	YUG	Anton Dosen
—	FW	AUS	Graham French
—	MF	AUS	John Gardiner
—	MF	AUS	Ian Gibson
—		GRE	Margaritis Hagegmanouil
—	DF	AUS	Kris Kalifatidis
—	MF	AUS	Chris Kent


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—		AUS	Reno Lia
—	FW	ENG	Malcolm Macdonald
—	MF	AUS	Jimmy Mackay
—	DF	SCO	Malcolm Manley
—	MF	IRL	Noel Mitten
—	FW	AUS	Peter Ollerton
—	DF	ENG	Mike Pye
—	GK	AUS	Jack Reilly
—	MF	AUS	Billy Rogers
—	GK	GRE	Lou Tsigaris
—	DF	AUS	Arthur Xanthopoulos

Competitions

Overview

Competition	Record
Competition	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
National Soccer League	26	7	8	11	27	35	−8	026.92
NSL Cup	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1	000.00
Total	27	7	8	12	27	36	−9	025.93

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	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W	D	D	L	L	L	W	D	W	D	W	W	W	L	D	L	L	L	D	D	L	W	L	L	D	L
Position	4	4	5	6	8	10	9	10	8	9	8	5	5	5	5	7	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	10	11

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

Matches

2 April 1977 1	Sydney Olympic	0–2	South Melbourne	Sydney
		Report	Ollerton 72', 85'	Stadium: Sydney Sports Ground Attendance: 5,872 Referee: Tony Boskovic

11 April 1977 2	South Melbourne	1–1	Fitzroy United	Melbourne
	Cummings 57'	Report	Provan 88'	Stadium: Middle Park Soccer Stadium Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Chris Bambridge

17 April 1977 3	Footscray JUST	2–2	South Melbourne	Melbourne
	Palinkas 16' Kazi 69'	Report	Gibson 54' French 87'	Stadium: Olympic Park Attendance: 8,750 Referee: David Yelland

23 April 1977 4	South Melbourne	0–1	Brisbane City	Melbourne
		Report	Pimblett 73'	Stadium: Middle Park Soccer Stadium Attendance: 2,300 Referee: Bob Henderson

30 April 1977 5	Marconi Fairfield	3–0	South Melbourne	Sydney
	Sharne 7' (49) Mariani 40'	Report		Stadium: Sydney Sports Ground Attendance: 1,800 Referee: Tim Davies

15 May 1977 7	Eastern Suburbs Hakoah	0–1	South Melbourne	Sydney
		Report	Gibson 53'	Stadium: Wentworth Park Attendance: 750 Referee: Brian Fowler

21 May 1977 8	South Melbourne	0–0	Adelaide City	Melbourne
		Report		Stadium: Middle Park Attendance: 5,200 Referee: Chris Bambridge

28 May 1977 9	South Melbourne	2–0	Mooroolbark	Melbourne
	Gibson 17' Rogers 50'	Report		Stadium: Middle Park Soccer Stadium Attendance: 4,000 Referee: David Yelland

5 June 1977 10	West Adelaide	1–1	South Melbourne	Adelaide
	Boyle 47'	Report	Macdonald 57' (pen.)	Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium Attendance: 7,500 Referee: Barry Wilkinson

11 June 1977 11	South Melbourne	1–0	Brisbane Lions	Melbourne
	Hagegmanouil 80'	Report		Stadium: Middle Park Attendance: 4,800 Referee: Stewart Mellings

13 June 1977 6	South Melbourne	2–3	St George-Budapest	Melbourne
	Macdonald 45', 84'	Report	Gnavi 2' George 22' Jankovics 56'	Stadium: Middle Park Soccer Stadium Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Stewart Mellings

26 June 1977 13	South Melbourne	2–0	Western Suburbs	Melbourne
	Gibson 58' Rogers 87'	Report		Stadium: Middle Park Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Bob Henderson

3 July 1977 14	Fitzroy United	5–2	South Melbourne	Melbourne
		Report		Stadium: Olympic Park Attendance: 13,000 Referee: David Yelland

10 July 1977 15	South Melbourne	1–1	Sydney Olympic	Melbourne
	Mitten 46'	Report	Pirie 75'	Stadium: Middle Park Attendance: 5,200 Referee: Jim Dixon

15 July 1977 12	Canberra City	0–2	South Melbourne	Queanbeyan
		Report	Pye 42' Kalifatidis 86'	Stadium: Seiffert Oval Attendance: 1,500

17 July 1977 16	Brisbane City	2–0	South Melbourne	Brisbane
	Conner 46' Coyne 87'	Report		Stadium: Perry Park Attendance: 5,187 Referee: Des Miles

24 July 1977 17	South Melbourne	0–2	Footscray JUST	Melbourne
		Report	Borovnica 38', 53'	Stadium: Middle Park Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Chris Bambridge

30 July 1977 18	South Melbourne	1–2	Marconi Fairfield	Melbourne
	Mitten 42'	Report	Richards 20' Rooney 29'	Stadium: Middle Park Attendance: 3,000 Referee: David Yelland

7 August 1977 19	St George-Budapest	1–1	South Melbourne	Sydney
	Morgan 8'	Report	Ollerton 51'	Stadium: Marconi Oval Attendance: 3,456 Referee: Barry Wilkinson

14 August 1977 20	South Melbourne	0–0	Eastern Suburbs Hakoah	Melbourne
		Report		Stadium: Middle Park Attendance: 2,000 Referee: David Yelland

21 August 1977 21	Adelaide City	2–0	South Melbourne	Adelaide
	Leane 75' Northcote 90'	Report		Stadium: Olympic Sports Field Attendance: 4,600 Referee: Richard Lorenc

28 August 1977 22	Mooroolbark	2–4	South Melbourne	Melbourne
	McGregor 30', 39' (pen.)	Report	Ollerton 24', 65', 73' French 85'	Stadium: Esther Park Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Tony Beazleigh

3 September 1977 23	South Melbourne	1–2	West Adelaide	Melbourne
	Cummings 66'	Report	Kosmina 19' Boyle 70'	Stadium: Middle Park Attendance: 2,200 Referee: Jim Dixon

11 September 1977 24	Brisbane Lions	2–0	South Melbourne	Brisbane
	Murray 21' Laszlo 30'	Report		Stadium: Perry Park Attendance: 3,528 Referee: Bill Jones

18 September 1977 25	South Melbourne	1–1	Canberra City	Melbourne
	Cummings 30'	Report	Alston 78'	Stadium: Middle Park Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Jim Dixon

25 September 1977 26	Western Suburbs	2–0	South Melbourne	Sydney
	Wilson 53' Manley 76' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: Englefield Stadium Attendance: 526 Referee: Henry Witschge

Statistics

Appearances and goals

Players with no appearances not included in the list.

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name[3]	National Soccer League		NSL Cup		Total
No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name[3]	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	MF		Jim Alexiou	5(7)	0	0	0	12	0
			George Bozikis	2(2)	0	0	0	4	0
	FW		Duncan Cummings	6(1)	3	1	0	8	3
	MF		John Daperis	21	0	1	0	22	0
	DF		Anton Dosen	10(3)	0	0	0	13	0
	FW		Graham French	18(5)	2	0	0	23	2
	FW		John Gardiner	14	0	0	0	14	0
	MF		Ian Gibson	22(1)	5	1	0	24	5
			Margaritis Hagegmanouil	20(3)	1	0	0	23	1
	DF		Kris Kalifatidis	24	1	1	0	25	1
	MF		Chris Kent	15(2)	0	1	0	18	0
			Reno Lia	0	0	0(1)	0	1	0
	FW		Malcolm Macdonald	3	3	0	0	3	3
	MF		Jimmy Mackay	1	0	0	0	1	0
	DF		Malcolm Manley	2	0	1	0	3	0
	MF		Noel Mitten	9	1	0	0	9	1
	FW		Peter Ollerton	21	6	1	0	22	6
	DF		Mike Pye	26	1	1	0	27	1
	GK		Jack Reilly	24	1	0	0	25	0
	MF		Billy Rogers	16	4	1	0	17	4
	GK		Lou Tsigaris	2	0	0	0	2	0
	DF		Arthur Xanthopoulos	25	0	1	0	26	0

References

"1977 National Soccer League Results". ozfootball.net. Retrieved 7 January 2022.
"1977 National Soccer League Cup Results". ozfootball.net. Retrieved 7 January 2022.
"1977 National Soccer League Squads – South Melbourne". ozfootball.net. Retrieved 7 January 2022.

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[1] "1977 National Soccer League Results". ozfootball.net. Retrieved 7 January 2022.

[2] "1977 National Soccer League Cup Results". ozfootball.net. Retrieved 7 January 2022.

[3] "1977 National Soccer League Squads – South Melbourne". ozfootball.net. Retrieved 7 January 2022.