1978 St George-Budapest FC season

The 1978 season was the second in the National Soccer League for St George-Budapest (now St George Football Club). In addition to the domestic league, they also participated in the NSL Cup.

St George-Budapest
1978 season
Head CoachIlija Takac
Joe Vlasits
StadiumSt George Stadium
Garside Park
National Soccer League7th
NSL CupSecond round
Top goalscorerLeague: Phil O'Connor (12)
All: Phil O'Connor (12)
Highest home attendance4,953
vs. Brisbane Lions
(16 July 1978)
National Soccer League
Lowest home attendance722
vs. APIA Leichhardt
(17 May 1978)
NSL Cup
Average home league attendance2,534
Biggest win4–1 (3 times)
Biggest defeat2–5
vs. South Melbourne (A)
(10 June 1978)
National Soccer League

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
1 GK Australia AUS Martin Coe
2 DF Australia AUS Doug Utjesenovic
3 MF England ENG Ralph Coates
4 DF Australia AUS John O'Shea
5 DF Australia AUS George Harris
6 Australia AUS Brendan Grosse
7 Australia AUS Carlos Mendez
9 DF Australia AUS Robbie O'Shea
10 Australia AUS Neville Morgan
11 FW Australia AUS Phil O'Connor
12 Australia AUS Emery Holmik
13 DF Australia AUS Peter Terry
14 Australia AUS Zoran Durisic
15 Australia AUS Paul Jones
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 FW England ENG Peter Hensman
18 DF Australia AUS Mike O'Shea
20 GK Australia AUS Tim Patterson
21 GK England ENG Ray Clemence
22 MF Australia AUS Paul Kay
FW Paraguay PAR Isadore Acosta
MF Australia AUS Mark Barton
MF Australia AUS Mike Dale
MF Australia AUS Rudolfo Gnavi
Australia AUS David Jirsa
DF Australia AUS Michael Rendell
DF Paraguay PAR Herminio Toñánez
Australia AUS Jim Vlassis

Competitions

Overall record

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 7th 26 11 3 12 41 40 +1 042.31
NSL Cup 17 May 1978 19 July 1978 First round Second round 2 1 0 1 2 2 +0 050.00
Total 28 12 3 13 43 42 +1 042.86

Source: Competitions

National Soccer League

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
5 Fitzroy United 26 9 8 9 39 39 0 26
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
Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
26 11 3 12 41 40  +1 36 7 1 5 20 17  +3 4 2 7 21 23  −2

Results by round

Round1243567891011121314151617181920212223242526
GroundHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHHAHAHAHAH
ResultLWLWLLDWLWLLLLLDWLWDWWWWLW
Position12665991291281114141414141313131311119897
Points0224445779999991012121415171921232325
Source: worldfootball.net
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss

5 March 1978 1 St George-Budapest 0–2 South Melbourne Sydney
Report
  • Cummings 20'
  • Rogers 50'
Stadium: St George Stadium
Attendance: 3,853[1]
Referee: Tony Boskovic
12 March 1978 2 West Adelaide 1–4 St George-Budapest Adelaide
  • McGachey 59'
Report
  • R. O'Shea 37'
  • J. O'Shea 61'
  • O'Connor 62'
  • Jones 81'
Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium
Attendance: 5,233
Referee: Jim Johnston
26 March 1978 4 Adelaide City 1–0 St George-Budapest Adelaide
Report Stadium: Olympic Sports Field
Attendance: 5,800
Referee: Dennis Stanley
27 March 1978 3 St George-Budapest 2–1 Canberra City Sydney
Report
  • Heywood 22'
Stadium: St George Stadium
Attendance: 2,533
Referee: Peter Rampley
2 April 1978 5 Sydney Olympic 2–0 St George-Budapest Sydney
Report Stadium: Arlington Oval
Attendance: 4,629
Referee: Henry Witschge
9 April 1978 6 St George-Budapest 2–3 Newcastle KB United Sydney
Report
Stadium: St George Stadium
Attendance: 1,637
Referee: Doug Rennie
15 April 1978 7 Brisbane Lions 0–0 St George-Budapest Brisbane
Report Stadium: Perry Park
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Dave Nugent
23 April 1978 8 St George-Budapest 2–0 Fitzroy United Sydney
Report Stadium: St George Stadium
Attendance: 2,160
Referee: Barry Wilkinson
29 April 1978 9 Footscray JUST 2–0 St George-Budapest Melbourne
Report Stadium: Middle Park Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Chris Bambridge
7 May 1978 10 St George-Budapest 2–0 Brisbane City Sydney
Report Stadium: St George Stadium
Attendance: 2,005
Referee: Tony Boskovic
14 May 1978 11 Marconi Fairfield 2–1 St George-Budapest Sydney
Report Stadium: Marconi Oval
Attendance: 8,093
Referee: Jim Reeves
21 May 1978 12 St George-Budapest 1–3 Eastern Suburbs Sydney
  • Mendez 42'
Report
  • H. Silva 57'
  • Watson 65'
  • Trenter 90+3'
Stadium: St George Stadium
Attendance: 1,200
Referee: Brian Fowler
28 May 1978 13 Western Suburbs 2–1 St George-Budapest Sydney
  • Vernon 51', 77'
Report
  • Morgan 55'
Stadium: Wentworth Park
Attendance: 5,928
Referee: Richard Lorenc
4 June 1978 14 St George-Budapest 0–1 West Adelaide Sydney
Report
Stadium: St George Stadium
Attendance: 3,254
Referee: Henry Witschge
10 June 1978 15 South Melbourne 5–2 St George-Budapest Melbourne
Report
  • Morgan ?'
  • Hensman ?'
Stadium: Middle Park Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Jack Readshaw
17 June 1978 16 Canberra City 1–1 St George-Budapest Canberra
  • Grujicic 29' (pen.)
Report
Stadium: Bruce Stadium
Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Tony Beazleigh
25 June 1978 17 St George-Budapest 2–1 Adelaide City Sydney
Report
  • Northcote 12'
Stadium: St George Stadium
Attendance: 2,452
Referee: Peter Rampley
2 July 1978 18 St George-Budapest 1–2 Sydney Olympic Sydney
  • Hensman 35'
Report
Stadium: St George Stadium
Attendance: 963
Referee: Tim Davies
8 July 1978 19 Newcastle KB United 1–2 St George-Budapest Newcastle
Report
  • Willis 6' (o.g.)
  • O'Shea 24'
Stadium: Newcastle International Sports Centre
Attendance: 10,197
Referee: Doug Rennie
16 July 1978 20 St George-Budapest 2–2 Brisbane Lions Sydney
  • Morgan 7'
  • Grosse 85'
Report
  • Hughes 18', 63'
Stadium: St George Stadium
Attendance: 4,953
Referee: Bill Jones
23 July 1978 21 Fitzroy United 1–4 St George-Budapest Melbourne
Report
  • Grosse 12'
  • Terry 35'
  • Hensman 75'
  • Coates 90+1'
Stadium: Middle Park Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Tony Beazleigh
30 July 1978 22 St George-Budapest 3–1 Footscray JUST Sydney
Report Stadium: St George Stadium
Attendance: 3,676
Referee: Henry Witschge
6 August 1978 23 Brisbane City 1–4 St George-Budapest Brisbane
  • Kelso 60'
Report
  • Hensman 37'
  • O'Connor 41', 53'
  • Morgan 49'
Stadium: Perry Park
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Jack Wood
13 August 1978 24 St George-Budapest 2–1 Marconi Fairfield Sydney
15:00 AEST
Report
Stadium: St George Stadium
Attendance: 3,234
Referee: Peter Rampley
20 August 1978 25 Eastern Suburbs 4–2 St George-Budapest Sydney
  • Grosse 22' (o.g.)
  • Stevenson 26'
  • Smith 62', 82'
Report
Stadium: Wentworth Park
Attendance: 2,747
Referee: Jim Reeves
27 August 1978 26 St George-Budapest 1–0 Western Suburbs Sydney
Report Stadium: St George Stadium
Attendance: 1,025
Referee: Bill Jones

NSL Cup

  Win   Draw   Loss

17 May 1978 First round St George-Budapest 2–1 New South Wales APIA Leichhardt Sydney
  • J. O'Shea 35'
  • Hensman 84'
Report
  • Jack 77'
Stadium: Garside Park
Attendance: 722[2]
19 July 1978 Second round Western Suburbs 1–0 St George-Budapest Sydney
  • Eaton 4'
Report Stadium: Wentworth Park
Attendance: 1,023
Referee: Henry Witschge

Statistics

Appearances and goals

Includes all competitions. Players with no appearances not included in the list.[3][2]

No. Pos. Nat. Player National Soccer League NSL Cup Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
1 GK Australia Martin Coe 240 20 260
2 DF Australia Doug Utjesenovic 201 10 211
3 MF England Ralph Coates 113 10 123
4 DF Australia John O'Shea 253 21 274
5 DF Australia George Harris 250 20 270
6 Australia Brendan Grosse 252 20 272
7 Australia Carlos Mendez 8+11 10 101
9 DF Australia Robbie O'Shea 14+21 10 171
10 Australia Neville Morgan 25+16 20 286
11 FW Australia Phil O'Connor 24+112 20 2712
12 Australia Emery Holmik 3+30 00 60
13 DF Australia Peter Terry 18+31 10 221
14 Australia Zoran Durisic 4+71 00 111
15 Australia Paul Jones 15+12 20 182
17 FW England Peter Hensman 17+46 1+11 237
18 DF Australia Mike O'Shea 6+20 00 80
20 GK Australia Tim Patterson 00 0+10 10
21 GK England Ray Clemence 20 00 20
22 MF Australia Paul Kay 3+40 00 70
FW Paraguay Isadore Acosta 0+10 10 20
MF Australia Mark Barton 10 00 10
MF Australia Mike Dale 0+10 00 10
MF Australia Rudolfo Gnavi 11+21 00 131
Australia David Jirsa 00 10 10
DF Australia Michael Rendell 10 10 20
DF Paraguay Herminio Toñánez 40 00 40
Australia Jim Vlassis 0+10 00 10
Australia Watson 00 0+10 10

Disciplinary record

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
Yellow card Second yellow card Red card Yellow card Second yellow card Red card Yellow card Second yellow card Red card
1 5 DF Australia George Harris 400 000 400
2 MF Australia Rudolfo Gnavi 300 000 300
3 2 DF Australia Doug Utjesenovic 100 000 100
6 Australia Brendan Grosse 100 000 100
17 FW Australia Doug Utjesenovic 100 000 100
DF Australia John O'Shea 100 000 100
Total 1100 000 1100

Clean sheets

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 Australia Martin Coe 40 4
Total404

References

  1. Stock, Greg. "1978 National Soccer League Results". OzFootball.
  2. Stock, Greg. "1978 National Soccer League Cup Results". OzFootball.
  3. "St. George 1978 Squad". OzFootball.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.