Adelaide City FC 10–3 Mooroolbark SC

The 1977 National Soccer League match between Adelaide City and Mooroolbark at Olympic Sports Field, Adelaide, took place on Sunday, 4 September 1977. Adelaide won the match 10–3 for the highest-scoring match in the history of Australian top-flight soccer.[1][2][3][4][5]

Adelaide City 10–3 Mooroolbark
Event1977 National Soccer League
Adelaide City Mooroolbark
10 3
Date4 September 1977
VenueOlympic Sports Field, Adelaide
Attendance4,700

Background

Adelaide started the match in fourth with 37 points, with Mooroolbark in last place in relegation zone with 14 points.[6]

Match
Adelaide City10–3Mooroolbark
Perin 25', 69'
Northcote 84'
Deans 9', 46', 53', 57'
Marocchi 72'
Leane 59'
Nyskohus 64'		 Lowe 89'
Fairbrother 43'
McGregor 82'
Attendance: 4,700
GKAustralia Peter Marshall
DFAustralia Fred Yung
DFAustralia Bugsy Nyskohus
DFAustralia Don Fraser
DFSocialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Zoran Matic
MFAustralia John Perin
MFAustralia Brian Northcote
MFScotland Dixie Deans
FWAustralia Gary Marocchi
FWAustralia David Leane
FWAustralia John Nyskohus
Substitutes:
Australia John Besir
GKAustralia Terence Hawke downward-facing red arrow
DFSouth Africa Geoff Ontong
DFScotland Walter Bojczuk
DFAustralia Ian Williamson
DFAustralia Alan Pongho
MFAustralia Brian Thorn
MFAustralia Nick Lowe
MFSouth Africa Paul Ontong
FWEngland Barrie Fairbrother
FWScotland Gordon McGregor
FWAustralia Paul O'Reilly
Substitutes:
GKAustralia Paul Wilding upward-facing green arrow
Australia David Ellis

References
  1. "Sport today". The-Sun Herald. 4 September 1977. p. 82. Retrieved 17 August 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. "Thirteen-goal Soccer spree". The Sydney Morning Herald. 5 September 1977. p. 18. Retrieved 17 August 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. "Adelaide City 10–3 Mooroolbark". ozfootball.net.
  4. Hay, Roy (28 March 2017). "The first season of the National Soccer League 1977". Goal! Weekly.
  5. Toutsidis, Meno (7 September 1977). "Juventus kicks an avalanche of goals". Soccer Action. p. 3]. Retrieved 17 August 2020.
  6. "National Soccer League 1977: Round 22". WorldFootball.net. 10 January 2023.
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