Footscray JUST
1978 season
Head CoachCedo Cirkovic
StadiumJunction Oval
Schintler Reserve
Olympic Park
Middle Park Soccer Stadium
National Soccer League12th
NSL CupFirst round
Top goalscorerLeague: Zdravko Lujic (6)
All: Zdravko Lujic (6)
Highest home attendance12,000
vs. Brisbane Lions
(20 August 1978)
National Soccer League
Lowest home attendance800
vs. Sydney Olympic
(6 August 1978)
National Soccer League
Average home league attendance3,327
Biggest win4–0
vs. Brisbane Lions (H)
(20 August 1978)
National Soccer League
Biggest defeat0–4
vs. South Melbourne (A)
(9 July 1978)
National Soccer League

The 1978 season was the second in the National Soccer League for Footscray JUST. In addition to the domestic league, they also participated in 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
1 GK Scotland SCO Dennis Boland
2 DF England ENG Alan Parrott
3 DF Australia AUS Andy Kazi
4 DF Australia AUS Jim Kriaris
5 DF Greece GRE Jim Kondarios
6 MF Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia YUG Mirko Rujevic
7 FW Hungary HUN Joe Palinkas
8 MF Australia AUS Zoran Ilioski
9 MF Australia AUS Josip Picioane
10 FW Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia YUG Dragan Vasic
No. Pos. Nation Player
11 FW Australia AUS Mendo Ristovski
12 MF Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia YUG Zdravko Lujic
14 DF Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia YUG Igor Hazabent
15 MF Australia AUS John Martin
16 Australia AUS John Nicolaides
17 MF Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia YUG Andrija Ristic
MF Australia AUS Vlatko Belic
FW Scotland SCO Bobby McGuinness
GK England ENG Mike O'Hara

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 12th 26 7 8 11 29 37 −8 026.92
NSL Cup 31 May 1978 First round First round 0 0 0 0 1 2 −1 !
Total 26 7 8 11 30 39 −9 026.92

Source: Competitions

National Soccer League

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
10 Adelaide City 26 9 6 11 38 44 6 24
11 Newcastle KB United 26 6 10 10 33 40 7 22
12 Footscray JUST 26 7 8 11 29 37 8 22
13 Canberra City 26 5 10 11 28 41 13 20
14 Brisbane City 26 7 3 16 29 49 20 17
Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
26 7 8 11 29 37  −8 29 2 3 8 17 21  −4 5 5 3 12 16  −4

Results by round

Round1234567891011131412151617181920212223242526
GroundAAHHAHAAHAHHHAHAAHAHHAHAHA
ResultWLLDDLWDWDLLDDLWWLLDLLLDWW
Position49111212131111769101091010891010131313131212
Points2223446791010101112121416161617171717182022
Source: worldfootball.net
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss

5 March 1978 1 Adelaide City 0–1 Footscray JUST Adelaide
Report
  • Nicolaides 28'
Stadium: Olympic Sports Field
Attendance: 6,500[1]
Referee: Don Campbell
12 March 1978 2 Brisbane City 3–0 Footscray JUST Brisbane
  • Gaffney 32'
  • Echeverria 49'
  • Caldwell 55'
Report Stadium: Perry Park
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Jack Wood
18 March 1978 3 Footscray JUST 0–2 Marconi Fairfield Melbourne
Report
  • Parrott 30' (o.g.)
  • Mariani 51'
Stadium: Junction Oval
Attendance: 4,200
Referee: David Yelland
25 March 1978 4 Footscray JUST 1–1 Eastern Suburbs Melbourne
Report
  • Stevenson 23' (pen.)
Stadium: Schintler Reserve
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Ken Allen
2 April 1978 5 Western Suburbs 0–0 Footscray JUST Sydney
Report Stadium: Englefield Stadium
Attendance: 1,023
Referee: Tony Boskovic
9 April 1978 6 Footscray JUST 0–2 South Melbourne Melbourne
Report
Stadium: Olympic Park
Attendance: 8,250
Referee: Bob Henderson
16 April 1978 7 West Adelaide 1–2 Footscray JUST Adelaide
Report
Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium
Attendance: 5,523
Referee: Jack Tarling
22 April 1978 8 Canberra City 1–1 Footscray JUST Canberra
  • Stark 72'
Report Stadium: Bruce Stadium
Attendance: 5,020
Referee: Tim Davies
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 Sydney Olympic 1–1 Footscray JUST Sydney
  • Laing 58'
Report Stadium: Wentworth Park
Attendance: 6,311
Referee: Alf Rodway
13 May 1978 11 Footscray JUST 0–1 Newcastle KB United Melbourne
Report Stadium: Schitler Reserve
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: David Yelland
27 May 1978 13 Footscray JUST 1–2 Fitzroy United Melbourne
  • Palinkas 6'
Report
Stadium: Schintler Reserve
Attendance: 4,500
3 June 1978 14 Footscray JUST 2–2 Brisbane City Melbourne
  • Lujic 49'
  • Rujevic 57'
Report
  • Rujevic 43' (o.g.)
  • Caldwell 58'
Stadium: Schintler Reserve
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Dieter Klose
5 June 1978 12 Brisbane Lions 0–0 Footscray JUST Brisbane
Report Stadium: Perry Park
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Dieter Klose
10 June 1978 15 Footscray JUST 0–1 Adelaide City Melbourne
Report
Stadium: Schintler Reserve
Attendance: 1,000
17 June 1978 16 Marconi Fairfield 1–2 Footscray JUST Sydney
Report
  • Rujevic 73'
  • Nicolaides 87'
Stadium: Marconi Oval
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Jim Reeves
25 June 1978 17 Eastern Suburbs 1–2 Footscray JUST Sydney
  • Trenter 89'
Report
  • Rujevic 55'
  • Lujic 71'
Stadium: Wentworth Park
Attendance: 2,458
Referee: Brian Fowler
1 July 1978 18 Footscray JUST 2–3 Western Suburbs Melbourne
  • Palinkas 20'
  • Lujic 55'
Report
  • Turnbull 63'
  • Eaton 68'
  • Fisher 72'
Stadium: Middle Park Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Stewart Mellings
9 July 1978 19 South Melbourne 4–0 Footscray JUST Melbourne
Report Stadium: Middle Park Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Tony Beazleigh
16 July 1978 20 Footscray JUST 2–2 West Adelaide Melbourne
  • Kriaris 49'
  • Vasic 58'
Report
Stadium: Middle Park Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Jim Dixon
23 July 1978 21 Footscray JUST 1–2 Canberra City Melbourne
  • Palinkas 4'
Report
  • Byrne 36', 68'
Stadium: Schintler Reserve
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Chris Bambridge
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 Footscray JUST 2–3 Sydney Olympic Melbourne
  • Kondarios 49'
  • Lujic 81'
Report
Stadium: Middle Park Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 800
Referee: Tony Beazleigh
12 August 1978 24 Newcastle KB United 1–1 Footscray JUST Newcastle
Report Stadium: Newcastle International Sports Centre
Attendance: 6,834
Referee: Tim Davies
20 August 1978 25 Footscray JUST 4–0 Brisbane Lions Melbourne
  • Ilioski 8'
  • Lujic 26'
  • Picioane 43'
  • Nicolaides 75'
Report Stadium: Middle Park Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: David Yelland
27 August 1978 26 Fitzroy United 0–1 Footscray JUST Melbourne
Report
  • Lujic 18'
Stadium: Olympic Park
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Stewart Mellings

NSL Cup

  Win   Draw   Loss

31 May 1978 First round Footscray JUST 1–2 South Melbourne Melbourne
Report
Stadium: Olympic Park
Attendance: 3,000[2]

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 Scotland Dennis Boland 180 10 190
2 DF England Alan Parrott 20 00 20
3 DF Australia Andy Kazi 15+30 10 190
4 DF Australia Jim Kriaris 201 00 201
5 DF Greece Jim Kondarios 261 10 271
6 MF Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Mirko Rujevic 234 10 244
7 FW Hungary Joe Palinkas 19+24 10 224
8 MF Australia Zoran Ilioski 261 00 261
9 MF Australia Josip Picioane 244 10 254
10 FW Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Dragan Vasic 15+61 10 221
11 FW Australia Mendo Ristovski 20+23 11 234
12 MF Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Zdravko Lujic 236 10 246
14 DF Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Igor Hazabent 220 00 220
15 MF Australia John Martin 00 0+10 10
16 Australia John Nicolaides 14+73 10 223
17 MF Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Andrija Ristic 4+10 00 50
MF Australia Vlatko Belic 10 00 10
FW Australia Bobby McGuinness 1+21 00 31
GK England Mike O'Hara 8+10 00 90

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 6 MF Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Mirko Rujevic 101 000 101
2 12 MF Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Zdravko Lujic 001 000 001
3 14 DF Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Igor Hazabent 500 000 500
4 4 DF Australia Jim Kriaris 200 000 200
7 FW Hungary Joe Palinkas 200 000 200
6 5 DF Greece Jim Kondarios 100 000 100
Total 1102 000 1102

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 Dennis Boland 40 4
2 England Mike O'Hara 20 2
Total606

References

  1. Stock, Greg. "1978 National Soccer League Results". OzFootball.
  2. 1 2 Stock, Greg. "1978 National Soccer League Cup Results". OzFootball.
  3. "Footscray JUST United 1978 Squad". OzFootball.
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