West Adelaide
1978 season
Head CoachJohn Margaritis
Jim Adam
StadiumHindmarsh Stadium
National Soccer League1st
NSL CupSecond round
Top goalscorerLeague: Ian McGregor (7)
All: Ian McGregor (8)
Highest home attendance16,251
vs. Adelaide City
(27 August 1978)
National Soccer League
Lowest home attendance4,300
vs. Brisbane City
(23 July 1978)
National Soccer League
Average home league attendance6,742
Biggest win3–0
vs. Brisbane Lions (H)
(2 April 1978)
National Soccer League
4–1
vs. Ascot (A)
(24 May 1978)
NSL Cup
Biggest defeat1–4
vs. St George-Budapest (H)
(12 March 1978)
National Soccer League

The 1978 season was the second in the National Soccer League for West Adelaide Soccer Club. In addition to the domestic league, they also participated in the NSL Cup. West Adelaide finished 1st in their National Soccer League season, and were eliminated in the second 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
1 GK Australia AUS Martyn Crook
2 DF England ENG Peter Tymczyszyn
3 DF Australia AUS Barry Reynolds
4 MF Scotland SCO Neil McGachey
5 Australia AUS Lucky Vagianos
6 DF Australia AUS David Jones
7 FW Australia AUS Peter Boyle (captain)
8 FW Australia AUS Dave Pillans
9 FW South Africa RSA Graham Norris
10 FW Scotland SCO Graham Honeyman
11 MF Scotland SCO Ian McGregor
No. Pos. Nation Player
12 DF Australia AUS Vic Bozanic
13 FW Australia AUS George Koulianos
14 MF Australia AUS John Batchelor
15 FW Australia AUS Alex Zervas
16 DF Greece GRE Con Kambas
17 FW Australia AUS Nick Pantelis
20 GK Republic of Ireland IRL Sam Service
DF Scotland SCO Eric Carruthers
MF Scotland SCO Gordon McCulloch
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia YUG Uros Zivkovic

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 1st 26 16 4 6 42 27 +15 061.54
NSL Cup 24 May 1978 19 July 1978 First round Second round 2 1 0 1 2 4 −2 050.00
Total 28 17 4 7 44 31 +13 060.71

Source: Competitions

National Soccer League

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 West Adelaide (C) 26 16 4 6 42 27 +15 36 Qualification to Finals series[lower-alpha 1]
2 Eastern Suburbs 26 15 5 6 49 27 +22 35
3 South Melbourne 26 12 8 6 45 30 +15 32
4 Marconi Fairfield 26 12 6 8 46 31 +15 30
5 Fitzroy United 26 9 8 9 39 39 0 26
Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. The Finals series was not considered the championship for the 1978 National Soccer League.

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
26 16 4 6 42 27  +15 52 9 1 3 24 14  +10 7 3 3 18 13  +5

Results by round

Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526
GroundAHHAHAHAAHAHAAHAHAHAHHAHAH
ResultDLLWWDLWLWWWWWWWWLWDWWLWWD
Position713131177761154222222221111111
Points1113566881012141618202224242627293131333536
Source: worldfootball.net
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss

5 March 1978 1 Canberra City 1–1 West Adelaide Canberra
  • Grujicic 82' (pen.)
Report
  • Norris 68'
Stadium: Bruce Stadium
Attendance: 6,000[1]
Referee: Ken Allen
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
19 March 1978 3 West Adelaide 0–1 Sydney Olympic Adelaide
Report
  • Senkalski 46'
Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium
Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Graham Neal
25 March 1978 4 Newcastle KB United 0–1 West Adelaide Newcastle
Report
  • Drinkwater 45' (o.g.)
Stadium: Newcastle International Sports Centre
Attendance: 7,019
Referee: Richard Lorenc
2 April 1978 5 West Adelaide 3–0 Brisbane Lions Adelaide
  • Jones 52'
  • McGregor 61'
  • Boyle 87'
Report Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium
Attendance: 4,786
Referee: Don Campbell
8 April 1978 6 Fitzroy United 1–1 West Adelaide Melbourne
Report
Stadium: Middle Park Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: David Yelland
16 April 1978 7 West Adelaide 1–2 Footscray JUST Adelaide
Report
Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium
Attendance: 5,523
Referee: Jack Tarling
23 April 1978 8 Brisbane City 0–1 West Adelaide Brisbane
Report
  • McGachey 44'
Stadium: Perry Park
Attendance: 4,200
Referee: Bob Mee
30 April 1978 9 Marconi Fairfield 2–0 West Adelaide Sydney
15:00 AEST
Report Stadium: Marconi Oval
Attendance: 6,479
Referee: Richard Lorenc
7 May 1978 10 West Adelaide 3–2 Eastern Suburbs Adelaide
Report
Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium
Attendance: 5,341
Referee: Tony Beazleigh
14 May 1978 11 Western Suburbs 1–2 West Adelaide Sydney
Report
  • McGregor 50'
  • Honeyman 70'
Stadium: Wentworth Park
Attendance: 2,685
Referee: Tim Davies
21 May 1978 12 West Adelaide 3–1 South Melbourne Adelaide
  • Kambas 42' (pen.)
  • Honeyman 76'
  • Tymczyszyn 87'
Report Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Dennis Stanley
28 May 1978 13 Adelaide City 1–2 West Adelaide Adelaide
Report
Stadium: Olympic Sports Field
Attendance: 11,734
Referee: Jim Dixon
4 June 1978 14 St George-Budapest 0–1 West Adelaide Sydney
Report
Stadium: St George Stadium
Attendance: 3,254
Referee: Henry Witschge
11 June 1978 15 West Adelaide 2–0 Canberra City Adelaide
  • McGregor 28'
  • Norris 90'
Report Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium
Attendance: 4,321
Referee: Bobby Kerr
17 June 1978 16 Sydney Olympic 2–4 West Adelaide Sydney
Report
  • McGachey 23', 24'
  • McGregor 70'
  • Boyle 87'
Stadium: Erskineville Oval
Attendance: 1,860
Referee: Richard Lorenc
25 June 1978 17 West Adelaide 1–0 Newcastle KB United Adelaide
Report Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium
Attendance: 4,400
Referee: Jim Johnston
2 July 1978 18 Brisbane Lions 1–0 West Adelaide Brisbane
  • Neale 73'
Report Stadium: Perry Park
Attendance: 3,300
Referee: Peter Rampley
9 July 1978 19 West Adelaide 3–2 Fitzroy United Adelaide
  • Honeyman 52', 57'
  • Boyle 54'
Report
  • Campbell 51'
  • Taylor 68' (pen.)
Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium
Attendance: 5,993
Referee: Graham Neal
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 West Adelaide 2–0 Brisbane City Adelaide
Report Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium
Attendance: 4,300
Referee: Don Campbell
30 July 1978 22 West Adelaide 2–1 Marconi Fairfield Adelaide
  • Norris 21'
  • Pillans 55'
Report
  • Mariani 6'
Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium
Attendance: 12,671
Referee: Stewart Melllings
6 August 1978 23 Eastern Suburbs 2–1 West Adelaide Sydney
Report
  • Honeyman 2'
Stadium: Wentworth Park
Attendance: 4,102
Referee: Jack Readshaw
13 August 1978 24 West Adelaide 2–0 Western Suburbs Adelaide
  • Norris 42'
  • Boyle 61'
Report Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium
Attendance: 4,321
Referee: Jim Johnston
20 August 1978 25 South Melbourne 0–2 West Adelaide Melbourne
Report
Stadium: Middle Park Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Tim Davies
27 August 1978 26 West Adelaide 1–1 Adelaide City Adelaide
Report
Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium
Attendance: 16,251
Referee: Peter Rampley

Finals series

The Finals series was not considered the championship for the 1978 National Soccer League.

3 September 1978 Semi-finals West Adelaide 2–3 (a.e.t.) Eastern Suburbs Adelaide
Report
Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium
Attendance: 4,800
Referee: Tony Beazleigh
10 September 1978 Preliminary Final Marconi Fairfield 2–0 West Adelaide Sydney
Report Stadium: Marconi Oval
Attendance: 6,885
Referee: Chris Bambridge

NSL Cup

  Win   Draw   Loss

24 May 1978 First round Ascot Western Australia 1–4 West Adelaide Perth
Report
  • Honeyman 30', 86'
  • McGregor 55'
  • Norris 85'
Stadium: Lake Monger Velodrome
Attendance: [2]
19 July 1978 Second round Adelaide City 1–0 West Adelaide Adelaide
  • Marwe 76'
Report Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium
Attendance: 6,856
Referee: Graham Neal

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 Martyn Crook 260 00 260
2 DF England Peter Tymczyszyn 16+21 10 191
3 DF Australia Barry Reynolds 251 20 271
4 MF Scotland Neil McGachey 264 10 274
5 Australia Lucky Vagianos 4+10 00 50
6 DF Australia David Jones 254 20 274
7 FW Australia Peter Boyle 24+24 10 274
8 FW Australia Dave Pillans 132 00 132
9 FW South Africa Graham Norris 18+45 11 236
10 FW Scotland Graham Honeyman 10 22 32
11 MF Scotland Ian McGregor 247 21 268
12 DF Australia Vic Bozanic 21+44 10 264
13 FW Australia George Koulianos 0+30 10 40
14 MF Australia John Batchelor 20 0+10 30
15 FW Australia Alex Zervas 8+30 0+10 120
16 DF Greece Con Kambas 212 10 222
17 FW Australia Nick Pantelis 20 00 20
20 GK Republic of Ireland Sam Service 1+10 00 20
DF Scotland Eric Carruthers 4+11 00 51
MF Scotland Gordon McCulloch 10 00 10
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Uros Zivkovic 2+10 00 30

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 9 FW South Africa Graham Norris 401 000 401
2 5 Australia Lucky Vagianos 400 000 400
3 3 DF Australia Barry Reynolds 300 000 300
7 FW Australia Peter Boyle 300 000 300
16 DF Greece Con Kambas 300 000 300
6 4 MF Scotland Neil McGacey 200 000 200
6 DF Australia David Jones 200 000 200
8 15 FW Australia Alex Zervas 100 000 100
Total 2201 000 2201

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 Martyn Crook 80 8
Total808

References

  1. Stock, Greg. "1978 National Soccer League Results". OzFootball.net.
  2. 1 2 Stock, Greg. "1978 National Soccer League Cup Results". OzFootball.
  3. Persoglia, Tony; Stock, Greg. "West Adelaide 1978 Squad". OzFootball.net.


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