1977 Western Suburbs SC (NSW) season

Western Suburbs
1977 season
Head Coach	Michael Laing
Stadium	Sydney Sports Ground; Englefield Stadium; Marconi Oval
National Soccer League	5th
NSL Cup	Quarter-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Graham Norris (9); All: Graham Norris (9)
Highest home attendance	7,253; vs. Sydney Olympic; (8 May 1977); National Soccer League
Lowest home attendance	521; vs. Brisbane City; (28 August 1977); National Soccer League
Average home league attendance	1,743
Biggest win	5–0; vs. Mooroolbark (H); (3 April 1977); National Soccer League
Biggest defeat	0–4; vs. Brisbane Lions (A); (24 July 1977); National Soccer League
	1978 →

The 1977 season was the first in the National Soccer League for Western Suburbs Soccer Club. In addition to the domestic league, they also participated in the NSL Cup. Western Suburbs finished 5th in their National Soccer League season, and were eliminated in the quarter-finals of the NSL Cup.

Players[edit]

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	ENG	Terry Eaton
2	DF	AUS	Colin Curran
3	DF	AUS	Steve Perry
4	DF	ENG	Bob Noble
5	DF	AUS	Peter Wilson
6	MF	AUS	Dave Harding
7		ENG	Bob Fryer
8	MF	AUS	Peter Stone
9	FW	RSA	Graham Norris
10	FW	AUS	Clive Eaton
11	MF	AUS	Alan Ainslie
12		AUS	Ian Turnbull


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
13	MF	AUS	Lloyd Hardes
20	GK	POL	Wally Lachowicz
—	DF	ENG	Mike Berry
—		AUS	Brian Dodd
—	FW	AUS	Alan Fisher
—	FW	AUS	Ken Lindsay
—		ENG	Pat Lowrey
—	FW	ENG	Ian Moores
—	DF	AUS	Ian Rowden
—		AUS	Mark Samuels
—		AUS	Warren Turnbull

Transfers in[edit]

Date from	Position	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
26 January 1977	DF	Mike Berry	Southampton	Free transfer	^[1]
26 January 1977	FW	Graham Norris	Crystal Palace	Free transfer	^[1]

Competitions[edit]

Overall record[edit]

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
National Soccer League	3 April 1977	25 September 1977	Matchday 1	5th	26	11	7	8	38	29	+9	042.31
NSL Cup	20 September 1977	2 October 1977	First round	Quarter-finals	2	1	1	0	3	2	+1	050.00
Total					28	12	8	8	41	31	+10	042.86

Source: Competitions

National Soccer League[edit]

League table[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
3	Fitzroy United	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-Budapest	26	7	14	5	39	35	+4	28
7	West Adelaide	26	8	10	8	38	32	+6	26

Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored

Results summary[edit]


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
26	11	7	8	38	29	+9	40	5	5	3	21	12	+9	6	2	5	17	17	0

Source: worldfootball.net

Results by round[edit]

Round	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	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	W	W	W	W	L	D	D	W	D	D	L	L	D	W	W	L	D	W	L	L	D	L	W	L	W
Position	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	5	5	5	5	5	5
Points	2	4	6	8	10	10	11	12	14	15	16	16	16	17	19	21	21	22	24	24	24	25	25	27	27	29

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

Matches[edit]

Win Draw Loss

3 April 1977 1	Western Suburbs	5–0	Mooroolbark	Sydney
	Lindsay 8' Fryer 46' Harding 61' Eaton 68' Norris 74'	Report		Stadium: Sydney Sports Ground Attendance: 1,000^[2] Referee: Peter Rampley

11 April 1977 2	West Adelaide	0–1	Western Suburbs	Adelaide
		Report	Norris 45'	Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium Attendance: 7,128 Referee: Dennis Stanley

17 April 1977 3	Western Suburbs	3–0	Brisbane Lions	Sydney
	Perry 23' Wilson 41' Harding 71'	Report		Stadium: Sydney Sports Ground Attendance: 1,037 Referee: Richard Lorenc

23 April 1977 4	Canberra City	0–3	Western Suburbs	Canberra
		Report	Norris 24', 86' Fryer 36'	Stadium: Manuka Oval Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Peter Rampley

1 May 1977 5	Adelaide City	1–2	Western Suburbs	Adelaide
	Melta 53'	Report	Norris 32', 8'	Stadium: Olympic Sports Field Attendance: 11,300 Referee: Dennis Stanley

8 May 1977 6	Western Suburbs	0–2	Sydney Olympic	Sydney
		Report	Cross 15' Pirie 34'	Stadium: Sydney Sports Ground Attendance: 7,253 Referee: Bob Mee

14 May 1977 7	Fitzroy United	2–2	Western Suburbs	Melbourne
	Buljevic 9' Cole 59'	Report	Lowrey 75' Norris 81'	Stadium: Middle Park Soccer Stadium Attendance: 5,800 Referee: Jim Dixon

21 May 1977 8	Western Suburbs	0–0	Footscray JUST	Sydney
		Report		Stadium: Sydney Sports Ground Attendance: 1,754 Referee: Tim Davies

29 May 1977 9	Brisbane City	0–1	Western Suburbs	Brisbane
		Report	Moores 10'	Stadium: Perry Park Attendance: 5,103 Referee: Dave Nugent

1 June 1977 10	Western Suburbs	1–1	Marconi Fairfield	Sydney
	Eaton 86'	Report	Rooney 70'	Stadium: Englefield Stadium Attendance: 3,245 Referee: Ken Small

11 June 1977 11	St George-Budapest	1–1	Western Suburbs	Sydney
	Jankovics 86'	Report	Moores 8'	Stadium: Sydney Sports Ground Attendance: 2,763 Referee: Richard Lorenc

18 June 1977 12	Western Suburbs	3–4	Eastern Suburbs	Sydney
	Wilson 11' Ainslie 53' Fryer 86'	Report	Kershaw 10', 63' Barnes 50', 55'	Stadium: Sydney Sports Ground Attendance: 1,275 Referee: Barry Wilkinson

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

3 July 1977 14	Western Suburbs	1–1	West Adelaide	Sydney
	Ainslie 64'	Report	McCulloch 45'	Stadium: Englefield Stadium Attendance: 1,347 Referee: Tony Boskovic

10 July 1977 15	Mooroolbark	0–2	Western Suburbs	Melbourne
		Report	Stone 65' Ainslie 87' (pen.)	Stadium: Middle Park Soccer Stadium Attendance: 5,200 Referee: Nick Karlich

17 July 1977 16	Western Suburbs	3–1	Canberra City	Sydney
	Eaton 2', 59' Curran 86'	Report	Kawaleva 31'	Stadium: Englefield Stadium Attendance: 1,012 Referee: Bill Jones

24 July 1977 17	Brisbane Lions	4–0	Western Suburbs	Brisbane
	Murray 28', 75', 90' Laszlo 50'	Report		Stadium: Perry Park Attendance: 4,326 Referee: Dave Nugent

31 July 1977 18	Western Suburbs	0–0	Adelaide City	Sydney
		Report		Stadium: Englefield Stadium Attendance: 1,796 Referee: Tony Boskovic

7 August 1977 19	Sydney Olympic	0–3	Western Suburbs	Sydney
		Report	Curran 13' Eaton 62', 83'	Stadium: Sydney Sports Ground Attendance: 2,960 Referee: Richard Lorenc

31 August 1977 20	Western Suburbs	0–1	Fitzroy United	Sydney
		Report	Buljevic 61'	Stadium: Englefield Stadium Attendance: 1,109 Referee: Peter Rampley

20 August 1977 21	Footscray JUST	2–1	Western Suburbs	Melbourne
	Palinkas 21' Picioane 77'	Report	Noble 69'	Stadium: Middle Park Soccer Stadium Attendance: 1,100 Referee: Chris Bambridge

28 August 1977 22	Western Suburbs	0–0	Brisbane City	Sydney
		Report		Stadium: Englefield Stadium Attendance: 521 Referee: Henry Witschge

4 September 1977 23	Marconi Fairfield	3–0	Western Suburbs	Sydney
	Sharne 37' Mariani 45', 71'	Report		Stadium: Marconi Oval Attendance: 2,358 Referee: Tony Boskovic

11 September 1977 24	Western Suburbs	3–2	St George-Budapest	Sydney
	Norris 6' C. Eaton 18' Harding 45'	Report	Hamilton 56', 73'	Stadium: Englefield Stadium Attendance: 780 Referee: Barry Wilkinson

18 September 1977 25	Eastern Suburbs	2–1	Western Suburbs	Sydney
	Smith 55' Stevenson 83' (pen.)	Report	Norris 49'	Stadium: Wentworth Park Attendance: 1,278 Referee: Don Campbell

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

NSL Cup[edit]

Win Draw Loss

20 September 1977 First round	Western Suburbs	2–1	Sydney Olympic	Sydney
	Turnbull 31', 78'	Report	Jamieson 86'	Stadium: Marconi Oval Attendance: 2,237^[3] Referee: Tim Davies

2 October 1977 Quarter-finals	Brisbane City	1–1 (a.e.t.) (5–4 p)	Western Suburbs	Brisbane
	Johnston 5'	Report	Harding 55'	Stadium: Perry Park Attendance: 4,000 Referee: David Yelland

Statistics[edit]

Appearances and goals[edit]

Includes all competitions. Players with no appearances not included in the list.^[4]^[3]

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Player	National Soccer League		NSL Cup		Total
No.	Pos.	Nat.	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Terry Eaton	26	0	1	0	27	0
2	DF		Colin Curran	26	2	2	0	28	2
3	DF		Steve Perry	25+1	1	2	0	28	1
4	DF		Bob Noble	22	1	2	0	24	1
5	DF		Peter Wilson	25	3	2	0	27	3
6	MF		Dave Harding	25	3	2	1	27	4
7	—		Bob Fryer	13	3	0	0	13	3
8	MF		Peter Stone	25	1	2	0	27	1
9	FW		Graham Norris	21	9	2	0	23	9
10	FW		Clive Eaton	23+1	7	1	0	25	7
11	MF		Alan Ainslie	20+1	3	2	0	23	3
12	—		Ian Turnbull	9+2	0	1	0	12	0
13	MF		Lloyd Hardes	9+1	0	0+1	0	11	0
20	GK		Wally Lachowicz	0	0	1	0	1	0
—	DF		Mike Berry	0+1	0	0	0	1	0
—	—		Brian Dodd	1+4	0	0	0	5	0
—	FW		Alan Fisher	2+1	0	1	0	4	0
—	FW		Ken Lindsay	6	1	0	0	6	1
—	—		Pat Lowrey	3+3	1	0	0	6	1
—	FW		Ian Moores	5	2	0	0	5	2
—	DF		Ian Rowden	0+1	0	0	0	1	0
—	—		Mark Samuels	0+1	0	0	0	1	0
—	—		Warren Turnbull	0	0	1	2	1	2

Disciplinary record[edit]

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
Rank	No.	Pos.	Nat.	Player
1	9	FW		Graham Norris	3	0	2	0	0	0	3	0	2
2	4	DF		Bob Noble	6	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0
3	1	GK		Terry Eaton	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
4	3	DF		Steve Perry	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	5	DF		Peter Wilson	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	6	MF		Dave Harding	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	7	—		Bob Fryer	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	8	MF		Peter Stone	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Total					16	0	2	0	0	0	16	0	2

Clean sheets[edit]

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		Terry Eaton	11	0	11
Total				11	0	11

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b "Ambitious bids by Olympic, Hakoah". Soccer Action. 26 January 1977. p. 4.
^ Stock, Greg. "1977 National Soccer League Results". OzFootball.net.
^ ^a ^b Stock, Greg. "1977 National Soccer League Cup Results". OzFootball.net.
^ Persoglia, Tony; Stock, Greg. "Western Suburbs 1977 Squad". OzFootball.net.

[Jan26Transfers-1] "Ambitious bids by Olympic, Hakoah". Soccer Action. 26 January 1977. p. 4.

[2] Stock, Greg. "1977 National Soccer League Results". OzFootball.net.

[NSLCup-3] Stock, Greg. "1977 National Soccer League Cup Results". OzFootball.net.

[4] Persoglia, Tony; Stock, Greg. "Western Suburbs 1977 Squad". OzFootball.net.

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