1977 Canberra City FC season

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Canberra City
1977 season
ManagerJohnny Warren
StadiumManuka Oval
Seiffert Oval
National Soccer League13th
NSL CupQuarter-finals
Top goalscorerLeague: Ivan Grujicic
Tony Henderson (4 each)
All: Tony Henderson (5)
Highest home attendance2,500
vs. West Adelaide
(2 April 1977)
National Soccer League
2,500
vs. St George-Budapest
(4 June 1977)
National Soccer League
Lowest home attendance1,000
vs. St George-Budapest
(21 September 1977)
NSL Cup
Average home league attendance1,754
Biggest win4–0
vs. Sydney Olympic (H)
(30 July 1977)
National Soccer League
Biggest defeat1–5
vs. Marconi Fairfield (A)
(3 October 1977)
NSL Cup
1978 →

The 1977 season was the first in the history of Canberra City Football Club. In addition to the domestic league, they also participated in 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 England ENG Ron Tilsed
2 DF Australia AUS Danny Moulis
3 DF Scotland SCO John Brown
4 DF Australia AUS Tony Henderson
5 Australia AUS Nick Boskov
8 MF Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia YUG Ivan Grujicic
9 FW Australia AUS Brian Stoddart
10 FW Australia AUS Adrian Alston
11 Australia AUS Michael Black
12 MF Australia AUS Alan Bourke
14 MF Australia AUS Jimmy Cant
15 DF Fiji FIJ Keni Kawaleva
No. Pos. Nation Player
16 DF Australia AUS Steve Hogg
17 MF Argentina ARG Vic Fernandez
18 DF England ENG Roy Stark
19 FW England ENG Dave O'Connor
— MF Australia AUS John Davies
— GK Australia AUS Malcolm Haynes
— DF Australia AUS Steve Kojsza
— Australia AUS Oscar Langone
— Argentina ARG Luis Salgado
— MF Scotland SCO John Stoddart
— Australia AUS Greg Willet

Competitions[edit]

Overview[edit]

Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
National Soccer League 2 April 1977 24 September 1977 Matchday 1 13th 26 5 7 14 22 39 −17 019.23
NSL Cup 21 September 1977 3 October 1977 First round Quarter-finals 2 1 0 1 3 6 −3 050.00
Total 28 6 7 15 25 45 −20 021.43

Source: Competitions

National Soccer League[edit]

Main article: 1977 National Soccer League

League table[edit]

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Relegation
10 Brisbane City 26 8 6 12 30 35 −5 22
11 South Melbourne 26 7 8 11 27 35 −8 22
12 Sydney Olympic 26 7 7 12 25 38 −13 21
13 Canberra City 26 5 7 14 22 39 −17 17
14 Mooroolbark (R) 26 5 5 16 31 61 −30 15 Relegation to the 1978 Victoria Metropolitan League Three
Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
(R) Relegated

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 5 7 14 22 39  −17 22 3 3 7 13 19  −6 2 4 7 9 20  −11

Results by round[edit]

Round1234567891011131415121617181920212223242526
GroundHAAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHHAHAHAHAH
ResultLWLLDLLWDDLLLDLLDWLLWWLDDL
Position117101212121312121212121413121313131313131313131313
Points02223335677778889111111131515161717
Source: worldfootball.net
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches[edit]

  Win   Draw   Loss

2 April 1977 1 Canberra City 1–3 West Adelaide Canberra
  • Grujicic 76'
 Report
Stadium: Manuka Oval
Attendance: 2,500[1]
Referee: Dennis McDermott
10 April 1977 2 Brisbane Lions 0–1 Canberra City Brisbane
Report
Stadium: Perry Park
Attendance: 4,178
Referee: Jack Wood
17 April 1977 3 Adelaide City 2–0 Canberra City Adelaide
 Report Stadium: Olympic Sports Field
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Graham Neal
23 April 1977 4 Canberra City 0–3 Western Suburbs Canberra
Report
Stadium: Manuka Oval
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Peter Rampley
1 May 1977 5 Sydney Olympic 2–2 Canberra City Sydney
 Report
Stadium: Wentworth Park
Attendance: 3,616
Referee: Brian Fowler
7 May 1977 6 Canberra City 0–1 Fitzroy United Canberra
Report
Stadium: Manuka Oval
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Harold Hall
15 May 1977 7 Footscray JUST 3–0 Canberra City Melbourne
 Report Stadium: Olympic Park Stadium
Attendance: 2,180
Referee: Stewart Mellings
21 May 1977 8 Canberra City 2–0 Brisbane City Canberra
Report Stadium: Manuka Oval
Referee: Richard Lorenc
28 May 1977 9 Marconi Fairfield 0–0 Canberra City Sydney
Report Stadium: Marconi Stadium
Attendance: 2,243
Referee: Bill Jones
4 June 1977 10 Canberra City 2–2 St George-Budapest Sydney
 Report
Stadium: Marconi Stadium
Attendance: 2,243
Referee: Bill Jones
12 June 1977 11 Eastern Suburbs 2–1 Canberra City Sydney
 Report
Stadium: Wentworth Park
Attendance: 1,239
Referee: Peter Rampley
26 June 1977 13 Mooroolbark 3–2 Canberra City Melbourne
 Report
Stadium: Esther Park
Attendance: 550
Referee: Chris Bambridge
2 July 1977 14 Canberra City 1–2 Brisbane Lions Sydney
 Report
Stadium: Wentworth Park
Attendance: 1,800
Referee: Peter Rampley
9 July 1977 15 West Adelaide 0–0 Canberra City Adelaide
Report Stadium: Olympic Sports Field
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Dennis Stanley
15 July 1977 12 Canberra City 0–2 South Melbourne Sydney
Report
Stadium: Wentworth Park
Attendance: 1,500
17 July 1977 16 Western Suburbs 3–1 Canberra City Sydney
15:00 AEST
Report
Stadium: Englefield Stadium
Attendance: 1,012
Referee: Bill Jones
23 July 1977 17 Canberra City 1–1 Adelaide City Canberra
 Report
Stadium: Manuka Oval
Attendance: 1,700
Referee: Brian Fowler
30 July 1977 18 Canberra City 4–0 Sydney Olympic Canberra
 Report Stadium: Manuka Oval
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Henry Witschge
7 August 1977 19 Fitzroy United 2–0 Canberra City Melbourne
 Report Stadium: Olympic Park
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Chris Bambridge
13 August 1977 20 Canberra City 0–1 Footscray JUST Melbourne
Report
Stadium: Olympic Park
Attendance: 1,200
Referee: John Tattersall
21 August 1977 21 Brisbane City 0–1 Canberra City Brisbane
Report
Stadium: Perry Park
Attendance: 4,328
Referee: Dieter Klose
31 August 1977 22 Canberra City 1–0 Marconi Fairfield Queanbeyan
 Report Stadium: Seiffert Oval
Attendance: 1,800
Referee: David Yelland
4 September 1977 23 St George-Budapest 2–0 Canberra City Sydney
 Report Stadium: Wentworth Park
Attendance: 2,205
Referee: Peter Rampley
10 September 1977 24 Canberra City 0–0 Eastern Suburbs Canberra
Report Stadium: Manuka Oval
Attendance: 1,600
Referee: Tony Beazleigh
18 September 1977 25 South Melbourne 1–1 Canberra City Melbourne
 Report
Stadium: Middle Park
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Jim Dixon
24 September 1977 26 Canberra City 1–4 Mooroolbark Melbourne
 Report
Stadium: Middle Park
Attendance: 1,200
Referee: Ken Allan

NSL Cup[edit]

Main article: 1977 NSL Cup

  Win   Draw   Loss

21 September 1977 First round Canberra City 2–1 St George-Budapest Canberra
 Report
Stadium: Manuka Oval
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Dennis McDermott
3 October 1977 Quarter-finals Marconi Fairfield 5–1 Canberra City Sydney
 Report
Stadium: Sydney Sports Ground
Attendance: 1,190
Referee: Bill Jones

Statistics[edit]

Appearances and goals[edit]

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

No. Pos. Nat. Player National Soccer League NSL Cup Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK England Ron Tilsed 17 0 2 0 19 0
2 DF Australia Danny Moulis 25 1 2 0 27 1
3 DF Scotland John Brown 26 0 2 0 28 0
4 DF Australia Tony Henderson 25 4 2 1 27 5
5 — Australia Nick Boskov 21 0 1 0 22 0
8 MF Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Ivan Grujicic 25 4 2 0 27 4
9 FW Australia Brian Stoddart 22+1 2 0+1 0 24 2
10 FW Australia Adrian Alston 10 3 2 1 12 4
11 — Australia Michael Black 7+3 0 1+1 0 12 0
12 MF Australia Alan Bourke 14 2 2 1 16 3
14 MF Australia Jimmy Cant 20 0 2 0 22 0
15 DF Fiji Keni Kawaleva 8+4 1 1 0 13 1
16 DF Australia Steve Hogg 13+5 0 2 0 20 0
17 MF Argentina Vic Fernandez 4 0 2 0 6 0
18 DF England Roy Stark 18 1 0 0 18 1
19 FW England Dave O'Connor 6+4 1 0 0 10 1
— MF Australia John Davies 2 0 0 0 2 0
— GK Australia Malcolm Haynes 9 0 0 0 9 0
— DF Australia Steve Kojsza 1 0 0 0 1 0
— — Australia Oscar Langone 2 0 0 0 2 0
— — Argentina Luis Salgado 2 0 0 0 2 0
— MF Scotland John Stoddart 9 2 0 0 9 2
— — Australia Greg Willet 0+3 0 0 0 3 0

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
Yellow card Second yellow card Red card Yellow card Second yellow card Red card Yellow card Second yellow card Red card
1 9 FW Australia Brian Stoddart 3 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 1
2 8 MF Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Ivan Grujicic 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
— MF Australia John Stoddart 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
4 14 FW Australia Jimmy Cant 4 0 0 1 0 0 5 0 0
5 4 DF Australia Tony Henderson 3 0 0 1 0 0 4 0 0
6 5 — Australia Nick Boskov 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
10 FW Australia Adrian Alston 2 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0
8 3 DF Scotland John Brown 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
9 1 GK England Ron Tilsed 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
— DF Australia Steve Kojsza 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
— — Australia Oscar Langone 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Total 22 0 3 3 0 0 25 0 3

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 England Ron Tilsed 5 0 5
2 — Australia Malcolm Haynes 3 0 3
Total 8 0 8

References[edit]

  1. ^ Stock, Greg. "1977 National Soccer League Results". ozfootball.net. Retrieved 14 April 2022.
  2. ^ "Canberra City 1977 Squad". ozfootball.net. Retrieved 14 April 2022.
  3. ^ "1977 National Soccer League Cup Results". ozfootball.net. Retrieved 14 April 2022.
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