1979 West Adelaide SC season

West Adelaide
1979 season
Head Coach	Tommy Forde
Stadium	Hindmarsh Stadium
National Soccer League	7th
NSL Cup	First round
Top goalscorer	League: ; John Kosmina; Graham Norris; (7 each); All: ; John Kosmina; Graham Norris; (7 each)
Highest home attendance	11,127; vs. Adelaide City; (10 June 1979); National Soccer League
Lowest home attendance	2,500; vs. Sydney City; (5 August 1979); National Soccer League
Average home league attendance	4,858
Biggest win	5–0; vs. Footscray JUST (H); (13 May 1979); National Soccer League
Biggest defeat	0–3; vs. Sydney City (A); (22 April 1979); National Soccer League
	← 1978 1980 →

The 1979 season was the third 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 7th in their National Soccer League season, and were eliminated in the first round 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	AUS	Martyn Crook
2	DF	AUS	Vic Bozanic
3	DF	AUS	Barry Reynolds
4	MF	SCO	Neil McGachey
5	DF	GRE	Con Kambas
6	DF	AUS	David Jones
7	FW	AUS	Peter Boyle
8	FW	AUS	Dave Pillans
9	FW	RSA	Graham Norris
10	FW	SCO	Graham Honeyman
11	MF	SCO	Ian McGregor


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
12	FW	AUS	Alex Zervas
13	MF	MAS	Gary Dooley
14		AUS	Marcelino Fernandez
15	DF	ENG	Peter Tymczyszyn
16	FW	AUS	George Koulianos
17	DF	AUS	Nick Pantzaras
18	MF	AUS	John Batchelor
19	FW	AUS	John Kosmina
21	GK	IRL	Sam Service
—	MF	SCO	Gordon McCulloch
—	GK	AUS	Louis Pivetta

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	9 March 1979	23 September 1979	Matchday 1	7th	26	10	4	12	28	31	−3	038.46
NSL Cup	25 April 1979		First round	First round	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1	000.00
Total					27	10	4	13	28	32	−4	037.04

Source: Competitions

National Soccer League[edit]

League table[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Marconi Fairfield (C)	26	15	6	5	58	32	+26	40^[a]	Qualification to Finals series^[b]
2	Heidelberg United	26	14	7	5	44	30	+14	36^[a]
3	Sydney City	26	15	3	8	47	29	+18	34^[a]
4	Brisbane City	26	14	5	7	38	30	+8	34^[a]
5	Adelaide City	26	13	6	7	43	27	+16	33^[a]
6	Newcastle KB United	26	11	9	6	43	30	+13	32^[a]
7	West Adelaide	26	10	4	12	28	31	−3	25^[a]
8	APIA Leichhardt	26	11	3	12	29	37	−8	25
9	Brisbane Lions	26	8	6	12	28	40	−12	22
10	Footscray JUST	26	8	3	15	29	43	−14	20^[a]
11	St George-Budapest	26	7	6	13	27	43	−16	20
12	Canberra City	26	6	8	12	25	41	−16	20
13	Sydney Olympic (R)	26	7	5	14	23	30	−7	19	Relegated to the 1980 NSW State League
14	South Melbourne	26	6	3	17	26	45	−19	16^[a]

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ A Bonus Point was awarded for victories of 4 goals or more.
^ The Finals series was not considered the championship for the 1979 National Soccer League.

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	10	4	12	28	31	−3	34	6	2	5	17	11	+6	4	2	7	11	20	−9

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	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A
Result	W	D	L	W	D	W	L	L	L	W	W	L	W	D	W	L	D	W	W	L	L	L	W	L	L	L
Position	3	5	7	6	5	4	5	8	9	8	6	8	7	7	6	7	7	7	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
Points	2	3	3	5	6	8	8	8	8	11	13	13	15	15	17	17	18	20	22	22	22	23	24	25	25	25

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

Matches[edit]

Win Draw Loss

9 March 1979 1	APIA Leichhardt	0–1	West Adelaide	Sydney
		Report	McCulloch 37'	Stadium: Marconi Oval Attendance: 5,723^[1] Referee: Tony Boskovic

18 March 1979 2	West Adelaide	1–1	Newcastle KB United	Adelaide
14:30 ACDT	Pillans 80'	Report	Sneddon 88'	Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium Attendance: 6,127 Referee: Graham Neale

25 March 1979 3	Sydney Olympic	2–0	West Adelaide	Sydney
	Eaton 36' McIntosh 52'	Report		Stadium: St George Stadium Attendance: 2,731 Referee: Peter Rampley

1 April 1979 4	West Adelaide	1–0	Heidelberg United	Adelaide
	Boyle 27'	Report		Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium Attendance: 5,230 Referee: Don Campbell

7 April 1979 5	Cabnerra City	0–0	West Adelaide	Canberra
		Report		Stadium: Bruce Stadium Attendance: 5,300 Referee: Jack Wood

15 April 1979 6	West Adelaide	1–0	Brisbane Lions	Adelaide
	Pillans 49'	Report		Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium Attendance: 5,260 Referee: Barry Harwood

22 April 1979 7	Sydney City	3–0	West Adelaide	Sydney
	Watson 9' Smith 42', 84'	Report		Stadium: Wentworth Park Attendance: 1,891 Referee: Peter Rampley

29 April 1979 8	West Adelaide	1–2	Marconi Fairfield	Adelaide
	Kambas 37'	Report	Lindsay 9' Krncevic 11'	Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium Attendance: 7,800 Referee: Don Campbell

6 May 1979 9	St George-Budapest	2–0	West Adelaide	Sydney
	J. O'Shea 19' O'Connor 23'	Report		Stadium: St George Stadium Attendance: 1,815 Referee: Tim Davies

13 May 1979 10	West Adelaide	5–0	Footscray JUST	Adelaide
	Norris 49', 78' Boyle 59' Kosmina 60' Jones 83'	Report		Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium Attendance: 4,200 Referee: Graham Neal

3 June 1979 11	South Melbourne	3–4	West Adelaide	Melbourne
	Evans 21', 79' Davidson 83'	Report	Kosmina 14', 88' Norris 54', 72'	Stadium: Middle Park Soccer Stadium Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Tim Davies

10 June 1979 12	West Adelaide	1–2	Adelaide City	Adelaide
	Pillans 9'	Report	Northcote 35' Marwe 84'	Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium Attendance: 11,127 Referee: Tony Beazleigh

17 June 1979 13	West Adelaide	2–1	Brisbane City	Adelaide
	Kosmina 63' Kambas 82'	Report	Coyne 4'	Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium Attendance: 4,600 Referee: Graham Neal

23 June 1979 14	Newcastle KB United	0–0	West Adelaide	Newcastle
14:30 AEST		Report		Stadium: Newcastle International Sports Centre Attendance: 8,687 Referee: Des Miles

1 July 1979 15	West Adelaide	3–1	APIA Leichhardt	Adelaide
	Kosmina 17' Boyle 29' Norris 73'	Report	Roberts 87'	Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium Attendance: 3,800 Referee: Stewart Mellings

8 July 1979 16	Heidelberg United	3–1	West Adelaide	Melbourne
	Buljevic 26' Taylor 69' Cole 84'	Report	Kosmina 60'	Stadium: Olympic Park Attendance: 4,500 Referee: Tony Boskovic

15 July 1979 17	West Adelaide	0–0	Sydney Olympic	Adelaide
		Report		Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium Attendance: 4,200 Referee: Don Campbell

22 July 1979 18	West Adelaide	2–0	Canberra City	Adelaide
	Norris 57' Tymczyszyn 67'	Report		Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium Attendance: 2,700 Referee: Chris Bambridge

29 July 1979 19	Brisbane Lions	2–3	West Adelaide	Brisbane
	Brennan 23' Dooley 71' (o.g.)	Report	Norris 5' Batchelor 77' Kosmina 88'	Stadium: Perry Park Attendance: 800 Referee: Ken Allen

5 August 1979 20	West Adelaide	0–2	Sydney City	Adelaide
		Report	Tymczyszyn 16' (o.g.) Stevenson 81'	Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Stewart Mellings

12 August 1979 21	Marconi Fairfield	2–1	West Adelaide	Sydney
	Vieri 41' Sharne 58'	Report	Boyle 54'	Stadium: Marconi Oval Attendance: 5,480 Referee: Tony Boskovic

26 August 1979 22	West Adelaide	0–1	St George-Budapest	Adelaide
		Report	Cotton 35'	Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium Attendance: 2,512 Referee: Don Campbell

1 September 1979 23	Footscray JUST	0–1	West Adelaide	Melbourne
		Report	McGregor 84'	Stadium: Middle Park Soccer Stadium Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Tony Beazleigh

9 September 1979 24	West Adelaide	0–1	South Melbourne	Adelaide
		Report	Baxter 71' (pen.)	Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium Attendance: 3,100 Referee: Richard Lorenc

16 September 1979 25	Adelaide City	1–0	West Adelaide	Adelaide
	Northcote 86'	Report		Stadium: Olympic Sports Field Attendance: 10,007 Referee: Tim Davies

23 September 1979 26	Brisbane City	2–0	West Adelaide	Brisbane
	Echeverria 55' Campbell 89'	Report		Stadium: Perry Park Attendance: 3,100 Referee: Tim Davies

NSL Cup[edit]

Win Draw Loss

25 April 1979 First round	Adelaide City	1–0	West Adelaide	Adelaide
	J. Nyskohus 88' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Olympic Sports Field Attendance: 8,123^[2] Referee: Chris Bambridge

Statistics[edit]

Appearances and goals[edit]

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

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Player	National Soccer League		NSL Cup		Total
No.	Pos.	Nat.	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Martyn Crook	25	0	1	0	26	0
2	DF		Vic Bozanic	14+1	0	1	0	16	0
3	DF		Barry Reynolds	18	0	1	0	19	0
4	MF		Neil McGachey	7	0	1	0	8	0
5	DF		Con Kambas	22	2	1	0	23	2
6	DF		David Jones	26	1	1	0	27	1
7	FW		Peter Boyle	24	4	1	0	25	4
8	FW		Dave Pillans	11+1	3	1	0	13	3
9	FW		Graham Norris	21+1	7	0	0	22	7
10	FW		Graham Honeyman	22+1	0	1	0	24	0
11	MF		Ian McGregor	17+5	0	1	0	23	0
12	FW		Alex Zervas	4+8	0	0	0	12	0
13	MF		Gary Dooley	14+1	0	0	0	15	0
14	—		Marcelino Fernandez	1+3	0	0	0	4	0
15	DF		Peter Tymczyszyn	21+1	1	0+1	0	23	1
16	FW		George Koulianos	1	0	0	0	1	0
17	DF		Nick Pantzaras	9+1	0	0	0	10	0
18	MF		John Batchelor	0+4	1	0	0	4	1
19	FW		John Kosmina	21	7	1	0	22	7
21	GK		Sam Service	1+1	0	0	0	2	0
—	MF		Gordon McCulloch	7+1	1	0	0	8	1
—	GK		Louis Pivetta	0+1	0	0	0	1	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
Rank	No.	Pos.	Nat.	Player
1	12	FW		Alex Zervas	2	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	1
2	5	DF		Con Kambas	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
	9	FW		Graham Norris	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
	19	FW		John Kosmina	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
5	10	FW		Graham Honeyman	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
5	11	MF		Ian McGregor	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
7	3	DF		Barry Reynolds	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	4	MF		Neil McGachey	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	6	DF		David Jones	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	7	FW		Peter Boyle	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	17	DF		Nick Pantzaras	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	—	MF		Gordon McCulloch	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Total					24	0	1	0	0	0	24	0	1

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		Martyn Crook	8	0	8
Total				8	0	8

References[edit]

^ Stock, Greg. "1979 National Soccer League Results". OzFootball.
^ ^a ^b Stock, Greg. "1979 National Soccer League Cup Results". OzFootball.net.
^ Persoglia, Tony; Stock, Greg. "West Adelaide 1979 Squad". OzFootball.net.

[table_hth_MF0.99343775584988-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ A Bonus Point was awarded for victories of 4 goals or more.

[table_note_res_FS0.99343775584988-2] The Finals series was not considered the championship for the 1979 National Soccer League.

[3] Stock, Greg. "1979 National Soccer League Results". OzFootball.

[NSLCup-4] Stock, Greg. "1979 National Soccer League Cup Results". OzFootball.net.

[5] Persoglia, Tony; Stock, Greg. "West Adelaide 1979 Squad". OzFootball.net.

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