1963 NSW First Division season

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NSW First Division
Season1963
Champions South Coast United
Premiers Prague
Matches played138
Goals scored591 (4.28 per match)
Best Player Jim Kelly
Top goalscorer Brian Tristram (32)
Biggest home win APIA 8–1 Yugal
South Coast 7–0 Auburn
Auburn 9–2 Yugal
Biggest away win Croatia 0–8 South Coast
Highest scoring Auburn 9–2 Yugal
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The 1963 NSW First Division season was the seventh season of soccer in New South Wales under the administration of the NSW Federation of Soccer Clubs since its breakaway from the NSW Soccer Football Association in January 1957. The home and away regular season began March and ended in August after 22 rounds. Prague once again finished first on the ladder to become regular season premiers for a fourth time in five years.

Contents

The finals series began in September with a four-team playoff series. Third placed team South Coast United defeated second placed APIA Leichhardt 4–0 to become grand final champions for a first time.

Once again, the pre-season Ampol Cup was held with SSC Yugal picking up their first trophy.

Clubs

Changes from last season:

ClubGroundColoursYear formedApp
A.P.I.A. Lambert Park, Leichhardt Maroon shirts, white shorts19547th
AuburnMona Park, AuburnGreen and gold shirts, white shorts19577th
Bankstown Bankstown Oval, BankstownGold and green trim shirts, white shorts19447th
Budapest–St George Hurstville Oval, HurstvilleRed shirts, white shorts19575th
Canterbury-Marrickville Arlington Oval, Dulwich Hill Blue and gold trim shirts, white shorts1896 [lower-alpha 1] 7th
Croatia Arlington Oval, Dulwich Hill 19581st
Gladesville-RydeGladesville Sports Ground, GladesvilleYellow shirts with black "V" and black shorts19197th
Hakoah Wentworth Park, Glebe Blue shirts, white shorts19397th
Pan Hellenic Wentworth Park, Glebe Blue and white striped shirts, white shorts19573rd
Prague Sydney Athletics Field, Moore ParkWhite shirts, blue shorts19507th
South Coast United Woonona Oval, WoononaBlue with red and white trim shirts, white with red and blue trim shorts1958 [lower-alpha 2] 5th
Yugal Sydney Athletics Field, Moore ParkBlue shirts, white shorts19612nd

Notes

  1. ↑ reformed in 1943 and 1951
  2. ↑ Amalgamated with IDSA club Woonona-Bulli. Continues Corrimal United history

Table and results

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1 Prague 2217237530+4536 Qualification for Finals series
2 A.P.I.A. 2214357038+3231
3 South Coast United (C)2213455531+2430
4 Pan Hellenic 2212645637+1930
5Gladesville-Ryde2211474437+726
6 St. George-Budapest 228594139+221
7 Canterbury-Marrickville 227693745−820
8 Yugal-Ryde 2291124564−1919
9 Hakoah 2238114159−1814
10 Bankstown 2270153660−2414
11 Croatia 2244143560−2512
12Auburn (R)2251163368−3511Relegated to Second Division
Source: [1]
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away API AUB BAN BUD CAN CRO GLR HAK PAN PRA SCU YUG
APIA 3–24–12–23–27–33–05–41–13–63–18–1
Auburn0–51–51–41–21–00–54–51–30–32–19–2
Bankstown 1–40–21–00–02–42–45–20–51–51–30–1
Budapest-St George 3–51–24–11–13–01–01–21–41–42–13–1
Canterbury-Marrickville 1–15–21–51–32–12–31–12–12–50–42–1
Croatia Maroubra 0–42–21–42–31–12–33–04–51–00–84–3
Gladesville-Ryde2–05–01–30–03–02–13–32–21–21–01–2
Hakoah 0–24–11–21–13–33–32–21–11–51–14–5
Pan Hellenic 3–24–14–12–02–31–11–32–12–41–13–2
Prague 3–24–14–03–14–12–15–06–11–13–42–0
South Coast United 1–07–03–23–12–11–03–21–03–23–33–3
Yugal-Ryde 1–32–02–31–61–03–13–52–13–43–13–1
Source: www.socceraust.co.uk [2]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Finals series

Semi-finals
1–15 September		Preliminary final
18 September		Grand final
22 September
Major Semifinal
1 Prague (2)(2)12 A.P.I.A. 0
2 A.P.I.A. (2)(2)23 South Coast 4
1 Prague 2
Minor Semifinal3 South Coast 3
3 South Coast 7
4 Pan Hellenic 1

Semi-finals

1 September 1963Minor semi-final South Coast United 7–1 Pan Hellenic Moore Park, Sydney
C. Perkins Soccerball shade.svgStadium: Sydney Sports Ground
Attendance: 13,465
Referee: Tony Boskovic
8 September 1963Major semi-final Prague 2–2 APIA Leichhardt Moore Park, Sydney
Tristram Soccerball shade.svgSoccerball shade.svg Wong Soccerball shade.svgSoccerball shade.svgStadium: Sydney Sports Ground
Attendance: 18,503
Referee: Roy Pearce
11 September 1963(replay) Prague 2–2 (a.e.t.) APIA Leichhardt Moore Park, Sydney
Stadium: Sydney Sports Ground
Attendance: 11,800
Referee: Roy Pearce
15 September 1963(replay) Prague 2–1 APIA Leichhardt Moore Park, Sydney
Stadium: Sydney Sports Ground
Attendance: 18,921
Referee: Roy Pearce

Preliminary final

18 September 1963Preliminary final Prague 2–3 South Coast United Moore Park, Sydney
Stadium: Sydney Sports Ground
Attendance: 11,387
Referee: Tony Boskovic

Grand Final

APIA Leichhardt 0–4 South Coast United
Sydney Sports Ground , Moore Park, Sydney
Attendance: 30,158
Referee: Tony Boskovic
NSWSF First Division
1963 Premiers
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South Coast United
First Title

Statistics and awards

Stars of 1963

Soccer World reporters awarded stars out of six to players throughout the 22 rounds. The player with the highest stars was Jim Kelly with 4.38. Only 12 players average four points or more. South Coast United had four players, Prague had three players, Pan Hellenic two players, Budapest, Canterbury and APIA all had one player that averaged four points or more. Below left is the list of all twelve players and below right is the team of the year: [3]

Top scorers

Brian Tristram was the recipient of the Marcel Nagy Trophy for the season's top goalscorer. Below is a list of the top ten goalscorers for the season: [3]

PlayerTeamGoals
Brian Tristram Prague 32
Leo Baumgartner APIA 20
John Giacometti APIA
Herbert Ninaus Hakoah
Graham Barnett South Coast United 18
Tiko Jelisavčić Yugal-Ryde 16
John Doherty South Coast United 13
Sotiris Patrinos Pan Hellenic
Les Schauman Croatia Maroubra
Les Scheinflug Prague

Attendances

Below is a list of attendances by club: [3]

RankClubAttendance
1 APIA 164,000
2 Pan Hellenic 161,000
3 Prague 105,000
4 SSC Yugal 88,000
5 Budapest–St George 83,000
6 South Coast United 79,000
7 Hakoah 73,000
8 Croatia Maroubra 61,000
9 Canterbury-Marrickville 49,000
10 Gladesville-Ryde 43,500
11 Auburn 39,500
12 Bankstown 34,500

Other competitions

Ampol Cup

The season began with the seventh edition of the floodlight pre-season night series (sixth as the Ampol Cup) on 8 February 1963, culminating with the double-header third place playoff and Final on Friday, 15 March 1962 at the Redfern Oval in front of 7,000 spectators.

Finals series

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Finals
      
Yugal-Ryde 6
Hakoah 2
Yugal-Ryde 3
A.P.I.A. 1
A.P.I.A. 4
Gladesville 1
Yugal-Ryde 5
Auburn 3
Auburn 2
Canterbury-Marrickville 1
Auburn 2(2)Third place playoff
Prague 2(1)
Prague 3 A.P.I.A. 4
Budapest 2 Prague 2
  • NB: Replay scores in brackets.

Final

Yugal-Ryde 5–3 Auburn
Report [4]
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Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Frank Sbisa

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References

  1. ↑ "Australia 1963". rsssf.org. Retrieved 22 June 2024.
  2. ↑ "1963 NSW Div1 Matrix". www.socceraust.co.uk. Retrieved 22 June 2024.
  3. 1 2 3 "Soccer World, Vol.06, No.30". Soccer World. 23 August 1963. p. 7. Retrieved 23 June 2024.
  4. ↑ "Soccer World Annual 1964". Soccer World. p. 25. Retrieved 24 June 2024.
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