1965 NSW First Division season

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NSW First Division
Season1965
Champions APIA Leichhardt FC
Premiers South Coast United
Matches played90 (regular season) + 7 (finals)
Best Player Jimmy Kelly
Top goalscorer John Giacometti (23)
Biggest home win4 goals (on three occasions)
Biggest away winCumberland United 0–10 APIA Leichhardt
Highest scoring10 goals (0–10 and 4–6)
Highest attendance8,860
Pan Hellenic v. APIA (regular season)
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The 1965 NSW First Division season was the ninth 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. In a truncated season compared to the previous year, the home and away regular season comprised 18 rounds, beginning in March and ending in August. South Coast United finished first on the ladder to become regular season premiers for the second time.

Contents

The finals series was primarily held throughout September with a four-team playoff series. APIA Leichhardt reached the grand final against St George-Budapest when they eventually defeated Yugal after three minor semi final replays and defeat of South Coast in the preliminary final. The club recorded their second consecutive championship with a 2–0 victory over St George, with Johnny Watkiss and Johnny Wong scoring in the decider.

The pre-season Ampol Cup was won for a fifth time by Sydney FC Prague, defending the title from the previous season.

Clubs

Changes from last season:

ClubGroundYear formedAppDebutLast season
(Finals)
A.P.I.A. Lambert Park
Sydney Sports Ground 		19549th19571st (W)
St George-Budapest Hurstville Oval 19577th19592nd (RU)
Croatia Arlington Oval 19583rd19637th
Cumberland UnitedMona Park1964 [a] 2nd19648th
Hakoah Wentworth Park 19399th19577th
Pan Hellenic Wentworth Park 19575th19616th
Polonia-North Side Drummoyne Oval 1961 [b] 3rd19611st in Div. II
Prague Sydney Athletics Field 19509th19574th (SF)
South Coast United Woonona Oval 1958 [c] 8th19583rd (PF)
Yugal Sydney Athletics Field 19614th19628th

Notes

  1. ↑ Auburn and Gladesville merged keeping separate histories
  2. ↑ North Side-E.P.T merged with Polonia keeping separate histories
  3. ↑ Amalgamated with IDSA club Woonona-Bulli in 1961. Continues Corrimal United history

Table and results

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1 South Coast United 1812244523+2226 Qualification for Finals series
2 St. George-Budapest 1811434425+1926
3 A.P.I.A. (C)1811075128+2322
4 Yugal-Ryde 189453023+722
5 Prague 188283128+318
6 Hakoah 185673440−616
7 Metropolitan Adriatic 1853103148−1713
8Cumberland United1861112753−2613
9 Pan Hellenic 183693247−1512
10Polonia-North Side (R)1844102131−1012Relegated to Second Division
Source: [1]
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away API CUM HAK MET PAN PNS PRA SCU SGB YUG
APIA 4–02–14–01–25–21–23–42–41–2
Cumberland United0–102–14–20–21–23–21–71–20–3
Hakoah 2–51–43–22–20–01–11–11–01–1
Metropolitan Adriatic 3–14–12–52–02–31–64–11–60–2
Pan Hellenic 5–32–34–63–31–11–41–73–41–1
Polonia-North Side0–21–13–41–22–00–11–32–21–3
Prague 0–32–34–11–02–00–20–11–31–2
South Coast United 0–25–23–10–02–12–03–01–23–2
St George-Budapest 1–34–02–25–12–21–01–12–12–1
Yugal-Ryde 0–12–12–12–22–21–02–30–22–1
Source: www.socceraust.co.uk [2]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Finals series

Semi-finals
29 Aug.–5 Sep.		Preliminary final
19 September		Grand final
26 September
Major Semifinal
1 South Coast 12 St George-Budapest 0
2 St George-Budapest 33 A.P.I.A. 2
1 South Coast 0
Minor Semifinal (replay score)3 A.P.I.A. 4
3 A.P.I.A. 3
4 Yugal 0

Semi-finals

29 August 1965Minor semi-final A.P.I.A. 1–1 Yugal Moore Park, Sydney
Watkiss Soccerball shade.svg27'Report [3] Mucillo Soccerball shade.svg88'Stadium: Sydney Sports Ground
Attendance: 10,400
Referee: N. Jones
5 September 1964Major semi-final South Coast United 1–3 St George-Budapest Moore Park, Sydney
Barnett Soccerball shade.svg10'Report [3]
Stadium: Sydney Sports Ground
Attendance: 7,319
Referee: D. Buchan
8 September 1965Minor semi-final replay 1 A.P.I.A. 1–1 Yugal Moore Park, Sydney
Wong Soccerball shade.svg77'Report [3] Vicevic Soccerball shade.svg86'Stadium: Sydney Sports Ground
Attendance: 11,374 [a]
Referee: N. Jones
12 September 1965Minor semi-final replay 2 A.P.I.A. 3–3 (a.e.t.) Yugal Moore Park, Sydney
Report [3]
Stadium: Sydney Sports Ground
Attendance: 8,850
Referee: H. Parsons
15 September 1965Minor semi-final replay 3 A.P.I.A. 3–0 Yugal Moore Park, Sydney
Report [3] Stadium: Sydney Sports Ground
Attendance: 8,905
Referee: A.R. Brown

Preliminary final

19 September 1965 South Coast United 0–4 A.P.I.A. Moore Park, Sydney
Report [3]
Stadium: Sydney Sports Ground
Attendance: 10,540
Referee: H. Parsons

Grand Final

St George-Budapest 0–2 A.P.I.A.
Report [3]
Sydney Sports Ground , Moore Park, Sydney
Attendance: 9,857
Referee: Tony Boskovic
NSWSF First Division
1965 Premiers
Flag of Australia (converted).svg
A.P.I.A.
Second Title

Statistics and awards

Top Star Award

Soccer World reporters awarded stars out of six to players throughout the 18 rounds. The player with the highest stars was Jimmy Kelly with 4.28, very narrowly beating Polonia-North Side halfback Ginter Gawlik. 15 players averaged four points or more. Below left is the list of all fifteen players and below right is the team of the year: [4]

Top scorers

John Giacometti was the season's top goalscorer with 23 goals. Below is a list of the top ten goalscorers for the season: [4]

PlayerTeamGoals
John Giacometti APIA 23
Graham Barnett South Coast United 18
Joe Galambos Metro Adriatic
Tony Nincevich South Coast United 12
Herbert Ninaus Hakoah 11
Max Tolson South Coast United
Johnny Watkiss APIA10
Vic Fernandez St. George-Budapest 9
Doug Logan Pan Hellenic
George Yardley St. George-Budapest

Attendances

Below is a list of attendances by club: [4]

RankClubTotal
attendance		Highest home
attendance
1 APIA 94,0008,574
2 Pan Hellenic 76,0008,860
3 South Coast United 61,4007,055
4 St. George-Budapest 56,2005,945
5 Yugal 54,2004,618
6 Prague 49,8005,600
7 Hakoah 46,3005,383
8Polonia-North Side38,2003,500
9 Metro Adriatic 37,4004,380
10Cumberland United31,0003,850

Other competitions

Ampol Cup

The season began with the ninth edition of the floodlit pre-season night series (eighth as the Ampol Cup), culminating with the double-header third place playoff and Final on Friday, 19 February in front of 5,800 spectators. [5]

Finals series

Semi-finals Finals
    
Yugal 3
Metro Adriatic 0
Yugal 2
Prague 6
Prague 4
Hakoah 3 Third place playoff
Metro Adriatic 2
Hakoah 1

Final

Yugal 2–6 Prague
Report [5]
Attendance: 5,800
Referee: Harold Parsons

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Australia 1965". rsssf.org. Retrieved 28 February 2025.
  2. ↑ "1965 NSW Div1 Matrix". www.socceraust.co.uk. Retrieved 28 February 2025.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "1965 NSWSF First Division Finals Series". www.ozfootball.net. Retrieved 28 February 2025.
  4. 1 2 3 "Soccer World Annual". Soccer World. 1966. p. 22–28. Retrieved 28 February 2025.
  5. 1 2 "1965 Ampol Cup Results". www.ozfootball.net. Retrieved 1 March 2025.
  1. ↑ Double-header with Pan Hellenic v. Polonia-NS relegation decider
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