1967 NSW First Division season

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NSW First Division
Season1967
Champions St George-Budapest
Premiers APIA Leichhardt
Matches played132 (regular season) + 7 (finals)
Best Player Alan Westwater
Top goalscorer John Giacometti (22)
Highest attendance15,600
Pan Hellenic v. APIA (regular season)
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The 1967 NSW First Division season was the eleventh 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 league structure increased to 22 rounds of a home and away regular season, followed by a round robin group stage and closed with a grand final match.

Contents

APIA Leichhardt finished first on the ladder with 37 points, to become regular season premiers for the third time after winning their first in 1964. St George-Budapest and South Sydney-Croatia finished in second and third places with 31 and 27 points respectively. Pan Hellenic secured fourth place and a spot in the finals series, edging out Hakoah-Eastern Suburbs on goal difference.

The finals series was held throughout September with APIA Leichhardt and St George-Budapest qualifying for the grand final as the top two teams of the round robin stage. St George won the grand final 5–2.

The pre-season Ampol Cup was also won by St George-Budapest, defeating Hakoah-Eastern Suburbs 2–0.

Clubs

Changes from last season:

ClubGroundYear
formed		AppDebutLast season
(Finals)
APIA-Leichhardt Lambert Park
Sydney Sports Ground 		195411th19571st (RU)
Canterbury-Marrickville Arlington Oval 1896 [a] 9th1957 Div. II
Cumberland UnitedMona Park, Auburn1964 [b] 4th19649th
Hakoah-Eastern Suburbs Wentworth Park 193911th19572nd (W)
Melita Eagles Mona Park, Auburn19541st1967 Div. II
Pan Hellenic Wentworth Park 19577th19615th
Polonia-North Side North Sydney Oval 19604th1961 Div. II
Prague Sydney Athletics Field 195011th19576th
St George-Budapest Hurstville Oval 19579th19593rd (3rd)
South Coast United Woonona Oval 1958 [c] 10th19584th (4th)
South Sydney-Croatia Arlington Oval 19585th19637th
Yugal Sydney Athletics Field 19616th19628th

Notes

  1. ↑ Reformed in 1943 and 1952
  2. ↑ Auburn and Gladesville merged keeping separate histories
  3. ↑ Amalgamated with IDSA club Woonona-Bulli in 1961. Continues Corrimal United history

Table and results

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1 APIA-Leichhardt 2217326519+4637 Qualification for Finals series
2 St. George-Budapest (C)2213544326+1731
3 South Sydney-Croatia 2210753726+1127
4 Pan Hellenic 2210665830+2826
5 Hakoah-Eastern Suburbs 2210663724+1326
6 Canterbury-Marrickville 229493845−722
7 Prague 226793541−619
8Polonia-North Side2275102756−2919
9 Yugal-Ryde 2274113654−1818
10 Melita Eagles 2263132740−1315
11 South Coast United 2246122940−1114
12Cumberland United (R)2242162657−3110Relegated to Second Division
Source: [1]
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away API CAN CRO CUM HAK MEA PAN PNS PRA SCU SGB YUG
APIA 5–01–22–12–02–13–28–13–03–10–04–0
Canterbury-Marrickville 0–21–14–10–01–15–41–11–21–00–14–3
South Sydney-Croatia 1–05–12–10–11–12–00–42–21–11–15–0
Cumberland United2–21–50–00–11–01–22–42–13–01–32–4
Hakoah 2–31–30–12–11–01–14–01–01–12–36–0
Melita Eagles 0–21–01–35–01–30–41–21–02–10–22–1
Pan Hellenic 1–37–02–32–34–00–07–11–11–02–02–2
Polonia-North Side2–50–52–12–01–12–40–60–21–01–10–0
Prague 0–45–12–25–10–25–21–10–04–40–30–3
South Coast United 2–21–21–04–21–13–21–20–11–30–03–1
St George-Budapest 1–41–22–15–01–62–10–04–15–14–32–0
Yugal-Ryde 0–52–12–32–11–14–13–74–11–13–10–2
Source: [2]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Finals series

Round robin

Final table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1 APIA-Leichhardt 321051+45 Qualification for Grand final
2 St. George-Budapest (C)320143+14
3 South Sydney-Croatia 310213−22
4 Pan Hellenic 301225−31
Source: [3]
(C) Champions

Results

3 September 1967 South Sydney-Croatia 1–0 Pan Hellenic Moore Park, Sydney
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Report [4] Stadium: Sydney Sports Ground
Attendance: 11,600 [a]
Referee: Harold Parsons
3 September 1967 APIA-Leichhardt 2–0 St George-Budapest Moore Park, Sydney
Report [4] Stadium: Sydney Sports Ground
Attendance: 11,600 [a]
Referee: Norm Jones
10 September 1967 St George-Budapest 3–1 Pan Hellenic Moore Park, Sydney
Report [5] Blitz Soccerball shade.svg65'Stadium: Sydney Sports Ground
Attendance: 13,609 [a]
Referee: Tony Boskovic
10 September 1967 APIA-Leichhardt 2–0 South Sydney-Croatia Moore Park, Sydney
Report [5] Stadium: Sydney Sports Ground
Attendance: 13,609 [a]
Referee: Frank Woolman
17 September 1967 APIA-Leichhardt 1–1 Pan Hellenic Moore Park, Sydney
Report [6] Howard Soccerball shade.svg11'Stadium: Sydney Sports Ground
Attendance: 7,600 [a]
Referee: Harold Parsons
17 September 1967 St George-Budapest 1–0 South Sydney-Croatia Moore Park, Sydney
Report [6] Stadium: Sydney Sports Ground
Attendance: 7,600 [a]
Referee: Tony Boskovic

Grand final

St George-Budapest 5–2 A.P.I.A.-Leichhardt
Report [7]
Sydney Sports Ground , Moore Park, Sydney
Attendance: 16,741
Referee: Tony Boskovic
NSWSF First Division
1967 Grand Final winners
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St George-Budapest
First Title

Consolation Cup

The Consolation Cup was a new knockout series held for the first time in the league for bottom eight teams not competing in the First Division semifinals and the top four teams of the Second Division. Teams ranked 9 to 12 (First Division) and 1 to 4 (Second Division) competed in the first round and were joined by teams ranked 5 to 8 (First Division) in the quarter-finals.

Round 1 Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
1 Hakoah 2
8 Cumberland 1 9 Manly 0
9 Manly 2 1 Hakoah 3
5 Yugal 1
4 Polonia 0
5 Yugal (a.e.t.) 4 5 Yugal 2
12 Sutherland 2 1 Hakoah 2
3 Prague 1
2 Canterbury 1
6 Melita 2 6 Melita 2
10 Granville 1 6 Melita Eagles 0
3 Prague 4
3 Prague 2
7 South Coast (a.e.t.) 2 7 South Coast 1
11 Bankstown 2

Round 1

Wednesday, 30 August 1967 Yugal 4–2 (a.e.t.) Sutherland Kensington, Sydney
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Report [4]
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  • Cucitti Soccerball shade.svg
Stadium: Marks Field
Wednesday, 30 August 1967 South Coast United 2–2 (a.e.t.) Bankstown Kensington, Sydney
Report [4]
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Stadium: Marks Field
Note: South Coast progressed on the toss of a coin
Wednesday, 13 September 1967 Melita Eagles 2–1 Granville AEK Kensington, Sydney
Report [6] Burtonshaw Soccerball shade.svg77'Stadium: Marks Field
Attendance: 800 [b]
Wednesday, 13 September 1967 Cumberland United 1–2 Manly Kensington, Sydney
Report [6]
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Stadium: Marks Field
Attendance: 800 [c]

Quarter-finals

Sunday, 17 September 1967 Hakoah 2–0 Manly Woonona, Wollongong
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Report [6] Stadium: Woonona Oval
Attendance: 763 [d]
Referee: Keith Lockrey
Sunday, 17 September 1967 Prague 2–1 South Coast United Woonona, Wollongong
Report [6] Barnes Soccerball shade.svgStadium: Woonona Oval
Attendance: 763 [e]
Referee: N. Jones
Wednesday, 20 September 1967 Polonia-North Side 0–2 Yugal Kensington, Sydney
Report [7]
Stadium: Marks Field
Attendance: 800 [f]
Wednesday, 20 September 1967 Canterbury 1–2 Melita Eagles Kensington, Sydney
Kauz Soccerball shade.svgReport [7]
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Stadium: Marks Field
Attendance: 800 [g]

Semi-finals

Sunday, 1 October 1967 Hakoah 3–1 Yugal Glebe, Sydney
Report [8]
Stadium: Wentworth Park
Referee: N. Jones
Sunday, 1 October 1967 Prague 4–0 Melita Eagles Glebe, Sydney
Report [8] Stadium: Wentworth Park

Final

Hakoah 2–1 Prague
Report [8] unknown
Wentworth Park , Glebe, Sydney
Attendance: 1,127
Referee: N. Jones


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 Alan Westwater with 4.38. Only five players, half the amount from the previous year, averaged four points or more. Below left is the list of all five players and below right is the team of the year: [9]

Top scorers

John Giacometti was the season's top goalscorer for the third consecutive year with 22 goals. Below is a list of the top ten goalscorers for the season: [9]

RankPlayerTeamGoals
1 John Giacometti APIA-Leichhardt 22
2 Johnny Warren St. George-Budapest 16
3 John Karyannis Pan-Hellenic 15
4 Ray Baartz Hakoah 13
5 Doug Logan Pan-Hellenic12
6 Herbert Ninaus C'bury-Marrickville 11
7 Joe Alagich Yugal 10
Archie Blue APIA-Leichhardt
John Keddie Cumberland
10 Gerry Hood C'bury-Marrickville9
Johnny Watkiss APIA-Leichhardt

Attendances

Below is a list of attendances by club: [9]

RankClubTotal
attendance
1 Pan Hellenic 98,500
2 APIA 95,000
3 Croatia 59,000
4 Hakoah 52,300
5 St George-Budapest 50,000
6 Melita Eagles 44,700
7 Canterbury 44,200
8 Prague 39,600
9 Polonia-North Side 39,100
10 Yugal 38,200
11 South Coast United 36,200
12Cumberland United27,500

Other competitions

Ampol Cup

The season began with the eleventh edition of the floodlit pre-season night series (tenth as the Ampol Cup), culminating with the double-header third place playoff and Final in front of 7,000 spectators. [10]

The tournament continued the same point scoring and round robin system from the previous year, with 12 points for a win, 5 points for a draw and 1 point for each goal scored. The four teams progressing from to the semifinals from the group stages were St George and APIA from Group A and Hakoah and Pan Hellenic from Group B. The semifinals, third place play-off and Final were all maintained from previous editions.

Finals series

Semi-finals Finals
    
Pan Hellenic 1
St George 3
St George 2
Hakoah 0
Hakoah 1
APIA 0 Third place playoff
APIA 2
Pan Hellenic 1

Final

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Australia 1967". rsssf.org. Retrieved 8 March 2025.
  2. ↑ "1967 NSW Div1 Matrix". www.socceraust.co.uk. Retrieved 8 March 2025.
  3. ↑ "1967 Division 1 Fixtures". soccer.co.uk. Retrieved 8 March 2025.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "Soccer World, Vol. 10, Issue No. 34". Soccer World. 8 September 1967. p. 4, 8. Retrieved 5 March 2025.
  5. 1 2 "Soccer World, Vol. 10, Issue No. 35". Soccer World. 8 September 1967. p. 4. Retrieved 8 March 2025.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Soccer World, Vol. 10, Issue No. 36". Soccer World. 22 September 1967. p. 5, 8. Retrieved 5 March 2025.
  7. 1 2 3 "Soccer World, Vol. 10, No. 37". Soccer World. 29 September 1967. p. 4, 8. Retrieved 5 March 2025.
  8. 1 2 3 "Soccer World, Vol. 10, Issue No. 38". Soccer World. 6 October 1967. p. 8. Retrieved 5 March 2025.
  9. 1 2 3 "Soccer World Annual". Soccer World. 1968. p. 25–27. Retrieved 7 April 2025.
  10. 1 2 "Saints Ampol Cup (Soccer World Annual)". Soccer World. 1968. p. 21–23. Retrieved 7 April 2025.

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Double-header
  2. ↑ Double-header with Manly–Cumberland match
  3. ↑ Double-header with Melita Eagles–Granville match
  4. ↑ Double-header with Prague–South Coast match
  5. ↑ Double-header with Prague–South Coast match
  6. ↑ Double-header with Melita Eagles–Canterbury match
  7. ↑ Double-header with Yugal–Polonia match
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