1965 NSW First Division 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.

Season1965
ChampionsAPIA Leichhardt FC
PremiersSouth Coast United
Matches90 (regular season) + 7 (finals)
Quick facts Season, Champions ...
NSW First Division
Season1965
ChampionsAPIA Leichhardt FC
PremiersSouth Coast United
Matches90 (regular season) + 7 (finals)
Best PlayerJimmy Kelly
Top goalscorerJohn 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 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:

  • The division was contracted to a ten-team league, reducing its number from 12 teams.
  • Canterbury, Bankstown SC and first time participants Corinthian BESC were relegated to NSW Second Division.
  • Polonia-North Side were promoted from NSW Second Division.
More information Club, Ground ...
Club Ground Year formed App Debut Last season
(Finals)
A.P.I.A.Lambert Park
Sydney Sports Ground		19549th19571st (W)
St George-BudapestHurstville Oval19577th19592nd (RU)
CroatiaArlington Oval19583rd19637th
Cumberland UnitedMona Park1964[a]2nd19648th
HakoahWentworth Park19399th19577th
Pan HellenicWentworth Park19575th19616th
Polonia-North SideDrummoyne Oval1961[b]3rd19611st in Div. II
PragueSydney Athletics Field19509th19574th (SF)
South Coast UnitedWoonona Oval1958[c]8th19583rd (PF)
YugalSydney Athletics Field19614th19628th
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Notes

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

Table and results

More information Pos, Team ...
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 South Coast United 18 12 2 4 45 23 +22 26 Qualification for Finals series
2 St. George-Budapest 18 11 4 3 44 25 +19 26
3 A.P.I.A. (C) 18 11 0 7 51 28 +23 22
4 Yugal-Ryde 18 9 4 5 30 23 +7 22
5 Prague 18 8 2 8 31 28 +3 18
6 Hakoah 18 5 6 7 34 40 −6 16
7 Metropolitan Adriatic 18 5 3 10 31 48 −17 13
8 Cumberland United 18 6 1 11 27 53 −26 13
9 Pan Hellenic 18 3 6 9 32 47 −15 12
10 Polonia-North Side (R) 18 4 4 10 21 31 −10 12 Relegated to Second Division
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Source: [1]
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

More information Home \ Away, API ...
Home \ Away API CUM HAK MET PAN PNS PRA SCU SGB YUG
APIA 4–0 2–1 4–0 1–2 5–2 1–2 3–4 2–4 1–2
Cumberland United 0–10 2–1 4–2 0–2 1–2 3–2 1–7 1–2 0–3
Hakoah 2–5 1–4 3–2 2–2 0–0 1–1 1–1 1–0 1–1
Metropolitan Adriatic 3–1 4–1 2–5 2–0 2–3 1–6 4–1 1–6 0–2
Pan Hellenic 5–3 2–3 4–6 3–3 1–1 1–4 1–7 3–4 1–1
Polonia-North Side 0–2 1–1 3–4 1–2 2–0 0–1 1–3 2–2 1–3
Prague 0–3 2–3 4–1 1–0 2–0 0–2 0–1 1–3 1–2
South Coast United 0–2 5–2 3–1 0–0 2–1 2–0 3–0 1–2 3–2
St George-Budapest 1–3 4–0 2–2 5–1 2–2 1–0 1–1 2–1 2–1
Yugal-Ryde 0–1 2–1 2–1 2–2 2–2 1–0 2–3 0–2 2–1
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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
1South Coast12St George-Budapest0
2St George-Budapest33A.P.I.A.2
1South Coast0
Minor Semifinal (replay score)3A.P.I.A.4
3A.P.I.A.3
4Yugal0

Semi-finals

29 August 1965 Minor semi-final A.P.I.A. 1–1 Yugal Moore Park, Sydney
Watkiss 27' Report[3] Mucillo 88' Stadium: Sydney Sports Ground
Attendance: 10,400
Referee: N. Jones
5 September 1964 Major semi-final South Coast United 1–3 St George-Budapest Moore Park, Sydney
Barnett 10' Report[3]
Stadium: Sydney Sports Ground
Attendance: 7,319
Referee: D. Buchan
8 September 1965 Minor semi-final replay 1 A.P.I.A. 1–1 Yugal Moore Park, Sydney
Wong 77' Report[3] Vicevic 86' Stadium: Sydney Sports Ground
Attendance: 11,374[a]
Referee: N. Jones
12 September 1965 Minor semi-final replay 2 A.P.I.A. 3–3 (a.e.t.) Yugal Moore Park, Sydney
 Report[3]
  • Lalic 7'
  • Dacevski 82'
  • Vicevic 111' (pen.)
 Stadium: Sydney Sports Ground
Attendance: 8,850
Referee: H. Parsons
15 September 1965 Minor 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]
  • Watkiss 19'
  • Campana 52'
  • McKinnon 83', 88'
 Stadium: Sydney Sports Ground
Attendance: 10,540
Referee: H. Parsons

Grand Final

More information St George-Budapest, 0–2 ...
St George-Budapest0–2A.P.I.A.
Report[3]
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Attendance: 9,857
Referee: Tony Boskovic
More information NSWSF First Division ...
NSWSF First Division
1965 Premiers
Australia
A.P.I.A.
Second Title
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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]

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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]

More information Player, Team ...
PlayerTeamGoals
John GiacomettiAPIA23
Graham BarnettSouth Coast United18
Joe GalambosMetro Adriatic
Tony NincevichSouth Coast United12
Herbert NinausHakoah11
Max TolsonSouth Coast United
Johnny WatkissAPIA10
Vic FernandezSt. George-Budapest9
Doug LoganPan Hellenic
George YardleySt. George-Budapest
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Attendances

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

More information Rank, Club ...
RankClubTotal
attendance		Highest home
attendance
1APIA94,0008,574
2Pan Hellenic76,0008,860
3South Coast United61,4007,055
4St. George-Budapest56,2005,945
5Yugal54,2004,618
6Prague49,8005,600
7Hakoah46,3005,383
8Polonia-North Side38,2003,500
9Metro Adriatic37,4004,380
10Cumberland United31,0003,850
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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

More information Yugal, 2–6 ...
Yugal2–6Prague
 Report[5]
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Attendance: 5,800
Referee: Harold Parsons

See also

References

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