Claim: Footscray JUST placed second in the NSL, their highest ranking between the years of 1977 and 1986, the same year that their coach, a former Australian soccer player, won NSL Coach of the Year.
Evidence: 2nd of 12 (Sth) Season 8th of 14 12th of 14 11th of 14 9th of 14 13th of 16 14th of 16 12th of 16 8th of 12 (Sth) 12th of 12 (Sth) 11th of 13 10th of 14 13th of 14 NSL Coach of the Year 1986 – Ernie Tapai Ernie Tapai (born 14 February 1967) is a former Australian soccer player who spent the majority of his career in the Australian National Soccer League (NSL).