# 1978 West Adelaide SC season

The 1978 season was the second in the National Soccer League for West Adelaide Soccer Club. In addition to the domestic league, they also participated in the NSL Cup. West Adelaide finished 1st in their National Soccer League season, and were eliminated in the second round of the NSL Cup.

## Players

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | AUS | Martyn Crook |
| 2 | DF | ENG | Peter Tymczyszyn |
| 3 | DF | AUS | Barry Reynolds |
| 4 | MF | SCO | Neil McGachey |
| 5 | | AUS | Lucky Vagianos |
| 6 | DF | AUS | David Jones |
| 7 | FW | AUS | Peter Boyle (captain) |
| 8 | FW | AUS | Dave Pillans |
| 9 | FW | RSA | Graham Norris |
| 10 | FW | SCO | Graham Honeyman |
| 11 | MF | SCO | Ian McGregor |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 12 | DF | AUS | Vic Bozanic |
| 13 | FW | AUS | George Koulianos |
| 14 | MF | AUS | John Batchelor |
| 15 | FW | AUS | Alex Zervas |
| 16 | DF | GRE | Con Kambas |
| 17 | FW | AUS | Nick Pantelis |
| 20 | GK | IRL | Sam Service |
| — | DF | SCO | Eric Carruthers |
| — | MF | SCO | Gordon McCulloch |
| — | | YUG | Uros Zivkovic |

## Competitions
### Overall record

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| National Soccer League | 5 March 1978 | 27 August 1978 | Matchday 1 | 1st | 26 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 42 | 27 | +15 | 061.54 |
| NSL Cup | 24 May 1978 | 19 July 1978 | First round | Second round | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 050.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 28 | 17 | 4 | 7 | 44 | 31 | +13 | 060.71 |
Source: Competitions

### National Soccer League
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | West Adelaide (C) | 26 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 42 | 27 | +15 | 36 | Qualification to Finals series |
| 2 | Eastern Suburbs | 26 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 49 | 27 | +22 | 35 | Qualification to Finals series |
| 3 | South Melbourne | 26 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 45 | 30 | +15 | 32 | Qualification to Finals series |
| 4 | Marconi Fairfield | 26 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 46 | 31 | +15 | 30 | Qualification to Finals series |
| 5 | Fitzroy United | 26 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 39 | 39 | 0 | 26 | |
* ↑ The Finals series was not considered the championship for the 1978 National Soccer League.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source: worldfootball.net

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 |
| Ground | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | D | L | L | W | W | D | L | W | L | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | L | W | D | W | W | L | W | W | D |
| Position | 7 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Points | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 16 | 18 | 20 | 22 | 24 | 24 | 26 | 27 | 29 | 31 | 31 | 33 | 35 | 36 |

#### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss

#### Finals series

The Finals series was not considered the championship for the 1978 National Soccer League.

### NSL Cup

Win  Draw  Loss

## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

Includes all competitions. Players with no appearances not included in the list.
| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Player | National Soccer League | National Soccer League | NSL Cup | NSL Cup | Total | Total |
| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | | Martyn Crook | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | | Peter Tymczyszyn | 16+2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 1 |
| 3 | DF | | Barry Reynolds | 25 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 27 | 1 |
| 4 | MF | | Neil McGachey | 26 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 4 |
| 5 | | | Lucky Vagianos | 4+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | | David Jones | 25 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 27 | 4 |
| 7 | FW | | Peter Boyle | 24+2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 4 |
| 8 | FW | | Dave Pillans | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 2 |
| 9 | FW | | Graham Norris | 18+4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 6 |
| 10 | FW | | Graham Honeyman | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| 11 | MF | | Ian McGregor | 24 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 26 | 8 |
| 12 | DF | | Vic Bozanic | 21+4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 4 |
| 13 | FW | | George Koulianos | 0+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | | John Batchelor | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 15 | FW | | Alex Zervas | 8+3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | | Con Kambas | 21 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 2 |
| 17 | FW | | Nick Pantelis | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | GK | | Sam Service | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| — | DF | | Eric Carruthers | 4+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| — | MF | | Gordon McCulloch | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| — | — | | Uros Zivkovic | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |

### Disciplinary record

Includes all competitions. The list is sorted by squad number when total cards are equal. Players with no cards not included in the list.
| Rank | No. | Pos. | Nat. | Player | National Soccer League | National Soccer League | National Soccer League | NSL Cup | NSL Cup | NSL Cup | Total | Total | Total |
| 1 | 9 | FW | | Graham Norris | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 5 | — | | Lucky Vagianos | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 3 | DF | | Barry Reynolds | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 7 | FW | | Peter Boyle | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 16 | DF | | Con Kambas | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | 4 | MF | | Neil McGacey | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | 6 | DF | | David Jones | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | 15 | FW | | Alex Zervas | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 1 |

### Clean sheets

Includes all competitions. The list is sorted by squad number when total clean sheets are equal. Numbers in parentheses represent games where both goalkeepers participated and both kept a clean sheet; the number in parentheses is awarded to the goalkeeper who was substituted on, whilst a full clean sheet is awarded to the goalkeeper who was on the field at the start of play. Goalkeepers with no clean sheets not included in the list.
| Rank | No. | Nat. | Goalkeeper | NSL | NSL Cup | Total |
| 1 | 1 | | Martyn Crook | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 8 | 0 | 8 |