# 1960 NSWSF season

The 1960 New South Wales Federation of Soccer Clubs (NSWSF) season was the fourth season of football in New South Wales under the administration of the federation since its breakaway from the NSW Soccer Football Association in January of 1957. The home and away league season began on the 20th of March with fourteen teams, the same amount as the previous season. Sydney Prague were minor premiers for a second consecutive season after twenty-six rounds of competition.
Once again a finals series was used decide the First Division champions of New South Wales in the format of a four team page playoff system. Canterbury-Marrickville prevented Prague again winning the league double, defeating them 5–2 in the grand final.
Other tournaments held this season included the Ampol Cup and the third edition of the Federation Cup. Budapest won the Ampol Cup defeating APIA Leichhardt in the final and Bankstown defeated Canterbury in the Ascot Thousand Federation Cup final.

## Clubs
### Changes from last season

* Manly Warringah was promoted into the competition from Second Division
* Concord was relegated to Second Division and was absorbed by Concordia.
* North Side United merged with Illawarra District Soccer Association club, E.P.T. to form North Side United–E.P.T.
| Club | Ground | Colours | Founded | App | Debut | Last season |
| A.P.I.A. | Lambert Park, Leichhardt | Maroon and blue | 1954 | 4th | 1957 | 2nd (runners-up) |
| Auburn SFC | Mona Park, Auburn | Green and gold | 1957 | 4th | 1957 | 6th |
| Balgownie Rangers | Judy Masters Oval, Balgownie | Black and white | 1889 | 2nd | 1959 | 13th |
| Bankstown SFC | Bankstown Oval, Bankstown | Green and gold | 1944 | 4th | 1957 | 12th |
| Budapest | Sydney Athletics Field, Moore Park | Red, white and green | 1957 | 2nd | 1959 | 11th |
| Canterbury-Marrickville | Arlington Oval, Dulwich Hill | Blue and gold | 1896 | 4th | 1957 | 5th |
| Corrimal United | Memorial Park, Corrimal | Red and white | 1958 | 3rd | 1958 | 3rd (minor semi-finalist) |
| Gladesville-Ryde | Gladesville Sports Ground, Gladesville | Amber and black | 1951 | 4th | 1957 | 8th |
| Granville AEK | Macarthur Park, Granville | Amber and black | 1885 | 2nd | 1959 | 10th |
| Hakoah | Sydney Athletics Field, Moore Park | Sky Blue and White | 1953 | 4th | 1957 | 4th (preliminary finalists) |
| North Side United–E.P.T. | Chatswood Oval, Chatswood | Blue and gold | 1953 | 4th | 1957 | 7th |
| Prague | Sydney Athletics Field, Moore Park | Sky Blue | 1952 | 4th | 1957 | 1st (winners) |
| Sydney Austral | Sydney Cricket Ground No. 2, Moore Park | Red, white and blue | 1952 | 4th | 1957 | 9th |
Source:
* ↑ As Canterbury Bankstown in 1943. As Canterbury-Marrickville in 1951.

## Regular season
### Table and results

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Prague | 26 | 21 | 4 | 1 | 106 | 34 | +72 | 46 | 1960 Federation Finals |
| 2 | APIA | 26 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 71 | 25 | +46 | 41 | 1960 Federation Finals |
| 3 | Canterbury-Marrickville (C) | 26 | 18 | 2 | 6 | 79 | 48 | +31 | 38 | 1960 Federation Finals |
| 4 | Auburn | 26 | 17 | 2 | 7 | 81 | 55 | +26 | 36 | 1960 Federation Finals |
| 5 | Gladesville-Ryde | 26 | 16 | 3 | 7 | 62 | 43 | +19 | 35 | |
| 6 | Budapest | 26 | 13 | 3 | 10 | 70 | 62 | +8 | 29 | |
| 7 | North Side United-E.P.T. | 26 | 10 | 5 | 11 | 67 | 59 | +8 | 25 | |
| 8 | Bankstown | 26 | 10 | 4 | 12 | 50 | 51 | −1 | 24 | |
| 9 | Hakoah | 26 | 10 | 3 | 13 | 62 | 59 | +3 | 23 | |
| 10 | Sydney Austral | 26 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 43 | 69 | −26 | 19 | |
| 11 | Corrimal United | 26 | 7 | 4 | 15 | 56 | 62 | −6 | 18 | |
| 12 | Granville AEK (R) | 26 | 6 | 3 | 17 | 45 | 80 | −35 | 15 | Relegation to NSWSF Second Division for next season. |
| 13 | Balgownie Rangers (R) | 26 | 6 | 1 | 19 | 40 | 77 | −37 | 13 | Relegation to NSWSF Second Division for next season. |
| 14 | Manly Warringah (R) | 26 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 41 | 149 | −108 | 2 | Relegation to NSWSF Second Division for next season. |

### Results

| Home \ Away | API | AUB | BAL | BAN | BUD | CAN | COR | GLR | GRN | HAK | MAN | NSU | PRA | SAU |
| APIA | | 2–3 | 6–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 7–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 |
| Auburn | 1–2 | | 4–3 | 0–2 | 9–2 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 1–4 | 4–2 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 4–3 | 2–3 | 3–3 |
| Balgownie Rangers | 0–4 | 2–3 | | 1–3 | 2–5 | 1–5 | 3–2 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 2–5 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 1–4 | 1–0 |
| Bankstown | 1–1 | 0–4 | 4–0 | | 3–5 | 0–4 | 2–5 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 6–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 3–3 |
| Budapest | 3–3 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 0–3 | | 3–5 | 3–0 | 4–2 | 5–1 | 2–1 | 7–1 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 3–3 |
| Canterbury-Marrickville | 0–3 | 6–8 | 5–3 | 2–0 | 2–1 | | 3–2 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 6–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 |
| Corrimal United | 0–3 | 1–3 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 3–4 | 3–1 | | 2–3 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 6–2 | 4–5 | 1–4 | 4–1 |
| Gladesville Ryde | 1–2 | 2–3 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | | 4–2 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 3–1 |
| Granville AEK | 2–2 | 1–4 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 0–2 | 3–4 | 3–0 | | 2–5 | 7–4 | 1–6 | 2–6 | 0–1 |
| Hakoah | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 4–6 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 5–0 | | 4–0 | 5–4 | 2–5 | 0–1 |
| Manly Warringah | 1–7 | 1–8 | 0–3 | 2–6 | 1–4 | 3–6 | 2–1 | 2–8 | 3–4 | 2–6 | | 2–4 | 6–9 | 2–4 |
| North Side United | 2–3 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 1–5 | 4–1 | 0–5 | 5–5 | 1–2 | 3–3 | 3–1 | 8–0 | | 3–3 | 2–0 |
| Prague | 1–1 | 8–0 | 4–0 | 4–1 | 4–0 | 5–3 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 7–1 | 4–0 | 10–1 | 3–2 | | 7–0 |
| Sydney Austral | 0–3 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 2–5 | 0–3 | 1–5 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 3–3 | 3–4 | 9–2 | 2–1 | 2–3 | |

## Finals series

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final | Final | Grand Final | Grand Final | Grand Final |
| Major semi-final | Major semi-final | Major semi-final | | | | | | |
| 1 | Prague | 1 | | | | 1 | Prague | 2 |
| 3 | APIA Leichhardt | 0 | | | | 3 | APIA Leichhardt | 5 |
| | | | 2 | APIA Leichhardt | 2 | | | |
| Minor semi-final | Minor semi-final | Minor semi-final | 3 | Canterbury | 3 | | | |
| 3 | Canterbury | 2 | | | | | | |
| 4 | Auburn | 0 | | | | | | |

### Grand final

An Australian record crowd of 17,872 delivered £4,216 in gate takings. They saw the only second defeat of Prague throughout the season. Prague could not field Walter Tamandl, one of their Austrian stars, due to injury. The final was also broadcast on television by the ABC, albeit with a week delay. The trophy for the winner was name sponsored by Bisleri.
| GK | 1 | Ron Lord |
| RB | 2 | Ken Hiron (capt.) |
| LB | 3 | Kevin O'Neill |
| RH | 4 | Stuart Sherwin |
| CH | 5 | Erwin Ninaus |
| LH | 6 | Les Scheinflug |
| OR | 7 | Erich Schwarz |
| IR | 8 | Andreas Saghi |
| CF | 9 | Herbert Ninaus |
| IL | 10 | Karl Jaros |
| OL | 11 | Fred Durenberger |
| Coach: ||
| GK | 1 | Ron Brown |
| RB | 2 | John Curry |
| LB | 3 | Ed Jones |
| RH | 4 | Johnny Watkiss |
| CH | 5 | Tom North |
| LH | 6 | Geoff Campbell |
| OR | 7 | José "Joe" Amigo |
| IR | 8 | Brian Smith |
| CF | 9 | Leo Baumgartner |
| IL | 10 | Barry Salisbury |
| OL | 11 | Geoff Warren |
| Coach: József "Joe" Vlasits ||
* NSWSF First Division 1960 Premiers
* Canterbury-Marrickville Second Title

## Awards and statistics
### Top goal-scorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Herbert Ninaus | Prague | 46 |
| 2 | Bruce Morrow | Auburn | 37 |
| 3 | Leo Baumgartner | Canterbury | 30 |
| 4 | Bill Hume | Gladesville-Ryde | 29 |
| 5 | Tony Varglien | North Side United–E.P.T. | 27 |

### Attendance

Below is a list of total attendances per club in all matches, both home and away.
| Club | Attendance |
| APIA Leichhardt FC | 113,000 |
| Sydney FC Prague | 96,000 |
| Canterbury-Marrickville | 72,000 |
| Sydney Hakoah | 61,000 |
| Auburn SFC | 60,000 |
| Budapest | 58,000 |
| Gladesville-Ryde DSFC | 50,000 |
| Corrimal United | 34,000 |
| Granville AEK | 31,000 |
| Bankstown SFC | 30,000 |
| North Side United–E.P.T. | 26,000 |
| Sydney Austral SFC | 26,000 |
| Balgownie Rangers FC | 24,000 |
| Manly Warringah | 18,000 |

## Other competitions
### Ampol Cup

Originally formed in 1957 as the William Kennard Cup, this was the third year to be sponsored by Ampol.

#### Final
### Ascot Thousand Federation Cup

This was the fourth year contesting the Federation Cup, named the Ascot Thousand for sponsorship reasons.