# 1959 NSWSF season

The 1959 New South Wales Federation of Soccer Clubs (NSWSF) season was the third 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 28th of March with fourteen teams, increasing its number by two clubs from the previous season. Sydney Prague were minor premiers 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. Sydney Prague won the league double, becoming this season's champions with a 3–2 the grand final win over APIA Leichhardt FC.
Other tournaments held this season included the Ampol Cup and the third edition of the Federation Cup. Both competitions were won by Sydney Prague, meaning the club won all three competitions held by the federation.

## Clubs
### Changes from last season

* Number of teams increased from twelve (12) to fourteen (14)
* Balgownie Rangers FC, Budapest and Granville AEK were all new entries into the competition
* Villawood was relegated to Second Division
| Club | Ground | Colours | Founded | App | Debut | Last season |
| A.P.I.A. | Lambert Park, Leichhardt | Maroon and blue | 1954 | 3rd | 1957 | 8th |
| Auburn SFC | Mona Park, Auburn | Green and gold | 1957 | 3rd | 1957 | 3rd (runners-up) |
| Balgownie Rangers | Judy Masters Oval, Balgownie | Black and white | 1889 | 1st | 1959 | 2nd NSWSFA First Div. |
| Bankstown SFC | Bankstown Oval, Bankstown | Green and gold | 1944 | 3rd | 1957 | 7th |
| Budapest | Sydney Athletics Field, Moore Park | Red, white and green | 1957 | 1st | 1959 | 1st in Second Div. |
| Canterbury-Marrickville | Arlington Oval, Dulwich Hill | Blue and gold | 1896 | 3rd | 1957 | 2nd (winners) |
| Concord | Concord Oval, Concord | Black | 1949 | 3rd | 1957 | 11th |
| Corrimal United | Memorial Park, Corrimal | Red and white | 1958 | 2nd | 1958 | 1st (preliminary finalist) |
| Gladesville-Ryde | Gladesville Sports Ground, Gladesville | Amber and black | 1951 | 3rd | 1957 | 6th |
| Granville AEK | Macarthur Park, Granville | Amber and black | 1885 | 1st | 1959 | 5th in NSWSFA First Div. |
| Hakoah | Sydney Athletics Field, Moore Park | Sky Blue and White | 1953 | 3rd | 1957 | 5th |
| North Side United | Chatswood Oval, Chatswood | Blue and gold | 1953 | 3rd | 1957 | 10th |
| Prague | Sydney Athletics Field, Moore Park | Sky Blue | 1952 | 3rd | 1957 | 4th (minor semi-finalist) |
| Sydney Austral | Sydney Cricket Ground No. 2, Moore Park | Red, white and blue | 1952 | 3rd | 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 (C) | 26 | 21 | 3 | 2 | 109 | 44 | +65 | 45 | 1959 Federation Finals |
| 2 | APIA | 26 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 72 | 33 | +39 | 42 | 1959 Federation Finals |
| 3 | Corrimal United | 26 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 66 | 51 | +15 | 36 | 1959 Federation Finals |
| 4 | Hakoah | 26 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 54 | 42 | +12 | 31 | 1959 Federation Finals |
| 5 | Canterbury-Marrickville | 26 | 13 | 3 | 10 | 56 | 45 | +11 | 29 | |
| 6 | Auburn | 26 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 70 | 63 | +7 | 26 | |
| 7 | North Side United | 26 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 50 | 49 | +1 | 26 | |
| 8 | Gladesville-Ryde | 26 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 49 | 34 | +15 | 25 | |
| 9 | Sydney Austral | 26 | 9 | 5 | 12 | 39 | 52 | −13 | 23 | |
| 10 | Granville AEK | 26 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 59 | 62 | −3 | 22 | |
| 11 | Budapest | 26 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 61 | 86 | −25 | 19 | |
| 12 | Bankstown | 26 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 39 | 80 | −41 | 15 | |
| 13 | Balgownie Rangers | 26 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 37 | 65 | −28 | 13 | |
| 14 | Concord (R) | 26 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 34 | 89 | −55 | 8 | Relegation to NSWSF Second Division for next season. |
* ↑ Deducted four points

### Results

| Home \ Away | API | AUB | BAL | BAN | BUD | CAN | CON | COR | GLR | GRN | HAK | NSU | PRA | SAU |
| APIA | | 5–4 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 7–1 | 2–3 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 3–4 | 3–0 |
| Auburn | 3–3 | | 4–1 | 6–2 | 0–3 | 4–1 | 5–1 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 5–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–5 | 1–2 |
| Balgownie Rangers | 1–2 | 1–1 | | 2–5 | 4–2 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 0–7 | 4–1 |
| Bankstown | 2–3 | 1–0 | 2–1 | | 3–3 | 1–5 | 3–1 | 1–5 | 1–1 | 4–4 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 1–2 |
| Budapest | 2–6 | 4–5 | 5–3 | 7–2 | | 2–6 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 4–4 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 3–6 | 2–2 |
| Canterbury-Marrickville | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–2 | | 1–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–3 |
| Concord | 1–4 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 0–4 | 4–6 | 2–1 | | 1–3 | 2–6 | 2–4 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 0–6 | 1–3 |
| Corrimal United | 1–1 | 2–5 | 3–2 | 4–3 | 9–2 | 0–4 | 3–3 | | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 4–1 |
| Gladesville Ryde | 2–0 | 6–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 4–4 | 2–0 |
| Granville AEK | 1–3 | 7–1 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 8–1 | 4–5 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 0–3 | | 2–5 | 0–6 | 1–2 | 2–2 |
| Hakoah | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–6 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 1–4 | 0–0 | | 4–4 | 2–4 | 5–0 |
| North Side United | 0–2 | 2–7 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 0–5 | | 5–1 | 1–2 |
| Prague | 2–3 | 4–2 | 3–1 | 11–0 | 3–1 | 7–3 | 8–1 | 6–3 | 2–2 | 5–2 | 3–0 | 4–2 | | 3–1 |
| Sydney Austral | 0–2 | 1–5 | 4–3 | 5–2 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | |

## 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 | 3 |
| 2 | APIA Leichhardt | 0 | | | | 3 | APIA Leichhardt | 2 |
| | | | 2 | APIA Leichhardt | 4 | | | |
| Minor semi-final | Minor semi-final | Minor semi-final | 4 | Hakoah | 3 | | | |
| 3 | Corrimal | 2 | | | | | | |
| 4 | Hakoah | 4 | | | | | | |

### Grand final

| GK | 1 | Ron Lord |
| RB | 2 | Ken Hiron (capt.) |
| LB | 3 | Les Scheinflug |
| RH | 4 | Stuart Sherwin |
| CH | 5 | Kevin O'Neill |
| LH | 6 | Karl Jaros |
| OR | 7 | Erich Schwarz |
| IR | 8 | Walter Tamandl |
| CF | 9 | Leo Baumgartner |
| IL | 10 | Andreas Saghi |
| OL | 11 | Herbert Ninaus |
| Coach: ||
| Leo Baumgartner ||
| GK | 1 | Max Trisic |
| RB | 2 | L. Stedman |
| LB | 3 | R. Hawkshaw |
| RH | 4 | G. Cinat |
| CH | 5 | Joe Marston (capt.) |
| LH | 6 | G. Alocca |
| OR | 7 | I. Pittioni |
| IR | 8 | Joe Vasvary |
| CF | 9 | A. De Paoli |
| IL | 10 | P. Turella |
| OL | 11 | Phil Bottalico |
| Coach: ||
| G. Polgar ||
* NSWSF First Division 1959 Premiers
* Prague First Title

## Awards and statistics

The following awards were reported on by Soccer World in the lead up to the league grand final.

### Other awards

| Award | Person |
| Captain of the Year | Ken Hiron (Prague) |
| Coach of the Year | G. Polgar (APIA) |
| Referee of the Year | Roy Pearce |

### Teams of the Year

| "A" Team | Position | "B" Team |
| K. Speigel (Hakoah) | Goalkeeper | W. Henderson (Auburn) |
| J. Prestwell (Gladesville) | Right back | L. Stedman (APIA) |
| J. Aird (Hakoah) | Left back | R. Hawkshaw (APIA) |
| Karl Jaros (Prague) | Right half | Phil Peters (Corrimal) |
| J. Curry (Canterbury) | Center half | J. Pettigrew (Gladesville) |
| Bobby Young (Corrimal) | Left half | Les Scheinflug (Prague) |
| Bruce Morrow (Auburn) | Outside right | A. Levinson (Hakoah) |
| Joe Vasvary (APIA) | Inside right | Walter Tamandl (Prague) |
| Keith Learmonth (Corrimal) | Centre forward | Joe Galambos (Budapest) |
| John Wong (North Side Utd) | Inside left | Andreas Saghi (Prague) |
| Barry Salisbury (Canterbury) | Outside left | Herbert Ninaus (Prague) |

#### Club championship (unofficial)

| Club | Points |
| APIA Leichhardt | 107 |
| Canterbury-Marrickville | 107 |
| Hakoah | 89 |
| Auburn | 82 |
| Prague | 80 |
| Granville AEK | 80 |
| North Side United | 74 |
| Gladesville-Ryde | 69 |
| Bankstown | 71 |
| Sydney Austral | 47 |
| Budapest | 45 |
| Concord | 37 |
Note: Corrimal United and Balgownie Rangers are not included as they did not field a third grade team.

## Other competitions
### Ampol Cup

Originally formed in 1957 as the William Kennard Cup, this was the third year of competition and the first to be solely known as the Ampol Cup.

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

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