# 1977 Fitzroy United FC season

The 1977 season was the first in the National Soccer League for Fitzroy United (now Heidelberg United Football Club). In addition to the domestic league, they also participated in the inaugural 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 |
| — | DF | SCO | Pat Bannon |
| — | DF | SCO | Vince Bannon |
| — | GK | AUS | Peter Blasby |
| — | MF | AUS | Andy Bozikas |
| — | FW | AUS | Branko Buljevic |
| — | MF | AUS | Jim Campbell |
| — | FW | AUS | Gary Cole |
| — | FW | SCO | George Gillan |
| — | | AUS | Mike Glykokalamos |
| — | FW | GRE | Ulysses Kokkinos |
| — | DF | SCO | Arthur McMillan |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | | AUS | Jim McMorran |
| — | | AUS | Alex Nelson |
| — | DF | SCO | Jim O'Reilly |
| — | DF | SCO | Bob Provan |
| — | DF | AUS | Nick Rakovalis |
| — | MF | AUS | Theo Selemidis |
| — | DF | AUS | Jim Tansey |
| — | MF | AUS | Ken Taylor |
| — | FW | SCO | Joe Tront |
| — | GK | SCO | Bill Whiteside |

## Transfers
### Transfers in

| Date from | Position | Name | From | Fee | Ref. |
| 22–23 January 1977 | DF | Jim Tansey | Slavia Melbourne | $2,000 | |
| 22–23 January 1977 | DF | Jim O'Reilly | Slavia Melbourne | $5,000 | |

### Transfers out

| Date from | Position | Name | To | Fee | Ref. |
| 22–23 January 1977 | GK | Jack Reilly | South Melbourne | $3,500 | |
| 22–23 January 1977 | MF | Ian Gibson | South Melbourne | $3,500 | |

## 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 | 3 April 1977 | 24 September 1977 | Matchday 1 | 3rd | 26 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 41 | 34 | +7 | 046.15 |
| NSL Cup | 22 September 1977 | 6 October 1977 | First round | Semi-finals | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 066.67 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 29 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 47 | 37 | +10 | 048.28 |
Source: Competitions

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Eastern Suburbs (C) | 26 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 52 | 28 | +24 | 37 |
| 2 | Marconi Fairfield | 26 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 42 | 21 | +21 | 37 |
| 3 | Fitzroy United | 26 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 41 | 34 | +7 | 32 |
| 4 | Adelaide City | 26 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 50 | 31 | +19 | 31 |
| 5 | Western Suburbs | 26 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 38 | 29 | +9 | 29 |

#### 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 | 21 | 22 | 20 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | H | A | A | H | A | H |
| Result | L | D | W | D | W | W | D | L | L | W | D | L | D | W | D | D | W | L | W | W | W | W | W | W | D | L |
| Position | 11 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Points | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 19 | 19 | 21 | 23 | 25 | 27 | 29 | 31 | 32 | 32 |

#### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss

### 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 |
| — | DF | | Pat Bannon | 26 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 29 | 2 |
| — | DF | | Vince Bannon | 8+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| — | GK | | Peter Blasby | 26 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 29 | 0 |
| — | MF | | Andy Bozikas | 17+6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 26 | 3 |
| — | FW | | Branko Buljevic | 26 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 29 | 12 |
| — | MF | | Jim Campbell | 18+3 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 24 | 6 |
| — | FW | | Gary Cole | 24+1 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 28 | 14 |
| — | FW | | George Gillan | 6+1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 |
| — | — | | Mike Glykokalamos | 13+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 |
| — | FW | | Ulysses Kokkinos | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| — | DF | | Arthur McMillan | 21 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 24 | 0 |
| — | — | | Jim McMorran | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| — | FW | | Alex Nelson | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| — | DF | | Jim O'Reilly | 22+2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 27 | 0 |
| — | DF | | Bob Provan | 19+1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 23 | 1 |
| — | DF | | Nick Rakovalis | 8+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| — | MF | | Theo Selemidis | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| — | DF | | Jim Tansey | 16+4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 23 | 1 |
| — | DF | | Ken Taylor | 22+1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 26 | 4 |
| — | FW | | Joe Tront | 4+4 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| — | GK | | Bill Whiteside | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 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 | — | DF | | Bob Provan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | — | DF | | Pat Bannon | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | — | MF | | Jim Campbell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | — | FW | | Branko Buljevic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | — | DF | | Arthur McMillan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | — | DF | | Ken Taylor | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 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 | — | | Peter Blasby | 9 | 2 | 11 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 9 | 2 | 11 |