# 1977 Marconi Fairfield FC season

The 1977 season is the first in the National Soccer League for Marconi Fairfield (now Marconi Stallions Football Club). In addition to the domestic league, Marconi Fairfield competed in the NSL Cup as runners-up.

## 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 | Allan Maher |
| 2 | | AUS | Barry Jones |
| 3 | DF | AUS | Paul Degney |
| 4 | DF | RSA | Les Hucker |
| 5 | DF | AUS | Ivo Prskalo |
| 6 | MF | AUS | Ray Richards |
| 7 | MF | AUS | Gary Byrne |
| 8 | FW | AUS | Ernie Campbell |
| 9 | MF | AUS | Jimmy Rooney |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 10 | FW | AUS | Raul Carrizo |
| 11 | MF | AUS | John Russell |
| 12 | FW | AUS | Berti Mariani |
| 14 | DF | IRL | Stuart Robertson |
| — | MF | AUS | Stuart Selvage |
| — | FW | AUS | Peter Sharne |
| — | FW | ITA | Roberto Vieri |
| — | DF | AUS | Richie Williams |

## 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 | 25 September 1977 | Matchday 1 | 2nd | 26 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 42 | 21 | +21 | 057.69 |
| NSL Cup | 20 September 1977 | 9 October 1977 | First round | Runners-up | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 4 | +6 | 075.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 30 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 52 | 25 | +27 | 060.00 |
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 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 15 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 |
| Ground | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | L | W | W | W | W | W | D | D | D | D | W | W | L | D | D | W | W | W | W | L | L | W | W | D | W |
| Position | 5 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Points | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 18 | 20 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 24 | 26 | 28 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 32 | 34 | 35 | 37 |

#### 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 |
| 1 | GK | | Allan Maher | 26 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 30 | 0 |
| 2 | — | | Barry Jones | 14+2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 18 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | | Paul Degney | 26 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 30 | 1 |
| 4 | DF | | Les Hucker | 8+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | | Ivo Prskalo | 26 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 30 | 1 |
| 6 | MF | | Ray Richards | 25 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 29 | 4 |
| 7 | MF | | Gary Byrne | 26 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 30 | 5 |
| 8 | FW | | Ernie Campbell | 22+1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 27 | 8 |
| 9 | MF | | Jimmy Rooney | 26 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 30 | 8 |
| 10 | FW | | Raul Carrizo | 3+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | | John Russell | 16+1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 21 | 0 |
| 12 | FW | | Berti Mariani | 16+5 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 25 | 9 |
| 14 | DF | | Stuart Robertson | 14+3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 1 |
| — | MF | | Stuart Selvage | 2+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| — | FW | | Peter Sharne | 26 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 30 | 12 |
| — | FW | | Roberto Vieri | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
| — | DF | | Richie Williams | 2+3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 6 | 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 | 11 | MF | | John Russell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 8 | FW | | Ernie Campbell | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 5 | DF | | Ivo Prskalo | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 6 | MF | | Ray Richards | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 7 | MF | | Gary Byrne | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 9 | MF | | Jimmy Rooney | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | 1 | GK | | Allan Maher | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | 2 | — | | Barry Jones | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | 3 | DF | | Paul Degney | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | 4 | DF | | Les Hucker | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 16 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 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 | | Allan Maher | 12 | 1 | 13 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 12 | 1 | 13 |