# 1977 Brisbane Lions SC season

The 1977 season was the first in the National Soccer League for Brisbane Lions (now Queensland Lions 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 | AUS | Colin Bennett |
| — | GK | NZL | Phil Dando |
| — | | AUS | Charles Dench |
| — | DF | ENG | Roy Drinkwater |
| — | MF | AUS | Iain Fagan |
| — | MF | AUS | Ron Harland |
| — | MF | AUS | Willie Henderson |
| — | MF | SCO | Alan Hughes |
| — | | AUS | Laszlo Koroknai |
| — | | AUS | Paul Laszlo |
| — | DF | AUS | Ian Lawrie |
| — | GK | NIR | Roddy McKenzie |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | ENG | Geoff Morris |
| — | | AUS | Tom Murray |
| — | FW | ENG | John Neale |
| — | DF | AUS | Alan Niven |
| — | MF | AUS | John Ogden |
| — | | AUS | Ian Park |
| — | DF | ENG | George Potter |
| — | MF | ENG | Eddie Spearrit |
| — | DF | ENG | Alan Venables |
| — | | AUS | Gerry Walker |
| — | | AUS | John Wilkinson |
| — | DF | AUS | Leon Wilson |

## 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 | 9th | 26 | 9 | 5 | 12 | 27 | 41 | −14 | 034.62 |
| NSL Cup | 21 September 1977 | 21 September 1977 | First round | First round | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 000.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 27 | 9 | 5 | 13 | 29 | 44 | −15 | 033.33 |
Source: Competitions

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 7 | West Adelaide | 26 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 38 | 32 | +6 | 26 |
| 8 | Footscray JUST | 26 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 36 | 39 | −3 | 24 |
| 9 | Brisbane Lions | 26 | 9 | 5 | 12 | 27 | 41 | −14 | 23 |
| 10 | Brisbane City | 26 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 30 | 35 | −5 | 22 |
| 11 | South Melbourne | 26 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 27 | 35 | −8 | 22 |

#### 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 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 6 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 15 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | D | L | L | L | L | L | D | D | L | L | W | L | W | W | L | W | W | L | W | D | W | D | L | W | W | L |
| Position | 6 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 9 |
| Points | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 16 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 21 | 23 | 23 |

#### 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 | | Colin Bennett | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 0 |
| — | GK | | Phil Dando | 22+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 0 |
| — | — | | Charles Dench | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| — | DF | | Roy Drinkwater | 9+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| — | MF | | Iain Fagan | 24+2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 3 |
| — | MF | | Ron Harland | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| — | MF | | Willie Henderson | 5+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| — | MF | | Alan Hughes | 5+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| — | — | | Laszlo Koroknai | 2+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| — | — | | Paul Laszlo | 25+1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 5 |
| — | DF | | Ian Lawrie | 2+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| — | GK | | Roddy McKenzie | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| — | MF | | Geoff Morris | 21+1 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 10 |
| — | — | | Tom Murray | 7+1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 |
| — | FW | | John Neale | 24+1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 5 |
| — | DF | | Alan Niven | 20+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 0 |
| — | MF | | John Ogden | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| — | MF | | Ian Park | 21+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 0 |
| — | DF | | George Potter | 25 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 0 |
| — | MF | | Eddie Spearritt | 15 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 2 |
| — | DF | | Alan Venables | 7+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| — | — | | Gerry Walker | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| — | — | | John Wilkinson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| — | DF | | Leon Wilson | 13+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 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 | | Alan Niven | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | — | MF | | Alan Hughes | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | — | MF | | Geoff Morris | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | — | FW | | John Neale | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | — | MF | | Ian Park | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | — | DF | | George Potter | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | — | DF | | Colin Bennett | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | — | DF | | Roy Drinkwater | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | — | MF | | Iain Fagan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | — | MF | | Ron Harland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | — | MF | | Eddie Spearritt | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 14 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 3 |

### 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 | — | | Phil Dando | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 2 | — | | Roddy McKenzie | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 7 | 0 | 7 |