Football league 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.
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
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[ a]
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: [ 1]
^ As Canterbury Bankstown in 1943. As Canterbury-Marrickville in 1951.
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
3
Canterbury-Marrickville (C)
26
18
2
6
79
48
+31
38
4
Auburn
26
17
2
7
81
55
+26
36
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
14
Manly Warringah (R)
26
1
0
25
41
149
−108
2
Source: www.rsssf.org
[ 2] Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions;
(R) Relegated
Source:
[ 3] Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Awards and statistics [ edit ]
Below is a list of total attendances per club in all matches, both home and away.[ 5]
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
Originally formed in 1957 as the William Kennard Cup, this was the third year to be sponsored by Ampol .
Final
Ascot Thousand Federation Cup [ edit ]
This was the fourth year contesting the Federation Cup , named the Ascot Thousand for sponsorship reasons.
Final
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