1979 National Soccer League results
1979 Season Round 3 Results
written by John Punshon

Played (26/03/1979) HIndmarsh Stadium
Referee : Barry Harwood, Crowd : 5176
Adelaide City
Peter Marshall, Bobby Russell, John Perin, Jim Muir, Bugsy Nyskohus, Sergio Melta (Robert Marwe ??), Glen Dods (Gary Marocchi ??), Brian Northcote, Dixie Deans, John Nyskohus, Chris Kent
Coach : Rale Rasic
0 - 1 APIA Leichhardt
Greg Woodhouse, Ray Richards, Warren Turnbull, Eric Carruthers, Peter Wilson, Ian Rowden, Rob Drewes, Terry Butler, Ken Reed, Brian O'Donnell (Mark Samuels 71), John Vernon (Andy Scott ??)
Goal : Samuels 74
Coach : Jim Adam

Played (26/03/1979) Perry Park
Referee : ??, Crowd : 1520
Brisbane Lions
Nigel Lownds, Ian Lawrie, Colin Bennett, Jim Hermiston, Alan Niven, Eddie Spearritt, Steve Amos, John Ogden (Paul Laszlo 67), Alan Hughes, Craig Wallace (Tony Brennan 57), Paul Ontong
Goals : Hughes 7, Amos 31
Coach : Eddie Spearritt
2 - 3 St George
Martin Coe, George Harris (Peter Hensman 46), Rudi Della Picca, Brendan Grosse, Robbie O'Shea, Peter Terry, Rudi Gnavi, John O'Shea, Stefan Matic, Neville Morgan, Phil O'Connor
Goals : J O'Shea 55, 76, O'Connor 89pk
Coach : Josef Gelei

Played (26/03/1979) Bruce Stadium
Referee : Stewart Mellings, Crowd : 7321
Canberra City
Steve Hoszowski, Danny Moulis, Paul Fielding, Luis Salgado, Jose Arquero (Ken Kawaleva 70), Isaac Farrell, Roy Stark, John Brown, Jim Cant, Terry Byrne, George Bailey (Ivan Grujicic 46)
Coach : Vic Fernandez
0 - 3 Footscray JUST
Steve Potter, Zoran Ilioski, Zdravko Lujic, Radoslav Jovicic, Jim Kondarios, Joe Picioane, Slobodan Jovanovic, Andrija Ristic, Joe Palinkas, Peter Ollerton, Mendo Ristovski
Goals : Picioane 50, Palinkas 57, Ristovski 66
Coach : Cedo Cirkovic

Played (26/03/1979) Olympic Park
Referee : Tony Beazleigh, Crowd : 12000
Heidelberg United
Yakka Banovic, Arthur McMillan, Jim O'Reilly, Bob Provan, Jim Tansey, Jim Rooney, Ken Taylor, Jim Campbell, Andy Bozikas (Theo Selemidis 65), Gary Cole, Branko Buljevic
Goals : Buljevic 36, Taylor 70
Coach : John Margaritis
3 - 0 South Melbourne
Jack Reilly, Kris Kalifatidis, Stuart Baxter (Kyri Kyriakouleas 55), Frank Munro, Tony Turner, Bertie Lutton, Sammy Wright (Alan Davidson 46), Duncan Cummings, Ken Drakeford, Alun Evans, George Campbell
Goals : Drakeford 62, Cummings 79
Coach : Dave MacLaren
Though this match finished 2-2 it was later awarded 3-0 to Heidelberg after it was found that South Melbourne was not eligible to field Tony Turner

Played (26/03/1979) International Sports Centre
Referee : Tim Davies, Crowd : 9037
Newcastle KB United
Phil Dando, Peter Willis, Roy Drinkwater, Bill Summerscales, Col Curran, Malcolm McClelland, Ian Seddon, Brett Cowburn (John Sneddon 87), Graham Heys, Keith Harris (Peter Tredinnick 87), Ken Boden
Goals : Curran 15, Summerscales 37, Boden 49, Heys 67
Coach : Alan Vest
4 - 1 Brisbane City
Kim Wishart, Ian Rathmell, Steve Perry, David Ratcliffe, Roberto Echeverria, Larry Gaffney (Mark Brusasco 62), Frank Pimblett, George Potter, Barry Kelso, Kevin Low, Kevin Caldwell
Goal : Low 7
Coach : Nereo Saftich

Played (26/03/1979) Wentworth Park
Referee : Tony Boskovic, Crowd : 2844
Sydney City
Todd Clarke, Kevin Mullen (sent off 42), Steve O'Connor, Mark Trenter, Ian Bruce, John Stevenson (Alan Kershaw 71), Ian Souness (sent off 67), Murray Barnes, Joe Watson, Terry Smith (Ernie Campbell 71), Hilton Silva
Coach : Gerry Chaldi
0 - 4 Marconi-Fairfield
Alan Maher, Mike Berry, Ivo Prskalo, Ken Lindsay, Paul Degney, Bertie Mariani, Tony Henderson, Gary Byrne, Eddie Krncevic, Mark Jankovics, Peter Sharne
Goals : Krncevic 16, 89, Jankovics 74, 86
Coach : Les Scheinflug

Played (26/03/1979) St George Stadium
Referee : Peter Rampley, Crowd : 2731
Sydney Olympic
Gary Meier, Paul Coton, Richie Bell, Ken Wilson, Alan Ainslie, Peter Raskopoulos, Mike Cross, Alex Jamieson, Derek Laing, Clive Eaton, Dave McIntosh
Goals : Eaton 36, McIntosh 50
Coach : Joe Marston
2 - 0 West Adelaide
Martyn Crook, Barry Reynolds, Neil McGachey, David Jones, Vic Bozanic, Gordon McCulloch (Graham Honeyman 29), Peter Boyle, Ian McGregor, Graham Norris, Dave Pillans (Peter Tymczyszyn 52), Alex Zervas
Coach : Tom Forde