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Friendly Matches
Saturday April 25 1970 Cong Hoa Stadium, Saigon, South Vietnam Referee: Tony Boskovic (Australia) Attendance: 30,000
Kowloon Bus Company (Hong Kong) Lineup Included; Lo Shung Kung, Ng Yu Yan Coach: Not Recorded Goals: Lo Shung Kung 64 pen, Ng Yu Yan 74	2	-	6	AUSTRALIA Ron Corry (Jack Reilly 63), Dennis Yaager, Manfred Schaefer, Peter Wilson, John Perin, Jim Mackay, John Warren, Gary Manuel (Gary Quested), Adrian Alston, Danny McKinnon (Jim Armstrong), Billy Vojtek Coach: Joe Vlasits Goals: Alston 29, 36, 38, McKinnon 23, 51, Armstrong 89
An Australian team participated in the Friendship Cup tournament in Vietnam in 1970. The purpose of these matches was mainly to boost the morale of a country ravaged by years of civil war.
Sunday April 26 1970 Cong Hoa Stadium, Saigon, South Vietnam Referee: Not Recorded Attendance: 35,000
South Vietnamese Army Lineup Not Known Coach: Not Recorded	0	-	1	AUSTRALIA Ron Corry, Dennis Yaager, Manfred Schaefer, Peter Wilson (Sandy Irvine), John Perin, John Warren, Jim Mackay, Gary Quested, Adrian Alston, Danny McKinnon, Billy Vojtek Coach: Joe Vlasits Goal: Alston 42
Wednesday April 29 1970 Lake Monger Velodrome, Mount Hawthorn, Perth, Australia Referee: Not Recorded Attendance: Not Recorded
Western Australia Peter Mitchell, Richard Kuzimski, Alan Cooney, Roger Dale, Paul Laber, Tom Carruthers, Alan Pendleton, Brian Newell, Peter Holt, John Van Oosten, David O'Callaghan Coach: Not Recorded Goals: Van OOsten 10, O'Callaghan	2	-	6	AUSTRALIA Jack Reilly (Ron Corry 46), Dennis Yaager, John Perin, Manfred Schaefer, Peter Wilson (Sandy Irvine), Jim Mackay, Gary Quested, Jim Armstrong (Gary Manuel), John Warren, Adrian Alston (Danny McKinnon), Billy Vojtek Coach: Joe Vlasits Goals: Quested, Armstrong, Warren, Alston, Vojtek, Manuel
On the way home from the Friendship Cup tournament the Australian national team played a game against the Western Australian state team.
Friday October 23 1970 Stade de Magenta, Noumea, New Caledonia Referee: Andre Nakagawa (New Caledonia) Linesmen: Roger Bataille (New Caledonia) and Not Recorded Attendance: 2,400
New Caledonia Michel Clarque, Simon Kecine, Simon Bearune, Roger Dit Bao Mendin, Christophe Quaremoin, Gerard Delmas, Tito Tikoure (Kaouma Hoko), Kopal Ausu, Felix Dit Bolo Wakanumune, Utine, Antoine Poithily Coach: Guy Elmour Goal: Poithily 5	1	-	3	AUSTRALIA Jack Reilly, Col Curran, Peter Wilson, Manfred Schaefer, Dennis Yaager, John Warren, Ray Richards, Jim Mackay, George Blues (John Doyle 80), Adrian Alston (Mike Denton 17), Billy Vojtek Coach: Rale Rasic
In October 1970 Australia embarked on a world tour to play much needed matches against a variety of opposition in Asia, Europe and South America. The purpose of the tour was to gain much needed experience ahead of the 1973 World Cup qualifiers. A new coach was installed - Rale Rasic and with him an assistant in Les Scheinflug and they assembled a new look Australian squad. Rasic had decided to leave some of the more experienced players in favour of youth so he could see just what they were capable of ahead of the 1973 World Cup qualifiers. The tour started with two matches against our pacific neighbours New Caledonia.
Sunday October 25 1970 Stade de Magenta, Noumea, New Caledonia Referee: Roger Bataille (New Caledonia) Attendance: 2,290
New Caledonia Richard Gaya Guerera, Simon Kecine, Simon Bearune, Roger Dit Bao Mendin, Christophe Quaremoin (Etienne Dit Pothin Kombouare), Gerard Delmas, Tiko Tikoure, Kopal Ausu, Felix Dit Bolo Wakanumune, Utine, Antoine Poithily Coach: Guy Elmour Red Card: Delmas	0	-	1	AUSTRALIA Jack Reilly, John Roche, Peter Wilson, Manfred Schaefer, Dennis Yaager, John Warren, Ray Richards, John Perin (John Doyle 46), George Blues, Mike Denton, Billy Vojtek Coach: Rale Rasic Goal: Doyle 73
Wednesday October 28 1970 Government Stadium, Hong Kong Referee: Lee Kan-Chee (Hong Kong) Attendance: 16,980
Jardine Sports Club (Hong Kong) Chow Chee-Keung, Wong Chun-Lit, Lok Tak-Fair, Kung Wah-Kit, Cheung Yun-Yue, Ip Sheung-Wah, Chan Hung-Ping, Cheng Kwok-Kun, Cheng Chi-Doy, Cheung Yiu-Kwok, Lo Hung Hoi Coach: Not Recorded	0	-	3	AUSTRALIA Jack Reilly, John Roche (Harry Williams 80), Peter Wilson, Manfred Schaefer, Dennis Yaager, Jim Mackay, John Warren, George Blues, Mike Denton, Adrian Alston (Ray Richards 30), Billy Vojtek Coach: Rale Rasic Goals: Vojtek 18, 61, Blues 81
Next stop on the tour was Hong Kong and a match against Hong Kong club side the Jardine Sports Club.
Friday October 30 1970 Macao Referee: Not Recorded Attendance: 4,000
Macao Lineup Not Known Coach: Not Recorded	0	-	9	AUSTRALIA Jack Reilly (Roger Romanowicz), Dennis Yaager (Sandy Irvine), Peter Wilson, Manfred Schaefer, Harry Williams, John Warren, Ray Richards (John Doyle), Jim Mackay (John Perin), George Blues (David Keddie), Mike Denton, Billy Vojtek Coach: Rale Rasic Goals: Denton (x3), Warren (x2), Keddie (x2), Blues, Irvine
Macao were the next opponent two days later - this match not recognised as an A international.
Monday November 2 1970 Tehran, Iran Referee: Jafar Namdar (Iran) Attendance: 17,000
Oghab Tehran FC (Iran) Malechi, Mirhadi, Solkonan, Rahimi, Mostafa Arab, Nayerlou, Hamid Aminikhah, Fariborz Esmaili, Guderzi, Gholam Vafakha, Akbar Eftekhari (Javid Jahangiri) Coach: Not Recorded	0	-	0	AUSTRALIA Jack Reilly, John Roche, Peter Wilson, Manfred Schaefer, Dennis Yaager, John Warren, Ray Richards, Jim Mackay, Bill Vojtek, Mike Denton, Adrian Alston (John Doyle 55) Coach: Rale Rasic
Next up for the Socceroos was the Middle East and Iran. The organisation of this part of the tour was in shambles when it was revealed that no match against the Iran national side had been organised. A frantic 24 hours ensued when a match was finally arranged and Australia played local Air Force club Oghab Eagles in Tehran.
Tuesday November 3 1970 Amdajieh Stadium, Tehran, Iran Referee: Not Recorded Attendance: 22,000
Persepolis FC (Iran) Hadi Tavousi, Ebrahim Ashtiani, Akbar Mohammadi (Reza Vatankhah), Jafar Kashani, Mehrab Shahrokhi, Fereydoun Moeini, Asghar Adibi (Nasser Salimi), Ali Parvin, Hossein Kalani, Homayoun Behzadi, Nazem Ganjapour (Darlush Mostafavi) Coach: Davroud Nasiri Goal: Ali Parvin 16 pen	1	-	2	AUSTRALIA Jack Reilly, John Roche, Peter Wilson, Manfred Schaefer, Dennis Yaager (Col Curran), Ray Richards, Jim Mackay, John Warren, George Blues (Adrian Alston), Mike Denton, Billy Vojtek Coach: Rale Rasic Goals: Richards 8, Alston 48
The next Iranian opponent was the club side Persepolis though some sources claim the match was against the Iranian national team.
Friday November 6 1970 Tehran, Iran Referee: Arhad Barzani (Iran) Attendance: 17,000
Tehran XI (Iran) Russta (Keyvan Niknafas), Hassan Habibi Hakhmaghlat, Majod Halvaei, Gazorani, Hushangi, Mahmoud Yavari, Sheroko, Parviz Mirza-Hassan, Mehdi Monajeti, Asgher Sharafi, Ahmedzadeh (Nassiri) Coach: Igor Netto Goals: Yavari 20 pen, 61, Mirza-Hassan 60	3	-	3	AUSTRALIA Jack Reilly, John Roche, Peter Wilson, Manfred Schaefer, Dennis Yaager, John Warren, Ray Richards, John Doyle (George Blues), Adrian Alston, Mike Denton, Billy Vojtek Coach: Rale Rasic Goals: Doyle 26, Denton 40, 71
The next Iranian opponent was played against a Tehran XI. Most of the players for the home side were from club side Pas.
Wednesday November 11 1970 Kiryat Eliezer Stadium, Haifa, Israel Referee: Avram Klein Attendance: 7,000
Hapoel Haifa (Israel) Yoel Shoham, Gidon Goldberg, Yohanan Vollach, Dov Atzmon, Gideon Damti, Zalka, Mordchai Piker, Yitzhak Englander, Avraham Gidin (Ben Ahrami), Jaboukovsky, Baliti Coach: Not Recorded Goal: Atzmon 90 pen	1	-	2	AUSTRALIA Roger Romanowicz, Sandy Irvine, Peter Wilson, Manfred Schaefer, Col Curran (Harry Williams), John Warren, Ray Richards, John Perin, George Blues, David Keddie, Adrian Alston Coach: Rale Rasic Goals: Richards 10, Keddie 40
After their match against the Israeli national side, the Socceroos played a friendly match against Israeli club side Hapoel Haifa.
Monday November 2 1970 Kavala Stadium, Kavala, Greece Referee: George Katsouris (Greece) Attendance: 12,000
Greece B Lineup Included; Eleftherios Poupakis, Takis Eleftheriadis, Haralambos Intzoglou (Maharides 46), Kavas, Asimakopoulos, Lavarides, Panagiotis Filakouris, Stavros Sarafis, Konstantinos Davroulis, Achileas Asianidis (Siokis 67) Coach: Not Recorded Goal: Davrourlis 57	1	-	1	AUSTRALIA Jack Reilly, John Roche, Peter Wilson, Manfred Schaefer, Col Curran, Ray Richards, John Warren, Jim Mackay, George Blues (Bill Vojtek 72), Adrian Alston, Mike Denton Coach: Rale Rasic Goal: Alston 43
fter their match against the Greek national side the Socceroos played the Greece B team in a friendly at Kavala.
Monday November 23 1970 Kenilworth Road, Luton, England Referee: R.Sheppard (England) Linesmen: D.S.Bone and R.Rodell (England) Attendance: 6,416
Luton Town (England) B Alan Starling, John Ryan, Jack Bannister, David Court, Christopher Nicholl, Alan Slough, Jimmy Ryan, Don Givens, Malcolm MacDonald, Mike Keen, Viv Busby Manager: Alec Stock Goal: MacDonald 28	1	-	2	AUSTRALIA Jack Reilly, John Roche, Peter Wilson, Manfred Schaefer, Col Curran, John Warren, Ray Richards, Jim Mackay, Mike Denton, Adrian Alston, George Blues Coach: Rale Rasic Goals: Denton 35, Alston 83
Australias World tour continued with a visit to England and a match against second division club side Luton Town. Match Day Programme
Wednesday November 25 1970 Maine Road, Manchester, England Referee: A.Morrissey (England) Linesmen: F.Brocklehurst and H.Crook (England) Attendance: 4,000
Manchester City (England) B Ron Healy, David Connor, Ray Hatton, Willie Donachie, Derek Jeffries, Colin Barrett, Steve Carter, Paul Smith, Ian Bowyer, Freddie Hill, Mike Brennan Manager: Joe Mercer Goals: Smith 5, Brennan 56	2	-	0	AUSTRALIA Jack Reilly, John Roche, Peter Wilson, Manfred Schaefer, Col Curran, Jim Mackay, Ray Richards (John Perin), John Warren, Adrian Alston, Mike Denton (Bill Vojtek 46), George Blues Coach: Rale Rasic
Australia next friendly was against the Manchester City Reserves team at Maine Road. Match Day Programme
Friday November 27 1970 Dalymount Park, Dublin, Ireland Referee: D.V.Byrne (Ireland) Attendance: 7,500
League Of Ireland (Ireland) B Peter Thomas, Peter Bryan, Michael Finucane, Shay Brennan, Patrick Dunning, Jimmy McGeough, Noel O'Mahony (Michael Kearan), John Minnock, Alf Hale, Michael Lawlor, John Mathews (Damien Richardson) Manager: Liam Tuohy Goal: Hale 26	1	-	0	AUSTRALIA Jack Reilly, Dennis Yaager, Peter Wilson, Manfred Schaefer, Harry Williams (Sandy Irvine 81), Ray Richards, Jim Mackay, John Warren, George Blues, Adrian Alston (John Doyle 74), Mike Denton Coach: Rale Rasic
Australia went over to Dublin where they played an Irish League representative XI in Dublin.

Last updated: 20 November 2021.