1974 Victorian Metropolitan League Division One Results

written by John Punshon
Sources: Sunshine Advocate, www.footballaust.co.uk (with thanks to Alan Morley)

Home Team v Away Team
Round One
Saturday, April 6, 1974. Kim Reserve, Altona.
Altona City 1 - 0 Western Suburbs
Saturday, April 6, 1974. North Seaford Reserve, Seaford.
Frankston City
Line-up included: Jimmy McMinimee, McKay, Norrie Campbell, Robin Knott & Billy Lewis.
Goals: McMinimee x 3, McKay, Campbell, Other scorer not known
6 - 2 Essendon Lions
Saturday, April 6, 1974. JA Cochrane Reserve, Preston.
Preston 2 - 0 Box Hill
Sunday, April 7, 1974. Green Gully Reserve, St Albans.
Green Gully 0 - 0 St Albans
Sunday, April 7, 1974. Churchill Reserve, St Albans.
Keilor City
Line-up included: Eddie Sierakowski, Stan Klain, & Grady.
Goals: Klain x 2, Grady
3 - 2 Albion Rovers
Line-up included: Derek Hartwell, Tom Clark, Jimmy Daperis (Bully Doggett), Gordon Douglas (George Brice), Johnny Pryde, Ray Langdale & Billy Rae.
Goals: Clark x 2
Sunday, April 7, 1974. Gardens Reserve, Sunshine.
Sunshine City
Line-up included: Chris Petrov, Bob Pocock, Frank Mussel, Jim McRobert & Kaz Piotrowski. Coach: Ian Petherick.
Goals: Piotrowski x 2, Petrov, McRobert
4 - 0 Yallourn
Round Two
Saturday, April 13, 1974. Selwyn Park, Sunshine.
Albion Rovers 3 - 0 Green Gully
Saturday, April 13, 1974. Wembley Park, Box Hill.
Box Hill 1 - 2 Altona City
Saturday, April 13, 1974. Churchill Reserve, St Albans.
St Albans 0 - 3 Sunshine City
Saturday, April 13, 1974. Beachley Reserve, Sunshine.
Western Suburbs 2 - 1 Frankston City
Sunday, April 14, 1974. Montgomery Park, Essendon.
Essendon Lions 2 - 2 Keilor City
Sunday, April 14, 1974. Recreation Ground, Yallourn.
Yallourn 1 - 8 Preston
Round Tnree
Saturday, April 20, 1974. Selwyn Park, Sunshine.
Albion Rovers 2 - 1 St Albans
Saturday, April 20, 1974. Kim Reserve, Altona.
Altona City 3 - 0 Yallourn
Saturday, April 20, 1974. North Seaford Reserve, Seaford.
Frankston City 0 - 1 Box Hill
Saturday, April 20, 1974. Green Gully Reserve, St Albans.
Green Gully 3 - 0 Essendon Lions
Saturday, April 20, 1974. Churchill Reserve, St Albans.
Keilor City 7 - 0 Western Suburbs
Saturday, April 20, 1974. JA Cochrane Reserve, Preston.
Preston
Line-up included: George Maikousis.
0 - 0 Sunshine City
Line-up included: Coach: Ian Petherick.
Round Four
Saturday, April 27, 1974. Wembley Park, Box Hill.
Box Hill 0 - 3 Keilor City
Saturday, April 27, 1974. Churchill Reserve, St Albans.
St Albans 0 - 1 Preston
Saturday, April 27, 1974. Green Gully Reserve, St Albans.
Western Suburbs 0 - 3 Green Gully
Saturday, April 27, 1974. Recreation Ground, Yallourn.
Yallourn 1 - 3 Frankston City
Sunday, April 28, 1974. Montgomery Park, Essendon.
Essendon Lions 0 - 5 Albion Rovers
Line-up included: Ray Langdale, Billy Rae, Phillip Howard & Johnny Pryde.
Goals: Langdale x 3, Howard, Rae
Sunday, April 28, 1974. Gardens Reserve, Sunshine.
Sunshine City 1 - 1 Altona City
Round Five
Saturday, May 4, 1974. Selwyn Park, Sunshine.
Albion Rovers 2 - 2 Western Suburbs
Saturday, May 4, 1974. Montgomery Park, Essendon.
Essendon Lions 3 - 1 St Albans
Saturday, May 4, 1974. North Seaford Reserve, Seaford. Referee: Roger Lamb..
Frankston City
Line-up included: David Johnston, Peter Avent, Norrie Campbell & Jimmy McMinimee.
Goals: Johnston, Campbell
2 - 1 Sunshine City
Line-up included: Billy Johnson, George Maikousis & Kazi Piotrowski. Coach: Ian Petherick.
Goal: Maikousis pk
Saturday, May 4, 1974. Green Gully Reserve, St Albans.
Green Gully 1 - 1 Box Hill
Saturday, May 4, 1974. Churchill Reserve, St Albans.
Keilor City 2 - 1 Yallourn
Sunday, May 5, 1974. Kim Reserve, Altona.
Altona City
Line-up included: Peter Laumets, Ian Hynds & David Cooper. Coach: Jim Balish.
Goal: Cooper
1 - 0 Preston
Line-up included: Ian Reid, Bobby McLachlan & Stevan Trajkovski. Coach: Bobby McLachlan.
Round Six
Saturday, May 11, 1974. Selwyn Park, Sunshine.
Albion Rovers
Line-up included: Tom Clark, Ray Langdale, Stan Foster, Johnny Pryde, Bully Doggett & Derek Harnwell,
Goals: Clark, Langdale, Foster
3 - 0 Box Hill
Saturday, May 11, 1974. Churchill Reserve, St Albans.
St Albans 0 - 0 Altona City
Saturday, May 11, 1974. Gardens Reserve, Sunshine.
Sunshine City 4 - 0 Keilor City
Saturday, May 11, 1974. Beachley Reserve, Sunshine.
Western Suburbs 4 - 0 Essendon Lions
Saturday, May 11, 1974. Recreation Ground, Yallourn.
Yallourn 1 - 0 Green Gully
Sunday, May 12, 1974. JA Cochrane Reserve, Preston.
Preston
Line-up included: John Hagar, Jim McCracken, Billy McIntyre & Billy Spears. Coach: Bobby McLachlan.
Goal: McIntyre
1 - 1 Frankston City
Line-up included: Billy Papoutsakis, Robin Knott, David High, John O'Neill & Norrie Campbell. Coach: John O'Neill.
Goal: Campbell
Round Seven
Saturday, May 18, 1974. Selwyn Park, Sunshine.
Albion Rovers Albion Rovers won on a walkover - YallournWalkover to Albion Rovers
Saturday, May 18, 1974. Montgomery Park, Essendon.
Essendon Lions 2 - 1 Box Hill
Saturday, May 18, 1974. North Seaford Reserve, Seaford.
Frankston City
Line-up included: Peter Avent & Robin Knott.
Goal: Avent
1 - 1 Altona City
Line-up included: Peter Laumets & Murray.
Goal: (Murray
Saturday, May 18, 1974. Green Gully Reserve, St Albans.
Green Gully
Line-up included: Borg & Benny Gillespie.
0 - 2 Sunshine City
Line-up included: Kazi Piotrowski & George Maikousis/
Goals: Piotrowski, Maikousis
Saturday, May 18, 1974. Churchill Reserve, St Albans.
Keilor City 0 - 3 Preston
Goals: Spears x 2, Own goal
Saturday, May 18, 1974. Beachley Reserve, Sunshine.
Western Suburbs 4 - 2 St Albans
Round Eight
Saturday, May 25, 1974. Kim Reserve, Altona.
Altona City
Line-up included: Monteith & David Cooper (Nat Little).
Goal: Monteith
1 - 6 Keilor City
Line-up included: Eddie Sierakowski, Serge Karamenko & Eddie Klimczak.
Goals: Karamenko x 3, Klimczak x 3
Saturday, May 25, 1974. JA Cochrane Reserve, Preston.
Preston
Goal: Reid
1 - 1 Green Gully
Saturday, May 25, 1974. Churchill Reserve, St Albans.
St Albans
Line-up included: Lou Denys & Ian Cassidy.
Goal: Cassidy
1 - 1 Frankston City
Line-up included: Peter Avent, Robin Knott & David Johnston
Goal: Avent
Saturday, May 25, 1974. Gardens Reserve, Sunshine. Referee: - Contini..
Sunshine City
Line-up included: Billy Johnson, Kazi Piotrowski (sent off), Jimmy McRobert & George Maikousis.
Goals: Piotrowski, Maikousis
2 - 1 Albion Rovers
Line-up included: Tom Clark, Johnny Pryde & Bully Doggett (sent off).
Goal: Clark
Saturday, May 25, 1974. Recreation Ground, Yallourn.
Yallourn 1 - 1 Essendon Lions
Sunday, May 26, 1974. Wembley Park, Box Hill.
Box Hill 0 - 0 Western Suburbs
Round Nine
Saturday, June 1, 1974. Wembley Park, Box Hill.
Box Hill 1 - 1 St Albans
Saturday, June 1, 1974. Montgomery Park, Essendon.
Essendon Lions 0 - 3 Sunshine City
Line-up included: Billy Johnson, Frank Mussel, Kazi Piotrowski, George Maikousis, Jimmy McRobert, Mick Dixey & Wilf Laing.
Goals: Mussel, Piotrowski, McRobert
Saturday, June 1, 1974. Green Gully Reserve, St Albans.
Green Gully 0 - 3 Altona City
Saturday, June 1, 1974. Churchill Reserve, St Albans.
Keilor City 0 - 0 Frankston City
Saturday, June 1, 1974. Beachley Reserve, Sunshine.
Western Suburbs 2 - 2 Yallourn
Sunday, June 2, 1974. Selwyn Park, Sunshine. Att: 1,200..
Albion Rovers
Line-up included: Derek Harnwell, Tom Clark, Gordon Cameron & Billy Rae.
Goal: Clark
1 - 4 Preston
Line-up included: John Hagar, Billy McIntyre, Ian Reid, Geoff Grammon, Bob McDonald & Billy Spears. Coach: Bobby McLachlan.
Goals: Grammon x 2, McIntyre, Reid
Round Ten
Saturday, June 8, 1974. Kim Reserve, Altona.
Altona City
Line-up included: Peter Laumets, Ian Hynds & Ian McLeod.
Goal: McLeod
1 - 1 Albion Rovers
Line-up included: Johnny Pryde, Tom Clark, Jimmy Daperis & Gordon Cameron (Billy Rae).
Goal:
Saturday, June 8, 1974. North Seaford Reserve, Seaford.
Frankston City
Line-up included: Norrie Campbell, John O'Neill & Peter Avent. Coach: John O'Neill.
Goals: O'Neill pen, Avent
2 - 5 Green Gully
Line-up included: Charlie Vella & Segi
Goals: Vella x 3 inc pk, Segi, Other scorer not known
Saturday, June 8, 1974. JA Cochrane Reserve, Preston.
Preston
Line-up included: Bob McDonald & Billy McIntyre. Coach: Bobby McLachlan.
Goals: McIntyre x 2, McDonald
3 - 3 Essendon Lions
Saturday, June 8, 1974. Churchill Reserve, St Albans.
St Albans 0 - 2 Keilor City
Saturday, June 8, 1974. Gardens Reserve, Sunshine.
Sunshine City
Line-up included: Kazi Piotrowski, Jimmy McRobert, Steve Kokoska & Mick Dixey. Coach: Ian Petherick.
Goal: Piotrowski
1 - 0 Western Suburbs
Line-up included: Coach: Ray Leach.
Saturday, June 8, 1974. Recreation Ground, Yallourn.
Yallourn 1 - 3 Box Hill
Round Eleven
Saturday, June 15, 1974. Wembley Park, Box Hill.
Box Hill 0 - 3 Sunshine City
Saturday, June 15, 1974. Montgomery Park, Essendon.
Essendon Lions 1 - 4 Altona City
Saturday, June 15, 1974. Green Gully Reserve, St Albans.
Green Gully 1 - 1 Keilor City
Saturday, June 15, 1974. JA Cochrane Reserve, Preston.
Preston 1 - 1 Western Suburbs
Saturday, June 15, 1974. Churchill Reserve, St Albans.
St Albans 6 - 0 Yallourn
Sunday, June 16, 1974. Selwyn Park, Sunshine.
Albion Rovers 2 - 1 Frankston City
Round Twelve
Saturday, June 22, 1974. Selwyn Park, Sunshine.
Albion Rovers
Line-up included: Johnny Pryde (sent off 85).
1 - 4 Keilor City
Saturday, June 22, 1974. Wembley Park, Box Hill.
Box Hill 1 - 1 Preston
Saturday, June 22, 1974. Montgomery Park, Essendon.
Essendon Lions 1 - 2 Frankston City
Saturday, June 22, 1974. Churchill Reserve, St Albans.
St Albans 2 - 1 Green Gully
Saturday, June 22, 1974. Beachley Reserve, Sunshine.
Western Suburbs 0 - 7 Altona City
Saturday, June 22, 1974. Recreation Ground, Yallourn.
Yallourn 0 - 2 Sunshine City
Round Thirteen
Saturday, June 29, 1974. Kim Reserve, Altona.
Altona City 1 - 0 Box Hill
Saturday, June 29, 1974. North Seaford Reserve, Seaford.
Frankston City 0 - 0 Western Suburbs
Saturday, June 29, 1974. Green Gully Reserve, St Albans.
Green Gully 1 - 1 Albion Rovers
Saturday, June 29, 1974. Churchill Reserve, St Albans.
Keilor City 1 - 3 Essendon Lions
Saturday, June 29, 1974. Gardens Reserve, Sunshine.
Sunshine City 0 - 0 St Albans
Sunday, June 30, 1974. JA Cochrane Reserve, Preston.
Preston 6 - 0 Yallourn
Round Fourteen
Saturday, July 6, 1974. Wembley Park, Box Hill.
Box Hill 1 - 2 Frankston City
Saturday, July 6, 1974. Montgomery Park, Essendon.
Essendon Lions 3 - 1 Green Gully
Saturday, July 6, 1974. Churchill Reserve, St Albans.
St Albans 1 - 2 Albion Rovers
Saturday, July 6, 1974. Gardens Reserve, Sunshine.
Sunshine City
Line-up included: Kazi Piotrowski. Coach: Ian Petherick.
Goals: Piotrowski
1 - 0 Preston
Line-up included: Jim McCracken.
Saturday, July 6, 1974. Beachley Reserve, Sunshine.
Western Suburbs 2 - 1 Keilor City
Saturday, July 6, 1974. Recreation Ground, Yallourn.
Yallourn
Goal:
0 - 3 Altona City
Line-up included: Doug Barber, David Cooper & Nat Little.
Goals: Barber, Cooper, Little
Round Fifteen
Saturday, July 13, 1974. Selwyn Park, Sunshine.
Albion Rovers 0 - 0 Essendon Lions
Saturday, July 13, 1974. North Seaford Reserve, Seaford.
Frankston City
Line-up included: Peter Avent & David Johnstone.
Goals: Avent x 2 inc pk, Johnstone
3 - 1 Yallourn
Saturday, July 13, 1974. Green Gully Reserve, St Albans.
Green Gully 3 - 1 Western Suburbs
Saturday, July 13, 1974. Churchill Reserve, St Albans.
Keilor City 2 - 0 Box Hill
Saturday, July 13, 1974. JA Cochrane Reserve, Preston.
Preston
Line-up included: John Hagar, Ian Reid, Bob McDonald & Cele Presilski (Val Kotevski 46').
Goals: Reid x 2 inc pk, McDonald, Kotevski
4 - 1 St Albans
Line-up included: Lou Denys, Ian Cassidy, Kevin Walsh & Spiro Fragopoulos.
Goal: Fragopoulos pk
Sunday, July 14, 1974. Kim Reserve, Altona.
Altona City
Line-up included: Peter Laumets, Ian Hynds, Keith Murray, David Lord, Craig Copley, Billy Monteith, Nat Little, Keith Barbour & David Cooper.
Goal: Hynds pk
1 - 2 Sunshine City
Line-up included: Billy Johnson, Jimmy McRobert, Kazi Piotrowski. Steve Kokoska. Herb Seenan & Wilf Laing.
Goals: McRobert, Piotrowski
Round Sixteen
Saturday, July 20, 1974. Wembley Park, Box Hill.
Box Hill 0 - 1 Green Gully
Saturday, July 20, 1974. JA Cochrane Reserve, Preston.
Preston
Line-up included: Billy McIntyre, Ian Reid, Ron Brown & Steve Trajkovski.
Goals: McIntyre, Reid, Brown
3 - 3 Altona City
Line-up included: Doug Barbour, Billy Monteith, Graham Reilly, Hammill & Bruce Roberts.
Goals: Roberts, Barbour, Other scorer not known
Saturday, July 20, 1974. Churchill Reserve, St Albans.
St Albans 1 - 0 Essendon Lions
Saturday, July 20, 1974. Gardens Reserve, Sunshine.
Sunshine City
Line-up included: Albie Seenan & Wilf Laing. Coach: Ian Petherick.
Goals: Seenan x 2, Laing
3 - 1 Frankston City
Line-up included: Billy Papoutsakis & David High.
Goal: High
Saturday, July 20, 1974. Beachley Reserve, Sunshine.
Western Suburbs 0 - 3 Albion Rovers
Line-up included: Sandy Barclay, Tom Clark, Gordon Cameron & (Mickey Emin 70)
Goals: Clark x 2, Cameron
Sunday, July 21, 1974. Recreation Ground, Yallourn.
Yallourn 2 - 5 Keilor City
Line-up included: Eddie Kupisz, John Brady, George Nierobisz, Jurgen Woite & Kaz Klain.
Goals: Kupisz x 2, Brady, Nierobiscz, Woite
Round Seventeen
Saturday, July 27, 1974. Kim Reserve, Altona.
Altona City
Line-up included: Ian Hynds, David Lord, Bruce Roberts, Ian McLeod, Billy Monteith (Nat Little 60) & David Cooper.
Goals: McLeod x 2, Cooper, Hynds pen, Little
5 - 0 St Albans
Saturday, July 27, 1974. Montgomery Park, Essendon.
Essendon Lions 0 - 1 Western Suburbs
Saturday, July 27, 1974. Green Gully Reserve, St Albans.
Green Gully 3 - 2 Yallourn
Saturday, July 27, 1974. Churchill Reserve, St Albans.
Keilor City
Line-up included: Eddie Sierakowski, Peter Marshall & Eddie Klimczak, George Nierobisz, Kaz Klajn & Gunther Gerrick.
Goals: Klimczak, Nierobisz, Gerrick
3 - 2 Sunshine City
Line-up included: Mick Dixey, Jimmy Paul (Mick Banagan) & Jim McRobert (Albie Seenan).
Goals: Dixey, Banagan
Sunday, July 28, 1974. Wembley Park, Box Hill.
Box Hill 2 - 2 Albion Rovers
Sunday, July 28, 1974. North Seaford Reserve, Seaford.
Frankston City
Line-up included: Richard Parry, Sam Murray & Peter Avent. Coach: Mick Bevis.
Goals: Avent x 2
2 - 5 Preston
Line-up included: John Hagar, Ronnie Brown, Albert Harrison, Jim McCracken, Billy McIntyre, Vlado Katovski & Ian Reid.
Goals: Reid x 2, Katovski, McIntyre, Other scorer not known
Round Eighteen
Saturday, August 3, 1974. Kim Reserve, Altona. Referee: David Yelland..
Altona City
Line-up included: Bruce Roberts & Tony Hammill.
Goals: Roberts x 3, Hammill
4 - 2 Frankston City
Line-up included: Norrie Campbell.
Goals: Campbell x 2
Saturday, August 3, 1974. Wembley Park, Box Hill.
Box Hill 0 - 2 Essendon Lions
Saturday, August 3, 1974. JA Cochrane Reserve, Preston.
Preston 2 - 1 Keilor City
Saturday, August 3, 1974. Gardens Reserve, Sunshine.
Sunshine City
Line-up included: George Maikousis (Mick Banagan), Jim McRobert. Bob Pocock. Kazi Piotrowski & Wilf Laing.
Goals: McRobert, Piotrowski
2 - 0 Green Gully
Line-up included: Mick Borg, Franz Berens & Andy Segi.
Saturday, August 3, 1974. Recreation Ground, Yallourn.
Yallourn 0 - 2 Albion Rovers
Line-up included: Sandy Barclay (Derek Harnwell 5), Gordon Cameron, Gordon Douglas, Stan Foster, Johnny Pryde, Jimmy Daperis & Bully Doggett
Goals: Foster, Pryde
Sunday, August 4, 1974. Churchill Reserve, St Albans.
St Albans
Line-up included: Con Ignatides.
Goal: Ignatidis
1 - 1 Western Suburbs
Line-up included: Papadopoulos & George Kapelakis.
Goal: Papadopoulos
Round Nineteen
Saturday, August 10, 1974. Selwyn Park, Sunshine.
Albion Rovers 0 - 3 Sunshine City
Saturday, August 10, 1974. Montgomery Park, Essendon.
Essendon Lions 5 - 0 Yallourn
Saturday, August 10, 1974. Green Gully Reserve, St Albans.
Green Gully 0 - 2 Preston
Saturday, August 10, 1974. Churchill Reserve, St Albans.
Keilor City 2 - 1 Altona City
Saturday, August 10, 1974. Beachley Reserve, Sunshine.
Western Suburbs 1 - 1 Box Hill
Sunday, August 11, 1974. North Seaford Reserve, Seaford.
Frankston City 1 - 0 St Albans
Round Twenty
Saturday, August 17, 1974. Kim Reserve, Altona.
Altona City 3 - 1 Green Gully
Saturday, August 17, 1974. North Seaford Reserve, Seaford.
Frankston City 1 - 5 Keilor City
Saturday, August 17, 1974. JA Cochrane Reserve, Preston.
Preston 5 - 0 Albion Rovers
Saturday, August 17, 1974. Churchill Reserve, St Albans.
St Albans 3 - 2 Box Hill
Saturday, August 17, 1974. Gardens Reserve, Sunshine.
Sunshine City 9 - 0 Essendon Lions
Saturday, August 17, 1974. Recreation Ground, Yallourn.
Yallourn 4 - 3 Western Suburbs
Round Twenty-One
Saturday, August 24, 1974. Selwyn Park, Sunshine.
Albion Rovers 0 - 3 Altona City
Saturday, August 24, 1974. Wembley Park, Box Hill.
Box Hill 4 - 2 Yallourn
Saturday, August 24, 1974. Montgomery Park, Essendon.
Essendon Lions 2 - 0 Preston
Saturday, August 24, 1974. Churchill Reserve, St Albans.
Keilor City 0 - 3 St Albans
Sunday, August 25, 1974. Green Gully Reserve, St Albans.
Green Gully 1 - 1 Frankston City
Sunday, August 25, 1974. Beachley Reserve, Sunshine.
Western Suburbs 0 - 0 Sunshine City
Round Twenty-Two
Saturday, August 31, 1974. Kim Reserve, Altona.
Altona City 3 - 1 Essendon Lions
Saturday, August 31, 1974. North Seaford Reserve, Seaford.
Frankston City 0 - 3 Albion Rovers
Saturday, August 31, 1974. Gardens Reserve, Sunshine.
Sunshine City 3 - 0 Box Hill
Saturday, August 31, 1974. Recreation Ground, Yallourn.
Yallourn 1 - 3 St Albans
Sunday, September 1, 1974. Churchill Reserve, St Albans.
Keilor City 1 - 2 Green Gully
Sunday, September 1, 1974. Beachley Reserve, Sunshine.
Western Suburbs 0 - 6 Preston