1976 Victorian Men's Metropolitan League Division 1 Results
Researched and written by John Punshon

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Sources: Soccer Action, Official VSF Yearbook 1976.

Round One

Saturday April 10 1976
Green Gully Reserve, St Albans
Green Gully
Line-up included: Franz Berens, Roy Collins, Eddie Klimczak, Mick Banagan, Andy Segi
Coach: Mike de Bruyckere
Goals: Collins x 2, Klimczak, Banagan, Segi
5 - 0 St Albans
Coach: Matt Landherr

Saturday April 10 1976
Ground #22, Middle Park
Melbourne
Line-up included: Roger Morgan, Joe Szabo, Charlie Kelly, Steve Bleskany
Coach: Joe Voros
Goal: Kelly
1 - 1 Waverley City
Line-up included: Dave McCourt, Dave McCullough, Bobby Saunders, Ian Humble, Marshall McCallum
Coach: Johnny Sanchez
Goal: McCallum

Saturday April 10 1976
Ralph Street Reserve, Ardeer
Western Suburbs
Coach George Maikousis
0 - 0 Box Hill
Coach: Peter Craig

Sunday April 11 1976
Montgomery Park, Essendon
Referee: Joe Slaats
Essendon Lions
Frank Petersen, Craig Copley, Ante Bilaver, Wally Kulyk, Uladovic, Brkljacic, Mick Chudiak (Joe Timpano), George Train, Nick Kuzmanov, Branko Culina, Ray Langdale (Drago Krajina)
Coach: Tony Vrzina
0 - 2 Albion Rovers
Eddie Sierakowski, Cuell, Nigel Bridgman, David Closs, Sergio Tribuzio, Gordon Bentley, Alan Quinn, Alan Lenders, Mick D'Sylva (Jim Johnstone), Billy Rae, Kevin Whichelow
Coach: Billy McArthur
Goals: Bridgman 23, Whichelow 80

Sunday April 11 1976
North Seaford Reserve, Seaford
Frankston City
Line-up included: Nick Burgess, Marjan Lopatic (sent off)
Coach: John Pryde
0 - 3 Altona City
Line-up included: Albie Seenan, Tony Hamill, Serge Karbanenko
Coach: Joe Wilson
Goals: Burgess og, Hamill, Karbanenko

Sunday April 11 1976
Churchill Reserve, St Albans
Keilor City
Line-up included: K Anschober
Coach: Joe Marth
Goals: Anschober x 2
2 - 1 Croydon City
Coach: Norm Hobson
 
Round Two

Saturday April 17 1976
Kim Reserve, Altona
Altona City
Line-up included: Robert Gramsbergen, Szczepaniak, Serge Karbanenko, Keith Murray
Coach: Joe Wilson
Goals: Karbanenko, Murray
2 - 0 Keilor City
Coach: Joe Marth

Saturday April 17 1976
Churchill Reserve, St Albans
St Albans
Line-up included: Con Ignatidis, Tom Njegac, Manny Blajaic
Coach: Matt Landherr
Goals: Njegac x 3, Blajaic x 2
5 - 0 Western Suburbs
Coach: George Maikousis

Saturday April 17 1976
Gardiners Reserve, Burwood
Waverley City
Line-up included: Dave McCourt, Ian Humble, Dave McCullough
Coach: Johnny Sanchez
Goals: Humble x 2, McCullough
3 - 1 Essendon Lions
Line-up included: George Train (sent off), Branko Culina
Coach: Tony Vrzina
Goal: Culina

Sunday April 18 1976
Selwyn Park, Sunshine
Albion Rovers
Line-up included: Alan Lenders, Billy Rae, Gordon Bentley
Coach: Billy McArthur
Goals: Rae x 2, Bentley
3 - 1 Frankston City
Line-up included: John Pryde
Coach: John Pryde
Goal: Pryde

Sunday April 18 1976
Wembley Park, Box Hill
Box Hill
Mick Pearce, Trevor Teer, Mick Benton, Bob Adams, Andy Bradley, John Brown, Paul Corke, Serge Berardini, Ray Taylor, Ian McLeod, Bobby Bramble. Sub: G Tsakalidis
Coach: Peter Craig
Goals: Berardini 14, 52
2 - 1 Melbourne
Graham Morgan, Auchie Waaldyk, David Hull, Joe Szabo, G Lairakos, Slavko Visic, Charlie Kelly, Bobby Dobbing, Joe Vonja, Steve Bleskany, Joe Palinkas. Sub: Lou Szantho
Coach: Joe Voros
Goal: Szabo

Sunday April 18 1976
Croydon Park, Croydon
Croydon City
Coach: Norm Hobson
0 - 0 Green Gully
Coach: Mike de Nruyckere
 
Round Three

Saturday April 24 1976
Montgomery Park, Essendon
Essendon Lions
Coach: Tony Vrzina
1 - 0 Box Hill
Coach: Peter Craig

Saturday April 24 1976
Churchill Reserve, St Albans
Keilor City
Line-up included: Alex Straubinger, Alex Maas
Coach: Joe Marth
0 - 2 Albion Rovers
Line-up included: Alan Quinn, Mick D'Sylva, Jim Daperis, Billy Rae, Nigel Bridgman, Gordon Bentley
Coach: Billy McArthur
Goals: Bridgman 7, Bentley 22

Saturday April 24 1976
Ralph Street Reserve, Ardeer
Western Suburbs
Coach: Jim Pyrgoiios
2 - 3 Green Gully
Coach: Mike de Bruyckere

Sunday April 25 1976
Kim Reserve, Altona
Altona City
Line-up included: John Hunt (sent off), Jim Ackers (sent off), Tony Hamill, Bob Pocock
Coach: Joe Wilson
Goals: Hamill x 2, Pocock
3 - 0 Croydon City
Coach: Norm Hobson

Sunday April 25 1976
North Seaford Reserve, Seaford
Frankston City
Line-up included:Terry Hawke, David High, Bob Adams, Norrie Campbell, Sam Murray
Coach: John Pryde
Goals: Campbell x 2, Murray
4 - 0 Waverley City
Line-up included: Dave McCourt, Marshall McCallum, Tony Harris
Coach: Johnny Sanchez

Sunday April 25 1976
Ground #22, Middle Park
Melbourne
Coach: Joe Voros
0 - 1 St Albans
Line-up included: Tom Njegac
Coach: Matt Landherr
Goal: Njegac
 
Round Four

Saturday May 1 1976
Croydon Park, Croydon
Croydon City
Coach: Norn Hobson
1 - 0 Western Suburbs
Coach: Jim Pyrgolios

Saturday May 1 1976
Green Gully Reserve, St Albans
Green Gully
Line-up included: Dave McCurry, Mick Banagan, Eddie Klimczak
Coach: Mike de Bruyckere
Goals: McCurry, Banagan x 2 inc pk, Klimczak
4 - 1 Melbourne
Line-up included: Roger Morgan, Joe Vonja
Coach: Bill Allison
Goal: Vonja

Saturday May 1 1976
Churchill Reserve, St Albans
St Albans
Coach: Matt Landherr
0 - 0 Essendon Lions
Coach: Tony Vrzina

Saturday May 1 1976
Gardiners Reserve, Burwood
Referee: David Yelland
Waverley City
Roy Lawton, D Fearn, Norrie Ford, Dave Sharp, Ted Quy, Dave McCourt, Marshall McCallum, Bobby Saunders, Ian Humble, Dave McCullough, Peter Whitehurst. Sub: Johnny Sanchez
Coach: Johnny Sanchez
Goals: Whitehust x 2, Ford, McCullough, Humble pen
5 - 1 Keilor City
C Wojczak, Gunter Gerrick, Nick Mladenovski, Keifer, -Juergen Woite, Tasevski, K Anschober, Kinkel, Kralenski, Alex Straubinger, Martin, Galo
Coach: Joe Marth
Goal: Sharp og

Sunday May 2 1976
Selwyn Park, Sunshine
Albion Rovers
Line-up included: David Closs, Billy Rae, Gordon Bentley, Alan Quinn
Coach: Billy McArthur
0 - 1 Altona City
Line-up included: Denis Massini, Keith Murray, Bob Pocock, Ian Reid
Coach: Joe Wilson
Goal: Reid

Sunday May 2 1976
Wembley Park, Box Hill
Referee: Stewart Mellings
Box Hill
Line-up included: Mick Benton, Serge Berardini
Coach: Peter Craig
Goal: Berardini
1 - 2 Frankston City
Line-up included: Norrie Campbell (sent off 15), David High, Billy Buchanan
Coach: John Pryde
Goals: High, Buchanan
 
Round Five

Saturday May 8 1976
Selwyn Park, Sunshine
Albion Rovers
Line-up included: Sergio Trinuzio, David Closs, Alan Quinn, Gordon Bentley
Coach: Billy McArthur
Goals: Bentley, Quinn
2 - 2 Croydon City
Line-up included: Jim Wylie, Weller
Coach: Norm Hobson
Goals: Weller, Wylie

Saturday May 8 1976
Kim Reserve, Altona
Altona City
Hans Van der Poel, Szczepaniak, David Lord, Robert Gramsbergen, Keith Murray, Jim Ackers, Bob Pocock, Tony Hamill, Albie Seenan, David Cooper, Serge Karbanenko. Sub: Bill Monteith
Coach: Joe Wilson
Goals: Hamill, Karbanenko
2 - 0 Waverley City
Roy Lawton, Dave Sharp, Tony Harris, Norrie Ford, Dave McCourt, Ted Quy, Marshall McCallum, Bobby Saunders, Ian Humble, Dave McCullough, Peter Whitehurst
Coach: Johnny Sanchez

Saturday May 8 1976
Montgomery Park, Essendon
Referee: Jim Brennan
Essendon Lions
Line-up included: John Gardiner, Wally Kulyk, Branko Culina, Ivan Grujicic
Coach: Tony Vrzina
Goals: Kulyk, Grujicic
2 - 2 Green Gully
Line-up included: Franz Berens (sent off), Eddie Klimczak,& Dave McCurry. Coaxh: Mike de Bruyckere
Goals: Klimczak, McCurry

Saturday May 8 1976
North Seaford Reserve, Seaford
Frankston City
Line-up included:Terry Hawke, Ian Shanks, Billy Lewis, Billy Buchanan, Bill Murray, Sam Murray
Coach: John Pryde
Goals: Lewis, Buchanan, B Murray
3 - 0 St Albans
Line-up included: Lou Denys
Coach: Matt Landherr

Saturday May 8 1976
Churchill Reserve, St Albans
Keilor City
Coach: Joe Marth
0 - 2 Box Hill
Coach: Peter Craig

Saturday May 8 1976
Ground #22, Middle Park
Melbourne
Coach: Bill Allison
2 - 1 Western Suburbs
Coach: Jim Pyrgolios
 
Round Six

Saturday May 15 1976
Wembley Park, Box Hill
Box Hill
Line-up included: Serge Berardini, Ray Taylor
Coach: Peter Craig
Goal: Taylor 80
1 - 0 Altona City
Line-up included: Tony Hamill
Coach: Joe Wilson

Saturday May 15 1976
Croydon Park, Croydon
Croydon City
Coach: Norm Hobson
0 - 2 Melbourne
Coach: Bill Allison

Saturday May 15 1976
Green Gully Reserve, St Albans
Green Gully
Coach: Mike de Bruyckere
Goals:
1 - 1 Frankston City
Line-up included: Ernie Merrick
Coach: John Pryde
Goals:
Match abandoned at half time when Frankston City refused to continue following an injury to a player leaving the field at half time. The tribunal ruled that the scores should stand.

Sunday May 16 1976
Churchill Reserve, St Albans
St Albans
Coach: Matt Landherr
0 - 0 Keilor City
Coach: Joe Marth

Sunday May 16 1976
Gardiners Reserve, Burwood
Waverley City
Line-up included: Bobby Saunders
Coach: Johnny Sanchez
1 - 0 Albion Rovers
Line-up included: Kevin Whichelow, Billy Rae. Sub: Billy McArthur
Coach: Billy McArthur

Sunday May 16 1976
Ralph Street Reserve, Ardeer
Western Suburbs
Coach: Jim Pyrgolios
1 - 3 Essendon Lions
John Gardiner, Nick Kuzmanov, Branko Culina, Ivan Grujicic
Coach: Tony Vrzina
Goals: Kuzmanov, Culina, Grujicic
 
Round Seven

Saturday May 22 1976
Selwyn Park, Sunshine
Albion Rovers
Nigel Bridgman, David Closs, Billy McArthur, George Maikousis, Alan Lenders, Billy Rae, Gordon Bentley
Coach: Billy McArthur
Goals: Rae, Bentley
2 - 2 Box Hill
Mick Pearce, John Brown, Ray Taylor
Coach: Peter Craig
Goals: Bridgman og, Taylor

Saturday May 22 1976
North Seaford Reserve, Seaford
Referee: Sam Zoumas
Frankston City
Terry Hawke, Ernie Merrick, David High, Bob Adams, Billy Lewis, Sandy Irvine (Ian Shanks ), John Pryde, Alf Neri, Billy Buchanan, Sam Murray, Norrie Campbell
Coach: John Pryde
Goals: Pryde 11, Mitanidis 50og, S Murray 70, 72
4 - 0 Western Suburbs
Alex Mitanidis, Panagiotidis, Iakovidis, Tony Spanotious (George Karilakis 25), Karapanagiotidis, Jim Pyrgolios, Ilia Iossifidis, Peter Papaconstantiniou (sent off 70), Bill Efthimiou, Lou Iannakos, Lou Iordanis. Sub: Jim Epaminonda (sent off 71)
Coach: Jim Pyrgolios

Saturday May 22 1976
Churchill Reserve, St Albans
Keilor City
Line-up included: Alex Straubinger
Coach: Joe Marth
0 - 8 Green Gully
Line-up included: Mick Banagan, Eddie Klimczak, Andy Segi, John Grady
Coach: Mike de Bruyckere
Goals: Banagan x 3, Klimczak x 2, Andy Segi, Grady, Alex Straubinger og

Sunday May 23 1976
Kim Reserve, Altona
Altona City
Line-up included: John Hunt, David Cooper, Bob Pocock, Albie Seenan, Bill Monteith, Tony Hamill
Coach: Joe Wilson
Goals: A Seenan, Monteith, Hamill
3 - 0 St Albans
Coach: Matt Landherr

Sunday May 23 1976
Montgomery Park, Essendon
Essendon Lions
Line-up included: John Gardiner, Ivan Grujicic, Branko Culina, Nick Kuzmanov
Coach: Tony Vrzina
Goals: Kuzmanov x 2
2 - 1 Melbourne
Line-up included: Roger Morgan, Joe Szabo, Steve Bleskany. Sub: Bobby Dobbing
Coach: Bill Allison
Goal: Bleskany

Sunday May 23 1976
Gardiners Reserve, Burwood
Waverley City
Coach: Johnny Sanches
1 - 1 Croydon City
Coach: Norm Hobson
 
Round Eight

Saturday May 29 1976
Wembley Park, Box Hill
Box Hill
Mick Pearce, Mick Benton, Bob Adams, Ian McLeod, Andy Bradley, John Brown, Paul Corke, Greg McCaskie (Con Tatsiokas), Serge Berardini, Stewart McQueen (Bobby Bramble), Ray Taylor
Coach: Peter Craig
Goals: Taylor 20, 80, ??, McCaskie 53
4 - 0 Waverley City
Benny Bauer, Dave Sharp, Ted Quy, Tony Harris, Norrie Ford, Dave McCourt, Marshall McCallum, Ian Humble, Peter Whitehurst, Bobby Saunders, Dave McCullough (Joe Katz 46)
Coach: Johnny Sanchez

Saturday May 29 1976
Churchill Reserve, St Albans
St Albans
Line-up included: Kolbl
Coach: Matt Landherr
Goal: Kolbl
1 - 1 Albion Rovers
Line-up included: Jim Daperis, David Closs, Alan Lenders, Billy Rae, Mick D'Sylva
Coach: Billy McArthur
Goal: D'Sylva

Saturday May 29 1976
Ralph Street Reserve, Ardeer
Western Suburbs
Line-up included: Jim Pyrgolios, Jim Kypataris, Kon Papadopoulos, Bill Efthimiou, Lou Iordanis
Coach: Jim Pyrgolios
Goals: Papadopoulos, Efthimiou, Iordanis
3 - 2 Keilor City
Coach: Joe Marth

Sunday May 30 1976
Croydon Park, Croydon
Croydon City
Line-up included: Mick Edwards, Tom Kelly, Wyness
Coach: Norm Hobson
Goal: Wyness
1 - 1 Essendon Lions
Line-up included: Hugh Gunn, Dime Petrovski, John Gardiner, Ante Bilaver, Zivko Babic, Ivan Grujicic, Nick Kuzmanov
Coach: Tony Vrzina
Goal: Babic

Sunday May 30 1976
Green Gully Reserve, St Albans
Green Gully
Line-up included: Mick Banagan, Dave McCurry. Coach:Mike de Bruyckere
Goals: Banagan, McCurry
2 - 2 Altona City
Line-up included: Tony Hamill, Bob Pocock, Albie Seenan
Coach: Joe Wilson
Goals: Pocock, A Seenan

Sunday May 30 1976
Ground #22, Middle Park
Melbourne
Line-up included: Joe Szabo, Steve Bleskany
Coach: Bill Allison
Goal: Bleskany
1 - 2 Frankston City
Line-up included: Bob Adams, Ian Shanks, Norrie Campbell
Coach: John Pryde
Goals: Campbell x 2
 
Round Nine

Saturday June 5 1976
Selwyn Park, Sunshine
Albion Rovers
Line-up Included: George Maikousis, Albert Harrison
Coach: Billy McArthur
0 - 1 Green Gully
Line-up Included: Mick Banagan
Coach: Mike de Bruyckere
Goal: Banagan

Saturday June 5 1976
North Seaford Reserve, Seaford
Frankston City
Terry Hawke, Ernie Merrick, David High, Bob Adams, Billy Lewis, Sandy Irvine, John Pryde (Alf Neri), Ian Shanks, Billy Buchanan (Marjan Lopatic), Sam Murray, Norrie Campbell
Coach: John Pryde
Goal: Irvine
1 - 1 Essendon Lions
Frank Petersen, George Train, Ante Bilaver, Wally Kulyk, Hugh Gunn, Ivan Grujicic, Mick Chudiak, John Gardiner, Nick Kuzmanov, Branko Culina, Zivko Babic (Eddie Krncevic)
Coach: Tony Vrzina
Goal: Kuzmanov

Saturday June 5 1976
Gardiners Reserve, Burwood
Waverley City
Roy Lawton, Joe Katz, Bobby Saunders, Ian Humble. Coach:Johnny Sanchez
Goals: Katz pk, Saunders, Humble
3 - 1 St Albans
Line-up Included: Lou Denys, George Watters, Tom Zovin, Spiro Fragopoulos
Coach: Matt Landherr
Goal: Fragopoulos pk

Saturday June 5 1976
Kim Reserve, Altona
Altona City
Coach: Joe Wilson
3 - 0 Western Suburbs
Coach: Jim Pyrgolios

Saturday June 5 1976
Wembley Park, Box Hill
Box Hill
Coach: Peter Craig
3 - 1 Croydon City
Coach: Norn Hobson

Saturday June 5 1976
Churchill Reserve, St Albans
Keilor City
Coach: Joe Marth
0 - 3 Melbourne
Charlie Odri, Joe Vonja, David Hull, Joe Szabo, Auchie Waaldyk, Bobby Dobbing, Stewart Fowler, Charlie Kelly, Lou Szantho, George Kotaridis, Steve Bleskany
Coach: Bill Allison
Goals: Fowler x 2, Dobbing
 
Round Ten

Saturday June 12 1976
Ground #22, Middle Park
Melbourne
Charlie Odri, George Kotaridis, David Hull, Joe Szabo, Auchie Waaldyk, Bobby Dobbing, Stewart Fowler, Charlie Kelly, Mike Manson, Sean Rooney (G Lairakos 46), Steve Bleskany (sent off 86)
Coach: Bill Allison
Goal: Waaldyk
1 - 2 Altona City
Denis Masseni, Jim Ackers, David Lord, David Cooper, Keith Murray, J Szczepaniak, Bob Pocock (Albie Seenan), Tony Hamill, Bill Monteith, Nat Little (sent off 86), John Hunt (Stan Lambrou 46)
Coach: Joe Wilson
Goals: Hamill, Little

Saturday June 12 1976
Churchill Reserve, St Albans
St Albans
Line-up included: George Watters, Manuel Fernandez
Coach: Matt Landherr
Goal: Fernandez
1 - 2 Box Hill
Line-up included: Mick Benton, Greg McCaskie, Serge Berardini, Stewart McQueen
Coach: Peter Craig
Goals: Barardini, McQueen

Saturday June 12 1976
Ralph Street Reserve, Ardeer
Western Suburbs
Line-up included: Kambaritou, Kon Papadopoulos
Coach: Jim Pyrgolios
Goals: Papadopoulos 2 inc pk
2 - 2 Albion Rovers
Line-up included: Jim Johnstone, David Closs, Albert Harrison, Billy Rae, Kevin Whichelow, Alan Lenders, Gordon Bentley
Coach: Billy McArthur
Goals: Lenders, Rae

Sunday June 13 1976
Croydon Park, Croydon
Croydon City
Coach:John McDaid
0 - 3 Frankston City
Line-up included: John Pryde, Bob Adams, David High, Ian Shanks, Ernie Merrick, Billy Buchanan
Coach: John Pryde
Goals: Adams, High pk, Shanks

Sunday June 13 1976
Montgomery Park, Essendon
Essendon Lions
Line-up included: John Gardiner, Branko Culina, Nick Kuzmanov, Zivko Babic
Coach: Tony Vrzina
Goals: Culina 17, 67, Kuzmanov 25, Babic 36
4 - 1 Keilor City
Line-up included: Alex Straubinger
Coach: Joe Marth
Goal: Straubinger

Sunday June 13 1976
Green Gully Reserve, St Albans
Green Gully
Line-up included: Mick Banagan
Coach: Ian Petherick
Goal: Banagan
1 - 2 Waverley City
Line-up included: Ian Humble
Coach: Johnny Sanchez
Goals: Humble x 2
 
Round Eleven

Saturday June 19 1976
Selwyn Park, Sunshine
Albion Rovers
Coach: Billy McArthur
0 - 0 Melbourne
Coach: Bill Allison

Saturday June 19 1976
Wembley Park, Box Hill
Referee: Bob Henderson
Box Hill
Mick Pearce, Mick Benton, Bob Adams, Ian McLeod, Andy Bradley, John Brown, Paul Corke, Greg McCaskie, Serge Berardini, Bobby Bramble (Con Tatsiokas), Ray Taylor
Coach: Peter Craig
Goal: Taylor 42
1 - 3 Green Gully
Mick Borg, Peter Banagan, David Cole, Mario Borg, Franz Berens, Terry Banagan, Andy Segi (Mick Brazil), Mick Banagan, Eddie Klimczak, Roy Collins, John Grady
Coach: Ian Petherick
Goals: M Banagan 48pk, Cole 55, Collins ??

Saturday June 19 1976
Croydon Park, Croydon
Croydon City
Coach: John McDaid
4 - 2 St Albans
Coach: Matt Landherr

Saturday June 19 1976
Churchill Reserve, St Albans
Keilor City
Line-up included: Nick Mladenovski
Coach: Joe Marth
Goal: Mladenovski
1 - 0 Frankston City
Coach: John Pryde

Sunday June 20 1976
Kim Reserve, Altona
Altona City
Line-up included: Bill Monteith
Coach: Joe Wilson
0 - 0 Essendon Lions
Coach: Tony Vrzina

Sunday June 20 1976
Gardiners Reserve, Burwood
Waverley City
Coach: Johnny Sanchez
0 - 1 Western Suburbs
Coach: Jim Pyrgolios
 
Round Twelve

Saturday June 26 1976
Croydon Park, Croydon
Croydon City
Line-up included: Dick Ward, Jim Wylie, John Howarth, Mike Kupinic
Coach: John McDaid
Goals: Kupinic x 2, Howarth
3 - 1 Keilor City
Coach: Joe Marth

Saturday June 26 1976
Churchill Reserve, St Albans
St Albans
Coach: Sandy Henderson
0 - 2 Green Gully
Line-up included: Mick Banagan
Coach: Ian Petherick
Goals: M Banagan, Own goal

Saturday June 26 1976
Gardiners Reserve, Burwood
Waverley City
Coach: Johnny Sanchez
0 - 2 Melbourne
Coach: Bill Allison

Sunday June 27 1976
Selwyn Park, Sunshine
AIbion Rovers
Line-up included: Gordon Bentley
Coach: Billy McArthur
0 - 0 Essendon Lions
Line-up included: Frank Petersen
Coach: Tony Vrzina

Sunday June 27 1976
Kim Reserve, Altona
Altona City
Denis Masseni, Bob Pedley, David Lord, Robert Gramsbergen, Keith Murray, David Cooper, Bob Pocock, Tony Hamill, Albie Seenan, Jim Ackers, George Watters. Sub: Serge Karbanenko
Coach: Joe Wilson
Goals: Hamill, Seenan
2 - 0 Frankston City
Terry Hawke, Ernie Merrick, David High, Bob Adams, Billy Lewis, Ian Shanks, John Pryde, Andy Savage, Billy Buchanan, Sam Murray, Norrie Campbell. Sub: Alf Neri
Coach: John Pryde

Sunday June 27 1976
Wembley Park, Box Hill
Box Hill
Line-up included: Gino Jacovelli (Mick Pearce), Andy Bradley, Ray Taylor, Serge Berardini, Stewart McQueen, Con Tatsiokas
Coach: Peter Craig
Goals: Taylor x 3, Berardini, McQueen, Tatsiokas
6 - 3 Western Suburbs
Coach: Jim Pyrgolios
 
Round Thirteen

Saturday July 3 1976
Montgomery Park, Essendon
Essendon Lions
Frank Petersen, Joe Timpano, George Train, Craig Copley, John Gardiner, Ivan Grujicic, Mick Chudiak, Alex Napadowski, Nick Kuzmanov, Branko Culina, Ray Langdale (Ante Bilaver)
Coach: Tony Vrzina
Goal: Kuzmanov
1 - 0 Waverley City
Benny Bauer, Paul Storey, Ted Quy, Norrie Ford, Dave Sharp, Sutherland, Marshall McCallum, Alex Wilson, Peter Whitehurst, Bobby Saunders, Ian Humble. Sub: Dave McCourt
Coach: Johnny Sanchez

Saturday July 3 1976
Green Gully Reserve, St Albans
Green Gully
Coach: Ian Petherick
3 - 0 Croydon City
Coach: John McDaid

Saturday July 3 1976
Churchill Reserve, St Albans
Keilor City
Coach: Joe Marth
0 - 2 Altona City
Coach: Joe Wilson

Sunday July 4 1976
North Seaford Reserve, Seaford
Frankston City
Coach: John Pryde
3 - 1 Albion Rovers
Coach: Billy McArthur

Sunday July 4 1976
Ralph Street Reserve, Ardeer
Western Suburbs
Coach: Jim Pyrgolios
1 - 1 St Albans
Coach: Sandy Henderson

Sunday August 28 1976
Ground #22, Middle Park
Melbourne
Line-up included: Ian McLeod, Ray Taylor
Coach: Bill Allison
0 - 3 Box Hill
Coach:Peter Craig
Goals: Taylor x 2, McLeod
 
Round Fourteen

Saturday July 10 1976
Selwyn Park, Sunshine
Albion Rovers
Line-up included: Albert Harrison, Billy Rae
Coach: Billy McArthur
Goals: Rae x 2
2 - 0 Keilor City
Coach: Joe Marth

Saturday July 10 1976
Wembley Park, Box Hill
Referee: Caruso
Box Hill
Mick Pearce, Mick Benton, Bob Adams, Ian McLeod, Andy Bradley, John Brown, Paul Corke, Greg McCaskie, Con Tatsiokas (Trevor Teer), Stewart McQueen, Ray Taylor
Coach: Peter Craig
Goal: Taylor pk
1 - 0 Essendon Lions
Frank Petersen, Craig Copley, George Train, Wally Kulyk, John Gardiner (Joe Timpano), Ante Bilaver, Mick Chudiak, Drago Krajina (Eddie Krncevic 46), Nick Kuzmanov, Branko Culina, Alex Napadowski
Coach: Tony Vrzina

Saturday July 10 1976
Croydon Park, Croydon
Croydon City
Line-up included: Jim Wylie, Jim Blacker, Mike Kupinic, Jim Telford, John Howarth
Coach: John McDaid
Goals: Telford 6, Howarth 51
2 - 0 Altona City
Line-up included: Tony Hamill, Bob Pocock
Coach: Joe Wilson

Saturday July 10 1976
Green Gully Reserve, St Albans
Green Gully
Line-up included: Andy Segi, Roy Collins, John Grady
Coach: Ian Petherick
Goals: Collins x 3, Grady
4 - 0 Western Suburbs
Coach: Jim Pyrgolios

Sunday July 11 1976
Churchill Reserve, St Albans
St Albans
Line-up included: Manuel Fernandez, Spiro Fragopoulos, Ian Cassidy, Rade Nobilo
Coach: Sandy Henderson
Goals: Fernandez, Fragopoulos pk, Cassidy, Nobilo
4 - 2 Melbourne
Coach:Bill Allison

Sunday July 11 1976
Gardiners Reserve, Burwood
Waverley City
Line-up included: Bobby Saunders, Ian Humble
Coach: Johnny Sanchez
0 - 3 Frankston City
Line-up included: Bob Adams, Norrie Campbell, Dave Johnstone, John Pryde, Andy Savage
Coach: John Pryde
Goals: Savage, Campbell, Pryde
 
Round Fifteen

Saturday July 17 1976
Kim Reserve, Altona
Referee: Stirling
Altona City
Line-up included: Nat Little, Ian Reid
Coach: Joe Wilson
Goals: Little, Reid
2 - 0 Albion Rovers
Line-up included: Jim Johnstone, Albert Harrison, David Closs, Billy Rae, George Maikousis, Gordon Bentley, Jim Daperis
Coach: Billy McArthur

Saturday July 17 1976
North Seaford Reserve, Seaford
Referee: Lou Hemmes
Frankston City
Terry Hawke, Ian Shanks, David High, Bob Adams, Billy Lewis, Dave Johnstone (Ernie Merrick), John Pryde, Alf Neri, Billy Buchanan, Norrie Campbell, Andy Savage. Sub: Sandy Irvine
Coach: John Pryde
Goals: Johnstone 11, Campbell
2 - 1 Box Hill
Mick Pearce, Mick Benton, Bob Adams, Ian McLeod, Andy Bradley, John Brown, Paul Corke, Greg McCaskie (Trevor Teer), Con Tatsiokas, Stewart McQueen, Ray Taylor. Subs: Tuffield
Coach: Peter Craig
Goal: Tatsiokas 18

Saturday July 17 1976
Ground #22, Middle Park
Melbourne
Coach: Bill Allison
0 - 2 Green Gully
Line-up included: Andy Segi, Mick Banagan
Coach: Ian Petherick
Goals: Segi, Banagan pk

Sunday July 18 1976
Montgomery Park, Essendon
Essendon Lions
Line-up included: Frank Petersen, George Train, John Gardiner, Hugh Gunn, Wally Kulyk, Branko Culina, Eddie Krncevic
Coach: Tony Vrzina
Goal: Krncevic 28
1 - 0 St Albans
Coach: Sandy Henderson

Sunday July 18 1976
Churchill Reserve, St Albans
Keilor City
Line-up included: Joe Marth, Juergen Woite
Coach: Joe Marth
Goal: Woite pk
1 - 2 Waverley City
Coach: Johnny Sanchez

Sunday July 18 1976
Ralph Street Reserve, Ardeer
Western Suburbs
Coach: Jim Pyrgolios
0 - 2 Croydon City
Line-up included: Mike Edwards, Dick Ward, Jim Blacker, John Howarth, Mike Kupinic
Coach: John McDaid
Goals: Howarth 43, Kupinic 63
 
Round Sixteen

Saturday July 24 1976
Croydon Park, Croydon
Croydon City
Line-up included: Mike Edwards, Dick Ward, John Howarth
Coach: John McDaid
Goal: Howarth
1 - 0 Albion Rovers
Line-up included: Jeff Olver, Jim Daperis, Albert Harrison, George Maikousis
Coach: Billy McArthur

Saturday July 24 1976
Churchill Reserve, St Albans
St Albans
Line-up included: Ian Cassidy
Coach: Sandy Henderson
Goal: Cassidy
1 - 0 Frankston City
Line-up included: Billy Lewis (sent off)
Coach: John Pryde

Saturday July 24 1976
Gardiners Reserve, Burwood
Waverley City
Benny Bauer, Paul Storey, Alex Wilson, Ian Humble, Ted Quy, Dave Sharp, Marshall McCallum, Peter Whitehurst, Tony Harris, Bobby Saunders, Norrie Ford
Coach: Johnny Sanchez
Goal: Whitehurst
1 - 1 Altona City
Hans Van der Poel, Bob Pedley, David Lord, Herbie Seenan, Robert Gramsbergen, David Cooper, Bob Pocock, Albie Seenan, Tony Hamill, Keith Murray, Nat Little
Coach: Joe Wilson
Goal: A Seenan

Saturday July 24 1976
Ralph Street Reserve, Ardeer
Western Suburbs
Line-up included: Mark Karapatsos, Kypirtidis
Coach: Jim Pyrgolios
Goals: Karapatsos, Kypirtidis, Other scorer not known
3 - 4 Melbourne
Line-up included: George Kotaridis, Charlie Kelly, Auchie Waaldyk, Joe Szabo, Joe Vonja, Steve Bleskany, Sean Rooney
Coach: Bill Allison
Goals: Waaldyk x 2, Szabo, Rooney

Sunday July 25 1976
Wembley Park, Box Hill
Box Hill
Line-up included: Ray Taylor
Coach: Peter Craig
Goals: Taylor, Straubinger og
2 - 1 Keilor City
Line-up included: K Anschober, Alex Straubinger
Coach: Joe Marth
Goal: Anschober

Sunday July 25 1976
Green Gully Reserve, St Albans
Referee: David Yelland
Green Gully
Coach: Ian Petherick
0 - 0 Essendon Lions
Coach: Tony Vrzina
 
Round Seventeen

Saturday July 31 1976
Kim Reserve, Altona
Altona City
Coach: Joe Wilson
2 - 1 Box Hill
Coach: Peter Craig

Saturday July 31 1976
Montgomery Park, Essendon
Essendon Lions
Coach: Tony Vrzina
3 - 2 Western Suburbs
Coach: Jim Pyrgolios

Saturday July 31 1976
Churchill Reserve, St Albans
Keilor City
Coach: Joe Marth
1 - 1 St Albans
Coach: Sandy Henderson

Sunday August 1 1976
Selwyn Park, Sunshine
Albion Rovers
Coach: Billy McArthur
1 - 1 Waverley City
Coach: Johnny Sanchez

Sunday August 1 1976
North Seaford Reserve, Seaford
Frankston City
Coach: John Pryde
1 - 1 Green Gully
Coach: Ian Petherick

Sunday August 1 1976
Ground #22, Middle Park
Melbourne
Line-up included: Joe Vonja, Mike Manson, Joe Szabo, Stewart Fowler
Coach: Bill Allison
Goal: Fowler
1 - 1 Croydon City
Line-up included: Mick Edwards, Jim Blacker, John Howarth, Jim Wylie
Coach: John McDaid
Goal: Wylie
 
Round Eighteen

Saturday August 7 1976
Wembley Park, Box Hill
Referee: Jenkins
Box Hill
Mick Pearce, Mick Benton, Bob Adams (Trevor Teer), Ian McLeod, Andy Bradley, John Brown, Paul Corke, Con Tatsiokas, Serge Berardini (Greg McCaskie), Stewart McQueen, Ray Taylor
Coach: Peter Craig
Goals: McQueen 63, Taylor 70pk
2 - 3 Albion Rovers
Eddie Sierakowski, Billy Rae, Albert Harrison, George Maikousis, Sergio Tribuzio, Jim Daperis, Nigel Bridgman, Jim Johnstone, Mick D'Sylva, Kevin Whichelow, Gordon Bentley
Coach: Billy McArthur
Goals: Benton 19og, Whichelow ??, Maikousis 73pk

Saturday August 7 1976
Croydon Park, Croydon
Croydon City
Line-up included: Tom Kelly, Falconer Ireland, John Howarth
Coach: John McDaid
Goal: Howarth 17
1 - 1 Waverley City
Line-up included: Ted Quy, Paul Storey, Dave Sharp, Tony Harris, Alex Wilson
Coach: Johnny Sanchez
Goal: Wilson 85

Saturday August 7 1976
Green Gully Reserve, St Albans
Green Gully
Line-up included: David Cole, Andy Segi, Roy Collins, Mick Banagan
Coach: Ian Petherick
Goals: Banagan x 2, Segi, Collins
4 - 1 Keilor City
Line-up included: Danny Lacok, Juergen Woite
Coach: Joe Marth
Goal: Woite pk

Saturday August 7 1976
Ralph Street Reserve, Ardeer
Western Suburbs
Line-up included: Billy Kapilakis, George Kapilakis, Jim Tsikos
Coach: Jim Pyrgolios
Goal: B Kapilakis
1 - 1 Frankston City
Line-up included: Alf Neri, Bob Adams, David High, Billy Buchanan, Andy Savage
Coach: John Pryde
Goal: Savage

Sunday August 8 1976
Ground #22, Middle Park
Melbourne
Line-up included: Graham Morgan, Charlie Kelly, Slavko Visic, Joe Sazabo, Auchie Waaldyk
Coach: Bill Allison
Goal: Waaldyk 60
1 - 2 Essendon Lions
Line-up included: Craig Copley, John Gardiner, Ivan Grujicic, Nick Kuzmanov
Coach: Tony Vrzina
Goals: Grujicic 20, Kuzmanov 70

Sunday August 8 1976
Churchill Reserve, St Albans
St Albans
Coach: Sandy Henderson
0 - 1 Altona City
Line-up included: Keith Murray, Bob Pedley, Ian Reid
Coach: Joe Wilson
Goal: Reid
 
Round Nineteen

Saturday August 14 1976
Selwyn Park, Sunshine
Albion Rovers
Line-up included: George Maikousis, Nigel Bridgman, Billy Rae, Gordon Bentley, Mick D'Sylva
Coach: Billy McArthur
Goals: D'Sylva, Bentley
2 - 0 St Albans
Line-up included: Lou Denys
Coach: Sandy Henderson

Saturday August 14 1976
Montgomery Park, Essendon
Essendon Lions
Line-up included: Ante Bilaver, Ivan Grujicic, Craig Wallace, Nick Kuzmanov
Coach: Tony Vrzina
Goals: Wallace, Kuzmanov x 3
4 - 1 Croydon City
Line-up included: Dick Ward, Jim Wylie, John Howarth, Peter Mihaly
Coach: John McDaid
Goal: Wylie

Saturday August 14 1976
North Seaford Reserve, Seaford
Frankston City
Line-up included: Ian Shanks, John Pryde, Andy Savage. Sub: Sam Murray
Coach: John Pryde
Goal: Pryde 75
1 - 0 Melbourne
Coach: Bill Allison

Saturday August 14 1976
Churchill Reserve, St Albans
Keilor City
Line-up included: Danny Lacok, Gerry Altheim, Juergen Woite, Kaz Klain, Tasevski
Coach: Joe Marth
Goals: Klain, Tasevski x 2
3 - 0 Western Suburbs
Coach: Jim Pyrgolios

Sunday August 15 1976
Kim Reserve, Altona
Altona City
Hans Van der Poel (Dennis Masseni), Herbie Seenan, David Lord, Robert Gramsbergen, Keith Murray, David Cooper, Tony Hamill, Albie Seenan, Ian Reid, George Watters, Nat Little
Coach: Joe Wilson
0 - 3 Green Gully
Mick Borg, Peter Banagan, David Cole, Mario Borg, Franz Berens, Terry Banagan, Andy Segi (Manny Spiteri), Mick Banagan, Joe Thompson, Roy Collins, John Grady (Eddie Klimczak)
Coach: Ian Petherick
Goals: Mario Borg 27, Segi 65, M Banagan 75

Sunday August 15 1976
Gardiners Reserve, Burwood
Waverley City
Coach: Sandy Henderson
0 - 1 Box Hill
Coach: Peter Craig
 
Round Twenty

Saturday August 21 1976
Croydon Park, Croydon
Croydon City
Line-up included: Mick Edwards, Jim Blacker, John Howarth, Trevor Owen, Peter Mihaly, Mike Kupinic
Coach: John McDaid
Goals: Owen, Kupinic
2 - 0 Box Hill
Line-up included: Mick Pearce, Serge Berardini, Stewart McQueen
Coach: Peter Craig

Saturday August 21 1976
Ground #22, Middle Park
Melbourne
Kiss, Joe Vonja, Groenewald, Joe Szabo, Slavko Visic, Joe Palinkas, Stewart Fowler, Auchie Waaldyk, Charlie Kelly, George Kotaridis, Steve Bleskany
Coach: Bill Allison
Goals: Waaldyk x 2, Szabo, Visic, Fowler
5 - 1 Keilor City
Line-up included: Danny Lacok, Juergen Woite
Coach: Joe Marth
Goal: Woite

Saturday August 21 1976
Churchill Reserve, St Albans
St Albans
Coach: Sandy Henderson
1 - 1 Waverley City
Line-up included: Benny Bauer, Marshall McCallum, Joe Katz, Paul Cleveland
Coach: Johnny Sanchez
Goal: Cleveland

Saturday August 21 1976
Ralph Street Reserve, Ardeer
Western Suburbs
Coach: Jim Pyrgolios
0 - 4 Altona City
Line-up included: Rob Gramsbergen, Richard Plessa, David Lord, Bob Pedley, Albie Seenan
Coach: Joe Wilson
Goals: Pedley, A Seenan x 2, Lord

Sunday August 22 1976
Montgomery Park, Essendon. Att: 3,700
Essendon Lions
Line-up included: John Gardiner, Nick Kuzmanov
Coach: Tony Vrzina
Goals: Kuzmanov x 2, Gardiner
3 - 0 Frankston City
Coach: John Pryde

Sunday August 22 1976
Green Gully Reserve, St Albans
Green Gully
Line-up included: Mario Borg, Peter Banagan, David Cole, John Grady
Coach: Ian Petherick
Goal: Grady
1 - 0 Albion Rovers
Line-up included: Albert Harrison, Alan Lenders, Billy Rae
Coach: Billy McArthur
 
Round Twenty-One

Saturday August 28 1976
Kim Reserve, Altona
Altona City
Line-up included: Nat Little, Tony Hamill
Coach: Joe Wilson
Goals: Little x 3, Hamill pk
4 - 0 Melbourne
Coach: Bill Allison

Saturday August 28 1976
Wembley Park, Box Hill
Box Hill
Line-up included: Mick Benton, Bob Adams, Ray Taylor
Coach: Peter Craig
Goals: Taylor
1 - 0 St Albans
Coach: Sandy Henderson

Saturday August 28 1976
North Seaford Reserve, Seaford
Frankston City
Terry Hawke, Ian Shanks, David High, Bob Adams, Billy Lewis, Sandy Irvine, John Pryde, Alf Neri (Dave Johnstone), Billy Buchanan, Norrie Campbell, Andy Savage
Coach: John Pryde
Goals: Campbell 48
1 - 0 Croydon City
Mick Edwards, Falconer Ireland, Chris Ogden, Jim Telford, Dick Ward, Davison (Tom Kelly), John Howarth, Jim Blacker, Mike Kupinic, Jim Wylie, Peter Mihaly (Trevor Owen)
Coach: John McDaid

Saturday August 28 1976
Gardiners Reserve, Burwood
Waverley City
Line-up included: Joe Katz, Benny Bauer, Ted Quy, Bobby Saunders,Coach: Johnny Sanchez
Goals: Saunders
1 - 2 Green Gully
Line-up included: Mick Borg, Terry Banagan, Mick Banagan:Coach: Ian Petherick
Goals: Banagan, Banagan

Sunday August 29 1976
Selwyn Park, Sunshine
Albion Rovers
Line-up included: Jim Daperis, George Maikousis, Billy Rae, Alan Quin
Coach: Billy McArthur
Goals: Quinn, Rae
2 - 1 Western Suburbs
Line-up included: Alex Mitanidis, Iosifidis (sent off), Kypirtidis
Coach: Jim Pyrgolios
Goal: Kypirtidis

Sunday August 29 1976
Churchill Reserve, St Albans
Keilor City
Coach: Joe Marth
0 - 3 Essendon Lions
Line-up included: Ivan Grujicic, Nick Kuzmanov
Coach: Tony Vrzina
Goals: Kuzmanov x 2, Grujicic
 
Round Twenty-Two

Saturday September 4 1976
Montgomery Park, Essendon
Essendon Lions
Line-up included: John Gardiner, Ivan Grujicic, Craig Wallace
Coach: Tony Vrzina
0 - 0 Altona City
Line-up included:Hans Van der Poel, Jim Ackers, Bob Pedley
Coach: Joe Wilson

Saturday September 4 1976
Ground #22, Middle Park
Melbourne
Line-up included: Morgan, Colin Allison
Coach: Bill Allison
Goal: Allison
1 - 1 Albion Rovers
Line-up included: George Maikousis, Albert Harrison, Alan Quinn
Coach: Billy McArthur
Goal: Maikousis pk

Saturday September 4 1976
Churchill Reserve, St Albans
St Albans
Coach: Sandy Henderson
1 - 0 Croydon City
Coach: John McDaid

Sunday September 5 1976
North Seaford Reserve, Seaford
Frankston City
Coach: John Pryde
3 - 0 Keilor City
Coach: Joe Marth

Sunday September 5 1976
Green Gully Reserve, St Albans
Green Gully
Line-up included: Manny Spiteri, Mario Borg, Joe Thompson, Roy Collins, Andy Segi (Eddie Klimczak)
Coach: Ian Petherick
Goals: Collins, Klimczak
2 - 1 Box Hill
Line-up included: John Brown
Coach: Peter Craig

Sunday September 5 1976
Ralph Street Reserve, Ardeer
Western Suburbs
Coach: Jim Pyrgolios
2 - 4 Waverley City
Coach: Sandy Henderson

Last updated: 3 March 2023.