written by John Punshon
Sources: Soccer Action, Essendon Royals former website (thanks to Sam Tabacco), VSF Year Book 1976

Home Team		v		Away Team
Round One
Saturday, April 10, 1976. Llanberis Reserve, Ballarat.
Ballarat	0	-	0	Clayton
Saturday, April 10, 1976. Laura Douglas Reserve, Broadmeadows.
Broadmeadows City	6	-	2	Corio
Saturday, April 10, 1976. Ormond Park, Moonee Ponds.
Essendon City Line-up included: Giorgio Penzo, Gerry Tribuzio, L Favaron, L Berni & Robert Scherian.	1	-	0	Caulfield City
Saturday, April 10, 1976. Monash University, Clayton.
Monash University	0	-	2	University of Melbourne
Saturday, April 10, 1976. Olympic Park, Rosebud.
Rosebud	3	-	2	Morntington
Saturday, April 10, 1976. Sillitoe Reserve, Hampton.
Sandringham City Goals: Glen Palmer x 2, Gerry Boggan, George Drda	4	-	1	South Yarra Goal: Ryan
Round Two
Saturday, April 17, 1976. Carlson Avenue Reserve, North Clayton.
Clayton	1	-	3	Monash University
Saturday, April 17, 1976. Hume Reserve, North Geelong.
Corio	2	-	1	Sandringham City
Saturday, April 17, 1976. Ormond Park, Moonee Ponds.
Essendon City Line-up included: Giorgio Penzo, Gerry Tribuzio, L Berni (T Baskan 80), Robert Scherian, Fulvio Tribuzio, Serg Turkovic & Mario Coppolino. Goal: G Tribuzio	1	-	1	Broadmeadows City Goal: L Gafa
Saturday, April 17, 1976. Dallas Brooks Park, Mornington.
Mornington Goals: Oudiman x 2	2	-	2	Caulfield City
Saturday, April 17, 1976. Fawkner Park, South Yarra.
South Yarra	1	-	5	Ballarat
Saturday, April 17, 1976. Princes Park, Carlton.
University of Melbourne	1	-	1	Rosebud
Round Three
Saturday, April 24, 1976. Llanberis Reserve, Ballarat.
Ballarat	4	-	1	Corio
Saturday, April 24, 1976. Laura Douglas Reserve, Broadmeadows.
Broadmeadows City Goals: Sammy Scinto x 2, Ron Alderson pk, Gafa	4	-	1	Caulfield City
Saturday, April 24, 1976. Monash University, Clayton.
Monash University	4	-	0	South Yarra
Saturday, April 24, 1976. Olympic Park, Rosebud.
Rosebud	1	-	1	Clayton
Saturday, April 24, 1976. Sillitoe Reserve, Hampton.
Sandringham City	1	-	1	Essendon City Line-up included: Giorgio Penzo, Fulvio Tribuzio, Serg Turkovic, Gerry Tribuzio, Robert Scherian & L Berni.
Saturday, April 24, 1976. Princes Park, Carlton.
University of Melbourne	1	-	1	Mornington Goal: Paul Bent
Round Four
Saturday, May 1, 1976. Duncan McKinnon Reserve, Murrumbeena.
Caulfield City	1	-	1	Sandringham City Goal: Gerry Boggan
Saturday, May 1, 1976. Carlson Avenue Reserve, North Clayton.
Clayton	1	-	0	University of Melbourne
Saturday, May 1, 1976. Hume Reserve, North Geelong.
Corio	1	-	1	Monash University
Saturday, May 1, 1976. Ormond Park, Moonee Ponds.
Essendon City Line-up included: Giorgio Penzo, Robert Scherian, Capponi, Mario Coppolino, Gerry Tribuzio, L Berni.	4	-	4	Ballarat
Saturday, May 1, 1976. Dallas Brooks Park, Mornington.
Mornington	0	-	3	Broadmeadows City
Saturday, May 1, 1976. Fawkner Park, South Yarra.
South Yarra	1	-	7	Rosebud
Round Five
Saturday, May 8, 1976. Llanberis Reserve, Ballarat.
Ballarat	0	-	0	Caulfield City
Saturday, May 8, 1976. Carlson Avenue Reserve, North Clayton.
Clayton Goals: Sammy Jordan, Garry Cole	2	-	4	Mornington Goals: Paul Smith x 2, George Blackie, Paul Bent
Saturday, May 8, 1976. Monash University, Clayton.
Monash University	1	-	1	Essendon City Line-up included: Giorgio Penzo, Paul Capponi, Fulvio Tribuzio, Serg Turkovic, Peppino Sonsini, Dante Capponi, L Berni, Mario Coppolino, Gerry Tribuzio, T Baskan & Robert Scherian
Saturday, May 8, 1976. Olympic Park, Rosebud.
Rosebud	3	-	2	Corio
Saturday, May 8, 1976. Sillitoe Reserve, Hampton.
Sandringham City Goals: Glen Palmer, George Drda	2	-	1	Broadmeadows City
Saturday, May 8, 1976. Princes Park, Carlton.
University of Melbourne	3	-	4	South Yarra
Round Six
Saturday, May 15, 1976. Laura Douglas Reserve, Broadmeadows.
Broadmeadows City	1	-	0	Ballarat
Saturday, May 15, 1976. Duncan McKinnon Reserve, Murrumbeena.
Caulfield City	0	-	2	Monash University
Saturday, May 15, 1976. Hume Reserve, North Geelong.
Corio	3	-	0	University of Melbourne
Saturday, May 15, 1976. Ormond Park, Moonee Ponds.
Essendon City Giorgio Penzo, Peppino Sonsini, Serg Turkovic, Dante Capponi, Fulvio Tribuzio, L Berni, Luigi Favero, Rocky Porcino, Gerry Tribuzio, Aldo Vesnaver, Mario Coppolino	1	-	3	Rosebud
Saturday, May 15, 1976. Dallas Brooks Park, Mornington.
Mornington	1	-	6	Sandringham City Goals: Gerry Boggan x 3, Tony Antoniou, George Drda, Rudi Poci
Saturday, May 15, 1976. Fawkner Park, South Yarra.
South Yarra	1	-	5	Clayton
Round Seven
Saturday, May 22, 1976. Llanberis Reserve, Ballarat.
Ballarat	4	-	3	Sandringham City Goals: George Drda, Gerry Boggan, Bobby Sharrock
Saturday, May 22, 1976. Carlson Avenue Reserve, North Clayton.
Clayton	1	-	2	Corio
Saturday, May 22, 1976. Monash University, Clayton.
Monash University	1	-	2	Broadmeadows City
Saturday, May 22, 1976. Olympic Park, Rosebud.
Rosebud Goals: Sid Steele, Other scorers not known	3	-	3	Caulfield City Goals: Mick Gigovic, Peter Visic x 2
Saturday, May 22, 1976. Fawkner Park, South Yarra.
South Yarra	0	-	0	Mornington
Saturday, May 22, 1976. Princes Park, Carlton.
University of Melbourne	1	-	3	Essendon City Line-up included: Giorgio Penzo, Peppino Sonsini, Aldo Vesnaver, Serg Turkovic, Gerry Tribuzio, Mario Coppolino, Fulvio Tribuzio & Rocky Porcino.
Round Eight
Saturday, May 29, 1976. Laura Douglas Reserve, Broadmeadows.
Broadmeadows City	1	-	0	Rosebud
Saturday, May 29, 1976. Duncan McKinnon Reserve, Murrumbeena.
Caulfield City	5	-	1	University of Melbourne
Saturday, May 29, 1976. Hume Reserve, North Geelong.
Corio	0	-	1	South Yarra
Saturday, May 29, 1976. Ormond Park, Moonee Ponds.
Essendon City Line-up included: Giorgio Penzo, Peppino Sonsini, Robert Scherian, Gerry Tribuzio, Mario Coppolino, Dante Capponi & Rocky Porcino.	5	-	0	Clayton .
Saturday, May 29, 1976. Dallas Brooks Park, Mornington.
Mornington	1	-	1	Ballarat
Saturday, May 29, 1976. Sillitoe Reserve, Hampton.
Sandringham City	2	-	1	Monash University
Round Nine
Saturday, June 5, 1976. Carlson Avenue Reserve, North Clayton.
Clayton	2	-	2	Caulfield City
Saturday, June 5, 1976. Hume Reserve, North Geelong.
Corio	4	-	1	Mornington
Saturday, June 5, 1976. Monash University, Clayton.
Monash University	1	-	5	Ballarat
Saturday, June 5, 1976. Olympic Park, Rosebud. Referee: Jim Dale..
Rosebud Goals: Sid Steele, Other scorers not known	3	-	6	Sandringham City Goals: Own goal, Glen Palmer, George Drda, Gerry Bogganx 2 inc pk+A239, Tony Antoniou
Saturday, June 5, 1976. Fawkner Park, South Yarra.
South Yarra	3	-	4	Essendon City Giorgio Penzo, Dante Capponi, Peppino Sonsini (Vic Spano), Serg Turkovic, Luigi Favero, Aldo Vesnaver, Rocky Porcino, Fulvio Tribuzio, Robert Scherian (L Berni), Gerry Tribuzio, Mario Coppolino.
Saturday, June 5, 1976. Princes Park, Carlton.
University of Melbourne	1	-	4	Broadmeadows City
Round Ten
Saturday, June 12, 1976. Llanberis Reserve, Ballarat.
Ballarat	2	-	0	Rosebud
Saturday, June 12, 1976. Laura Douglas Reserve, Broadmeadows.
Broadmeadows City Goals: Tony Scicluna x 2, Cane Nikolovski	3	-	1	Clayton Goal: Sammy Jordan
Saturday, June 12, 1976. Duncan McKinnon Reserve, Murrumbeena.
Caulfield City	3	-	2	South Yarra
Saturday, June 12, 1976. Ormond Park, Moonee Ponds.
Essendon City Giorgio Penzo, Dante Capponi, Harry Dilizza, Luigi Favero, Fulvio Tribuzio, Peppino Sonsini, L Berni, Gerry Tribuzio & Robert Scherian.	4	-	2	Corio
Saturday, June 12, 1976. Dallas Brooks Park, Mornington.
Mornington	2	-	0	Monash University
Saturday, June 12, 1976. Sillitoe Reserve, Hampton.
Sandringham City Goals: Gerry Boggan x 2, Glen Palmer x 2, Tony Antoniou x 2	6	-	1	University of Melbourne
Round Eleven
Saturday, June 19, 1976. Carlson Avenue Reserve, North Clayton.
Clayton	2	-	2	Sandringham City Goals: George Drda, Con Argeres
Saturday, June 19, 1976. Hume Reserve, North Geelong.
Corio	1	-	2	Caulfield City
Saturday, June 19, 1976. Dallas Brooks Park, Mornington.
Mornington	2	-	5	Essendon City Line-up included: Giorgio Penzo, Fulvio Tribuzio, Gerry Tribuzio, Robert Scherian, L Berni, Dante Capponi, Mario Coppolino, Rocky Porcino (Paul Capponi) & S Bolianc.
Saturday, June 19, 1976. Olympic Park, Rosebud.
Rosebud	4	-	0	Monash University
Saturday, June 19, 1976. Fawkner Park, South Yarra.
South Yarra	1	-	2	Broadmeadows City Goals: Sammy Scinto, Tony Scicluna
Saturday, June 19, 1976. Princes Park, Carlton.
University of Melbourne	2	-	0	Ballarat
Round Twelve
Saturday, June 26, 1976. Duncan McKinnon Reserve, Murrumbeena.
Caulfield City	1	-	2	Essendon City Line-up included: Giorgio Penzo, Serg Turkovic (L Berni), Gerry Tribuzio, Mario Coppolino, S Bolianc, Robert Scherian, Dante Capponi & Luigi Favero.
Saturday, June 26, 1976. Carlson Avenue Reserve, North Clayton.
Clayton	1	-	1	Ballarat
Saturday, June 26, 1976. Hume Reserve, North Geelong.
Corio	0	-	1	Broadmeadows City
Saturday, June 26, 1976. Dallas Brooks Park, Mornington.
Mornington	1	-	0	Rosebud
Saturday, June 26, 1976. Fawkner Park, South Yarra.
South Yarra	2	-	2	Sandringham City Goals: Nigel Fletcher, Tony Antoniou
Saturday, June 26, 1976. Princes Park, Carlton.
University of Melbourne	3	-	1	Monash University
Round Thirteen
Saturday, July 3, 1976. Llanberis Reserve, Ballarat.
Ballarat Goal: Peter Smith	1	-	3	South Yarra Goals: Bobby Burke, Roland Brown, Dave McDermott
Saturday, July 3, 1976. Laura Douglas Reserve, Broadmeadows.
Broadmeadows City Goals: Tony Scicluna x 4, Sam Scinto	5	-	1	Essendon City Line-up included: Giorgio Penzo, Harry Dilizza, Gerry Tribuzio, Mario Coppolino, S Bolianc, Robert Scherian & Fulvio Tribuzio. Goal: Gerry Tribuzio pk
Saturday, July 3, 1976. Duncan McKinnon Reserve, Murrumbeena.
Caulfield City	2	-	2	Mornington
Saturday, July 3, 1976. Monash University, Clayto.
Monash University	1	-	1	Clayton
Saturday, July 3, 1976. Olympic Park, Rosebud.
Rosebud	4	-	2	University of Melbourne
Saturday, July 3, 1976. Sillitoe Reserve, Hampton.
Sandringham City Goals: Rudi Poci, Tony Antoniou pk, Nigel Fletcher	3	-	0	Corio
Round Fourteen
Saturday, July 10, 1976. Duncan McKinnon Reserve, Murrumbeena.
Caulfield City Goal: Gigovic pk	1	-	3	Broadmeadows City Goals: Cane Nikolovski, Charlie Deguara, Laurie Gaffa
Saturday, July 10, 1976. Carlson Avenue Reserve, North Clayton.
Clayton	4	-	3	Rosebud
Saturday, July 10, 1976. Hume Reserve, North Geelong.
Corio	1	-	2	Ballarat
Saturday, July 10, 1976. Ormond Park, Moonee Ponds.
Essendon City	3	-	1	Sandringham City Goal: George Drda
Saturday, July 10, 1976. Dallas Brooks Park, Mornington.
Mornington	2	-	1	University of Melbourne
Saturday, July 10, 1976. Fawkner Park, South Yarra.
South Yarra Goal: Dave Ryan	1	-	2	Monash University Goals: Kwan Lee x 2
Round Fifteen
Saturday, July 17, 1976. Llanberis Reserve, Ballarat.
Ballarat	1	-	3	Essendon City Line-up included: Giorgio Penzo, L Berni, Gerry Tribuzio, Robert Scherian, Mario Coppolino & Fulvio Tribuzio.
Saturday, July 17, 1976. Laura Douglas Reserve, Broadmeadows.
Broadmeadows City Goals: Sam Scinto, Charlie Vella, Martin Sacco	3	-	1	Motnington Goal: Eddie Sacco og
Saturday, July 17, 1976. Monash University, Clayton.
Monash University	0	-	4	Corio
Saturday, July 17, 1976. Olympic Park, Rosebud.
Rosebud Goals: Sid Steele x 3, Other scorer not known	4	-	2	South Yarra Goals: Dave Horsford x 2
Saturday, July 17, 1976. Sillitoe Reserve, Hampton.
Sandringham City Goals: Rudi Poci, Gerry Boggan	2	-	1	Caulfield City Goal: Berkery
Saturday, July 17, 1976. Princes Park, Carlton.
University of Melbourne	2	-	1	Clayton
Round Sixteen
Saturday, July 24, 1976. Laura Douglas Reserve, Broadmeadows. Referee: Ray Blainey..
Broadmeadows City Goals: Laurie Gaffa, Martin Sacco	2	-	1	Sandringham City Goal: Gerry Boggan
Saturday, July 24, 1976. Duncan McKinnon Reserve, Murrumbeena.
Caulfield City Goals: Stuart Holmes, John Agetzis, Peter Visic	3	-	2	Ballarat
Saturday, July 24, 1976. Hume Reserve, North Geelong.
Corio	1	-	2	Rosebud
Saturday, July 24, 1976. Ormond Park, Moonee Ponds.
Essendon City Line-up included: Harry Dilizza, Gerry Tribuzio, Rocky Porcino, Mario Coppolino, Robert Scherian & Luigi Favero.	1	-	1	Monash University
Saturday, July 24, 1976. Dallas Brooks Park, Mornington.
Mornington	2	-	2	Clayton
Saturday, July 24, 1976. Fawkner Park, South Yarra.
South Yarra	1	-	5	University of Melbourne
Round Seventeen
Saturday, July 31, 1976. Llanberis Reserve, Ballarat.
Ballarat Goals: Payton x 2, Martin Savvo og	3	-	1	Broadmeadows City Goal: Tony Scicluna
Saturday, July 31, 1976. Carlson Avenue Reserve, North Clayton.
Clayton	0	-	1	South Yarra
Saturday, July 31, 1976. Monash University, Clayton.
Monash University	0	-	1	Caulfield City Goal: John Agetzis
Saturday, July 31, 1976. Olympic Park, Rosebud.
Rosebud	2	-	6	Essendon City Giorgio Penzo, Harry Dilizza, Fulvio Tribuzio, Aldo Vesnaver, Dante Capponi, P Benussi, L Berni, Gerry Tribuzio, Robert Scherian, Rocky Porcino, Mario Coppolino. Goals: G.Tribuzio x 3, Scherian, Porcino, Coppolino
Saturday, July 31, 1976. Sillitoe Reserve, Hampton.
Sandringham City	2	-	1	Mornington
Saturday, July 31, 1976. Princes Park, Carlton.
University of Melbourne	2	-	3	Corio
Round Eighteen
Saturday, August 7, 1976. Laura Douglas Reserve, Broadmeadows.
Broadmeadows City	2	-	0	Monash University
Saturday, August 7, 1976. Duncan McKinnon Reserve, Murrumbeena.
Caulfield City Goals: Peter Visicx 2, Joop Klaasens	3	-	1	Rosebud Goal: Nigel Belstan
Saturday, August 7, 1976. Hume Reserve, North Geelong.
Corio	0	-	1	Clayton
Saturday, August 7, 1976. Ormond Park, Moonee Ponds.
Essendon City Line-up included: Giorgio Penzo, L Berni, Mario Coppolino, Robert Scherian, Dante Capponi & P Benussi.	1	-	2	University of Melbourne
Saturday, August 7, 1976. Dallas Brooks Park, Mornington.
Mornington	1	-	1	South Yarra
Saturday, August 7, 1976. Sillitoe Reserve, Hampton.
Sandringham City Goal: Gerry Boggan	1	-	3	Ballarat
Round Nineteen
Saturday, August 14, 1976. Llanberis Reserve, Ballarat.
Ballarat	3	-	3	Mornington
Saturday, August 14, 1976. Carlson Avenue Reserve, North Clayton.
Clayton Goal: Robert Gray	1	-	2	Essendon City Line-up included: Giorgio Penzo, Robert Scherian, Harry Dilizza (L Luigi Favero 20), L Berni & Gerry Tribuzio. Goals: Robert Scherian x 2
Saturday, August 14, 1976. Monash University, Clayton.
Monash University Goal: Peckin	1	-	3	Sandringham City Goals: Glen Palmer, Walker og, Tony Antoniou
Saturday, August 14, 1976. Olympic Park, Rosebud.
Rosebud	2	-	3	Broadmeadows City Goals: Tony Scicluna x 3
Saturday, August 14, 1976. Fawkner Park, South Yarra.
South Yarra	0	-	2	Corio
Saturday, August 14, 1976. Princes Park, Carlton.
University of Melbourne	3	-	2	Caulfield City
Round Twenty
Saturday, August 21, 1976. Llanberis Reserve, Ballarat.
Ballarat	3	-	1	Monash University
Saturday, August 21, 1976. Laura Douglas Reserve, Broadmeadows.
Broadmeadows City Goal: Cane Nikolovski	1	-	0	University of Melbourne
Saturday, August 21, 1976. Duncan McKinnon Reserve, Murrumbeena.
Caulfield City	0	-	4	Clayton
Saturday, August 21, 1976. Ormond Park, Moonee Ponds.
Essendon City Line-up included: Giorgio Penzo, Mario Coppolino, L Berni, Robert Scherian, Gerry Tribuzio, Fulvio Tribuzio & Rocky Porcino Goals: Gerry Tribuzio, Robert Scherian, Rocky Piccalo	3	-	1	South Yarra Goal: Lou De Marchi
Saturday, August 21, 1976. Dallas Brooks Park, Mornington.
Mornington	1	-	4	Corio
Saturday, August 21, 1976. Sillitoe Reserve, Hampton.
Sandringham City Goals: Tony Antoniou x 2 inc pk	2	-	2	Rosebud Goals: Colin Arnold, Sid Steele
Round Twenty-One
Saturday, August 28, 1976. Carlson Avenue Reserve, North Clayton.
Clayton Goals: Sam Jordan, Weir	2	-	2	Broadmeadows City Goals: Charlie Vella, Sammy Scinto
Saturday, August 28, 1976. Hume Reserve, North Geelong.
Corio	0	-	0	Essendon City Line-up included: Giorgio Penzo, Aldo Vesnaver, Fulvio Tribuzio, Rocky Porcino, Gerry Tribuzio, Mario Coppolino, P Benussi, (Luigi Favero) & Robert Scherian (T Baskan).
Saturday, August 28, 1976. Monash University, Clayton.
Monash University	2	-	0	Mornington
Saturday, August 28, 1976. Olympic Park, Rosebud.
Rosebud	2	-	4	Ballarat
Saturday, August 28, 1976. Fawkner Park, South Yarra.
South Yarra	1	-	0	Caulfield City
Saturday, August 28, 1976. Princes Park, Carlton.
University of Melbourne	1	-	1	Sandringham City
Round Twenty-Two
Saturday, September 4, 1976. Llanberis Reserve, Ballarat.
Ballarat	2	-	1	University of Melbourne
Saturday, September 4, 1976. Laura Douglas Reserve, Broadmeadows.
Broadmeadows City	3	-	0	South Yarra
Saturday, September 4, 1976. Duncan McKinnon Reserve, Murrumbeena.
Caulfield City	1	-	2	Corio
Saturday, September 4, 1976. Ormond Park, Moonee Ponds.
Essendon City Line-up included: Giorgio Penzo, Luigi Favero, Robert Scherian, L Berni & Fulvio Tribuzio. Goals: Robert Scherian x 2, Luigi Favero	3	-	2	Mornington Goals: G Sturrock x 2
Saturday, September 4, 1976. Monash University, Clayton.
Monash University	1	-	0	Rosebud
Saturday, September 4, 1976. Sillitoe Reserve, Hampton.
Sandringham City	6	-	1	Clayton