1979 Brisbane Lions SC season

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Brisbane Lions
1979 season
Head CoachEddie Spearritt
Matt Carson
StadiumPerry Park
National Soccer League9th
NSL CupSecond round
Top goalscorerLeague: Tony Brennan (10)
All: Tony Brennan (10)
Highest home attendance3,500
vs. Brisbane City
(22 April 1979)
National Soccer League
Lowest home attendance800
vs. West Adelaide
(29 July 1979)
National Soccer League
Average home league attendance1,491
Biggest win3–0
vs. Newcastle KB United
(6 May 1979)
National Soccer League
3–0
vs. Canberra City
(16 September 1979)
National Soccer League
Biggest defeat0–6
vs. Adelaide City
(17 June 1979)
National Soccer League
← 1978
1980 →

The 1979 season was the third in the National Soccer League for Brisbane Lions (now Queensland Lions Football Club). In addition to the domestic league, they also participated in the NSL Cup. Brisbane Lions finished 9th in their National Soccer League season, and were eliminated in the second round of the NSL Cup.

Players[edit]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
2 DF Australia AUS Ian Lawrie
3 DF Australia AUS Alan Niven
4 MF England ENG Eddie Spearritt
5 DF Australia AUS Colin Bennett
6 DF Scotland SCO Jim Hermiston
7 MF Scotland SCO Alan Hughes
8 FW England ENG Barrie Fairbrother
9 FW Australia AUS Craig Wallace
10 MF Australia AUS Steve Amos
11 MF South Africa RSA Paul Ontong
12 MF Australia AUS John Ogden
13 MF Australia AUS Graham Wilson
No. Pos. Nation Player
14 Australia AUS Paul Laszlo
15 FW Australia AUS Tom McGregor
17 FW Australia AUS Craig Low
19 GK Australia AUS Tony Scanlan
20 GK England ENG Nigel Lowndes
— FW Australia AUS Clark Anderson
— FW Australia AUS Tony Brennan
— FW Australia AUS Willie Conner
— Australia AUS Jeff Dann
— MF Scotland SCO John Lavelle
— FW Australia AUS Ron Millman
— Australia AUS John Russell

Competitions[edit]

Overall record[edit]

Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
National Soccer League 9 March 1979 23 September 1979 Matchday 1 9th 26 8 6 12 28 30 −2 030.77
NSL Cup 25 April 1979 20 May 1979 First round Second round 2 0 1 1 2 3 −1 000.00
Total 28 8 7 13 30 33 −3 028.57

Source: Competitions

National Soccer League[edit]

Main article: 1979 National Soccer League

League table[edit]

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Marconi Fairfield (C) 26 15 6 5 58 32 +26 40[a] Qualification to Finals series[b]
2 Heidelberg United 26 14 7 5 44 30 +14 36[a]
3 Sydney City 26 15 3 8 47 29 +18 34[a]
4 Brisbane City 26 14 5 7 38 30 +8 34[a]
5 Adelaide City 26 13 6 7 43 27 +16 33[a]
6 Newcastle KB United 26 11 9 6 43 30 +13 32[a]
7 West Adelaide 26 10 4 12 28 31 −3 25[a]
8 APIA Leichhardt 26 11 3 12 29 37 −8 25
9 Brisbane Lions 26 8 6 12 28 40 −12 22
10 Footscray JUST 26 8 3 15 29 43 −14 20[a]
11 St George-Budapest 26 7 6 13 27 43 −16 20
12 Canberra City 26 6 8 12 25 41 −16 20
13 Sydney Olympic (R) 26 7 5 14 23 30 −7 19 Relegated to the 1980 NSW State League
14 South Melbourne 26 6 3 17 26 45 −19 16[a]
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i A Bonus Point was awarded for victories of 4 goals or more.
  2. ^ The Finals series was not considered the championship for the 1979 National Soccer League.

Results summary[edit]

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
26 8 6 12 28 40  −12 30 5 1 7 18 24  −6 3 5 5 10 16  −6

Results by round[edit]

Round1234567891011121314161718192015222123242526
GroundHAHAHAHAHAHAHHHAAHAAAHHAHA
ResultLWLLWLLLWWLWLLWDLLDDDWDDWL
Position11101111111212121211121012121111121211121111111099
Points02224444688101010121313131415161819202222
Source: worldfootball.net
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches[edit]

  Win   Draw   Loss

9 March 1979 1 Brisbane Lions 1–2 Sydney City Brisbane
  • Hermiston 53'
 Report
Stadium: Perry Park
Attendance: 2,000[1]
Referee: Des Miles
18 March 1979 2 Marconi Fairfield 0–1 Brisbane Lions Sydney
Report
Stadium: Marconi Oval
Attendance: 3,800
Referee: Richard Lorenc
25 March 1979 3 Brisbane Lions 2–3 St George-Budapest Brisbane
 Report
Stadium: Perry Park
Attendance: 1,520
Referee: Ken Allen
1 April 1979 4 Footscray JUST 3–1 Brisbane Lions Melbourne
 Report
Stadium: Olympic Park No. 2
Attendance: 3,123
Referee: Chris Bambridge
8 April 1979 5 Brisbane Lions 2–0 South Melbourne Brisbane
 Report Stadium: Perry Park
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Tony Boskovic
15 April 1979 6 West Adelaide 1–0 Brisbane Lions Adelaide
 Report Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium
Attendance: 5,260
Referee: Barry Harwood
22 April 1979 7 Brisbane Lions 1–2 Brisbane City Brisbane
 Report
Stadium: Perry Park
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Richard Lorenc
29 April 1979 8 APIA Leichhardt 2–1 Brisbane Lions Sydney
 Report
Stadium: Wentworth Park
Attendance: 2,473
Referee: Jim Reeves
6 May 1979 9 Brisbane Lions 3–0 Newcastle KB United Brisbane
 Report Stadium: Perry Park
Attendance: 1,300
Referee: Peter Rampley
13 May 1979 10 Sydney Olympic 0–1 Brisbane Lions Sydney
Report
Stadium: Pratten Park
Attendance: 2,142
Referee: Bill Jones
3 June 1979 11 Brisbane Lions 1–3 Heidelberg United Brisbane
 Report
Stadium: Perry Park
Attendance: 1,200
Referee: Peter Rampley
10 June 1979 12 Canberra City 1–2 Brisbane Lions Canberra
 Report
Stadium: Bruce Stadium
Attendance: 7,510
Referee: Ken Allen
17 June 1979 13 Brisbane Lions 0–6 Adelaide City Brisbane
Report
Stadium: Perry Park
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Henry Witschge
24 June 1979 14 Brisbane Lions 0–4 Marconi Fairfield Brisbane
Report
Stadium: Perry Park
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Doug Rennie
8 July 1979 16 Brisbane Lions 1–0 Footscray JUST Brisbane
 Report Stadium: Perry Park
Attendance: 1,200
Referee: Jim Reeves
15 July 1979 17 St George-Budapest 1–1 Brisbane Lions Sydney
 Report
Stadium: St George Stadium
Attendance: 1,876
Referee: Peter Rampley
22 July 1979 18 South Melbourne 3–0 Brisbane Lions Melbourne
 Report Stadium: Middle Park Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Stewart Mellings
29 July 1979 19 Brisbane Lions 2–3 West Adelaide Brisbane
 Report
Stadium: Perry Park
Attendance: 800
Referee: Ken Allen
5 August 1979 20 Brisbane City 0–0 Brisbane Lions Brisbane
Report Stadium: Perry Park
Attendance: 4,445
Referee: Tony Boskovic
22 August 1979 15 Sydney City 1–1 Brisbane Lions Sydney
 Report
Stadium: Sydney Sports Ground
Attendance: 500
Referee: Doug Rennie
25 August 1979 22 Newcastle KB United 2–2 Brisbane Lions Newcastle
 Report
Stadium: Newcastle International Sports Centre
Attendance: 11,118
Referee: Richard Lorenc
29 August 1979 21 Brisbane Lions 2–1 APIA Leichhardt Brisbane
 Report
Stadium: Perry Park
Attendance: 850
Referee: Bob Mee
2 September 1979 23 Brisbane Lions 0–0 Sydney Olympic Brisbane
Report Stadium: Perry Park
Attendance: 1,050
Referee: Bill Jones
9 September 1979 24 Heidelberg United 0–0 Brisbane Lions Melbourne
Report Stadium: Olympic Park
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Graham Neal
16 September 1979 25 Brisbane Lions 3–0 Canberra City Brisbane
 Report Stadium: Perry Park
Attendance: 1,460
Referee: Peter Rampley
23 September 1979 26 Adelaide City 2–0 Brisbane Lions Adelaide
 Report Stadium: Olympic Sports Field
Attendance: 3,200
Referee: Richard Lorenc

NSL Cup[edit]

Main article: 1979 NSL Cup

  Win   Draw   Loss

25 April 1979 First round Brisbane Lions 2–2 (a.e.t.)
(5–4 p)		 Queensland Southside Eagles Brisbane
 Report
Stadium: Perry Park
Attendance: 2,000[2]
Referee: Jack Wood
20 May 1979 Second round Brisbane City 1–0 Brisbane Lions Brisbane
 Report Stadium: Perry Park
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Tony Boskovic

Statistics[edit]

Appearances and goals[edit]

Includes all competitions. Players with no appearances not included in the list.[3][2]

No. Pos. Nat. Player National Soccer League NSL Cup Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
2 DF Australia Ian Lawrie 23+2 0 1+1 0 27 0
3 DF Australia Alan Niven 14 0 2 0 16 0
4 MF England Eddie Spearritt 18+1 3 2 0 21 3
5 DF Australia Colin Bennett 26 0 2 0 28 0
6 DF Scotland Jim Hermiston 26 2 2 1 28 3
7 MF Scotland Alan Hughes 19+3 4 1 0 23 4
8 FW England Barrie Fairbrother 16+1 4 1 0 18 4
9 FW Australia Craig Wallace 10+4 1 0+1 0 15 1
10 MF Australia Steve Amos 5+1 1 1 0 7 1
11 MF South Africa Paul Ontong 18+4 0 2 1 24 1
12 MF Australia John Ogden 12+1 0 0 0 13 0
13 MF Australia Graham Wilson 7+2 1 1 0 10 1
14 — Australia Paul Laszlo 5+4 0 1 0 10 0
15 FW Australia Tom McGregor 4 0 1 0 5 0
17 FW Australia Craig Low 1+2 0 1+1 0 5 0
19 GK Australia Tony Scanlan 1 0 1 0 2 0
20 GK Australia Nigel Lowndes 25 0 1 0 26 0
— FW Australia Clark Anderson 0+1 0 0 0 1 0
— FW Australia Tony Brennan 21+2 10 1 0 24 10
— FW Australia Willie Conner 7 0 0 0 7 0
— — Australia Jeff Dann 1 0 0 0 1 0
— MF Scotland John Lavelle 9 0 0 0 9 0
— FW Australia Ron Millman 11+1 1 0 0 12 1
— — Australia John Russell 7+4 0 2 0 13 0

Disciplinary record[edit]

Includes all competitions. The list is sorted by squad number when total cards are equal. Players with no cards not included in the list.

Rank No. Pos. Nat. Player National Soccer League NSL Cup Total
Yellow card Second yellow card Red card Yellow card Second yellow card Red card Yellow card Second yellow card Red card
1 2 DF Australia Ian Lawrie 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
4 MF England Eddie Spearritt 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1
3 — FW Australia Terry Brennan 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0
4 11 MF South Africa Paul Ontong 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0
5 7 MF Scotland Alan Hughes 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
6 6 DF Scotland Jim Hermiston 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
9 FW Australia Craig Wallace 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
8 5 DF Australia Colin Bennett 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
8 FW England Barrie Fairbrother 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
20 GK Australia Nigel Lowndes 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
— FW Australia Ron Millman 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Total 21 0 0 1 0 2 22 0 2

Clean sheets[edit]

Includes all competitions. The list is sorted by squad number when total clean sheets are equal. Numbers in parentheses represent games where both goalkeepers participated and both kept a clean sheet; the number in parentheses is awarded to the goalkeeper who was substituted on, whilst a full clean sheet is awarded to the goalkeeper who was on the field at the start of play. Goalkeepers with no clean sheets not included in the list.

Rank No. Nat. Goalkeeper NSL NSL Cup Total
1 20 Australia Nigel Lowndes 9 0 9
Total 9 0 9

References[edit]

  1. ^ Stock, Greg. "1979 National Soccer League Results". OzFootball.
  2. ^ a b Stock, Greg. "1979 National Soccer League Cup Results". OzFootball.
  3. ^ "Brisbane Lions 1979 Squad". OzFootball.
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