The 1960 New South Wales Federation of Soccer Clubs (NSWSF) season was the fourth season of football in New South Wales under the administration of the federation since its breakaway from the NSW Soccer Football Association in January of 1957. The home and away league season began on the 20th of March with fourteen teams, the same amount as the previous season. Sydney Prague were minor premiers for a second consecutive season after twenty-six rounds of competition.

NSW Federation of Soccer Clubs
Season1960
ChampionsSydney Prague
PremiersCanterbury-Marrickville
Matches played186
Top goalscorerHerbert Ninaus (46 goals)
Biggest home winPrague 10–1 Manly
Biggest away winAuburn 1–8 Manly
Highest scoringManly 6–9 Prague
1959
1961

Once again a finals series was used decide the First Division champions of New South Wales in the format of a four team page playoff system. Canterbury-Marrickville prevented Prague again winning the league double, defeating them 5–2 in the grand final.

Other tournaments held this season included the Ampol Cup and the third edition of the Federation Cup. Budapest won the Ampol Cup defeating APIA Leichhardt in the final and Bankstown defeated Canterbury in the Ascot Thousand Federation Cup final.

Clubs

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Changes from last season
  • Manly Warringah was promoted into the competition from Second Division
  • Concord was relegated to Second Division and was absorbed by Concordia.
  • North Side United merged with Illawarra District Soccer Association club, E.P.T. to form North Side United–E.P.T.
Club Ground Colours Founded App Debut Last season
A.P.I.A. Lambert Park, Leichhardt Maroon and blue 1954 4th 1957 2nd (runners-up)
Auburn SFC Mona Park, Auburn Green and gold 1957 4th 1957 6th
Balgownie Rangers Judy Masters Oval, Balgownie Black and white 1889 2nd 1959 13th
Bankstown SFC Bankstown Oval, Bankstown Green and gold 1944 4th 1957 12th
Budapest Sydney Athletics Field, Moore Park Red, white and green 1957 2nd 1959 11th
Canterbury-Marrickville Arlington Oval, Dulwich Hill Blue and gold 1896[a] 4th 1957 5th
Corrimal United Memorial Park, Corrimal Red and white 1958 3rd 1958 3rd (minor semi-finalist)
Gladesville-Ryde Gladesville Sports Ground, Gladesville Amber and black 1951 4th 1957 8th
Granville AEK Macarthur Park, Granville Amber and black 1885 2nd 1959 10th
Hakoah Sydney Athletics Field, Moore Park Sky Blue and White 1953 4th 1957 4th (preliminary finalists)
North Side United–E.P.T. Chatswood Oval, Chatswood Blue and gold 1953 4th 1957 7th
Prague Sydney Athletics Field, Moore Park Sky Blue 1952 4th 1957 1st (winners)
Sydney Austral Sydney Cricket Ground No. 2, Moore Park Red, white and blue 1952 4th 1957 9th

Source: [1]

  1. ^ As Canterbury Bankstown in 1943. As Canterbury-Marrickville in 1951.

Regular season

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Table and results

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Prague 26 21 4 1 106 34 +72 46 1960 Federation Finals
2 APIA 26 18 5 3 71 25 +46 41
3 Canterbury-Marrickville (C) 26 18 2 6 79 48 +31 38
4 Auburn 26 17 2 7 81 55 +26 36
5 Gladesville-Ryde 26 16 3 7 62 43 +19 35
6 Budapest 26 13 3 10 70 62 +8 29
7 North Side United-E.P.T. 26 10 5 11 67 59 +8 25
8 Bankstown 26 10 4 12 50 51 −1 24
9 Hakoah 26 10 3 13 62 59 +3 23
10 Sydney Austral 26 7 5 14 43 69 −26 19
11 Corrimal United 26 7 4 15 56 62 −6 18
12 Granville AEK (R) 26 6 3 17 45 80 −35 15 Relegation to NSWSF Second Division for next season.
13 Balgownie Rangers (R) 26 6 1 19 40 77 −37 13
14 Manly Warringah (R) 26 1 0 25 41 149 −108 2
Source: www.rsssf.org[2]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

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Home \ Away API AUB BAL BAN BUD CAN COR GLR GRN HAK MAN NSU PRA SAU
APIA 2–3 6–0 3–1 2–1 0–1 3–2 0–2 3–0 3–2 7–0 3–0 1–0 4–0
Auburn 1–2 4–3 0–2 9–2 4–0 2–0 1–4 4–2 1–2 2–0 4–3 2–3 3–3
Balgownie Rangers 0–4 2–3 1–3 2–5 1–5 3–2 1–3 2–1 2–5 3–1 2–3 1–4 1–0
Bankstown 1–1 0–4 4–0 3–5 0–4 2–5 1–3 2–1 2–2 6–1 0–0 0–1 3–3
Budapest 3–3 3–2 1–1 0–3 3–5 3–0 4–2 5–1 2–1 7–1 3–0 1–3 3–3
Canterbury-Marrickville 0–3 6–8 5–3 2–0 2–1 3–2 3–2 1–0 3–1 6–0 0–0 1–1 2–0
Corrimal United 0–3 1–3 2–3 2–0 3–4 3–1 2–3 0–1 3–1 6–2 4–5 1–4 4–1
Gladesville Ryde 1–2 2–3 4–1 1–0 2–1 3–2 1–1 4–2 1–0 4–2 1–3 0–2 3–1
Granville AEK 2–2 1–4 2–1 0–1 3–2 0–2 3–4 3–0 2–5 7–4 1–6 2–6 0–1
Hakoah 0–2 1–1 1–2 3–1 2–3 4–6 3–1 2–2 5–0 4–0 5–4 2–5 0–1
Manly Warringah 1–7 1–8 0–3 2–6 1–4 3–6 2–1 2–8 3–4 2–6 2–4 6–9 2–4
North Side United 2–3 1–2 3–1 1–5 4–1 0–5 5–5 1–2 3–3 3–1 8–0 3–3 2–0
Prague 1–1 8–0 4–0 4–1 4–0 5–3 3–1 2–2 7–1 4–0 10–1 3–2 7–0
Sydney Austral 0–3 1–3 2–1 2–5 0–3 1–5 0–0 1–2 3–3 3–4 9–2 2–1 2–3
Source: [3]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Finals series

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Semi-finalsFinalGrand Final
Major semi-final
1Prague11Prague2
3APIA Leichhardt03APIA Leichhardt5
2APIA Leichhardt2
Minor semi-final3Canterbury3
3Canterbury2
4Auburn0

Semi-finals

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17 September 1960 Minor semi-final Canterbury-Marrickville 2–0AuburnES Marks Athletics Field, Moore Park
Report[4] Attendance: 5,100
Referee: Roy Pearce
18 September 1960 Major semi-final Prague 3–0APIA LeichhardtSydney Sports Ground, Moore Park
Report[4] Attendance: 13,189
Referee: John Ipenburg

Preliminary final

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25 September 1959 APIA Leichhardt2–3 (a.e.t.) Canterbury-Marrickville Wentworth Park, Glebe
Report[4]
Attendance: 10,800
Referee: Roy Pearce

Grand final

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Grand Final
Prague2–5Canterbury-Marrickville
Report[4]
Henson Park, Marrickville
Attendance: 14,216
Referee: John Ipenburg
NSWSF First Division
1960 Premiers
 
Canterbury-Marrickville
Second Title

Awards and statistics

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Top goal-scorers

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Rank Player Club Goals
1 Herbert Ninaus Prague 46
2 Bruce Morrow Auburn 37
3 Leo Baumgartner Canterbury 30
4 Bill Hume Gladesville-Ryde 29
5 Tony Varglien North Side United–E.P.T. 27

Attendance

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Below is a list of total attendances per club in all matches, both home and away.[5]

Club Attendance
APIA Leichhardt FC 113,000
Sydney FC Prague 96,000
Canterbury-Marrickville 72,000
Sydney Hakoah 61,000
Auburn SFC 60,000
Budapest 58,000
Gladesville-Ryde DSFC 50,000
Corrimal United 34,000
Granville AEK 31,000
Bankstown SFC 30,000
North Side United–E.P.T. 26,000
Sydney Austral SFC 26,000
Balgownie Rangers FC 24,000
Manly Warringah 18,000

Other competitions

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Ampol Cup

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Originally formed in 1957 as the William Kennard Cup, this was the third year to be sponsored by Ampol.

Final
Final
Budapest5–2APIA Leichhardt
Report[6]

Ascot Thousand Federation Cup

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This was the fourth year contesting the Federation Cup, named the Ascot Thousand for sponsorship reasons.

Final
Final
Bankstown1–0Canterbury-Marrickville
Report[7]
Henson Park, Marrickville
Attendance: 10,500
Referee: Roy Pearce

References

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  1. ^ "1959 Soccer Year Book". N.S.W. Federation of Soccer clubs. Retrieved 16 June 2024.
  2. ^ "NSW 1960 Division One". www.rsssf.org. Retrieved 16 June 2024.
  3. ^ "1960 NSW Div 1 Result matrix". SoccerAust. Retrieved 16 June 2024.
  4. ^ a b c d "1960 NSWSF Finals Series". OzFootball. Retrieved 16 June 2024.
  5. ^ "1960 Soccer Year Book". N.S.W. Federation of Soccer Clubs. Retrieved 16 June 2024.
  6. ^ "1960 Ampol Cup". SoccerAust. Retrieved 16 June 2024.
  7. ^ "1960 Ascot Cup". SoccerAust. Retrieved 16 June 2024.