Australia 1970


State Leagues 1970

Australian Capital Territory | New South Wales | Queensland | South Australia | Tasmania | Victoria | Western Australia


Australian Capital Territory 1970

NB: see also Federal Capital Territory 1970

Division One

Final Table:

 1. West Woden Juventus      14   9  5  0  37- 9  23  Qualified
 2. Queanbeyan Macedonia     14   6  6  2  26-17  18  Qualified
 3. Croatia Deakin           14   6  5  3  33-22  17  Qualified
 4. Turner Eagles            14   5  3  6  26-24  13  Qualified
 5. Griffith United          14   4  5  5  24-30  13
 6. Inter Monaro             14   2  8  4  23-23  12
 7. Red Hill                 14   4  4  6  19-33  12
 8. Forrest United           14   1  2 11  20-50   4

Semifinals [Aug 23]     
Turner Eagles               4-2 Croatia Deakin        
West Woden Juventus         2-2 Queanbeyan Macedonia  
 
Semifinal Replay [Aug 30]
West Woden Juventus         1-0 Queanbeyan Macedonia  
 
Preliminary Final [Sep 6]
Turner Eagles               2-0 Queanbeyan Macedonia  
 
Grand Final [Sep 13]
Turner Eagles               1-3 West Woden Juventus   

New South Wales 1970

NB: see also New South Wales 1970.

Division One

Final Table:

 1. Hakoah Eastern Suburbs   22  16  2  4  62-18  34  Qualified
 2. St.George Budapest       22  16  1  5  71-26  33  Qualified
 3. Ryde                     22  13  4  5  31-23  30  Qualified
 4. South Sydney Croatia     22  11  3  8  43-37  25  Qualified
 5. Marconi Fairfield        22  11  2  9  31-31  24
 6. Auburn                   22   8  6  8  35-45  22
 7. APIA Leichhardt          22   9  1 12  36-35  19
 8. Pan Hellenic             22   6  5 11  26-43  17
 9. Prague                   22   7  3 12  26-46  17
10. Canterbury-Marrickville  22   4  8 10  23-39  16
11. South Coast United       22   5  5 12  27-43  15
12. Melita Eagles            22   3  6 13  16-41  12

NB: Yugal Ryde were renamed Ryde.

Final Series:

 1. St.George Budapest        3   2  0  1   9- 2   4  Qualified
 2. Ryde                      3   1  1  1   4- 5   3  Qualified
 3. Hakoah Eastern Suburbs    3   1  1  1   6- 8   3
 4. South Sydney Croatia      3   1  0  2   6-10   2

Grand Final
St.George Budapest          0-4 Ryde  

Division Two

Final Table:

 1. Western Suburbs          22  17  3  2  57-17  37
 2. Sutherland Shire         22  15  4  3  51-21  34
 3. Manly Warringah          22  14  3  5  49-35  31
 4. Balgownie Rangers        22  12  4  6  52-36  28
 5. Polonia North Side       22  10  5  7  56-35  25
 6. Bankstown                22   9  6  7  44-38  24
 7. Granville AEK            22   8  5  9  42-42  21
 8. Corinthian BESC          22   8  0 14  42-58  16
 9. Artarmon                 22   5  6 11  26-46  16
10. North Sydney Inter       22   5  5 12  29-45  15
11. Concordia Petersham      22   3  5 14  28-57  11
12. Hornsby North End        22   1  4 17  25-71   6

Inter Suburban Division One

Final Table:

 1. Guildford Wanderers      22  18  1  3  71-23  37  Qualified
 2. Enmore                   22  14  4  4  66-28  32  Qualified
 3. West Sutherland          22  12  7  3  55-28  31  Qualified
 4. Wenty Waratah            22   9  8  5  71-42  26  Qualified
 5. Marrickville Rockdale    22  10  5  7  64-35  25
 6. Bankstown City           22  10  4  8  38-38  24
 7. Lane Cove United         22   9  4  9  35-42  22
 8. Belmore                  22   8  3 11  58-56  19
 9. North Bankstown          22   8  2 12  42-41  18
10. Riverside Rapid          22   6  4 12  48-55  16
11. East Side                22   6  2 14  45-63  14
12. South Sydney             22   0  0 22  12-154  0

NB: Rovers Juniors were renamed West Sutherland;
    Bankstown Thistle were renamed Bankstown City;
    East Side withdrew after the season.

Final Series
Enmore                      1-2 Wenty Waratah   
Guildford Wanderers         2-1 West Sutherland 

Grand Final
Wenty Waratah               0-2 Guildford Wanderers 

Inter Suburban Division Two

Final Table:

 1. Arncliffe Scots          22  15  4  3  52-17  34  Qualified
 2. University of NSW        22  16  2  4  49-18  34  Qualified
 3. Campbelltown City        22  15  3  4  50-22  33  Qualified
 4. Revesby Workers          22  15  2  5  63-34  32  Qualified
 5. Gladesville-Hornsby      22  12  3  7  54-34  27
 6. Newtown Progress         22  10  4  8  49-38  24
 7. Warringah Saints         22   8  5  9  44-37  21
 8. Condell Park             22   6  4 12  54-59  16
 9. Granville Kewpies        22   6  4 12  33-53  16
10. Yagoona                  22   4  2 16  26-62  10
11. Blacktown Spartans       22   3  3 16  24-65   9
12. Lidcombe                 22   3  2 17  21-80   8

Final Series
University of NSW           1-2 Revesby Workers 
Arncliffe Scots             1-1 Campbelltown City  
Arncliffe Scots             3-2 Campbelltown City  

Grand Final
Revesby Workers             unk Arncliffe Scots 

Northern New South Wales - Division One

Final Table:

 1. Adamstown Rosebud        22  15  2  5  68-34  32  Final Series
 2. Austral United           22  13  4  5  50-29  30  Final Series
 3. Belmont Swansea          22  11  7  4  56-42  29  Final Series
 4. Toronto Awaba            22  12  3  7  52-39  27  Final Series
 5. Weston Workers           22   9  3 10  46-40  21
 6. Wallsend                 22   9  3 10  38-39  21
 7. Lake Macquarie           22   9  2 11  41-44  20
 8. Hamilton Azzurri         22   5  9  8  33-40  19
 9. Cessnock City            22   8  2 12  36-49  18
10. Cardiff                  22   7  3 12  36-56  17
11. West Wallsend            22   5  5 12  41-62  15
12. New Lambton South        22   5  5 12  25-48  15

Final Series
Belmont Swansea             3-1 Toronto Awaba   
Adamstown Rosebud           4-2 Austral United  
Belmont Swansea             2-1 Austral United

Grand Final
Belmont Swansea             4-3 Adamstown Rosebud 

Northern New South Wales - Division Two

Final Table:

 1. Maitland                 22  19  3  0 105-18  41  Final Series
 2. Charlestown RSL          22  16  2  4  58-15  34  Final Series
 3. Mayfield United          22  15  2  5  93-21  32  Final Series
 4. Jesmond                  22  10  9  3  52-28  29  Final Series
 5. Central Coast United     22   9  7  6  61-54  25
 6. Merewether Advance       22  10  4  8  50-42  24
 7. Stockton Hellenic        22   9  5  8  67-56  23
 8. Kotara South             22   7  3 12  53-59  17
 9. West Lakes United        22   5  6 11  29-60  16
10. Lambton                  22   4  2 16  36-96  10
11. Raymond Terrace          22   3  3 16  28-83   9
12. Whitebridge Slavia       22   2  0 20  32-132  4

Final Series

NB: only the result of the Grand Final is known.

Grand Final
Maitland                    2-1 Charlestown RSL 

Northern New South Wales - Division Three

Top Final Ranking:

 1. Bellbird
 2. Broadmeadow

Grand Final
Bellbird                    4-1 Muswellbrook

Queensland 1970

Brisbane Division One

Final Table:

 1. Azzurri                  18  13  2  3  60-23  28  Final Series
 2. Merton-Easts             18  12  3  3  65-27  27  Final Series
 3. Hellenic                 18  10  3  5  30-18  23  Final Series
 4. Bardon Latrobe           18   9  2  7  49-37  20  Final Series
 5. Hollandia-Inala          18   9  2  7  32-30  20
 6. Polonia                  18   8  3  7  30-25  19
 7. Grange Thistle           18   5  5  8  27-36  15
 8. St.Helens United         18   5  3 10  37-47  13
 9. Coalstars                18   6  0 12  43-52  12
10. Oxley United             18   0  3 15  12-90   3

NB: Merton Rovers and Easts-Aston Villa merged into Merton-Easts.

Final Series
Azzurri                     1-0 Merton-Easts
Hellenic                    2-3 Bardon Latrobe              [aet]
Merton-Easts                3-2 Bardon Latrobe  

Grand Final
Azzurri                     3-0 Merton-Easts

Brisbane Division Two

Table:

 1. Wynnum District          21  18  1  2  79-22  37  Final Series
 2. Merton-Easts B           22  15  2  5  72-40  32  Final Series
 3. Mitchelton               22  14  2  6  53-33  30  Final Series
 4. Annerley                 22  13  3  6  45-21  29  Final Series
 5. The Gap                  22  10  4  8  38-45  24
 6. Taringa Rovers           22  10  2 10  54-53  22
 7. South Coast United       22   8  3 11  36-61  19
 8. Germania                 21   7  3 11  32-42  17
 9. Budapest-Grovely         22   6  3 13  40-60  15
10. Dnipro                   22   6  2 14  45-53  14
11. Willowburn               22   6  1 15  37-65  13
12. Redlands United          22   3  4 15  31-67  10

Final Series
Wynnum District             4-2 Merton-Easts B
Mitchelton                  2-1 Annerley   
Merton-Easts B              2-5 Mitchelton  

Grand Final
Wynnum District             bt  Mitchelton 

Brisbane Division Three

Table:

 1. Newmarket                22  15  4  3  51-19  34  Final Series
 2. Bardon-Latrobe B         22  16  0  6  73-40  32  Final Series
 3. Mount Gravatt            22  13  4  5  46-21  30  Final Series
 4. Gold Coast United        22  11  3  8  51-52  25  Final Series
 5. Forrest                  22  12  0 10  38-19  24
 6. Redcliffe                21  10  1 10  40-37  21
 7. University of Queensland 21   9  2 10  42-37  20
 8. Annerley B               22   7  3 12  30-40  17
 9. Toowong                  22   8  1 13  23-48  17
10. Merton B                 22   7  1 14  40-56  15
11. Gap B                    22   7  1 14  36-64  15
12. Taringa Rovers B         22   5  2 15  23-60  12

NB: Newmarket Postal Institute were renamed Newmarket.

Final Series
Newmarket                   1-4 Bardon-Latrobe B       
Mount Gravatt               2-1 Gold Coast United  
Newmarket                   2-0 Mount Gravatt      

Grand Final
Bardon-Latrobe B            bt  Newmarket 

Brisbane Division Four

Final Table:

 1. Mitchelton B             22  18  2  2 102-29  38
 2. Wynnum District B        22  18  2  2  99-34  38
 3. Budapest-Grovely B       22  14  3  5  92-47  31
 4. Acacia Ridge             22  11  7  4  65-45  29
 5. Annerley C               22  13  2  7  86-54  28
 6. South Coast United B     22  12  4  6  64-62  28
 7. Grange Thistle B         22  10  2 10  62-69  22
 8. Bardon-Latrobe C         22   7  2 13  45-77  16
 9. Queensland Newspapers    22   5  3 14  34-61  13
10. Germania B               22   5  3 14  42-81  13
11. Dnipro B                 22   1  4 17  24-81   6
12. The Gap C                22   0  2 20  31-106  2

South Australia 1970

Division One

Final Table:

 1. Adelaide Juventus        18  14  2  2  61-20  30  Champions
 2. Polonia Adelaide         18  13  3  2  38-13  29
 3. West Adelaide Hellas     18  10  6  2  60-21  26
 4. USC Lion                 18  10  3  5  31-19  23
 5. Burnside Budapest        18   9  2  7  35-35  20
 6. ED Azzurri               18   6  4  8  33-31  16
 7. Enfield Victoria         18   5  2 11  23-33  12
 8. Cumberland United        18   4  1 13  20-40   9
 9. Adelaide Croatia         18   4  1 13  17-51   9
10. Port Adelaide            18   3  0 15  22-77   6

Division Two

Final Table:

 1. Elizabeth City           18  15  1  2  64-12  31
 2. Beograd Woodville        18  14  2  2  66-10  30
 3. Birkalla Rovers          18  10  2  6  29-20  22
 4. Wakefield Wanderers      18   7  4  7  39-34  18
 5. Salisbury United         18   5  7  6  28-25  17
 6. Para Hills               18   8  1  9  32-32  17
 7. Campbelltown City        18   6  3  9  26-29  15
 8. Malta United             18   6  3  9  32-42  15
 9. Taperoo United           18   6  1 11  28-53  13
10. Broken Hill City         18   1  0 17  15-102  2

NB: Campbelltown City withdrew after the season.

Division Three

Final Table:

 1. South Adelaide           22  20  0  2  82-38  40
 2. Don United               22  17  4  1  70-15  38
 3. Graduates                22  13  3  6  51-36  29
 4. Windsor Athletic         22  12  1  9  68-42  25
 5. Mitcham                  22  11  3  8  59-47  25
 6. WREI                     22  10  5  7  42-39  25
 7. Modbury                  22  10  2 10  50-50  22
 8. Orange Sturt United      22   8  3 11  43-37  19
 9. West Torrens             22   5  4 13  37-58  14
10. CTC                      22   5  2 15  32-69  10  [-2]
11. Adelaide University      22   2  4 16  29-76   8
12. Flinders University      22   2  3 17  28-84   7

NB: Graduates withdrew after the season;
    WRE were renamed WREI;
    Western Teachers College were renamed CTC.

Amateur Division One

Reported Final Table:

 1. Munno Para Apac          18  15  2  1  73-18  32
 2. Elizabeth Vale           18  12  2  4  46-26  26
 3. Uniroyal                 18  12  1  5  43-32  25
 4. Elizabeth Thistle        18   8  4  6  59-28  20
 5. Austria                  18  10  2  8  57-33  20  [-2]
 6. Salisbury Inter          18   7  3  8  29-38  17
 7. Hectorville              18   6  4  8  34-40  16
 8. Norwood Loyola           18   3  7  8  22-30  13
 9. West Beach               18   1  2 15  16-71   4
10. Munno Parc Celtic        18   1  2 15  18-88   4  [-2]

NB: three more losses than wins; odd number of draws and points;
    records of Austria and Munno Parc Celtic inconsistent;
    total goal difference -7.

Tasmania 1970

North Division One

Final Table:

 1. George Town              18  16  0  2  57-13  32
 2. Launceston United        18  14  3  1  85-26  31
 3. Launceston Juventus      18  13  1  4  63-19  27
 4. Ulverstone               18  12  0  6  53-28  24
 5. Ravenswood Olympic       18   7  3  8  47-38  17
 6. Devonport City           18   7  3  8  52-52  17
 7. Burnie Spartans          18   7  3  8  37-37  17
 8. Launceston Rovers        18   3  3 12  26-53   9
 9. APPM                     18   2  2 14  20-78   6
10. South Launceston         18   0  0 18   8-104  0

South Cambridge League

Final Table:

 1. Glenorchy Croatia        21  14  3  4  47-27  31
 2. Hobart Juventus          21  12  4  5  55-26  28
 3. Sandy Bay Olympia        21  11  3  7  48-39  25
 4. Rapid Wrest Point        21   8  5  8  29-31  21
 5. Caledonians              21   8  4  9  50-53  20
 6. South Hobart             21   8  2 11  35-46  18
 7. Metro Claremont          21   5  5 11  39-49  15
 8. White Eagles             21   5  0 16  24-56  10

North West League

NB: league not held between 1969 and 1976.

Championship Playoff

Final
Croatia Glenorchy   4-1 George Town United 
George Town United  1-3 Croatia Glenorchy   

South Metropolitan Division One

Table:

 1. University               18  16  2  0  84-12  34
 2. Dnipro                   19  14  2  3  70-18  30
 3. Malaysian Tigers         20   9  2  9  40-47  20
 4. Hobart Juventus B        18   8  3  7  38-28  19
 5. Buckingham               20   7  3 10  34-77  17
 6. White Eagles B           20   5  3 12  29-46  13
 7. Dynamos                  19   2  0 17  21-84   4
 8. Croatia Glenorchy B      14   5  1  8  27-31   0

NB: Croatia Glenorchy B excluded after 14 matches; results remained valid
    but all points were subtracted.

South Metropolitan Division Two

Table:

 1. Olympia                  21  17  2  2  88-31  36
 2. Southern Cross           20  15  3  2 110-33  33
 3. University Gold          21  12  3  6  69-34  27
 4. Kingborough Lions        21  11  1  9  67-59  23
 5. University Grads         21   8  3 10  53-48  19
 6. Claremont                20   8  0 12  76-62  16
 7. Harimau                  21   3  1 17  30-115  7
 8. Teruna Malaysia          21   2  1 18  23-134  5

Victoria 1970

NB: see also Victoria 1970

State League

Final Table:

 1. Juventus                 22  15  5  2  47-24  35  Champions
 2. Melbourne                22  14  5  3  44-17  33
 3. Footscray JUST           22  13  5  4  50-30  31
 4. Croatia                  22  10  7  5  36-20  27
 5. South Melbourne Hellas   22   9  9  4  36-27  27
 6. Ringwood City Wilhelmina 22   9  6  7  43-28  24
 7. Hakoah                   22   7  7  8  33-37  21
 8. Polonia                  22   8  4 10  34-43  20
 9. George Cross             22   6  5 11  32-37  17
10. Alexander                22   4  3 15  27-49  11
11. Essendon Lions           22   2  5 15  24-61   9
12. Port Melbourne Slavia    22   1  7 14  12-45   9

Metropolitan League Division One

Final Table:

 1. Box Hill                 22  14  5  3  43-18  33
 2. Dandenong City           22  11  6  5  46-30  28
 3. Elwood Austria           22  11  6  5  40-27  28
 4. Keilor City              22   9  7  6  46-32  25
 5. Altona City              22  11  3  8  42-31  25
 6. Sunshine City            22   9  6  7  38-29  24
 7. Preston Makedonia        22  10  4  8  31-27  24
 8. Springvale City          22   8  4 10  37-38  20
 9. Prahran City             22   8  3 11  33-43  19
10. Ringwood United          22   8  2 12  35-58  18
11. St.Albans                22   4  7 11  20-33  15
12. Richmond                 22   1  3 18  14-59   5

Metropolitan League Division Two

Final Table:

 1. Yallourn                 22  18  3  1  79-29  39
 2. Frankston City           22  11  7  4  47-20  29
 3. Coburg United            22  11  7  4  53-23  29
 4. Albion Rovers            22  11  4  7  44-29  26
 5. Green Gully              22  10  5  7  42-27  25
 6. Princes Park Hercules    22   9  5  8  45-37  23
 7. Waverley City            22   9  2 11  38-46  20
 8. Sandringham City         22   8  4 10  39-59  20
 9. Moreland Thistle         22   5  9  8  32-35  19
10. Brighton                 22   5  6 11  19-31  16
11. Maribyrnong Triestina    22   6  4 12  27-66  16
12. Brunswick Athena         22   0  2 20  19-82   2

Metropolitan League Division Three

Final Table:

 1. Mooroolbark United       22  14  5  3  45-18  33
 2. Western Suburbs ICI      22  14  4  4  73-26  32
 3. Ferntree Gully           22  13  6  3  47-21  32
 4. Chelsea                  22   6 11  5  29-27  23
 5. Ballarat                 22   7  7  8  46-38  21
 6. Heidelberg               22   8  5  9  31-30  21
 7. St.Kilda                 22   7  6  9  33-41  20
 8. Park Rangers             22   7  4 11  40-52  18
 9. Croydon City             22   7  4 11  33-48  18
10. East Melbourne Helvetic  22   5  7 10  22-48  17
11. Bayswater United         22   4  8 10  37-53  16
12. Clayton                  22   3  7 12  26-60  13

Western Australia 1970

Division One

Final Table:

 1. East Fremantle Tricolore 18  15  1  2  66-21  31  Champions
 2. Azzurri                  18  13  2  3  58-17  28
 3. Cracovia                 18   9  4  5  39-26  22
 4. Windmills                18   8  4  6  37-33  20
 5. Inglewood Kiev           18   7  3  8  27-39  17
 6. Perth City               18   6  4  8  29-29  16
 7. Olympic                  18   6  2 10  38-51  14
 8. Swan Valley              18   5  4  9  27-41  14
 9. Cottesloe                18   4  3 11  25-45  11
10. Subiaco City             18   3  1 14  20-64   7

NB: Kiev were renamed Inglewood Kiev.

Division Two

Final Table:

 1. Bayswater United         18  16  1  1  68-28  33
 2. Swan Athletic            18  11  2  5  54-33  24
 3. North Perth Croatia      18   8  4  6  47-38  20
 4. University W.Australia   18   8  3  7  42-38  19
 5. Medina                   18   8  2  8  58-46  18
 6. Queens Park              18   8  2  8  45-55  18
 7. West Perth Athena        18   6  3  9  48-59  15
 8. Caledonian               18   5  4  9  43-45  14
 9. Cockburn United          18   5  4  9  33-40  14
10. Manning                  18   2  1 15  25-81   5

NB: Melville City were renamed Manning.

Division Three

Final Table:

 1. Stirling City            16  13  1  2  68-25  27
 2. Fremantle Dalmatinac     16  12  1  3  51-19  25
 3. Gosnells Town            16  10  1  5  59-28  21
 4. Tuart Hill               16   8  2  6  48-37  18
 5. South Perth              16   7  2  7  34-29  16
 6. Victoria Park Viola      16   6  4  6  38-45  16
 7. SMA United               16   4  4  8  27-47  12
 8. Maccabeans               16   3  1 12  17-66   7
 9. Midland Inter            16   0  2 14  31-77   2

NB: Scarborough were renamed Stirling City;
    Tuart Hill, Victoria Park Viola and Midland Inter withdrew after the season;
    Division Three dissolved after the season.

Amateur Division One

Final Table:

 1. Gosnells Town B          14  12  1  1  52-17  25
 2. Queens Park B            14   9  1  4  54-39  19
 3. Graylands Hostel         14   7  4  3  44-22  18
 4. RAAF                     14   8  1  5  57-44  17
 5. Subiaco                  14   4  3  7  33-36  11
 6. Kelmscott                14   4  3  7  32-48  11
 7. W.Australian Transformers14   2  3  9  29-55   7
 8. Dinelli & Del Basso      14   1  2 11  29-69   4


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About this document

Sources included: History of Soccer in New South Wales (http://melbournesoccer.blogspot.com/), https://www.elitetograssroots.net/qbst/

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Author: Adri van Veen
Last updated: 2 Apr 2025

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