Australia 1971


State Leagues 1971

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


Australian Capital Territory 1971

NB: see also Federal Capital Territory 1971

Division One

Final Table:

 1. Griffith United          14   9  4  1  52-11  22
 2. Inter Monaro             14  10  2  2  40-14  22
 3. West Woden Juventus      14   8  4  2  30-12  20
 4. Queanbeyan Makedonia     14   5  6  3  25-19  16
 5. Croatia Deakin           14   4  5  5  37-22  13
 6. Turner Eagles            14   4  5  5  28-27  13
 7. Phillip United           14   1  1 12  11-51   3
 8. Dickson Hungaria         14   1  1 12  10-77   3

NB: playoff results unknown; West Woden Juventus reportedly champions.

New South Wales 1971

NB: see also New South Wales 1971.

Division One

Final Table:

 1. Hakoah Eastern Suburbs  22  17  5  0  60-19  39  Qualified
 2. St.George Budapest      22  16  3  3  60-18  35  Qualified
 3. Western Suburbs         22  13  4  5  42-27  30  Qualified
 4. Ryde                    22   9  6  7  34-28  24  Qualified
 5. South Coast United      22   8  7  7  31-32  23
 6. Marconi Fairfield       22   7  8  7  35-41  22
 7. South Sydney Croatia    22   9  3 10  35-38  21
 8. APIA Leichhardt         22   6  5 11  25-40  17
 9. Auburn                  22   5  4 13  24-40  14
10. Pan Hellenic            22   8  4 10  36-44  12  [-8]
11. Prague                  22   4  2 16  24-46  10
12. Canterbury-Marrickville 22   2  5 15  23-56   5  [-4]

Final Series:

 1. St.George Budapest       3   2  1  0   9- 3   5  Qualified
 2. Western Suburbs          3   2  0  1   8- 6   4  Qualified
 3. Hakoah Eastern Suburbs   3   1  1  1   7- 8   3
 4. Ryde                     3   0  0  3   4-11   0

Grand Final
St.George Budapest          3-2 Western Suburbs

Division Two

Final Table:

 1. Sutherland Shire         22  17  1  4  59-22  35
 2. Granville AEK            22  14  6  2  49-21  34
 3. Melita Eagles            22  15  3  4  46-24  33
 4. Corinthian BESC          22  14  3  5  67-29  31
 5. Balgownie Rangers        22   8  6  8  42-35  22
 6. Polonia North Side       22  10  2 10  55-48  22
 7. Bankstown                22   9  2 11  35-38  20
 8. Manly Warringah          22   8  4 10  31-39  20
 9. Guildford Wanderers      22   7  3 12  33-48  17
10. Artarmon                 22   4  6 12  28-47  14
11. North Sydney Inter       22   3  2 17  27-71   8  Relegation Playoff
12. Concordia Petersham      22   2  4 16  25-75   8  Relegation Playoff

Relegation Playoff
Concordia                   2-5 North Sydney Inter 
North Sydney Inter          2-2 Concordia                  

Division Three

Final Table:

 1. Bankstown City           22  12  5  5  43-23  29  Qualified
 2. Northern Districts       22  10  6  6  52-37  26  Qualified
 3. Belmore                  22  11  4  7  35-31  26  Qualified
 4. Campbelltown City        22  10  5  7  34-30  25  Qualified
 5. Arncliffe Scots          22   9  6  7  40-34  24
 6. Revesby Workers          22  10  3  9  48-47  23
 7. Marrickville Rockdale    22   6  9  7  42-42  21
 8. West Sutherland          22   6  9  7  41-41  21
 9. Enmore                   22   8  5  9  41-45  21
10. Wenty Waratah            22   7  4 11  43-51  18
11. Lane Cove United         22   6  5 11  36-54  17
12. North Bankstown          22   5  3 14  31-51  13

NB: Bankstown City withdrew after the season.

Final Series
Belmore                     4-3 Bankstown City    
Northern Districts          2-1 Campbelltown City 

Grand Final
Northern Districts          1-2 Belmore 

Inter Suburban Division One

Final Table:

 1. Rosebery Rhodes          18  15  2  1  63-15  32  Qualified
 2. Warringah Saints         18  11  4  3  42-21  26  Qualified
 3. Riverside Rapid          18   9  6  3  68-29  24  Qualified
 4. Gladesville Ravens       18   9  6  3  50-29  24  Qualified
 5. University of NSW        18   8  4  6  32-21  20
 6. Newtown Progress         18   8  2  8  49-36  18
 7. Condell Park             18   5  2 11  29-50  12
 8. Yagoona                  18   6  0 12  35-58  12
 9. Granville Kewpies        18   4  3 11  23-57  11
10. South Sydney             18   0  1 17   9-84   1

Final Series
Rosebery Rhodes             5-1 Riverside Rapid    
Warringah Saints            1-1 Gladesville Ravens  
Warringah Saints            2-1 Gladesville Ravens  

Grand Final
Rosebery Rhodes             4-0 Warringah Saints  

Northern New South Wales - Division One

Final Table:

 1. Weston Workers           22  14  4  4  58-34  32  Final Series
 2. Wallsend                 22  11  8  3  46-24  30  Final Series
 3. Adamstown Rosebud        22  12  5  5  72-27  29  Final Series
 4. Hamilton Azzurri         22  11  3  8  37-31  25  Final Series
 5. Maitland                 22   9  4  9  47-35  22
 6. Cardiff                  22   8  6  8  33-34  22
 7. Toronto Awaba            22   8  5  9  32-46  21
 8. Lake Macquarie Roosters  22   8  3 11  34-41  19
 9. Austral United           22   6  5 11  35-56  17
10. Belmont Swansea          22   7  3 12  30-56  17
11. West Wallsend            22   6  3 13  37-53  15
12. Cessnock City Hornets    22   6  3 13  32-56  15

Final Series
Adamstown Rosebud           1-2 Hamilton Azzurri  
Weston Workers              1-0 Wallsend         
Wallsend                    0-0 Hamilton Azzurri
Wallsend                    5-0 Hamilton Azzurri 

Grand Final
Weston Workers              5-0 Wallsend         

Northern New South Wales - Division Two

Final Table:

 1. New Lambton South        22  19  2  1 122-13  40  Final Series
 2. Mayfield United          22  17  2  3  71-21  36  Final Series
 3. Jesmond                  22  17  2  3  85-42  36  Final Series
 4. Charlestown RSL          22  15  4  3  68-17  34  Final Series
 5. Kotara South             22   8  5  9  56-55  21
 6. Central Coast United     21   8  4  9  71-68  20
 7. Merewether Advance       21   7  2 12  38-72  16
 8. West Lakes United        22   7  2 13  42-86  16
 9. Raymond Terrace          22   5  3 14  35-64  13
10. Bellbird                 21   3  4 14  39-103 10
11. Lambton                  21   3  3 15  28-66   9
12. Stockton Hellenic        22   3  3 16  20-68   9

Final Series
Jesmond                     1-3 Charlestown RSL 
New Lambton South           2-0 Mayfield United 
Mayfield United             1-1 Charlestown RSL  
Mayfield United             1-0 Charlestown RSL  

Grand Final
New Lambton South           0-2 Mayfield United 

Queensland 1971

Brisbane Division One

Final Table:

 1. Azzurri                  18  11  5  2  45-24  27  Final Series
 2. Merton                   18  10  4  4  46-32  24  Final Series
 3. Bardon Latrobe           18  10  3  5  43-24  23  Final Series
 4. Hellenic                 18  10  1  7  45-33  21  Final Series
 5. Grange Thistle           18   8  4  6  39-38  20
 6. St.Helens United         18   7  1 10  36-44  15
 7. Hollandia-Inala          18   5  4  9  31-42  14
 8. Coalstars                18   6  1 11  30-40  13
 9. Polonia                  18   4  5  9  25-36  13
10. Wynnum District          18   4  2 12  31-58  10

Final Series
Azzurri                     1-0 Merton 
Bardon Latrobe              0-2 Hellenic  
Merton                      2-1 Hellenic  

Grand Final
Azzurri                     2-1 Merton 

Brisbane Division Two A

Final Table:

 1. Oxley United             22  15  5  2  57-19  35  Final Series
 2. Mitchelton               22  14  6  2  71-33  34  Final Series
 3. Easts                    22  14  4  4  65-39  32  Final Series
 4. Annerley                 22   9  7  6  57-31  25  Final Series
 5. Gap                      22  10  4  8  49-44  24
 6. Germania                 22  10  3  9  49-43  23
 7. Taringa Rovers           22   9  3 10  44-39  21
 8. South Coast              22   8  5  9  48-44  21
 9. Budapest                 22   5  9  8  37-48  19
10. Newmarket                22   5  4 13  25-51  14
11. Dnipro                   22   3  3 16  28-78   9
12. Willowburn               22   3  1 18  24-85   7

Final Series
Oxley United                4-1 Mitchelton
Easts                       3-2 Annerley   
Mitchelton                  2-1 Easts     

Grand Final
Mitchelton                  5-2 Oxley United 

Brisbane Division Two B

NB: the third level was renamed Division Two B but remained third level.

Table:

 1. Hellenic B               22  16  4  2  84-27  36
 2. Mount Gravatt            22  14  4  4  50-28  32
 3. Redcliffe City           22  14  4  4  77-46  32
 4. Coalstars B              21  13  2  6  72-40  28
 5. Bardon Latrobe B         22  12  2  8  53-52  26
 6. Azzurri B                21   9  4  8  56-43  22
 7. Grange Thistle B         22   8  4 10  51-55  20
 8. Gold Coast United        21   6  5 10  39-67  17
 9. Redlands United          22   6  3 13  52-77  15
10. Merton-Easts C           21   6  2 13  38-50  14
11. Hollandia-Inala B        22   4  3 15  43-83  11
12. St.Helens United B       20   1  3 16  28-75   5

Brisbane Division Two C

NB: the fourth level was renamed Division Two C but remained fourth level.

Final Table:

 1. Polonia B                22  14  3  5  60-33  31
 2. Bardon Latrobe C         22  14  3  5  61-45  31
 3. University of Queensland 22  12  5  5  56-42  29
 4. Annerley B               22  14  0  8  57-40  28
 5. Budapest-Grovely B       22  11  5  6  42-45  27
 6. Taringa Rovers B         22  10  6  6  38-44  26
 7. Mitchelton B             22   8  4 10  42-43  20
 8. The Gap B                22   9  1 12  60-58  19
 9. Wynnum District B        22   8  3 11  30-48  19
10. Oxley United B           22   7  3 12  37-59  17
11. Toowong                  22   6  5 11  23-49  17
 -. byes                     22   0  0 22   0- 0   0

NB: all clubs had two byes during the season, for which they were awarded
    a win and two points;
    Bardon Latrobe C ineligible for promotion.

South Australia 1971

Division One

Final Table:

 1. West Adelaide Hellas     18  16  0  2  52-19  32  Champions
 2. Adelaide Juventus        18  11  3  4  43-20  25
 3. Enfield Victoria         18  11  3  4  28-18  25
 4. Polonia Adelaide         18  10  2  6  37-21  22
 5. USC Lion                 18   7  4  7  28-23  18
 6. ED Azzurri               18   7  2  9  18-26  16
 7. Elizabeth City           18   5  4  9  33-38  14
 8. Burnside Budapest        18   4  4 10  28-49  12
 9. Cumberland United        18   3  3 12  17-43   9
10. Adelaide Croatia         18   2  3 13  20-47   7

Division Two

Final Table:

 1. Beograd Woodville        18  14  3  1  60-15  31
 2. Malta United             18   8  6  4  28-25  22
 3. South Adelaide           18   7  5  6  37-25  19
 4. Para Hills               18   7  5  6  39-30  19
 5. Wakefield Wanderers      18   7  5  6  28-23  19
 6. Port Adelaide            18   8  2  8  29-29  18
 7. Birkalla Rovers          18   6  5  7  21-26  17
 8. Broken Hill City         18   5  6  7  20-37  16
 9. Salisbury United         18   5  3 10  25-37  13
10. Taperoo United           18   2  2 14  19-59   6

Division Three

Final Table:

 1. Campbelltown City        20  16  4  0  71-20  36
 2. Don United               20  16  1  3  63-22  33
 3. Windsor Athletic         20  10  4  6  42-36  24
 4. WREI                     20   9  4  7  37-43  22
 5. Adelaide University      20   8  5  7  36-33  21
 6. Modbury                  20   8  3  9  37-37  19
 7. Flinders University      20   5  8  7  24-34  18
 8. Orange Sturt United      20   6  4 10  26-34  16
 9. Mitcham                  20   6  2 12  39-56  14
10. CTC                      20   4  4 12  17-42  12
11. West Torrens             20   2  1 17  24-59   5

Amateur Division One

Final Table:

 1. Munno Para Apac          18  15  1  2  69-12  31
 2. North Adelaide Apollo    18  11  3  4  35-18  25
 3. Elizabeth Vale           18  10  3  5  54-24  23
 4. Madison Park             18  10  2  6  41-28  22
 5. Uniroyal                 18   8  5  5  29-23  21
 6. Austria                  18   8  2  8  53-47  18
 7. Norwood Loyola           18   6  4  8  23-31  16
 8. Salisbury Inter          18   4  4 10  17-24  12
 9. Elizabeth Thistle        18   4  3 11  30-56  11
10. Hectorville              18   0  1 17  10-98   1

Tasmania 1971

North Division One

Table:

 1. Launceston Juventus      20  17  2  1  74-16  36
 2. Launceston United        20  17  2  1 110-26  36
 3. Ravenswood Olympic       20  12  4  4  61-36  28
 4. Ulverstone               20  12  3  5  71-38  27
 5. George Town United       20   8  5  7  49-40  21
 6. Devonport City           20  10  1  9  57-57  21
 7. Burnie Rovers            20   9  1 10  63-52  19
 8. Burnie Spartans          20   7  1 12  57-72  15
 9. St.Leonards Rovers       20   5  1 14  35-54  11
10. South Launceston         19   1  1 17  18-84   3
11. Launceston Croatia       19   0  1 18   9-129  1

South Cambridge League

Reported Final Table:

 1. Hobart Juventus          21  14  4  3  65-28  32
 2. Croatia Glenorchy        21   9  7  5  52-37  25
 3. Metro Claremont          21  10  4  7  53-45  24
 4. Caledonians              21  11  2  8  47-45  24
 5. South Hobart             21   7  3 11  37-34  17
 6. Sandy Bay Olympia        21   6  4 11  34-52  16
 7. White Eagles             21   6  4 11  26-47  16
 8. Rapid Wrest Point        21   3  6 12  31-57  12
NB: 2 more losses than wins.

North West League

NB: league not held between 1969 and 1976.

Championship Playoff

Final
Hobart Juventus     6-2 Launceston Juventus 
Launceston Juventus 1-6 Hobart Juventus     

South Metropolitan Division One

Table:

 1. Dnipro                   21  19  1  1 118-24  39
 2. University               20  15  4  1  92-22  34
 3. Buckingham               20  12  1  7  78-52  25
 4. Hobart Juventus B        21  10  4  7  56-48  24
 5. Dynamos                  21   6  4 11  53-77  16
 6. Croatia Glenorchy B      20   5  1 14  27-80  11
 7. White Eagles B           20   2  5 13  32-92   9
 8. Malaysian Tigers         21   2  2 17  41-102  6

NB: Buckingham, Hobert Juventus B, Dynamos, Croatia Glenorchy B and
    White Eagles B all withdrew after the season.

South Metropolitan Division Two

Table:

 1. Claremont                18  16  0  2  81-21  32
 2. Olympia                  18  12  1  5  76-28  25
 3. University Gold          17  12  1  4  68-29  25
 4. Eastern Suburbs          18  10  4  4  81-45  24
 5. Taroona                  18   8  2  8  49-50  18
 6. Southern Cross           17   7  4  6  37-43  18
 7. Dnipro Lions             18   6  1 11  42-61  13
 8. University Grads         18   4  3 11  37-57  11
 9. Harimau                  18   2  3 13  33-95   7
10. Clarence                 18   2  1 15  26-101  5

NB: the South Metropolitan Division Two was dissolved after the season.

Victoria 1971

NB: see also Victoria 1971

State League

Final Table:

 1. Footscray JUST           22  14  5  3  48-17  33  Champions
 2. South Melbourne Hellas   22  12  8  2  41-16  32
 3. Croatia                  22  11  5  6  33-21  27
 4. Melbourne                22  12  3  7  32-23  27
 5. Ringwood City Wilhelmina 22  10  4  8  40-28  24
 6. George Cross             22   8  8  6  31-37  24
 7. Polonia                  22   9  4  9  21-26  22
 8. Juventus                 22   8  5  9  42-38  21
 9. Hakoah                   22   9  2 11  29-30  20
10. Box Hill                 22   5  6 11  16-34  16
11. Fitzroy United Alexander 22   4  5 13  18-41  13
12. Essendon Lions           22   1  3 18  10-50   5

NB: Alexander were renamed Fitzroy United Alexander.

Metropolitan League Division One

Final Table:

 1. Elwood Austria           22  15  6  1  40-18  36
 2. Altona City              22  13  5  4  52-22  31
 3. Essendon Slavia          22   9  9  4  26-20  27
 4. Sunshine City            22   7 12  3  36-21  26
 5. Keilor City              22  10  6  6  39-37  26
 6. Dandenong City           22   9  6  7  42-33  24
 7. Ringwood United          22   8  3 11  34-38  19
 8. Preston Makedonia        22   7  4 11  23-36  18
 9. Yallourn                 22   6  5 11  37-42  17
10. Frankston City           22   5  5 12  25-44  15
11. Springvale City          22   4  5 13  31-45  13
12. Prahran City             22   4  4 14  26-55  12

NB: Preston Makedonia withdrew after the season.

Metropolitan League Division Two

Final Table:

 1. Green Gully              22  18  3  1  48-12  39
 2. Mooroolbark United       22  14  4  4  45-20  32
 3. Coburg United            22  14  3  5  42-24  31
 4. Western Suburbs          22  12  4  6  50-25  28
 5. Albion Rovers            22  11  4  7  44-35  26
 6. Moreland Thistle         22   9  3 10  37-33  21
 7. St.Albans                22   8  4 10  32-37  20
 8. Richmond                 22   8  3 11  35-37  19
 9. Princes Park Hercules    22   8  2 12  33-36  18
10. Waverley City            22   7  2 13  36-51  16
11. Sandringham City         22   4  0 18  24-75   8
12. Brighton                 22   3  0 19  25-66   6

NB: Western Suburbs ICI were renamed Western Suburbs.

Metropolitan League Division Three

Final Table:

 1. Heidelberg               22  15  4  3  47-18  34
 2. Corio                    22  12  4  6  48-29  28
 3. Croydon City             22  12  4  6  33-24  28
 4. Park Rangers             22  12  3  7  49-33  27
 5. St.Kilda                 22   8  7  7  39-33  23
 6. Ballarat                 22   8  7  7  39-34  23
 7. Ferntree Gully           22   9  4  9  44-28  22
 8. Brunswick Athena         22   9  4  9  31-37  22
 9. North Carlton Olympic    22   7  5 10  28-45  19
10. Chelsea                  22   4 10  8  16-20  18
11. Maribyrnong Triestina    22   4  8 10  24-34  16
12. East Melbourne Helvetic  22   0  4 18  11-74   4

Western Australia 1971

Division One

Final Table:

 1. Azzurri                  22  18  3  1  78-24  39  Champions
 2. Bayswater United         22  14  3  5  67-35  31
 3. East Fremantle Tricolore 22  12  4  6  66-41  28
 4. Olympic                  22  10  8  4  62-45  28
 5. SMA Cottesloe            22  12  3  7  56-50  27
 6. Cracovia                 22  10  5  7  44-32  25
 7. Windmills                22   9  6  7  51-38  24
 8. Inglewood Kiev           22   5  8  9  45-53  18
 9. Subiaco City             22   7  3 12  42-67  17
10. Swan Valley              22   4  7 11  36-54  15
11. Perth City               22   1  7 14  30-62   7  [-2]
12. Swan Athletic            22   1  1 20  24-100  5  [+2]

NB: SMA United and Cottesloe merged into SMA Cottesloe.

Division Two

Final Table:

 1. North Perth Croatia      26  21  3  2 106-39  45
 2. Kwinana United           26  21  2  3  81-24  44
 3. Cockburn United          26  21  1  4  92-34  43
 4. Gosnells Town            26  12  7  7  59-43  31
 5. Queens Park              26  13  4  9  45-62  30
 6. Fremantle Dalmatinac     26  12  4 10  47-46  28
 7. Stirling City            26  11  1 14  42-45  23
 8. Maccabi                  26   9  5 12  43-54  23  [#]
 9. Macedonia United         26   9  4 13  59-65  22
10. University W.Australia   26   8  5 13  38-62  21
11. Caledonian               26   8  3 15  42-52  19
12. Floreat Athena           26   5  4 17  47-83  14
13. Rockingham United        26   2  7 17  33-79  11
14. South Perth              26   3  4 19  24-70  10

NB: Medina were renamed Kwinana United;
    West Perth Athena were renamed Floreat Athena;
    Maccabeans were renamed Maccabi; they withdrew after the season.
    .
Amateur Division One

Reported Final Table:

 1. Gosnells Town B          18  15  3  0  86-15  33
 2. Alemannia Melville       18  11  5  2  75-16  27
 3. Kelmscott                18  12  2  4  69-26  26
 4. Morley-Windmills         18  10  2  6  47-42  22
 5. Riverdale United         18   8  4  6  41-29  20
 6. Belmont Cloverdale       18   6  4  8  38-58  16
 7. Subiaco                  18   7  0 11  51-72  14
 8. Queens Park B            18   5  1 12  34-66  11
 9. W.Australian Transformers18   3  3 12  30-66   9
10. University W.Australia B 18   1  0 17  13-91   2
NB: total goal difference +3.


1970.

1972.

list of champions.

list of cup winners.

list of final tables.

list of regional champions.

list of regional cup winners.


About this document

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

Prepared and maintained by Adri van Veen for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation

Author: Adri van Veen
Last updated: 2 Apr 2025

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