The 1966 NSW Federation Cup (Henry Seamonds Trophy) was the tenth and final edition of the NSW Soccer Federation's premier soccer cup. The cup was open to all ten clubs in the first and six second division clubs.
Sydney Hakoah were the defending champions, but were eliminated by St. George Budapest in the semi-finals when they lost 1–2.
The final was played on 22 May 1966 between APIA Leichhardt and St. George Budapest, with APIA winning the match 3–2 to claim their second Federation Cup title.
Format and clubs
Round Clubsremaining Clubs advancing fromprevious round New entriesthis round Main match dates First Round 16 → 8 N/A 10 clubs from NSW First Division 6 clubs from NSW Second Division from 27 March 1966 Quarter-finals 8 → 4 8 winners from First Round none from 11 April 1966 Semi-finals 4 → 2 4 winners from quarter-finals none from 1 May 1966 Final 2 → 1 2 winners from semi-finals none 22 May 1966
First Round The First Round saw all ten First Division and the top 6 Second Division clubs from the previous season participate. Tie no. Date Team 1 Score Team 2 1 Canterbury-Marrickville 1–0 Granville-AEK 2 Croatia-South Sydney 5–0 Prague 3 Sydney Hakoah 5–1 Bankstown 4 St. George-Budapest 6–4 Pan Hellenic 5 South Coast United 1–0 Melita Eagles 6 Yugal 3–2 Cumberland United 7 Polonia-North Side 3–1 Wollongong Olympic 8 APIA Leichhardt 6–1 Corinthian BESC
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Third place playoff
Final
1 Bill Rorke 2 George Nutall 3 Stan Ackerley 4 David Muir 5 Jim Sambrook 6 Phil Bottalico 7 John Giacometti 8 Ricardo Campana 9 Archie Blue 10 Johnny Watkiss 11 Bill KerklaanSubstitutes: noneCoach: Joe Marston |style="vertical-align:top;width:50%"| 1 Frank Haffey 2 Herbert Stegbauer 3 Roger Hillary 4 Manfred Schaefer 5 Petar Banicevic 6 Tibor Zuckerman 7 Alan Hillhouse 8 Johnny Warren 9 George Yardley 10 Salvador Isaac 11 Noel Telfer Substitutes: 12 Don Sandell Coach: Laurie Hegyes
NSW Federation Cup1966 ChampionsAPIA LeichhardtSecond Title
References General and specific