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.
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 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 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 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
Regular season Table and results
Results
Finals series
Semi-finals
Preliminary final
Grand final An Australian record crowd of 17,872 delivered £4,216 in gate takings.The audience figure was reported by the match report of the Sydney Morning Herald published the day after, and it was also announced in the stadium. They saw the only second defeat of Prague throughout the season. Prague could not field Walter Tamandl, one of their Austrian stars, due to injury. The final was also broadcast on television by the ABC, albeit with a week delay. The trophy for the winner was name sponsored by Bisleri.
GK 1 Ron Lord RB 2 Ken Hiron (capt.) LB 3 Kevin O'Neill RH 4 Stuart Sherwin CH 5 Erwin Ninaus LH 6 Les Scheinflug OR 7 Erich Schwarz IR 8 Andreas Saghi CF 9 Herbert Ninaus IL 10 Karl Jaros OL 11 Fred DurenbergerCoach: |style="vertical-align:top;width:50%"| GK 1 Ron Brown RB 2 John Curry LB 3 Ed Jones RH 4 Johnny Watkiss CH 5 Tom North LH 6 Geoff Campbell OR 7 José "Joe" Amigo IR 8 Brian Smith CF 9 Leo Baumgartner IL 10 Barry Salisbury OL 11 Geoff WarrenCoach: József "Joe" Vlasits
NSWSF First Division1960 PremiersCanterbury-MarrickvilleSecond Title
Awards and statistics Top goal-scorers
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 Below is a list of total attendances per club in all matches, both home and away.
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 Ampol Cup
Originally formed in 1957 as the William Kennard Cup, this was the third year to be sponsored by Ampol.
Final
Ascot Thousand Federation Cup
This was the fourth year contesting the Federation Cup, named the Ascot Thousand for sponsorship reasons.
Final
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