Mini Club Histories

The following pocket club histories are taken from the "About the Visitors" section of Moorabbin City Matchday programmes from between 1978-1981.

Caulfield City:

Clayton:

Corio:

Essendon Triestina:

Ferntree Gully:

Frankston Pines:

Geelong:

Hamlyn Rangers:

Hawthorn Citizens:

Karingal:

Keysborough:

Monash University:

Mornington:

North Dandenong:

Nunawading City:

Ringwood United:

Rosebud:

Sandringham City:

Sunbury United:

Werribee City:

Some are still around, some of these clubs have died, some changed their names and some merged or amalgamated with others.

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Provisional League Cup Finals

Like the Federation/Metropolitan/State League Cup, the Provisional League Cup also ceased to exist after the 2003 edition. Dominated late on by Brunswick City, other illustrious names to have won the Cup include Westvale, Pascoe Vale, North Geelong, Frankston Pines and Werribee City.

There was a Provisional League Cup in 1954, but there was not always a Provisional League until the early 1970's. In the 1950's if there was an influx of new teams there would be a Provisional League until they were absorbed into the Metropolitan League system. A boom in the 1960's saw the District Leagues established in the latter part of the decade. There was no promotion or relegation between the Metropolitan and District Leagues. In the early 1970's the Provisional League was re-introduced. It ranked above the District League and had promotion available to the Metropolitan League.

It is possible there were some years the Cup was played for between 1955 and 1976. Since then there are three years I have yet to find the score of the Final (1988. 1990 and 1992).

2003 Chelsea 1 (Filipovic) Moreland United 0

2002 Sydenham Park 9 (B.Trcpcevski4, Jovevski2, Pzeski2, Trajkovski)
Collingwood City 0

2001 Brunswick City 0 Clayton 0
        Brunswick City won 4-1 on penalties

2000 Brunswick City 4 (Kyriopoulos2, Minichello, Vouloumanos) Endeavour Hills 3 (Moothoo2, Filies)

1999 Endeavour United 4 Sydenham Park 1

1998 Brunswick City 3 Lyndale United 1

1997 Croxton Park 3 (Basic, Becirervic, Fermic) Templestowe Eagles 0

1996 Springvale Condors 3 (L.Trejo, Leficura, Aranda) South Yarra 2 (McCann, Weston)
        After extra-time

1995 Keysborough 4 (Dantas3, Duarte) North Glenroy 2 (Tokoglu, Tavolaro)

1994 Old Scotch 2 (Robb2) Brunswick City 2 (Arestis2)
        Old Scotch won 4-1 on penalties

1993 South Wantirna 2 Westvale 1

1992 East Richmond

1991 Westvale 3 South Springvale 0
        After extra-time

1990 Brandon Park

1989 Prahran 1 Forest Hill 0

1988 Ascot St.Marks

1987 Ardeer 3 South Yarra 0

1986 Seaford United 4 Cranbourne 0

1985 Pascoe Vale 3 Williamstown 1

1984 Seaford United 3 (Bryden, Gardiner2) Boronia 1 (Fisher)

1983 Mordialloc-Clarinda 3 Springvale United 2 (Kaim2)

1982 Rosanna 2 Holland Park 1

1981 North Geelong 2 Yarraville 1

1980 Sunbury United 2 (Little, Campbell) Melton 1 (Davies)

1979 Nunawading City 3 (Torelli2, O.G.) Geelong 2 (Pagett, Robertson)

1978 Frankston Pines 3 Nunawading City 2

1977 Werribee City 3 (Mantello, Collins, McNeil) Frankston Pines 2 (Kerr, Malcolm)

1954 B.W.R. 3 South Yarra 1
        After extra-time

Of Best and Fairests of 1990

Leading votes in the 1990 League Best and Fairests

The above link is to another scan of a document from the archives, this time leading votegetters in the 1990 Victorian, Provisional and Amateur League Best and Fairest Awards.

In the First Division of the Victorian League, Werribee City's Stephen Hackett was the winner, by two votes from Maribyrnong Polonia's Bogdan Bonk. It was a big effort from Bonk in a relegated side, and two years later he would help guide North Geelong to the VPL Championship, taking out the VPL Gold Medal at the same time. Others amongst the votes include future A-League coaches, a Four Diego and various club legends. Hackett would repeat his success the following year.

George Campbell of Nunawading City took out the award in Division Two, by a clear six votes. It was an illustrious beaten brigade, with Richmond's Jim Maclean (former VSL Rothman's Medal Winner and Bill Fleming Medal Winner) and Keilor's Tommy Cumming (two-time VSL Rothman's Medal Winner and two-time Bill Fleming Winner) in the top six. Maclean would go on to win the award the following season.

Moorabbin City's Tommy Fox claimed the Third Diviison award by a vote from five equal runner's-up. Iain Stirton, who would soon transfer to Moorabbin, was the leading votegetter for Seaford United. Here he is carrying his son David (current NPLV star with Bentleigh Greens) off the pitch after Moorabbin's 4-1 win at Eltham/Diamond Valley United in 1994, in which he scored twice.

Boronia's Gary Radcliffe was the winner in the Fourth Division, by a margin of three points from East Brunswick/Ivanhoe's Bobby McGuinness. Both clubs no longer exist in the State League landscape, like others in the division that year including Regent, Springvale Condors, Karingal United, Ferntree Gully and Hawthorn Citizens. Rosanna became Banyule City, Oakleigh Suburbs have a link to the current Box Hill United and Hamlyn Rangers became Geelong Rangers.

Stan Webster of South Dandenong (now Dandenong Thunder) was triumphant in the Provisional League Division One award by eleven votes from team-mate Hasan Sepetci. In Provisional League Division Two the winner was Lyndale United's Ivam Grgas. Bruno Maiolo was the victor in Provisional League Division Three.

From Provisional League Division Two, Ballarat would rise to the NPLV. South Springvale had yet to start their Cup giant-killing, with Frankston United later to become Peninsula Strikers with Brintons, Kew Eagles and Ascot St.Marks fading into oblivion.

It was a one-two in the Amateur League Division One award for Waverley Wanderers, with Ian Blackhurst pipping Marcus Creak by a vote. Eamon Beamish of Old Scotch was tied for eighth. He currently coaches the club in State League Division Two South East.

Cretan's Michael Koutsakis won the award for Amateur League Division Two. Cretan would become South Wantirna and rose up a few divisions before disbanding when their ground was acquired for the building of the Eastlink Freeway.