Competition: | NSW Federation of Soccer Clubs |
Season: | 1958 |
Winners: | Canterbury-Marrickville |
Premiers: | Corrimal United |
Prevseason: | 1957 |
Nextseason: | 1959 |
The 1958 NSW Federation of Soccer Clubs season was the second 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 season once again kicked off with the preseason tournament in Lidcombe under lights, now jointly sponsored by Ampol and officially called the Ampol-Kennard Cup. The home and away league season began on the 5th of April with twelve teams, increasing its number by one this season. From the previous year, Eastern Suburbs withdrew and Lane Cove became North Side United. Corrimal United and Villawood were new entrants into the top tier. 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. The season also held the second edition of the newly created Federation Cup.
Corrimal United were regular season premiers after twenty-two rounds of competition. Canterbury-Marrickville would avenge the previous season's grand final defeat by winning 2–1 over newly formed rivals Auburn at the ES Marks Athletics Field in front of a crowd of 8,840 to become the federation's second championship-winning team.
Hakoah were unable to back up their victory of the inaugural Ampol-Kennard Cup losing 3–4 to Canterbury-Marrickville in the final. Canterbury-Marrickville made it a treble winning season with a 3–2 win over Prague in the final of the Federation Cup.
Club | Ground | Colours | ||||
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Lambert Park, Leichhardt | Maroon | 2nd | 1957 | 9th | ||
Auburn | Mona Park, Auburn | Green and Gold | 2nd | 1957 | 2nd, champions | |
Bankstown | Bankstown Oval, Bankstown | Green and Gold | 2nd | 1957 | 3rd, preliminary finalists | |
Arlington Oval, Dulwich Hill | Blue and Gold | 2nd | 1957 | 1st, runners-up | ||
Memorial Park, Corrimal | Red and White | 1st | 1958 | 1st in Association First Division | ||
Concord | Concord Oval, Concord | Black | 2nd | 1957 | 10th | |
Gladesville-Ryde | Gladesville Sports Ground | Amber and Black | 2nd | 1957 | 4th, minor semi-finalists | |
Sydney Athletics Field, Moore Park | Sky Blue and White | 2nd | 1957 | 6th | ||
North Side United | Chatswood Oval, Chatswood | Blue and Gold | 2nd | 1957 | 7th | |
Sydney Athletics Field, Moore Park | Sky Blue | 2nd | 1957 | 5th | ||
Sydney Austral | Sydney Cricket Ground No. 2, Moore Park | Red, White and Blue | 2nd | 1957 | 8th | |
Villawood | Jensen Oval, Regent's Park | Green | 1st | 1957 | 1st in NSW Federation Second Division |
The season began with this pre-season cup. Australian fuel company Ampol joined on as sponsors for this night competition, donating £500 as prize money for the series. The tournament was a straight knock-out competition run over six nights culminating with a final and third-place playoff matches. The aggregate of spectators for the tournament totalled 34,371.[1]
This was the second year contesting the Federation Cup