Sydney Football Film of 1978 Matches

In 1978 film was taken of twelve separate Sydney Football League games at various grounds throughout the season.

The films of most of these matches go for about 10 minutes and, for the most part, cover parts of the entire games.

The Society has posted some of these on YouTube. The YouTube vision can most easily be directly accessed through the links on the video page of this website

DVD copies of these are for sale from the Society at $24.50 each plus postage. Details can be found on the Society’s Sales Page

NOTE:  Only short clips of the full item are available from the links below.  These are just to give a taste of the full 10 minute films.

DATE	ROUND	MATCH	VENUE
23-04-1978	4	St George v Newtown	Olds Park
30-04-1978	5	Southern Districts v St George	Rosedale Oval
07-05-1978	6	East Sydney v Southern Districts	Trumper Park
21-05-1978	8	East Sydney v Western Suburbs	Trumper Park
28-05-1978	9	Southern Districts v Newtown	Rosedale Oval
25-06-1978	13	Pennant Hills v Balmain	Ern Holmes Oval
16-07-1978	16	East Sydney v St George	Trumper Park
30-07-1978	18	St George v Newtown	Trumper Park
06-08-1978	19	Newtown v Pennant Hills	Trumper Park
20-08-1978	21	Southern Districts v Balmain	Rosedale Oval
27-08-1978	22	Newtown v Western Suburbs	Erskineville Oval
03-09-1978	Semi	East Sydney v Newtown	Rosedale Oval

We hope you enjoy this glimpse of the way it was.  Not much difference to today’s football.