Videos – NSW Australian Football History Society Inc

Videos of Sydney football on YouTube

The following videos of Sydney Football in 1978 have been posted by the society on YouTube and are now available.
Note that there is no commentary on any of these videos, although nearly all of them have some background sound, including umpires’ whistles, cheers and some crowd chatter.

Round 3 – Newtown vs St George, Olds Park, Peakhurst, 23 April 1978
Round 5 – Southern Districts vs St George, Rosedale Oval, Warwick Farm, 30 April 1978
Round 6 – East Sydney vs Southern Districts, Trumper Park, Paddington, 7 May 1978
Round 8 – Western Suburbs vs East Sydney, Trumper Park, Paddington, 21 May 1978
Round 9 – Newtown v Southern Districts, Erskineville Oval, 28 May 1978
Round 13 – Pennant Hills vs Balmain, Ern Holmes Oval, Pennant Hills, 25 June 1978
Round 16 – East Sydney v St George, Trumper Park, Paddington, 16 July 1978
Round 18 – St George v Newtown, Trumper Park, Paddington, 30 July 1978
Round 19- Newtown v Pennant Hills, Trumper Park, Paddington, 6 August 1978
Round 21 – Southern Districts vs Balmain, Rosedale Oval, Warwick Farm, 20 August 1978
Round 21 – Newtown vs Western Suburbs, Erskineville Oval, 27 August 1978
Elimination Final – Newtown vs East Sydney, Rosedale Oval, Warwick Farm, 3 September 1978

1909 Newtown (Sydney) Football Club

This photo of the Newtown Football Club 1st grade and officials was taken at the original Erskineville Oval which was about where the public housing units are now located.

There are a number of faces in the crowd whom we can identify including former Collingwood players Con McCormack, who coached the team, and Jack Incoll .

Standing in the back row, fourth from the left in a bowler hat is Jim Phelan after whom the Sydney B & F medal is named. He was a prominent figure in Australian Football in Sydney from about 1903-24 and was responsible for keeping the game going in the city during WWI.