Series 1: Australian Soccer Federation administrative records, correspondence and other material

MLMSS 11871
VT 5558

series

1935-1990

Textual Records, Ephemera, Clippings, Moving Images

9670500

3.52 metres of textual material (22 boxes)
1 film reel (30 min.)

This collection contains the records of the Australian Soccer Federation. It also includes records of the Australian Soccer Football Association.

BOX 1

Australian Soccer Football Association records and first minutes of the Australian Soccer Federation:

File ‘ASFA Minutes 1940-1957: AGM, Council’
Australian Soccer Football Association minutes of annual general meetings, council meetings and various other committees.

File ‘ASFA Annual Report and Statement of Accounts 1938, 1942-1961’
Australian Soccer Football Association annual reports and statement of accounts.

‘Journal’, 1937-1940
Minutes of various Australian Soccer Football Association committees and annual general meetings.

‘Minute’, 1961-1966
Australian Soccer Federation minutes of various committees and annual general meetings,1962-1966. Includes Inaugural Convention, 1961.


BOX 2

Minute book ‘Finance’: Finance Committee and Sub-Committee minutes, September 1967-January 1987.

Minute book ‘ASF & NSL Minutes’: National League and ASF Reconstruction Committee minutes (later ASF/NSL Sub-Committee), February 1971-November 1985

Minute book by Secretary (manuscript, various committees), 1974-1978

Minute book ‘Home Tours & National Teams’ (includes World Cup Committee minutes), September 1967-July 1981

Minute book ‘National Teams & World C’tee’, August 1967-April 1988 (hiatus between 1969 and 1979)


BOX 3

‘Disputes and Player Status Committee Minutes’, 1968-1981

‘Rough Minute Book’ (Executive and other Committee meetings), 1969-1973

‘C of C + League, Mancom + ASF Exec’ meetings’ (Council of Clubs, League, Management,
and A.S.F. Executive Committee) minutes, 1976-1978

‘Executive & AGM Minutes 11/76 to 12/79’, 1976-1979

‘Executive & AGM Minutes 2/79 to 10/84’, 1979-1984


BOX 4

Financial records of Australian Soccer Federation Association and various soccer bodies relating to tours by overseas clubs, 1949-1957:

File ‘Gate statements - International Tours - 1957’, 1957
Gate statements from various State Federations.

File ‘Victoria 1957 Int Tour’, 1957
Vouchers submitted for reimbursement by Victorian Amateur Soccer Football Association to Australian Soccer Football Association.

File ‘Receipts’, 1949-1950
Receipts relating to the 1949 Yugoslav tour, expense sheets.

File ‘South Australian Soccer Football Association’, 1949
Receipts submitted by South Australian Soccer Football Association to Australian Soccer Football Association for reimbursement relating to the 1949 Yugoslav tour, expense sheets.

File ‘Gate Statements “Hajduk” Yugoslav Tour 1949’, 1949
Gate statements various State Federations concerning the 1949 Yugoslav tour.

File ‘Queensland A/Cs’, 1949
Receipts submitted for reimbursement by Queensland Soccer Football Association to Australian Soccer Football Association for reimbursement relating to the 1949 Yugoslav tour, expense sheets.

File ‘Western Australia’, 1949
Receipts submitted for reimbursement by Western Australian Soccer Football Association to Australian Soccer Football Association relating to the 1949 Yugoslav tour.

File ‘Victorian Soccer Football Association’, 1949
Expense sheets, receipts submitted for reimbursement by Victorian Soccer Football Association to Australian Soccer Football Association relating to the 1949 Yugoslav tour.

File untitled, 1949-1950
Receipts submitted for reimbursement by various soccer clubs to Australian Soccer Football Association, return of admission payments (Entertainments tax).

File ‘Broken Hill Soccer Football Association’, 1949
Receipts submitted for reimbursement by Broken Hill Soccer Football Association to Australian Soccer Football Association relating to the 1949 Yugoslav tour.


BOX 5

Financial records of Australian Soccer Federation Association and various soccer bodies relating to tours by overseas clubs, 1957-1960:

File ‘For auditor 1957’, 1957
Audit Australian Soccer Football Association ‘for 1957 season tour account’.

File ‘Invoices 1957’, 1957
Ferencvárosi Torna Football Club (Hungary) expense sheet and invoices.

File ‘Accounts & Receipts 1957’
Receipts submitted for reimbursement to Australian Soccer Football Association, donations received from pool funds.

File ‘International Tour Accounts - Sundry Papers 1957’, 1957
Correspondence, international tour account statements, gate statements, receipts, notes, newspaper clippings.

File ‘Queensland Vouchers’, 1957
Receipts submitted for reimbursement by Queensland Soccer Football Association to Australian Soccer Football Association.

File ‘Audit 1957. Vouchers & Authorisations not sighted. Vouchers to be signed by Mr Storey’, 1957
Audit for 1957 season, overview of missing vouchers and general cash payments, New South Wales Soccer Football Association expense sheet, receipts.

File ‘New South Wales Federation of Soccer Leagues - Heart of Midlothian F.C. Tour 1959’, 1959
Correspondence, receipts submitted for reimbursement by New South Wales Federation of Soccer Leagues to Australian Soccer Football Association.

File ‘Bank statements’, 1959-1960
Bank statements Australian Soccer Football Association and ‘Heart of Midlothian Tour Account’.

File ‘Gate Statements’, 1959
Gate statements Melbourne, Sydney, Newcastle, Wollongong, Wallsend relating to Heart of Midlothian F.C. versus Australian XI match.

File ‘South Australian Soccer Football Association - Heart of Midlothian Tour 1959’, 1959
Receipts submitted for reimbursement by South Australian Soccer Football Association to Australian Soccer Football Association.

File ‘Victorian Amateur Soccer Football Association - Heart of Midlothian Tour 1959’, 1959
Correspondence, receipts submitted for reimbursement by Victorian Amateur Soccer Football Association to Australian Soccer Football Association.

File ‘Queensland Soccer Football Association’, 1959
Receipts submitted for reimbursement by Queensland Soccer Football Association to Australian Soccer Football Association concerning Heart of Midlothian F.C. Tour 1959.


BOX 6

Files relating to tours by overseas clubs and to the 1963-1965 Australia Cup, 1963-1979:

File ‘Australia Cup 1963 Correspondence’, 1963
1963 Australia Cup results regional elimination matches, draw schedule, official team sheet and referee’s reports, proposed draw schedule, rules, correspondence, gate statements, ledger, financial statement.

File ‘Australia Cup - 1964, 1964
Correspondence, financial statement, overview of Australia cup fixtures, official team sheet and referee’s reports, Australia Cup 1964 nomination forms, rules, minutes.

File ‘1965 Aust. Cup’, 1965
Correspondence, appeal by A.C.T. Soccer Federation, notes.

File ‘Finance - Australia Cup’, 1965
Correspondence, ‘Suggested basis of sponsorship contract’ report, memorandum of agreement, official team sheet and referee’s reports, Victoria Soccer Federation State League Investigation & Disciplinary Committee form concerning player offences, player caution form, notes, draft referee overview, Australia Cup 1965 nomination forms, fixture details overview, draw schedule, rules and regulations.

File ‘Partisan Tour’ (Partizan Belgrade), 1979
Correspondence, financial statements, gate statement, guest list, press release, itinerary, Partizan tour party list, pen portraits Partizan Belgrade players, brief biography of F.K. Partizan Belgrade.

File ‘Gate statements - Partisan’, 1979
Official programme South Australia versus Partizan Belgrade (Yugoslavia), official programme South Australia versus Norwich City, notes, correspondence, agreement, agenda Finance Sub-Committee meeting, financial statements, gate statement.

‘File ‘”Sunday” Promotion, Sunday XI vs Rest of the world, October 1979. At Sydney Sports Ground’, 1979
Correspondence, newspaper clippings, notes, selected player list, draft minutes, summary of discussions.

File ‘Cosmos’, 1979
Correspondence, V.I.P. passes Cosmos vs. Australia (Sydney Showground), selected player list, checklist players, match invitations.


BOX 7

Files relating to tours and other Australian Soccer Federation activities, 1966-1970:

File ‘Manchester United. Publicity, sponsorship, tv, etc’, 1967
Correspondence, summary of international fixtures, notes, contact details Australian radio stations.

File ‘Scotland and Manchester United F.C. Tours - Requests for tickets and reserved seats’, 1967
Correspondence relating to ticketing.

File ‘Manchester United - Finance, contracts etc’, 1967
Correspondence, agreements (annotated), notes, Manchester United Sub-Committee agenda and discussion points.

File ‘Manchester United - General Correspondence’, 1966-1967
Correspondence, general report, agenda Manchester United Sub-Committee, invitation list, Official Reception and Dinner programmes for Manchester United Football Club and Scottish F.A. International Team (June 10, 1966), issue Brisbane Soccer News. Also includes 1 photograph.

File ‘Manchester United - Travel and accommodation’, 1967
Correspondence, rooming list, notes, proposed itinerary.

File ‘Manchester United Re: San Francisco Game’, 1966-1967
Agreement (annotated), correspondence.

File ‘Manchester United - Correspondence with M.U.’, 1967
Manchester United Fan Club Magazine (12th edition, September 1967). Manchester United Fan Club order form, soccer books and Manchester United Fan Club order forms, correspondence, notes. Includes 1 photograph.

File ‘Manchester United Re: New Zealand’, 1966-1967
Correspondence, notes .

File ‘File’ relating to Manchester United
Correspondence, itinerary, travel arrangements, Official Reception and Dinner programmes Scottish F.A. International Team, measurements players.

File ‘Manchester United - Itinerary’, 1967
Booklet ‘Manchester United Football Club Limited, Itinerary, Tour of Australia visiting U.S.A. and New Zealand en route, 15th May to 30th June, 1967’, detailed itinerary, itinerary and general tour information, correspondence.

File ‘Manchester United - Procedures & Promotion’, 1967
Correspondence, Procedures and Financial Regulations 1967 Tour of Manchester United of England, invitation templates fixture, Manchester United Sub-Committee points for discussion.

File ‘Manchester United - Programme’, 1967-1970
Souvenir programme ‘Manchester United Australian Tour, 1967’, detailed itinerary, airline schedule and match itinerary, press releases Manchester City, brief history of Roma Football Club, travel and accommodation details Manchester City Soccer Tour, pen pictures Manchester United Football Club, brief history of Manchester United, material relating to programme advertisements. Also includes 5 photographic prints, 4 of which contain descriptive information on verso.

File ‘Manchester United. Venues. Grounds’, 1967
Correspondence relating to use and supplementation to grounds, and telecasting rights.

File ‘Manchester & Scotland Tickets’, 1967
Correspondence, notes and drafts relating to ticketing.

File ‘1968 Australia Cup’, 1968
Australia Cup Competition draw schedule, rules and regulations, correspondence, referee’s reports of misconduct, official team sheet and referee’s reports, player list, draft panel of referees, entry forms Australia Cup, pen portraits Hakoah Soccer Club.


BOX 8

Files relating to tours and other Australian Soccer Federation activities, 1967-1976:

File ‘Australia Cup’, 1967
Correspondence, newspaper clippings, draws for fixtures 1967 Australia Cup, draft material relating to received applications, minutes Australia Cup Sub-Committee 1968, report and recommendations to Australia Cup Sub-Committee, notes, draft proposed Australia Cup rules, Australia Cup proposal, entry forms Australia Cup, draft rules and regulations 1967 Australia Cup, referee reports, official team sheet and referee’s report, Australia Cup Final schedule, itinerary.

File ‘Sunderland Tour’, 1976
Acceptance cards for fixture invitation, budget, tour schedule, rooming list, general tour information 1976 Sunderland Football Club, travel agency brochure World Tour by Sunderland F.C., memo relating to selected players Australian Squad, tour itinerary, notes, correspondence, press statement, circular letter, guest list, pen portraits Sunderland, drafts.

File ‘Australian Tour by Hong Kong National Team’, 1976
Notes, correspondence, proposed budget, memo relating to selected players Australian team, official team sheet and result report, itinerary, pen portraits Hong Kong Team. Includes 6 photographic prints with descriptive information on verso.

File ‘Australia vs Iran. FIFA & Iran Correspondence’, 1973
Minutes, guest list, correspondence, player list, notes.

File ‘Australia vs Iran Sydney 18 Aug 73’, 1973
Correspondence, material related to ticketing, notes, match timetable, draft poster design, draft ticket design, magazine clippings. Also includes 3 photographic prints with descriptive information on verso.

File ‘World Cup Korea - Sydney C.G.T. - Television’, 1973
Correspondence relating to television rights.

File ‘World Cup 1974. (Aust. Team) Australia vs South Korea’, 1973
Player list Australian National Squad with contact details, pen portraits, draft summary of discussions with national coach, correspondence, draft player measurements, itinerary, memo concerning World Cup Squad bonuses, minutes World Cup Sub-Committee, notes, template Republic of Korea application for visa.

File ‘World Cup Sth. Korea in Sydney Ticket Sales’, 1973
Correspondence and material relating to ticketing, gate statements, notes.

File ‘1975 European Tour’, 1975
Correspondence, proposed itinerary, draft proposed schedule of matches, hotel reservation forms, entry and exit forms Hungarian People’s Republic, application for Czechoslovak visa (includes 4 attached photographic prints).

File ‘Miscellaneous’, 1975-1976
Memo ‘Training sessions - preparation USSR Tour’ with attached availability slip, 1975
Memo ‘Match Fees - New Zealand matches’, 1976

File ‘Croatia Metro of Toronto’, 1976
Correspondence.

File ‘ Australian XI vs Italian Army’, 1976
Draft national team passport details, correspondence, press release relating to players selected for team, notes.


BOX 9

Files relating to tours and other Australian Soccer Federation activities, 1968-1975:

File ‘1970 World Cup Qualification’, 1968-1969
Correspondence relating to World Cup elimination rounds and preliminary competitions, notes, itinerary and general information ‘World Cup Elimination Matches Lourenco Marques Mozambique and Tel Aviv Israel November-December 1969’, press releases and player lists Australian National Team 1969 World Cup Korea.

File ‘World Cup: Korea visa’s etc’, 1969
Correspondence, newspaper clipping (photocopy), checklists player requirements, Japan visa application forms.

File ‘National Squad - Legia Warsaw Matches 2/2/74-5/2/74’, 1974-1975
Correspondence, notes, filled out slips by players concerning availability and selection matches against Legia Warsaw, member list Australian Squad, Australian Squad pen portraits.

File ‘Australian XI vs Glasgow Rangers June 8 & 11 1975’, 1975
Official autographs Australian XI and Glasgow Rangers (photocopy), souvenir programme ‘Glasgow Rangers v Australia’, correspondence, notes, itinerary, slips filled out by selected players concerning availability Glasgow Rangers matches, Glasgow Rangers F.C. tour party, itinerary.

File ‘Benfica Match 20th August, 1975’, 1975
Correspondence, memo concerning selected players Australian XI, guest list, notes, newspaper clippings, press release including list of officials and players .

File ‘Manchester United’, 1975
Brochure travel agency ‘World Tour by Manchester United F.C. May 26th to June 26th 1975’, tour itinerary, rooming list, correspondence, schedule, brief history of Manchester United, convention (signed).

File ‘Australia vs Hong Kong’, 1976-1977
Correspondence relating to financial report Australia vs Hong Kong match.

File ‘People’s Republic of China Tour 1975 all correspondence’, 1975
Correspondence, party list People’s Republic of China National Team, general tour information, itinerary, material relating to football in China and the People’s Republic of China National Team, Procedures and Financial Regulations 1975 Tour of People’s Republic of China National Team, rooming list, notes, newspaper clippings. Also includes 25 photographic prints, most of which contain descriptive information on verso.

File ‘World Cup Lourenco Marques & Israel’, 1969-1970
Postcards, draft financial statements, draft checklist Mozambique trip, correspondence, player lists, travel quotes.


BOX 10

Files relating to tours and other Australian Soccer Federation activities, 1971-1974:

File ‘Uruguay visit 1974’, 1974
Correspondence, notes, budget, ticketing information, referee’s report, official team sheet and referee’s report, agreement, invoice, newspaper clippings.

'Bicentennial Gold Cup', May 1988, film reel (VT 5558)

File ‘Auckland XI vs. Australian XI - March 20 & 22 1974’, 1974
Gate statement, newspaper clippings, notes, draft flyer, ticketing information. Includes 4 photographic prints, some of which contain descriptive information on verso.

File ‘1973 Bulgaria Tour Australian Squad’, 1973
Correspondence, match and tournament preparations.

File ‘1973 Bulgaria Tour Official Functions & Official Invitations - Ticketing’, 1972-1973
Correspondence, reception invitation, notes.

File ‘Bulgaria Tour 1973 Itineraries’, 1973.
Itinerary, general tour information.

File ‘Aberdeen Tour - Photravel & States 1974’, 1974
Correspondence, ‘1973-74 Aberdeen Football Club Ltd. Official Handbook and Fixtures’, travel agency brochure ‘World Tour by Aberdeen F.C. May/June 1974’, itinerary, rooming list, Aberdeen Footbal Club Limited history, convention. Includes 42 photographic prints, most of which contain description information on verso.

File ‘1974 World Cup Tourney - Advertising - Ticket sales’, 1972-1973
Correspondence, terms and conditions, notes, advertising schedule and costing World Cup Tournament, ticket order form, ticket distribution list, 4 stickers ‘World Cup Soccer’, advertisements ‘for publication’.

File ‘Israel Tour 1971 National Team Correspondence’, 1971
Correspondence, notes, player questionnaires ‘Australian Soccer Federation National Squads’, draft practice schedule, draft itinerary, provisional player list, forms filled out by players concerning selection matches against Israel National Team.

File ‘Israel Tour Accommodation Travel Correspondence (Cook’s)’, 1971
Correspondence, itinerary, notes, travel quotation, suggested flight schedule, circular letter.

File ‘Advertising’, 1971
Newspaper advertisements relating to Israel versus Australia matches, draft advertisement, correspondence, notes.

File ‘Israel Tour State Federation Correspondence’, 1971
Correspondence.

File ‘Invitation List’, 1971
Match Australia versus Israel list of invited guests, including draft.

File ‘Israel Tour. Procedures & Financial Regulations’, 1971
Procedures and Financial Regulations 1971 Tour of Israel Football Association, Procedures and Financial Regulations 1968 Tour of Cardiff City F.C. of Wales, Procedures and Financial Regulations 1968 International Tour of Japan

File ‘Israel Tour Grounds Charges etc.’, 1971.
Correspondence.

File ‘Israel Tour Miscellaneous Correspondence’, 1971
Correspondence.

File ‘Israel Tour Israel Correspondence’, 1971
Correspondence, notes.

File ‘Israel Tour Sponsorship’, 1971
Correspondence.

File ‘Israel Tour Itineraries’, 1971
Correspondence, itinerary.

File ‘Israel Tour Publicity’, 1971
Correspondence, press releases, selected player lists and pen portraits, circular letter, notes, programme ‘World Cup Preliminary Games Israel - Australia’, newspaper clipping, daily itinerary, souvenir programme ‘Australia versus Israel First Test Match’. Includes 17 photographic prints, some of which contain descriptive information on verso.


BOX 11

Files relating to tours and other Australian Soccer Federation activities, 1972-1973:

File ‘Australia - Iran, Australian Squad’, 1973
Correspondence, player lists, draft program national squad, notes.

File ‘Korea Match 28th. Team Sheets Etc.’, 1973
International match form Australia/Korea (photocopy), player lists, template substitution form and template player caution form.

File ‘World Cup South Korea Matches, Korea - FIFA - Hotel Correspondence’, 1973
Minutes manager’s meeting, correspondence, rooming list, player list Korea, itinerary.

File ‘Asian Tour 1972 National Federation Correspondence’, 1972
Correspondence, convention agreements, report, proposal.

File ‘South Korea Official Invitations - Promotion Match’, 1973
Correspondence, guest list, player lists Under Fourteen Representative Match and Under 16 Representative Match Northern NSW and NSW, reception invitation, notes, press statement.

File ‘World Cup Korea - Referee Travel - General Correspondence - Programme’, 1973
Correspondence, badge, itinerary, notes.

File ‘Asian Tour 1972. Dept of Foreign Affairs’, 1972
Correspondence.

File ‘Asian Tour 1972 Travel & Accommodation’, 1972
Correspondence, flight notes, itinerary, group travel application form.

File ‘Asian Tour 1972. Correspondence officials miscellaneous’, 1972
Correspondence, ‘summary of procedures relating to the Asian Tour, 1972’.

File ‘Asian Tour 1972. Player Correspondence’, 1972.
Correspondence, draft list National Squad players invited for selection, notes ‘track suit sizes’ players.

File ‘Wolverhampton Tour 72. Accommodation.’, 1972
Itinerary and accommodation details.

File ‘Wolverhampton Tour 72. State Federations’, 1972
Correspondence, including Wolverhampton Tour procedures.

File ‘Wolverhampton Tour 72. Australian XI’, 1972
Correspondence, draft flight schedule.

File ‘Wolverhampton Tour 72. Photravel’, 1972
Wolverhampton Wanderers general tour information, correspondence, travel agency brochure ‘Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. World Tour 1972’.

File ‘Wolverhampton Tour 72. Procedures’, 1972
Procedures and financial regulations 1972 Tour of Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C., newspaper clippings, official programme Western Australia versus Wolverhampton Wanderers, general tour information.

File: ‘Santos F.C. vs Australian XI. June 17, 1972. Visit’, 1972
Correspondence, notes, material relating to ticketing, signed agreements, player list Santos F.C., official guest list, gate statements.

File ‘May 72. Dundee Tour. Official Programmes’, 1972
Correspondence, issue Soccer News (May 14, 1972), official programme Australia XI versus Dundee F.C., official programme Dundee F.C. versus A.C.T., issue ‘Go (Vol.1 No.11, 1972) souvenir programme Dundee versus Northern Rivers, Northern Rivers Amateur Soccer Federation arrangements Dundee F.C. visit, general tour information 1972 Dundee F.C. Scotland, questionnaire (photocopy), pen portraits players Dundee F.C., notes and newspaper clippings. Also includes one photograph.

File ‘Dundee Tour May 72. Television’, 1972
Correspondence and notes relating to television rights. Also includes one photograph.

File ‘Dundee Tour May 1972. State Federations’, 1972
Correspondence with state federations relating to Dundee F.C. visit.

File ‘Dundee Tour 1972. Complimentaries’, 1972
Guest list (partial)

File ‘Dundee Tour May 1972. Sydney Sports Ground’, 1972
Correspondence relating to use of Sydney Cricket and Sports Grounds.

File ‘Dundee Tour May 1972. Australian XI’, 1972
Player list Australian XI, correspondence, notes, slips filled out by players concerning availability and selection National Squad, player questionnaire.

File ‘Dundee Tour May 1972. Accommodation’, 1972
Correspondence, notes, costing of accommodation and meals Dundee tour, draft flight schedule.

File ‘1973 Bulgaria Tour. Accommodation - Internal Travel’, 1973
Correspondence, draft itinerary.

File ‘1973 Bulgaria Tour. Police - Council - FIFA - Foreign Affairs, 1973
Correspondence and notes.

File ‘1973 Bulgaria Tour. Miscellaneous correspondence including referees & taxation’, 1973
Correspondence, newspaper clipping, general tour information 1973 Bulgarian National Team.

File ‘1973 Bulgaria Tour Publicity Material’, 1973
Press statements. Also includes 7 photographic prints, some of which contain descriptive information on verso.

File ‘ 1973 Bulgaria Tour - State Federation Correspondence, 1973
Correspondence.

File ‘1973 Bulgaria Tour - Grounds Olympic Pk Sports Ground’, 1973
Correspondence.

File ‘ 1973 Bulgaria Tour Jonkov - Contracts - Correspondence’, 1972-1973
Convention (annotated and signed), application foreign currency, draft list officials Bulgaria National Soccer Team, correspondence.


BOX 12

Files relating to tours by overseas clubs and the 1978 FIFA World Cup, 1977-1978:

File ‘FIFA World Cup 2nd Preliminary Round - State Federations & Executive’, 1977
Minutes meeting ‘Asia/Oceania Group winners’, draft schedule, itinerary, correspondence, notes, material relating to ticketing, programme Second Preliminary Round.

File ‘1978 World Cup Consortium’, 1974-1978
Guest list Australian National Team fixtures, notes, correspondence relating to sponsorship consortium, meeting decisions, development programme.

File ’78 World Cup Argentina’, 1978
Folder with 1978 World Cup Argentina publicity material: programmes, stickers.

File ‘World Cup Tickets’, 1978
Correspondence and material relating to ticketing.

File ‘1978 World Cup Ticket Applications’, 1977-1978
Draft programme matches, correspondence and material relating to ticketing, rules ticket selling, itinerary sheets, bulletin World Cup 1978, bulletin issues ‘Argentina 78’.

File ‘Accreditation requests’, 1973-1978
Correspondence, material related to press accreditation for World Cup 1978.

File ‘1978 World Cup Information & Correspondence from Argentine’, 1976-1977.
Correspondence (some in Spanish), material related to press accreditation, ‘Argentina 78’ bulletin issues, finals programme (in Spanish).

File ‘FIFA World Cup 2nd Preliminary Round - Kuwait’, 1977
Correspondence, player list, match invitation, guest list Australian National Team fixtures.

File ‘FIFA World Cup 2nd Preliminary Round - Iran’, 1977
Correspondence, rooming list, player list.

File ‘FIFA World Cup 2nd Preliminary Round - Sth .Korea’, 1977
Correspondence , player list, FIFA international match form (photocopy), gate statement.

File ‘FIFA World Cup 2nd Preliminary Round - Budgets, 1977
Notes relating to approximation of expenses.

File ‘ FIFA World Cup 2nd Preliminary Round - Hong Kong’, 1977
Correspondence, party list, notes, dinner invitation, programme for delegates, qualifying competition schedule.


BOX 13

Files relating to tours and other Australian Soccer Federation activities, 1975-1978:

File ‘U.S.S.R. Tour Oct - Nov 1975’, 1975-1978
Correspondence, financial and gate statements, programme ‘Australia v Russia’, notes, slips filled out by selected layers concerning availability matches against U.S.S.R. National Team, circular letters, team sheets, itinerary, flight schedule, tour agreement.

File ‘Bologna Matches June 1976. Plus hearts of Midlothian’, 1976
Correspondence, notes, programme ‘Western Australia versus Tottenham Hotspur’.

File ‘Red Star Belgrade & Israel’, 1977
Gate statements, correspondence, circular letters, referee’s report (photocopy), guest list Australian National Team fixtures, itinerary, ticketing information, match programme, draft press release.

File ‘July 77 Tournament - Arsenal, Red Star, Celtic & Aust XI’, 1977
Correspondence, news release, circular letters, financial statements, notes, guest list, agreement.

File ‘Velez Mostar’, 1975-1976
Correspondence, national team coach report, circular letters, draft player list, news release, notes.

File ‘New Zealand matches’, 1975-1976
Correspondence, tickets, pen portraits, national team coach report, Soccer News issue (2 March, 1976), itinerary, notes, budget, rooming list, official programme New Zealand versus Australia. Includes one photograph.

File ‘F.C. Brugg (Switzerland) visit, 1975-1976
Correspondence, player list, guest list, rooming list, itinerary, notes.


BOX 14

Files relating to tours and other Australian Soccer Federation activities, 1973-1978:

File ‘FIFA World Cup 2nd Preliminary Round - FIFA’, 1977-1978
Correspondence, preliminary competition statistics form, cautions given to players appointed referees and inspectors, international match report, regulations FIFA World Cup 1978.

File ‘ FIFA World Cup 2nd Preliminary Round - HOTELS’, 1977
Correspondence, notes.

File ‘ FIFA World Cup 2nd Preliminary Round - QANTAS - T.A.A.’, 1977
Correspondence, notes

File ‘FIFA World Cup 2nd Preliminary Round - PRESS’, 1977
Correspondence, Australian Soccer Federation pen portraits, news releases, material related to the history of soccer and the Australian Soccer Federation, invitation templates press conference, background information on sponsors of 1978 World Cup Soccer Challenge.

File ‘FIFA World Cup 2nd Preliminary Round - Referees, inspectors’, 1977
Correspondence, notes, minutes.

File ‘FIFA World Cup 2nd Preliminary Round - National Team’, 1977
Correspondence, cautions given to players, news release, notes, Australian national team passport details, application forms Australian passport, application forms visa Republic of Korea, pen portraits Australian national team. Includes one passport photograph.

File ‘FIFA World Cup 2nd Preliminary Round - Miscellaneous’, 1977
Correspondence mainly relating to television rights and ticketing, travel agency brochures World Cup Soccer Tour Asian Finals.

File ‘Australian Team Training Schedule - Addresses World Cup’, 1973-1974
Australian Soccer Federation National Team Player Agreement (draft), Australian national team player selection lists, overviews shoe and shirt sizing, correspondence national team training sessions.

File ‘Player Agreements’, 1973-1974
Correspondence and annotated player agreement.

File ‘Proposed 18’s National Championship’, 1977
Official programme Coca-Cola Bottlers National Under 18 Championship, correspondence, draft report, draft press release, details selected players Australian National Youth Squad, details players ‘Under 18 squad’ from various Australian states, flight schedules, proposal.

File ‘FIFA Coke Seminar - Fiji. 3 to 10 Dec 77’, 1977-1978
Correspondence, notes, papers (‘Public Relations Involving Sporting Organisations’, ‘The Role of the Secretary’, ‘All Aspects of Finance’).


BOX 15

Files relating to tours and other Australian Soccer Federation activities, 1977-1979:

File ‘Australian XI vs Newcastle K.B. Wednesday, 7th June, 1978’, 1978
Correspondence, programme ‘Socceroo’s versus Newcastle KB United’, slips filled out by selected players concerning availability for the match.

File ‘USSR Tour’, 1977-1978. Correspondence, notes.

File ‘ 1978 Greece tour - Gate statements’, 1978
Financial and gate statements, official programme ‘Australian XI versus Greece’, photocopy declaration form Australia vs Greece match, correspondence.

File ‘Proposed tour by National Team of Greece - June 1978’, 1978
Correspondence, circular letters, notes, slips filled out by selected players concerning availability Australian XI versus Greece match, referees report, invitation, gate statements, list of officials and players, player pen portraits. Includes four photographic prints with descriptive information on recto and verso.

File ‘Dundee Tour’, 1978
Correspondence, financial statements, notes, flight schedule, programme ‘Newcastle KB United V Dundee’, circular letter, agreement, pen portraits Dundee F.C. players and club information.

File ‘U/19’s versus Vardar (Yugoslavia)’, 1978
Draft player list, ‘Under 19 Squad’ flight schedule, newspaper clipping, circular letter, slips filled out by selected ‘Australian Under 19 Team’ players concerning availability match against Vardar (Yugoslavia).

File ‘Hertha Berlin 03’, 1979
Correspondence, Hertha 03 Berlin versus Australian Under 19s match sheet, gate statement, notes, cautions to players, team sheet, itinerary, player list, press release. Includes 4 photographic prints.

File ‘Proposed visit Jugoslav Under 19/s August, 1979’, 1979
Correspondence.

File ‘Norwich City Tour’, 1979
Correspondence, notes, material related to ‘The $30.000 Norwich Union Soccer Challenge’. Includes a photograph.

File ‘New Zealand Visit 13th June, 79’, 1979
Correspondence, notes, press release, pen portraits ‘Australian “A” Squad’

File ‘Proposed Asian Tour 1976’, 1976
Correspondence, notes, circular letter, rooming list, report, itinerary, news releases, cautions to players, player list, agenda ASF meeting Executive Committee 1976, forms filled out by selected players concerning conditions tour.

File ‘U15’ (N.N.S.W. Under 15 Australian Champions 1976, Asian Tour 1977), 1977
Correspondence, team sheet, itinerary, progress report, flyer.

File ‘Australian XI vs Middlesbrough & Charlton’s Team’, 1977
Correspondence, circular letters, notes.


BOX 16

Files relating to coaching appointments, marketing, sponsorship, fundraising and football pools, 1973-1989:

Australian Soccer Federation Marketing Limited, Memorandum and Articles of Association, 1980

File ‘National Team Coach - Correspondence - Rasic’, 1973-1975
Correspondence.


File ‘Appointment of National Team Coach, B. Green’, 1975-1976
Correspondence, application letter, list with candidate names, work experience and comments. Includes 2 photographic prints.

File ‘Appointment of Shoulder’, 1975-1976
Notes, correspondence, legal document ‘Brief to counsel to advise in conference’ relating to Michael Weinstein and “Soccer Action”.

File ‘J. Shoulder National Team Coach’, 1975-1978
Correspondence, monthly reports, press release, notes, ‘article written by Jimmy Shoulder for a South Australian Publication’, postcard, application letter.

File ‘Australian Sports Commission - Development Plan’, 1988-1989
‘Preparing and implementing development plans: a Manual for Sporting Organisations’ (1988), correspondence, Australian Soccer Federation director’s report, proposal, financial statement, Australian Soccer Federation annual report (1988), meeting minutes, Australian Soccer Federation ‘Development Plan 1990-1993 inclusive’.

File ‘Edelman Public Relations’, 1989
Correspondence, ‘Communications Audit - Australian Soccer Federation: Strategy Paper.

File ‘Australian Sports Sponsorship & Promotions, No. 1 1988’, 1988
Correspondence relating to finances and Bicentennial Gold Cup Tournament, financial statements, press release, itinerary, hiring agreement Olympic Park Management.

File ‘Australian Sports Sponsorship & Promotions No. 2 1989’, 1989
Correspondence, press release.

File ‘West Nally 1982-86 No. 2’, 1982-1983
Correspondence, report, agreement (signed, photocopy).

File ‘West Nally 1982-1986 No. 3’, 1982-1987
Agreements (annotated, drafts) correspondence, press release, notes, financial statements, expense account for referees forms, expenditure allocation forms, newspaper clippings (photocopies), referees appointments, player lists eligible for selection for Olympic Games and forms filled out by players concerning Olympic Games testing.

File ‘Corporate Sponsorship Services’, 1988-1989
Correspondence, ‘Preliminary Submission to the Australian Soccer Federation’.


BOX 17

Files relating to coaching appointments, marketing, sponsorship, fundraising and football pools, 1963-1988:

Australian Olympic Federation annual report, 1988

Confederation of Australian Sport annual report and financial statements 1986, 1987, 1988

International Olympic Committee ‘Olympic Message’, issue July 1988

File ‘West Nally’, 1982-1988
Correspondence relating to Australian Bicentennial Gold Cup, proposal ‘on-ground merchandising’.

File ‘Anti smoking campaign’, 1976
Correspondence, press release, notes, resolutions, slips filled out by delegates attending Meeting of Sporting Association, news release cigarette advertising, timeline.

File ‘Television ’77-’87’, 1977-1987
Correspondence relating to television coverage soccer and Olympic Elimination fixtures, brochure, discussion notes.

File ‘Westay 1987’, 1987
Correspondence Westay Tournament, schedule of matches, referee nominations, notes, draft agreements.

File ‘Pools Promoters Association, 1963-1983’, 1963-1983
Correspondence, notes, report, draft budget, agreements.


BOX 18

Predominantly minutes, annual reports and match reports, 1967-1988:

Bendigo Soccer Year Book, 1988

Soccer Federation of Western Australia Annual report, 1986

ACT Soccer Federation Inc. 26th 29th annual report, 1985, 1988

New South Wales Amateur Soccer Federation Limited, Annual Report, 1988

File ‘Match Reports 1967-1985’, 1967-1985
FIFA international match reports, FIFA referee’s reports, FIFA expense accounts for referees, FIFA international match receipt declaration forms (includes photocopies).

File ‘Soccer Federation of W.A’, 1983-1987
Amalgamation proposal 1987, budget overviews, report of inquiry, correspondence.

File ‘Submission to Philips Soccer League, Tasmania - Wrest Point’, 1980
Submission including correspondence.

File ‘N.S.W.S.F. 1983 to 1985 minutes’, 1983-1988
New South Wales Soccer Federation minutes from Board of Directors and various other committees.


BOX 19
Australian Soccer Federation correspondence and minutes of various committees, 1986-1988. Also includes reports and financial statements.


BOX 20

Minutes and files relating to football bodies, 1984-1990:

File ‘ASF Executive - 1988’, 1988
Executive Meeting agendas, minutes, correspondence, agreement, report.

File ‘ASF Executive - 1989’, 1989
Executive Meeting agendas, minutes, correspondence, agreement.

File ‘Hajduk Split Tour’, 1990
Official programme, correspondence, notes, media release, hiring agreement.

File ‘Amateurs’, 1980
Australian Amateur Soccer Association constitution, correspondence, minutes, agendas, timetable Championship (1980), Amateur Soccer Championships Finals squads (1980). Also includes a Northern Territory Soccer Federation constitution.

File ‘1970 National Team Tour - Publicity’, 1970
Newspaper clippings (various foreign newspapers), correspondence.

File ‘Deaf Soccer Federation of Aust.’, 1984-1987
Correspondence, notes, tournament and championship reports (‘1st Asian Deaf Football Tournament at Hong Kong’ (1984), ‘2nd Asia/Pacific Deaf Football Championship Kyoto Japan’ (1986), programme ‘1st International Sporting Competition for the Deaf, Soccer Tournament Hong Kong’ (1984), annual report.

File ‘Australian Women’s Soccer Association’, 1985-1987
Correspondence, constitution Australian Women’s Soccer Association (Incorporated), circular letter, calendar, financial statements.

File ‘Australian Universities Sports Association 1985-1988’, 1984-1988.
Correspondence, circular letters, bulletin, calendar, annual report.


BOX 21

Minutes and files relating to football bodies, 1935-1989:

File ‘National Junior Soccer Council’, 1985-1987
Minutes and correspondence.

File ‘ASF Annual General Meeting minutes’, 1984-1987
Minutes.

File ‘ASF 1974 World Cup Consortium’, 1972-1974
Correspondence, minutes, media release, invitation list, questionnaire, World Cup 1974 Socceroo logo.

File ‘Executive Committee meetings’, 1984-1987
Agendas, minutes, correspondence.

United States Football Association. Season 1935-36: Rules and Regulations

Official programme Australia 1981: FIFA World Youth Championship for the Coca-Cola Cup

National Soccer League of Australia Regulations, 1989


BOX 22

Files relating to football bodies, 1976-1988:

File ‘Australian Indoor Soccer Federation’, 1985-1988.
Correspondence, memos, material relating to ‘XXXX Super 6 Soccer Tournament’, agendas, minutes, reports, submission, agreement and financial statements.

File ‘Canberra City Olympians, A.C.T. Soccer Federation’, 1982-1988.
Canberra City Olympians reports, agendas, minutes, correspondence, 1982-1984.
A.C.T. Soccer Federation correspondence, constitution and regulations, approximately 1986-1987.

File ‘Canberra Soccer Club’, 1976-1982.
Canberra Soccer Club Limited Memorandum of Association, minutes, correspondence, newsletter, annual reports. Also includes an A.C.T. Soccer Federation annual report and a development case.

Photographic prints and transparencies have been catalogued separately at PXE 1830 and SLIDES 384 (see Series 2: Australian Soccer Federation photographs and transparencies). Photographic prints that form part of a subject file have been kept together with the file material.

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