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The '''1977 National Soccer League season''' was the first season of the [[National Soccer League]] of Australia. The league was not only the first national [[association football|soccer]] league in Australia but the first of any of the forms of [[football in Australia]]. Clubs predominantly joined from the top leagues in each state, with some clubs forming in 1977 to join the league. The inaugural champions were [[Hakoah Sydney City East FC|Eastern Suburbs]].
==Background==
{{see|National Soccer League#History}}
Attempts had been made to start a national league several times during the 1960s and 1970s, however it wasn't until 1975 that the talk became serious. In April 1975, nine clubs from [[New South Wales]], [[Queensland]] and [[South Australia]] agreed to form a national league in either 1976 or 1977. [[Frank Lowy]], president of [[Hakoah Sydney City East FC|Hakoah-Eastern Suburbs]] and [[Alex Pongrass]], [[St George FC|St George-Budapest]] president led a concerted effort to bring in teams from Victoria over objections from the state association. Eventually, four Victorian clubs joined with the addition of a team from the [[Australian Capital Territory]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=6 April 1975 |title=National Soccer! |language=en |work=The Sun-Herald |url=http://www.newspapers.com/image/120464834/ |access-date=2020-05-27|via=Newspapers.com|url-access=subscription}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Mossop |first=Brian |date=10 July 1976 |title=National Soccer of 14 clubs |language=en |work=The Sydney Morning Herald |url=http://www.newspapers.com/image/120031826/ |access-date=2020-05-27|via=Newspapers.com|url-access=subscription}}</ref>
==Teams==
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