1978 Tampa Bay Rowdies indoor season

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Tampa Bay Rowdies
1977 season
President United States George W. Strawbridge, Jr.
Manager England Gordon Jago
Stadium Bayfront Center
Top goalscorer League:
All:
South Africa Derek Smethurst (14 goals)
Highest home attendance 6,410
(Feb. 3 vs. Diplomats) &
(March 10 vs. Kicks)
Lowest home attendance 2,600
(May 3 vs. Norwich City)
Average home league attendance 5,641
← 1977 1979 →

The 1978 Tampa Bay Rowdies indoor season was the fourth indoor season of the club's existence. Though it had appeared that after the success of an international friendly between Tampa Bay and Zenit Leningrad in 1977[1] the league was finally poised to sanction a full indoor season for 1978,[2] the owners ultimately pulled the plug on the idea for the second straight year with a majority "no" vote.[3][4] The NASL however did not restrict teams from scheduling matches on their own.

Tampa Bay scheduled nine indoor games for 1978, eight of which were played. The Rowdies first match on January 28 against the Washington Diplomats also marked Gordon Jago's debut as Rowdies head coach.[5][6] What would have been the fourth match was canceled because the roof of the Hartford Civic Center Coliseum, where the Rowdies were scheduled to take on the Rochester Lancers, collapsed under the weight of a heavy snowfall in the early morning hours of January 18.[7][8] The Rowdies' final match was an international friendly against Norwich City on May 3. All home matches were played at the Bayfront Center in St. Petersburg, Florida.


Club

No. Position Player Nation
1 Goalkeeper Paul Hammond      England
2 Defender Farrukh Quraishi      England
4 Defender Arsène Auguste      Haiti
5 Forward David Robb      Scotland
6 Defender Mike Connell      South Africa
7 Midfielder Steve Wegerle      South Africa
8 Midfielder Wes McLeod      Canada
9 Forward Adrian Alston      Australia
10 Forward Rodney Marsh      England
11 Midfielder Graham Paddon      England
12 Forward Derek Smethurst      South Africa
14 Forward Joey Fink      United States
15 Midfielder Mark Linday      England
16 Defender Guy Newman      United States
17 Forward Kevin Eagan      United States
18 Goalkeeper Winston DuBose      United States
19 Defender Frantz St. Lot      Haiti
20 Forward Boris Bandov      United States
23 Defender Tony Crudo      United States

Competitions

Results summaries

Match reports

Statistics

G = Goals (worth 2 points), A = Assists (worth 1 point), Pts = Points

Player G A Pts
Derek Smethurst 14 4 32
Rodney Marsh 9 11 29
Joey Fink 10 3 23
Wes McLeod 8 0 16
Steve Wegerle 6 4 16
Farrukh Quraishi 4 4 12
Kevin Eagan 3 6 12
Adrian Alston 3 3 9
Mark Lindsay 3 2 8
Boris Bandov 1 5 7
Tony Crudo 2 2 6
Frantz St. Lot 2 1 5
Mike Connell 1 1 3
Arsène Auguste 1 0 2
David Robb 1 0 2
Graham Paddon 1 0 2

Transfers

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See also

References

  1. ↑ https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=888&dat=19770311&id=K68pAAAAIBAJ&sjid=kV0DAAAAIBAJ&pg=6341,1965450&hl=en
  2. ↑ https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=888&dat=19770503&id=WGEqAAAAIBAJ&sjid=nl0DAAAAIBAJ&pg=6797,2885848&hl=en
  3. ↑ https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=fFlQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=jlgDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4763,3078494&dq=indoor+awry&hl=en
  4. ↑ https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=LK8pAAAAIBAJ&sjid=kV0DAAAAIBAJ&pg=5596,2564302&dq=soccer+bowl+78+strawbridge&hl=en
  5. ↑ https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=950&dat=19780128&id=qlpQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=mVgDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3279,3135441&hl=en
  6. ↑ https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=950&dat=19770228&id=IUdQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=oFgDAAAAIBAJ&pg=2449,2772946/
  7. ↑ https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=336&dat=19780118&id=yG1TAAAAIBAJ&sjid=sYUDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3561,3855095&hl=en
  8. ↑ https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1346&dat=19780201&id=c1ZNAAAAIBAJ&sjid=CPsDAAAAIBAJ&pg=7106,212415&hl=en
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