Celebrating Western Australia's Football Heritage

State Teams (Men's)

1975-1979

success in Asia

Steve Perryman, Gordon Love, Barry Harwood, Denis Barstow and Wilf Bebbington in 1976
Tottenham Hotspur captain Steve Perryman is welcomed to Perth in 1976 by his State team counterpart Denis Barstow

9 February 1975

Western Australia 2 (John Davidson, Ray Ilott 86)
Legia Warsaw 4 (Kazimiersz Deyna 2, Tadeusz Nowak, Jan Pieszko)

Status: Friendly

Western Australia (squad): Steve Pateman, Sauro Iozzelli, John Polykett, Steve Stacey, Denis Barstow, Gary Mateljan, Alex Senjuschenko, Dave Brooks, John Davidson, Alan Vest, Gary Marocchi, Stephen Sceats, Ernie Hannigan, Ray Ilott, Ken Morton, Colin Bowles

Legia Warsaw (squad): Piotr Mowlik, Marian Lachowicz, Jacek Oszko, Adam Topolski, Waldemer Tuminski, Tadeusz Cypka, Krzysztof Krajweski, Palika Nidziolka, Leslaw Cmikiewicz, Kazimiersz Deyna, Wieslaw Pacocha, Stefan Bialas, Jan Pieszko, Adam Admus, Jerzy Jagiello, Robert Gadocha, Tadeusz Nowak, Waldyslaw Dabrowski, Bogdan Kwapisz, Zbigniew Nowack

Coaches: Alan Vest (Western Australia), Jaroslav Vejvodo (Legia Warsaw)
Referee: Barry Harwood

Venue: Perry Lakes Stadium, Floreat
Attendance:

1975 Western Australia vs Legia Warsaw
1975 State squad vs Legia Warsaw

1975 Marah Halim Tournament

Summary coming soon…

5 April 1975

Surabaya 1
Western Australia 4 (David O’Callaghan 2, Nick MacCallum, Ken Morton)

Status: Marah Halim Tournament

Surabaya:

Western Australia (squad): Tony Witschge, Steve Pateman, Sauro Iozzelli, Denis Barstow, David Jones, Steve Stacey (c), Bob Taylor, Gary Marocchi, Aldo Trinca, Stephen Sceats, Ernie Hannigan, David Brooks, Nick MacCallum, Ken Morton, David O’Callaghan, Bert Kirkpatrick

Coaches: Alan Vest (Western Australia)
Referee:

Venue: Medan, Indonesia
Attendance:

8 April 1975

Thailand 1
Western Australia 2 (Nick MacCallum, David O’Callaghan)

Status: Marah Halim Tournament

Thailand:

Western Australia (squad): Tony Witschge, Steve Pateman, Sauro Iozzelli, Denis Barstow, David Jones, Steve Stacey (c), Bob Taylor, Gary Marocchi, Aldo Trinca, Stephen Sceats, Ernie Hannigan, David Brooks, Nick MacCallum, Ken Morton, David O’Callaghan, Bert Kirkpatrick

Coaches: Alan Vest (Western Australia)
Referee:

Venue: Medan, Indonesia
Attendance:

13 April 1975

East Java 2
Western Australia 1 (Ken Morton)

Status: Marah Halim Tournament

East Java:

Western Australia (squad): Tony Witschge, Steve Pateman, Sauro Iozzelli, Denis Barstow, David Jones, Steve Stacey (c), Bob Taylor, Gary Marocchi, Aldo Trinca, Stephen Sceats, Ernie Hannigan, David Brooks, Nick MacCallum, Ken Morton, David O’Callaghan, Bert Kirkpatrick

Coaches: Alan Vest (Western Australia)
Referee:

Venue: Medan, Indonesia
Attendance:

1975 West Australia State team at the Marah Halim Tournament
1975 State team at the Marah Halim tournament

17 April 1975

Japan 2
Western Australia 4 (Nick MacCallum 3, David O’Callaghan)

Status: Marah Halim Tournament

Japan:

Western Australia (squad): Tony Witschge, Steve Pateman, Sauro Iozzelli, Denis Barstow, David Jones, Steve Stacey (c), Bob Taylor, Gary Marocchi, Aldo Trinca, Stephen Sceats, Ernie Hannigan, David Brooks, Nick MacCallum, Ken Morton, David O’Callaghan, Bert Kirkpatrick

Coaches: Alan Vest (Western Australia)
Referee:

Venue: Medan, Indonesia
Attendance:

20 April 1975

Persija Jakarta 1
Western Australia 2 (David Brooks, Ken Morton)

Status: Marah Halim Tournament

Persija Jakarta:

Western Australia (squad): Tony Witschge, Steve Pateman, Sauro Iozzelli, Denis Barstow, David Jones, Steve Stacey (c), Bob Taylor, Gary Marocchi, Aldo Trinca, Stephen Sceats, Ernie Hannigan, David Brooks, Nick MacCallum, Ken Morton, David O’Callaghan, Bert Kirkpatrick

Coaches: Alan Vest (Western Australia)
Referee:

Venue: Medan, Indonesia
Attendance:

22 April 1975

PSMS Medan 0
Western Australia 2 (Bert Kirkpatrick, Ken Morton)

Status: Marah Halim Tournament

PSMS Medan:

Western Australia (squad): Tony Witschge, Steve Pateman, Sauro Iozzelli, Denis Barstow, David Jones, Steve Stacey (c), Bob Taylor, Gary Marocchi, Aldo Trinca, Stephen Sceats, Ernie Hannigan, David Brooks, Nick MacCallum, Ken Morton, David O’Callaghan, Bert Kirkpatrick

Coaches: Alan Vest (Western Australia)
Referee:

Venue: Medan, Indonesia
Attendance:

24 April 1975

Thailand 1
Western Australia 3 (David Brooks, Ernie Hannigan, Nick MacCallum)

Status: Marah Halim Tournament

Thailand:

Western Australia (squad): Tony Witschge, Steve Pateman, Sauro Iozzelli, Denis Barstow, David Jones, Steve Stacey (c), Bob Taylor, Gary Marocchi, Aldo Trinca, Stephen Sceats, Ernie Hannigan, David Brooks, Nick MacCallum, Ken Morton, David O’Callaghan, Bert Kirkpatrick

Coaches: Alan Vest (Western Australia)
Referee:

Venue: Medan, Indonesia
Attendance:

1975 Western Australia State squad for the Marah Halim Tournament
The successful 1975 Marah Halim tournament winning squad

25 April 1975

South Korea 0
Western Australia 2 (Ernie Hannigan, Nick MacCallum)

Status: Marah Halim Tournament

South Korea:

Western Australia (squad): Tony Witschge, Steve Pateman, Sauro Iozzelli, Denis Barstow, David Jones, Steve Stacey (c), Bob Taylor, Gary Marocchi, Aldo Trinca, Stephen Sceats, Ernie Hannigan, David Brooks, Nick MacCallum, Ken Morton, David O’Callaghan, Bert Kirkpatrick

Coaches: Alan Vest (Western Australia)
Referee:

Venue: Medan, Indonesia
Attendance: 40,000

4 May 1975

Western Australia 1 (Ray Ilott)
Middlesbrough 1 (David Mills)

Status: Friendly

Western Australia: Tony Witschge, David Jones, Denis Barstow, Steve Stacey (c), Bob Taylor, David Brooks, Stephen Sceats, Aldo Trinca, George McMillan, Ken Morton, Ray Ilott, Nick MacCallum

Middlesbrough:

Coaches: Alan Vest (Western Australia), Jackie Charlton (Middlesbrough)
Referee: Eddie Evans

Venue: Perry Lakes Stadium, Floreat
Attendance:

15 June 1975

Western Australia 1 (George McMillan)
Manchester United 2 (Steve Coppell, Sammy McIlroy)

Status: Friendly

Western Australia (squad): Saverio Madaschi, Tony Witschge, Steve Pateman, Denis Barstow, Steve Stacey (c), Bob Taylor, David Brooks, Stephen Sceats, Ray Ilott, John O’Connell, David O’Callaghan, George McMillan, Ken Morton, Aldo Trinca, Bert Kirkpatrick, Frank Bibby

Manchester United (squad): Alex Stepney, Alex Forsyth, Stewart Houston, Martin Buchan, Jim Holton, Steve James, Tony Young, Lou Macari, Sammy McIlroy, Gerry Daly, Stuart Pearson, Paddy Roche, Jim Nicholl, Brain Greenhoff, Steve Coppell, A.Albiston, L.McCreery, A.Grimshaw, P.Loughnan

Coaches: Alan Vest (Western Australia), Tommy Docherty (Manchester United)
Referee: Barry Harwood

Venue: Perry Lakes Stadium, Floreat
Attendance: 14,000

22 June 1975

Western Australia 2 (Ray Ilott, George McMillan)
Glasgow Rangers 1 (Derek Johnstone)

Status: Friendly

Western Australia (squad): Saverio Madaschi, Tony Witschge, David Jones, Denis Barstow, Steve Stacey, Bob Taylor, Sauro Iozzelli, Gary Marocchi, David Brooks, Stephen Sceats, John O’Connell, Ray Ilott, Frank Bibby, George McMillan, Ken Morton, Aldo Trinca, John Davidson, Bert Kirkpatrick

Glasgow Rangers: Stewart Kennedy, Peter McCloy, John Greig (c), Colin Stein, Colin jackson, Tom Forsyth, Tommy McLean, Bobby McKean, Derek Parlane, Alex McDonald, Derek Johnstone, Quinton Young, Alex Miller, Graham Fyfe, Alistair Dawson, Martin Henderson

Coaches: Alan Vest (Western Australia), Jock Wallace (Glasgow Rangers)
Referee: Barry Harwood

Venue: Perry Lakes Stadium, Floreat
Attendance: 9,000

16 November 1975

Western Australia 1 (David O’Callaghan)
Australia ‘B’ 0

Status: Friendly

Western Australia: Tony Witschge, Sauro Iozzelli, Frank Bibby, David Jones, Bob Taylor, Stephen Sceats, Gordon McCulloch, John Davidson, Nick MacCallum, Ken Morton, David O’Callaghan

Australia ‘B’:

Coaches: Alan Vest (Western Australia)
Referee: Barry Harwood

Venue: Perry Lakes Stadium, Floreat
Attendance:

1976 Steve Stacey (Western Australia) welcomes the Toronto Metros coach to Perth
State team captain Steve Stacey welcomes his Toronto Metros-Croatia counterpart to Perth

24 March 1976

Western Australia 2 (George McMillan, Tony Trinca)
Toronto Metros-Croatia 0

Status: Friendly

Western Australia (squad): Tony Witschge, Saverio Madaschi, Sauro Iozzelli, Denis Barstow (c), David Jones, Frank Bibby, Steve Stacey, Vince Radcliffe, Gary Marocchi, Gordon McCulloch, Stephen Sceats, John O’Connell, George McMillan, Tony Trinca, Ray Ilott, John Davies

Toronto Metros-Croatia:

Coaches: Alan Vest (Western Australia)
Referee: Barry Harwood

Venue: Lake Monger Velodrome, Mount Hawthorn
Attendance:

1 April 1976

Western Australia 2 (Bert Kirkpatrick, Tony Trinca)
Jakarta 2 (Risdianto, Andi Lala)

Status: Friendly

Western Australia (squad): Tony Witschge, Steve Martin, Sauro Iozzelli, Arno Bertogna, David Jones, Ian Emslie, John Fiamengo, Stephen Sceats, Gary Marocchi, Tony Trinca, John O’Connell, Bert Kirkpatrick, Clive Pearce, Wally Migas

Jakarta:

Coaches: Alan Vest (Western Australia)
Referee:

Venue: Lake Monger Velodrome, Mount Hawthorn
Attendance:

1976 Marah Halim Tournament

Summary coming soon…

30 April 1976

Thailand 0
Western Australia 1 (Ray Ilott)

Status: Marah Halim Tournament

Thailand:

Western Australia (squad): Saverio Madaschi, Tony Witschge, Sauro Iozzelli, Denis Barstow (c), David Jones, Peter Johnston, Hugh Miller, Ray Ilott, Gary Marocchi, Stephen Sceats, Gordon McCulloch, John O’Connell, Tony Trinca, George McMillan, Nick MacCallum, John Davies, David O’Callaghan

Coaches: Alan Vest (Western Australia)
Referee:

Venue: Medan, Indonesia
Attendance:

4 May 1976

Persiraja Banda Aceh 2
Western Australia 7 (Tony Trinca 2, Gary Marocchi, Nick MacCallum, Sauro Iozzelli, George McMillan, Ray Ilott)

Status: Marah Halim Tournament

Persiraja Banda Aceh:

Western Australia (squad): Saverio Madaschi, Tony Witschge, Sauro Iozzelli, Denis Barstow (c), David Jones, Peter Johnston, Hugh Miller, Ray Ilott, Gary Marocchi, Stephen Sceats, Gordon McCulloch, John O’Connell, Tony Trinca, George McMillan, Nick MacCallum, John Davies, David O’Callaghan

Coaches: Alan Vest (Western Australia)
Referee:

Venue: Medan, Indonesia
Attendance:

1976 West Australia State squad at the Marah Halim Tournament
1976 State squad at the Marah Halim Tournament

9 May 1976

Persebaya 0
Western Australia 2 (Nick MacCallum, David O’Callaghan)

Status: Marah Halim Tournament

Persebaya:

Western Australia (squad): Saverio Madaschi, Tony Witschge, Sauro Iozzelli, Denis Barstow (c), David Jones, Peter Johnston, Hugh Miller, Ray Ilott, Gary Marocchi, Stephen Sceats, Gordon McCulloch, John O’Connell, Tony Trinca, George McMillan, Nick MacCallum, John Davies, David O’Callaghan

Coaches: Alan Vest (Western Australia)
Referee:

Venue: Medan, Indonesia
Attendance:

12 May 1976

South Korea 2
Western Australia 1 (Nick MacCallum)

Status: Marah Halim Cup

South Korea:

Western Australia (squad): Saverio Madaschi, Tony Witschge, Sauro Iozzelli, Denis Barstow (c), David Jones, Peter Johnston, Hugh Miller, Ray Ilott, Gary Marocchi, Stephen Sceats, Gordon McCulloch, John O’Connell, Tony Trinca, George McMillan, Nick MacCallum, John Davies, David O’Callaghan

Coaches: Alan Vest (Western Australia)
Referee:

Venue: Medan, Indonesia
Attendance:

14 May 1976

Japan 0
Western Australia 1 (George McMillan)

Status: Marah Halim Cup

Japan:

Western Australia (squad): Saverio Madaschi, Tony Witschge, Sauro Iozzelli, Denis Barstow (c), David Jones, Peter Johnston, Hugh Miller, Ray Ilott, Gary Marocchi, Stephen Sceats, Gordon McCulloch, John O’Connell, Tony Trinca, George McMillan, Nick MacCallum, John Davies, David O’Callaghan

Coaches: Alan Vest (Western Australia)
Referee:

Venue: Medan, Indonesia
Attendance:

16 May 1976

Burma 0
Western Australia 4 (Nick MacCallum 3, Gary Marocchi)

Status: Marah Halim Cup

Burma:

Western Australia (squad): Saverio Madaschi, Tony Witschge, Sauro Iozzelli, Denis Barstow (c), David Jones, Peter Johnston, Hugh Miller, Ray Ilott, Gary Marocchi, Stephen Sceats, Gordon McCulloch, John O’Connell, Tony Trinca, George McMillan, Nick MacCallum, John Davies, David O’Callaghan

Coaches: Alan Vest (Western Australia)
Referee:

Venue: Medan, Indonesia
Attendance:

17 May 1976

South Korea 0
Western Australia 2 (George McMillan, Nick MacCallum)

Status: Marah Halim Cup

South Korea:

Western Australia (squad): Saverio Madaschi, Tony Witschge, Sauro Iozzelli, Denis Barstow (c), David Jones, Peter Johnston, Hugh Miller, Ray Ilott, Gary Marocchi, Stephen Sceats, Gordon McCulloch, John O’Connell, Tony Trinca, George McMillan, Nick MacCallum, John Davies, David O’Callaghan

Coaches: Alan Vest (Western Australia)
Referee:

Venue: Medan, Indonesia
Attendance: 50,000

23 May 1976

Western Australia 0
Tottenham Hotspur 4 (Martin Chivers 3, Chris Jones)

Status: Friendly

Western Australia: Tony Witschge, Sauro Iozzelli, Denis Barstow, David Jones, Peter Johnston, Gary Marocchi, Gordon McCulloch, Stephen Sceats, Ray Ilott, Goerge McMillan — Tony Trinca, John Davies, Hugh Miller, John O’Connell

Tottenham Hotspur (squad): Barry Daines, Terry Naylor, Mick Stead, John Pratt, Willie Young, Keith Osgood, Ralph Coates, Steve Perryman (c), Martin Chivers, Chris Jones, Jimmy Neighbour, Glenn Hoddle, Steve Walford, Gerry Armstrong, Mark Kendall

Coaches: Alan Vest (Western Australia)
Referee: Barry Harwood

Venue: Perry Lakes Stadium, Floreat
Attendance: 10,000

1976 David Jones (Western Australia) challenges Martin Chivers (Tottenham Hotspur)
David Jones (Western Australia) challenges Martin Chivers (Tottenham Hotspur)

30 May 1976

Western Australia 2 (George McMillan)
Sunderland 2 (Mel Holden, Bobby Kerr)

Status: Friendly

Western Australia (squad): Tony Witschge, Steve Martin, Sauro Iozzelli, Denis Barstow, Peter Johnston, David Jones, Hugh Miller, Gary Marocchi, Gordon McCulloch, Stephen Sceats, John O’Connell, Ray Ilott, Frank Bibby, George McMillan, Tony Trinca, John Davies, Dave O’Callaghan

Sunderland: Jim Montgomery, Dick Malone, Joe Bolton, Bobby Moncur, Jeff Clarke, Bobby Kerr, Billy Hughes, Mel Holden, Brian Robson, Gary Rowell, Dennis Longhorn, Jackie Ashurst, Roy Greenwood, Ray Train, Michael Henderson

Coaches: Alan Vest (Western Australia)
Referee: Barry Harwood

Venue: Perry Lakes Stadium, Floreat
Attendance: 3,000

3 January 1977

Western Australia 2 (Ray Ilott 2)
Hertha 03 Zehlendorf 2

Status: Friendly

Western Australia (squad): Steve Martin, Frank Bibby, Peter Johnston, David Jones, Denis Barstow (c), Ken Sandercock, Ray Ilott, Gordon McCulloch, Chris Glennon, Paul Hallum, Tony Trinca, Saverio Madaschi, Gordon Byron, Sauro Iozzelli

Hertha 03 Zehlendorf:

Coaches: Bill Dumbell (Western Australia)
Referee: Barry Harwood

Venue: Lake Monger Velodrome, Mount Hawthorn
Attendance: 3,000

1977 Marah Halim Tournament

Summary coming soon…

19 March 1977

Thailand 2
Western Australia 1 (Bill Murray)

Status: Marah Halim Tournament

Thailand:

Western Australia (squad): Saverio Madaschi, Steve Martin, Arno Bertogna, Bill Murray, Peter Johnston, Denis Barstow, George McMillan, Chris Glennon, Gordon Byron, Frank Bibby, John Fiamengo, Aldo Trinca, Peter Holt, Stephen Sceats, Laurie Smith, Tim Gladding, Sauro Iozzelli

Coaches: Ron Tindall (Western Australia)
Referee:

Venue: Medan, Indonesia
Attendance:

23 March 1977

Ujang Pandang 0
Western Australia 2 (George McMillan 2)

Status: Marah Halim Tournament

Ujang Pandang:

Western Australia (squad): Saverio Madaschi, Steve Martin, Arno Bertogna, Bill Murray, Peter Johnston, Denis Barstow, George McMillan, Chris Glennon, Gordon Byron, Frank Bibby, John Fiamengo, Aldo Trinca, Peter Holt, Stephen Sceats, Laurie Smith, Tim Gladding, Sauro Iozzelli

Coaches: Ron Tindall (Western Australia)
Referee:

Venue: Medan, Indonesia
Attendance:

28 March 1977

Jakarta 1
Western Australia 0

Status: Marah Halim Tournament

Jakarta:

Western Australia (squad): Saverio Madaschi, Steve Martin, Arno Bertogna, Bill Murray, Peter Johnston, Denis Barstow, George McMillan, Chris Glennon, Gordon Byron, Frank Bibby, John Fiamengo, Aldo Trinca, Peter Holt, Stephen Sceats, Laurie Smith, Tim Gladding, Sauro Iozzelli

Coaches: Ron Tindall (Western Australia)
Referee:

Venue: Medan, Indonesia
Attendance:

12 June 1977

Western Australia 1 (Jeff Harris)
Middlesbrough 3

Status: Friendly

Western Australia: Saverio Madaschi, Sauro Iozzelli, Peter Johnston, Denis Barstow, Peter Holt, John Davidson, Bill Murray, Ray Ilott, Chris Proctor, Arno Bertogna, Brent Atherton — Steve Martin, Stephen Sceats, Dave Fidoe, Jeff Harris, Mike Saunt

Middlesbrough:

Coaches: Ron Tindall (Western Australia)
Referee: Barry Harwood

Venue: Perry Lakes Stadium, Floreat
Attendance: 3,000

1978 05 John Polykett (Western Australia welcomes the Dundee captain to Perth
State team captain John Polykett exchanges pennants with his Dundee counterpart to Perth

14 May 1978

Western Australia 1 (Ray Ilott)
Dundee 3

Status: Friendly

Western Australia (squad): Mike Palmer, Steve Martin, Keith Jones, Stephen Snell, Stephen Sceats, Robin Witschge, John Polykett (c), Mike Grubb, Ray Ilott, Bill Murray, Dave Brand, Chris Proctor, Mike Smith, Denis Barstow, Peter Johnston, Phil Cole

Dundee:

Coaches: Ron Tindall (Western Australia)
Referee: Barry Harwood

Venue: Subiaco Oval, Subiaco
Attendance:

13 May 1978

Western Australia 1 (Graham Cramphorn)
Norwich City 2

Status: Friendly

Western Australia: Tony Witschge, Keith Jones, Robin Witschge, Vince Alcock, Phil Cole, Lee Adam, Stephen Sceats (c), John Davidson, Ray Ilott, Billy Murray, Frank Smerili — Saverio Madaschi, Sauro Iozzelli, Ken Sandercock, Stephen Snell, Graham Cramphorn

Norwich City (squad): Roger Hansbury, Kevin Bond, Ian Davies, Mick McGuire, Phil Hoadley, Tony Powell, Richard Symonds, Kevin Reeves, Justin Fashanu, Keith Robson, Martin Peters, Duncan Forbes, Steve Goble, Mark Nightingale, Clive Barker

Coaches: John Ward (Western Australia), John Bond (Norwich City)
Referee: Eddie Evans

Venue: WACA Ground, East Perth
Attendance: 8,000

9 December 1979

Western Australia 4 (John Davidson 3, Gordon Byron)
Skopje Vardar 4

Status: Friendly

Western Australia: Tony Witschge, Willie McNally, Sauro Iozzelli, Phil Cole, John Polykett, John Spanos, Lee Adam, Stephen Sceats (c), Gordon Byron, John Davidson, Bill Murray, Tony Trinca, Aldo Trinca, Peter Baczynski, Mike Smith, Dave Fidoe

Skopje Vardar:

Coaches:
Referee: Barry Harwood

Venue: Perth Oval, Perth
Attendance: 1,800