1978 Tampa Bay Rowdies indoor season

Tampa Bay Rowdies
1978 indoor season
Owner United States George Strawbridge, Jr.
General Manager United States Chas Serednesky, 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
Home colors
Away colors

The 1978 Tampa Bay Rowdies indoor season was the fourth indoor season of the club's existence.

Overview

Though it had appeared, after the success of an international friendly between Tampa Bay and Zenit Leningrad in 1977,[1] that the North American Soccer 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][5] 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.[6] [7] This was followed by two more matches with Washington. What would have been the fourth match of the season 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.[8][9] The next two matches, both against the Tulsa Roughnecks, marked the Roughnecks' first ever match and first ever match in Tulsa, played on February 11 and 14 respectively.[10] This was followed by matches against the Dallas Tornado and Minnesota Kicks. The Rowdies' final match was nearly two months later, an international friendly against Norwich City on May 3. All home games 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 (capt.)  England
11 Midfielder Graham Paddon  England
12 Forward Derek Smethurst  South Africa
14 Forward Joey Fink  United States
15 Midfielder Mark Lindsay  England
15 Midfielder Luis Papandrea  Argentina
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

Match reports

Statistics

Scoring

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

Player GP G A Pts
Derek Smethurst614432
Rodney Marsh891331
Joey Fink810626
Wes McLeod58016
Steve Wegerle76416
Kevin Eagan73713
Farrukh Quraishi74412
Adrian Alston4339
Mark Lindsay7328
Boris Bandov6157
Tony Crudo7226
Frantz St. Lot7215
Mike Connell8124
Arsène Auguste7102
David Robb1102
Graham Paddon1102
Luis Papandrea1011
Guy Newman1000

Goalkeeping

Note: GP = Games played; Min = Minutes; SV = Saves; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; W = Wins; L = Losses

Player GP Min SV GA GAA W L
Winston DuBose7428111354.9152
Paul Hammond1601155.0010

See also

References

  1. ↑ Martz, Ron (March 11, 1977). "NASL considering adoption of indoor season". St. Petersburg Times. p. 1C. Retrieved September 20, 2016.
  2. ↑ Martz, Ron (March 12, 1977). "Indoor soccer season approved". St. Petersburg Times. p. 1C. Retrieved September 19, 2016.
  3. ↑ Chick, Bob (March 29, 1976). "Indoor Kicks May Go Awry". Evening Independent. p. 1-C. Retrieved September 19, 2016.
  4. ↑ Tierney, Mike (April 3, 1978). "NASL approves official indoor league in 1979". St. Petersburg Times. p. 1C. Retrieved January 3, 2017.
  5. ↑ Tierney, Mike (January 20, 1979). "Rowdies want to come indoors". St. Petersburg Times. p. 3C. Retrieved January 3, 2017.
  6. ↑ Meyer, John (January 28, 1978). "Diplomatic Debut For Jago". Evening Independent. p. 1-C. Retrieved September 20, 2016.
  7. ↑ Meyer, John (January 30, 1978). "Rowdies' Jago Proves Point". Evening Independent. p. 1-C. Retrieved September 20, 2016.
  8. ↑ "Tons of snow and ice cave in roof of Hartford Civic Center". The Deseret News. January 18, 1978. p. 1A. Retrieved September 20, 2016.
  9. ↑ Schneider, Dick (February 1, 1978). "Express Coming To Lakeland May Bring Exhibition Games". Lakeland Ledger. p. 7D. Retrieved September 20, 2016.
  10. ↑ Tierney, Mike (February 11, 1978). "Rowdies expected to rough up Roughnecks". St. Petersburg Times. p. 1C. Retrieved January 20, 2018.
  11. ↑ Marcia Schallert, editor. (1979). 1979 Indoor Tournament match program. Tampa, FL. Tampa Bay Rowdies. p 32
  12. ↑ Chick, Bob (February 2, 1979). "Bayfront's Cooking, NASL Is Smelling". Evening Independent. p. 1-C. Retrieved December 30, 2016.
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