1979

Division 1

Club M V D L G P
1 Marconi 26 15 6 5 58-32 40

Champion

2 Heidelberg United 26 14 7 5 44-30 36
3 Sydney City 26 15 3 8 47-29 34
4 Brisbane City 26 14 5 7 38-30 34
5 Adelaide City 26 13 6 7 43-27 33
6 Newcastle KB United 26 11 9 6 43-30 32
7 West Adelaide 26 10 4 12 28-31 25
8 APIA Leichhardt 26 11 3 12 29-37 25
9 Brisbane Lions 26 8 6 12 28-40 22
10 Footscray JUST 26 8 3 15 29-43 20
11 St. George Budapest 26 7 6 13 27-43 20
12 Canberra City 26 6 8 12 25-41 20
13 Sydney Olympic 26 7 5 14 23-30 19
14 South Melbourne 26 6 3 17 29-49 16

Relegated

1978

Division 1

Club M V D L G P
1 West Adelaide 26 16 4 6 42-27 36

Champion

2 Eastern Suburbs 26 15 5 6 49-27 35
3 South Melbourne 26 12 8 6 45-30 32
4 Marconi 26 12 6 8 46-31 30
5 Fitzroy United 26 9 8 9 39-39 26
6 Brisbane Lions 26 8 10 8 37-39 26
7 St. George Budapest 26 11 3 12 41-40 25
8 Sydney Olympic 26 9 7 10 35-43 25
9 Western Suburbs 26 9 6 11 41-45 24
10 Adelaide City 26 9 6 11 38-44 24
11 Newcastle KB United 26 6 10 10 33-40 22
12 Footscray JUST 26 7 8 11 29-37 22
13 Canberra City 26 5 10 11 28-41 20
14 Brisbane City 26 7 3 16 29-49 17

1977

Division 1

Club M V D L G P
1 Eastern Suburbs 26 13 11 2 52-28 37

Champion

2 Marconi 26 15 7 4 42-21 37
3 Fitzroy United 26 12 8 6 41-34 32
4 Adelaide City 26 12 7 7 50-31 31
5 Western Suburbs 26 11 7 8 38-29 29
6 St. George Budapest 26 7 14 5 39-35 28
7 West Adelaide 26 8 10 8 38-32 26
8 Footscray JUST 26 9 6 11 36-39 24
9 Brisbane Lions 26 9 5 12 27-41 23
10 Brisbane City 26 8 6 12 30-35 22
11 South Melbourne 26 7 8 11 27-35 22
12 Sydney Olympic 26 7 7 12 25-38 21
13 Canberra City 26 5 7 14 22-39 17
14 Mooroolbark 26 5 5 16 31-61 15

Relegated