Annual general meeting
The annual general meeting was held in Toronto on January 11 and 12, 1964.
Clubs and players
Hamilton Steelers
Formed:
Stadium: Civic Stadium, Hamilton, Ontario
General manager: Duncan Beattie
Head coach: Telly Tatti
Key players: Goalkeeper Enore Zanori; fullback Dave Hartwell; half-backs John Simpson and Ray Edwards; forwards Bo Lewis, Peter Smethurst, Billy Tennant, John Kerr.
Montreal Italia
Formed:
Stadium: Jarry Park, Montreal
General manager: Aldo Cecchi
Head coach: Skender Perolli replaced by Aldo Cecchi
Key players: Goalkeeper Uwe Schwart, fullbacks Tommy Barrett and Willie Fleming; half-back Ivan Ribero; forwards Ante Kosta, Romano Cori and
Toronto City
Formed: 1959
Stadium: Varsity Stadium, Toronto
President: Steve Stavro
General manager: George Gross
Head coach: Malcolm Allison, replaced by Charlie Fleming
Key players: Goalkeeper Nigel Sims; fullbacks Tony Book and Tom McGlennon; half-backs Bobby Kinloch, John Young, Bobby Nicol and Norman Sykes; forwards John Brooks, Jorge Bentivegna, Ted Purdon, Charlie Fleming
Toronto Inter-Roma
Formed:
Stadium: Varsity Stadium, Toronto
President: Ted Laraia
Player coach: Ruben Cerioni
Key players: Goalkeeper Willy Muirhead; fullbacks Carmine Carella and Alejandro Pires; half-backs Gordon Bradley and Joao Fiote; forwards Alan Harvey, Noel Di Castro and Albert Zelen.
Toronto Italia
Formed:
Owner: Joe Peters
Stadium: Varsity Stadium, Toronto
General manager: Frank Pedersen
Head coach:
Key players: Goalkeeper Roy Rea; fullbacks Tony Lecce and Andy Tillotson; half-backs Gordon Hopkinson, Ray Gough and Hector Marinaro; forwards Jorge Piotti, Anders Yrfelt, Jorgen Petersen and Carlo Meditieri
Review of the season
Toronto City defeated Toronto Roma 1-0 in the opening game in Toronto on Sunday May 10 in front of 7,326 fans at Varsity Stadium. The same day Hamilton Steelers defeated Montreal Italia 5-1 in front of a crowd of 3,500 in Montreal.
Montreal Italia was suspended with two games left following a 5-0 defeat by Toronto Italia. That game was called off with ten minutes left when referee Hugh McLean and Montreal manager Al Cecchi became involved in a dispute and the entire Montreal team was ordered off from the field. The ECPSL decided that Montreal’s two remaining games with Toronto Roma should be forfeited.
The first City-Roma playoff game also counted in league standings because the teams had an outstanding game scheduled for that day.
Results and standings
Final standings GP W T L GF GA PTS Toronto City 24 14 6 4 67 41 34 Toronto Italia 24 13 5 6 58 34 31 Toronto Inter-Roma 24 11 4 9 53 47 26 Hamilton Steelers 24 6 4 14 45 70 16 Montreal Italia 24 5 3 16 32 62 13 Leading Scorers 1. Jorge Bentivegna Toronto Roma 21 goals 2. Charlie Fleming Toronto City 19 goals 3. Ted Purdon Toronto City 17 goals 4. Giorgio Piotti Toronto Italia 16 goals Jorgen Petersen Toronto Italia 16 goals Semi-Finals August 29, 1964 Varsity Stadium, Toronto Attendance: 2,304 Toronto City 3 (Johnny Brooks, Joe Tonani, Tony Doncevski) Toronto Roma 1 (Jorge Bentivegna) September 4, 1964 Varsity Stadium, Toronto Toronto City 3 Toronto Roma 1 Toronto City won best-of-three series 2-0 August 30, 1964 Hamilton Attendance: 2,200 Hamilton Steelers 1 (Jim Simpson) Toronto Italia 4 (Metidieri 2, Vitor Bevivino, Anders Yrfelt) September 2, 1964 Varsity Stadium, Toronto Toronto Italia 0 Hamilton Steelers 2 September 8, 1964 Varsity Stadium, Toronto Toronto Italia 4 Hamilton Steelers 1 Toronto Italia won best-of-three series 2-1 ECPSL Championship finals September 9, 1964 Varsity Stadium, Toronto Toronto City 2 (Ted Purdon 2) Toronto Italia 0 September 13, 1964 Varsity Stadium, Toronto Toronto City 1 (Ted Purdon) Toronto Italia 0 Toronto City won best-of-three games series 2-0 First All-Star team GK Nigel Sims (Toronto City) RB Tony Book (Toronto City) LB Tom McGlennon (Toronto City) RH Gordon Bradley (Toronto Roma) CH John Young (Toronto City) LH Bobby Nicol (Toronto City) OR Bo Lewis (Hamilton Steelers) IR John Brooks (Toronto City) CF Jorge Bentivegna (Toronto City) IL Jorge Piotti (Toronto Italia) OL Carlos Metidieri (Toronto Italia) Manager: George Gross (Toronto City) Second All-Star team GK Uwe Schwart (Montreal Italia) RB Car. Carella (Toronto Roma) LB Tony Lecce (Toronto Italia) and Tommy Barrett (Montreal Italia) tied RH Norman Sykes (Toronto City) CH Hector Marinaro (Toronto Italia) LH Joao Fiote (Toronto Roma) OR Bobby Kinloch (Toronto City) IR Anders Yrfelt (Toronto Italia) CF Ted Purdon (Toronto City) IL Charlie Fleming (Toronto City) OL Alan Harvey (Toronto Roma) Manager: Frank Pedersen (Toronto Italia)
