Detroit Express

founded 1979 Pontiac, MI dissolved 1981

games
98
wins
48
draws
0
losses
44

first recorded game April 1, 1978 · latest recorded game Aug. 24, 1980

Totals and dates are as recorded here.

All-time, by competition

competition GP W L pts gf ga ppg gf/ga
NASL 92 48 44 438 179 144 4.76 1.24
92 48 44 438 179 144 4.76 1.24

Division, year by year

1978 1979 1980 1st division3 seasons North American Soccer League, 1978North American Soccer League, 1979North American Soccer League, 1980
Where Detroit Express sat in the pyramid, 1978 to 1980. A block marks a league season, placed on the year the season began and the division its league is recorded at; select one for that season. An empty column is a year with no league season on record. Cups are left out: a cup has no division.

Points per game, season by season

0 2 4 6 1978: 5.87 points per game in 30 NASL games 1978 1979: 4.43 points per game in 30 NASL games 1979 1980: 4.03 points per game in 32 NASL games 1980 all-time 4.76
Points per game by season. A league season only, oldest first. Points per game rather than points, because the schedule has run anywhere from 20 games to 34. Points are as the league awarded them, which has not always been three for a win. Select a column for that season; the table below carries every figure.

Season by season

competition season GP W L pts gf ga ppg gf/ga
NASL 1980 32 14 18 129 51 52 4.03 0.98
NASL 1979 30 14 16 133 60 56 4.43 1.07
NASL 1978 30 20 10 176 68 36 5.87 1.89

Career leaders

complete stats

Goals

  1. Trevor Francis 36
  2. Keith Furphy 26
  3. Graham Oates 17
  4. David Bradford 14
  5. Pato Margetic 11
  6. Gary Bannister 10
  7. Alan Brazil 9
  8. Ted MacDougall 9
  9. Donato Nardiello 7
  10. Bob Rohrbach 4

Assists

  1. David Bradford 38
  2. Graham Oates 22
  3. Keith Furphy 22
  4. Trevor Francis 18
  5. Angus Moffat 16
  6. Pato Margetic 11
  7. Roger Osborne 11
  8. Steve Seargeant 11
  9. Ted MacDougall 11
  10. David McGill 9

Appearances

  1. David Bradford 90
  2. Graham Oates 86
  3. Steve Seargeant 79
  4. Angus Moffat 69
  5. Eddie Colquhoun 69
  6. Keith Furphy 65
  7. Jim Brown 60
  8. Paul Hunter 59
  9. Benny Dargle 38
  10. Ivan Belfiore 34

Most recent games — all 98 →

+4 −4 0
Goal difference in the 20 results listed below, oldest to newest. Wins rise above zero in green, losses fall below it in red, and a draw is a grey block across the line. Hover over a bar for the result and date; select it for the game.
date competition season team score team venue referee attendance sources
Aug. 24, 1980 NASL 1980 Detroit Express 3 - 2 Fort Lauderdale Strikers Silverdome 15113 1
Aug. 16, 1980 NASL 1980 Detroit Express 3 - 2 Philadelphia Fury Veterans Stadium 5541 1
Aug. 13, 1980 NASL 1980 Detroit Express 2 - 3 Tampa Bay Rowdies Tampa Stadium 16528 1
Aug. 9, 1980 NASL 1980 California Surf 2 - 1 Detroit Express Silverdome 11472 1
Aug. 6, 1980 NASL 1980 Detroit Express 0 - 1 San Diego Sockers Qualcomm Stadium 8319 1
Aug. 2, 1980 NASL 1980 Detroit Express 1 - 3 San Jose Earthquakes Spartan Stadium 10811 1
July 30, 1980 NASL 1980 Detroit Express 1 - 0 Minnesota Kicks Silverdome 9193 1
July 26, 1980 NASL 1980 Dallas Tornado 2 - 1 Detroit Express Texas Stadium 5492 1
July 23, 1980 NASL 1980 Chicago Sting (SO) 1 - 1 Detroit Express Silverdome 8114 1
July 19, 1980 NASL 1980 Detroit Express 2 - 1 Rochester Lancers Silverdome 6849 1
July 12, 1980 NASL 1980 Detroit Express (SO) 0 - 0 New York Cosmos Silverdome 27234 1
July 9, 1980 NASL 1980 Detroit Express 1 - 3 Fort Lauderdale Strikers Lockhart Stadium 12524 1
July 6, 1980 NASL 1980 Detroit Express 3 - 3 (SO) Houston Hurricane Astrodome 4267 1
July 4, 1980 NASL 1980 Detroit Express 2 - 0 Houston Hurricane Silverdome 8091 1
June 28, 1980 NASL 1980 Detroit Express (SO) 0 - 0 San Diego Sockers Silverdome 9159 1
June 24, 1980 NASL 1980 Detroit Express 1 - 2 Philadelphia Fury Silverdome 6524 1
June 21, 1980 NASL 1980 Detroit Express 3 - 2 Memphis Rogues Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium 13319 1
June 17, 1980 NASL 1980 Dallas Tornado 1 - 5 Detroit Express Silverdome 9688 1
June 14, 1980 NASL 1980 Atlanta Chiefs 3 - 1 Detroit Express Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium 9035 1
June 11, 1980 NASL 1980 Detroit Express 0 - 0 (SO) San Jose Earthquakes Silverdome 7186 1