Following the completion of the Olympics as many as half of the Hungarian delegation defected,[2] many choosing to stay in Australia.

From 1960 to 1975 the club competed successfully in the Victorian State League, with the stand out year being 1967 under Irish coach Billy Walsh when the club won its one and only Victorian State League championship.

That year the club also went on to win its biggest prize the Australian Cup, defeating Apia Leichhardt 4–3 in the Final at Olympic Park.

[4] The club's most notable player, former Socceroo Attila Abonyi, scored a hat-trick in the Final.

The club's second stint in the State league would be short lived as it finished in bottom spot in 1986 to drop straight back down to Division 1.