In the pre-season Ampol-Kennard Cup, Corrimal lost to Hakoah in the semi-finals but redeemed themselves in the third place playoff final, defeating Prague on corner kicks after the match was drawn, 4–4.
Significant inaugural players included international centre-forward, Keith Learmonth who was the league's top-scorer with 25 goals, veteran Ted Drain who played 28 out of the club's 29 matches and was widely regarded as one of the best inside-forwards's in the country, Bill Taylor who played every single game and named the "Mercury Soccer Star" for the season and defender Bob Bignall, who was the Australian captain at the 1956 Olympic Games.
[5] Ron Burns played every game, and Keith Learmonth, Terry Orvad, Phil Peters and Bill Williams all only missed one match.
After the poor showing in the 1960 season, Corrimal amalgamated with fellow Illawarra side Woonona-Bulli, a team who had previously competed and performed strongly in the NSW Association state league prior to its demise in 1958.
The merged entity would be called South Coast United and play its home matches out of Balls Paddock, Woonona.
Unfortunately, Baumgartner was unable to impress his tactics on the team, losing the first four rounds of the premiership, culminating in a 2–7 loss at home to Sydney Hakoah.
South Coast brought in goalkeeper, Max Trisic, half-back, Jim Harris and forwards, Marshall and Roberts for Baumgartner.
[11] The rest of the season would not dramatically change fortunes for the club, as it missed the finals series, finishing in tenth place with only seven wins.
Kelly had brought in some new players to re-vitalise the team, including imports from England, Graham Barnett, Wilf Billington and Pat Woods, as well as Wim van der Gaag from the Netherlands.
Local left sided utility, Barry Salisbury, linked up with club following a spell at Canterbury-Marrickville and new UK recruits, John Doherty and Mike Johnson, played a key roles at centre-forward and inside forward, respectively.
Local youth product, Max Tolson was then thrust into the finals series in mid-field, having not played a match during the regular season.
South Coast thrashed fourth place side, Pan Hellenic 7–1 at the Sydney Sports Ground in the semi-final in front of 13,465 spectators.
[17] South Coast blew opponents APIA Leichhardt away, scoring three goals in the first fourteen minutes to effectively seal victory.
John Brownlie, who was a late inclusion, replacing team of the season centre-forward Doherty, started the match perfectly by scoring the first goal.
South Coast would continue their campaign through the 1963 NSW Federation Cup, defeating local rivals, Balgownie Rangers 2–1 in the quarter-finals and Gladesville-Ryde 1–0 in the semi-final replay.
As direct entrants to the quarter-finals for the Pre-season Cup they were unlucky not to progress further in the competition when they lost 0–3 to Budapest but they performed very solidly during the regular season.
The team was initially favoured to have quite a poor season due to significant player departures including the highly influential captain-coach Jimmy Kelly.
Jim Harris would take over the role as player-manager for this season and relied heavily on more local youth talent such as Dennis Patterson, Errol Freeme and Peter Beattie.
This season, instead of the usual knockout format, a four-sided group phase was conducted with the top two teams advancing to the grand final.
Veterans Salisbury, Ringland and Phil Carr continued under the guidance of player-manager Graham Barnett but the team would eventually finish the season in eleventh place with only four wins, narrowly avoiding relegation.
The club also had the services of Max Tolson and George Ramage, as well as new recruits Adrian Alston, Joe McGrath and Tommy Anderson at their disposal.
[18] After going through the pre-season with team, Anderson transferred to St George FC and his managerial duties fell upon a returning club legend, Jim Harris.
However, with injury concerns over key players, Tristram, Stewart, Carr and Hennessey they were unable to win in the final four rounds of the regular season.
[24] Tommy Anderson returned as player-manager for the 1970 season but only played in half of the games, with the side being firmly led by talismanic defender Peter Wilson.
The side however performed admirably in the pre-season knockout competition, finishing fourth when they lost in the third place playoff 1–4 to St George-Budapest.
[25] In 1971, Tommy Anderson departed the club to St George and by the start of the regular season, Jim Harris once again found himself in charge of the team.