sentences:  The development of the junior set-up in the club by Hans Meyer was instrumental in this promotion as nearly all of the first team squad had played football at some stage for the Canning Cosmos, a statistic which was a great source of pride to then chairman, Malcolm Watson.Canning's debut in the Premier League started off considerably well taking points off Swan United FC, Inglewood United, Sorrento FC and Floreat Athena.However a poor 2nd half of the season saw the team slowly creep down the ladder, and only taking 2pts from 11 fixtures left the club bottom of the table.