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1980 Season Playoff Series Matches
written by John Punshon |
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The top four teams of the regular season meet in matches as shown. This series did not decide the championship, the 1980 Season championship was decided on a first past the post basis.
Sydney City v Heidelberg -----winner--------------------------___Grand Final
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South Melbourne v Marconi-Fairfield __winner__/
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Grand Final Match Played (26/10/1980) Bruce Stadium Referee : Don Campbell, Crowd : 11126 | ||||
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| Sydney City Todd Clarke, Kevin Mullen, Steve O'Connor, Gerry Gomez, Ian Bruce, Joe Watson (Jim Patikas 74), John Stevenson, Ian Souness (Murray Barnes 66), John Spanos, Ken Boden, Mark Trenter Coach : Eddie Thomson |
0 | - | 4 | Heidelberg United Jeff Olver, Arthur McMillan, John Yzendoorn, Pat Bannon, Jim Tansey, Theo Selemidis, Jim Campbell, Jim Rooney (Ken Taylor 86), Gary Cole, Jamie Paton, Andy Bozikas Goals : Cole 32pk, 43, 77, Paton 87 Coach : Len McKendry |
Preliminary Final, loser eliminated, winner into Grand Final Played (18/10/1980) Olympic Park Referee : Tim Davies, Crowd : 7700 | ||||
| Heidelberg United Jeff Olver, Arthur McMillan, John Yzendoorn, Pat Bannon, Jim Tansey, Theo Selemidis, Jim Campbell, Jim Rooney, Andy Bozikas, Jamie Paton, Gary Cole Goals : Bozikas 26, Paton 54, 85, Cole 67pk Coach : Len McKendry |
4 | - | 1 | South Melbourne Peter Laumets, Vince Bannon (Kris Kalifatidis 88), Bertie Lutton, Arthur Xanthopoulos, Alan Davidson, Sammy Wright (Steve Blair 46), Billy Rogers, Duncan Cummings, George Campbell, Alun Evans, Branko Buljevic Goal : Buljevic 9 Coach : John Margaritis |
Qualifying Semi-Final, loser into Preliminary Final, winner into Grand Final Played (11/10/1980) Sydney Sports Ground Referee : Tony Boskovic, Crowd : 3457 | ||||
| Sydney City Todd Clarke, Kevin Mullen, Steve O'Connor, Gerry Gomez, Ian Bruce, John Stevenson, Joe Watson, Ian Souness, John Spanos, Ken Boden, Mark Trenter (Hilton Silva 78) Goals : Trenter 35, Boden 39pk Coach : Eddie Thomson |
2 | - | 0 | Heidelberg United Jeff Olver, Arthur McMillan, Pat Bannon, Bob Provan, Jim Tansey, Theo Selemidis, Jim Campbell (John Yzendoorn 70), Jim Rooney, Andy Bozikas, Jamie Paton, Gary Cole Coach : Len McKendry |
Elimination Semi-Final, loser eliminated, winner into Preliminary Final Played (12/10/1980) Middle Park Referee : Chris Bambridge, Crowd : 4500 | ||||
| South Melbourne Peter Laumets, Steve Blair, Arthur Xanthopoulos, Bertie Lutton, Alan Davidson, Billy Rogers, Duncan Cummings, George Campbell, Steve Kakantonis (Sammy Wright 46), Alun Evans, Branko Buljevic Goals : Evans 49, 82, Xanthopoulos 75, Buljevic 80 Coach : John Margaritis |
4 | - | 3 | Marconi-Fairfield Allan Maher, Peter Brogan, Ivo Prskalo, Tony Henderson, Jim Cant, Peter Raskopoulos, Gary Byrne, Bertie Mariani (Ken Lindsay 77), Peter Sharne, Mark Jankovics, Eddie Krncevic Goals : Sharne 10, Byrne 19pk, Krncevic 41 Coach : Les Scheinflug |