1981 National Soccer League results
1981 Season Round 05 Results
written by John Punshon

Played (15/03/1981) Hindmarsh Stadium
Referee : Graham Neal, Crowd : 3576
Adelaide City
Peter Marshall, Bobby Russell, David Jones, John Perin, Bugsy Nyskohus, Brian Northcote, Gary Marocchi, Sergio Melta, David Mitchell (Peter Rankin 65), Charlie Villani, John Nyskohus
Goals : Villani 8, B Nyskohus 78, J Nyskohus 89pk
Coach : Bob D'Ottavi
3 - 1 Heidelberg United
Jack Reilly, Arthur McMillan, Pat Bannon, John Yzendoorn, Bob Provan, Theo Selemidis, Ken Taylor, Jim Campbell, Jim Rooney, Andy Bozikas, Gary Cole (Tom Tasevski 68)
Goal : Cole 11
Coach : Manny Poulakakis

Played (15/03/1981) Lambert Park
Referee : Bob Mee, Crowd : 4281
APIA Leichhardt
Greg Woodhouse, Rod Skellern, Col McAusland, Mark Pullen, Peter Wilson, Frank Leyden, John Coyne, Zdenko Kafka, Marshall Soper, Sebastian Giampaolo, Phil O'Connor
Goals : O'Connor 75, Soper 83
Coach : Willie Wallace
2 - 1 Newcastle KB United
Phil Dando, Paul Reaney, Arno Bertogna, Roy Drinkwater, Joe Senkalski, Col Curran, Craig Mason, Ian Buckley, David Kamasz, Bob Mountford, Malcolm McClelland
Goal : Bertogna 38
Coach : Alan Vest

Played (15/03/1981) Spencer Park
Referee : Dave Nugent, Crowd : 2500
Brisbane City
Martin Coe, Steve Perry, Dave Ratcliffe, Jim Dunne, Billy Wilkinson, Bobby Hamilton, Frank Pimblett, Larry Gaffney, Joe Palinkas, Paul Wilkinson, John McVeigh (Kevin Low 76)
Goals : P Wilkinson 27, Palinkas 67, Hamilton 76
Coach : George Potter
3 - 0 Sydney Olympic
Gary Meier, Jim Ziras (Greg Ankudinoff 66), Ian Rowden, Ken Wilson, Mike Cross, David Cork (Hussein Housseini 27), Alex Jamieson, Peter Katholos, Derek Laing, Mark Koussas, Graham Jennings
Coach : Tommy Docherty

Played (15/03/1981) Bruce Stadium
Referee : Gary Power, Crowd : 3170
Canberra City
Richard Wilson, Mike O'Shea, Roy Stark, Duncan Cole, John O'Shea, Robbie O'Shea, Terry Byrne, Johan Massa (Don Maclaren 61), Isaac Farrell, Tony Brennan, Walter Valeri
Goal : Farrell 66
Coach : George Murray
1 - 2 West Adelaide
Martyn Crook, Peter Tymczyszyn, Neil McGachey, Vic Bozanic, Shraga Topaz, Zoran Maricic, Lopez Manecas, Peter Boyle, Graham Honeyman, Graham Norris, Tim Brown
Goals : Bozanic 10, Boyle 75
Coach : Billy Birch

Played (15/03/1981) Connor Reserve
Referee : Chris Bambridge, Crowd : 4500
Preston
Lou Kastner, Gordon Flavell, John Higham, Ljube Petrovski, Steve Beech, Claude Lucchesi, Jeff Faulkner, Doug Brown, Rob Cullen, Gary Ward (George McMillan 57), Peter Ollerton
Goals : Ollerton 42, 71, Cullen 61
Coach : Brian Edgely
3 - 0 Footscray JUST
Dennis Boland, Igor Hazabent, Zoran Ilioski, Jim Kondarios, Kyri Kyriakouleas, Mike McIvor (Dragan Vasic 46), Slobodan Jovanovic, Joe Picioane, Bruno Cozzella, Steve Kakantonis, James McLaughlin
Coach : Cedo Cirkovic

Played (15/03/1981) Middle Park
Referee : Jim Fearn, Crowd : 5000
South Melbourne
Peter Laumets, Vince Bannon, Steve Blair, Arthur Xanthopoulos, Alan Davidson, Billy Rogers, John Stevenson (Bertie Lutton 71), Jim Shirra, Alun Evans, George Christopoulos (Duncan Cummings 9), Branko Buljevic
Goal : Cummings 83
Coach : John Margaritis
1 - 0 Brisbane Lions
Nigel Lownds, Paul Ontong, Col Bennett, Jim Hermiston, Alan Niven, Steve Hogg, Jim McLean (Mark McNaughton 84), Gerry Lindsay, Ron Millman, Rob Ferris, Steve Konstantinou (Calvin Daunt 76)
Coach : Matt Carson

Played (15/03/1981) Sydney Athletic Field
Referee : Tim Davies, Crowd : 3456
Sydney City
Tony Pezzano, Ian Souness, Steve O'Connor, John Spanos, Ian Bruce, Willie Murray, Murray Barnes, Jim Patikas (Joe Watson 57), Agenor Muniz, John Kosmina, Ken Boden (Gerry Gomez 75)
Goals : Boden 10, 11, 75, Gomez 85, 89
Coach : Eddie Thomson
5 - 0 Marconi-Fairfield
Allan Maher, Peter Brogan, Dragi Tomasich (Berti Mariani 46), Jim Muir, Ivo Prskalo, Tony Henderson, Gary Byrne, Peter Raskopoulos, Peter Sharne, Mark Jankovics, Eddie Krncevic (Dennis Colusso 55)
Coach : Raul Blanco

Played (15/03/1981) Wollongong Showgrounds
Referee : Richard Lorenc, Crowd : 5637
Wollongong City
Jim Preston, Chris Dunleavy, Billy de Graaf, Lee Adam, Jim McBreen, John Fleming, John Lathan, Jeff Ainsworth, Clive Campbell, Brian Turner, Peter Tredinnick
Goal : Fleming 33
Coach : Ken Morton
1 - 1 Blacktown City
Bruce James, Robbie Wheatley (Tony Rasmussen 7), Cliff Pointer, Mike Milovanovic, Steve Pollard, Rick Hormazabal, Jovan Djordjevic, Brian O'Donnell, Stuart Selvage, Craig Wallace (Dean Milosevic 65), Branko Culina
Goal : Culina 85
Coach : Rale Rasic