1981 National Soccer League results
1981 Season Round 09 Results
written by John Punshon

Played (18/04/1981) Spencer Park
Referee : Des Miles, Crowd : 2000
Brisbane City
Martin Coe, Steve Perry, Dave Ratcliffe, Jim Dunne, Billy Wilkinson, Larry Gaffney, Frank Pimblett, Bobby Hamilton, Joe Palinkas, Paul Wilkinson, Barry Kelso (Willie Conner 71)
Goals : Hamilton 43, 87
Coach : George Potter
2 - 1 Blacktown City
Bruce James, Robbie Wheatley, Mike Milovanovic, Cliff Pointer, Brian O'Donnell, Stuart Selvage, Rick Hormazabal, Branko Culina, Jovan Djordjevic (Dean Milosevic 20), Paul Burrows, Craig Wallace (Tony Rasmussen 48)
Goal : Culina 85
Coach : Rale Rasic

Played (19/04/1981) Olympic Sports Field
Referee : Bob Kerr, Crowd : 3100
Adelaide City
Peter Marshall (Steve Peressin 15), Bobby Russell, John Perin, Chris Miller, Bugsy Nyskohus, Charlie Villani, Gary Marocchi, John Nyskohus, Sergio Melta, David Mitchell, Brian Northcote
Goals : J Nyskohus 13, 63pk, Villani 58, Russell 65
Coach : Bob D'Ottavi
4 - 1 Newcastle KB United
Phil Dando, Paul Reaney, Arno Bertogna, Roy Drinkwater, Howard Tredinnick, Malcolm McClelland, Craig Mason, Ian Buckley, David Kamasz (Graham Heys 75), Joe Senkalski, Bob Mountford (David Jones 15)
Goal : Kamasz 27
Coach : Alan Vest

Played (19/04/1981) Marconi Stadium
Referee : Peter Rampley, Crowd : 2500
Marconi-Fairfield
Allan Maher, Peter Brogan, Paul Degney, Steve Calderan, Tony Henderson, Berti Mariani, Gary Byrne, Joe Picioane, Mark Jankovics, Eddie Krncevic (Dennis Colusso 65), Peter Shame
Goals : Sharne 11, 37, Jankovics 90
Coach : Raul Blanco
3 - 1 Heidelberg United
Jeff Olver, Arthur McMillan, Bob Provan, John Yzendoorn, Jim Tansey, Jim Rooney (Gary Cole 60), Ken Taylor (Liam Monagle 46), Jim Campbell, Theo Selemidis, Andy Bozikas, Joe McGrory
Goal : Yzendoorn 59
Coach : Jim Rooney

Played (19/04/1981) Connor Reserve
Referee : Stewart Mellings, Crowd : 3500
Preston
Gary Clayton, Mike Rainey, Ljube Petrovski, John Higham, Steve Beech, Gordon Flavell, Claude Lucchesi, Jeff Faulkner (Eric Lesbirel 81), Rob Cullen, Peter Ollerton, Doug Brown
Goals : Higham 11, Ollerton 30, Brown 53
Coach : Brian Edgely
3 - 1 APIA Leichhardt
Greg Woodhouse, Rod Skellern, David Watt, Peter Wilson, Col McAusland, Zdenko Kafka, Frank Leyden, Alan Hughes, Phil O'Connor, Tony Morsello, Sebastian Giampaolo
Goal : Giampaolo 19
Coach : Willie Wallace

Played (19/04/1981) Middle Park
Referee : Chris Bambridge, Crowd : 7000
South Melbourne
Peter Laumets, Vince Bannon, Steve Blair, Arthur Xanthopoulos, Alan Davidson, John Stevenson, Billy Rogers, Jim Shirra, Duncan Cummings (George Christopoulos 70), Alun Evans, Branko Buljevic
Goal : Stevenson 72
Coach : John Margaritis
1 - 0 Wollongong City
Natch Vardareff, Peter Willis, Chris Dunleavy, Billy de Graaf, Jeff Ainsworth, Jim McBreen, Lee Adam, John Fleming, Peter Tredinnick, Glen Fontana, Jock Morlando (Ken Morton 73)
Coach : Ken Morton

Played (19/04/1981) Sydney Athletic Field
Referee : Richard Lorenc, Crowd : 1726
Sydney City
Todd Clarke, Ian Souness, Ian Bruce, Steve O'Connor, John Spanos, Jim Patikas, Agenor Muniz (Jim Cant 56), Murray Barnes, Joe Watson, John Kosmina, Gerry Gomez (Willie Murray 72)
Goals : Souness 20
Coach : Eddie Thomson
1 - 1 Brisbane Lions
Tony Scanlon, Paul Ontong, Alan Niven, Gerry Lindsay, Col Bennett, Jim Hermiston, Steve Hogg, Jim McLean, Rob Ferris, Ron Millman, Danny Wright (Steve Konstantinou 57)
Goals : Millman 27
Coach : Matt Carson

Played (19/04/1981) Pratten Park
Referee : Tim Davies, Crowd : 6120
Sydney Olympic
Peter Wilson, Danny Moulis, Jim Ziras, Ken Wilson, Billy Palmer, Peter Raskopoulos, Alex Jamieson (Peter Katholos 15), Derek Laing, Roy Cotton (Mike Cross 80), Mark Koussas, Graham Jennings
Goals : Raskopoulos 25, Cotton 30, Kousas 51
Coach : Tommy Docherty
3 - 1 West Adelaide
Martyn Crook, Zoran Maricic (Gordon Haig 47), Con Kambas, Peter Tymczyszyn, Vic Bozanic, Graham Honeyman, Ian McKie, Shraga Topaz, Lopez Manecas (Jim Hughes 71), Tim Brown, Jim Wright
Goal : Tymczyszyn 35pk
Coach : Billy Birch

Played (20/04/1981) Bruce Stadium
Referee : Bob Mee, Crowd : 6190
Canberra City
Steve Hoszowski, Mike O'Shea, Terry Byrne, Roy Stark (Johan Massa 46), Harry Williams, John O'Shea, Isaac Farrell, Robbie O'Shea, Don Maclaren, Tony Brennan (Ian Purdie 65), Ian Gibson
Goals : Brennan 1, Gibson 43, 66, 80, Maclaren 78
Coach : George Murray
5 - 0 Footscray JUST
Dennis Boland, Jim O'Reilly, Jim Milne, Kyri Kyriakouleas (James McLaughlin 36), Jim Kondarios, Chris Petrov, Viatko Belic, Zoran ilioski, Slobodan Jovanovic, Steve Kakantonis, Bruno Cozzella
Coach : Cedo Cirkovic