1981 National Soccer League results
1981 Season Round 25 Results
written by John Punshon

Played (9/08/1981) Lambert Park
Referee : Gary Power, Crowd : 4301
APIA Leichhardt
Greg Woodhouse, Rod Skellern, Mark Pullen, Ian Gray, Col McAusland, John Coyne, Terry Butler, Zdenko Kafka, Tony Morsello, Marshall Soper, Sebastian Giampaolo
Goals : Soper 15, Kafka 38
Coach : Willie Wallace
2 - 2 Brisbane City
Kim Wishart, David Vincenzino, David Ratcliffe, Steve Perry, Billy Wilkinson, Larry Gaffney, Frank Pimblett, Bobby Hamilton, John McVeigh (Willie Connor 10), Paul Wilkinson, Barry Kelso
Goals : Hamilton 58, Gaffney 84
Coach : George Potter

Played (9/08/1981) Gabbie Stadium
Referee : Tim Davies, Crowd : 2740
Blacktown City
Bruce James, Robbie Wheatley, Jovan Djordjevic, Cliff Pointer, Tony Rasmussen, Stuart Selvage, Rick Hormazabal, Brian O'Donnell, Branislav Krstic, Paul Burrows, Peter Jones
Coach : Rale Rasic
0 - 2 Canberra City
Steve Hoszowski, John Moutsopoulos, Mike O'Shea, Johan Massa, Robbie O'Shea, John O'Shea, Don Maclaren (Ian Stone 79), Duncan Cole, Tony Brennan, Walter Valeri, Ian Gibson
Goals : Cole 17, Valeri 19
Coach : George Murray

Played (9/08/1981) Richlands Stadium
Referee : Dave Nugent, Crowd : 2000
Brisbane Lions
Tony Scanlon, Paul Ontong, Col Bennett, Jim Hermiston, Alan Niven, Rob Ferris, John Ogden, Graham Wilson, Craig Low, Calvin Daunt, Billy Williamson
Goals : Ferris 28, Williamson 48
Coach : Joe Gilroy
2 - 0 Marconi-Fairfield
Ron Corry, Peter Brogan (Drago Tomasich 46), Tony Henderson, Berti Mariani, Paul Degney, Gary Byrne, Hussein Housseini, Eddie Krncevic, Peter Sharne, Mark Jankovics, Ian Hunter (Joe Picioane 54)
Coach : Raul Blanco

Played (9/08/1981) Schintler Reserve
Referee : David Yelland, Crowd : 1300
Footscray JUST
Dennis Boland, Jim Milne, Jim O'Reilly, Jim Kondarios, Kyri Kyriakouleas, Zoran Ilioski, Slobodan Jovanovic, Steve Kakantonis, Bruno Cozzella (Vlatko Belic 46 (Igor Hazabent 82)), Johan Verweij, Zdravko Lujic
Goal : Kondarios 60
Coach : Cedo Cirkovic
1 - 1 Sydney Olympic
Peter Wilson, Danny Moulis, Jim Ziras (Tom Gavin 75), Ian Rowden, Andy Scott, Peter Raskopoulos (Alex Jamieson 80), Peter Katholos, Mike Cross, Graham Jennings, Ken Wilson, Jim Redfern
Goal : Redfern 79
Coach : Doug Collins

Played (9/08/1981) International Sports Centre
Referee : Bob Mee, Crowd : 5232
Newcastle KB United
Phil Dando, Paul Reaney, Craig Mason, Roy Drinkwater, Howard Tredinnick, Joe Senkalski, Steve Sumner, David Jones, Graham Heys, Bob Mountford, David Kamasz
Goal : Senkalski 34
Coach : Ray Baartz
1 - 2 Sydney City
Todd Clarke, Jim Cant, John Spanos, Steve O'Connor, Alex Robertson, Murray Barnes, Ian Souness, Willie Murray (Kevin Mullen 63), Joe Watson, Ken Boden, John Kosmina
Goals : Kosmina 49, Watson 84
Coach : Eddie Thomson

Played (9/08/1981) Middle Park
Referee : Jim Fearn, Crowd : 11759
South Melbourne
Peter Laumets, Vince Bannon, Steve Blair, Arthur Xanthopoulos, Alan Davidson, Duncan Cummings, John Stevenson, Jim Shirra, Branko Buljevic, Steve Wooddin, Alun Evans (Billy Rogers 74)
Goals : Evans 49, Shirra 71
Coach : John Margaritis
2 - 0 Preston
Richard Wilson, Mike Rainey, George McMillan, Ljube Petrovski, Steve Beech, Isaac Farrell, Peter Boyle, Gordon Flavell (Peter Ollerton 73), Alan Whittle (Robbie Cullen 46), Doug Brown, Claude Lucchesi
Coach : Peter Ollerton

Played (9/08/1981) Hindmarsh Stadium
Referee : Don Campbell, Crowd : 3500
West Adelaide
Martyn Crook, Zoran Maricic, Con Kambas, Tom Forde, Vic Bozanic, Tim Brown (Colin Gregson 68), Robert Marwe, Graham Honeyman, Aldo Lorenzoni (Peter Kowalski 52), Ian McGregor, Vic Smythe
Coach : Peter Jaksa
0 - 5 Heidelberg United
Jeff Olver, Arthur McMillan, Bob Provan, John Yzendoorn, Charlie Yankos, Jim Rooney, Theo Selemidis, Jim Campbell, Andy Bozikas, Gary Cole, Jamie Paton
Goals : Cole 47, 61, 74, Campbell 77, 84
Coach : Len McKendry

Played (9/08/1981) Wollongong Showgrounds
Referee : Tony Boskovic, Crowd : 3879
Wollongong City
Natch Vardareff, John Fleming, Chris Dunleavy, Billy de Graaf, Jeff Ainsworth, Jim McBreen, Lee Adam, Peter Tredinnick, John Lathan, Arno Bertogna, Glen Fontana (Clive Campbell 75)
Goals : Bertogna 3, Fleming 10, McBreen 44, Lathan 48
Coach : Ken Morton
4 - 1 Adelaide City
Steve Pressin (Jack Przybylski 46), Bobby Russell, David Jones, John Perin, Bugsy Nyskohus, Charlie Villani, Gary Marocchi, Sergio Melta, John Nyskohus, David Mitchell, Brian Northcote
Goal : Northcote 65
Coach : Bob D'Ottavi