1981 National Soccer League results
1981 Season Round 26 Results
written by John Punshon

Played (17/05/1981) Spencer Park
Referee : Dave Nugent, Crowd : 4800
Brisbane City
Martin Coe, Kevin Caldwell, Dave Ratcliffe, Jim Dunne, Billy Wilkinson, Larry Gaffney, Frank Pimblett, Bobby Hamilton (Willie Conner 67), Joe Palinkas, Paul Wilkinson, Barry Kelso
Goals : P Wilkinson 17
Coach : George Potter
1 - 0 Wollongong City
Natch Vardareff, Peter Willis (Ken Morton 61), Chris Dunleavy, Billy de Graaf, Jock Morlando, Lee Adam, Glen Fontana, John Fleming, Jim McBreen, Paul Kay (John Lathan 32), Peter Tredinnick
Coach : Ken Morton

Played (16/08/1981) Olympic Sports Field
Referee : Peter Rampley, Crowd : 5100
Adelaide City
Jack Przybylski, Bobby Russell, Bugsy Nyskohus, John Perin, David Jones, Sergio Melta, Gary Marocchi, Charlie Villani, Brian Northcote, John Nyskohus, David Mitchell
Goals : Northcote 61, Perin 80pk
Coach : Bob D'Ottavi
2 - 0 South Melbourne
Peter Laumets, Vince Bannon, Alan Davidson, Bertie Lutton (George Campbell 40), Steve Blair, Arthur Xanthopoulos, Billy Rogers, John Stevenson, Jim Shirra, Duncan Cummings, Branko Buljevic
Coach : John Margaritis

Played (16/08/1981) Bruce Stadium
Referee : Ken Allen, Crowd : 2100
Canberra City
Steve Hoszowski, Mike O'Shea, John Moutsopoulos, Terry Byrne, John O'Shea, Robbie O'Shea, Ian Stone (Johan Massa 48), Ian Gibson, Walter Valeri, Tony Brennan (Ian Purdie 65), Don Maclaren
Goals : Byrne 14, Brennan 32, Valeri 78, Purdie 86
Coach : George Murray
4 - 1 Newcastle KB United
Phil Dando, Paul Reaney, Howard Tredinnick, Roy Drinkwater, Craig Mason, Joe Senkalski, David Jones, Ian Buckley (Alfie Stamp 50), Bob Mountford, David Kamasz, Graham Heys
Goal : Jones 8
Coach : Ray Baartz

Played (16/08/1981) Olympic Park
Referee : Graham Neal, Crowd : 4000
Heidelberg United
Jeff Olver, Arthur McMillan, Bob Provan, John Yzendoorn, Charlie Yankos, Jim Rooney, Theo Selemidis, Jim Campbell, Jamie Paton, Gary Cole, Andy Bozikas
Goals : Paton 84, Cole 88
Coach : Len McKendry
2 - 0 Footscray JUST
Dennis Boland, Igor Hazabent, Kyri Kyriakouleas, Jim Kondarios, Jim O'Reilly, Jim Milne (Bruno Cozzella 65), Slobodan Jovanovic, Zoran Ilioski, Steve Kakantonis, Johan Verweij, Zdravko Lujic
Coach : Cedo Cirkovic

Played (16/08/1981) Connor Reserve
Referee : Chris Bambridge, Crowd : 2500
Preston
Gary Clayton, Mike Rainey, Peter Ollerton, George McMillan, Steve Beech, Isaac Farrell, Peter Boyle, Gordon Flavell (Robbie Cullen 78), Alan Whittle (John Little 67), Claude Lucchesi, Doug Brown
Goals : Brown 83, Lucchesi 84
Coach : Peter Ollerton
2 - 0 West Adelaide
Martyn Crook, Zoran Maricic, Con Kambas, Tom Forde, Ian McKie, Jim Wright, Robert Marwe (Tim Brown 46), Graham Honeyman, Ian McGregor, Peter Kowalski (Aldo Lorenzoni 84), Vic Smythe
Coach : Peter Jaksa

Played (16/08/1981) Sydney Athletic Field
Referee : Jim Reeves, Crowd : 4216
Sydney City
Todd Clarke, Kevin Mullen, Steve O'Connor, Alex Robertson, John Spanos, Ian Souness, Murray Barnes, Joe Watson, Jim Patikas, Ken Boden, John Kosmina
Goals : Kosmina 15, Boden 82, Watson 90
Coach : Eddie Thomson
3 - 0 APIA Leichhardt
Greg Woodhouse, Rod Skellern, Peter Wilson, Mark Pullen, Col McAusland, John Coyne, Zdenko Kafka (Billy Pirie 46), Terry Butler, Tony Morsello, Marshall Soper, Sebastian Giampaolo
Coach : Willie Wallace

Played (16/08/1981) Pratten Park
Referee : Gary Power, Crowd : 5728
Sydney Olympic
Peter Wilson, Danny Moulis, Ian Rowden, Jim Ziras, Andy Scott, Peter Raskopoulos, Peter Katholos (Alex Jamieson 80), Jim Redfern (Tom Gavin 75), Ken Wilson, Mark Koussas, Graham Jennings
Goals : Koussas 45, Redfern 48, Raskopoulos 87
Coach : Doug Collins
3 - 1 Brisbane Lions
Tony Scanlon, Paul Ontong, Jim Hermiston, Col Bennett, Alan Niven, John Ogden (Jim McLean 50), Steve Hogg, Rob Ferris, Calvin Daunt (Graham Wilson 50), Billy Williamson, Craig Low
Goal : Williamson 55
Coach : Joe Gilroy

Played (26/08/1981) Marconi Stadium
Referee : Doug Rennie, Crowd : 2100
Marconi-Fairfield
Ron Corry, Peter Brogan, Tony Henderson (sent off 28), Berti Mariani, Paul Degney, Gary Byrne, Hussein Housseini, Mark Jankovics, Peter Sharne, Eddie Krncevic, Ian Hunter
Coach : Luciano Nesti
0 - 1 Blacktown City
Bruce James, Tony Rasmussen, Cliff Pointer, Mike Milovanovic, Stuart Selvage, Brian O'Donnell, Rick Hormazabal, Branko Culina, Brian Turner (Peter Jones 46), Branislav Krstic, Paul Burrows
Goal : O'Donnell 69
Coach : Rale Rasic