1981 National Soccer League results
1981 Season Round 30 Results
written by John Punshon

Played (13/09/1981) Richlands Stadium
Referee : Col Amos, Crowd : 1000
Brisbane Lions
Nigel Lownds, Paul Ontong, Alan Niven, Paul Burns, Graham Wilson, Jim McLean, Rob Ferris, Steve Hogg, Craig Low (John Ogden 65), Calvin Daunt, Billy Williamson
Coach : Joe Gilroy
0 - 1 Blacktown City
Bruce James, Robbie Wheatley, Mike Milovanovic, Cliff Pointer, Tony Rasmussen, Brian O'Donnell, Stuart Selvage, Branislav Krstic, Rick Hormazabal, Brian Turner, Paul Burrows
Goal : Turner 30
Coach : Rale Rasic

Played (13/09/1981) Bruce Stadium
Referee : Jim Fearn, Crowd : 3142
Canberra City
Steve Hoszowski, Duncan Cole, Terry Byrne, Mike O'Shea, John Moutsopoulos (Johan Massa 41), Don Maclaren (Walter Valeri 58), John O'Shea, Robbie O'Shea, Ian Gibson, Ian Purdie, Tony Brennan
Goal : Gibson 10
Coach :
1 - 0 Preston
Richard Wilson, Steve Beech, Mike Rainey, Ljube Petrovski, Peter Ollerton (Ron MacIvor 46), Peter Boyle, George McMillan, Alan Whittle (Claude Lucchesi 46), Isaac Farrell, Robbie Cullen, Doug Brown
Coach : Peter Ollerton

Played (13/09/1981) Schintler Reserve
Referee : Stewart Mellings, Crowd : 2800
Footscray JUST
Dennis Boland, Kyri Kyriakouleas, Jim Kondarios, Jim O'Reilly, Igor Hazabent, Slobodan Jovanovic, Jim Milne, Steve Kakantonis, Bruno Cozzella (Zoran Ilioski 72), Johan Verweij, Zdravko Lujic
Coach : Cedo Cirkovic
0 - 1 Newcastle KB United
Phil Dando, Col Curran, Roy Drinkwater, Craig Mason, Howard Tredinnick, Ian Buckley (Clint Gosling 81), Joe Senkalski, David Jones, Graham Heys, Malcolm McClelland, Alfie Stamp (David Kamasz 46)
Goal : Heys 50
Coach : Ray Baartz

Played (13/09/1981) Olympic Park No 2
Referee : Chris Bambridge, Crowd : 2000
Heidelberg United
Jeff Olver, Arthur McMillan, John Yzendoorn, Bob Provan, Charlie Yankos, Theo Selemidis, Ken Taylor, Jim Rooney, Andy Bozikas, Gary Cole, Jim Campbell
Goal : Cole 16
Coach : Len McKendry
1 - 0 APIA Leichhardt
Greg Woodhouse, Rod Skellern, Mark Pullen, Peter Wilson, Ian Gray, Terry Butler, John Coyne, John Bradley, Phil O'Connor, Alan Hughes, Tony Morsello
Coach : Willie Wallace

Played (13/09/1981) Marconi Stadium
Referee : Don Campbell, Crowd : 2745
Marconi-Fairfield
Allan Maher, Paul Degney, Tony Henderson, Ivo Prskalo, Gary Byrne, Peter Sharne (Ian Hunter 46), Berti Mariani, Stuart Johnston, Drago Tomasich, Eddie Krncevic, Mark Jankovics
Goal : Krncevic 49
Coach : Luciano Nesti
1 - 1 South Melbourne
Peter Laumets, Vince Bannon, Steve Blair, Bertie Lutton, Arthur Xanthopoulos, Billy Rogers, John Stevenson, Steve Wooddin, Jim Shirra, Alun Evans, Branko Buljevic
Goal : Buljevic 42
Coach : John Margaritis

Played (13/09/1981) Sydney Athletic Field
Referee : Peter Rampley, Crowd : 2106
Sydney City
Todd Clarke, Kevin Mullen, Alex Robertson, Steve O'Connor, Jim Cant, John Spanos (Grant Lee 70), Murray Barnes, Ian Souness (Jim Patikas 76), Joe Watson, John Kosmina, Ken Boden
Goals : Souness 1, 7, Barnes 17, Mullen 50, Patikas 87
Coach : Eddie Thomson
5 - 3 Adelaide City
Jack Przybylski (Steve Peressin 60), Bobby Russell, David Jones, John Perin, Bugsy Nyskohus, Glen Dods, Gary Marocchi, Sergio Melta, Luciano Signore (Peter Rankin 75), David Mitchell, John Nyskohus
Goals : Melta 4, Mitchell 6, Jones 56
Coach : Bob D'Ottavi

Played (13/09/1981) Pratten Park
Referee : Richard Lorenc, Crowd : 4500
Sydney Olympic
Peter Wilson, George Akoutas, Andy Scott, Peter Raskopolulos, Jim Ziras, Ken Wilson, Jim Redfern, Alan Townson (Derek Laing 46), Mark Koussas, Peter Katholos, Graham Jennings
Goals : Ziras 70pk, Raskopoulos 84
Coach : Doug Collins
2 - 1 Wollongong City
Natch Vardareff, Peter Willis, Arno Bertogna, Chris Dunleavy, Jeff Ainsworth, Lee Adam, Jim McBreen, John Fleming, Clive Campbell, John Lathan, Peter Tredinnick
Goal : Campbell 18
Coach : Ken Morton

Played (13/09/1981) Hindmarsh Stadium
Referee : Jim Rossis, Crowd : 1500
West Adelaide
Martyn Crook, Zoran Maricic, Tom Forde, Shraga Topaz, Ian McKie, Graham Honeyman, Ian McGregor, Jim Wright, Vic Smythe, Bill Stefanopoulos (Peter Kowalski 46), Aldo Lorenzoni
Goal : Forde 76
Coach : Peter Jaksa
1 - 1 Brisbane City
Kim Wishart, Kevin Caldwell, Jim Dunne, David Ratcliffe, Billy Wilkinson, Larry Gaffney, Frank Pimblett, Bobby Hamilton, Barry Kelso, Paul Wilkinson, Willie Conner
Goal : P Wilkinson 26
Coach : George Potter