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1985 Season Playoff Series Matches
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The top five teams of the regular season for each Conference meet in matches as shown. The winner of the Grand Final match is crowned Champion for the 1985 season.
Preston Makedonia v Melb Knights __winner___
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Heidelberg v Brunswick ------winner \
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Sth Melbourne ____________________/ \__winner ______Conference Final
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Grand Final
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Sydney City __________________ __winner ____________Conference Final
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Sydney Utd v Marconi -winner_/ /
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Olympic v St George __winner__/
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Grand Final 1st Leg Played (04/09/1985) St George Stadium Referee : Peter Rampley, Crowd : 2491 | ||||
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| Sydney City Tony Pezzano, Ean Rodrigues (Jean-Paul De Marigny 69), Alex Robertson, Steve O'Connor, Jimmy Cant, Grant Lee, Joe Watson, Murray Barnes (sent off 73), Frank Farina, John Kosmina, David Mitchell Coach : Eddie Thomson |
0 | - | 1 | Brunswick Yakka Banovic, Mehmet Durakovic, John Dowie, Brian Brown, Eddie Campbell, Fab Incantalupo, Mike Petersen, Richard Miranda, Paul Wade, Robbie Cullen, Joe Sweeney Goal : Incantalupo 38 Coach : John Margaritis |
Grand Final 2nd Leg Played (08/09/1985) Olympic Park Referee : Don Campbell, Crowd : 7560 | ||||
| Brunswick Yakka Banovic, Peter Lewis, Brian Brown, John Dowie, Ernie Campbell, Paul Wade, Richard Miranda, Mike Petersen, Fab Incantalupo, Robbie Cullen (Reno Minichiello 18), Joe Sweeney Goal : Incantalupo 41 Coach : John Margaritis |
1 | - | 0 | Sydney City Tony Pezzano, Ean Rodrigues, Alex Robertson (Peter Falconer 50 (Graeme Fletcher 70)), Steve O'Connor, Jean-Paul De Marigny, Joe Watson, Paul Kay, Jim Cant, Grant Lee, David Mitchell, Frank Farina Coach : Eddie Thomson |
Southern Division | ||||
Division Final, loser eliminated, winner into Grand Final Played (01/09/1985) Olympic Park Referee : Peter Rampley, Crowd : 7000 | ||||
| Brunswick Yakka Banovic, Mehmet Durakovic (Paul Drinczky 74), Mike Petersen, Brian Brown, Eddie Campbell, Paul Wade, Reno Minichiello, Richard Miranda, Fab Incantalupo, Robbie Cullen, Joe Sweeney Goals : Petersen 84, Wade 85 Coach : John Margaritis |
2 | - | 1 | Preston Makedonia Phil Traianedes, George McMillan, Ian Dobson, Robbie Dunn, Grahan Heys, Zoran Ilioski, Ljube Petrovski, Con Opasinis (George Petrov 60), Sean Lane, Steve Smith, Gary Cole Goal : Smith 31 Coach : Bill Murray |
Preliminary Final, loser eliminated, winner into Conference Final Played (28/08/1985) Olympic Park Referee : Bernie Upjohn, Crowd : 9000 | ||||
| Preston Makedonia Phil Traianedes, George McMillan, Robbie Dunn, Ian Dobson, Grasham Heys, Ljube Petrovski, George Petrov (Gary Cole 61), Con Opasinis, Zoran Ilioski, Steve Smith, Sean Lane Goals : Cole 87, 101, Smith 13, Ilioski 20 Coach : Bill Murray |
4 aet |
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South Melbourne Peter Laumets, Bobby Russell, Steve Blair, Manny Anezakis, Peter Vardaxis, John Kanesoulis, Oscar Crino, Carl Halford, Ken Murphy, Charlie Egan, Doug Brown Goals : Egan 12, 39, 84, Brown 116 Coach : Len McKendry |
| Preston Makedonia won on penalties: Brown (1-0), Cole (1-1); Egan (2-1), Smith (2-2); Murphy (3-2), Heys (3-3); Halford (4-3), Lane (4-4); Russell (saved), Opasinas (4-5) | ||||
Major Semi-Final, loser into Preliminary Final, winner into Conference Final Played (25/08/1985) Olympic Park Referee : Chris Bambridge, Crowd : 7786 | ||||
| Brunswick Yakka Banovic, Peter Lewis, John Dowie, Brian Brown, Eddie Campbell, Paul Wade, Richard Miranda, Mike Petersen, Fab Incantalupo, Joe Sweeney, Robbie Cullen Goal : Wade 115 Coach : John Margaritis |
1 aet |
- | 0 aet |
South Melbourne Peter Laumets, Bobby Russell, Steve Blair, John Yzendoorn (Vlado Bozinoski 77), George Mihos, Garry McDowall (John Kanesoulis 112), Carl Halford, Oscar Crino, Ken Murphy, Charlie Egan, Doug Brown Coach : Len McKendry |
Minor Semi-Final, loser eliminated, winner into Preliminary Final Played (25/08/1985) Olympic Park Referee : Don Campbell, Crowd : 7786 | ||||
| Preston Makedonia Phil Traianedes, George McMillan, Ian Dobson, Robbie Dunn, Graham Heys, Con Opasinis, Ljube Petrovski, George Petrov, Zoran Ilioski, Sean Lane, Steve Smith Goals : Lane 64, Angele 70og Coach : Bill Murray |
2 | - | 0 | Heidelberg United Jeff Olver, Ian McKie, Charlie Yankos, Joe Angele, Steve Marley, Theo Selemidis, Steve Winn, Mike Valentine (Steve Tasios 76), Peter Tsolakis, Stuart Stevenson, John Metaxas Coach : Brian Garvey |
Qualifying Final, loser into minor Semi-Final, winner into major Semi-Final Played (21/08/1985) Olympic Park Referee : Chris Bambridge, Crowd : 6000 | ||||
| Brunswick Yakka Banovic, Peter Lewis, John Dowie, Brian Brown, Eddie Campbell, Paul Wade, Richard Miranda, Mike Petersen, Fab Incantalupo, Andrew Zinni (Mehmet Durakovic 71), Joe Sweeney Goals : Zinni 69, Miranda 77 Coach : John Margaritis |
2 | - | 0 | Heidelberg United Jeff Olver, Ian McKie, Charlie Yankos, Joe Angele, Steve Marley, Steve Tasios (Mike Valentine 72), George Christopoulos (John Metaxas 80), Steve Winn, Peter Tsolakis, Stuart Stevenson, Theo Selemidis Coach : Brian Garvey |
Elimination Final, loser eliminated, winner into minor Semi-Final Played (21/08/1985) Olympic Park Referee : Chris Bambridge, Crowd : 6000 | ||||
| Preston Makedonia Phil Traianedes, Con Opasinis, Robbie Dunn, Ian Dobson, Graham Heys (Bill Piculovski 70), Zoran Ilioski, Ljube Petrovski, George Petrov, George Gagic, Sean Lane, George McMillan Goals : Gagic 25, Petrovski 40 Coach : Bill Murray |
2 | - | 1 | Melbourne Croatia Ante Kolceg, Tony Curcio, Dave McIntosh, Jozo Antolovic, Drago Deankovic, Josip Biskic, Suleiman Curovic, Victor Cristaldo, Steve Gojevic, Robert Markovac (Gary Ward 46), Ante Ljubic (George Hannah 62) Goal : Biskic 13 Coach : Dom Kapetanovic |
Northern Division | ||||
Division Final, loser eliminated, winner into Grand Final Played (01/09/1985) St George Stadium Referee : Richard Lorenc, Crowd : 3300 | ||||
| Sydney City Tony Pezzano, Jim Cant, Alex Robertson, Steve O'Connor, Gerry Gomez, Murray Barnes, Joe Watson, David Mitchell, Frank Farina, John Kosmina, Grant Lee Goals : Kosmina 7, Farina 53 Coach : Eddie Thomson |
2 | - | 0 | Marconi Bruce James, Paul Carter, Lee Sterrey, Steve Calderan, Martin Driene (Peter Sharne 65), Ian Gray, Craig Mason, Tony Henderson, Peter Tredinnick, David Lowe, Rod Brown (Mark Jankovics 65) Coach : Les Scheinflug |
Preliminary Final, loser eliminated, winner into Conference Final Played (28/08/1985) Marconi Stadium Referee : Richard Lorenc, Crowd : 5380 | ||||
| Marconi Bruce James, Paul Carter, Lee Sterrey, Steve Calderan, Joe Rizzotto, Tony Henderson, Craig Mason, Ian Gray, Peter Tredinnick, David Lowe, Rod Brown Goal : Henderson 71 Coach : Les Scheinflug |
1 | - | 0 | Sydney Croatia Steve Watson, Marijan Kovacic (Joe Caleta 73), Vedran Rozic, Bruno Vidaic, Tom Basic (Drago Tomasic 65), Wally Savor, Zarko Odzakov, Shane Clinch, Emil Dragicevic, Graham Arnold, Jim Patikas Coach : Vedran Rozic |
Major Semi-Final, loser into Preliminary Final, winner into Conference Final Played (25/08/1985) St George Stadium Referee : Peter Rampley, Crowd : 11230 | ||||
| Sydney City Tony Pezzano, Gerry Gomez, Alex Robertson, Steve O'Connor, Jim Cant, Joe Watson, Murray Barnes, Grant Lee, Frank Farina, John Kosmina, David Mitchell Goal : Lee 54 Coach : Eddie Thomson |
1 | - | 0 | Sydney Croatia Steve Watson, Alex Kovacic (Emil Dragicevic 66), Bruno Vidaic, Vedran Rozic, Marijan Kovacic, Shane Clinch, Wally Savor, Zarko Odzakov, Zeljko Jurin, Graham Arnold, Jim Patikas Coach : Vedran Rozic |
Minor Semi-Final, loser eliminated, winner into Preliminary Final Played (25/08/1985) St George Stadium Referee : Tim Davies, Crowd : 11230 | ||||
| Marconi Bruce James, Paul Carter, Tony Henderson, Steve Calderan, Joe Rizzotto, Lee Sterrey, Ian Gray, Peter Tredinnick, David Lowe (Peter Sharne 60), Mark Jankovics, Rod Brown (Martin Driene 104) Goals : Brown 8, Carter 68, Jankovics 118 Coach : Les Scheinflug |
3 aet |
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Sydney Olympic Gary Meier, Martyn Rogers, Jim Ziras, George Haniotis, Graham Jennings, Peter Raskopoulos, Simon Ogun, Stuart Johnston, Marshall Soper, Chris Polias (Andy Zervas 99), Mark Koussas (Arthur Svinos 55) Goals : Soper 7, Polias 53, Zirvas 115 Coach : Manfred Schaefer |
| Marconi won 7-6 on penalties, Raskopoulos (1-0), Carter (1-1); Ogun (2-1), Henderson (saved); Johnston (saved), Gray (2-2); Zervas (3-2), Sharne (3-3); Soper (4-3), Jankovics (4-4); Rogers (5-4), Tredinnick (5-5); Jennings (6-5), Driene (6-6); Ziras (wide), Sterrey (6-7) | ||||
Qualifying Final, loser into minor Semi-Final, winner into major Semi-Final Played (21/08/1985) St George Stadium Referee : Richard Lorenc, Crowd : 4305 | ||||
| Sydney Croatia Steve Watson, Marijan Kovacic, David Rezo, Tom Basic (sent off ??), Vedran Rozic, Shane Clinch, Wally Savor, Zarko Odzakov, Zeljko Jurin (Emil Dragicevic 67), Jim Patikas, Graham Arnold Goals : Sterrey 11og, Clinch 49 Coach : Vedran Rozic |
2 | - | 1 | Marconi Bruce James, Paul Carter, Lee Sterrey, Tony Henderson, Steve Calderan, Craig Mason (sent off 88), Ian Gray, Peter Tredinnick, David Lowe, Mark Jankovics, Rod Brown Goal : Brown 17 Coach : Les Scheinflug |
Elimination Final, loser eliminated, winner into minor Semi-Final Played (21/08/1985) St George Stadium Referee : Gary Power, Crowd : 4305 | ||||
| Sydney Olympic Gary Meier, Martyn Rogers, Jim Ziras, Alex Lambropoulos, Graham Jennings, Stuart Johnston, Simon Ogun, Arthur Svinos (Chris Polias 63), Marshall Soper, Mark Koussas (George Haniotis 81) Goal : Lambropoulos 64 Coach : Manfred Schaefer |
1 | - | 0 | St George Terry Greedy, David Skeen, David Ratcliffe (sent off 71), Mike O'Shea, Robbie O'Shea, Peter Stone, John O'Shea, Mark Barton (Vic Bozanic 76), Pedro Ricoy, Robbie Slater, Roy Cotton Coach : Frank Arok |