1985 National Soccer League results
1985 Season Round 01 Results
written by Andrew Howe and John Punshon

Played (09/03/1985) Adamstown Oval, Newcastle
Referee : Gary Power, Crowd : 2215
Newcastle
Clint Gosling, Mark Jones, Mike Boogard, Ralph Maier, Brett Fawkes (Bob Naumov 54), Bernard Kerby, Malcolm McLelland, Dave Jones, Joe Senkalski, Neil Owens, Dean Milosevic
Coach : Willie Gallagher
0-1 Sydney Olympic
Gary Meier, Graham Jennings, Gary Phillips, Tony Spyridakos, Peter Raskopoulos, Alex Lambropoulos, Peter Katholos, Nick Theodorakopoulos (Terry Patalis 69), Chris Kalantzis (Arthur Svinos 89), Marshall Soper, Stuart Johnston
Goal : Soper 85
Coach : Manfred Schaefer

Played (09/03/1985) Wentworth Park, Sydney
Referee : Richard Lorenc, Crowd : 1200
Sydney City
Todd Clarke, Alec Robertson, Grant Lee (Graeme Fletcher 71), Jean-Paul DeMarigny, Steve O'Connor, Jim Cant, Gerry Gomez, Murray Barnes, Joe Watson, John Kosmina, Frank Farina
Goals : Kosmina 15, 85, Barnes 23
Coach : Eddie Thomson
3-1 Blacktown City
Barry Hoare, Martin Bourke, Robert Wheatley, Brian O'Donnell, Paul Daley, John Larkin, Tony Rasmussen, Brett Thornthwaite, Stuart Selvage (Ricky Hormazabal 75), John Bradley, Phil O'Connor
Goal : Knight 35
Coach : Casey De Bruin

Played (10/03/1985) Spencer Park, Brisbane
Referee : Bill Monteverde, Crowd : 1885
Brisbane City
Kim Wishart, Mike Milovanovic, Billy Wilkinson, Luciano Fabrizio, Frank Mengotti, Ray Junna (Russell Robinson 76), Bobby Hamilton, Peter Carey (Paul Schiavo 86), Steve Glockner, Alan Reis, Gary Bromfield
Coach : Tony Lowndes
0-2 Brisbane Lions
Wayne Evans, Steve Jackson, Rod Vasquez, Alan Hunter, Alan Niven, Russell Stewart, John Stewart, Clark Anderson, Joe Cairney, John Ogden, Jim McDonagh
Goals : Cairney 75, Anderson 79
Coach : Gordon Arrowsmith

Played (10/03/1985) Schintler Reserve, Melbourne
Referee : Chris Bambridge, Crowd : 3500
Footscray JUST
Mark Turudia, Tom Karic, Branislav Jovic, Brian O'Donnell (Dragan Janjic 81), Vlatko Belic, Suleiman Curovic, Ilija Taseski, Joe Carroll, Bill Lazopoulos, Milan Stojilovic (Milan Durdovic 54), Zdravko Lujic
Goal : Stojilovic 15
Coach : Cedo Cirkovic
1-2 Preston Makedonia
Richard Wilson, Con Opasinis, Sean Lane, Ian Dobson, Graham Heys, Robbie Dunn, Gordon Flavell, Steve Smith, Zoran Ilioski, Gary Cole, Warren Spink
Goals : Spink 14, Cole 49
Coach : Bill Murray

Played (10/03/1985) Middle Park, Melbourne
Referee : Jim Fearn, Crowd : 3000
South Melbourne
Peter Laumets, Bobby Russell, Steve Blair, John Yzendoorn, Garry McDowall, Carl Halford, Angie Postecoglou, Oscar Crino, Ken Murphy, Doug Brown, Charlie Egan
Goals : Egan 19, 63, Brown 85pk
Coach : Len McKendry
3-2 Green Gully
Lou Denys, Jim Murray, David Hogben, Steve McLelland, Robert Krajacic, Willie Vassallo, Jim Williams, Paul Lewis, David Smallman, Claude Lucchesi, Kevin Lloyd
Goals : Lewis 38, 59
Coach : Bobby McLachlan

Played (10/03/1985) Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide
Referee : Don Campbell, Crowd : 2300
West Adelaide
Alistair Crook, Alan Scott (Theo Stamatelopoulos 69), Tim Brown, John Panagis, Brenton Hiern, Chris Manou, Steve Atsalas, Graham Honeyman, Ian McGregor, George Konstandopoulos (Bill Stefanopoulos 69), Gary Price
Goals : Honeyman 48, Price 58
Coach : Neil McGachey
2-1 Brunswick
Yakka Banovic, Richard Miranda (Paul Wade 26), Peter Lewis, John Dowie, Eddie Campbell, Frank Geremia, Paul Drinoczky, Brian Brown, Robert Cullen, Joe Sweeney, Andrew Zinni (Joe Palatsides 73)
Goal : Sweeney 78
Coach : John Margaritis

Played (10/03/1985) Lambert Park, Sydney
Referee : Ken Small, Crowd : 850
APIA Leichhardt
Bob Catlin, Arno Bertonga, Terry Butler, Carlo Spina, Robert DeCeglie, Ian Rowden, John Brown, Kerry Caban, Berti Mariani, Vince Colagiuri (Tony Genovese 46 (Frank Cassachia 89)), Tony Morsello
Goals : Colagiuri 2, 14, Willis 55og, Genovese 80
Coach : Fil Bottalico
4-2 Wollongong City
Natch Vardareff, David Green, Peter Kotamanidis, Peter Willis, Scott Dickson, Zivko Hristovski, Phil Kerr (Pat Brodnik 56), Phil Matias, Bernie Godzik, Domenic Giannone, Alex Bundalo
Goals : Bundalo 56, Giannone 73
Coach : Adrian Alston

Played (10/03/1985) Cook Park, Penrith
Referee : Jim Reeves, Crowd : 398
Penrith City
Mike Gibson, Peter Brogan, Mike Toohey (David Shute 87), Dave McIntosh, Bobby Hebb, Mike Cross, David Carbone, Jeff Ainsworth, Ian Hunter, Rene Licata, Randall Easthorpe
Coach : Willie Wallace
0-0 St George
Terry Greedy, Mike O'Shea, David Ratcliffe, David Skeen, Andrew Koczka, Peter Stone, John O'Shea, Mark Barton, Peter Petkovski (Dez Marton 46), Roy Cotton, Robbie Slater
Coach : Frank Arok

Played (10/03/1985) Chaplin Reserve, Melbourne
Referee : Sam Zoumas, Crowd : 2500
Sunshine George Cross
Lou Kastner, Steve Scerri, Steve Richardson, John Campelj, Gerry Bennett, Jeff Faulkner, Ivan Istuk (Roger Bain 75), Don MacLaren, Ossie Latif, Carl Gilder, Noel Mitten
Coach : John Gardiner
0-0 Heidelberg
Jeff Olver, Ian MacKie, Steve Marley, Charlie Yankos, Theo Selemidis, Joe Angele, Steve Tasios, John Metaxas (Scott Patterson 70), Mike Valentine, Domenic Giannone, Stuart Stevenson
Coach : Brian Garvey

Played (10/03/1985) Edensor Park, Sydney
Referee : Peter Rampley, Crowd : 6452
Sydney Croatia
Greg Woodhouse, Alex Kovacic, Bruno Vidaic, Dragomar Tomasich, Brett Woods, Wally Savor, Zjelko Jurin (Steve Meades 74), Marijan Kovacic (David Rezo 68), Tom Basic, Graham Arnold, Jim Patikas
Goals : Arnold 15, 30, Rezo 90
Coach : Vedran Rozic
3-3 Marconi Fairfield
Bruce James, Paul Carter, Steve Calderan, Tony Henderson, Martin Driene (Geoff Gunning 29 (Peter Sharne 68)), Joe Rizzotto, David Lowe, Mark Jankovics, Craig Mason, Peter Tredinnick, Rod Brown
Goals : Calderan 33, Jankovics 69, 82
Coach : Les Scheinflug

Played (11/03/1985) Olympic Park No 2, Melbourne
Referee : Stewart Mellings, Crowd : 1500
Melbourne Croatia
Zeljko Govic, George Hannah, Drago Deankovic, Ivica Jurcic, Josip Biskic, Greg House, Shaun Parton, Victor Cristaldo, Jim Campbell (Goran Trogrlic 80), Tommy Cumming, Gary Ward
Goals : Deankovic 54, House 60, Antolovic 75
Coach : Miron Bleiberg
3-0 Adelaide City
Willie McNally, Bogdan Nyskohus, Mike Donnelly, Neville Flounders, Brian Northcote, Charlie Villani, Adrian Santrac (Joe Cecere 60), Sergio Melta, Fortu Costanzo, Steve Maxwell, Joe Mullen (Aurelio Vidmar 83)
Coach : Edmund Kreft

Played (11/03/1985) Seiffert Oval, Queanbeyan
Referee : Tim Davies, Crowd : 2100
Inter Monaro
Michael Hocking, Phil Dachs, John Santolin, John Walsh, Angelo Titilas, Bill Willox, Ricky Budini, Attilio Carbone, Tony Brennan, Sebastian Giampaolo, Chris Thamnidis
Coach : Josef Procop
0-3 Canberra
Tony Franken, Jim Harkins, Steve Bryant, Peter Burke, Terry Byrne, Roy Jones, John Mihailidis, Tom English, Tom Sermanni, Ian Gibson (Paul Ontong 87), Marko Perinovic
Goals : English 36, Sermanni 50, Perinovic 86
Coach : Roy Thompson