1986 National Soccer League Cup Results
Researched by John Punshon & written by Greg Stock

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Round | 1 | 2 | Quarter-Finals | Semi-Finals | Final

Source: Soccer Action & Australian Soccer Weekly

Round One

Sunday March 16 1986
Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide
Referee: Jim Rossis
Attendance: 3,687
Adelaide Hellas
Gary Sproul, Brenton Hiern, Charlie Yankos, Tim Brown, Nick Mousoulis, Alan Scott, Chris Manou (George Papadopoulos 79), Graham Honeyman, Brian McLaughlin, Gary Price (Robbie Dunn 46), George Konstandopoulos
Coach : Neil McGachey
Goals: Konstandopoulos 77, 83, Honeyman 66
3-0 Salisbury United (South Australia)
Brian Gale, Kurt Leitner, Stuart Begg, Chris Harwood, Andy Hutchins, Graham Latham, Tuffs, John Williams, Tony Gasparetto (McNally 83), Billy Boyle, Harry Bell (Danny McFall 83)
Coach : Jimmy Campbell

Saturday March 22 1986
Olympic Park, Melbourne
Referee: Bernie Upjohn
Attendance: 6,000 (double-header)
Brunswick Juventus
Yakka Banovic, Peter Lewis, Brian Brown, John Yzendoorn, Eddie Campbell, Paul Wade, Mike Petersen, John Dowie, Robbie Cullen, Joe Sweeney (Martinucci 73), Jamie Paton
Coach : Len McKendry
0-1 Melbourne Croatia
Mirko Runje, Drago Deankovic, Dave McIntosh, Tony Curcio, George Hannah (Tony Redmond 61), Josip Biskic (John Gusic 94), Jim Campbell, Luke Bonacic, Ante Ljubic, Gary Ward, Davor Todoric
Coach : Miron Bleiberg
Goal: Ward 89

Saturday March 22 1986
Olympic Park, Melbourne
Referee: Stewart Mellings
Attendance: 6,000 (double-header)
Heidelberg United
Jeff Olver, Steve Marley, Andy Higgins, Alan Hunter, Chris Katsakidis, Con Pappas, Theo Selemidis, Mike Valentine, Peter Tsolakis, Scott Patterson, Nick Deligiannis
Coach : Brian Garvey
Goals: Selemidis 55, Deligiannis 62
2-1 Preston Makedonia
Phil Trianedes, Ian Roodhouse, Con Opasinis, Ian Dobson, Mike McLennan, Mike Necovski (Koussias 81), Nick Van Egmond, George Petrov, Zoran Ilioski, Sean Lane, Gary Cole
Coach : Bill Murray
Goal: Lane 30

Saturday March 22 1986
Adamstown Oval, Adamstown, Newcastle
Referee: Terry Seacy
Attendance: nr
Newcastle Rosebud United
(12 names) Clint Gosling, Ralph Maier, Matthew Garland, Mark Jones, Ian Bannon, John Cavanah, Joe Senkalski, Sean Ingham, Neil Owens, Ross Milosevic, Scott Haynes (Bob Naumov), Paul Crabtree (Derek Todd)
Coach : Peter Irving
Cautions: Milosevic
Red Card: Milosevic 36
Goals: Maier 50 pen, Ingham 80
2-1 Belmont Swansea (Northern NSW)
Lineup Included; Rob Kaiser, Peter Winsor
Coach : Greg Smith
Goal: Winsor 86

Sunday March 23 1986
Gabbie Stadium, Seven Hills, Sydney
Referee: Graham Warne
Attendance: 656
Blacktown City
Dave Curtis, Peter Willis, Jeff Ainsworth, Peter Denyer, Martin Bourke, John Bradley, Gary Byrne (David Sharpe 46), Steven Knight, Brett Thornthwaite, Joe Carroll, Tony Brennan
Coach : Casey DeBruin
Goals: Brennan 4, 57, Thornthwaite 28, 66, Carroll 30, 36
6-0 West Woden Juventus (ACT)
Steve Barber, Tom Pauletto, Jeff Kalsbeek, Braden Shields, Ian McGibbon, Kiki Exposito, Abdul Manaan, Gabby Wilks, Julio (Carlo Tosolino 53), Leo Kennedy, Gabby Tuilawa
Coach : Bill Atchison

Sunday March 23 1986
Spencer Park, Brisbane
Referee: Bill Monteverde
Attendance: 1,382
Brisbane City
Kim Wishart, Glen Archer, Frank Mengotti, Steve Perry, Gary Blomfield, Steve Hogg, Bobby Hamilton, Roberto Lettieri, Alan Reis, Philip White (Luciano Fabrizio 49), Kieron Cooper
Coach : Jim Hermiston
Goals: Bromfield 43, Cooper 90 pen
2-1 Brisbane Lions
Wayne Evans, David Hunter, Steve Jackson, Roddy Vasquez, Alan Niven, Richard Bassingthwaite (Mike Mulvey 90), John Stewart, John Ogden, Clark Anderson, Danny Wright, Tom McGregor
Coach : Gordon Arrowsmith
Goal: Wright 11

Sunday March 23 1986
Melita Stadium, South Granville, Sydney
Referee: Ken Small
Attendance: 520
Canterbury Marrickville
Ian Barker, John Karaspyros, Spiro Hantzis, George Haniotis, Paul Kirwan, John Radman, John Anagnostopoulos (George Angelis 69), Mario Philippou, George Kalogeras (Vandarakis 85), John Pettas, Chris Thamnidis
Coach : Dom Kapetanovic
Goals: Hantzis 49 pen 64
2-3 Wollongong City
Sean Billington, David Green (David Batten 85), Jock Morlando, Ray Vlietstra, Brian Cokely, Robert Giraldi, Reg Chilby, Larry Gaffney (Pat Brodnik 80), Saul Rivero, Willie Murray, Peter Kotamanidis
Coach : John Fleming
Goals: Rivero 24, Giraldi 57, Kotamanidis 77

Sunday March 23 1986
Middle Park Soccer Stadium, Middle Park, Melbourne
Referee: Bernie Upjohn
Attendance: 4,000 (double-header)
Footscray JUST won 9-8 on penalties
Footscray JUST
Zoran Nikitovic, Ljube Petrovski, Tom Karic, Vlatko Belic, Vlado Stosic, Ernie Tapai (Koce Nedelkovski 89 (Alex Brkic 118)), Rade Barjaktarevic, Vlado Bozinovski, Zdravko Lujic, Ossie Latif, Bill Lazopoulos
Coach: Drago Sekularac
Red Card: Stosic 83
Goal: Lazopoulos 40
1 (9)-1 (8) Sunshine George Cross
Lou Kastner, Chris Taylor, Shaun Parton, Tyrone James, John Campelj, Rogr Bain, Jeff Faulkner, Don MacLaren, Mark Lennon, Carl Gilder (John Markovski 43), Noel Mitten
Coach : John Gardiner
Red Card: Campelj 81
Goal: Mitten 80

Sunday March 23 1986
Middle Park Soccer Stadium, Middle Park, Melbourne
Referee: Evan Venios
Attendance: 4,000 (double-header)
South Melbourne
Peter Laumets, Bobby Russell, Arthur Xanthopoulos (Carl Halford 76), Steve Blair, Ange Postecoglou, Garry McDowall, Alan Davidson, Richard Miranda, Ken Murphy, Charlie Egan, Doug Brown
Coach : John Margaritis
Goals: Davidson 12, Egan 27, Brown 45 pen, 48, 51
5-1 Juventus Pioneer (Tasmania)
Burdon, Bruce Pears, Alistair Cochrane, Nick Di Martino, Ron De Felice (Longon 46), Sergio Pace, Lapolla (Nicholls 63), Steve Kannegeisser, Leon Darko, Frank Genovesi, Romeo Fabrizio
Coach : David Smith
Goal: Kannegeisser 58

Sunday March 23 1986
St. George Stadium, Rockdale, Sydney
Referee: Rob Davies
Attendance: 4,850 (double-header)
St. George
Mike Gibson, David Skeen, David Ratcliffe, Mike O'Shea, Robbie O'Shea, Craig Moffitt, John O'Shea, Pedro Ricoy (Andy Koczka 78), Roy Cotton, Stewart Porter (Zoran Belusic 68), Peter Petkovski
Coach : Frank Arok
Goals: Moffitt 71, Belusic 77
2-0 Marconi
Bruce James, Paul Carter, Tony Henderson (Joe Rizzotto 78), Robert Wheatley, Steve Calderan, Craig Mason, Ian Gray, Peter Tredinnick, Lee Sterrey, Mark Jankovics (Rod Brown 34), David Lowe
Coach : Les Scheinflug

Sunday March 23 1986
St. George Stadium, Rockdale, Sydney
Referee: Gary Power
Attendance: 4,850 (double-header)
Sydney Olympic
Gary Meier, Martyn Rogers, Tony Dakos, Mike Coady, Gary Phillips, Vince Estavillo (Simon Brandt 60), Peter Raskopoulos, Stuart Johnston, Marshall Soper, Stuart Stevenson, Chris Kalantzis
Coach : Manfred Schaefer
Goals: Johnston 13, Soper 60, 68, Dakos 63, Kalantzis 64, 78
6-0 APIA Leichhardt
Tony Pezzano, Tom Steven, Jim Ziras, Arno Bertogna, Corio, Zivko Hristovski, Victor Masi (Alex Bundalo 46), Glen Sterrey, Louis Dounis (Tony Genovese 34), Darren Stewart, Terry Butler
Coach : Rale Rasic

Sunday March 23 1986
Macedonia Park, Perth
Referee: nr
Attendance: 2,500
Adelaide City won 5-4 on penalties
Stirling Macedonia (Western Australia)
Lineup Included; John Avalakis, John Hunter, Paul Tombidis (Frank Hughes)
Coach : Gordon Ferguson
Red Card: Hughes
Goal: Hunter 80
1 (4)-1 (5) Adelaide City
Lineup Included; Willie McNally, Adrian Santrac, Joe Mullen, Sergio Melta, Steve Maxwell, Brian Northcote; Sub: Colin Miller
Coach : Zoran Matic
Goal: Mullen 10

Sunday March 23 1986
King Tomislav Park, Edensor Park, Sydney
Referee: Jim Reeves
Attendance: 3,500
Sydney Croatia
Greg Woodhouse, Wally Savor, Vedran Rozic (Joe Caleta 38), Alex Kovacic, Graham Jennings, John Kero, Zarko Odzakov, Shane Clinch, Emil Dragicevic, Zeljko Jurin (Stan Medanic 46), Graham Arnold
Coach : Vedran Rozic
0-3 Sydney City
Alex McPherson, Ean Rodrigues, Steve O'Connor (John Spanos 73), Alex Robertson, Ian Souness, Joe Watson, Gerry Gomez, Jean-Paul De Marigny, Grant Lee, Frank Farina, John Kosmina (Abbas Saad 82)
Coach : Eddie Thomson
Goals: Farina 37, Kosmina 41, Gomez 44

Wednesday March 26 1986
Olympic Park, Melbourne
Referee: Chris Bambridge
Attendance: nr
Croydon City (Victoria)
Peter Blasby, Mark Brown, Jim Tansey, Jim O'Reilly, Steve Beech, Matt McDonald, Jim McLean (Ken Taylor 73), Andy Humble (Peter Ollerton 80), Alex Livingstone, Graham French, David Brogan
Coach : Peter Ollerton
Goals: French 44, Brogan 56, McLean 59 pen
3-0 Green Gully
Lou Denys, Ken Drakeford, Joe Vizzini (Les Carter 46), Steve McLelland, Steve Douglas, Scott Fraser, Stuart Cannell, Gordon Flavell, Tommy Cumming, Paul Lewis (Fab Barichello 81), Danny Ward
Coach : George Murray

Wednesday March 26 1986
seiffert Oval, Queanbeyan
Referee: Bob Marshall
Attendance: 1,350
Match abandoned after lighting failure on 90 minutes and replayed
Inter Monaro
Steve Hoszowski, John Walsh, Ricky Budini, Harry Williams, Angelo Ambrosino, Bill Willox (Phil Dachs 89), Attilio Carbone, Ian Wotherspoon, Sebastian Giampaolo (Frank D'Addario 41), Steve Winn, Velce Trajanovski
Coach : Frank Maccarone
Red Card: Wotherspoon 60
Goals: Giampaolo 16, Winn 23, 77
3-3 Canberra City
Tony Franken, Jason Dunn, Peter Burke, Steve Bryant, Peter Mazis, Augusto Palacios, John Mihailidis, Tom Sermanni, Hilton Phillips, Manis Lamond, Ian Gibson
Coach : Roy Thompson
Goals: Phillips 5, Gibson 65, 85

Monday March 31 1986
Melita Stadium, South Granville, Sydney
Referee: Terry Seacy
Attendance: 500
Melita Eagles (New South Wales)
Dragan Pupovac, Derek Laing, Col McAusland, Ken Wilson, Howard Tredinnick, Peter Stone, Birol Sertbas, Ray Farrugia, Jemal Meerbani, Wayne Farnsworth, John Foxman (Warren Dalton 83)
Coach : Dennis Hoggart
Goals: Farnsworth 4, Laing 21, Meerbani 24
3-2 Ipswich United (Queensland)
John Bennett, Damien Butler (Paul McClure 65), Wayne Warren, Brett Kitching, Mark Atmore, Randall McKean, Glen Gibb, Jeff Dann, Richie Barnard, Ron Millman, Russell Beckwith
Coach : Matt Carson
Goals: Bernard 26, 90

Wednesday April 9 1986
Bruce Stadium, Canberra
Referee: Bob Marshall
Attendance: 720
Canberra City
Tony Franken, John Nelson, Steve Bryant, Peter Burke, George Kulscar, Peter Mazis, Augusto Palacios, Tom Sermanni, John Mihailidis (Jason Dunn 3), Ray Junna (Hilton Phillips 46), Ian Gibson
Coach : Roy Thompson
Goals: Gibson 54, Palacios 65
2-1 Inter Monaro
Nick Antonopoulos, Harry Williams, John Walsh, Ricky Budini, Angelo Ambrosino, Bill Willox, Carlo Ambrosino (Frank D'Addario 61), Attilio Carbone, Ian Wotherspoon, Steve Winn, Sebastian Giampaolo (Phil Dachs 82)
Coach : Frank Maccarone
Goal: Budini 58

Round Two

Sunday April 27 1986
Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide
Referee: Don Campbell
Attendance: 5,126
Adelaide Hellas
Martyn Crook, Tim Brown, Charlie Yankos, Graham Honeyman, Alan Scott, Robbie Dunn, Lou Hristodoulou, Brian McLaughlin (Nick Mousoulis 72), Chris Manou, Gary Price, George Konstandopoulos (John Panagis 75)
Coach : Neil McGachey
Cautions: Yankos, Hristodoulou, McLaughlin, Manou
Goal: Scott 11
1-0 Adelaide City
Willie McNally, Gary Higgins, Bugsy Nyskohus, Neville Flounders, David Alberton (Fortunato Costanzo 75), Charlie Villani, Aurelio Vidmar, Ted Maybank, Sergio Melta, Joe Mullen, Steve Maxwell
Coach : Zoran Matic
Red Card: Flounders 69

Sunday April 27 1986
Spencer Park, Brisbane
Referee: Bill Monteverde
Attendance: 869
Brisbane City
Robert Cox, George Caird, Frank Mengotti, Gary Bromfield, Adolfo Salvatore, Steve Hogg, Bobby Hamilton, Dean Milosevic, Alan Reis (Roberto Lettieri 67), Kieron Cooper, Philip White
Coach : Jim Hermiston
Goal: White 83
1-0 Melita Eagles (New South Wales)
Dragan Pupovac, Craig Williams, Ken Wilson, Greg McCoy, Howard Tredinnick, Lenny Vial, Ray Farrugia, Birol Sertbas (Col McAusland 46), Wayne Farnsworth, Billy Griffith (Warren Dalton 75), John Foxman
Coach : Dennis Hoggart

Sunday April 27 1986
Bruce Stadium, Canberra
Referee: Jim Reeves
Attendance: 1,445
Canberra City
Tony Franken, Jim Cant, Peter Burke, Jim Harkins, Steve Bryant, John Mihailidis, Tom Sermanni, Peter Mazis, Hilton Phillips (Jason Dunn 69), Ian Gibson, Ray Junna
Coach : Roy Thompson
Goal: Harkins 47
1-0 Melbourne Croatia
Zeljko Govic, Drago Deankovic, Tony Curcio, Dave McIntosh, George Hannah, Mark Talajic, Josip Biskic, Jim Campbell, Robert Markovac (Davor Todoric 60), Ante Ljubic, Luke Bonacic (Steve Gojevic 66)
Coach : Miron Bleiberg
Cautions: McIntosh, Ljubic

Sunday April 27 1986
Olympic Park, Melbourne
Referee: Stewart Mellings
Attendance: 6,000 (double-header)
Croydon City (Victoria)
Peter Blasby, Jim Tansey, Steve Beech, Mark Brown, Matt McDonald, Jim O'Reilly, Jim McLean, Alex Livingstone, Andy Humble, Graham French, David Brogan
Coach : Peter Ollerton
Caution: French
Goals: McLean 46 pen, French 65
2-1 South Melbourne
Peter Laumets, Bobby Russell, Steve Blair, Garry McDowall, Ange Postecoglou, Socrates Nicolaides, Carl Halford, Richard Miranda, Steve Tassios, Charlie Egan, Alan Davidson
Coach : John Margaritis
Cautions: Blair, Tassios
Goal: Davidson 47

Sunday April 27 1986
Olympic Park, Melbourne
Referee: Chris Bambridge
Attendance: 6,000 (double-header)
Footscray JUST
Zoran Nikitovic, Marino Oblak (Suleiman Curovic 62), Vojislav Vukcevic, Tom Karic, Rade Barjaktarevic, Ernie Tapai, Vlado Bozinoski, Vlatko Belic, Vlado Stosic, Ossie Latif (Paul Simic 62), Zdravko Lujic
Coach : Drago Sekularac
Goal: Lujic 24
1-2 Heidelberg United
Jeff Olver, Ian McKie, Alan Hunter, Theo Selemidis, Steve Marley, Con Pappas, John Kanesoulis, Mike Valentine (Joe Angele 80), Peter Tsolakis, Nick Delgiannis (John Metaxas 69), Claude Lucchesi
Coach : Brian Garvey
Red Card: Flounders 69

Sunday April 27 1986
St. George Stadium, Rockdale, Sydney
Referee: Rob Davies
Attendance: 5,569 (double-header)
St. George
Terry Greedy, David Skeen, Mike O'Shea, David Ratcliffe, Robbie O'Shea, Pedro Ricoy, John O'Shea, Stewart Porter, Tony Caban (Scott Ollarenshaw 63), Graeme Fletcher, Zoran Belusic (John McKie 63)
Coach : Frank Arok
Caution: M.O'Shea
0-3 Blacktown City
Barry Hoare, Peter Willis, Jeff Ainsworth (Brian Ellem 38), Don McLeod, Darren Northam, David Sharpe, John Bradley, Adam Sandy, Steven Knight, Joe Carroll, Robbie Slater
Coach : Casey DeBruin
Caution: Willis
Goals: Slater 28, Carroll 48, 65

Sunday April 27 1986
St. George Stadium, Rockdale, Sydney
Referee: Richard Lorenc
Attendance: 5,569 (double-header)
Sydney Olympic
Gary Meier, Andy Stankovic (Vince Estavillo 46), Mike Coady, Tony Dakos, Manny Spanoudakis, Stuart Johnston (Stuart Stevenson 62), Peter Raskopoulos, Gary Phillips, Simon Brandt, Marshall Soper, Chris Kalantzis
Coach : Manfred Schaefer
Goal: Stevenson 77
1-0 Wollongong City
Warwick Young, David Green, Ray Vlietstra, Reg Chilby, Jock Morlando, Robert Giraldi, Larry Gaffney (Leonel Arcosa 77), Brian Cokely, Willie Murray, Peter Kotamanidis, David Batten
Coach : John Fleming

Sunday April 27 1986
Sydney Athletic Field, Kensington, Sydney
Referee: Gary Power
Attendance: 350
Sydney City
Alex McPherson, Robbie Hooker, Alex Robertson, Steve O'Connor (Ian Souness 79), Jean-Paul De Marigny, Joe Watson, Murray Barnes, Gerry Gomez, John Kosmina, Frank Farina, Grant Lee
Coach : Eddie Thomson
Goals: Farina 12, Lee 72
2-0 Newcastle Rosebud United
Clint Gosling, Ross Milosevic (Matthew Garland 83), Ian Bannon, Ralph Maier, John Cavanah, Bob Naumov, Paul Crabtree (Scott Haynes 72), Joe Senkalski, Neil Owens, Mark Jones, Sean Ingham
Coach : Peter Irving
Round 2 Match Day Programme

Quarter-Finals

Friday May 30 1986
St. George Stadium, Rockdale, Sydney
Referee: Arthur Owens
Attendance: 3,170
Sydney Olympic
Gary Meier, Martyn Rogers, Mike Coady, Tony Dakos, Manny Spanoudakis (Simon Brandt 109), Gary Phillips, Peter Raskopoulos, Vince Estavillo, Stuart Johnston, Stuart Stevenson (Marshall Soper 46), Chris Kalantzis
Coach : Manfred Schaefer
0-1 Canberra City
Tony Franken, Jason Dunn, Terry Byrne, Peter Burke, Steve Bryant, Tom Sermanni, John Mihailidis, Augusto Palacios, Jim Hamilton, Ray Junna, Hilton Phillips
Coach : Steve Bryant
Goal: Palacios 109

Saturday June 1 1986
Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide
Referee: Stewart Mellings
Attendance: 3,000
Adelaide Hellas
Martyn Crook, Tim Brown, Charlie Yankos, Robbie Dunn, Alan Scott, Graham Honeyman, Lou Hristodoulou, John Panagis, Gary Price, George Konstandopoulos, George Papadopoulos' Coach: Edmund Kreft
Goals: Honeyman 31, Konstandopoulos 85
2-1 Croydon City (Victoria)
Peter Blasby, Mark Brown, Jim Tansey, Jim O'Reilly, Steve Beech, Matt McDonald, Jim McLean, Alex Livingstone, Andy Humble, Graham French, David Brogan
Coach : Peter Ollerton
Cautions: Beech, Humble
Goal: Humble 14

Saturday June 1 1986
Olympic Park, Melbourne
Referee: Jim Rossis
Attendance: 1,200
Heidelberg United won 3-1 on penalties
Heidelberg United
Jeff Olver, Ian McKie, Joe Angele (John Metaxas 14), Alan Hunter, Chris Ketsakidis, Theo Selemidis, John Kanesoulis, Mike Valentine, Peter Tsolakis, Nick Deligiannis (Con Pappas 90), Paul Wilson
Coach : Brian Garvey
Goals: Tsolakis 9, 80, Selemidis 60
3 (3)-3 (1) Blacktown City
Dave Curtis, Peter Willis, Jeff Ainsworth, Don McLeod, Steven Knight, John Bradley, Gary Byrne, Brian Ellem (Adam Sandy 64), Robbie Slater, Joe Carroll, Brett Thornthwaite
Coach : Casey DeBruin
Goals: Thornthwaite 26, 28, Slater 87

Wednesday June 4 1986
Perry Park, Brisbane
Referee: Rob Davies
Attendance: 700
Brisbane City
Robert Harrison, Steve Perry, Glen Archer (Steve Hogg 73), Luciano Fabrizio, Gary Bromfield, Bobby Hamilton, Roberto Lettieri, Dean Milosevic, Kieron Cooper, Philip White (Alfie Catalano 73), Frank Mengotti
Coach : Bill Wilkinson
Goals: Fabrizio 2
1-3 Sydney City
Alex McPherson, Ean Rodrigues, Alex Robertson, Steve O'Connor, Jean-Paul De Marigny, Murray Barnes, Gerry Gomez, Frank Farina, John Kosmina, Grant Lee (Abbas Saad 15), Falconer
Coach : Eddie Thomson
Goals: Barnes 41, Saad 53, De Marigny 68
Quarter-Final Match Day Programme

Semi-Finals

Wednesday August 20 1986
Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide
Referee: Jim Rossis
Attendance: 2,500
Adelaide Hellas
Gary Sproul, Tim Brown, Robbie Dunn, Graham Honeyman, Alan Scott, Lou Hristodoulou, Chris Manou, Steve Atsalas, John Panagis (Brenton Hiern 72), Gary Price (George Papadopoulos 76), George Konstandopoulos
Coach : Edmund Kreft
Goals: Scott 29, Dunn 99, Papadopoulos 113
3-1 Canberra City
Tony Franken, Jason Dunn, Peter Burke, Terry Byrne, Steve Bryant, Ray Junna (George Kulscar 72), Jim Hamilton, Tom Sermanni, Augusto Palacios, Ian Gibson, Hilton Phillips (Tony Lemezina 66)
Coach : Steve Bryant
Goal: Gibson 58

Wednesday August 20 1986
Olympic Park, Melbourne
Referee: Chris Bambridge
Attendance: 2,000
Sydney City won 4-3 on penalties
Heidelberg United
Jeff Olver, Steve Marley, Alan Hunter, Theo Selemidis, Chris Ketsakidis, John Kanesoulis, Mike Valentine, Con Pappas, Claude Lucchesi, Peter Wilson, Peter Tsolakis (Nick Deligiannis 75)
Coach : Brian Garvey
Goal: Wilson 51
1 (3)-1 (4) Sydney City
Brett Hughes, Robbie Hooker, Alex Robertson, Steve O'Connor, Jean-Paul De Marigny (Murray Barnes 73), Gerry Gomez, Joe Watson, Tom McCulloch, Frank Farina, John Kosmina, Grant Lee (Abbas Saad 57)
Coach : Eddie Thomson
Cautions: Hooker, Farina, Watson
Goal: Farina 89


1986 Nanda Cup Final

Wednesday September 17 1986
Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide
Referee: Stewart Mellings
Attendance: 3,200
Adelaide Hellas
Gary Sproul, Alan Scott, Graham Honeyman, Robbie Dunn, Brenton Hiern, Lou Hristodoulou, Chris Manou, John Panagis, Steve Atsalas, George Papadopoulos (Gary Price 120), George Konstandopoulos
Coach : Edmund Kreft
Goals: Hristodoulou 49, 112
2-3 Sydney City
Brett Hughes, Ean Rodrigues (Abbas Saad 37), Alex Robertson, Robbie Hooker, Jean-Paul De Marigny, Ian Souness, Grant Lee, Murray Barnes (Andy Harper 88), Frank Farina, John Kosmina
Coach : Eddie Thomson
Goals: Kosmina 61, Farina 114, 118
Match Day Programme