1989 National Soccer League results

1989 Season Playoff Results


written by Thomas Esamie, info supplied by Ian King


The top five teams of the regular season meet in matches as shown the winner of Grand Final Match is crowned Champion of the 1989 season.

					 _______________Grand Final (WCvWE)
First Team___________________           /                   /
			     \_____FTvWA(C)_____LCvWD(E)__/
					|           /
Second Team v Third Team (Match A)_____/          /
				       \__LAvWB(D)
Fourth Team v Fifth Team (Match B)_____/



Elimination Final (23/07/89) Match B
Olympic Park, Referee : Gary Power, Crowd : ??
Melbourne Croatia
Grgic, Davidson, Cannell, Selemidis, Donnelly, Biskic, Milosevic, Adzic, (Valentic 90), Duzel, Awaritefe, Caleta
Goals : Branko Milosevic 63, Zeljko Adzic 65
2 - 0 Preston Makedonia
Traianedes, Tasevski, Jackson, Piculovski, Jolevski, Taseski, Zinni (Branov 88), Petrov, Markovski, Smith, Spink


Qualifying Final (23/07/89) Match A
Barton Park, Referee : Don Campbell, Crowd : ??
St George
Gibson, Green, Koczka, O'Shea, Grbevski, Moffitt, Ratcliffe, Pottier, Krslovic (Ilic 86), Bingley (Harper 78), Ollerenshaw
Goal : Scott Ollerenshaw 61
1 - 0 Sydney Olympic
Gosling, Barrett, Hooker, Haniotis, Georgakis, Koch, Polak, Ironside, Lee (Spyridakos 78), Edwards, Saad


Major Semi-Final (30/07/89) Match C
Bossley Park, Referee : Chris Bambridge, Crowd : ??
Marconi-Fairfield
Catlin, Colucci, Calderan, Wheatley, De Marigny, Gray, McCulloch, Katholos, Nastevski, Colagiuri (Lowe 64), De Jong (Gomez 85)
Goal : Nastevski 43
1 - 0 St George
Gibson, Green, Koczka, O'Shea, Grbevski, Moffitt, Ratcliffe, Pottier (Ilic 78), Krslovic (Harper 69), Bingley, Ollerenshaw


Minor Semi-Final (30/07/89) Match D
Olympic Park, Referee : Jim Reeves, Crowd : ??
Match decided after extra time
Melbourne Croatia
Grgic, Davidson, Cannell, Selemidis, Donnelly, Biskic, Adzic, Milosevic, Duzel (Kelic 61), Caleta, Awaritefe
Goals : Francis Awaritefe 21, Zeljko Adzic 64
2 - 3 Sydney Olympic
Gosling (Bernal 72), Barrett, Haniotis, Hooker, Georgakis, Lee, Ironside, Koch, Polak, Edwards, Saad (Spyridakos 102)
Goals : Alistair Edwards 12, Abbas Saad 57, John Koch 96


Preliminary Final (06/08/89) Match E
Barton Park, Referee : Richard Lorenc, Crowd : ??
St George
Gibson, Green, Koczka, Ratcliffe, Grbevski, Harper, Moffitt, Pottier, Krslovic (Ilic 74), Bingley, Ollerenshaw
0 - 1 Sydney Olympic
Meier, Barrett, Hooker, Haniotis, Georgakis, Koch, Polak, Ironside, Lee, Saad (Bernal 83), Edwards
Goal : Abbas Saad 75


Grand Final (13/08/89) Championship Match
Parramatta Stadium, Referee : Jim Reeves, Crowd : ??
Match decided in extra time
Marconi-Fairfield
Catlin, Colucci (sent off 39), Wheatley, Calderan, De Marigny, McCulloch, Katholos, Gray, Nastevski, Lowe (Gomez 68), DeJong
Goal : Nastevski 91
1 - 0 Sydney Olympic
Meier, Barrett (Bernal 86), Hooker, Haniotis, Georgakis, Lee, Ironside, Koch, Polak, Edwards, Saad