1981 National Soccer League results
1981 Season Round 07 Results
written by John Punshon

Played (5/04/1981) Olympic Sports Field
Referee : Jim Rossis, Crowd : 3200
Adelaide City
Peter Marshall, Bobby Russell, David Jones, John Perin, Bugsy Nyskohus, Gary Marocchi, Glen Dods, Sergio Melta, Brian Northcote (Charlie Villani 73), David Mitchell (Chris Miller 87), John Nyskohus
Goals : Russell 4, Mitchell 8, Marocchi 17
Coach : Bob D'Ottavi
3 - 2 Brisbane Lions
Nigel Lownds, Paul Ontong, Col Bennett, Jim Hermiston, Alan Niven, Steve Hogg, Jim McLean, Gerry Lindsay, Rob Ferris (Steve Konstantinou 65), Ron Millman, Lyle Bryce (Johan Verweij 79)
Goals : Bryce 13, Hermiston 77
Coach : Matt Carson

Played (5/04/1981) Spencer Park
Referee : Jack Wood, Crowd : 1600
Brisbane City
Martin Coe, Steve Perry, Dave Ratcliffe, Jim Dunne, Billy Wilkinson, Larry Gaffney, Frank Pimblett, Bobby Hamilton, Kevin Low, Paul Wilkinson, John McVeigh (Willie Conner 60)
Goals : P Wilkinson 71, Conner 80
Coach : George Potter
2 - 0 Footscray JUST
Dennis Boland, Jim Milne, Jim Kondarios, Zoran llioski, Igor Hazabent, Vlatko Belic, Chris Petrov, Steve Kakantonis, Dragan Vasic (Suleiman Curovic 78), James McLaughlin, Bruno Cozzelia (Paul Simic 71)
Coach : Cedo Cirkovic

Played (5/04/1981) Bruce Stadium
Referee : Chris Bambridge, Crowd : 5682
Canberra City
Richard Wilson, Mike O'Shea, Roy Stark, Duncan Cole, John O'Shea, Robbie O'Shea, Terry Byrne, Isaac Farrell (Johan Massa 66), Don Maclaren (Ian Gibson 46), Walter Valeri, Tony Brennan
Goals : Brennan 65, Gibson 73
Coach : George Murray
2 - 1 Sydney Olympic
Gary Meier, Danny Moulis, Billy Palmer, Peter Raskopoulos, Ian Rowden, Jim Ziras, Derek Laing, Roy Cotton, Mark Koussas (Clive Eaton 67), Peter Katholos, Graham Jennings
Goal : Cotton 21
Coach : Tommy Docherty

Played (5/04/1981) Marconi Stadium
Referee : Richard Lorenc, Crowd : 3550
Marconi-Fairfield
Allan Maher, Paul Degney, Tony Henderson, Berti Mariani, Ivo Prskalo, Gary Byrne, Hussein Housseni, Dennis Cotusso (Jim Muir 87), Peter Sharne, Eddie Krncevic, Mark Jankovics
Goal : Sharne 79
Coach : Raul Blanco
1 - 0 West Adelaide
Martyn Crook, Peter Tymczyszyn, Con Kambas, Shraga Topaz, Zoran Maricic, Neil McGachey, Graham Honeyman, Vic Bozanic, Tim Brown, Dave Pillans, Graham Norris
Coach : Billy Birch

Played (5/04/1981) Connor Reserve
Referee : David Yelland, Crowd : 3500
Preston
Lou Kastner, Steve Beech, John Higham (George McMillar 72), Ljube Petrovski, Mike Rainey, Claude Lucchesi, Gordon Flavell, Jeff Faulkner (John Little 80), Peter Ollerton, Doug Brown, Rob Cullen (sent off 37)
Goals : Ollerton 49, 65
Coach : Brian Edgely
2 - 3 Blacktown City
Bruce James, Robbie Wheatley, Mike Milovanovic, Cliff Pointer, Brian O'Donnell, Branko Culina, Stuart Selvage, Carlos Ortega (Dean Milosevic 52), Jovan Djordjevic (Tony Rasmussen 57), Peter Cuk, Craig Wallace
Goals : Cuk 22, Wallace 54, 74
Coach : Rale Rasic

Played (5/04/1981) Middle Park
Referee : Stewart Mellings, Crowd : 6888
South Melbourne
Peter Laumets, Vince Bannon, Bertie Lutton, Steve Blair, Alan Davidson, John Stevenson, Billy Rogers, Jim Shirra, Duncan Cummings, Alun Evans, Branko Buljevic
Goals : Davidson 21pk, Stevenson 66
Coach : John Margaritis
2 - 0 Newcastle KB United
Phil Dando, Paul Reaney, Arno Bertogna, Roy Drinkwater, Howard Tredinnick, Malcolm McClelland, Steve Sumner (Craig Mason 80), Ian Buckley (David Jones 80), Graham Heys, Joe Senkalski, Bob Mountford
Coach : Alan Vest

Played (5/04/1981) Sydney Athletic Field
Referee : Ken Small, Crowd : 2611
Sydney City
Todd Clarke, John Spanos, Steve O'Connor, Ian Bruce, Joe Watson (Gerry Gomez 80), Murray Barnes, Ken Boden (Jim Cant 80), John Kosmina, Agenor Muniz, Jim Patikas, Ian Souness
Goal : Boden 36
Coach : Eddie Thomson
1 - 0 Heidelberg United
Jeff Olver, Arthur McMillan, Jim Tansey, John Yzendoorn, Theo Selemidis, Jim Rooney, Jim Campbell, Andy Bozikas, Bob Provan, Ken Taylor, Gary Cole
Coach : Jim Rooney

Played (5/04/1981) Wollongong Showgrounds
Referee : Gary Power, Crowd : 6087
Wollongong City
Jim Preston (Natch Vardareff 25), John Fleming, Chris Dunleavy, Billy de Graaf, Jeff Ainsworth, Jim McBreen, Lee Adam, John Lathan, Peter Tredinnick, Clive Campbell, Glen Fontana (Brian Turner 80)
Goal : Tredinnick 30
Coach : Ken Morton
1 - 1 APIA Leichhardt
Greg Woodhouse, John McKie, Peter Wilson, Mark Pullen, Col McAusland, Zdenko Kafka, John Coyne, Frank Leyden, Sebastian Giampaolo, Marshall Soper (Tony Morsello 70), Phil O'Connor
Goal : Kafka 5
Coach : Willie Wallace