1981 National Soccer League results
1981 Season Round 08 Results
written by John Punshon

Played (12/04/1981) Lambert Park
Referee : Peter Rampley, Crowd : 4382
APIA Leichhardt
Greg Woodhouse, Rod Skellern, Col McAusland, Mark Pullen, Peter Wilson, Alan Hughes, Sebastian Giampaolo, Zdenko Kafka, Phil O'Connor, Tony Morsello (Marshall Soper 77), Frank Leyden
Goal : O'Connor 56
Coach : Willie Wallace
1 - 1 South Melbourne
Peter Laumets, Vince Bannon, Alan Davidson, Bertie Lutton (George Christopoulos 65), Steve Blair, John Stevenson, Billy Rogers, Jim Shirra, Duncan Cummings, Alun Evans, Branko Buljevic
Goal : Evans 75
Coach : John Margaritis

Played (12/04/1981) Gabbie Stadium
Referee : Doug Rennie, Crowd : 2348
Blacktown City
Bruce James, Robbie Wheatley, Cliff Pointer, Mike Milovanovic, Brian O'Donnell, Stuart Selvage, Rick Hormazabal, Branko Culina, Craig Wallace (Dean Milosevic 53), Paul Burrows, Peter Cuk
Goal : Cuk 24
Coach : Rale Rasic
1 - 5 Adelaide City
Peter Marshall, Bobby Russell, John Perin, David Jones (sent off 68), Bugsy Nyskohus, Glen Dods, Gary Marocchi, Sergio Melta, David Mitchell, John Nyskohus, Brian Northcote
Goals : Mitchell 4, 76, J Nyskohus 31, Russell 58, Northcote 64
Coach : Bob D'Ottavi

Played (12/04/1981) Richlands Stadium
Referee : Ken Allen, Crowd : 3500
Brisbane Lions
Tony Scanlon, Paul Ontong, Jim Hermiston, Col Bennett, Alan Niven, Steve Hogg, Gerry Lindsay, Jim McLean (Mark McNaughton 67), Lyle Bryce (Rob Ferris 17), Danny Wright, Ron Millman
Goal : Millman 26
Coach : Matt Carson
1 - 0 Brisbane City
Martin Coe, Steve Perry, Jim Dunne, Dave Ratcliffe, Billy Wilkinson, Larry Gaffney, Frank Pimblett, Bobby Hamilton, Kevin Low (Barry Kelso 46), Paul Wilkinson, Willie Conner
Coach : George Potter

Played (12/04/1981) Schintler Reserve
Referee : Dennis Voutsinas, Crowd : 1000
Footscray JUST
Dennis Boland, Jim O'Reilly, Igor Hazabent, Kyri Kyriakouleas, Jim Kondarios, Jim Milne, Slobodan Jovanovic, Zoran Ilioski, Vlatko Belic (Chris Petrov 70), Steve Kakantonis (Suleiman Curovic 85), Bruno Cozzella
Goal : Belic 67
Coach : Cedo Cirkovic
1 - 0 Sydney City
Todd Clarke, Ian Souness, John Spanos, Steve O'Connor (Gerry Gomez 50), Ian Bruce, Jim Patikas, Agenor Muniz (Jim Cant 74), Murray Barnes, Joe Watson, Ken Boden, John Kosmina
Coach : Eddie Thomson

Played (12/04/1981) Olympic Park
Referee : Evan Venios, Crowd : 3192
Heidelberg United
Jeff Olver, Arthur McMillan, John Yzendoorn, Bob Provan, Jim Tansey, Theo Selemidis, Ken Taylor, Jim Rooney, Andy Bozikas (Joe McGrory 58), Gary Cole, Jim Campbell
Goal : Taylor 58
Coach : Jim Rooney
1 - 1 Canberra City
Richard Wilson, Mike O'Shea, Isaac Farrell (Johan Massa 64), Duncan Cole, John O'Shea, Roy Stark, Robbie O'Shea, Terry Byrne, Walter Valeri, Don Maclaren, Ian Gibson
Goal : J O'Shea 68
Coach : George Murray

Played (12/04/1981) International Sports Centre
Referee : Alf Rodway, Crowd : 4278
Newcastle KB United
Phil Dando, Paul Reaney, Howard Tredinnick, Roy Drinkwater (David Jones 80), Arno Bertogna, Steve Sumner, Malcolm McClelland, Ian Buckley, David Kamasz (Alfie Stamp 75), Joe Senkalski, Bob Mountford
Goals : Mountford 3, 75, Senkalski 52, Bertogna 64
Coach : Alan Vest
4 - 0 Preston
Gary Clayton, Mike Rainey, Steve Beech, John Higham, Ljube Petrovski, Jeff Faulkner, Gordon Flavell, Claude Lucchesi, George McMillan, Peter Ollerton, John Little (Con Stoikos 62)
Coach : Brian Edgely

Played (12/04/1981) Pratten Park
Referee : Tony Boskovic, Crowd : 6878
Sydney Olympic
Peter Wilson, Danny Moulis, Ken Wilson, Billy Palmer, Jim Ziras, Peter Raskopoulos, Peter Katholos, Derek Laing, Roy Cotton, Mark Koussas, Graham Jennings
Goals : Katholos 71, Cotton 80
Coach : Tommy Docherty
2 - 0 Marconi-Fairfield
Allan Maher, Paul Degney, Tony Henderson, lvo Prskalo, Berti Mariani, Dennis Colusso (Jim Muir 31), Gary Byrne, Hussein Housseni (sent off 81), Peter Shame, Mark Jankovics, Eddie Krncevic
Coach : Raul Blanco

Played (12/04/1981) Hindmarsh Stadium
Referee : Graham Neal, Crowd : 3100
West Adelaide
Martyn Crook, Zoran Maricic, Peter Tymczyszyn, Shraga Topaz, Vic Bozanic, Peter Boyle (Ian McKie 18), Graham Honeyman, Neil McGachey, Tim Brown, Graham Norris (Gordon Haig 46), Jim Wright
Coach : Billy Birch
0 - 0 Wollongong City
Natch Vardareff, Peter Willis (Ken Morton 69), Chris Dunleavy, Billy de Graaf, Jeff Ainsworth, Jim McBreen, John Fleming, Peter Tredinnick, Lee Adam, Glen Fontana (Clive Campbell 46), John Lathan
Coach : Ken Morton