1981 National Soccer League results
1981 Season Round 16 Results
written by John Punshon

Played (7/06/1981) Olympic Sports Field
Referee : Jim Rossis, Crowd : 3289
Adelaide City
Peter Marshall, Bugsy Nyskohus, David Jones, John Perin, Bobby Russell, Chris Manou (Gary Marocchi 55), Glen Dods, Charlie Villani, Brian Northcote (Sergio Melta 78), John Nyskohus, David Mitchell
Goal : Jones 89
Coach : Bob D'Ottavi
1 - 0 Canberra City
Steve Hoszowski, Mike O'Shea, Terry Byrne, Roy Stark, Robbie O'Shea, Don Maclaren (Isaac Farrell 36), Duncan Cole, Ian Purdie, John O'Shea, Tony Brennan, Ian Gibson
Coach : George Murray

Played (7/06/1981) Lambert Park
Referee : Alf Rodway, Crowd : 3482
APIA Leichhardt
Greg Woodhouse, Rod Skellern, Mark Pullen, Peter Wilson, Col McAusland, Alan Hughes (John Coyne 35), Zdenko Kafka, Frank Zaccomer, Phil O'Connor, Billy Pirie (Marshall Soper 70), Tony Morsello
Goals : Wilson 85, Soper 86
Coach : Willie Wallace
2 - 0 Footscray JUST
Dennis Boland, Jim Milne, Kyri Kyriakouleas, Jim Kondarios, Igor Hazabent (sent off 83), Zoran Ilioski, Nebojsa Licanin, Jim O'Reilly, Slobodan Jovanovic, Steve Kakantonis, Zdravko Lujic
Coach : Cedo Cirkovic

Played (7/06/1981) Gabbie Stadium
Referee : Ken Small, Crowd : 2786
Blacktown City
Bruce James, Robbie Wheatley, Tony Rasmussen, Mike Milovanovic, Cliff Pointer, Stuart Selvage, Jovan Djordjevic, Rick Hormazabal, Peter Jones, Brian O'Donnell, Paul Burrows
Goals : Burrows 11, Djordjevic 74, Jones 79, Pointer 89
Coach : Rale Rasic
4 - 0 West Adelaide
Martyn Crook, Ian McKie, Zoran Maricic, Tom Forde, Jim Wright (Steve Atsalas 71), Vic Bozanic, Peter Boyle, Tim Brown, Graham Norris (George Koulianos 46), Graham Honeyman, Ian McGregor
Coach : Peter Jaksa

Played (7/06/1981) Spencer Park
Referee : Bob Mee, Crowd : 2500
Brisbane City
Martin Coe, Kevin Caldwell, Jim Dunne, David Ratcliffe, Billy Wilkinson, Larry Gaffney, Frank Pimblett, Bobby Hamilton, Joe Palinkas, Paul Wilkinson, John McVeigh
Goals : Gaffney 65, P Wilkinson 77
Coach : George Potter
2 - 0 Sydney City
Todd Clarke, Kevin Mullen, Steve O'Connor, John Spanos, Ian Bruce, Jim Patikas (Jim Cant 46), Murray Barnes, Ian Souness (Willie Murray 78), Joe Watson, Ken Boden, John Kosmina
Coach : Eddie Thomson

Played (7/06/1981) International Sports Centre
Referee : Peter Rampley, Crowd : 6060
Newcastle KB United
Phil Dando, Paul Reaney, Craig Mason, John Sneddon, Howard Tredinnick, Mike Channon, Joe Senkalski, Steve Sumner, Graham Heys, Bob Mountford, Grant Storey
Goal : Channon 62
Coach : Ray Baartz
1 - 1 Brisbane Lions
Nigel Lownds, Paul Ontong, Col Bennett, Jim Hermiston, Alan Niven, Rob Ferris, Jim McLean (John Ogden 70), Steve Hogg, Craig Low, Calvin Daunt, Mark McNaughton
Goal : Hermiston 83pk
Coach : Matt Carson

Played (7/06/1981) Connor Reserve
Referee : Jack Johnston, Crowd : ????
Preston
Lou Kastner, Mike Rainey, Ron MacIvor, George McMillan, Ljube Petrovski, Jeff Faulkner, Gordon Flavell (Doug Brown 54), Claude Lucchesi, Rob Cullen, Peter Ollerton, Alan Whittle
Coach : Brian Edgely
0 - 0 Marconi-Fairfield
Allan Maher, Peter Brogan, Berti Mariani, Ivo Prskalo, Paul Degney, Hussein Housseini, Gary Byrne, Mark Jankovics, Peter Sharne (Dennis Colusso 80), Stuart Johnston, Eddie Krncevic (Jim Muir 76)
Coach : Raul Blanco

Played (7/06/1981) Middle Park
Referee : Don Campbell, Crowd : 12000
South Melbourne
Peter Laumets, Steve Blair, Arthur Xanthopoulos, Billy Rogers, Alan Davidson, Duncan Cummings, John Stevenson, George Christopoulos, George Campbell (Branko Buljevic 63), Steve Wooddin, Alun Evans
Goal : Evans 23
Coach : John Margaritis
1 - 1 Sydney Olympic
Peter Wilson, Danny Moulis, Jim Ziras, Ian Rowden, Billy Palmer, Derek Laing, Peter Raskopoulos, Peter Katholos, Graham Jennings, Ken Wilson, Mark Koussas (Andy Scott 60)
Goal : Raskopoulos 28
Coach : Tommy Docherty

Played (7/06/1981) Wollongong Showgrounds
Referee : Doug Rennie (Barry Wilkinson 80), Crowd : 4371
Wollongong City
Jim Preston, John Fleming, Chris Dunleavy, Arno Bertogna, Jeff Ainsworth, Jim McBreen, Lee Adam, John Lathan, Peter Tredinnick, Clive Campbell, Glen Fontana (Billy de Graaf 60)
Goals : Lathan 20, Adam 87, McBreen 88
Coach : Ken Morton
3 - 4 Heidelberg United
Jeff Olver, Arthur McMillan, John Yzendoorn, Bob Provan, Charlie Yankos, Theo Selemidis, Jim Campbell, Jim Rooney, Gary Cole, Jamie Paton, Joe McGrory
Goals : Cole 29, 73, Paton 51, McGrory 65
Coach : Jim Rooney