1981 National Soccer League results
1981 Season Round 17 Results
written by John Punshon

Played (14/07/1981) Gabbie Stadium
Referee : Richard Lorenc, Crowd : 3348
Blacktown City
Bruce James, Robbie Wheatley, Tony Rasmussen, Mike Milovanovic, Cliff Pointer,Stuart Selvage, Jovan Djordjevic, Rick Hormazabal (Brian Turner 46), Peter Jones, Brian O'Donnell, Paul Burrows
Goal : Jones 81
Coach : Rale Rasic
1 - 2 Newcastle KB United
Phil Dando, Paul Reaney, Howard Tredinnick, John Sneddon, Craig Mason, Roy Drinkwater, Steve Sumner, Bob Mountford, David Jones, Graham Heys, Joe Senkalski
Goals : Heys 13, Tredinnick 36
Coach : Ray Baartz

Played (14/06/1981) Richlands Stadium
Referee : Jim Reeves, Crowd : 2000
Brisbane Lions
Nigel Lownds, Paul Ontong, Jim Hermiston, Col Bennett, Steve Hogg, Jim McLean, Rob Ferris, John Ogden, Craig Low, Calvin Daunt, Mark McNaughton
Coach : Matt Carson
0 - 0 APIA Leichhardt
Greg Woodhouse, Col McAusland, Peter Wilson, Mark Pullen (Ian McKie 46), Alan Hughes, John Coyne, Zdenko Kafka, John Bradley, Marshall Soper (Billy Pirie 73), Tony Morsello, Phil O'Connor
Coach : Willie Wallace

Played (14/06/1981) Bruce Stadium
Referee : Ken Allen, Crowd : 2891
Canberra City
Steve Hoszowski, Mike O'Shea, Duncan Cole (Isaac Farrell 46), Roy Stark, John O'Shea, Robbie O'Shea, Terry Byrne, Ian Purdie, Don Maclaren, Tony Brennan (Walter Valeri 75), Ian Gibson
Goals : Maclaren 41, Brennan 56, Purdie 86
Coach :
3 - 0 Brisbane City
Martin Coe, Kevin Caldwell, David Ratcliffe, Jim Dunne, Billy Wilkinson (Barry Kelso 65), Larry Gaffney, Frank Pimblett, Bobby Hamilton, Joe Palinkas, Paul Wilkinson, John McVeigh
Coach : George Potter

Played (14/06/1981) Schintler Reserve
Referee : Bobby Kerr, Crowd : 2000
Footscray JUST
Dennis Boland, Jim Milne, Jim Kondarios, Kyri Kyriakouleas, Zoran Ilioski, Slobodan Jovanovic, Nebojsa Licanin, Vlatko Belic, Zdravko Lujic, Johan Verweij, Bruno Cozzella (Steve Kakantonis 82)
Goal : Verweij 78
Coach : Cedo Cirkovic
1 - 1 Wollongong City
Jim Preston, Jeff Ainsworth, Arno Bertogna, Chris Dunleavy, Peter Willis, John Fleming, Lee Adam, John Lathan, Peter Tredinnick, Jim McBreen, Clive Campbell
Goal : Adam 89pk
Coach : Ken Morton

Played (14/06/1981) Olympic Park
Referee : Peter Rampley, Crowd : 11799
Heidelberg United
Jeff Olver, Arthur McMillan, John Yzendoorn, Bob Provan, Jim Tansey, Theo Selemidis, Charlie Yankos, Jim Campbell, Jim Rooney (Liam Monagle 81), Jamie Paton, Gary Cole
Coach : Len McKendry
0 - 0 South Melbourne
Peter Laumets, Vince Bannon, Steve Blair, Billy Rogers, Alan Davidson, John Stevenson, Jim Shirra, George Campbell, Alun Evans, Steve Wooddin, Branko Buljevic (Duncan Cummings 72)
Coach : John Margaritis

Played (14/06/1981) Marconi Stadium
Referee : Tim Davies, Crowd : 3241
Marconi-Fairfield
Allan Maher, Paul Degney, Tony Henderson, Berti Mariani, Ivo Prskalo, Gary Byrne, Joe Picioane (Stuart Johnston 70), Hussein Housseini, Peter Sharne, Eddie Krncevic, Mark Jankovics
Goal : Jankovics 50
Coach : Raul Blanco
1 - 4 Adelaide City
Jack Przybylski, Bobby Russell, David Jones, John Perin (Chris Miller 56), Bugsy Nyskohus, Gary Marocchi, Charlie Villani, Chris Manou, Brian Northcote (Sergio Melta 68), John Nyskohus, David Mitchell
Goals : Mitchell 1, Villani 20, Marocchi 38, Northcote 45
Coach : Bob D'Ottavi

Played (14/06/1981) Pratten Park
Referee : Tony Boskovic, Crowd : 6150
Sydney Olympic
Peter Wilson, Danny Moulis, Andy Scott, Jim Ziras (Roy Cotton 58), Ian Rowden, Peter Raskopoulos, Peter Katholos, Derek Laing, Ken Wilson, Mark Koussas, Graham Jennings
Goals : Koussas 32, Jennings 38
Coach : Tommy Docherty
2 - 1 Preston
Lou Kastner, Mike Rainey, George McMillan, Ljube Petrovski (John Higham 73), Jeff Faulkner (John Little 50), Gordon Flavell, Doug Brown, Danny McCluskey, Claude Lucchesi, Peter Ollerton, Alan Whittle
Goal : Whittle 70
Coach : Brian Edgely

Played (14/06/1981) Hindmarsh Stadium
Referee : Chris Bambridge, Crowd : 2900
West Adelaide
Martyn Crook, Zoran Maricic, Tom Forde, Shraga Topaz, Vic Bozanic, Tim Brown, Graham Honeyman, Ian McGregor, Lopez Manecas, Aldo Lorenzoni, George Koulianos (Ian McKie 80)
Goal : Topaz 35
Coach : Peter Jaksa
1 - 2 Sydney City
Todd Clarke, Kevin Mullen, Steve O'Connor, John Spanos, Ian Bruce, Murray Barnes, Ian Souness (Alex Robertson 78), Joe Watson, Gerry Gomez (Jim Cant 64), Ken Boden, Willie Murray
Goals : Souness 27, 69
Coach : Eddie Thomson