1981 National Soccer League results
1981 Season Round 24 Results
written by John Punshon

Played (2/08/1981) Olympic Sports Field
Referee : Chris Bambridge, Crowd : 3100
Adelaide City
Steve Pressin, Bobby Russell, David Jones, John Perin, Bugsy Nyskohus, Sergio Melta, Gary Marocchi, Brian Northcote (Charlie Villani 80), Justin Fashanu, David Mitchell, John Nyskohus
Coach : Bob D'Ottavi
0 - 0 APIA Leichhardt
Greg Woodhouse, Rod Skellern, Mark Pullen, Peter Wilson, Col McAusland, Alan Hughes, Terry Butler, Zdenko Kafka, Sebastian Giampaolo, Ian Gray, Phil O'Connor (Tony Morsello 25)
Coach : Willie Wallace

Played (2/08/1981) Ballymore
Referee : Peter Rampley, Crowd : 5000
Brisbane City
Kim Wishart, Kevin Caldwell, David Ratcliffe, Steve Perry, Billy Wilkinson, Frank Pimblett, Bobby Hamilton, Larry Gaffney, Willie Connor (Joe Palinkas 30), Paul Wilkinson, John McVeigh
Goal : Hamilton 70
Coach : George Potter
1 - 1 Newcastle KB United
Phil Dando, Paul Reaney, Roy Drinkwater, Craig Mason, Howard Tredinnick, Joe Senkalski, Steve Sumner, David Jones, Graham Heys, Bob Mountford, David Kamasz
Goal : Sumner 59
Coach : Ray Baartz

Played (2/08/1981) Bruce Stadium
Referee : Bob Mee, Crowd : 1603
Canberra City
Steve Hoszowski, Mike O'Shea, John Moutsopoulos, John O'Shea, Duncan Cole, Robbie O'Shea, Johan Massa, Ian Gibson, Walter Valeri, Tony Brennan, Don Maclaren
Goals : Valeri 59, R O'Shea 72
Coach : George Murray
2 - 3 Brisbane Lions
Tony Scanlon, Paul Ontong, Alan Niven, Col Bennett, Jim Hermiston, Steve Hogg, Jim McLean (John Ogden 72), Craig Low, Billy Williamson, Calvin Daunt, Rob Ferris
Goals : Williamson 1, 80, Bennett 46
Coach : Joe Gilroy

Played (2/08/1981) Marconi Stadium
Referee : Richard Lorenc, Crowd : 3450
Marconi-Fairfield
Allan Maher, Paul Degney, Berti Mariani, Tony Henderson (Drago Tomasich 65), Peter Brogan, Gary Byrne, Mark Jankovics, Stuart Johnston (Joe Picioane 65), Ian Hunter, Eddie Krncevic, Peter Sharne
Goals : Jankovics 79
Coach : Raul Blanco
1 - 3 Footscray JUST
Dennis Boland, Kyri Kyriakouleas, Jim Kondarios, Jim O'Reilly, Jim Milne, Zoran Ilioski, Slobodan Jovanovic, Steve Kakantonis, Bruno Cozzella (Vlatko Belic 80), Johan Verweij, Zdravko Lujic
Goals : Verweij 7, Cozzella 47, Lujic 84
Coach : Cedo Cirkovic

Played (2/08/1981) Connor Reserve
Referee : Stewart Mellings, Crowd : ??
Preston
Richard Wilson, Mike Rainey, Ljube Petrovski, George McMillan, Steve Beech, Gordon Flavell (Robbie Cullen 78), Isaac Farrell, Peter Boyle (Peter Ollerton 78), Alan Whittle, Claude Lucchesi, Doug Brown
Goals : Lucchesi 11, 23, Whittle 59, Brown 75, Fontana 80og, Cullen 89
Coach : Peter Ollerton
6 - 0 Wollongong City
Natch Vardareff, John Fleming, Chris Dunleavy, Arno Bertogna, Jeff Ainsworth, Paul Kay (Billy de Graaf 71), Jim McBreen, Lee Adam, Peter Tredinnick, Glen Fontana, John Lathan
Coach : Ken Morton

Played (2/08/1981) Middle Park
Referee : Dennis Voutsianis, Crowd : 4000
South Melbourne
Peter Laumets, Vince Bannon, Steve Blair, Arthur Xanthopoulos, Bertie Lutton, Duncan Cummings, John Stevenson, Jim Shirra, Branko Buljevic, Steve Wooddin, Alun Evans
Goals : Blair 3, Evans 18, 26, 61, Stevenson 46
Coach : John Margaritis
5 - 0 West Adelaide
Martyn Crook, Zoran Maricic, Con Kambas, Robert Marwe, Vic Bozanic, Ian McGregor, Graham Honeyman, Tim Brown, Lopez Manecas, Aldo Lorenzoni (Colin Gregson 65), Vic Smythe (Ian McKie 65)
Coach : Peter Jaksa

Played (2/08/1981) Sydney Athletic Field
Referee : Ken Small, Crowd : 1500
Sydney City
Todd Clarke, Jim Cant, Steve O'Connor, Alex Robertson, John Spanos, Jim Patikas (Ken Boden 67), Murray Barnes, Ian Souness, Joe Watson, John Kosmina, Willie Murray
Goals : Souness 47
Coach : Eddie Thomson
1 - 1 Blacktown City
Bruce James, Stuart Selvage, Cliff Pointer, Jovan Djordjevic, Tony Rasmussen, Rick Hormazabal, Brian O'Donnell, Peter Cuk (Robbie Wheatley 75), Peter Jones, Paul Burrows, Branislav Krstic
Goals : Jones 60
Coach : Rale Rasic

Played (2/08/1981) Pratten Park
Referee : Col Amos, Crowd : 5600
Sydney Olympic
Peter Wilson, Danny Moulis, Jim Ziras, Ian Rowden, Andy Scott, Peter Raskopoulos (Alex Jamieson 70), Peter Katholos, Mike Cross, Mark Koussas, Ken Wilson, Graham Jennings (Jim Redfern 68)
Goals : K Wilson 10, ??pk
Coach : Doug Collins
2 - 1 Heidelberg United
Jeff Olver, Arthur McMillan, John Yzendoorn, Bob Provan, Charlie Yankos, Theo Selemidis, Jim Campbell, Jim Rooney, Tom Tasevski (Andy Bozikas 70), Jamie Paton, Gary Cole
Goal : Campbell 68
Coach : Len McKendry