1984 National Soccer League Playoff results
1984 Season Playoff Series Matches
written by John Punshon

The top five teams of the regular season for each Conference meet in matches as shown. The winner of the Grand Final match is crowned Champion for the 1984 season.


Bris Lions v Brunswick __winner___
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Heidelberg v Melb Croatia ---winner             \
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Sth Melbourne ____________________/   \__winner ______Conference Final
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Sydney City _________________    __winner ____________Conference Final
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Olympic v Marconi ---winner_/                /
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APIA v Leichhardt __winner__/


Grand Final 1st Leg
Played (24/10/1984) Olympic Park
Referee : Doug Rennie, Crowd : 10000
South Melbourne
Peter Laumets, Bobby Russell, Steve Blair, John Yzendoorn, Angie Postecoglou, Alan Davidson, Oscar Crino, Carl Halford, Ken Murphy, Doug Brown, Charlie Egan
Goals : Egan 43, 64
Coach : Len McKendry
2 - 1 Sydney Olympic
Gary Meier, Tony Dakos, Mike Coady, Graham Jennings, Gary Phillips, Martyn Rogers, Peter Raskopoulos, Peter Katholos, Jim Patikas (Chris Kalantzis 35), Mark Koussas (Nick Theodorakopoulos 65), Marshall Soper
Goal : Koussas 5
Coach : Manfred Schaefer

Grand Final 2nd Leg
Played (28/10/1984) St George Stadium
Referee : Chris Bambridge, Crowd : 11221
Sydney Olympic
Gary Meier, Tony Dakos, Martyn Rogers (Mark Koussas 66), Mike Coady, Gary Phillips, Peter Raskopoulos, Peter Katholos, Graham Jennings, Marshall Soper, Nick Theodorakopoulos, Chris Kalantzis
Goal : Theodorakopoulos 34
Coach : Manfred Schaefer
1 - 2 South Melbourne
Peter Laumets, Bobby Russell, Steve Blair, John Yzendoorn, Angie Postecoglou, Alan Davidson, Oscar Crino (John Kanesoulis 50), Carl Halford, Ken Murphy, Charlie Egan, Doug Brown
Goals : Crino 10, Yzendoorn 18
Coach : Len McKendry

National Conference

Conference Final, loser eliminated, winner into Grand Final
Played (29/10/1984) Olympic Park
Referee : Doug Rennie, Crowd : 15000
South Melbourne
Peter Laumets, Bobby Russell, John Yzendoorn, Steve Blair, Angie Postecoglou, Alan Davidson (John Kanesoulis 87), Carl Halford, Oscar Crino, Ken Murphy, Charlie Egan, Doug Brown
Goals : Crino 60, 84, Davidson 16, Yzendoorn 80
Coach : Len McKendry
4 - 2 Heidelberg United
Jeff Olver, Charlie Yankos (sent off 47), Ian McKie, Don MacLeod, Joe Angele, Steve Marley, Theo Selemidis, Mike Petersen, Mike Valentine (Steve Tasios 83), Steve Winn (Scott Patterson 83), Stuart Stevenson
Goals : Petersen 7, Stevenson 39
Coach : Brian Garvey

Preliminary Final, loser eliminated, winner into Conference Final
Played (17/10/1984) Olympic Park
Referee : Jim Fearn, Crowd : 2500
Heidelberg United
Jeff Olver, Joe Angele, Charlie Yankos, Don MacLeod, Ian McKie, Mike Petersen, Theo Selemidis, Mike Valentine, Steve Marley, Steve Winn, Stuart Stevenson
Goals : Stevenson 9, 38, 44
Coach : Brian Garvey
3 - 1 Melbourne Croatia
Yakka Banovic, Peter Lewis, Shaun Parton, Tony Curcio, Drago Deankovic (George Hannah 53), Joe Biskic, Jozo Antolovic, Jim Campbell, Steve Gojevic, Dave Brogan, Tommy Cumming
Goal : Brogan 74pk
Coach : Tony Vrzina

Major Semi-Final, loser into Preliminary Final, winner into Conference Final
Played (14/10/1984) Olympic Park
Referee : Don Campbell, Crowd : 11000
South Melbourne
Peter Laumets, Bobby Russell, Steve Blair, John Yzendoorn, Angie Postecoglou, John Kanesoulis, Carl Halford, Oscar Crino, Ken Murphy, Doug Brown, Charlie Egan
Goals : Yzendoorn 84, Brown 95, 96
Coach : Len McKendry
3aet - 2aet Melbourne Croatia
Yakka Banovic, Peter Lewis, Tony Curcio, Shaun Parton, Drago Deankovic (George Hannah 85), Josip Biskic, Jozo Antolovic, Jim Campbell, Steve Gojevic, Tommy Cumming, Dave Brogan (Keith Adams 100 (sent off 118))
Goals : Gojevic 44, Cumming 115
Coach : Tony Vrzina

Minor Semi-Final, loser eliminated, winner into Preliminary Final
Played (14/10/1984) Olympic Park
Referee : Sam Zoumas, Crowd : 11000
Heidelberg United
Jeff Olver, Joe Angele, Charlie Yankos, Don MacLeod, Steve Marley, Theo Selemidis, Mike Petersen, Mike Valentine, Stuart Stevenson, Steve Winn, Steve Tasios (John Metaxas 90)
Coach : Brian Garvey
0aet - 0aet Brisbane Lions
Wayne Evans, Rob McSkimming, Alan Hunter, Roddy Vasquez, Alan Niven, Russell Stewart, John Stewart, Ray Junna, Joe Cairney (Paul Burns 115), Jim McDonagh (John Ogden 115), Calvin Daunt
Coach : Gordon Arrowsmith
Brisbane Lions lost 2-3 on penalties, R Stewart (hit post), Marley (0-1), Burns (saved), Stevenson (hit post), Niven (1-1), Yankos (1-2), Ogden (2-2), Selemidis (2-3), Hunter (saved)

Qualifying Final, loser into minor Semi-Final, winner into major Semi-Final
Played (10/10/1984) Olympic Park
Referee : Chris Bambridge, Crowd : 2822
Melbourne Croatia
Yakka Banovic, Peter Lewis, Tony Curcio, Shaun Parton, Drago Deankovic, Josip Biskic, Jozo Antolovic, Jim Campbell, Steve Gojevic, Dave Brogan, Tommy Cumming
Goals : Lewis 11, Brogan 33pk
Coach : Tony Vrzina
2 - 1 Heidelberg United
Jeff Olver, Ian McKie, Joe Angele, Don MacLeod, Steve Marley, Theo Selemidis, Mike Petersen, Mike Valentine, Steve Tasios (John Metaxas 85), Steve Winn, Stuart Stevenson
Goal : Petersen 1
Coach : Brian Garvey

Elimination Final, loser eliminated, winner into minor Semi-Final
Played (10/10/1984) Olympic Park
Referee : Stewart Mellings, Crowd : 2822
Brisbane Lions
Wayne Evans, Steve Jackson, Roddy Vasquez, Alan Hunter, Alan Niven, Russell Stewart, John Stewart, Ray Junna, Clark Anderson, Jim McDonagh, Calvin Daunt (Joe Cairney 62)
Goals : McDonagh 25, J Stewart 30, R Stewart 44, Cairney 78
Coach : Gordon Arrowsmith
4 - 2 Brunswick Juventus
George Martin, Billy Rogers, John Dowie, Eddie Campbell, Frank Geremia (Paul Drinoczky 46), Robbie Cullen, Richard Miranda, Kevin Lloyd, Andrew Zinni, Joe Sweeney, Gary Ward
Goals : Sweeney 16, 25
Coach : John Margaritis

Australian Conference

Conference Final, loser eliminated, winner into Grand Final
Played (21/10/1984) St George Stadium
Referee : Chris Bambridge, Crowd : 13866
Sydney Olympic
Gary Meier, Martyn Rogers (Marshall Soper 63), Tony Dakos, Mike Coady, Graham Jennings, Gary Phillips, Peter Raskopoulos, Peter Katholos, Jim Patikas, Nick Theodorakopoulos, Mark Koussas (Chris Kalantzis 96)
Goals : Soper 105, Coady 114
Coach : Manfred Schaefer
2aet - 1aet Sydney City
Tony Pezzano, Gerry Gomez, Alex Robertson, Steve O'Connor, Jean-Paul De Marigny (Keith Falconer 76), Paul Kay, Murray Barnes, Joe Watson, Peter Falconer (Graeme Fletcher 66), Grant Lee, John Kosmina
Goal : O'Connor 99
Coach : Eddie Thomson

Preliminary Final, loser eliminated, winner into Conference Final
Played (17/10/1984) St George Stadium
Referee : Gary Power, Crowd : 4930
Sydney Olympic
Gary Meier, Martyn Rogers, Tony Dakos (Alex Lambropoulos 80), Mike Coady, Graham Jennings, Gary Phillips, Peter Raskopoulos, Peter Katholos, Jim Patikas, Nick Theodorakopoulos, Chris Kalantzis
Goals : Raskopoulos 42, Kalantzis 70, Patikas 90
Coach : Manfred Schaefer
3 - 0 APIA Leichhardt
Bob Parks, Vic Bozanic, Arno Bertogna, Mark Pullen, Mark Brown, Ian Gray, Terry Butler (Robert De Ceglie 80), Peter Tredinnick, John Bradley, Kerry Caban, Tony Morsello (Vince Colagiuri 67)
Coach : Fil Bottalico

Major Semi-Final, loser into Preliminary Final, winner into Conference Final
Played (14/10/1984) St George Stadium
Referee : Peter Rampley, Crowd : 11156
Sydney City
Tony Pezzano, Keith Falconer, Gerry Gomez, Steve O'Connor, Jean-Paul De Marigny (Graham Paterson 99), Paul Kay, Joe Watson, Murray Barnes, Grant Lee (Willie Murray 93), John Kosmina, Peter Falconer
Goal : Gomez 21
Coach : Eddie Thomson
1aet - 1aet Sydney Olympic
Gary Meier, Martyn Rogers, Tony Dakos, Mike Coady, Graham Jennings, Peter Raskopoulos, Peter Katholos, Gary Phillips, Nick Theodorakopoulos, Mark Koussas, Chris Kalantzis (Terry Patalis ??)
Goal : Katholos 16
Coach : Manfred Schaefer
Sydney City won 4-2 on penalties, O'Connor (1-0), Phillips (1-1); Kosmina (2-1), Katholos (saved); Murray (3-1), Koussas (3-2); Watson (saved), Coady (saved); Gomez (4-2)

Minor Semi-Final, loser eliminated, winner into Preliminary Final
Played (14/10/1984) St George Stadium
Referee : Tim Davies, Crowd : 11156
APIA Leichhardt
Bob Parks, Vic Bozanic, Arno Bertogna, Mark Pullen, Mark Brown, Terry Butler (Carlo Spina 117), Ian Gray, Peter Tredinnick, John Bradley, Kerry Caban, Tony Genovese (Vince Colagiuri 68)
Goals : Bertogna 74, Colagiuri 96, Bozanic 105pk
Coach : Fil Bottalico
3aet - 3aet Marconi-Fairfield
Bruce James, John Spanos, Tony Henderson, Steve Calderan, Joe Rizzotto (Berti Mariani 83), Craig Mason, Tom McCulloch, Mark Jankovics, David Lowe, Rod Brown, Peter Sharne (Attilio Carbone 70)
Goals : Sharne 20, Brown 117, Jankovics 118
Coach : Les Scheinflug
Marconi lost 3-4 on penalties, Mariani (1-0), Bozanic (saved); Lowe (2-0), Gray (hit bar); McCulloch (saved), Bertogna (2-1); Henderson (saved), Colagiuri (2-2); Jankovics (3-2), Bradley (3-3); Brown (missed), Pullen (3-4)

Qualifying Final, loser into minor Semi-Final, winner into major Semi-Final
Played (10/10/1984) St George Stadium
Referee : Gary Power, Crowd : 5565
Sydney Olympic
Gary Meier, Martyn Rogers, Tony Dakos, Mike Coady, Graham Jennings, Gary Phillips, Peter Raskopoulos, Peter Katholos, Marshall Soper (Mark Koussas 71), Nick Theodorakopoulos, Chris Kalantzis (Alex Lambropoulos 118)
Goals : Phillips 76, Koussas 102
Coach : Manfred Schaefer
2aet - 1aet Marconi-Fairfield
Bruce James, Paul Carter (Attilio Carbone 116), Tony Henderson, Steve Calderan (Berti Mariani 71), John Spanos, Craig Mason, Tom McCulloch, Mark Jankovics, David Lowe, Rod Brown, Peter Sharne
Goal : Lowe 55
Coach : Les Scheinflug

Elimination Final, loser eliminated, winner into minor Semi-Final
Played (10/10/1984) St George Stadium
Referee : Richard Lorenc, Crowd : 5565
APIA Leichhardt
Bob Parks, Vic Bozanic, Arno Bertogna, Mark Pullen, Mark Brown (Jim Ziras 112), Terry Butler, Ian Gray, Peter Tredinnick, John Bradley, Kerry Caban (Tony Genovese 80), Tony Morsello
Goals : Butler 78, Genovese 101, Morsello 109
Coach : Fil Bottalico
3aet - 1aet Blacktown City
Barry Hoare, Robbie Wheatley, Chris Dunleavy, Cliff Pointer, Rod Skellern (John Larkin 100), Stuart Selvage, Martin Bourke, Gary Byrne, Mike McLaughlin, Adam Sandy, Phil O'Connor
Goal : McLaughlin 90
Coach : Casey DeBruin