1985 National Soccer League results
1985 Season Round 17 Results
written by Andrew Howe and John Punshon

Played (29/06/1985) Adamstown Oval, Newcastle
Referee : Terry Seacy, Crowd : 817
Newcastle
Clint Gosling, Mark Jones, Neville Power, Mike Boogaard, Andrew Thompson, Ralph Maier, John McQuarrie, Joe Senkalski, Darren Stewart, Derek Todd, Simon Brandt
Coach : Willie Gallagher
0-3 Blacktown City
Barry Hoare, Rod Skellern, Paul Daley, Cliff Pointer, Martin Bourke, Brett Thornthwaite, Stuart Selvage, John Bradley, John McKie, John Larkin, Phil O'Connor
Goals : Bradley 69, 89, O'Connor 78 (second Bradley goal also creditd to McKie)
Coach : Casey deBruin

Played (30/06/1985) Spencer Park, Brisbane
Referee : Gordon Nicholson, Crowd : 776
Brisbane City
Kim Wishart, Frank Mengotti, Billy Wilkinson, Mike Milovanovic, Gary Bromfield, Frank Pimblett, Bobby Hamilton, Ray Junna, Peter Carey (Glen Archer 84), Alan Reis (Lee Scriggins 68), Luciano Fabrizio
Goals : Reis 21, Carey 41, Pimblett 72pk
Coach : Jim Hermiston
3-2 Footscray JUST
Dennis Boland, Tom Karic, Don MacLeod, Kyri Kyriakouleas, Rade Barjaktarevic, Ernie Tapai, Vlatko Belic, Luka Bonacic, Jadranko Kodjo (sent off 86), Jamie Paton (Branko Buljevic 77), Zdravko Lujic
Goals : Belic 22, Lujic 55
Coach : Rocco Ille

Played (30/06/1985) Olympic Park No 2, Melbourne
Referee : Jim Fokanios, Crowd : 1100
Brunswick
Yakka Banovic, Peter Lewis, John Dowie, Brian Brown, Eddie Campbell, Paul Wade, Mike Petersen, Richard Miranda, Fab Incantalupo (sent off 42), Robbie Cullen, Joe Sweeney (Andrew Zinni 63)
Goals : Petersen 14, Zinni 75
Coach : John Margaritis
2-1 Brisbane Lions
Wayne Evans, Russell Stewart, Roddy Vasquez, Alan Hunter, David Hunter, Richard Bassingthwaighte, John Stewart, John Ogden (Steve Jackson 77), Danny Wright, Jim McDonagh, Phil Redmond (Clark Anderson 77)
Goal : Ogden 33
Coach : Gordon Arrowsmith

Played (30/06/1985) Green Gully Reserve, Melbourne
Referee : Dennis Voutsianis, Crowd : 1200
Green Gully
Lou Denys, Andrew Young, Steve McLelland, Stuart Cannell, David Hogben, Tom Cumming (Ken Smart 82), David Smallman, Jim Williams, George Campbell, Claude Lucchesi, Paul Lewis
Goal : Campbell 89
Coach : Steve Short
1-1 Heidelberg
Jeff Olver, Ian McKie, Joe Angele, Charlie Yankos, Steve Marley, John Metaxas, George Christopoulos (Steve Winn 46), Steve Tasios, Peter Tsolakis (John Gabrielson 81), Stuart Stevenson, Theo Selemidis
Goal : Tsolakis 20
Coach : Brian Garvey

Played (30/06/1985) Connor Reserve, Melbourne
Referee : Stewart Mellings, Crowd : 2000
Preston Makedonia
Phil Traianedes, George McMillan, Robbie Dunn, Ian Dobson, Con Opasinis, Zoran Ilioski, George Petrov, Gary Cole, Sean Lane, Warren Spink, Steve Smith (Graham Heys 53)
Goals : Ilioski 29, Lane 77
Coach : Bill Murray
2-1 Sunshine George Cross
Lou Kastner, Tyrone James, Steve Richardson, Gerry Bennett, Chris Taylor, Noel Mitten, Jeff Faulkner, Don Maclaren, Mark Lennon, Carl Gilder, Ossie Latif
Goal : Faulkner 9
Coach : John Gardiner

Played (30/06/1985) Middle Park, Melbourne
Referee : Chris Bambridge, Crowd : 2000
South Melbourne
Peter Laumets, Bobby Russell, Garry McDowall, Steve Blair, Angie Postecoglou, Oscar Crino, Carl Halford, Vlado Bozinoski (George Kalogeros 46), Ken Murphy, Doug Brown, Charlie Egan
Goals : Egan 43, Brown 56
Coach : Len McKendry
2-1 Adelaide City
Willie McNally, Sergio Melta, Neville Flounders, Bugsy Nyskohus, Alex Tobin, Joe Mullen, Adrian Santrac, Charley Villani, Steve Maxwell, Fortu Costanzo (Colin Miller 77), Aurelio Vidmar (Ernie Luongo 85)
Goal : Melta 63
Coach : Edmund Kreft

Played (30/06/1985) Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide
Referee : Gary Power, Crowd : 3000
West Adelaide
Martyn Crook, Brenton Hiern, Graham Honeyman, Tim Brown, Nick Mousoulis, Steve Atsalas, Chris Manou, Mike Genikas (Theo Stamatelopoulos 54), John Panagis, Gary Price, Bill Stefanopoulos
Coach : Neil McGeachey
0-3 Melbourne Croatia
Mirko Runje, Tony Curcio, Dave McIntosh, George Hannah, Jozo Antolovic, Jim Campbell, Victor Cristaldo, Josip Biskic, Steve Gojevic, Gary Ward, Ante Ljubic (Greg House 74)
Goals : Ljubic 46, Ward 57, House 79
Coach : Dom Kapetanovic

Played (30/06/1985) Bruce Stadium, Canberra
Referee : Sam Zoumas, Crowd : 3275
Inter Monaro
Mike Hocking, Harry Williams, Angelo Titilas, Ricky Budini, Mike Tuilawa, Carlo Ambrosino, Attilio Carbone, Bill Willox, Chris Thamnidis (Tony Brennan 75), Sebastian Giampaolo, John Walsh
Goal : Walsh 28
Coach : Frank Maccarone
1-1 Sydney Croatia
Steve Watson, Tom Basic, Vedran Rozic, Bruno Vidaic, David Rezo, Zarko Odzakov (Marijan Kovacic 65), Jim Patikas, Wally Savor, Zeljko Jurin, Graham Arnold (Emil Dragicevic 69), Eddie Krncevic
Goal : Savor 7
Coach : Vedran Rozic

Played (30/06/1985) Marconi Stadium, Sydney
Referee : Rob Davies, Crowd : 2135
Marconi Fairfield
Alex McPherson, Paul Carter, Tony Henderson, Lee Sterrey, Joe Rizzotto, Peter Tredinnick, Craig Mason, Ian Gray, Peter Sharne (Mark Jankovics 46 (Steve Calderan 52)), Rod Brown, David Lowe
Goals : Gray 2, 85, Jankovics 52, Tredinnick 55
Coach : Les Scheinflug
0-3 APIA Leichhardt
Bob Catlin, Carlo Spina, Arno Bertogna (Vince Colagiuri 52), Berti Mariani, Mark Brown, Tom McCulloch, Terry Butler, Tom Steven, Kerry Caban (Tony Genovese 69), Jim McBride, Tony Morsello
Coach : Fil Bottalico
Points awarded to APIA Leichhardt because Marconi had fielded an ineligible player, Tony Henderson, who should have been serving a suspension

Played (30/06/1985) Cook Park, Penrith
Referee : Roger Doenau, Crowd : 505
Penrith City
Mike Gibson, Peter Brogan, Jeff Ainsworth, Bobby Hebb, Don Campbell, Mike Cross, Mike Toohey, Randell Easthorpe, Ian Wotherspoon, Peter Jones, Rene Licata
Goal : Jones 13
Coach : Willie Wallace
1-2 Sydney City
Tony Pezzano, Jim Cant (Ean Rodrigues ??), Steve O'Connor (sent off 87), Alex Robertson, Jean Paul De Marigny, Murray Barnes, Gerry Gomez, Peter Falconer (Paul Kay ??), Joe Watson, John Kosmina, Grant Lee
Goals : Lee 2, Gomez 57
Coach : Eddie Thomson

Played (30/06/1985) St George Stadium, Sydney
Referee : Bill Monteverde, Crowd : 500
St George
Terry Greedy, David Skeen, David Ratcliffe, Mike O'Shea, Andrew Koczka, John O'Shea, Peter Stone (Robbie Slater 62), Pedro Ricoy, Peter Petkovski, Trevor Morgan, Roy Cotton
Goal : Ratcliffe 42
Coach : Frank Arok
1-1 Canberra
Tony Franken, John Mihailidis, Jim Harkins, Peter Burke, Steve Bryant, Tom Sermanni, Terry Byrne, Jason Dunn, Ian Gibson, Manis Lamond, Tom English
Goal : Dunn 27
Coach : Roy Thompson

Played (30/06/1985) Pratten Park, Sydney
Referee : Tim Davies, Crowd : 3489
Sydney Olympic
Gary Meier, Martin Rogers, Alex Lambropoulos (Jim Ziras 70), Andy Stankovic, Graham Jennings, Stuart Johnston, Peter Raskopoulos, Arthur Svinos (Chris Polias 65), Marshall Soper, Terry Patalis, Chris Kalantzis
Goal : Polias 87
Coach : Manfred Schaefer
1-0 Wollongong City
Kiri Velkov, David Green, Ray Vlietstra, Peter Willis, Larry Gaffney, Dez Marton, Alex Bundalo, Scott Dickson, Zivko Hristovski, Bernie Godzik, Pat Brodnik (Peter Kotamanidis 79)
Coach : Adrian Alston