1985 National Soccer League results
1985 Season Round 18 Results
written by Andrew Howe and John Punshon

Played (7/07/1985) Lambert Park, Sydney
Referee : Peter Rampley, Crowd : 519
APIA Leichhardt
Bob Catlin, Glen Sterrey, Ian Rowden, Berti Mariani, Mark Brown, Tom McCulloch, Jim Hamilton, Tom Steven, Terry Butler, Jim McBride, Tony Morsello
Goal : Steven 42
Coach : Fil Bottalico
1-0 Newcastle
Clint Gosling, Andrew Thompson, Neil Owens, Mike Boogaard, Mark Jones, Ralph Maier, John McQuarrie, Darren Stewart, Joe Senkalski, Derek Todd (Dean Milosevic 71), Simon Brandt
Coach : Willie Gallagher

Played (7/07/1985) Gabbie Stadium, Sydney
Referee : Arthur Owens, Crowd : 625
Blacktown City
Barry Hoare, Rod Skellern, Cliff Pointer, Paul Daley (John Spanos 35), Martin Bourke, Stuart Selvage, Brett Thornthwaite, John Bradley, John Larkin, John McKie, Gary van Egmond (Phil O'Connor 72)
Coach : Casey deBruin
0-3 St George
Terry Greedy, David Skeen, David Ratcliffe, Mike O'Shea, Andrew Koczka, Pedro Ricoy, Vic Bozanic (Steve Green 75), Peter Petkovski (Roy Cotton 59), John O'Shea, Trevor Morgan, Robbie Slater
Goals : Slater 28, 54, Morgan 75pk
Coach : Frank Arok

Played (7/07/1985) Seiffert Oval, Queanbeyan
Referee : Bob Marshall, Crowd : 641
Inter Monaro
Mike Hocking, Harry Williams, Angelo Titilas, Ricky Budini, Mike Tuilawa, Carlo Ambrosino, John Santolin, Bill Willox, Sebastian Giampaolo, John Walsh (Tony Brennan 73), Chris Thamnidis
Goals : Cross 42og, Giampaolo 53, Willox 87
Coach : Frank Maccarone
3-1 Penrith City
Mike Gibson, Peter Brogan, Jeff Ainsworth, Bobby Hebb, Mike Cross, Ian Wotherspoon, Don Campbell, Mike Toohey, Rene Licata (Ian Hunter 46), Randell Easthorpe, Peter Jones
Goal : Campbell 79
Coach : Willie Wallace

Played (7/07/1985) Edensor Park, Sydney
Referee : Richard Lorenc, Crowd : 3500
Sydney Croatia
Steve Watson, Alex Kovacic, Vedran Rozic, Drago Tomasic, David Rezo, Shane Clinch, Wally Savor, Zarko Odzakov, Zeljko Jurin (Emil Dragicevic 85), Graham Arnold, Jim Patikas (John Kero 89)
Goal : Patikas 48
Coach : Vedran Rozic
1-0 Canberra
Tony Franken, John Mihailidis, Jim Harkins, Peter Burke, Steve Bryant, Jason Dunn, Terry Byrne, Tom Sermanni, Ian Gibson, Manis Lamond, Tom English
Coach : Roy Thompson

Played (7/07/1985) Pratten Park, Sydney
Referee : Ken Small, Crowd : 3000
Sydney Olympic
Gary Meier, Martin Rogers, Jim Ziras, Andy Stankovic, Graham Jennings, Stuart Johnston, Peter Raskopoulos, Simon Ogun, Terry Patalis, Marshall Soper (sent off 33), Chris Kalantzis
Coach : Manfred Schaefer
0-1 Sydney City
Tony Pezzano, Ean Rodrigues, Alex Robertson, Gerry Gomez, Jim Cant, Joe Watson, Paul Kay, Murray Barnes, Peter Falconer, Grant Lee, John Kosmina
Goal : Gomez 25
Coach : Eddie Thomson
Match abandoned after 33 minutes due to 100s of 'slightly' disillusioned Olympic supporters invading the pitch and attacking Sydney City players with fists, boots or anything they could lay their hands on. Sydney City were leading 1-0, with this score subsequently allowed to stand by the NSL tribunal.

Played (7/07/1985) Wollongong Showgrounds
Referee : Graham Warne, Crowd : 1100
Wollongong City
Kiri Velkov, David Green, Ray Vlietstra, Peter Willis, Larry Gaffney, Dez Marton, Alex Bundalo, Peter Kotamanidis, Zivko Hristovski (Phil Kerr 80), Bernie Godzik, Pat Brodnik
Goals : Marton 35, Brodnik 43
Coach : Adrian Alston
2-3 Marconi Fairfield
Alex McPherson, Paul Carter, Lee Sterrey, Steve Calderan, Joe Rizzotto, Ian Gray, Craig Mason, Peter Tredinnick, Peter Sharne, David Lowe, Rod Brown
Goals : Lowe 51pk, 58, 80pk
Coach : Les Scheinflug

Played (7/07/1985) Olympic Sports Field, Adelaide
Referee : Barry Harwood, Crowd : 2000
Adelaide City
Steve Niscioli, Adrian Santrac, Bugsy Nyskohus, Neville Flounders, Alex Tobin (Ernie Luongo 16), Sergio Melta, Brian Northcote, Charley Villani, Joe Mullen, Steve Maxwell, Aurelio Vidmar
Goals : Villani 39, Brown 55og
2-1 Brunswick
Yakka Banovic, Peter Lewis, Brian Brown, John Dowie, Eddie Campbell, Paul Wade, Richard Miranda (sent off 82), Mike Petersen, Robbie Cullen, Joe Sweeney, Andrew Zinni
Goal : Sweeney 6
Coach : John Margaritis

Played (7/07/1985) Spencer Park, Brisbane
Referee : Stewart Mellings, Crowd : 666
Brisbane City
Kim Wishart, Frank Mengotti, Billy Wilkinson, Mike Milovanovic, Gary Bromfield, Ray Junna, Frank Pimblett, Bobby Hamilton, Luciano Fabrizio, Alan Reis (Lee Scriggins 70), Peter Carey
Coach : Jim Hermiston
0-0 West Adelaide
Martyn Crook, Mike Genikas, Graham Honeyman, Brenton Hiern, Nick Mousoulis (George Papadopoulos 53), Steve Atsalas, Chris Manou, John Panagis, Theo Stamatelopoulos, Gary Price, Bill Stefanopoulos
Coach : Neil McGeachey

Played (7/07/1985) Schintler Reserve, Melbourne
Referee : Evan Venios, Crowd : 800
Footscray JUST
Dennis Boland, Rade Barjaktarevic, Kyri Kyriakouleas, Don MacLeod, Tom Karic, Ernie Tapai, Vlatko Belic, Luka Bonacic, Branko Buljevic (Bill Lazopoulos 79), Jamie Paton, Zdravko Lujic
Goal : Paton 65
Coach : Rocco Ille
1-2 Brisbane Lions
Wayne Evans, David Hunter, Roddy Vasquez (Steve Jackson 79), Alan Hunter, Alan Niven, Richard Bassingthwaighte, Russell Stewart, John Ogden, Jim McDonagh (Clark Anderson 14), John Stewart, Danny Wright
Goals : Bassingthwaigthe 74, Wright 85
Coach : Gordon Arrowsmith

Played (7/07/1985) Olympic Village, Melbourne
Referee : Don Campbell, Crowd : 3000
Heidelberg
Jeff Olver, Ian McKie, Joe Angele, Charlie Yankos, Steve Marley, John Metaxas, Steve Winn, Steve Tasios, Theo Selemidis, Stuart Stevenson, Peter Tsolakis
Coach : Brian Garvey
0-0 Preston Makedonia
Phil Traianedes, George McMillan, Robbie Dunn, Ian Dobson, Graham Heys, Zoran Ilioski, George Petrov, Con Opasinis, Sean Lane, Gary Cole, Warren Spink
Coach : Bill Murray

Played (7/07/1985) Olympic Park, Melbourne
Referee : Chris Bambridge, Crowd : 1000
Melbourne Croatia
Mirko Runje, Drago Deankovic, Dave McIntosh, Jozo Antolovic, Greg House, Josip Biskic, Victor Cristaldo (Robert Markovac 61), Suleiman Curovic, Steve Gojevic, Gary Ward, Ante Ljubic
0-2 Green Gully
Lou Denys, Andrew Young (Ken Smart 86), Steve McLelland, Stuart Cannell, David Hogben, Tom Cumming, Jim Williams, David Smallman, Claude Lucchesi, Paul Lewis, George Campbell
Goals : Campbell 52, Cumming 66
Coach : Steve Short

Played (7/07/1985) Chaplin Reserve, Melbourne
Referee : Alan Kibbler, Crowd : 3500
Sunshine George Cross
Lou Kastner, Gerry Bennett, Tyrone James, Steve Richardson, Chris Taylor, Jeff Faulkner, Don Maclaren (Mark Lennon 83), Roger Bain, Noel Mitten, Carl Gilder, Ossie Latif
Coach : John Gardiner
0-1 South Melbourne
Peter Laumets, Bobby Russell, Garry McDowall, Steve Blair, Angie Postecoglou, John Kanesoulis, Carl Halford, Oscar Crino, George Kalogeros (Peter Vardaxis 72), Doug Brown, Charlie Egan
Goal : Crino 80
Coach : Len McKendry