1983 Ampol Cup - Results

1983 Ampol Cup Results

written by John Punshon
Source: Soccer Action

The Ampol Cup included Melbourne's four NSL clubs plus the top four State League clubs of 1982.
The top two teams from each section advanced to the semi-finals.

Home Team v Away Team

Section A

Saturday, January 29, 1983. Olympic Park, Melbourne. Att: 12,000 (est). Referee: Creamer.
Morwell Falcons
Billy Whiteside, Grant Smart, John Higham, Sandy Irvine, Dave O'Neil, Harry Bingham, Eric Young, John O'Callaghan, Noel Mitten, Bobby McGuinness, Richie McClunie. Coach: Tony Boggi.
Goal: McGuinness 52 1 - 0 Melbourne Croatia
Rob McRae, Tony Curcio, Shaun Parton, Keith Adams, Ante Bilaver, Josip Biskic (Steve Gojevic 59), Jozo Antolovic, Jeff Faulkner, Tommy Cumming, David Brogan, Ossie Latif (Drago Deankovic 59). Coach: John Gardiner.

Saturday, January 29, 1983. Olympic Park, Melbourne. Att: 12,000 (est). Referee: Chris Bambridge.
Heidelberg United
Jeff Olver, John Spanos, Arthur McMillan, Charlie Yankos, Joe Angele, Jim Tansey, Theo Selemidis, Kenny Taylor, Juan Toro (Jamie Paton 52), Jimmy Campbell, Gary Cole. Coach: Ken Morton.
Goal: Selemidis 15 1 - 1 South Melbourne
Peter Laumets, Bobby Russell, Arthur Xanthopoulos, Steve Blair, Alan Davidson, Carl Halford, Ken Murphy, George Campbell (Socrates Nicolaides 65), Alun Evans (Steve Wooddin 42), Charlie Egan, Branko Buljevic. Coach: Rale Rasic.
Goal: Wooddin 69

Friday, February 4, 1983. Olympic Park, Melbourne. Att: 10,000 (est). Referee: Stewart Mellings.
Heidelberg United
Jeff Olver, Arthur McMillan, John Yzendoorn, Charlie Yankos, Jim Tansey, Theo Selemidis, John Spanos, Jimmy Campbell, Mike Valentine, Jamie Paton, Gary Cole. Coach: Ken Morton.
Goals: Selemidis 28, Paton 40 2 - 0 Morwell Falcons
Billy Whiteside, Brian Darby, Sandy Irvine, John Higham, Jim Train, Harry Bingham (Tony van Baar 47), Jim MacLean, Eric Young, John O'Callaghan (Richie McClunie 47), Bobby McGuinness, Noel Mitten. Coach: Tony Boggi.

Friday, February 4, 1983. Olympic Park, Melbourne. Att: 10,000 (est). Referee: Evan Venios.
Melbourne Croatia
Rob McRae, Tony Curcio, Shaun Parton, Keith Adams, Ante Bilaver, Jeff Faulkner, Jozo Antolovic, Josip Biskic (Steve Gojevic 60), Tommy Cumming, David Brogan, Ossie Latif. Coach: John Gardiner.
Goals: Latif 50, Faulkner 69 2 - 2 South Melbourne
Peter Laumets, Bobby Russell, Steve Blair, Arthur Xanthopoulos, Socrates Nicolaides, Alan Davidson, Carl Halford, Charlie Egan, Alun Evans (John Stevenson 49), Steve Wooddin, George Campbell (Branko Buljevic 49). Coach: Rale Rasic.
Goals: Egan 35, Buljevic 55

Saturday, February 12, 1983. Olympic Park, Melbourne. Att: 6,500. Referee: Marek Momont.
South Melbourne
Peter Laumets, Carl Halford, Arthur Xanthopoulos, George Hannah, Socrates Nicolaides, Oscar Crino, Ken Murphy, George Campbell, Steve Wooddin, Charlie Egan, Branko Buljevic. Coach: Rale Rasic.
Goals: Halford 29, Murphy 37 2 - 2 Morwell Falcons
Billy Whiteside, Brian Darby, Sandy Irvine, John Higham, Jim Train, Harry Bingham, Jim MacLean, Eric Young, John O'Callaghan, Noel Mitten, Richie McClunie (Jack van Baar 10', Gavin Paine 44). Coach: Tony Boggi.
Goals: McClunie 10, Bingham 63

Saturday, February 12, 1983. Olympic Park, Melbourne. Att: 6,500. Referee: Bernie Upjohn.
Heidelberg United
Jeff Olver, Arthur McMillan, John Yzendoorn (sent off 52), Charlie Yankos, Jim Tansey, Theo Selemidis, John Spanos, Jimmy Campbell (Kenny Taylor 69), Mike Valentine, Gary Cole, Jamie Paton (Juan Toro 57). Coach: Ken Morton.
Goal: Toro 81 1 - 0 Melbourne Croatia
Rob McRae, Tony Curcio, Keith Adams, Shaun Parton, Ante Bilaver, Josip Biskic, Jozo Antolovic, Jeff Faulkner, Tommy Cumming, Ossie Latif (Dennis Morovic 61), David Brogan. Coach: John Gardiner.

Section B

Friday, January 28, 1983. Olympic Park, Melbourne. Att: 6,000 (est). Referee: Lou Hemmes.
Brunswick Juventus
Alex Fantoma, Vince Bannon, Pat Bannon, Peter Donaldson, Harry Hird, Billy Rogers, Jim Nelson, Kevin Swinscoe, Graham French, Kevin Lloyd, Tony Heery (Ged Bannon 55'). Coach: John Margaritis. 0 - 0 Green Gully
Lou Denys, Peter Lewis, Stuart Cannell. Ron Kremers, David Hogben, Willie Vassallo, David Smallman, Peter Boyle, Jim Williams, Bobby Toal, Paul Lewis. Coach: Len McKendry.

Friday, January 28, 1983. Olympic Park, Melbourne. Att: 6,000 (est). Referee: Evan Venios.
Footscray JUST
Dennis Boland, Slobodan Stojcevski, Jim Kondarios, Jim O'Reilly, Igor Hazabent, Zoran Ilioski, Vlatko Belic, Graham Tutill, Paul Simic (Mendo Ristovski 53), Gus MacLeod, Zdravko Lujic. Coach: Bobby McLachlan. 0 - 0 Preston Makedonia
Richard Wilson, Con Opasinis, George Todorovski (John Little 50', Peter Ollerton 65), David Jones, Ljube Petrovski, Alan Whittle, Gordon Flavell, Caude Lucchesi (Isaac Farrell 50), Doug Brown, George McMillan, Gary Ward. Coach: Peter Ollerton.

Wednesday, February 2, 1983. Olympic Park, Melbourne. Att: 4,000 (est). Referee: Jim Fokianos.
Footscray JUST
Dennis Boland, Slobodan Stojcevski, Jim O'Reilly, Jim Kondarios, Igor Hazabent, Slobodan Jovanovic, Zoran Ilioski, Vlatko Belic, Paul Simic (Graham Tutill 60), Gus MacLeod, Zdravko Lujic (Bruno Cozzella 31). Coach: Bobby McLachlan.
Goals: MacLeod 10, Tutill 15, Lujic 28, Kondarios 49 4 - 1 Brunswick Juventus
Alex Fantoma (Gary Clayton 46), Vince Bannon (Romano 44), Pat Bannon, Peter Donaldson, Harry Hird, Ged Bannon, Billy Rogers, Kevin Swinscoe (Andrew Zinni 46), Kevin Lloyd, Graham French, Jim Nelson. Coach: John Margaritis.
Goal: G Bannon 22

Wednesday, February 2, 1983. Olympic Park, Melbourne. Att: 4,000 (est). Referee: Jim Brennan.
Preston Makedonia
Richard Wilson, Con Opasinis, George Todorovski, David Jones, Ljube Petrovski, Alan Whittle, Gordon Flavell (Isaac Farrell 46), George McMillan, Caude Lucchesi, Gary Ward, Doug Brown. Coach: Peter Ollerton.
Goals: Brown 60, Ward 62 2 - 2 Green Gully
Lou Denys, Peter Lewis, Stuart Cannell. Steve Short, David Hogben, Peter Boyle, Willie Vassallo, David Smallman, Jim Williams, Bobby Toal, Paul Lewis. Coach: Len McKendry.
Goals: Paul Lewis 53, 55

Friday, February 11, 1983. Olympic Park, Melbourne. Att: 4,000 (est). Referee: Dennis Voutsinas.
Preston Makedonia
Richard Wilson, Gordon Flavell, George Todorovski, David Jones, Ljube Petrovski, Alan Whittle (Con Opasinis 54), Zarko Odzakov, Caude Lucchesi (George McMillan 50), Isaac Farrell, Gary Ward, Doug Brown. Coach: Peter Ollerton.
Goal: Petrovski 9 1 - 1 Brunswick Juventus
Gary Clayton, Vince Bannon, Pat Bannon, Paul Drinoczky, Harry Hird, Jim Nelson (Tony Heery 46), Billy Rogers, Kevin Swinscoe, Kevin Lloyd (Fab Incantalupo 46), Graham French, Andrew Zinni. Coach: John Margaritis.
Goal: Zinni 60

Friday, February 11, 1983. Olympic Park, Melbourne. Att: 4,000 (est). Referee: Jim Fearn.
Footscray JUST
Dennis Boland, Slobodan Stojcevski, Jim Kondarios, Jim O'Reilly, Igor Hazabent, Suleiman Curovic, Zoran Ilioski, Graham Tutill, Mendo Ristovski, Gus MacLeod, Bruno Cozzella. Coach: Bobby McLachlan. 0 - 1 Green Gully
Lou Denys, Peter Lewis, Stuart Cannell. Steve Short, David Hogben, Peter Boyle (Kit Greechan 46), Willie Vassallo, David Smallman, Jim Williams, Bobby Toal, Paul Lewis. Coach: Len McKendry.
Goals: Paul Lewis 24

Semi-Finals

Friday, February 18, 1983. Olympic Park, Melbourne. Att: 8,000 (est). Referee: Jim Fearn.
Green Gully
Lou Denys, Peter Lewis, Stuart Cannell. Steve Short, David Hogben, Willie Vassallo, David Smallman (Kit Greechan 46), Peter Boyle, Jim Williams, Bobby Toal, Paul Lewis. Coach: Len McKendry.
Goals: Smallman 39pk, Toal 83 2 - 0 South Melbourne
Peter Laumets, Bobby Russell (Branko Buljevic 52), George Hannah (John Stevenson 70), Arthur Xanthopoulos, Socrates Nicolaides, Carl Halford, Oscar Crino, Ken Murphy, Alun Evans, Charlie Egan, Steve Wooddin. Coach: Rale Rasic.

Friday, February 18, 1983. Olympic Park, Melbourne. Att: 8,000 (est). Referee: Dennis Voutsinas.
Heidelberg United
Jeff Olver, Arthur McMillan, Don MacLeod, Charlie Yankos, Jim Tansey, Theo Selemidis, Juan Toro, John Spanos, Jimmy Campbell, Gary Cole (Jamie Paton 80), Mike Valentine. Coach: Ken Morton.
Goals: Campbell 41, Selemidis 86 2 - 1 Footscray JUST
Dennis Boland, Slobodan Stojcevski, Jim O'Reilly, Jim Kondarios, Igor Hazabent, Slobodan Jovanovic, Zoran Ilioski, Graham Tutill (Mendo Ristovski 55), Paul Simic, Gus MacLeod, Zdravko Lujic. Coach: Bobby McLachlan.
Goal: Stojcevski 70

1983 Ampol Cup Final

Friday, February 18, 1983. Olympic Park, Melbourne. Att: 12,000 (est). Referee: Chris Bambridge.
Green Gully
Lou Denys, Peter Lewis, Stuart Cannell. Steve Short, David Hogben, Willie Vassallo, David Smallman, Peter Boyle (Kit Greechan 83), Jim Williams, Bobby Toal, Paul Lewis. Coach: Len McKendry.
Goals: Paul Lewis 26, Boyle 61, Smallman 71, 78, Williams 90 5 - 0 Heidelberg United
Jeff Olver, Arthur McMillan, Jophn Yzendoorn, Don MacLeod, Charlie Yankos, Jim Tansey, Theo Selemidis, Jimmy Campbell (Mike Petersen 16), John Spanos, Mike Valentine, Gary Cole (Jamie Paton 67, sent off 75), Derek Lea. Coach: Ken Morton.


Home Team		v		Away Team
Section A
Saturday, January 29, 1983. Olympic Park, Melbourne. Att: 12,000 (est). Referee: Creamer.
Morwell Falcons Billy Whiteside, Grant Smart, John Higham, Sandy Irvine, Dave O'Neil, Harry Bingham, Eric Young, John O'Callaghan, Noel Mitten, Bobby McGuinness, Richie McClunie. Coach: Tony Boggi. Goal: McGuinness 52	1	-	0	Melbourne Croatia Rob McRae, Tony Curcio, Shaun Parton, Keith Adams, Ante Bilaver, Josip Biskic (Steve Gojevic 59), Jozo Antolovic, Jeff Faulkner, Tommy Cumming, David Brogan, Ossie Latif (Drago Deankovic 59). Coach: John Gardiner.
Saturday, January 29, 1983. Olympic Park, Melbourne. Att: 12,000 (est). Referee: Chris Bambridge.
Heidelberg United Jeff Olver, John Spanos, Arthur McMillan, Charlie Yankos, Joe Angele, Jim Tansey, Theo Selemidis, Kenny Taylor, Juan Toro (Jamie Paton 52), Jimmy Campbell, Gary Cole. Coach: Ken Morton. Goal: Selemidis 15	1	-	1	South Melbourne Peter Laumets, Bobby Russell, Arthur Xanthopoulos, Steve Blair, Alan Davidson, Carl Halford, Ken Murphy, George Campbell (Socrates Nicolaides 65), Alun Evans (Steve Wooddin 42), Charlie Egan, Branko Buljevic. Coach: Rale Rasic. Goal: Wooddin 69
Friday, February 4, 1983. Olympic Park, Melbourne. Att: 10,000 (est). Referee: Stewart Mellings.
Heidelberg United Jeff Olver, Arthur McMillan, John Yzendoorn, Charlie Yankos, Jim Tansey, Theo Selemidis, John Spanos, Jimmy Campbell, Mike Valentine, Jamie Paton, Gary Cole. Coach: Ken Morton. Goals: Selemidis 28, Paton 40	2	-	0	Morwell Falcons Billy Whiteside, Brian Darby, Sandy Irvine, John Higham, Jim Train, Harry Bingham (Tony van Baar 47), Jim MacLean, Eric Young, John O'Callaghan (Richie McClunie 47), Bobby McGuinness, Noel Mitten. Coach: Tony Boggi.
Friday, February 4, 1983. Olympic Park, Melbourne. Att: 10,000 (est). Referee: Evan Venios.
Melbourne Croatia Rob McRae, Tony Curcio, Shaun Parton, Keith Adams, Ante Bilaver, Jeff Faulkner, Jozo Antolovic, Josip Biskic (Steve Gojevic 60), Tommy Cumming, David Brogan, Ossie Latif. Coach: John Gardiner. Goals: Latif 50, Faulkner 69	2	-	2	South Melbourne Peter Laumets, Bobby Russell, Steve Blair, Arthur Xanthopoulos, Socrates Nicolaides, Alan Davidson, Carl Halford, Charlie Egan, Alun Evans (John Stevenson 49), Steve Wooddin, George Campbell (Branko Buljevic 49). Coach: Rale Rasic. Goals: Egan 35, Buljevic 55
Saturday, February 12, 1983. Olympic Park, Melbourne. Att: 6,500. Referee: Marek Momont.
South Melbourne Peter Laumets, Carl Halford, Arthur Xanthopoulos, George Hannah, Socrates Nicolaides, Oscar Crino, Ken Murphy, George Campbell, Steve Wooddin, Charlie Egan, Branko Buljevic. Coach: Rale Rasic. Goals: Halford 29, Murphy 37	2	-	2	Morwell Falcons Billy Whiteside, Brian Darby, Sandy Irvine, John Higham, Jim Train, Harry Bingham, Jim MacLean, Eric Young, John O'Callaghan, Noel Mitten, Richie McClunie (Jack van Baar 10', Gavin Paine 44). Coach: Tony Boggi. Goals: McClunie 10, Bingham 63
Saturday, February 12, 1983. Olympic Park, Melbourne. Att: 6,500. Referee: Bernie Upjohn.
Heidelberg United Jeff Olver, Arthur McMillan, John Yzendoorn (sent off 52), Charlie Yankos, Jim Tansey, Theo Selemidis, John Spanos, Jimmy Campbell (Kenny Taylor 69), Mike Valentine, Gary Cole, Jamie Paton (Juan Toro 57). Coach: Ken Morton. Goal: Toro 81	1	-	0	Melbourne Croatia Rob McRae, Tony Curcio, Keith Adams, Shaun Parton, Ante Bilaver, Josip Biskic, Jozo Antolovic, Jeff Faulkner, Tommy Cumming, Ossie Latif (Dennis Morovic 61), David Brogan. Coach: John Gardiner.
Section B
Friday, January 28, 1983. Olympic Park, Melbourne. Att: 6,000 (est). Referee: Lou Hemmes.
Brunswick Juventus Alex Fantoma, Vince Bannon, Pat Bannon, Peter Donaldson, Harry Hird, Billy Rogers, Jim Nelson, Kevin Swinscoe, Graham French, Kevin Lloyd, Tony Heery (Ged Bannon 55'). Coach: John Margaritis.	0	-	0	Green Gully Lou Denys, Peter Lewis, Stuart Cannell. Ron Kremers, David Hogben, Willie Vassallo, David Smallman, Peter Boyle, Jim Williams, Bobby Toal, Paul Lewis. Coach: Len McKendry.
Friday, January 28, 1983. Olympic Park, Melbourne. Att: 6,000 (est). Referee: Evan Venios.
Footscray JUST Dennis Boland, Slobodan Stojcevski, Jim Kondarios, Jim O'Reilly, Igor Hazabent, Zoran Ilioski, Vlatko Belic, Graham Tutill, Paul Simic (Mendo Ristovski 53), Gus MacLeod, Zdravko Lujic. Coach: Bobby McLachlan.	0	-	0	Preston Makedonia Richard Wilson, Con Opasinis, George Todorovski (John Little 50', Peter Ollerton 65), David Jones, Ljube Petrovski, Alan Whittle, Gordon Flavell, Caude Lucchesi (Isaac Farrell 50), Doug Brown, George McMillan, Gary Ward. Coach: Peter Ollerton.
Wednesday, February 2, 1983. Olympic Park, Melbourne. Att: 4,000 (est). Referee: Jim Fokianos.
Footscray JUST Dennis Boland, Slobodan Stojcevski, Jim O'Reilly, Jim Kondarios, Igor Hazabent, Slobodan Jovanovic, Zoran Ilioski, Vlatko Belic, Paul Simic (Graham Tutill 60), Gus MacLeod, Zdravko Lujic (Bruno Cozzella 31). Coach: Bobby McLachlan. Goals: MacLeod 10, Tutill 15, Lujic 28, Kondarios 49	4	-	1	Brunswick Juventus Alex Fantoma (Gary Clayton 46), Vince Bannon (Romano 44), Pat Bannon, Peter Donaldson, Harry Hird, Ged Bannon, Billy Rogers, Kevin Swinscoe (Andrew Zinni 46), Kevin Lloyd, Graham French, Jim Nelson. Coach: John Margaritis. Goal: G Bannon 22
Wednesday, February 2, 1983. Olympic Park, Melbourne. Att: 4,000 (est). Referee: Jim Brennan.
Preston Makedonia Richard Wilson, Con Opasinis, George Todorovski, David Jones, Ljube Petrovski, Alan Whittle, Gordon Flavell (Isaac Farrell 46), George McMillan, Caude Lucchesi, Gary Ward, Doug Brown. Coach: Peter Ollerton. Goals: Brown 60, Ward 62	2	-	2	Green Gully Lou Denys, Peter Lewis, Stuart Cannell. Steve Short, David Hogben, Peter Boyle, Willie Vassallo, David Smallman, Jim Williams, Bobby Toal, Paul Lewis. Coach: Len McKendry. Goals: Paul Lewis 53, 55
Friday, February 11, 1983. Olympic Park, Melbourne. Att: 4,000 (est). Referee: Dennis Voutsinas.
Preston Makedonia Richard Wilson, Gordon Flavell, George Todorovski, David Jones, Ljube Petrovski, Alan Whittle (Con Opasinis 54), Zarko Odzakov, Caude Lucchesi (George McMillan 50), Isaac Farrell, Gary Ward, Doug Brown. Coach: Peter Ollerton. Goal: Petrovski 9	1	-	1	Brunswick Juventus Gary Clayton, Vince Bannon, Pat Bannon, Paul Drinoczky, Harry Hird, Jim Nelson (Tony Heery 46), Billy Rogers, Kevin Swinscoe, Kevin Lloyd (Fab Incantalupo 46), Graham French, Andrew Zinni. Coach: John Margaritis. Goal: Zinni 60
Friday, February 11, 1983. Olympic Park, Melbourne. Att: 4,000 (est). Referee: Jim Fearn.
Footscray JUST Dennis Boland, Slobodan Stojcevski, Jim Kondarios, Jim O'Reilly, Igor Hazabent, Suleiman Curovic, Zoran Ilioski, Graham Tutill, Mendo Ristovski, Gus MacLeod, Bruno Cozzella. Coach: Bobby McLachlan.	0	-	1	Green Gully Lou Denys, Peter Lewis, Stuart Cannell. Steve Short, David Hogben, Peter Boyle (Kit Greechan 46), Willie Vassallo, David Smallman, Jim Williams, Bobby Toal, Paul Lewis. Coach: Len McKendry. Goals: Paul Lewis 24
Semi-Finals
Friday, February 18, 1983. Olympic Park, Melbourne. Att: 8,000 (est). Referee: Jim Fearn.
Green Gully Lou Denys, Peter Lewis, Stuart Cannell. Steve Short, David Hogben, Willie Vassallo, David Smallman (Kit Greechan 46), Peter Boyle, Jim Williams, Bobby Toal, Paul Lewis. Coach: Len McKendry. Goals: Smallman 39pk, Toal 83	2	-	0	South Melbourne Peter Laumets, Bobby Russell (Branko Buljevic 52), George Hannah (John Stevenson 70), Arthur Xanthopoulos, Socrates Nicolaides, Carl Halford, Oscar Crino, Ken Murphy, Alun Evans, Charlie Egan, Steve Wooddin. Coach: Rale Rasic.
Friday, February 18, 1983. Olympic Park, Melbourne. Att: 8,000 (est). Referee: Dennis Voutsinas.
Heidelberg United Jeff Olver, Arthur McMillan, Don MacLeod, Charlie Yankos, Jim Tansey, Theo Selemidis, Juan Toro, John Spanos, Jimmy Campbell, Gary Cole (Jamie Paton 80), Mike Valentine. Coach: Ken Morton. Goals: Campbell 41, Selemidis 86	2	-	1	Footscray JUST Dennis Boland, Slobodan Stojcevski, Jim O'Reilly, Jim Kondarios, Igor Hazabent, Slobodan Jovanovic, Zoran Ilioski, Graham Tutill (Mendo Ristovski 55), Paul Simic, Gus MacLeod, Zdravko Lujic. Coach: Bobby McLachlan. Goal: Stojcevski 70
1983 Ampol Cup Final
Friday, February 18, 1983. Olympic Park, Melbourne. Att: 12,000 (est). Referee: Chris Bambridge.
Green Gully Lou Denys, Peter Lewis, Stuart Cannell. Steve Short, David Hogben, Willie Vassallo, David Smallman, Peter Boyle (Kit Greechan 83), Jim Williams, Bobby Toal, Paul Lewis. Coach: Len McKendry. Goals: Paul Lewis 26, Boyle 61, Smallman 71, 78, Williams 90	5	-	0	Heidelberg United Jeff Olver, Arthur McMillan, Jophn Yzendoorn, Don MacLeod, Charlie Yankos, Jim Tansey, Theo Selemidis, Jimmy Campbell (Mike Petersen 16), John Spanos, Mike Valentine, Gary Cole (Jamie Paton 67, sent off 75), Derek Lea. Coach: Ken Morton.