| 1984 Buffalo Gold Cup Results |
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written by John Punshon
Source: Soccer Action
The Buffalo Gold Cup was a pre-season competition, sponored by Buffalo Sports, which involved Melbourne's four NSL clubs and the top four clubs from the 1983 State League
| Home Team | v | Away Team | ||
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| SECTION A | ||||
| Round One | ||||
| Saturday, January 28, 1984. Olympic Park, Melbourne. Att: 3,000 (dh). Referee: Chris Bambridge. | ||||
| South Melbourne Peter Laumets, Bobby Russell, John Yzendoorn, Steve Blair, Kris Kalifatidis, John Kanesoulis, Carl Halford, Oscar Crino, Ken Murphy, Chris Bekiaris (Jim Kalambokis 46), Doug Brown. Coach: Len McKendry. Goal: Murphy 44 |
1 | - | 0 | Green Gully Lou Denys, Peter Lewis, Stuart Cannell, Steve Short, David Hogben, Fab Mancinelli, Willie Vassallo, Peter Boyle, Jim Williams, Danny Beranic (Ron Kremers 18), David Smallman. Coach: Jimmy Rooney. |
| Saturday, January 28, 1984. Olympic Park, Melbourne. Att: 4,500 (dh). Referee: John Stojkovic. | ||||
| Croydon City Mick Edwards, Loy Saisi, Dave Singleton, Eddie Ormond, Steve Marley, Andy Allan, Mark Brown, Tkachuk, Lucio Saisi, Cubitt (Mike Rainey 26), Ian Loughnane. Coach: Colin Hasler. |
0 | - | 0 | Footscray Just Dennis Boland, Slobodan Stojcevski, Garry McDowall, Jim Davis, Graham Tutill, Suleiman Curovic, Vlatko Belic, Brian O'Donnell, Jamie Paton, Joe Carroll, Zdravko Lujic. Coach: Bobby McLachlan. |
| Round Two | ||||
| Friday, February 3, 1984. Olympic Park, Melbourne. Att: 3,500 (dh). Referee: Jim Dale. | ||||
| Green Gully Lou Denys, Peter Lewis, Steve Short, Stuart Cannell, David Hogben, Ron Kremers, Willie Vassallo, Peter Boyle, Fab Mancinelli, David Smallman, Jim Williams. Coach: Jimmy Rooney. |
0 | - | 0 | Croydon City Mick Edwards, Mike Rainey, Dave Singleton, Eddie Ormond, Steve Marley, Loy Saisi, Tkachuk, Mark Brown, Lucio Saisi, Peter Killey, Ian Loughnane. Coach: Colin Hasler. |
| Friday, February 3, 1984. Olympic Park, Melbourne. Att: 3,500 (dh). Referee: Jim Fearn. | ||||
| Footscray Just Dennis Boland, Slobodan Stojcevski, Garry McDowall (sent off 30), Graham Tutill, Igor Hazabent, Suleiman Curovic, Vlatko Belic, Brian O'Donnell, Joe Carroll, Jamie Paton, Paul Simic (Clayworth 58). Coach: Bobby McLachlan. |
0 | - | 1 | South Melbourne Peter Laumets, Bobby Russell, John Yzendoorn, Steve Blair, Kris Kalifatidis, John Kanesoulis, Carl Halford, Oscar Crino, Ken Murphy, Steve Wooddin (Charlie Egan 50), Doug Brown. Coach: Len McKendry. Goal: Yzendoorn 38 |
| Round Three | ||||
| Saturday, February 11, 1984. Olympic Park, Melbourne. Att: 3,000 (dh). Referee: Peter Spiers. | ||||
| Croydon City Lou Kastner, Mike Rainey, Dave Singleton, Eddie Ormond, Steve Marley, Mark Brown, Tkachuk, Lucio Saisi (Gary Bates 60), Ian Loughnane, Graham French, Peter Killey. Coach: Colin Hasler. |
0 | - | 2 | South Melbourne Peter Laumets, Bobby Russell, Steve Blair, John Yzendoorn, Kris Kalifatidis, John Kanesoulis, Carl Halford, Oscar Crino, Steve Wooddin, Doug Brown, Charlie Egan. Coach: Len McKendry. Goals: Brown 59, French 69og |
| Saturday, February 11, 1984. Olympic Park, Melbourne. Att: 3,000 (dh). Referee: Sam Zoumas. | ||||
| Footscray Just Lou Tsigaris, Slobodan Stojcevski, Jim Davis, Igor Hazabent, Suleiman Curovic, Vlatko Belic, Clayworth, Brian O'Donnell, Joe Carroll, Jamie Paton, Graham Tutill. Coach: Bobby McLachlan. Goals: Paton 9pk, 52 |
2 | - | 2 | Green Gully Lou Denys, David Krizanic (Paul Beranic 29), Stuart Cannell, Ron Kremers, David Hogben, Fab Mancinelli, Willie Vassallo, Peter Boyle, Jim Williams, Ken Smart, David Smallman. Coach: Jimmy Rooney. Goals: Smallman 70, Kremers 71 |
| Playoff for Second Place in Section A | ||||
| Wednesday, February 15, 1984. Olympic Park, Melbourne. Att: 500. Referee: John Fraser. | ||||
| Footscray Just Lou Tsigaris, Jim Davis, Slobodan Stojcevski, Igor Hazabent, Suleiman Curovic, Garry McDowall, Clayworth (Petrov 46), Brian O'Donnell, Joe Carroll, Vlatko Belic, Graham Tutill. Coach: Bobby McLachlan. Goal: O'Donnell 2 |
1 | - | 0 | Green Gully Lou Denys, Paul Beranic, Stuart Cannell, Ron Kremers, David Hogben, Fab Mancinelli (Bobby Toal 48), Willie Vassallo, Peter Boyle, Jim Williams, Ken Smart, David Smallman. Coach: Jimmy Rooney. |
| SECTION B | ||||
| Round One | ||||
| Friday, January 21, 1984. Olympic Park, Melbourne. Att: 6,500 (dh). Referee: Sam Zoumas. | ||||
| Melbourne Croatia Peter Blasby, Tony Curcio (Drago Deankovic 65), Keith Adams, Shaun Parton, George Hannah, Joe Biskic (Ossie Latif 60), Jozo Antolovic, Jeff Faulkner, Steve Gojevic, Tommy Cumming, David Brogan. Coach: Terry Hennessey. Goals: Brogan 4, Cumming 34, Parton 41 |
3 | - | 0 | Preston Makedonia Richard Wilson, Peter Ollerton, Jim Balevski, Con Opasinis, George McMillan, Ljube Petrovski, Zoran Ilioski, Zarko Odzakov (Christou 61), George Campbell, Graham Heys, Alex Livingstone. Coach: Peter Ollerton. |
| Friday, January 21, 1984. Olympic Park, Melbourne. Att: 6,500 (dh). Referee: Evan Venios. | ||||
| Heidelberg United Spiro Kardamitsis, Ian McKie, Joe Angele, John Gabrielson, John Spanos, Theo Selemidis, Igy Amanatidis (Marcelo Salvo 42), Mike Valentine, Paul Tzintzis (Robert Krajacic 66), John Metaxas (Theo Vagias 56), Scott Patterson. Coach: Brian Garvey. Goal: Tzintzis 56 |
1 | - | 1 | Brunswick Juventus Sean Keogh, Vince Bannon, Pat Bannon, Richard Miranda, Harry Hird, Robbie Cullen, Kevin Lloyd (Kevin Swinscoe 62), Fab Incantalupo, Joe Sweeney, Gary Ward, Andrew Zinni. Coach: John Margaritis. Goal: Miranda 33 |
| Round Two | ||||
| Saturday, February 4, 1984. Olympic Park, Melbourne. Att: 7,000 (dh). Referee: John Fraser. | ||||
| Heidelberg United Spiro Kardamitsis, Ian McKie, John Gabrielson, Joe Angele, John Spanos, Theo Selemidis, Marcelo Salvo, Mike Valentine, Theo Vagias. Paul Tzintzis (Robert Krajacic 65), Scott Patterson. Coach: Brian Garvey. |
0 | - | 0 | Preston Makedonia Steve Potter, Ljube Petrovski, Ian Dobson, Zoran Ilioski, Con Opasinis, Graham Heys, Gordon Flavell, Zarko Odzakov, George Campbell, George McMillan, Peter Ollerton. Coach: Peter Ollerton. |
| Saturday, February 4, 1984. Olympic Park, Melbourne. Att: 7,500 (dh). Referee: Jim Fokianos. | ||||
| Melbourne Croatia Peter Blasby, Tony Curcio, Shaun Parton, Keith Adams, George Hannah, Joe Biskic (Ossie Latif 61), Jeff Faulkner, Jozo Antolovic, Steve Gojevic, David Brogan, Tommy Cumming. Coach: Terry Hennessey. Goal: Parton 47 |
1 | - | 1 | Brunswick Juventus Sean Keogh, Vince Bannon (Frank Geremia 61),Kevin Swinscoe (Gary Ward 49), Pat Bannon, Harry Hird, John Dowie, Fab Incantalupo, Robbie Cullen, Andrew Zinni, Joe Sweeney, Kevin Lloyd. Coach: John Margaritis. Goal: Zinni 51 |
| Round Three | ||||
| Friday, February 10, 1984. Olympic Park, Melbourne. Att: 5,000 (dh). Referee: Bernie Upjohn. | ||||
| Brunswick Juventus Sean Keogh, Richard Miranda, Pat Bannon, Billy Rogers, Harry Hird, Robbie Cullen, John Dowie, Fab Incantalupo (Kevin Lloyd 49), Joe Sweeney, Gary Ward, Andrew Zinni. Coach: John Margaritis. |
0 | - | 3 | Preston Makedonia Steve Potter, Con Opasinis, Ian Dobson, George McMillan, Ljube Petrovski, Zoran Ilioski, Gordon Flavell, Zarko Odzakov, Claude Lucchesi, Gary Cole, George Campbell. Coach: Peter Ollerton. Goals: Cole 22, 68, Dobson 34 |
| Friday, February 10, 1984. Olympic Park, Melbourne. Att: 5,000 (dh). Referee: Dennis Voutsinas. | ||||
| Heidelberg United Jeff Olver, Ian McKie, Don MacLeod, Joe Angele, John Spanos, Theo Selemidis, Marcelo Salvo (Steve Tasios 46), John Gabrielson, Mike Valentine (Mike Petersen 20' Robert Krajacic 62), Phil O'Connor, Scott Patterson. Coach: Brian Garvey. |
0 | - | 0 | Melbourne Croatia Peter Blasby, Tony Curcio, Shaun Parton, Keith Adams, George Hannah, Joe Biskic, Jozo Antolovic, Tommy Cumming, Steve Gojevic, David Brogan, Ossie Latif. Coach: Terry Hennessey. |
| Semi-Finals | ||||
| Friday, February 17, 1984. Olympic Park, Melbourne. Att: 9,000. Referee: Peter Spiers. | ||||
| South Melbourne Peter Laumets, Bobby Russell, John Yzendoorn, Steve Blair (Jim Kalambokis 90), Kris Kalifatidis, Alan Davidson, Carl Halford, Oscar Crino, Ken Murphy, Doug Brown, Charlie Egan. Coach: Len McKendry. After extra time South Melbourne won on penalties 6-5 Penalty sequence: Cole (1-0), Yzendoorn (1-1); Campbell (saved), Brown (1-2); Lucchesi (2-2), Egan (hit post); Petrovski (3-2), Murphy (3-3); Odzakov (4-3), Halford (4-4); Ilioski (5-4), Russell (5-5); McMillan (missed), Davidson (5-6) |
0 | - | 0 | Preston Makedonia Steve Potter, Con Opasinis, George McMillan, Ian Dobson, Ljube Petrovski, Gordon Flavell (Alex Livingstone 24), Zoran Ilioski, Zarko Odzakov, Gary Cole, Claude Lucchesi, George Campbell. Coach: Peter Ollerton. After extra time South Melbourne won on penalties 6-5 Penalty sequence: Cole (1-0), Yzendoorn (1-1); Campbell (saved), Brown (1-2); Lucchesi (2-2), Egan (hit post); Petrovski (3-2), Murphy (3-3); Odzakov (4-3), Halford (4-4); Ilioski (5-4), Russell (5-5); McMillan (missed), Davidson (5-6) |
| Saturday, February 18, 1984. Olympic Park, Melbourne. Att: 8,000. Referee: Chris Bambridge. | ||||
| Melbourne Croatia Peter Blasby, Tony Curcio, Shaun Parton, Keith Adams, George Hannah, Joe Biskic, Jozo Antolovic, Jeff Faulkner, Steve Gojevic, David Brogan, Tommy Cumming. Coach: Terry Hennessey. Goals: Brogan 4, 41, 77, Biskic 76 |
4 | - | 0 | Footscray Just Lou Tsigaris, Slobodan Stojcevski (Zdravko Lujic 46), Jim Davis, Garry McDowall, Igor Hazabent, Suleiman Curovic, Vlatko Belic, Brian O'Donnell, Jamie Fernandez, Joe Carroll, Graham Tutill. Coach: Bobby McLachlan. |
| 1984 Buffalo Gold Cup Final | ||||
| Saturday, February 25, 1984. Olympic Park, Melbourne. Att: 12,500. Referee: Jim Fearn. | ||||
| South Melbourne Peter Laumets, Bobby Russell, Steve Blair, John Yzendoorn, Kris Kalifatidis, Alan Davidson, Carl Halford, Oscar Crino, Ken Murphy, Charlie Egan, Doug Brown. Coach: Len McKendry. Goals: Brown 16, Halford 34, Crino 60 |
3 | - | 1 | Melbourne Croatia Peter Blasby, Tony Curcio, Shaun Parton, Keith Adams, George Hannah, Joe Biskic, Jozo Antolovic, Jeff Faulkner (Robert Markovac 75), Steve Gojevic (Ossie Latif 63), Tommy Cumming, David Brogan. Coach: Terry Hennessey. Goal: Cumming 22 |