Wikipedia

1981 Canberra City FC season

The 1981 season was the fifth in the history of Canberra City Football Club. In addition to the domestic league, they also participated in the NSL Cup. Canberra City finished 5th in their National Soccer League season, and were eliminated in the second round of the NSL Cup.

Canberra City
1981 season
Head CoachGeorge Murray
StadiumBruce Stadium
National Soccer League5th
NSL CupSecond round
Top goalscorerLeague: Walter Valeri (9)
All: Walter Valeri (11)
Highest home attendance5,682
vs. Sydney Olympic
(5 April 1981)
National Soccer League
Lowest home attendance1,603
vs. Brisbane Lions
(2 August 1981)
National Soccer League
Average home league attendance3,847
Biggest win5–0
vs. Footscray JUST (H)
(20 April 1981)
National Soccer League
Biggest defeat1–5
vs. Heidelberg United (H)
(19 July 1981)
National Soccer League
← 1980
1982 →

Players edit

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
2 DF   FIJ Keni Kawaleva
3 DF   ENG Roy Stark
4 MF   SCO Isaac Farrell
5 DF   AUS Harry Williams
6 DF   AUS Terry Byrne
7 DF   AUS Robbie O'Shea
8 MF   NZL Duncan Cole
10 MF   AUS Walter Valeri
11 FW   AUS Tony Brennan
12 FW   ENG George Bailey
13 FW   SCO Ian Purdie
No. Pos. Nation Player
14 MF   NED John Massa
15 GK   AUS Steve Hoszowski
— DF   SCO John Brown
— DF   AUS Mark Francis
— FW   AUS Sebastian Giampaolo
— MF   SCO Ian Gibson
— FW   SCO Don Maclaren
— DF   AUS John Moutsopoulos
— DF   AUS John O'Shea
— DF   AUS Mike O'Shea
— MF   AUS Ian Stone

Competitions edit

Overall record edit

Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
National Soccer League 15 February 1981 13 September 1981 Matchday 1 5th 30 13 7 10 41 32 +9 043.33
NSL Cup 22 March 1981 8 June 1981 First round Second round 2 1 0 1 4 5 −1 050.00
Total 32 14 7 11 45 37 +8 043.75

Source: Competitions

National Soccer League edit

Main article: 1981 National Soccer League

League table edit

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Relegation
1 Sydney City (C) 30 19 5 6 59 30 +29 43
2 South Melbourne 30 13 13 4 41 27 +14 39
3 Brisbane City 30 12 11 7 37 25 +12 35
4 APIA Leichhardt 30 12 11 7 39 33 +6 35
5 Canberra City 30 13 7 10 41 32 +9 33
6 Brisbane Lions 30 11 11 8 41 33 +8 33
7 Adelaide City 30 13 6 11 46 42 +4 32
8 Heidelberg United 30 12 7 11 48 40 +8 31
9 Sydney Olympic 30 11 9 10 46 46 0 31
10 Newcastle KB United 30 11 8 11 41 41 0 30
11 Wollongong City 30 8 12 10 35 39 −4 28
12 Preston Makedonia 30 9 7 14 39 41 −2 25
13 Footscray JUST 30 9 7 14 32 48 −16 25
14 Marconi Fairfield 30 9 7 14 23 45 −22 25
15 Blacktown City (R) 30 6 9 15 32 47 −15 21 Relegated to the 1982 NSW State League
16 West Adelaide 30 5 4 21 26 57 −31 14
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results summary edit

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
30 13 7 10 41 32  +9 46 7 4 4 27 17  +10 6 3 6 14 15  −1

Results by round edit

Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
GroundAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAH
ResultWDDWLWWDWLDWLWDLWLDDWLLLWWLWLW
Position467475432222333435554577777675
Points234668101113131416161819192121222325252525272929313133
Source: worldfootball.net
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches edit

  Win   Draw   Loss

15 February 1981 1 Preston Makedonia 0–1 Canberra City Melbourne
Report
  • R. O'Shea   23'
 Stadium: B.T. Connor Reserve
Attendance: 4,000[1]
Referee: Jim Fearn
22 February 1981 2 Canberra City 0–0 Adelaide City Canberra
16:00 AEST Report Stadium: Bruce Stadium
Attendance: 2,642
Referee: Bob Mee
1 March 1981 3 Brisbane City 0–0 Canberra City Brisbane
Report Stadium: Spencer Park
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Gary Power
7 March 1981 4 Canberra City 2–0 Sydney City Canberra
16:00 AEST
Report Stadium: Bruce Stadium
Attendance: 2,893
Referee: Ken Allen
15 March 1981 5 Canberra City 1–2 West Adelaide Canberra
15:00 AEST
Report
Stadium: Bruce Stadium
Attendance: 3,170
Referee: Gary Power
29 March 1981 6 Marconi Fairfield 0–2 Canberra City Sydney
15:00 AEST Report
Stadium: Marconi Oval
Attendance: 3,700
Referee: Ken Small
5 April 1981 7 Canberra City 2–1 Sydney Olympic Canberra
15:00 AEST
Report
Stadium: Bruce Stadium
Attendance: 5,682
Referee: Chris Bambridge
12 April 1981 8 Heidelberg United 1–1 Canberra City Melbourne
 Report
Stadium: Olympic Park
Attendance: 3,192
Referee: Evan Venios
20 April 1981 9 Canberra City 5–0 Footscray JUST Canberra
 Report Stadium: Bruce Stadium
Attendance: 6,190
Referee: Bob Mee
26 April 1981 10 Brisbane Lions 1–0 Canberra City Brisbane
 Report Stadium: Richlands Stadium
Attendance: 1,300
Referee: Dave Nugent
3 May 1981 11 Canberra City 2–2 Blacktown City Canberra
 Report
Stadium: Bruce Stadium
Attendance: 5,750
Referee: Ken Allen
10 May 1981 12 Newcastle KB United 0–1 Canberra City Newcastle
Report
Stadium: Newcastle International Sports Centre
Attendance: 3,827
Referee: Jim REeves
17 May 1981 13 Canberra City 0–1 APIA Leichhardt Canberra
Report
Stadium: Bruce Stadium
Attendance: 4,676
Referee: Evan Venios
24 May 1981 14 Wollongong City 0–1 Canberra City Wollongong
Report
Stadium: Wollongong Showground
Attendance: 3,015
Referee: Richard Lorenc
31 May 1981 15 Canberra City 2–2 South Melbourne Canberra
 Report
Stadium: Bruce Stadium
Attendance: 6,247
Referee: Bob Mee
7 June 1981 16 Adelaide City 1–0 Canberra City Adelaide
 Report Stadium: Olympic Sports Field
Attendance: 3,289
Referee: Jim Rossis
14 June 1981 17 Canberra City 3–0 Brisbane City Canberra
 Report Stadium: Bruce Stadium
Attendance: 2,891
Referee: Ken Allen
21 June 1981 18 Sydney City 3–2 Canberra City Sydney
 Report
Stadium: ES Marks Athletics Field
Attendance: 2,414
Referee: Tony Boskovic
28 June 1981 19 West Adelaide 1–1 Canberra City Adelaide
 Report
Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium
Attendance: 3,600
Referee: Don Campbell
5 July 1981 20 Canberra City 0–0 Marconi Fairfield Canberra
Report Stadium: Bruce Stadium
Attendance: 4,160
Referee: Bob Mee
12 July 1981 21 Sydney Olympic 0–2 Canberra City Sydney
Report
Stadium: Pratten Park
Attendance: 6,150
Referee: Richard Lorenc
19 July 1981 22 Canberra City 1–5 Heidelberg United Canberra
 Report
Stadium: Bruce Stadium
Attendance: 4,060
Referee: Tony Boskovic
26 July 1981 23 Footscray JUST 3–1 Canberra City Melbourne
 Report
Stadium: Schintler Reserve
Attendance: 2,300
Referee: Evan Venios
2 August 1981 24 Canberra City 2–3 Brisbane Lions Canberra
 Report
Stadium: Bruce Stadium
Attendance: 1,603
Referee: Bob Mee
9 August 1981 25 Blacktown City 0–2 Canberra City Sydney
Report
Stadium: Gabbie Stadium
Attendance: 2,740
Referee: Tim Davies
16 August 1981 26 Canberra City 4–1 Newcastle KB United Canberra
 Report
Stadium: Bruce Stadium
Attendance: 2,100
Referee: Ken Allen
23 August 1981 27 APIA Leichhardt 4–0 Canberra City Sydney
15:00 AEST
Report Stadium: Lambert Park
Attendance: 3,614
Referee: Don Campbell
30 August 1981 28 Canberra City 2–0 Wollongong City Canberra
 Report Stadium: Bruce Stadium
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Bob Mee
6 September 1981 29 South Melbourne 1–0 Canberra City Melbourne
 Report Stadium: Middle Park Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Evan Venios
13 September 1981 30 Canberra City 1–0 Preston Makedonia Canberra
 Report Stadium: Bruce Stadium
Attendance: 3,142
Referee: Jim Fearn

NSL Cup edit

Main article: 1981 NSL Cup

  Win   Draw   Loss

22 March 1981 First round Canberra City 2–1 Newcastle KB United Canberra
 Report
Stadium: Bruce Stadium
Attendance: 3,025[2]
Referee: Tim Davies
8 July 1981 Second round Canberra City 2–4 Sydney Olympic Canberra
 Report
Stadium: Bruce Stadium
Attendance: 4,300
Referee: Tim Davies

Statistics edit

Appearances and goals edit

Includes all competitions. Players with no appearances not included in the list.[3][2]

No. Pos. Nat. Player National Soccer League NSL Cup Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
3 DF   Roy Stark 15 0 2 0 17 0
4 MF   Isaac Farrell 10+8 1 1+1 0 20 1
5 DF   Harry Williams 10 0 1 0 11 0
6 DF   Terry Byrne 27 2 2 0 29 2
7 DF   Robbie O'Shea 26+2 3 2 0 30 3
8 MF   Duncan Cole 22+1 1 2 0 25 1
10 MF   Walter Valeri 16+9 9 2 2 27 11
11 FW   Tony Brennan 27 5 2 0 29 5
13 FW   Ian Purdie 17+3 4 1 0 21 4
14 MF   John Massa 8+13 0 0+1 0 22 0
15 GK   Steve Hoszowski 21 0 0 0 21 0
— FW   Sebastian Giampaolo 1+3 0 0 0 4 0
— MF   Ian Gibson 22+2 8 1 1 25 9
— FW   Don Maclaren 24+4 4 2 1 30 5
— DF   John Moutsopoulos 14 0 0 0 14 0
— DF   John O'Shea 30 3 1 0 31 3
— DF   Mike O'Shea 30 0 2 0 32 0
— MF   Ian Stone 1+2 0 0 0 3 0
Player(s) transferred out but featured this season
1 GK   Richard Wilson 9 0 2 0 11 0

Disciplinary record edit

Includes all competitions. The list is sorted by squad number when total cards are equal. Players with no cards not included in the list.

Rank No. Pos. Nat. Player National Soccer League NSL Cup Total
                 
1 11 FW   Tony Brennan 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0
— FW   Don Maclaren 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0
3 6 DF   Terry Byrne 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
— DF   John O'Shea 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
5 7 DF   Robbie O'Shea 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
13 FW   Ian Purdie 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
— DF   John Moutsopoulos 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
— DF   Mike O'Shea 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
9 3 DF   Roy Stark 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
5 DF   Harry Williams 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
8 MF   Duncan Cole 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
10 MF   Walter Valeri 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
14 MF   John Massa 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
— MF   Ian Gibson 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
— MF   Ian Stone 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Total 31 0 0 0 0 0 31 0 0

Clean sheets edit

Includes all competitions. The list is sorted by squad number when total clean sheets are equal. Numbers in parentheses represent games where both goalkeepers participated and both kept a clean sheet; the number in parentheses is awarded to the goalkeeper who was substituted on, whilst a full clean sheet is awarded to the goalkeeper who was on the field at the start of play. Goalkeepers with no clean sheets not included in the list.

Rank No. Nat. Goalkeeper NSL NSL Cup Total
1 15   Steve Hoszowski 9 0 9
2 1   Richard Wilson 5 0 5
Total 14 0 14

References edit

  1. ^ Stock, Greg. "1981 National Soccer League Results". OzFootball.
  2. ^ a b Stock, Greg. "1981 National Soccer League Cup Results". OzFootball.
  3. ^ "Canberra City 1981 Squad". OzFootball.
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=1981_Canberra_City_FC_season&oldid=1202171175"