1981 Heidelberg United FC season

The 1981 season was the fifth in the National Soccer League for Heidelberg United. In addition to the domestic league, they also participated in the NSL Cup. Heidelberg United finished 8th in their National Soccer League season and were eliminated in the quarter-finals of the NSL Cup.

Heidelberg United

1981 season
Head Coach	Manny Poulakais Jimmy Rooney Len McKendry
Stadium	Olympic Park Olympic Park No. 2
National Soccer League	8th
NSL Cup	Quarter-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Gary Cole (16) All: Gary Cole (17)
Highest home attendance	8,000 vs. Preston Makedonia (8 March 1981) National Soccer League
Lowest home attendance	500 vs. Brisbane Lions (26 August 1981) National Soccer League
Average home league attendance	3,531
Biggest win	5–0 vs. West Adelaide (9 August 1981) National Soccer League
Biggest defeat	0–3 vs. Wollongong City (22 February 1981) National Soccer League

Players

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

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	AUS	Jeff Olver
2	DF	SCO	Arthur McMillan
3	DF	AUS	Jim Tansey
4	DF	AUS	John Yzendoorn
5	DF	SCO	Pat Bannon
6	MF	AUS	Theo Selemidis
7	MF	AUS	Jimmy Rooney
8	MF	AUS	Jim Campbell
9	FW	AUS	Jamie Paton
10	FW	AUS	George Pavlidis
11	MF	AUS	Andy Bozikas
12	DF	AUS	Charlie Yankos

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
14	DF	SCO	Bob Provan
15	MF	AUS	Ken Taylor
16	FW	AUS	Gary Cole
17	MF	ENG	Jim Williams
20	GK	AUS	Jack Reilly
—	MF	AUS	George Itsou
—	DF	ENG	Don MacLeod
—		IRL	Joe McGrory
—	DF	AUS	John Mihailidis
—		IRL	Liam Monagle
—	FW	AUS	Tom Tasevski

Competitions

Overall record

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	8th	30	12	7	11	48	40	+8	040.00
NSL Cup	11 March 1981	17 June 1981	First round	Quarter-finals	3	1	1	1	3	2	+1	033.33
Total					33	13	8	12	51	42	+9	039.39

Source: Competitions

National Soccer League

Main article: 1981 National Soccer League

League table

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

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
30	12	7	11	48	40	+8	43	6	4	5	19	16	+3	6	3	6	29	24	+5

Source: worldfootball.net

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	10	6	7	8	9	11	12	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	24	25	26	23	27	13	28	29	30
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	H
Result	D	L	L	L	L	W	W	L	D	L	W	D	L	L	W	D	W	L	W	L	W	L	W	W	D	D	D	W	W	W
Position	7	15	16	16	16	14	15	15	16	16	14	13	14	14	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	13	12	11	11	11	13	10	8	8
Points	1	1	1	1	1	3	5	5	6	6	8	9	9	9	11	12	14	14	16	16	18	18	20	22	23	24	25	27	29	31

Source: worldfootball.net
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss

APIA Leichhardt v Heidelberg United

15 February 1981 1	APIA Leichhardt	2–2	Heidelberg United	Sydney
	Hughes 13', 89'	Report	Cole 25' (pen.) Bozikas 86'	Stadium: Lambert Park Attendance: 4,025 Referee: Peter Rampley

Heidelberg United v Wollongong City

22 February 1981 2	Heidelberg United	0–3	Wollongong City	Melbourne
		Report	McBreen 34' Morton 51' Dunleavy 72'	Stadium: Olympic Park No. 2 Attendance: 5,200 Referee: David Yelland

South Melbourne v Heidelberg United

1 March 1981 3	South Melbourne	2–1	Heidelberg United	Melbourne
	Buljevic 13' Xanthopoulos 83'	Report	Paton 46'	Stadium: Middle Park Soccer Stadium Attendance: 12,500 Referee: Jack Johnston

Heidelberg United v Preston Makedonia

8 March 1981 4	Heidelberg United	2–3	Preston Makedonia	Melbourne
	Paton 71', 77'	Report	Ward 3' Ollerton 8' Brown 77'	Stadium: Olympic Park Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Dennis Voutsinas

Adelaide City v Heidelberg United

15 March 1981 5	Adelaide City	3–1	Heidelberg United	Adelaide
	Villani 8' B. Nyskohus 78' J. Nyskohus 89' (pen.)	Report	Cole 11'	Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium Attendance: 3,576 Referee: Graham Neal

Heidelberg United v Sydney Olympic

22 March 1981 10	Heidelberg United	1–0	Sydney Olympic	Melbourne
	Campbell 22'	Report		Stadium: Olympic Park Attendance: 4,637 Referee: David Yelland

Heidelberg United v Brisbane City

29 March 1981 6	Heidelberg United	2–0	Brisbane City	Melbourne
	Bozikas 4' Yankos 59'	Report		Stadium: Olympic Park No. 2 Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Stewart Mellings

Sydney City v Heidelberg United

5 April 1981 7	Sydney City	1–0	Heidelberg United	Sydney
	Boden 36'	Report		Stadium: ES Marks Athletics Field Attendance: 2,611 Referee: Ken Small

Heidelberg United v Canberra City

12 April 1981 8	Heidelberg United	1–1	Canberra City	Melbourne
	Taylor 58'	Report	J. O'Shea 68'	Stadium: Olympic Park Attendance: 3,192 Referee: Evan Venios

Marconi Fairfield v Heidelberg United

19 April 1981 9	Marconi Fairfield	3–1	Heidelberg United	Sydney
	Sharne 10', 38' Jankovics 90'	Report	Yzendoorn 60'	Stadium: Marconi Oval Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Peter Rampley

Heidelberg United v West Adelaide

3 May 1981 11	Heidelberg United	2–0	West Adelaide	Melbourne
	Tansey 28' Tymczyszyn 83' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: Olympic Park Attendance: 3,200 Referee: Dennis Voutsinas

Footscray JUST v Heidelberg United

10 May 1981 12	Footscray JUST	2–2	Heidelberg United	Melbourne
	Belic 19' Jovanovic 62'	Report	Monagle 64' McGrory 82'	Stadium: Schintler Reserve Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Stewart Mellings

Blacktown City v Heidelberg United

24 May 1981 14	Blacktown City	3–1	Heidelberg United	Sydney
	O'Donnell 53' (pen.) Djordjevic 64' Burrows 68'	Report	Rooney 14'	Stadium: Gabbie Stadium Attendance: 2,876 Referee: Tim Davies

Heidelberg United v Newcastle KB United

31 May 1981 15	Heidelberg United	1–2	Newcastle KB United	Melbourne
	Campbell 42'	Report	Storey 47', 82'	Stadium: Olympic Park Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Evan Venios

Wollongong City v Heidelberg United

7 June 1981 16	Wollongong City	3–4	Heidelberg United	Wollongong
	Lathan 20' Adam 87' McBreen 88'	Report	Cole 29', 73' Paton 51' McGrory 65'	Stadium: Wollongong Showground Attendance: 4,371 Referee: Doug Rennie (Barry Wilkinson 80')

Heidelberg United v South Melbourne

14 June 1981 17	Heidelberg United	0–0	South Melbourne	Melbourne
		Report		Stadium: Olympic Park Attendance: 3,241 Referee: Peter Rampley

Preston Makedonia v Heidelberg United

21 June 1981 18	Preston Makedonia	0–2	Heidelberg United	Melbourne
		Report	Paton 60' Cole 70'	Stadium: B.T. Connor Reserve Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Chris Bambridge

Heidelberg United v Adelaide City

28 June 1981 19	Heidelberg United	1–2	Adelaide City	Melbourne
	Cole 51'	Report	Northcote 10' J. Nyskohus 49' (pen.)	Stadium: Olympic Park Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Bob Mee

Brisbane City v Heidelberg United

5 July 1981 20	Brisbane City	1–2	Heidelberg United	Brisbane
	P. Wilkinson 77'	Report	Yzendoorn 79' Campbell 90'	Stadium: Spencer Park Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Dave Nugent

Heidelberg United v Sydney City

12 July 1981 21	Heidelberg United	0–1	Sydney City	Melbourne
		Report	Barnes 75'	Stadium: Olympic Park Attendance: 4,500 Referee: Jack Johnston

Canberra City v Heidelberg United

19 July 1981 22	Canberra City	1–5	Heidelberg United	Canberra
	Purdie 17'	Report	Cole 47', 60' Paton 75', 90' Tasevski 90'	Stadium: Bruce Stadium Attendance: 4,060 Referee: Tony Boskovic

Sydney Olympic v Heidelberg United

2 August 1981 24	Sydney Olympic	2–1	Heidelberg United	Sydney
	K. Wilson 10', 47' (pen.)	Report	Campbell 68'	Stadium: Pratten Park Attendance: 5,600 Referee: Col Amos

West Adelaide v Heidelberg United

9 August 1981 25	West Adelaide	0–5	Heidelberg United	Adelaide
		Report	Cole 47', 61', 74' Campbell 77', 84'	Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Don Campbell

Heidelberg United v Footscray JUST

16 August 1981 26	Heidelberg United	2–0	Footscray JUST	Melbourne
	Paton 84' Cole 88'	Report		Stadium: Olympic Park Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Graham Neal

Heidelberg United v Marconi Fairfield

19 August 1981 23	Heidelberg United	1–1	Marconi Fairfield	Melbourne
	Yzendoorn 39'	Report	Krncevic 81'	Stadium: Olympic Park Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Chris Bambridge

Brisbane Lions v Heidelberg United

23 August 1981 27	Brisbane Lions	0–0	Heidelberg United	Brisbane
		Report		Stadium: Richlands Stadium Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Col Amos

Heidelberg United v Brisbane Lions

26 August 1981 13	Heidelberg United	2–2	Brisbane Lions	Melbourne
	Taylor 25' Bozikas 44'	Report	Williamson 9' Daunt 84'	Stadium: Olympic Park Attendance: 500 Referee: Jim Fearn

Heidelberg United v Blacktown City

30 August 1981 28	Heidelberg United	3–1	Blacktown City	Melbourne
	Yankos 13' Selemidis 17' Cole 82'	Report	Rasmussen 79'	Stadium: Olympic Park Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Barry Harwood

Newcastle KB United v Heidelberg United

6 September 1981 29	Newcastle KB United	1–2	Heidelberg United	Newcastle
	Stamp 75'	Report	Cole 20', 52'	Stadium: Newcastle International Sports Centre Attendance: 4,531 Referee: Dave Nugent

Heidelberg United v APIA Leichhardt

13 September 1981 30	Heidelberg United	1–0	APIA Leichhardt	Melbourne
	Cole 16'	Report		Stadium: Olympic Park No. 2 Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Chris Bambridge

NSL Cup

Main article: 1981 NSL Cup

  Win   Draw   Loss

Heidelberg United v South Melbourne

11 March 1981 First round	Heidelberg United	2–0	South Melbourne	Melbourne
	Bozikas 52' Selemidis 71'	Report		Stadium: Olympic Park Attendance: 6,300 Referee: Dennis Voutsinas

Heidelberg United v Preston Makedonia

25 March 1981 Second round	Heidelberg United	1–1 (a.e.t.) (5–3 p)	Preston Makedonia	Melbourne
	Cole 63'	Report	McMillan 52'	Stadium: Olympic Park Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Bob Mee
	Penalties
	Cole Yzendoorn Taylor Campbell Rooney		Ollerton Flavell Petrovski Lucchesi

Heidelberg United v Adelaide City

17 June 1981 Quarter-finals	Heidelberg United	0–1	Adelaide City	Melbourne
		Report	Fashanu 87'	Stadium: Olympic Park Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Tony Boskovic

Statistics

Appearances and goals

Includes all competitions. Players with no appearances not included in the list.

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Player	National Soccer League		NSL Cup		Total
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Jeff Olver	27	0	1	0	28	0
2	DF		Arthur McMillan	30	0	3	0	33	0
3	DF		Jim Tansey	10	1	1	0	11	1
4	DF		John Yzendoorn	30	3	3	0	33	3
5	DF		Pat Bannon	5	0	1	0	6	0
6	MF		Theo Selemidis	30	1	3	1	33	2
7	MF		Jimmy Rooney	28+2	1	3	0	33	1
8	MF		Jim Campbell	25+2	6	2	0	29	6
9	FW		Jamie Paton	22	8	2	0	24	8
10	FW		George Pavlidis	0+1	0	0	0	1	0
11	MF		Andy Bozikas	18+4	3	2	1	24	4
12	DF		Charlie Yankos	22	2	2	0	24	2
14	DF		Bob Provan	24+4	0	3	0	31	0
15	MF		Ken Taylor	12+3	2	2	0	17	2
16	FW		Gary Cole	29+1	16	3	1	33	17
17	MF		Jim Williams	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	GK		Jack Reilly	3	0	2	0	5	0
—	MF		George Itsou	0+1	0	0	0	1	0
—	DF		Don MacLeod	1+1	0	0	0	2	0
—	—		Joe McGrory	5+2	2	0	0	7	2
—	DF		John Mihailidis	3	0	0	0	3	0
—	—		Liam Monagle	3+3	1	0	0	6	1
—	FW		Tom Tasevski	3+2	1	0+2	0	7	1

Disciplinary record

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	4	DF		John Yzendoorn	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
	8	MF		Jim Campbell	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
	16	FW		Gary Cole	2	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0
4	1	GK		Jeff Olver	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0
	2	DF		Arthur McMillan	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
	7	MF		Jimmy Rooney	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
	14	DF		Bob Provan	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0
	15	MF		Ken Taylor	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
9	3	DF		Jim Tansey	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	6	MF		Theo Selemidis	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	9	FW		Jamie Paton	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	12	DF		Charlie Yankos	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Total					20	0	0	3	0	0	23	0	0

Clean sheets

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	1		Jeff Olver	8	0	8
2	20		Jack Reilly	1	1	2
Total				9	1	10