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1981 Marconi Fairfield FC season

The 1981 season was the fifth in the National Soccer League for Marconi Fairfield (now Marconi Stallions Football Club). In addition to the domestic league, they also participated in the NSL Cup. Marconi Fairfield finished 14th in their National Soccer League season, and were eliminated in the semi-finals of the NSL Cup.

Marconi Fairfield
1981 season
Head CoachRaul Blanco
(until 10 August)
Luciano Nesti
(caretaker, from 10 August)
StadiumMarconi Stadium
National Soccer League14th
NSL CupSemi-finals
Charity ShieldWinners
Top goalscorerLeague:
Mark Jankovics
Peter Sharne
(6 each)
All:
Mark Jankovics (10)
Highest home attendance7,319
vs. Sydney Olympic
(19 July 1981)
National Soccer League
Lowest home attendance2,000
vs. Canterbury Marickville
(6 May 1981)
NSL Cup
Average home league attendance3,683
Biggest win3–1
vs. Heidelberg United
(19 April 1981)
National Soccer League
2–0
vs. Blacktown City
(10 May 1981)
National Soccer League
3–1
vs. APIA Leichhardt
(8 July 1981)
NSL Cup
Biggest defeat0–5
vs. Sydney City
(15 March 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
1 GK   AUS Allan Maher
2 DF   AUS Peter Brogan
3 DF   AUS Paul Degney
4 DF   AUS Tony Henderson
5 DF   AUS Ivo Prskalo
6 MF   AUS Gary Byrne (captain)
7 FW   AUS Peter Sharne
9 FW   AUS Eddie Krncevic
10 FW   AUS Berti Mariani
11 FW   AUS Ian Hunter
12 DF   AUS Stuart Johnston
No. Pos. Nation Player
13 FW   AUS Jim Muir
14 FW   AUS Mark Jankovics
15 DF   AUS Dennis Colusso
16 DF   AUS Drago Tomasich
17 MF   AUS Josip Picioane
19 DF   AUS Steve Calderan
22 GK   AUS Ron Corry
— MF   AUS Attilio Carbone
—   AUS Dennis Morson
— MF   AUS Peter Raskopoulos

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 14th 30 9 7 14 23 45 −22 030.00
NSL Cup 29 March 1981 5 August 1981 First round Semi-finals 5 3 1 1 10 7 +3 060.00
Charity Shield 30 January 1981 Final Winners 1 1 0 0 3 1 +2 100.00
Total 36 13 8 15 36 53 −17 036.11

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 9 7 14 23 45  −22 34 6 3 6 16 20  −4 3 4 8 7 25  −18

Results by round edit

Round123451067891112131516171819202122242526232728291430
GroundAHAHAAHHAHHAHHAHAHAAHHAHAAHAAH
ResultLWWDLWLWLWWWLDDLLWDLWLLLDLLLDD
Position1286697108109767778101010101010101210121414614
Points024557799111315151617171719202022222222232323232425
Source: worldfootball.net
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches edit

  Win   Draw   Loss

15 February 1981 1 South Melbourne 1–0 Marconi Fairfield Melbourne
  • Evans   39'
 Report Stadium: Middle Park Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 5,500[1]
Referee: Chris Bambridge
22 February 1981 2 Marconi Fairfield 1–0 Preston Makedonia Sydney
 Report Stadium: Marconi Oval
Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Gary Power
1 March 1981 3 Adelaide City 0–1 Marconi Fairfield Adelaide
Report
Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium
Attendance: 2,300
Referee: Don Campbell
8 March 1981 4 Marconi Fairfield 1–1 Brisbane City Sydney
16:00 AEST
Report
Stadium: Marconi Oval
Attendance: 3,420
Referee: Tony Boskovic
15 March 1981 5 Sydney City 5–0 Marconi Fairfield Sydney
 Report Stadium: ES Marks Athletics Field
Attendance: 3,458
Referee: Tim Davies
22 March 1981 10 Footscray JUST 1–2 Marconi Fairfield Melbourne
 Report
Stadium: Schintler Reserve
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Jim Fearn
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 Marconi Fairfield 1–0 West Adelaide Sydney
 Report Stadium: Marconi Oval
Attendance: 3,550
Referee: Richard Lorenc
12 April 1981 8 Sydney Olympic 2–0 Marconi Fairfield Sydney
 Report Stadium: Pratten Park
Attendance: 6,878
Referee: Tony Boskovic
19 April 1981 9 Marconi Fairfield 3–1 Heidelberg United Sydney
15:00 AEST
Report
Stadium: Marconi Oval
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Peter Rampley
3 May 1981 11 Marconi Fairfield 2–1 Brisbane Lions Sydney
15:00 AEST
Report
Stadium: Marconi Stadium
Attendance: 2,225
Referee: Ken Small
10 May 1981 12 Blacktown City 0–2 Marconi Fairfield Sydney
Report
Stadium: Gabbie Stadium
Attendance: 3,180
Referee: Tony Boskovic
17 May 1981 13 Marconi Fairfield 1–2 Newcastle KB United Sydney
 Report
Stadium: Marconi Stadium
Attendance: 2,603
Referee: Richard Lorenc
31 May 1981 15 Marconi Fairfield 1–1 Wollongong City Sydney
15:00 AEST
Report
Stadium: Marconi Stadium
Attendance: 2,400
Referee: Henry Witschge
7 June 1981 16 Preston Makedonia 0–0 Marconi Fairfield Melbourne
Report Stadium: B.T. Connor Reserve
Referee: Jack Johnston
14 June 1981 17 Marconi Fairfield 1–4 Adelaide City Sydney
15:00 AEST
Report
Stadium: Marconi Stadium
Attendance: 3,241
Referee: Tim Davies
21 June 1981 18 Brisbane City 4–0 Marconi Fairfield Brisbane
 Report Stadium: Spencer Park
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Alf Rodway
28 June 1981 19 Marconi Fairfield 1–0 Sydney City Sydney
 Report Stadium: Marconi Stadium
Attendance: 6,165
Referee: Barry Harwood
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 West Adelaide 2–0 Marconi Fairfield Adelaide
 Report Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium
Attendance: 3,562
Referee: Graham Neal
19 July 1981 22 Marconi Fairfield 2–1 Sydney Olympic Sydney
 Report
Stadium: Marconi Stadium
Attendance: 7,319
Referee: Gary Power
2 August 1981 24 Marconi Fairfield 1–3 Footscray JUST Sydney
 Report
Stadium: Marconi Stadium
Attendance: 3,450
Referee: Richard Lorenc
9 August 1981 25 Brisbane Lions 2–0 Marconi Fairfield Brisbane
 Report Stadium: Richlands Stadium
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Dave Nugent
16 August 1981 26 Marconi Fairfield 0–1 Blacktown City Sydney
Report
Stadium: Marconi Stadium
Attendance: 2,100
Referee: Doug Rennie
19 August 1981 23 Heidelberg United 1–1 Marconi Fairfield Melbourne
 Report
Stadium: Olympic Park
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Chris Bambridge
23 August 1981 27 Newcastle KB United 2–0 Marconi Fairfield Newcastle
 Report Stadium: Newcastle International Sports Centre
Attendance: 5,027
Referee: Peter Rampley
30 August 1981 28 Marconi Fairfield 0–2 APIA Leichhardt Sydney
15:00 AEST Report
Stadium: Marconi Stadium
Attendance: 5,325
Referee: Tim Davies
6 September 1981 29 Wollongong City 4–0 Marconi Fairfield Wollongong
 Report Stadium: Wollongong Showground
Attendance: 5,819
Referee: Tony Boskovic
9 September 1981 14 APIA Leichhardt 1–1 Marconi Fairfield Sydney
 Report
Stadium: Leichhardt Oval
Attendance: 4,248
Referee: Stewart Mellings
13 September 1981 30 Marconi Fairfield 1–1 South Melbourne Sydney
 Report
Stadium: Marconi Stadium
Attendance: 2,745
Referee: Don Campbell

NSL Cup edit

Main article: 1981 NSL Cup

  Win   Draw   Loss

29 March 1981 First round Marconi Fairfield 2–1 Melita Eagles Sydney
 Report
Stadium: Everley Park
Attendance: [2]
Referee: Gary Power
6 May 1981 Second round Marconi Fairfield 1–0 Canterbury Marickville Sydney
 Report Stadium: Marconi Oval
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Arthur Owens
27 May 1981 Third round Marconi Fairfield 2–2 (a.e.t.)
(5–4 p)		 Sydney City Sydney
 Report
Stadium: Marconi Oval
Referee: Richard Lorenc
8 July 1981 Quarter-finals APIA Leichhardt 1–3 Marconi Fairfield Sydney
 Report
Stadium: St George Stadium
Attendance: 3,800
Referee: Henry Witschge
5 August 1981 Semi-finals Marconi Fairfield 2–3 Brisbane Lions Sydney
 Report
Stadium: Marconi Oval
Attendance: 3,200
Referee: Peter Rampley

Charity Shield edit

Main article: 1981 Charity Shield (NSL)

Marconi Fairfield, as NSL Cup winners in the previous season, played against Sydney City who won the National Soccer League in the previous season in the 1981 Charity Shield.[3]

30 January 1981 Final Sydney City 1–3 (a.e.t.) Marconi Fairfield Sydney
 Report
Stadium: Redfern Oval
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Henry Witschge

Statistics edit

Appearances and goals edit

Includes all competitions. Players with no appearances not included in the list.[4][2]

No. Pos. Nat. Player National Soccer League NSL Cup Charity Shield Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK   Allan Maher 24 0 4 0 1 0 29 0
2 DF   Peter Brogan 22 0 5 0 1 0 28 0
3 DF   Paul Degney 25 0 5 0 0 0 30 0
4 DF   Tony Henderson 27+1 0 4 0 1 0 33 0
5 DF   Ivo Prskalo 16 0 2+1 0 1 0 20 0
6 MF   Gary Byrne 29 2 5 1 1 0 35 3
7 FW   Peter Sharne 29+1 6 4+1 1 1 2 36 9
9 FW   Eddie Krncevic 27+1 4 3 4 1 0 32 8
10 FW   Berti Mariani 25+1 1 5 0 1 0 32 1
11 FW   Ian Hunter 6+3 0 2 0 0 0 11 0
12 DF   Stuart Johnston 8+5 2 2+2 0 0 0 17 2
13 FW   Jim Muir 8+3 0 0+1 0 1 0 13 0
14 FW   Mark Jankovics 29+1 6 5 4 0 0 35 10
15 DF   Dennis Colusso 5+7 0 1 0 0+1 0 14 0
16 DF   Drago Tomasich 11+2 0 0 0 1 0 14 0
17 MF   Josip Picioane 8+3 1 0 0 0 0 11 1
19 DF   Steve Calderan 4+1 0 1 0 0 0 6 0
22 GK   Ron Corry 6 0 1 0 0 0 7 0
— MF   Attilio Carbone 2+1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
— —   Dennis Morson 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
— MF   Peter Raskopoulos 5 0 0 0 1 0 6 0
Player(s) transferred out but featured this season
8 MF   Hussein Housseini 15+2 0 5 0 0 0 22 0
15 MF   Ken Lindsay 0 0 0 0 0+1 0 1 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 Charity Shield Total
                       
1 5 DF   Ivo Prskalo 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1
8 MF   Hussein Housseini 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1
3 19 DF   Steve Calderan 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
4 4 DF   Tony Henderson 5 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0
5 6 MF   Gary Byrne 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0
6 13 FW   Jim Muir 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
7 1 GK   Allan Maher 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
2 DF   Peter Brogan 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
10 FW   Berti Mariani 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
14 FW   Mark Jankovics 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
16 DF   Drago Tomasich 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
12 3 DF   Paul Degney 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
17 MF   Josip Picioane 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Total 23 0 2 8 0 1 0 0 0 31 0 3

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 Charity Shield Total
1 1   Allan Maher 7 1 0 8
Total 7 1 0 8

References edit

  1. ^ Stock, Greg. "1981 National Soccer League Results". OzFootball.
  2. ^ a b Stock, Greg. "1981 National Soccer League Cup Results". OzFootball.
  3. ^ "Charity match start for City in '81 Soccer". The Australian Jewish Times. Vol. 88A, no. 18. New South Wales, Australia. 15 January 1981. p. 16. Retrieved 23 January 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. ^ "Marconi 1981 Squad". OzFootball.
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