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1981 Preston Makedonia FC season

The 1981 season was the first in the National Soccer League for Preston Makedonia, in Melbourne, Victoria. In addition to the domestic league, they also participated in the NSL Cup. Preston Makedonia finished 12th in their National Soccer League season and were eliminated in the second round of the NSL Cup.

Preston Makedonia
1981 season
PresidentJohn Brian
Head CoachBrian Edgeley
Peter Ollerton
StadiumB.T. Connor Reserve
National Soccer League12th
NSL CupSecond round
Top goalscorerLeague: Peter Ollerton (10)
All: Peter Ollerton (12)
Highest home attendance6,000
vs. South Melbourne
(3 May 1981)
National Soccer League
6,000
vs. Sydney City
(6 September 1981)
National Soccer League
Lowest home attendance2,000
vs. Brisbane City
(24 May 1981)
National Soccer League
Average home league attendance3,750
Biggest win6–0
vs. Wollongong City
(2 August 1981)
National Soccer League
Biggest defeat0–4
vs. Newcastle KB United
(12 April 1981)
National Soccer League
0–4
vs. West Adelaide
(10 May 1981)
National Soccer League
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 Lou Kastner
2 DF   AUS Mike Rainey
3 DF   ENG Steve Beech
4 MF   AUS Peter Ollerton
5 DF   ENG John Higham
6 MF   AUS Jeff Faulkner
7 FW   AUS Robbie Cullen
8 MF   SCO Gordon Flavell
9 FW   SCO George McMillan
10 MF   AUS Ljube Petrovski
11 FW   AUS Gary Ward
12 MF   AUS Stuart Cunningham
No. Pos. Nation Player
13 MF   AUS Claude Lucchesi
14 MF   NZL Eric Lesbirel
15 MF   AUS Con Stoikos
16 FW   AUS Con Opasinis
— FW   AUS Peter Boyle
— FW   AUS Duggie Brown
—   AUS Gary Clayton
— MF   AUS John Little
—   AUS Danny McCluskey
— DF   SCO Ron McIvor
— FW   ENG Alan Whittle
— GK   NZL Richard Wilson

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 12th 30 9 7 14 39 41 −2 030.00
NSL Cup 4 March 1981 25 March 1981 First round Second round 2 1 1 0 4 2 +2 050.00
Total 32 10 8 14 43 43 +0 031.25

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 39 41  −2 34 7 4 4 28 14  +14 2 3 10 11 27  −16

Results by round edit

Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
GroundHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHA
ResultLLWWWLLLWDDLLDLDLLLDDWDWLWWWLL
Position121688689111011912121212141414151515141414141413121212
Points00246666891010101111121212121314161719192123252525
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 Marconi Fairfield 1–0 Preston Makedonia Sydney
 Report Stadium: Marconi Oval
Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Gary Power
1 March 1981 3 Preston Makedonia 3–1 Sydney Olympic Melbourne
 Report
Stadium: B.T. Connor Reserve
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Evan Venios
8 March 1981 4 Heidelberg United 2–3 Preston Makedonia Melbourne
 Report
Stadium: Olympic Park
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Dennis Voutsinas
15 March 1981 5 Preston Makedonia 3–0 Footscray JUST Melbourne
 Report Stadium: B.T. Connor Reserve
Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Chris Bambridge
29 March 1981 6 Brisbane Lions 2–1 Preston Makedonia Brisbane
 Report
Stadium: Richlands Stadium
Attendance: 1,830
Referee: Col Amos
5 April 1981 7 Preston Makedonia 2–3 Blacktown City Melbourne
 Report
Stadium: B.T. Connor Reserve
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: David Yelland
12 April 1981 8 Newcastle KB United 4–0 Preston Makedonia Newcastle
 Report Stadium: Newcastle International Sports Centre
Attendance: 4,278
Referee: Alf Rodway
19 April 1981 9 Preston Makedonia 3–1 APIA Leichhardt Melbourne
 Report
Stadium: B.T. Connor Reserve
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Stewart Mellings
26 April 1981 10 Wollongong City 2–2 Preston Makedonia Wollongong
15:00 AEST
Report
Stadium: Wollongong Showground
Attendance: 6,930
Referee: Doug Rennie
3 May 1981 11 Preston Makedonia 1–1 South Melbourne Melbourne
 Report
Stadium: B.T. Connor Reserve
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Don Campbell
10 May 1981 12 West Adelaide 4–0 Preston Makedonia Adelaide
 Report Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium
Attendance: 2,200
Referee: Bobby Kerr
17 May 1981 13 Adelaide City 1–0 Preston Makedonia Adelaide
 Report Stadium: Olympic Sports Field
Attendance: 2,200
Referee: Graham Neal
24 May 1981 14 Preston Makedonia 1–1 Brisbane City Melbourne
 Report
Stadium: B.T. Connor Reserve
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Stewart Mellings
31 May 1981 15 Sydney City 2–0 Preston Makedonia Sydney
 Report Stadium: ES Marks Athletics Field
Attendance: 1,492
Referee: Tim Davies
7 June 1981 16 Preston Makedonia 0–0 Marconi Fairfield Melbourne
Report Stadium: B.T. Connor Reserve
Referee: Jack Johnston
14 June 1981 17 Sydney Olympic 2–1 Preston Makedonia Sydney
 Report
Stadium: Pratten Park
Attendance: 6,150
Referee: Tony Boskovic
21 June 1981 18 Preston Makedonia 0–2 Heidelberg United Melbourne
Report
Stadium: B.T. Connor Reserve
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Chris Bambridge
28 June 1981 19 Footscray JUST 2–1 Preston Makedonia Melbourne
 Report
Stadium: Schintler Reserve
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Tim Davies
5 July 1981 20 Preston Makedonia 1–1 Brisbane Lions Melbourne
 Report
Stadium: B.T. Connor Reserve
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Stewart Mellings
12 July 1981 21 Blacktown City 0–0 Preston Makedonia Sydney
Report Stadium: Gabbie Stadium
Attendance: 3,067
Referee: Doug Rennie
19 July 1981 22 Preston Makedonia 3–1 Newcastle KB United Melbourne
 Report Stadium: B.T. Connor Reserve
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Jim Fearn
26 July 1981 23 APIA Leichhardt 1–1 Preston Makedonia Sydney
 Report
Stadium: Lambert Park
Attendance: 4,111
Referee: Jim Reeves
2 August 1981 24 Preston Makedonia 6–0 Wollongong City Melbourne
 Report Stadium: B.T. Connor Reserve
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Stewart Mellings
9 August 1981 25 South Melbourne 2–0 Preston Makedonia Melbourne
 Report Stadium: Middle Park Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 11,759
Referee: Jim Fearn
16 August 1981 26 Preston Makedonia 2–0 West Adelaide Melbourne
 Report Stadium: B.T. Connor Reserve
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Chris Bambridge
23 August 1981 27 Preston Makedonia 3–0 Adelaide City Melbourne
 Report Stadium: B.T. Connor Reserve
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Evan Venios
30 August 1981 28 Brisbane City 1–2 Preston Makedonia Brisbane
 Report
Stadium: Spencer Park
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Col Amos
6 September 1981 29 Preston Makedonia 0–2 Sydney City Melbourne
Report
Stadium: B.T. Connor Reserve
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Jack Johnston
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

4 March 1981 First round Preston Makedonia 3–1 Footscray JUST Melbourne
 Report
Stadium: Olympic Park
Attendance: 3,500[2]
Referee: Chris Bambridge
25 March 1981 Second round Heidelberg United 1–1 (a.e.t.)
(5–3 p)		 Preston Makedonia Melbourne
 Report
Stadium: Olympic Park
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Bob Mee
Penalties

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
1 GK   Lou Kastner 14 0 2 0 16 0
2 DF   Mike Rainey 26 0 1+1 0 28 0
3 DF   Steve Beech 27 0 2 0 29 0
4 MF   Peter Ollerton 25+3 10 2 2 30 12
5 DF   John Higham 15+1 1 2 0 18 1
6 MF   Jeff Faulkner 15+3 0 2 0 20 0
7 FW   Robbie Cullen 22+3 6 2 0 27 6
8 MF   Gordon Flavell 24+2 1 1 0 27 1
9 FW   George McMillan 21+4 0 1 1 26 1
10 MF   Ljube Petrovski 25 0 2 0 27 0
11 FW   Gary Ward 2+1 1 0+1 0 4 1
13 MF   Claude Lucchesi 25+3 8 2 0 30 8
14 MF   Eric Lesbirel 0+1 0 0 0 1 0
15 MF   Con Stoikos 0+4 0 0 0 4 0
— FW   Peter Boyle 11 0 0 0 11 0
— FW   Duggie Brown 24+1 7 2 1 27 8
— —   Gary Clayton 6 0 0 0 6 0
— MF   John Little 2+11 2 1 0 14 2
— —   Danny McCluskey 2 0 0 0 2 0
— DF   Ron McIvor 2+3 0 0 0 5 0
— FW   Alan Whittle 20 2 0 0 20 2
— GK   Richard Wilson 10 0 0 0 10 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 4 MF   Peter Ollerton 6 0 1 0 0 0 6 0 1
2 — FW   Duggie Brown 5 0 1 0 0 0 5 0 1
3 2 DF   Mike Rainey 2 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1
10 MF   Ljube Petrovski 2 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1
4 7 FW   Robbie Cullen 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
5 9 FW   George McMillan 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0
6 3 DF   Steve Beech 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0
7 13 MF   Claude Lucchesi 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
— FW   Peter Boyle 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
9 6 MF   Jeff Faulkner 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
10 5 DF   John Higham 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
8 MF   Gordon Flavell 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
— GK   Richard Wilson 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Total 36 0 5 0 0 0 36 0 5

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 —   Richard Wilson 3 0 3
2 1   Lou Kostner 2 0 2
3 —   Gary Clayton 1 0 1
Total 6 0 6

References edit

  1. ^ Stock, Greg. "1981 National Soccer League Results". OzFootball.
  2. ^ a b Stock, Greg. "1981 National Soccer League Cup Results". OzFootball.
  3. ^ "Heidelberg United 1981 Squad". OzFootball.
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