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1981 South Melbourne FC season

The 1981 season was the fifth in the National Soccer League for South Melbourne Football Club. In addition to the domestic league, they also participated in the NSL Cup. South Melbourne finished 2nd in their National Soccer League season, and were eliminated in the first round of the NSL Cup.

South Melbourne
1981 season
Head CoachJohn Margaritis
StadiumMiddle Park Soccer Stadium
National Soccer League2nd
NSL CupFirst round
Top goalscorerLeague: Alun Evans (11)
All: Alun Evans (11)
Highest home attendance12,500
vs. Heidelberg United
(1 March 1981)
National Soccer League
Lowest home attendance4,000
(four matches)
Average home league attendance6,810
Biggest win5–0
vs. West Adelaide
(2 August 1981)
National Soccer League
Biggest defeat0–2 (4 times)
1–3 (once)
← 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 Peter Laumets
2 DF   SCO Vince Bannon
3 DF   AUS Alan Davidson
4 DF   AUS Bertie Lutton
5 DF   AUS Arthur Xanthopoulos
6 MF   AUS Billy Rogers
8 MF   AUS George Christopoulos
9 FW   AUS Duncan Cummings
10 FW   ENG Alun Evans
No. Pos. Nation Player
11 FW   AUS Branko Buljevic
13 FW   AUS Steve Wooddin
14 FW   SCO George Campbell
15 MF   AUS John Stevenson
16 MF   SCO Jim Shirra
19 DF   AUS Steve Blair
20 GK   GRE Lou Tsigaras
— MF   AUS Socrates Nicolaides

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 2nd 30 13 13 4 41 27 +14 043.33
NSL Cup 11 March 1981 First round First round 1 0 0 1 0 2 −2 000.00
Total 31 13 13 5 41 29 +12 041.94

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 13 4 41 27  +14 52 11 2 2 25 10  +15 2 11 2 16 17  −1

Results by round edit

Round123456789111012141516171819202122232425132627282930
GroundHAHAHAHAHAAHHAHAHAHAHAHHAAHAHA
ResultWDWWWDWDWDWDLDDDWLWDWDWWDLLDWD
Position433311111111121223222211122222
Points2357910121315161819192021222424262729303234353535363839
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 Sydney Olympic 2–2 South Melbourne Sydney
 Report
Stadium: St George Stadium
Attendance: 4,813
Referee: Henry Witschge
1 March 1981 3 South Melbourne 2–1 Heidelberg United Melbourne
 Report
Stadium: Middle Park Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 12,500
Referee: Jack Johnston
8 March 1981 4 Footscray JUST 1–2 South Melbourne Melbourne
 Report
Stadium: Schintler Reserve
Attendance: 5,890
Referee: David Yelland
15 March 1981 5 South Melbourne 1–0 Brisbane Lions Melbourne
 Report Stadium: Middle Park Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Jim Fearn
28 March 1981 6 Blacktown City 2–2 South Melbourne Sydney
 Report
Stadium: Gabbie Stadium
Attendance: 2,451
Referee: Tim Davies
5 April 1981 7 South Melbourne 2–0 Newcastle KB United Melbourne
 Report Stadium: Middle Park
Attendance: 6,888
Referee: Stewart Mellings
12 April 1981 8 APIA Leichhardt 1–1 South Melbourne Sydney
15:00 AEST
Report
Stadium: Lambert Park
Attendance: 4,382
Referee: Peter Rampley
19 April 1981 9 South Melbourne 1–0 Wollongong City Melbourne
 Report Stadium: Middle Park
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Chris Bambridge
3 May 1981 11 Preston Makedonia 1–1 South Melbourne Melbourne
 Report
Stadium: B.T. Connor Reserve
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Don Campbell
6 May 1981 10 West Adelaide 0–2 South Melbourne Adelaide
Report
Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium
Attendance: 1,890
Referee: Jim Rossis
10 May 1981 12 South Melbourne 0–0 Adelaide City Melbourne
Report Stadium: Middle Park Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Chris Bambridge
24 May 1981 14 South Melbourne 1–3 Sydney City Melbourne
 Report
Stadium: Middle Park Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Bobby Kerr
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 South Melbourne 1–1 Sydney Olympic Melbourne
 Report
Stadium: Middle Park Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Don Campbell
14 June 1981 17 Heidelberg United 0–0 South Melbourne Melbourne
Report Stadium: Olympic Park
Attendance: 3,241
Referee: Peter Rampley
21 June 1981 18 South Melbourne 2–1 Footscray JUST Melbourne
 Report
Stadium: Middle Park Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Jim Fearn
28 June 1981 19 Brisbane Lions 2–0 South Melbourne Brisbane
 Report Stadium: Richlands Stadium
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Dave Nugent
5 July 1981 20 South Melbourne 2–1 Blacktown City Melbourne
 Report
Stadium: Middle Park Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Dennis Yelland
12 July 1981 21 Newcastle KB United 0–0 South Melbourne Newcastle
14:30 AEST Report Stadium: Newcastle International Sports Centre
Attendance: 6,099
Referee: Alf Rodway
19 July 1981 22 South Melbourne 4–1 APIA Leichhardt Melbourne
 Report
Stadium: Middle Park Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Stewart Mellings
26 July 1981 23 Wollongong City 1–1 South Melbourne Wollongong
 Report
Stadium: Wollongong Showground
Attendance: 4,723
Referee: Doug Rennie
2 August 1981 24 South Melbourne 5–0 West Adelaide Melbourne
 Report Stadium: Middle Park Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Dennis Voutsinas
9 August 1981 25 South Melbourne 2–0 Preston Makedonia Melbourne
 Report Stadium: Middle Park Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 11,759
Referee: Jim Fearn
12 August 1981 13 Brisbane City 1–1 South Melbourne Brisbane
 Report
Stadium: Spencer Park
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Dave Nugent
16 August 1981 26 Adelaide City 2–0 South Melbourne Adelaide
 Report Stadium: Olympic Sports Field
Attendance: 5,100
Referee: Peter Rampley
23 August 1981 27 South Melbourne 0–2 Brisbane City Melbourne
Report
Stadium: Middle Park Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Chris Bambridge
30 August 1981 28 Sydney City 1–1 South Melbourne Sydney
15:00 AEST
Report
Stadium: ES Marks Athletics Field
Attendance: 4,217
Referee: Dave Nugent
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 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

11 March 1981 First round Heidelberg United 2–0 South Melbourne Melbourne
 Report Stadium: Olympic Park
Attendance: 6,300[2]
Referee: Dennis Voutsinas

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   Peter Laumets 30 0 1 0 31 0
2 DF   Vince Bannon 29 1 1 0 30 1
3 DF   Alan Davidson 24 1 1 0 25 1
4 DF   Bertie Lutton 9+5 0 0 0 14 0
5 DF   Arthur Xanthopoulos 26 2 1 0 27 2
6 MF   Billy Rogers 23+2 0 1 0 26 0
8 MF   George Christopoulos 14+3 7 1 0 18 7
9 FW   Duncan Cummings 14+7 3 0+1 0 22 3
10 FW   Alun Evans 27 14 1 0 28 14
11 FW   Branko Buljevic 26+2 3 1 0 29 3
13 FW   Steve Wooddin 14 3 0 0 14 3
14 FW   George Campbell 10+3 0 0 0 13 0
15 MF   John Stevenson 30 3 1 0 31 3
16 MF   Jim Shirra 26 1 1 0 27 1
19 DF   Steve Blair 25 2 1 0 26 2
— MF   Socrates Nicolaides 3 0 0 0 3 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 10 FW   Alun Evans 6 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0
2 16 MF   Jim Shirra 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0
3 2 DF   Vince Bannon 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0
4 6 MF   Billy Rogers 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
5 3 DF   Alan Davidson 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
4 DF   Bertie Lutton 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
7 9 FW   Duncan Cummings 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
13 FW   Steve Wooddin 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Total 24 0 0 0 0 0 24 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 1   Peter Laumets 11 0 11
Total 11 0 11

References edit

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