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1981 West Adelaide SC season

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West Adelaide
1981 season
Head CoachBilly Birch
Peter Jaksa
StadiumHindmarsh Stadium
National Soccer League16th
NSL CupRunners-up
Top goalscorerLeague: Lopez Manecas (4)
All: Lopez Manecas (7)
Highest home attendance6,328
vs. Cumberland United
(22 March 1981)
NSL Cup

vs. Adelaide City
(24 May 1981)
National Soccer League
Lowest home attendance1,500
vs. Sydney Olympic
(19 August 1981)
National Soccer League

vs. Brisbane Lions
(6 September 1981)
National Soccer League

vs. Brisbane City
(13 September 1981)
National Soccer League
Average home league attendance3,005
Biggest win4–0
vs. Preston Makedonia (H)
(10 May 1981)
National Soccer League
Biggest defeat0–5
vs. South Melbourne (A)
(2 August 1981)
National Soccer League
0–5
vs. Heidelberg United (H)
(9 August 1981)
National Soccer League
← 1980
1982 →

The 1981 season was the fifth in the National Soccer League for West Adelaide Soccer Club. In addition to the domestic league, they also participated in the NSL Cup. West Adelaide finished 16th in their National Soccer League season, and were eliminated in the final of the NSL Cup.

Players

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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 Australia AUS Martyn Crook
2 DF England ENG Peter Tymczyszyn
3 FW Australia AUS Dave Pillans
4 MF Scotland SCO Neil McGachey
5 DF Israel ISR Shraga Topaz
6 MF Australia AUS Vic Bozanic
7 MF Australia AUS Peter Boyle
8 FW Angola ANG Lopez Manecas
9 FW Australia AUS Tim Brown
10 MF Scotland SCO Graham Honeyman
11 MF Scotland SCO Ian McGregor
12 DF Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia YUG Zoran Maricic
13 DF Australia AUS Gordon Haig
14 MF England ENG Neville Flounders
15 FW South Africa RSA Graham Norris
16 FW Australia AUS George Koulianos
17 DF Scotland SCO Ian McKie
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 FW Australia AUS Steve Atsalas
19 MF Australia AUS David Doorne
20 GK Australia AUS David Miller
21 FW Australia AUS Jim Hughes
22 DF Australia AUS Steve Baker
23 DF Australia AUS Tom Totsikas
24 DF Australia AUS Barry Reynolds
Australia AUS Tom Forde
Australia AUS Colin Gregson
DF Greece GRE Con Kambas
FW Australia AUS Peter Kowalski
Australia AUS Aldo Lorenzoni
Australia AUS Robert Marwe
FW Republic of Ireland IRL Vic Smythe
FW Australia AUS Bill Stefanopoulos
DF Australia AUS Jim Vahavolios
FW Scotland SCO Jim Wright

Competitions

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Overall record

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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 16th 30 5 4 21 26 47 −21 016.67
NSL Cup 11 March 1981 20 September 1981 First round Runners-up 5 4 0 1 12 6 +6 080.00
Total 35 9 4 22 38 53 −15 025.71

Source: Competitions

National Soccer League

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League table

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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

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Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
30 5 4 21 26 57  −31 19 4 3 8 16 23  −7 1 1 13 10 34  −24

Results by round

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Round123456789111012131415161718192021222425262327282930
GroundAHAHAHAHAAHHAHAAHAHAHAAHAHHAHH
ResultLWLLWLLDLLLWDLLLLLDLWLLLLLWLLD
Position1178121011131414161515151516161616161616161616161616161616
Points0222444555578888889911111111111113131314
Source: worldfootball.net
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

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  Win   Draw   Loss

15 February 1981 1 Brisbane City 2–1 West Adelaide Brisbane
Report
Stadium: Spencer Park
Attendance: 1,500[1]
Referee: Dave Nugent
22 February 1981 2 West Adelaide 2–0 Blacktown City Adelaide
Report Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium
Attendance: 2,700
Referee: Graham Neal
1 March 1981 3 Sydney City 1–0 West Adelaide Sydney
Report Stadium: St George Stadium
Attendance: 1,200
Referee: Tony Boskovic
8 March 1981 4 West Adelaide 0–1 Newcastle KB United Adelaide
Report
Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium
Attendance: 3,800
Referee: Bobby Kerr
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 West Adelaide 1–2 APIA Leichhardt Adelaide
Report Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium
Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Don Campbell
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 West Adelaide 0–0 Wollongong City Adelaide
Report Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium
Attendance: 3,100
Referee: Graham Neal
19 April 1981 9 Sydney Olympic 3–1 West Adelaide Sydney
Report Stadium: Pratten Park
Attendance: 6,120
Referee: Tim Davies
3 May 1981 11 Heidelberg United 2–0 West Adelaide Melbourne
Report Stadium: Olympic Park
Attendance: 3,200
Referee: Dennis Voutsinas
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 West Adelaide 4–0 Preston Makedonia Adelaide
Report Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium
Attendance: 2,200
Referee: Bobby Kerr
17 May 1981 13 Footscray JUST 1–1 West Adelaide Melbourne
Report
Stadium: Schintler Reserve
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Jim Fearn
24 May 1981 14 West Adelaide 0–3 Adelaide City Adelaide
Report Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium
Attendance: 6,328
Referee: Jim Fearn
31 May 1981 15 Brisbane Lions 3–1 West Adelaide Brisbane
Report
Stadium: Richlands Stadium
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Col Amos
7 June 1981 16 Blacktown City 4–0 West Adelaide Sydney
Report Stadium: Gabbie Stadium
Attendance: 2,786
Referee: Ken Small
14 June 1981 17 West Adelaide 1–2 Sydney City Adelaide
Report
Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium
Attendance: 2,900
Referee: Chris Bambridge
21 June 1981 18 Newcastle KB United 4–2 West Adelaide Newcastle
Report
Stadium: Newcastle International Sports Centre
Attendance: 5,875
Referee: Doug Rennie
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 APIA Leichhardt 1–0 West Adelaide Sydney
15:00 AEST
Report Stadium: Lambert Park
Attendance: 3,872
Referee: Tony Boskovic
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 Wollongong City 2–1 West Adelaide Wollongong
Report
Stadium: Wollongong Showground
Attendance: 4,364
Referee: Henry Witschge
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 West Adelaide 0–5 Heidelberg United Adelaide
Report
Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Don Campbell
16 August 1981 26 Preston Makedonia 2–0 West Adelaide Melbourne
Report Stadium: B.T. Connor Reserve
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Chris Bambridge
19 August 1981 23 West Adelaide 0–1 Sydney Olympic Adelaide
Report Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Jim Rossis
23 August 1981 27 West Adelaide 3–2 Footscray JUST Adelaide
Report
Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Bob Kerr
30 August 1981 28 Adelaide City 2–1 West Adelaide Adelaide
Report
Stadium: Olympic Sports Field
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Stewart Mellings
6 September 1981 29 West Adelaide 1–3 Brisbane Lions Adelaide
Report
Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Don Campbell
13 September 1981 30 West Adelaide 1–1 Brisbane City Adelaide
Report Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Jim Rossis

NSL Cup

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  Win   Draw   Loss

11 March 1981 First round West Adelaide 3–0 Para Hills Adelaide
Report Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium
Attendance: [2]
22 March 1981 Second round West Adelaide 3–2 Cumberland United Adelaide
Report
Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium
Attendance: 6,328
Referee: Barry Harwood
17 June 1981 Quarter-finals West Adelaide 4–2 Brisbane City Adelaide
Report Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium
Attendance: 1,800
Referee: Jim Rossis
29 July 1981 Semi-finals West Adelaide 1–0 Adelaide City Adelaide
Report Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium
Attendance: 6,200
Referee: Barry Harwood
20 September 1981 Final Brisbane Lions 3–1 West Adelaide Canberra
15:00 AEST
Report
Stadium: Canberra Stadium
Attendance: 6,132
Referee: Chris Bambridge

Statistics

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Appearances and goals

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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 Australia Martyn Crook 29 0 5 0 34 0
2 DF England Peter Tymczyszyn 11 1 2 1 13 2
3 FW Australia Dave Pillans 4+1 0 1 1 6 1
4 MF Scotland Neil McGachey 8 0 1+1 1 10 1
5 DF Israel Shraga Topaz 22 3 4 1 26 4
6 MF Australia Vic Bozanic 24 2 4 1 28 3
7 MF Australia Peter Boyle 14 3 2 0 16 3
8 FW Angola Lopez Manecas 18+2 4 4 3 24 7
9 FW Australia Tim Brown 21+4 1 3+1 1 29 2
10 MF Scotland Graham Honeyman 26+1 2 4 0 31 2
11 MF Scotland Ian McGregor 19+1 1 3 0 23 1
12 DF Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Zoran Maricic 18+1 0 5 0 24 0
13 DF Australia Gordon Haig 5+6 0 0 0 11 0
15 FW South Africa Graham Norris 13 0 0+1 1 14 1
16 FW Australia George Koulianos 2+1 0 1+1 0 5 0
17 DF Australia Ian McKie 14+4 0 2 0 20 0
18 FW Australia Steve Atsalas 0+2 0 0 0 2 0
20 GK Australia David Miller 1 0 0 0 1 0
21 FW Australia Jim Hughes 0+2 0 0 0 2 0
22 DF Australia Steve Baker 0+1 0 0 0 1 0
23 DF Australia Tom Totsikas 0 0 1 0 1 0
24 DF Australia Barry Reynolds 1+1 0 0 0 2 0
Australia Tom Forde 20+1 2 2 0 23 2
Australia Colin Gregson 1+2 0 0 0 3 0
DF Greece Con Kambas 15 0 2+1 0 18 0
FW Australia Peter Kowalski 8+2 0 1+1 0 12 0
Australia Aldo Lorenzoni 7+6 3 2+1 1 16 4
Australia Robert Marwe 3+1 0 0 0 4 0
FW Republic of Ireland Vic Smythe 12 2 2+1 1 15 3
FW Australia Bill Stefanopoulos 3 1 0 0 3 1
DF Australia Jim Vahavolios 1 0 0 0 1 0
FW Scotland Jim Wright 10+3 0 1 0 14 0

Disciplinary record

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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
Yellow card Second yellow card Red card Yellow card Second yellow card Red card Yellow card Second yellow card Red card
1 5 DF Israel Shraga Topaz 2 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1
10 MF Scotland Graham Honeyman 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 1
3 12 DF Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Zoran Maricic 6 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0
4 6 MF Australia Vic Bozanic 3 0 0 1 0 0 4 0 0
Australia Tom Forde 3 0 0 1 0 0 4 0 0
6 7 MF Australia Peter Boyle 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
11 MF Scotland Ian McGregor 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
8 2 DF England Peter Tymczyszyn 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
15 FW South Africa Graham Norris 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
17 DF Scotland Ian McKie 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
DF Greece Con Kambas 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
FW Republic of Ireland Vic Smythe 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Total 26 0 2 3 0 0 29 0 2


Clean sheets

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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 Australia Martyn Crook 4 2 6
Total 4 2 6

References

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  1. ^ Stock, Greg. "1981 National Soccer League Results". OzFootball.
  2. ^ a b Stock, Greg. "1981 National Soccer League Cup Results". OzFootball.net.
  3. ^ Persoglia, Tony; Stock, Greg. "West Adelaide 1981 Squad". OzFootball.net.