1984 NSL Cup final

1984 NSL Cup final

Event	1984 NSL Cup
Melbourne Croatia Newcastle Rosebud United 0 1
Date	12 September 1984 (1984-09-12)
Venue	Olympic Park, Melbourne
Referee	Stewart Mellings
Attendance	4,000

The 1984 NSL Cup final was the final match of the 1984 NSL Cup, the eighth season of the National Soccer League Cup. It was played at Olympic Park in Melbourne on 12 September 1984 between Melbourne Knights and Newcastle Rosebud United. Newcastle won the match 1–0 for their first NSL Cup title.

Route to the final

Main article: 1984 NSL Cup

Melbourne Croatia		Round	Newcastle Rosebud United
Opposition	Score		Opposition	Score
Brisbane Lions (H)	2–1 (a.e.t.)	QF	Sydney City	3–0
APIA Leichhardt (A)	2–0	SF	Footscray JUST (A)	1–0
Key: (H) = Home venue; (A) = Away venue

Match

Details

12 September 1984

Melbourne Knights	0–1	Newcastle Rosebud United
	Report	Todd 29'

Olympic Park, Melbourne

Attendance: 4,000

Referee: Stewart Mellings

GK 23 Yakka Banovic DF 2 Tony Curcio DF 3 Shaun Parton DF 5 George Hannah MF — Theo Selemidis MF 12 Drago Deankovic  86' MF 8 Josip Biskic MF 6 Jozo Antolovic  46' MF 14 Robert Markovac FW 10 David Brogan FW 11 Tommy Cumming Substitutes: DF 13 Peter Lewis  86' MF 15 Jim Campbell  46' Head Coach: Tony Vrzina

GK 1 Clint Gosling DF 4 Neil Owens DF 2 Ralph Maier DF 3 Michael Boogaard DF 5 Andrew Thompson MF 6 John McQuarrie MF 7 Joe Senkalski MF 9 Dean Milosevic  83' FW 8 Simon Brandt FW 11 Derek Todd FW 10 David Jones Substitutes: MF 12 Steve Allen  83' Head Coach: Willie Gallagher

Match rules 90 minutes 30 minutes of extra time if necessary Penalty shoot-out if scores still level