1985 NSL Cup final

1985 NSL Cup final

Event	1985 NSL Cup
Sydney Olympic Preston Makedonia 2 1
Date	12 September 1985 (1985-09-12)
Venue	St George Stadium, Sydney
Referee	Don Campbell
Attendance	6,187

The 1985 NSL Cup final was the final match of the 1985 NSL Cup, the ninth season of the National Soccer League Cup. It was played at St George Stadium in Sydney on 11 August 1985 between Sydney Olympic and Preston Makedonia. Sydney Olympic won the match 2–1 for their second NSL Cup title.

Route to the final

Main article: 1985 NSL Cup

Sydney Olympic		Round	Preston Makedonia
Opposition	Score		Opposition	Score
Penrith City (H)	2–1	R1	South Melbourne (H)	1–0
APIA Leichhardt (H)	2–0	R2	Heidelberg United (A)	2–1 (a.e.t.)
Canberra City (H)	1–1 (a.e.t.) (5–4 p)	QF	Green Gully (H)	3–1
Newcastle Rosebud United (H)	3–2 (a.e.t.)	SF	Sunshine George Cross (H)	2–1
Key: (H) = Home venue; (A) = Away venue

Match

Details

11 August 1985

15:00 AEST

Sydney Olympic	2–1	Preston Makedonia
Soper 80' Raskopoulos 82'	Report	Cole 13'

St George Stadium, Sydney

Attendance: 6,187

Referee: Don Campbell

GK Gary Meier DF Martyn Rogers DF Graham Jennings DF Jim Ziras DF Alex Lambropoulos DF Stuart Johnston MF Peter Raskopoulos MF Peter Katholos  87' MF Simon Ogun MF Mark Koussas  67' FW Marshall Soper Substitutes: MF George Haniotis  87' FW Chris Polias  67' Head Coach: Manfred Schaefer

GK Phil Traianedes DF George McMillan DF Ian Dobson DF Robbie Dunn DF Con Opasinis MF George Petrov MF Zoran Ilioski FW Graham Heys FW Sean Lane FW Steve Smith FW Gary Cole Head Coach: Bill Murray

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