1981 Wollongong City FC season

June 2022 June 2022 Wollongong City 1981 Ken Morton Wollongong ShowgroundMemorial ParkWoonona Oval National Soccer League 11th NSL Cup First round Jim McBreen (7) Jim McBreen (8) 6,930vs. Preston Makedonia(26 April 1981)National Soccer League 815vs. Downer Olympic(21 March 1981)NSL Cup 5904 5317 5637 6087 6930 5309 3015 4371 3748 2100 4364 4723 3879 3974 5819 0 4–0vs. Marconi Fairfield (H)(6 September 1981)National Soccer League 0–6vs. Preston Makedonia (A)(2 August 1981)National Soccer League 1982 The 1981 season was the first in the history of Wollongong City Football Club (now Wollongong Wolves). It was also the first season in the National Soccer League. In addition to the domestic league, they also participated in the NSL Cup. Wollongong City finished 11th in their National Soccer League season, and were eliminated in the NSL Cup second round by APIA Leichhardt. Players 1 SCO GK Jim Preston 2 AUS MF Peter Willis 3 AUS DF Tony Dickinson 4 ENG DF Chris Dunleavy Captain 5 ENG DF Jeff Ainsworth 6 ENG MF Lee Adam 7 AUS FW Glen Fontana 8 ENG MF John Fleming 9 NZL MF Clive Campbell 10 ENG MF John Lathan 11 AUS FW Jock Morlando 13 NZL FW Brian Turner 14 NZL DF Willem de Graaf 15 AUS DF Ray Mohring 16 AUS MF Peter Tredinnick 17 ENG Jim McBreen 18 ENG MF Ken Morton 19 AUS MF Paul Kay 22 AUS GK Natch Vardareff AUS DF Arno Bertogna Competitions Overview 5 National Soccer League 15 February 1981 13 September 1981 Matchday 1 11th 8 12 10 35 39 NSL Cup 21 March 1981 6 May 1981 First round Second round 1 0 1 5 4 complete National Soccer League League table WOL Results by round table b 26 13 20 21 22 23 24 25 Round Ground H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/A/H/A/H/H/A/H/H/A/H/A Result W/W/W/D/D/D/D/D/L/D/W/D/L/L/D/L/D/D/W/L/D/L/W/D/L/W/L/L/W/L Position 2/1/1/1/2/2/2/2/3/4/3/4/8/8/9/9/9/9/9/5/9/9/8/8/9/8/10/11/11/11 Points 2p/4p/6p/7p/8p/9p/10p/11p/11p/12p/14p/15p/15p/15p/16p/16p/17p/18p/20pp/20p/21p/21p/23p/24p/24p/26p/26p/26p/28p/28p Home Away green2 Win yellow2 Draw red2 Loss gold worldfootball.net Matches 1 15 February 1981 14:00 AEDT Wollongong City 3–1 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1981/1981NSLResults.html#Round1 Sydney Olympic McBreen 35 Campbell 55 62 Wollongong Showground Wollongong 5,904http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1981/1981NSLResults.html 1981 National Soccer League Results Stock Greg OzFootball Tony Boskovic W 2 22 February 1981 Heidelberg United 0–3 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1981/1981NSLResults.html#Round2 Wollongong City McBreen 34 Morton 51 Dunleavy 72 Olympic Park No. 2 Melbourne 5,200 David Yelland W 3 1 March 1981 15:00 AEST Wollongong City 2–1 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1981/1981NSLResults.html#Round3 Footscray JUST Tredinnick 71 Dunleavy 85 Wollongong Showground Wollongong 5,317 Tim Davies W 4 8 March 1981 Brisbane Lions 1–1 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1981/1981NSLResults.html#Round4 Wollongong City Ferris 44 Adam 27 pen. Lions Stadium Brisbane 1,970 Jack Wood D 5 15 March 1981 15:00 AEST Wollongong City 1–1 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1981/1981NSLResults.html#Round5 Blacktown City Fleming 41 Culina 86 Wollongong Showground Wollongong 5,637 Richard Lorenc D 6 29 March 1981 14:30 AEST Newcastle KB United 1–1 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1981/1981NSLResults.html#Round6 Wollongong City Drinkwater 73 Fontana 37 Newcastle International Sports Centre Newcastle 7,567 Doug Rennie D 7 5 April 1981 15:00 AEST Wollongong City 1–1 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1981/1981NSLResults.html#Round7 APIA Leichhardt Tredinnick 30 Kafka 5 Wollongong Showground Wollongong 6,087 Gary Power D 8 12 April 1981 West Adelaide 0–0 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1981/1981NSLResults.html#Round8 Wollongong City Hindmarsh Stadium Adelaide 3,100 Graham Neal D 9 19 April 1981 South Melbourne 1–0 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1981/1981NSLResults.html#Round9 Wollongong City Stevenson 72 Middle Park Melbourne 7,000 Chris Bambridge L 10 26 April 1981 15:00 AEST Wollongong City 2–2 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1981/1981NSLResults.html#Round10 Preston Makedonia Fleming 46 Fontana 49 Ollerton 7 Little 75 Wollongong Showground Wollongong 6,930 Doug Rennie D 11 3 May 1981 Adelaide City 1–2 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1981/1981NSLResults.html#Round11 Wollongong City Mitchell 34 Fontana 44 McBreen 72 Olympic Sports Field Adelaide 3,100 Stewart Mellings W 12 10 May 1981 15:00 AEST Wollongong City 0–0 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1981/1981NSLResults.html#Round12 Brisbane City Wollongong Showground Wollongong 5,309 Tim Davies D 26 17 May 1981 Brisbane City 1–0 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1981/1981NSLResults.html#Round26 Wollongong City P. Wilkinson 17 Spencer Park Brisbane 4,800 Dave Nugent L 14 24 May 1981 15:00 AEST Wollongong City 0–1 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1981/1981NSLResults.html#Round14 Canberra City Valeri 78 Wollongong Showground Wollongong 3,015 Richard Lorenc L 15 31 May 1981 15:00 AEST Marconi Fairfield 1–1 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1981/1981NSLResults.html#Round15 Wollongong City Krncevic 43 Adam 21 Marconi Stadium Sydney 2,400 Henry Witschge D 16 7 June 1981 Wollongong City 3–4 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1981/1981NSLResults.html#Round16 Heidelberg United Lathan 20 Adam 87 McBreen 88 Cole 29 73 Paton 51 McGrory 65 Wollongong Showground Wollongong 4,371 Doug Rennie / Barry Wilkinson L 17 14 June 1981 15:00 AEST Footscray JUST 1–1 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1981/1981NSLResults.html#Round17 Wollongong City Verweij 78 Adam 87 pen. Schintler Reserve Melbourne 2,000 Bobby Kerr D 18 21 June 1981 Wollongong City 1–1 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1981/1981NSLResults.html#Round18 Brisbane Lions McBreen 62 Low 40 Wollongong Showground Wollongong 3,748 Gary Power D 19 28 June 1981 Blacktown City 0–1 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1981/1981NSLResults.html#Round19 Wollongong City Tredinnick 76 Gabbie Stadium Sydney 2,965 Jim Reeves W 13 1 July 1981 Sydney City 1–0 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1981/1981NSLResults.html#Round13 Wollongong City Cant 68 St George Stadium Sydney 1,500 Peter Rampley L 20 5 July 1981 Wollongong City 0–0 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1981/1981NSLResults.html#Round20 Newcastle KB United Wollongong Showground Wollongong 2,100 Ken Small D 21 12 July 1981 APIA Leichhardt 1–0 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1981/1981NSLResults.html#Round21 Wollongong City Butler 14 Lambert Park Sydney 4,222 Peter Rampley L 22 19 July 1981 Wollongong City 2–1 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1981/1981NSLResults.html#Round22 West Adelaide Campbell 49 Fontana 60 Smythe 53 Wollongong Showground Wollongong 4,364 Henry Witschge W 23 26 July 1981 Wollongong City 1–1 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1981/1981NSLResults.html#Round23 South Melbourne de Graaf 8 Cummings 40 Wollongong Showground Wollongong 4,723 Doug Rennie D 24 2 August 1981 Preston Makedonia 6–0 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1981/1981NSLResults.html#Round24 Wollongong City Lucchesi 11 23 Whittle 59 Brown 75 Fontana 80 o.g. Cullen 89 B.T. Connor Reserve Melbourne 3,000 Stewart Mellings L 25 9 August 1981 Wollongong City 4–1 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1981/1981NSLResults.html#Round25 Adelaide City Bertogna 3 Fleming 10 McBreen 44 Lathan 48 Northcote 65 Wollongong Showground Wollongong 3,879 Tony Boskovic W 27 23 August 1981 Wollongong City 0–5 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1981/1981NSLResults.html#Round27 Sydney City Boden 5 Kosmina 57 Souness 65 83 Barnes 88 Wollongong Showground Wollongong 3,974 Tim Davies L 28 30 August 1981 Canberra City 2–0 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1981/1981NSLResults.html#Round28 Wollongong City Valeri 6 pen. Gibson 82 Bruce Stadium Canberra 2,500 Bob Mee L 29 6 September 1981 Wollongong City 4–0 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1981/1981NSLResults.html#Round29 Marconi Fairfield McBreen 60 Tredinnick 74 Lathan 79 89 Wollongong Showground Wollongong 5,819 Tony Boskovic W 30 13 September 1981 Sydney Olympic 2–1 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1981/1981NSLResults.html#Round30 Wollongong City Ziras 70 pen. Raskopoulos 84 Campbell 18 Pratten Park Sydney 4,500 Richard Lorenc L NSL Cup First round 21 March 1981 Wollongong City 3–0 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1981/1981NSLCup.html#Round1 Downer Olympic Lathan 30 Campbell 18 Adam 90 pen. Memorial Park Wollongong 815http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1981/1981NSLCup.html 1981 National Soccer League Cup Results Stock Greg OzFootball Ken Small W Second round 6 May 1981 Wollongong City 2–4 yes http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1981/1981NSLCup.html#Round2 APIA Leichhardt McBreen 77 Tredinnick 90 O'Connor 75 Soper 89 119 Kafka 100 Woonona Oval Wollongong Tony Boskovic L Statistics Appearances and goals Includes all competitions. Players with no appearances not included in the list.http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1981/1981NSLSquads_WC.html Wollongong City 1981 Squad Persoglia Tony Stock Greg OzFootball No. Squad number Pos. Position Nat. Nationality Player National Soccer League NSL Cup Total Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals 1 GK SCO Jim Preston 11+1 0 2 0 14 0 2 MF AUS Peter Willis soccer 13 0 1 0 14 0 3 DF AUS Tony Dickinson soccer 2 0 0 0 2 0 4 DF ENG Chris Dunleavy 30 2 2 0 32 2 5 DF ENG Jeff Ainsworth 26 0 2 0 28 0 6 MF ENG Lee Adam 29 4 2 1 31 5 7 FW AUS Glen Fontana 19+2 4 1 0 22 4 8 MF ENG John Fleming footballer, born 1953 29 3 2 0 31 3 9 MF NZL Clive Campbell footballer 17+6 4 1 1 24 5 10 MF NZL John Lathan 27+1 4 2 1 30 5 11 FW AUS Jock Morlando 6+2 0 0+1 0 9 0 13 FW NZL Brian Turner footballer, born 1949 5+2 0 1 0 8 0 14 DF NZL Willem de Graaf 22+3 1 2 0 27 1 15 DF AUS Ray Mohring 0+2 0 0 0 2 0 16 MF AUS Peter Tredinnick 30 4 2 1 32 5 17 — ENG Jim McBreen 25+1 7 2 1 28 8 18 MF ENG Ken Morton 1+7 1 0+1 0 9 1 19 MF AUS Paul Kay soccer 4+2 0 0+1 0 7 0 22 GK AUS Natch Vardareff 19+1 0 1 0 20 0 — DF AUS Arno Bertogna 15 1 0 0 15 1 Clean sheets 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. Squad number Nat. Nationality Goalkeeper NSL NSL Cup Total 1 22 AUS Natch Vardareff 5 0 5 2 1 SCO Jim Preston 1 1 2 Total 6 1 7 References Category:Wollongong Wolves FC seasons Wollongong City