1985 National Soccer League

Australian soccer season the Australian season the Canadian season 1985 National Soccer League (Canada) season November 2015 November 2015 National Soccer League 1985 9 March – 8 September 1985 Brunswick Juventus1st title Sydney City (Northern)South Melbourne (Southern) Penrith City 276 769 Top scorer Charlie Egan (21 goals) Marconi Fairfield 6–0 Penrith City(28 July 1985) APIA Leichhardt 0–4 Sydney City(17 March 1985) Brunswick Juventus 5–4 Brisbane City(19 May 1985) 1984 1986 The 1985 National Soccer League was the ninth season of the National Soccer League. The season was again played with two Conferences as separate leagues, followed by a conference playoff final. The Grand Final was won by Brunswick Juventus 2–0 on aggregate over Sydney City. The season began on 9 March 1985, and concluded on 8 September 1985. The league was known as the Olympic Airways Soccer League under a sponsorship arrangement with Greek airline Olympic Airways.1984-10-31 NSL's $200,000 sponsor for 1985 https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-sydney-morning-herald-nsls-200000/170049390/ 2025-04-11 The Sydney Morning Herald 43 Teams Twenty-four teams competed in the league (twelve in the Northern Conference and twelve in the Southern Conference) – the sixteen teams from the previous season and eight teams accepted from their respective state leagues. Stadiums and locations Note: Table lists in alphabetical order by conference. Team Location Stadium CapacityNorthern ConferenceAPIA LeichhardtSydney (Leichhardt)Lambert Park7,000Blacktown CitySydney (Seven Hills)Gabbie Stadium5,000Canberra CityCanberraCanberra Stadium25,011Inter MonaroQueanbeyanSeiffert Oval15,000Marconi FairfieldSydney (Bossley Park)Marconi Stadium9,000Newcastle Rosebud UnitedNewcastleAdamstown Oval2,000Penrith CityPenrithCook Park1,000St George-BudapestSydney (Mortdale)St George Stadium12,000Sydney CitySydney (Bondi)ES Marks Athletics Field8,000Sydney CroatiaSydney (Edensor Park)King Tomislav Park10,000Sydney OlympicSydney (Waterloo)Pratten Park15,000Wollongong CityWollongongWollongong Showground22,000Southern ConferenceAdelaide CityAdelaide (Kensington)Olympic Sports Field8,000Brisbane CityBrisbane (Newmarket)Spencer Park5,000Brisbane LionsBrisbane (Inala)Lions Stadium5,000Brunswick JuventusMelbourne (Brunswick)Olympic Park No. 26,000Footscray JUSTMelbourne (Footscray)Schintler Reserve?Green GullyMelbourne (St Albans)Green Gully Reserve10,000Heidelberg UnitedMelbourne (Brunswick)Olympic Village12,000Melbourne CroatiaMelbourne (Essendon)Olympic Park18,500Preston MakedoniaMelbourne (Fitzroy)B.T. Connor Reserve5,000South MelbourneMelbourne (Middle Park)Middle Park18,000Sunshine George CrossMelbourne (City of Melbourne)Chaplin Reserve5,000West AdelaideAdelaide (City of Adelaide)Hindmarsh Stadium16,500 Head coach changes The Australian Soccer Annual 1985 reported seven managerial changes.Australian Soccer Annual 1985 – Seven coaching changes for 1985 Soccer Action 7 TeamOutgoing head coachDate of vacancyPosition in the tableIncoming head coachDate of appointmentAdelaide CityENG Frank Pimblett1985Pre-seasonAUS Tony Lowndes1985Brunswick JuventusAUS John MargaritisSCO Tommy TraynorInter Monaro—AUS Josef ProcopMelbourne CroatiaAUS Tony VrzinaAUS Tommy CummingPreston MakedoniaAUS Frank McAleerAUS Willie MurraySunshine George CrossSCO Billy WilkinsonAUS John GardinerWest AdelaideAUS Sam SalabsidesSCO Neil McGachey Regular season League tables ; Northern Conference main WDL QR 2 FS FS FS FS FS REL SCI, SCR, MAR, SOL, STG, CAN, INT, BLA, API, WOL, PEN, NRU complete 7 2 13 20 34 7 4 11 30 34 8 6 8 33 35 11 7 4 44 23 7 6 9 29 37 4 4 14 20 45 4 6 12 24 35 7 8 7 31 26 15 5 2 42 19 14 5 3 50 22 12 3 7 29 25 5 6 11 29 46 R APIA Leichhardt Blacktown City Canberra City Inter Monaro Marconi Fairfield Newcastle Rosebud United Penrith City St George-Budapest Sydney City Sydney Croatia Sydney Olympic Wollongong City yellow1 Qualification to Finals series red1 Relegation to the 1986 NSW State League 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored. rsssf.com Southern Conference main WDL Q 2 FS FS FS FS FS SOU, BRU, HEI, MEL, PRE, SGC, BRL, GRE, ADE, WES, BRC, FOO 6 6 10 29 35 6 5 11 25 42 9 4 9 29 29 11 7 4 33 19 5 2 15 25 41 6 6 10 24 29 10 7 5 29 17 9 6 7 29 21 9 6 7 30 28 14 5 3 39 21 8 7 7 25 22 6 5 11 24 37 C Adelaide City Brisbane City Brisbane Lions Brunswick Juventus Footscray JUST Green Gully Heidelberg United Melbourne Croatia Preston Makedonia South Melbourne Sunshine George Cross West Adelaide yellow1 Qualification to Finals series 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored. rsssf.com Results Northern Conference main OzFootball complete yes FBR API, BLA, CAN, INT, MAR, NRU, PEN, STG, SCI, SCR, SOL, WOL APIA Leichhardt Blacktown City Canberra City Inter Monaro Marconi Fairfield Newcastle Rosebud United Penrith City St George-Budapest Sydney City Sydney Croatia Sydney Olympic Wollongong City 0–3 0–1 0–1 4–1 1–0 1–0 1–4 0–4 1–3 1–2 4–2 1–1 2–3 1–0 0–2 4–0 1–1 0–3 1–2 1–1 1–0 3–0 0–0 3–2 1–2 1–1 3–1 2–2 0–1 1–3 2–4 1–3 1–1 0–3 2–1 0–3 1–0 1–2 3–1 1–1 2–3 1–1 3–1 1–1 0–0 2–1 4–1 4–1 2–2 6–0 1–0 0–0 0–2 0–0 6–1 2–1 0–3 2–2 1–0 0–2 1–1 3–4 1–1 1–2 0–1 1–3 0–1 0–1 1–2 3–4 1–3 4–1 0–0 1–2 0–1 0–1 3–0 2–0 1–1 1–1 1–1 0–1 3–0 3–2 0–1 1–3 0–1 1–1 2–0 3–1 4–2 2–2 1–1 2–0 0–1 1–0 2–0 2–1 5–2 3–0 4–0 1–0 2–0 3–3 2–0 2–2 2–2 2–0 5–0 5–1 2–1 3–2 0–1 1–1 2–2 2–0 0–1 3–1 0–1 3–1 2–0 1–0 3–0 0–2 4–2 2–3 1–2 0–0 2–2 1–1 2–1 1–2 Southern Conference main OzFootball complete yes FBR ADE, BRC, BRL, BRU, FOO, GRE, HEI, MEL, PRE, SOU, SGC, WES Adelaide City Brisbane City Brisbane Lions Brunswick Juventus Footscray JUST Green Gully Heidelberg United Melbourne Croatia Preston Makedonia South Melbourne Sunshine George Cross West Adelaide 1–1 1–1 2–1 2–1 1–1 0–1 3–0 1–2 2–2 1–1 4–1 2–1 0–2 0–0 3–2 3–0 0–3 1–1 0–0 2–1 0–1 0–0 3–0 3–0 0–0 1–0 3–1 1–2 0–1 1–2 1–1 1–0 1–0 3–1 5–4 2–1 3–2 1–0 2–0 1–1 2–0 2–2 3–0 0–1 1–0 1–3 1–2 1–1 1–0 3–3 0–2 1–2 0–1 0–3 2–1 2–3 4–1 2–0 0–2 2–1 1–1 0–0 1–1 0–1 1–1 1–1 0–0 2–0 2–0 1–0 4–0 1–3 0–1 0–0 0–1 1–1 1–0 3–0 4–1 2–3 0–1 0–1 0–2 1–2 2–0 1–1 1–1 0–0 4–2 3–0 4–0 0–0 2–0 0–1 1–4 3–2 0–1 2–1 1–1 2–1 4–1 0–0 1–3 3–1 3–2 1–0 1–2 3–0 2–1 4–2 1–2 3–0 3–2 0–0 2–1 2–0 0–0 0–2 2–2 0–1 1–0 2–1 1–3 5–3 2–1 1–5 2–0 1–1 0–3 3–1 0–3 0–1 Finals series Northern Conference Elimination and qualifying Finals Semi-finals Preliminary Final Northern Final 2 Sydney Croatia 2 3 Marconi Fairfield 1 4 Sydney Olympic 1 5 St George-Budapest 0 1 Sydney City 1 2 Sydney Croatia 0 3 Marconi Fairfield 3 (7) 4 Sydney Olympic 3 (6) 2 Sydney Croatia 0 3 Marconi Fairfield 1 1 Sydney City 2 3 Marconi Fairfield 0 Southern Conference Elimination and qualifying Finals Semi-finals Preliminary Final Southern Final 2 Brunswick Juventus 2 3 Heidelberg United 0 4 Melbourne Croatia 1 5 Preston Makedonia 2 1 South Melbourne 0 2 Brunswick Juventus 1 3 Heidelberg United 0 5 Preston Makedonia 2 1 South Melbourne 4 (4) 5 Preston Makedonia 4 (5) 2 Brunswick Juventus 2 5 Preston Makedonia 1 Grand Final First Leg 4 September 1985 Sydney City 0 – 1 Brunswick Juventus Incantalupo 38 St George Stadium, Sydney 2,491 Peter Rampley Second Leg 8 September 1985 Brunswick Juventus 1 – 0 Sydney City Incantalupo 41 Olympic Park Stadium, Melbourne 7,560 Don Campbell Brunswick Juventus win 2–0 on aggregate Individual awards Award Winner Club National Soccer League Player of the Year SCO Graham Honeyman West Adelaide National Soccer League Under 21 Player of the Year AUS Alan Hunter Brisbane Lions National Soccer League Coach of the Year SCO Eddie Thomson Sydney City References OzFootball Archives - 1985 NSL Season Category:National Soccer League (Australia) seasons National Soccer League Australia