1981 South Melbourne FC season

February 2024 February 2024 South Melbourne 1981 Head Coach John Margaritis Middle Park Soccer Stadium National Soccer League 2nd NSL Cup First round Alun Evans (11) Alun Evans (11) 12,500vs. Heidelberg United(1 March 1981)National Soccer League 4,000(four matches) 5500 12500 5000 6888 7000 4000 8000 12000 4500 4000 6000 4000 11759 7000 4000 0 5–0vs. West Adelaide(2 August 1981)National Soccer League 0–2 (4 times)1–3 (once) 1980 1982 The 1981 season was the fifth in the National Soccer League for South Melbourne Football Club. In addition to the domestic league, they also participated in the NSL Cup. South Melbourne finished 2nd in their National Soccer League season, and were eliminated in the first round of the NSL Cup. Players 1 GK AUS Peter Laumets 2 DF SCO Vince Bannon 3 DF AUS Alan Davidson 4 DF AUS Bertie Lutton 5 DF AUS Arthur Xanthopoulos 6 MF AUS Billy Rogers 8 MF AUS George Christopoulos 9 FW AUS Duncan Cummings 10 FW ENG Alun Evans 11 FW AUS Branko Buljevic 13 FW AUS Steve Wooddin 14 FW SCO George Campbell 15 MF AUS John Stevenson 16 MF SCO Jim Shirra 19 DF AUS Steve Blair 20 GK GRE Lou Tsigaras MF AUS Socrates Nicolaides Competitions Overall record 2 National Soccer League 15 February 1981 13 September 1981 Matchday 1 2nd 13 13 4 41 27 NSL Cup 11 March 1981 First round First round 0 0 1 0 2 National Soccer League 1981 National Soccer League League table SOU Results summary 11 2 2 25 10 2 11 2 16 17 worldfootball.net September 2022 Results by round table b 11 10 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 13 Round Ground H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/A/H/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/H/A/A/H/A/H/A Result W/D/W/W/W/D/W/D/W/D/W/D/L/D/D/D/W/L/W/D/W/D/W/W/D/L/L/D/W/D Position 4/3/3/3/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/2/1/2/2/3/2/2/2/2/1/1/1/2/2/2/2/2 Points 2p/3p/5p/7p/9p/10p/12p/13p/15p/16p/18p/19p/19p/20p/21p/22p/24p/24p/26p/27p/29p/30p/32p/34p/35p/35p/35p/36p/38p/39p green2 Win yellow2 Draw red2 Loss Home Away gold worldfootball.net Matches #CCFFCC Win 1px solid #AAAAAA #FFFFCC Draw 1px solid #AAAAAA #FFCCCC Loss 1px solid #AAAAAA 1 15 February 1981 South Melbourne 1–0 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1981/1981NSLResults.html#Round1 Marconi Fairfield Evans 39 Middle Park Soccer Stadium Melbourne 5,500http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1981/1981NSLResults.html 1981 National Soccer League Results Stock Greg OzFootball Chris Bambridge W 2 22 February 1981 Sydney Olympic 2–2 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1981/1981NSLResults.html#Round2 South Melbourne Laing 38 Koussas 43 Christopoulos 24 61 pen. St George Stadium Sydney 4,813 Henry Witschge D 3 1 March 1981 South Melbourne 2–1 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1981/1981NSLResults.html#Round3 Heidelberg United Buljevic 13 Xanthopoulos 83 Paton 46 Middle Park Soccer Stadium Melbourne 12,500 Jack Johnston W 4 8 March 1981 Footscray JUST 1–2 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1981/1981NSLResults.html#Round4 South Melbourne Ilioski 11 Christopoulos 20 Evans 68 Schintler Reserve Melbourne 5,890 David Yelland W 5 15 March 1981 South Melbourne 1–0 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1981/1981NSLResults.html#Round5 Brisbane Lions Cummings 83 Middle Park Soccer Stadium Melbourne 5,000 Jim Fearn W 6 28 March 1981 Blacktown City 2–2 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1981/1981NSLResults.html#Round6 South Melbourne Culina 33 Cuk 65 Evans 9 Cummings 86 Gabbie Stadium Sydney 2,451 Tim Davies D 7 5 April 1981 South Melbourne 2–0 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1981/1981NSLResults.html#Round7 Newcastle KB United Davidson 21 pen. Stevenson 66 Middle Park Melbourne 6,888 Stewart Mellings W 8 12 April 1981 15:00 AEST APIA Leichhardt 1–1 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1981/1981NSLResults.html#Round8 South Melbourne O'Connor 56 Evans 75 Lambert Park Sydney 4,382 Peter Rampley 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 W 11 3 May 1981 Preston Makedonia 1–1 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1981/1981NSLResults.html#Round11 South Melbourne Little 89 Buljevic 42 B.T. Connor Reserve Melbourne 6,000 Don Campbell D 10 6 May 1981 West Adelaide 0–2 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1981/1981NSLResults.html#Round10 South Melbourne Christopoulos 49 58 Hindmarsh Stadium Adelaide 1,890 Jim Rossis W 12 10 May 1981 South Melbourne 0–0 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1981/1981NSLResults.html#Round12 Adelaide City Middle Park Soccer Stadium Melbourne 4,000 Chris Bambridge D 14 24 May 1981 South Melbourne 1–3 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1981/1981NSLResults.html#Round14 Sydney City Evans 59 Bruce 49 Boden 64 86 Middle Park Soccer Stadium Melbourne 8,000 Bobby Kerr L 15 31 May 1981 Canberra City 2–2 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1981/1981NSLResults.html#Round15 South Melbourne Maclaren 24 Brennan 36 Christopoulos 24 pen. Blair 70 Bruce Stadium Canberra 6,247 Bob Mee D 16 7 June 1981 South Melbourne 1–1 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1981/1981NSLResults.html#Round16 Sydney Olympic Evans 23 Raskopoulos 28 Middle Park Soccer Stadium Melbourne 12,000 Don Campbell D 17 14 June 1981 Heidelberg United 0–0 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1981/1981NSLResults.html#Round17 South Melbourne Olympic Park Melbourne 3,241 Peter Rampley D 18 21 June 1981 South Melbourne 2–1 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1981/1981NSLResults.html#Round18 Footscray JUST Wooddin 30 Christopoulos 40 pen. Verweij 90 Middle Park Soccer Stadium Melbourne 4,500 Jim Fearn W 19 28 June 1981 Brisbane Lions 2–0 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1981/1981NSLResults.html#Round19 South Melbourne Daunt 23 Latchford 61 Richlands Stadium Brisbane 3,000 Dave Nugent L 20 5 July 1981 South Melbourne 2–1 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1981/1981NSLResults.html#Round20 Blacktown City Hormazabal 62 o.g. Bannon 70 Jones 79 Middle Park Soccer Stadium Melbourne 4,000 Dennis Yelland W 21 12 July 1981 14:30 AEST Newcastle KB United 0–0 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1981/1981NSLResults.html#Round21 South Melbourne Newcastle International Sports Centre Newcastle 6,099 Alf Rodway D 22 19 July 1981 South Melbourne 4–1 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1981/1981NSLResults.html#Round22 APIA Leichhardt Wooddin 29 Evans 30 41 65 Butler 73 Middle Park Soccer Stadium Melbourne 6,000 Stewart Mellings 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 South Melbourne 5–0 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1981/1981NSLResults.html#Round24 West Adelaide Blair 3 Evans 18 26 61 Stevenson 46 Middle Park Soccer Stadium Melbourne 4,000 Dennis Voutsinas W 25 9 August 1981 South Melbourne 2–0 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1981/1981NSLResults.html#Round25 Preston Makedonia Evans 49 Shirra 71 Middle Park Soccer Stadium Melbourne 11,759 Jim Fearn W 13 12 August 1981 Brisbane City 1–1 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1981/1981NSLResults.html#Round13 South Melbourne Kelso 20 Xanthopoulos 84 Spencer Park Brisbane 1,500 Dave Nugent D 26 16 August 1981 Adelaide City 2–0 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1981/1981NSLResults.html#Round26 South Melbourne Northcote 61 Perin 80 pen. Olympic Sports Field Adelaide 5,100 Peter Rampley L 27 23 August 1981 South Melbourne 0–2 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1981/1981NSLResults.html#Round27 Brisbane City Conner 39 Wilkinson 54 Middle Park Soccer Stadium Melbourne 7,000 Chris Bambridge L 28 30 August 1981 15:00 AEST Sydney City 1–1 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1981/1981NSLResults.html#Round28 South Melbourne Souness 66 Wooddin 46 ES Marks Athletics Field Sydney 4,217 Dave Nugent D 29 6 September 1981 South Melbourne 1–0 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1981/1981NSLResults.html#Round29 Canberra City Evans 55 pen. Middle Park Soccer Stadium Melbourne 4,000 Evan Venios W 30 13 September 1981 Marconi Fairfield 1–1 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1981/1981NSLResults.html#Round30 South Melbourne Krncevic 50 Buljevic 42 Marconi Stadium Sydney 2,745 Don Campbell D NSL Cup 1981 NSL Cup #CCFFCC Win 1px solid #AAAAAA #FFFFCC Draw 1px solid #AAAAAA #FFCCCC Loss 1px solid #AAAAAA First round 11 March 1981 Heidelberg United 2–0 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1981/1981NSLCup.html#Round6 South Melbourne Bozikas 52 Selemidis 71 Olympic Park Melbourne 6,300http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1981/1981NSLCup.html 1981 National Soccer League Cup Results Stock Greg OzFootball Dennis Voutsinas 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_SM.html South Melbourne 1981 Squad OzFootball No. Squad number Pos. Position Nat. Nationality Player National Soccer League NSL Cup Total Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals 1 GK AUS Peter Laumets 30 0 1 0 31 0 2 DF SCO Vince Bannon 29 1 1 0 30 1 3 DF AUS Alan Davidson Australian soccer 24 1 1 0 25 1 4 DF AUS Bertie Lutton 9+5 0 0 0 14 0 5 DF AUS Arthur Xanthopoulos 26 2 1 0 27 2 6 MF AUS Billy Rogers soccer 23+2 0 1 0 26 0 8 MF AUS George Christopoulos 14+3 7 1 0 18 7 9 FW AUS Duncan Cummings 14+7 3 0+1 0 22 3 10 FW ENG Alun Evans 27 14 1 0 28 14 11 FW AUS Branko Buljevic 26+2 3 1 0 29 3 13 FW AUS Steve Wooddin 14 3 0 0 14 3 14 FW SCO George Campbell footballer, born 1957 10+3 0 0 0 13 0 15 MF AUS John Stevenson soccer 30 3 1 0 31 3 16 MF SCO Jim Shirra 26 1 1 0 27 1 19 DF AUS Steve Blair 25 2 1 0 26 2 — MF AUS Socrates Nicolaides 3 0 0 0 3 0 Disciplinary record 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. Squad number Pos. Position Nat. Nationality Player National Soccer League NSL Cup Total 1 10 FW ENG Alun Evans 6 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 2 16 MF SCO Jim Shirra 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 3 2 DF SCO Vince Bannon 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 4 6 MF AUS Billy Rogers soccer 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 5 3 DF AUS Alan Davidson Australian soccer 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 4 DF AUS Bertie Lutton 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 7 9 FW AUS Duncan Cummings 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 13 FW AUS Steve Wooddin 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Total 24 0 0 0 0 0 24 0 0 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 1 AUS Peter Laumets 11 0 11 Total 11 0 11 References Category:South Melbourne FC seasons South Melbourne