1981 Preston Makedonia FC season

January 2024 January 2024 Preston Makedonia 1981 President John Brian Head Coach Brian EdgeleyPeter Ollerton B.T. Connor Reserve National Soccer League 12th NSL Cup Second round Peter Ollerton (10) Peter Ollerton (12) 6,000vs. South Melbourne(3 May 1981)National Soccer League6,000vs. Sydney City(6 September 1981)National Soccer League 2,000vs. Brisbane City(24 May 1981)National Soccer League 4000 3000 4500 3500 3500 6000 2000 5000 3000 3000 3000 2500 3500 6000 0 6–0vs. Wollongong City(2 August 1981)National Soccer League 0–4vs. Newcastle KB United(12 April 1981)National Soccer League0–4vs. West Adelaide(10 May 1981)National Soccer League _blacktop FF0000 FF0000 FF0000 000000 FF0000 1982 The 1981 season was the first in the National Soccer League for Preston Makedonia, in Melbourne, Victoria. In addition to the domestic league, they also participated in the NSL Cup. Preston Makedonia finished 12th in their National Soccer League season and were eliminated in the second round of the NSL Cup. Players 1 GK AUS Lou Kastner 2 DF AUS Mike Rainey 3 DF ENG Steve Beech 4 MF AUS Peter Ollerton 5 DF ENG John Higham 6 MF AUS Jeff Faulkner 7 FW AUS Robbie Cullen 8 MF SCO Gordon Flavell 9 FW SCO George McMillan 10 MF AUS Ljube Petrovski 11 FW AUS Gary Ward 12 MF AUS Stuart Cunningham 13 MF AUS Claude Lucchesi 14 MF NZL Eric Lesbirel 15 MF AUS Con Stoikos 16 FW AUS Con Opasinis FW AUS Peter Boyle FW AUS Duggie Brown AUS Gary Clayton MF AUS John Little AUS Danny McCluskey DF SCO Ron McIvor FW ENG Alan Whittle GK NZL Richard Wilson Competitions Overall record 2 National Soccer League 15 February 1981 13 September 1981 Matchday 1 12th 9 7 14 39 41 NSL Cup 4 March 1981 25 March 1981 First round Second round 1 1 0 4 2 National Soccer League 1981 National Soccer League League table PRE Results summary 7 4 4 28 14 2 3 10 11 27 worldfootball.net January 2024 Results by round table b Round Ground H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/H/A/H/A Result L/L/W/W/W/L/L/L/W/D/D/L/L/D/L/D/L/L/L/D/D/W/D/W/L/W/W/W/L/L Position 12/16/8/8/6/8/9/11/10/11/9/12/12/12/12/14/14/14/15/15/15/14/14/14/14/14/13/12/12/12 Points 0p/0p/2p/4p/6p/6p/6p/6p/8p/9p/10p/10p/10p/11p/11p/12p/12p/12p/12p/13p/14p/16p/17p/19p/19p/21p/23p/25p/25p/25p 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 Preston Makedonia 0–1 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1981/1981NSLResults.html#Round1 Canberra City R. O'Shea 23 B.T. Connor Reserve Melbourne 4,000http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1981/1981NSLResults.html 1981 National Soccer League Results Stock Greg OzFootball Jim Fearn L 2 22 February 1981 Marconi Fairfield 1–0 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1981/1981NSLResults.html#Round2 Preston Makedonia Krncevic 66 Marconi Oval Sydney 4,500 Gary Power L 3 1 March 1981 Preston Makedonia 3–1 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1981/1981NSLResults.html#Round3 Sydney Olympic Cullen 22 Lucchesi 49 Brown 85 Katholos 64 B.T. Connor Reserve Melbourne 3,000 Evan Venios W 4 8 March 1981 Heidelberg United 2–3 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1981/1981NSLResults.html#Round4 Preston Makedonia Paton 71 77 Ward 3 Ollerton 8 Brown 77 Olympic Park Melbourne 8,000 Dennis Voutsinas W 5 15 March 1981 Preston Makedonia 3–0 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1981/1981NSLResults.html#Round5 Footscray JUST Ollerton 42 71 Cullen 61 B.T. Connor Reserve Melbourne 4,500 Chris Bambridge W 6 29 March 1981 Brisbane Lions 2–1 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1981/1981NSLResults.html#Round6 Preston Makedonia Hogg 10 Bryce 27 Cullen 64 Richlands Stadium Brisbane 1,830 Col Amos L 7 5 April 1981 Preston Makedonia 2–3 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1981/1981NSLResults.html#Round7 Blacktown City Ollerton 49 65 Cuk 22 Wallace 54 74 B.T. Connor Reserve Melbourne 3,500 David Yelland L 8 12 April 1981 Newcastle KB United 4–0 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1981/1981NSLResults.html#Round8 Preston Makedonia Mountford 3 75 Senkalski 51 Bertogna 64 Newcastle International Sports Centre Newcastle 4,278 Alf Rodway L 9 19 April 1981 Preston Makedonia 3–1 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1981/1981NSLResults.html#Round9 APIA Leichhardt Higham 11 Ollerton 30 Brown 53 Giampaolo 19 B.T. Connor Reserve Melbourne 3,500 Stewart Mellings W 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 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 12 10 May 1981 West Adelaide 4–0 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1981/1981NSLResults.html#Round12 Preston Makedonia Topaz 18 Honeyman 27 Boyle 39 Manecas 64 Hindmarsh Stadium Adelaide 2,200 Bobby Kerr L 13 17 May 1981 Adelaide City 1–0 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1981/1981NSLResults.html#Round13 Preston Makedonia J. Nyskohus 26 Olympic Sports Field Adelaide 2,200 Graham Neal L 14 24 May 1981 Preston Makedonia 1–1 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1981/1981NSLResults.html#Round14 Brisbane City Cullen 50 Hamilton 87 B.T. Connor Reserve Melbourne 2,000 Stewart Mellings D 15 31 May 1981 Sydney City 2–0 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1981/1981NSLResults.html#Round15 Preston Makedonia Souness 18 pen. Watson 57 ES Marks Athletics Field Sydney 1,492 Tim Davies L 16 7 June 1981 Preston Makedonia 0–0 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1981/1981NSLResults.html#Round16 Marconi Fairfield B.T. Connor Reserve Melbourne Jack Johnston D 17 14 June 1981 Sydney Olympic 2–1 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1981/1981NSLResults.html#Round17 Preston Makedonia Koussas 33 Jennings 38 Whittle 70 Pratten Park Sydney 6,150 Tony Boskovic L 18 21 June 1981 Preston Makedonia 0–2 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1981/1981NSLResults.html#Round18 Heidelberg United Paton 60 Cole 70 B.T. Connor Reserve Melbourne 5,000 Chris Bambridge L 19 28 June 1981 Footscray JUST 2–1 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1981/1981NSLResults.html#Round19 Preston Makedonia Ilioski 10 Milne 87 Cullen 73 Schintler Reserve Melbourne 5,000 Tim Davies L 20 5 July 1981 Preston Makedonia 1–1 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1981/1981NSLResults.html#Round20 Brisbane Lions Ollerton 88 Ferris 77 B.T. Connor Reserve Melbourne 3,000 Stewart Mellings D 21 12 July 1981 Blacktown City 0–0 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1981/1981NSLResults.html#Round21 Preston Makedonia Gabbie Stadium Sydney 3,067 Doug Rennie D 22 19 July 1981 Preston Makedonia 3–1 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1981/1981NSLResults.html#Round22 Newcastle KB United Lucchesi 45 Brown 49 Flavell 72 B.T. Connor Reserve Melbourne 3,000 Jim Fearn W 23 26 July 1981 APIA Leichhardt 1–1 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1981/1981NSLResults.html#Round23 Preston Makedonia Soper 75 Lucchesi 40 Lambert Park Sydney 4,111 Jim Reeves 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 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 L 26 16 August 1981 Preston Makedonia 2–0 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1981/1981NSLResults.html#Round26 West Adelaide Brown 83 Lucchesi 84 B.T. Connor Reserve Melbourne 2,500 Chris Bambridge W 27 23 August 1981 Preston Makedonia 3–0 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1981/1981NSLResults.html#Round27 Adelaide City Ollerton 15 pen. Lucchesi 42 Brown 73 B.T. Connor Reserve Melbourne 3,500 Evan Venios W 28 30 August 1981 Brisbane City 1–2 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1981/1981NSLResults.html#Round28 Preston Makedonia Hamilton 83 Lucchesi 3 Ollerton 37 Spencer Park Brisbane 2,500 Col Amos W 29 6 September 1981 Preston Makedonia 0–2 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1981/1981NSLResults.html#Round29 Sydney City Barnes 27 Kosmina 57 B.T. Connor Reserve Melbourne 6,000 Jack Johnston L 30 13 September 1981 Canberra City 1–0 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1981/1981NSLResults.html#Round30 Preston Makedonia Gibson 10 Bruce Stadium Canberra 3,142 Jim Fearn L NSL Cup 1981 NSL Cup #CCFFCC Win 1px solid #AAAAAA #FFFFCC Draw 1px solid #AAAAAA #FFCCCC Loss 1px solid #AAAAAA First round 4 March 1981 Preston Makedonia 3–1 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1981/1981NSLCup.html#Round1 Footscray JUST Ollerton 73 85 pen. Brown 81 Cozzella 68 Olympic Park Melbourne 3,500http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1981/1981NSLCup.html 1981 National Soccer League Cup Results Stock Greg OzFootball Chris Bambridge W Second round 25 March 1981 Heidelberg United 1–1 yes 5–3 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1981/1981NSLCup.html#Round2 Preston Makedonia Cole 63 McMillan 52 Cole Yzendoorn Taylor Campbell Rooney Ollerton Flavell Petrovski Lucchesi Olympic Park Melbourne 6,000 Bob Mee D Statistics Appearances and goals Includes all competitions. Players with no appearances not included in the list.http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1981/1981NSLSquads_HU.html Heidelberg United 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 Lou Kastner 14 0 2 0 16 0 2 DF AUS Mike Rainey 26 0 1+1 0 28 0 3 DF ENG Steve Beech 27 0 2 0 29 0 4 MF AUS Peter Ollerton 25+3 10 2 2 30 12 5 DF ENG John Higham footballer 15+1 1 2 0 18 1 6 MF AUS Jeff Faulkner 15+3 0 2 0 20 0 7 FW AUS Robbie Cullen 22+3 6 2 0 27 6 8 MF SCO Gordon Flavell 24+2 1 1 0 27 1 9 FW SCO George McMillan footballer, born 1952 21+4 0 1 1 26 1 10 MF AUS Ljube Petrovski 25 0 2 0 27 0 11 FW AUS Gary Ward Gary Ward (footballer) 2+1 1 0+1 0 4 1 13 MF AUS Claude Lucchesi 25+3 8 2 0 30 8 14 MF NZL Eric Lesbirel 0+1 0 0 0 1 0 15 MF AUS Con Stoikos 0+4 0 0 0 4 0 — FW AUS Peter Boyle soccer 11 0 0 0 11 0 — FW AUS Duggie Brown soccer 24+1 7 2 1 27 8 — — AUS Gary Clayton soccer 6 0 0 0 6 0 — MF AUS John Little soccer 2+11 2 1 0 14 2 — — AUS Danny McCluskey 2 0 0 0 2 0 — DF SCO Ron McIvor 2+3 0 0 0 5 0 — FW ENG Alan Whittle 20 2 0 0 20 2 — GK NZL Richard Wilson footballer, born 1956 10 0 0 0 10 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 4 MF AUS Peter Ollerton 6 0 1 0 0 0 6 0 1 2 — FW AUS Duggie Brown soccer 5 0 1 0 0 0 5 0 1 3 2 DF AUS Mike Rainey 2 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 10 MF AUS Ljube Petrovski 2 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 4 7 FW AUS Robbie Cullen 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 5 9 FW SCO George McMillan footballer, born 1952 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 6 3 DF ENG Steve Beech 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 7 13 MF AUS Claude Lucchesi 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 — FW AUS Peter Boyle soccer 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 9 6 MF AUS Jeff Faulkner 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 10 5 DF AUS John Higham footballer 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 8 MF SCO Gordon Flavell 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 — GK NZL Richard Wilson footballer, born 1956 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Total 36 0 5 0 0 0 36 0 5 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 — NZL Richard Wilson footballer, born 1956 3 0 3 2 1 AUS Lou Kostner 2 0 2 3 — AUS Gary Clayton soccer 1 0 1 Total 6 0 6 References Category:Preston Lions FC seasons Preston Makedonia