1985 NSL Cup

October 2015 October 2015 NSL Cup 1985 National Soccer League Cup Australia 2 March – 11 August 1985 32 Sydney Olympic 2 Preston Makedonia 31 94 1984 1986 The 1985 NSL Cup was the ninth edition of the NSL Cup, which was the main national association football knockout cup competition in Australia. The competition was known as the Philips Cup under a sponsorship arrangement with Dutch company Philips. Newcastle Rosebud United were the defending champions, having defeated Melbourne Croatia to win their first title in the previous year's final, but they were eliminated in the semi-finals by eventual winners Sydney Olympic.Soper ripe for Oscar Vesic Alex Soccer Action 10 13 24 April 1985 9 Sydney Olympic defeated Preston Makedonia 2–1 in the final to win their second NSL Cup title.SOPER, RASKOPOULOS FLOOR MAKEDONIA Vesic Alex Soccer Action 10 29 14 August 1985 5 Teams The NSL Cup was a knockout competition with 32 teams taking part all trying to reach the Final in August 1985.http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1985/1985NSLCup.html 1985 National Soccer League Cup Results Stock Greg OzFootball The competition consisted of the 24 teams from the National Soccer League (12 from the Northern Conference and 12 from the Southern Conference) plus 8 teams from their respective top division state leagues. Round Main date Number of fixtures Clubs remaining First round Sunday 3 March 1985 16 32 → 16 Second round Wednesday 20 March 1985 8 8 → 4 Quarter-finals Wednesday 3 April 1985 4 8 → 4 Semi-finals Wednesday 17 April 1985 2 4 → 2 Final Sunday 11 August 1985 1 2 → 1 First round 2 March 1985 Cardiff (2) 0–1 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1985/1985NSLCup.html#Round1 Newcastle Rosebud United (1) D. Jones 39 Adamstown Oval Newcastle 1,250 Jim Reeves 2 March 1985 Sydney City (1) 3–0 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1985/1985NSLCup.html#Round1 St George-Budapest (1) Kosmina 46 49 pen. 59 Wentworth Park Sydney 1,000 Rob Davies 3 March 1985 Adelaide Croatia (2) 1–0 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1985/1985NSLCup.html#Round1 Adelaide City (1) Timar 46 Hindmarsh Stadium Adelaide 2,300 Don Campbell 3 March 1985 West Torrens Birkalla (2) 0–5 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1985/1985NSLCup.html#Round1 West Adelaide (1) Pietrus 9 o.g. Stamatelopoulos 36 Konstandopoulos 50 Price 74 Hiern 89 Hindmarsh Stadium Adelaide 2,300 Tony Martell 3 March 1985 Blacktown City (1) 2–3 yes http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1985/1985NSLCup.html#Round1 APIA Leichhardt (1) O'Connor 52 Larkin 85 Caban 15 105 Colagirui 30 Gabbie Stadium Sydney 752 Rob Davies 3 March 1985 Brisbane Lions (1) 2–0 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1985/1985NSLCup.html#Round1 Ipswich United (2) Cairney 61 Anderson 86 Richlands Stadium Brisbane 1,237 Alan Kibbler 3 March 1985 Brunswick Juventus (1) 0–2 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1985/1985NSLCup.html#Round1 Melbourne Croatia (1) Biskic 63 Cristaldo 78 Olympic Park Melbourne 3,000 Jim Fearn 3 March 1985 Canberra City (1) 3–2 yes http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1985/1985NSLCup.html#Round1 Rockdale Ilinden (2) Harkins 88 Brown 89 o.g. Sermanni 112 Wilson 50 Ristevski 60 Seiffert Oval Queanbeyan 1,403 Neil Murray 3 March 1985 Inter Monaro (1) 9–1 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1985/1985NSLCup.html#Round1 West Woden Juventus (2) Giampaolo ? ? ? Willox ? ? Ambrosino ? Valeri ? Thamnides ? Kawaleva ? Seiffert Oval Queanbeyan 1,403 Bob Marshall 3 March 1985 Footscray JUST (1) 1–3 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1985/1985NSLCup.html#Round1 Green Gully (1) Lazopoulos 81 Smart 16 Lucchesi 59 Lewis 65 B.T. Connor Reserve Melbourne 5,000 Jim Fokianos 3 March 1985 Preston Makedonia (1) 1–0 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1985/1985NSLCup.html#Round1 South Melbourne (1) Smith 57 B.T. Connor Reserve Melbourne 5,000 Stewart Mellings 3 March 1985 Heidelberg United (1) 1–0 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1985/1985NSLCup.html#Round1 Morwell Falcons (2) Stevenson 76 Olympic Village Melbourne Bernie Upjohn 3 March 1985 Marconi Fairfield (1) 0–1 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1985/1985NSLCup.html#Round1 Brisbane City (1) Mengotti 77 Marconi Stadium Sydney 800 Ken Smith 3 March 1985 Sunshine George Cross (1) 5–1 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1985/1985NSLCup.html#Round1 Juventus Pioneer (2) Richardson 18 Cochrane 42 o.g. Gilder 43 Latif 57 Lennon 70 Morton 82 Olympic Village Melbourne Chris Bambridge 3 March 1985 Sydney Olympic (1) 2–1 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1985/1985NSLCup.html#Round1 Penrith City (1) Soper 35 Lambropoulos 51 Ainsworth 79 St George Stadium Sydney 3,454 Arthur Owens 3 March 1985 Wollongong City (1) 3–2 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1985/1985NSLCup.html#Round1 Sydney Croatia (1) Giannone 22 Kerr 28 Godzik 36 Patikas 63 Vidaic 78 Wollongong Showground Wollongong 1,500 Roger Doenau Second round 19 March 1985 Brisbane City (1) 1–2 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1985/1985NSLCup.html#Round2 Brisbane Lions (1) Reis 54 Cairney 6 Milovanovic 85 o.g. Spencer Park Brisbane 1,231 Bill Monteverde 19 March 1985 Inter Monaro (1) 0–1 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1985/1985NSLCup.html#Round2 Canberra City (1) English 62 Seiffert Oval Queanbeyan 1,222 Bob Marshall 20 March 1985 Heidelberg United (1) 1–2 yes http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1985/1985NSLCup.html#Round2 Preston Makedonia (1) Tasios 23 Spink 87 Cole 103 Olympic Park Melbourne 6,000 Bernie Upjohn 20 March 1985 Melbourne Croatia (1) 0–2 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1985/1985NSLCup.html#Round2 Sunshine George Cross (1) Gilder 65 Maclaren 88 Olympic Park Melbourne 6,000 Dennis Voutsinas 20 March 1985 Newcastle Rosebud United (1) 3–2 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1985/1985NSLCup.html#Round2 Wollongong City (1) D. Jones 43 63 McQuarrie 65 Kotamanidis 13 Giannone 19 Adamstown Oval Newcastle 1,073 Richard Lorenc 20 March 1985 Sydney City (1) 1–2 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1985/1985NSLCup.html#Round2 Green Gully (1) Fletcher 72 Williams 11 Smallman 59 St George Stadium Sydney 4,200 Terry Seacy 20 March 1985 Sydney Olympic (1) 2–0 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1985/1985NSLCup.html#Round2 APIA Leichhardt (1) Phillips 76 pen. Kalantzis 90 St George Stadium Sydney 4,200 Jim Reeves 20 March 1985 West Adelaide (1) 0–1 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1985/1985NSLCup.html#Round2 Adelaide Croatia (2) Blute 54 Hindmarsh Stadium Adelaide 2,400 Jim Rossis Quarter-finals 3 April 1985 Adelaide Croatia Raiders (2) 0–1 yes http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1985/1985NSLCup.html#QuarterFinals Sunshine George Cross (1) Latif 93 Hindmarsh Stadium Adelaide 1,000 Don Campbell 3 April 1985 Preston Makedonia (1) 3–1 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1985/1985NSLCup.html#QuarterFinals Green Gully (1) Ilioski 16 Smith 35 38 Lucchesi 83 Olympic Park Melbourne 1,500 Jim Fearn 3 April 1985 Sydney Olympic (1) 1–1 yes 5–4 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1985/1985NSLCup.html#QuarterFinals Canberra City (1) Theodorakopoulos 32 Lamond 75 St George Stadium Sydney 1,511 Richard Lorenc 10 April 1985 Newcastle Rosebud United (1) 1–0 yes http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1985/1985NSLCup.html#QuarterFinals Brisbane Lions (1) Senkalski 98 pen. Adamstown Oval Newcastle 1,787 Gary Power Semi-finals 17 April 1985 Preston Makedonia (1) 2–1 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1985/1985NSLCup.html#SemiFinals Sunshine George Cross (1) Smith 75 Cole 77 pen. Latif 44 Olympic Park Melbourne 4,000 Chris Bambridge 17 April 1985 Sydney Olympic (1) 3–2 yes http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1985/1985NSLCup.html#SemiFinals Newcastle Rosebud United (1) Phillips 3 pen. 60 pen. Koussas 94 Todd 7 25 St George Stadium Sydney 3,155 Peter Rampley Final 1985 NSL Cup final References Category:1985 NSL Cup NSL Cup NSL Cup Category:NSL Cup seasons