1981 NSL Cup

October 2015 October 2015 NSL Cup 1981 National Soccer League Cup Australia 21 March – 20 September 1981 36 Brisbane Lions 1 Heidelberg United 35 114 1980 1982 The 1981 NSL Cup was the fifth edition of the NSL Cup, which was the main national association football knockout cup competition in Australia. Marconi Fairfield were the defending champions, having defeated Heidelberg United to win their first title in the previous year's final, but they were eliminated in the semi-finals by Brisbane Lions. Brisbane Lions defeated West Adelaide 3–1 in the final to win their first NSL Cup title.Dream start leads Lions to the Cup Soccer Action 23 September 1981 2 Teams The NSL Cup was a knockout competition with 36 teams taking part all trying to reach the Final in September 1981.http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1981/1981NSLCup.html 1981 National Soccer League Cup Results Stock Greg OzFootball The competition consisted of the 16 teams from the National Soccer League plus 20 teams from their respective top division state leagues. Round Main date Number of fixtures Clubs remaining First round Sunday 22 March 1981 16 36 → 20 Second round Wednesday 6 May 1981 10 20 → 10 Third round Tuesday 16 June 1981 2 10 → 8 Quarter-finals Wednesday 17 June 1981 4 8 → 4 Semi-finals Wednesday 5 August 1981 2 4 → 2 Final Sunday 20 September 1981 1 2 → 1 First round 8 February 1981 Brisbane City (1) 1–0 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1981/1981NSLCup.html#Round4 Mount Gravatt (2) Wilkinson 38 Perry Park Brisbane 8 February 1981 Adelaide City (1) 4–2 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1981/1981NSLCup.html#Round8 Adelaide Croatia (2) Mitchell 17 Marocchi 19 B. Nyskohus 76 Northcote 80 Williams 60 Caggiano 64 Hindmarsh Stadium Adelaide 4 March 1981 St Kilda Hakoah (2) 3–2 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1981/1981NSLCup.html#Round6 Brunswick United Juventus (2) Dosen ? French ? Fantoma 84 o.g. Ristovski ? Incantalupo ? Olympic Park Melbourne 3,500 Dennis Voutsinas 4 March 1981 Preston Makedonia (1) 3–1 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1981/1981NSLCup.html#Round6 Footscray JUST (1) Ollerton 73 85 pen. Brown 81 Cozzella 68 Olympic Park Melbourne 3,500 Chris Bambridge 11 March 1981 Essendon Croatia (2) 3–1 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1981/1981NSLCup.html#Round6 Green Gully Ajax (2) Gilder 47 ? Mitten 79 MacLeod 48 pen. Olympic Park Melbourne 6,300 Jim Fearn 11 March 1981 Heidelberg United (1) 2–0 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1981/1981NSLCup.html#Round6 South Melbourne (1) Bozikas 52 Selemidis 71 Olympic Park Melbourne 6,300 Dennis Voutsinas 11 March 1981 West Adelaide (1) 3–0 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1981/1981NSLCup.html#Round8 Para Hills (2) Brown 53 Tymczyszyn 81 pen. Pillans 85 Hindmarsh Stadium Adelaide 21 March 1981 Wollongong Wolves (1) 3–0 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1981/1981NSLCup.html#Round1 Downer Olympic (2) Lathan 30 Campbell 18 Adam 90 pen. Memorial Park Wollongong 815 Ken Small 22 March 1981 Canberra City (1) 2–1 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1981/1981NSLCup.html#Round1 Newcastle KB United (1) Valeri 48 64 Mountford 29 Bruce Stadium Canberra 3,025 Tim Davies 22 March 1981 Sydney City (1) 3–0 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1981/1981NSLCup.html#Round1 Blacktown City (1) Boden 28 pen. 37 86 Newcastle International Sports Centre Newcastle 1,310 Alf Rodway 22 March 1981 Weston Bears (2) 1–0 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1981/1981NSLCup.html#Round1 Rapid Wrest Point (2) Miller 90+5 Macquarie Field Newcastle 2,000 22 March 1981 Edgeworth Eagles (2) 1–2 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1981/1981NSLCup.html#Round1 Sydney Olympic (1) Kemp 62 Cross 55 Raskoupoulos 87 Macquarie Field Newcastle 2,000 Alf Rodway 29 March 1981 APIA Leichhardt (1) 3–2 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1981/1981NSLCup.html#Round1 Auburn (2) Morsello 19 O'Connor 31 Soper 76 Allen 1 Hill 51 Everley Park Sydney Richard Lorenc 29 March 1981 Marconi Fairfield (1) 2–1 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1981/1981NSLCup.html#Round1 Melita Eagles (2) Jankovics 15 62 Allan 51 Everley Park Sydney Gary Power 29 March 1981 Canterbury Marrickville (2) 1–0 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1981/1981NSLCup.html#Round1 St George-Budapest (1) Brown 39 Seymour Shaw Park Sydney 29 April 1981 Townsville United (2) 0–3 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1981/1981NSLCup.html#Round4 Brisbane Lions (1) Ferris 32 72 Whalley 89 o.g. Townsville Sports Reserve Townsville 1,400 A. Barrell Second round 22 March 1981 Adelaide City (1) 3–1 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1981/1981NSLCup.html#Round9 Olympic Kingsway (2) Mitchell 22 55 Villani 35 (unknown) ? ? Hindmarsh Stadium Adelaide 6,328 Bobby Kerr 22 March 1981 West Adelaide (1) 3–2 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1981/1981NSLCup.html#Round9 Cumberland United (2) McGachey 48 Manecas 56 Norris 86 Mahoney 33 Hindmarsh Stadium Adelaide 6,328 Barry Harwood 25 March 1981 St Kilda Hakoah (2) 3–1 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1981/1981NSLCup.html#Round7 Essendon Croatia (2) French 69 McClunie 81 Webster 90 Murphy 22 Olympic Park Melbourne 6,000 Jack Johnston 25 March 1981 Heidelberg United (1) 1–1 yes 5–3 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1981/1981NSLCup.html#Round7 Preston Makedonia (1) Cole 63 McMillan 52 Cole Yzendoorn Taylor Campbell Rooney Ollerton Flavell Petrovski Lucchesi Olympic Park Melbourne 6,000 Bob Mee 6 May 1981 Marconi Fairfield (1) 1–0 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1981/1981NSLCup.html#Round2 Canterbury Marickville (2) Byrne 62 Marconi Oval Sydney 2,000 Arthur Owens 6 May 1981 Sydney City (1) 1–0 yes http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1981/1981NSLCup.html#Round2 Weston Bears (2) Boden 116 Marconi Oval Sydney 2,000 Ken Allen 6 May 1981 Wollongong City (1) 2–4 yes http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1981/1981NSLCup.html#Round2 APIA Leichhardt (1) McBreen 77 Tredinnick 90 O'Connor 75 Soper 89 119 Kafka 100 Woonona Oval Wollongong Tony Boskovic 6 May 1981 Brisbane Lions (1) 2–0 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1981/1981NSLCup.html#Round5 Grange Thistle (2) Cameron 17 o.g. Hermiston 32 Perry Park Brisbane 300 Jack Wood 8 June 1981 Canberra City (1) 2–4 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1981/1981NSLCup.html#Round2 Sydney Olympic (1) Gibson ? Maclaren 63 Koussas 8 40 Wilson ? Rowden 25 Bruce Stadium Canberra 4,300 Tim Davies 8 June 1981 Brisbane City (1) 3–0 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1981/1981NSLCup.html#Round5 Mareeba United (2) P. Wilkinson 11 44 McVeigh 83 Spencer Park Brisbane 1,000 Col Amos Third round 27 May 1981 Marconi Fairfield (1) 2–2 yes 5–4 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1981/1981NSLCup.html#Round3 Sydney City (1) Sharne ? Krncevic ? Boden 46 ? Marconi Oval Sydney Richard Lorenc 16 June 1981 APIA Leichhardt (1) 2–1 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1981/1981NSLCup.html#Round3 Sydney Olympic (1) O'Connor 35 Soper 72 Cotton 78 Sydney Sports Ground Sydney 5,765 Chris Bambridge Quarter-finals 3 June 1981 Brisbane Lions (1) 1–0 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1981/1981NSLCup.html#QuarterFinals St Kilda Hakoah (2) Ferris 25 Richlands Stadium Brisbane 600 Dave Nugent 17 June 1981 Heidelberg United (1) 0–1 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1981/1981NSLCup.html#QuarterFinals Adelaide City (1) Fashanu 87 Olympic Park Melbourne 2,000 Tony Boskovic 17 June 1981 West Adelaide (1) 4–2 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1981/1981NSLCup.html#QuarterFinals Brisbane City (1) Lorenzoni 18 Manecas 57 ? Smythe 88 Caldwell 11 Hamilton 48 Hindmarsh Stadium Adelaide 1,800 Jim Rossis 8 July 1981 APIA Leichhardt (1) 1–3 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1981/1981NSLCup.html#QuarterFinals Marconi Fairfield (1) Morsello 65 Krncevic 12 63 89 St George Stadium Sydney 3,800 Henry Witschge Semi-finals 29 July 1981 West Adelaide (1) 1–0 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1981/1981NSLCup.html#SemiFinals Adelaide City (1) Bozanic 62 Hindmarsh Stadium Adelaide 6,200 Barry Harwood 5 August 1981 Marconi Fairfield (1) 2–3 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1981/1981NSLCup.html#SemiFinals Brisbane Lions (1) Jankovics ? ? Bennett 46 Williamson 59 62 Marconi Oval Sydney 3,200 Peter Rampley Final 1981 NSL Cup final References 2 Category:1981 NSL Cup NSL Cup NSL Cup Category:NSL Cup seasons