APIA Leichhardt
1981 season
ManagerWillie Wallace
StadiumLambert Park
Everley Park
Sydney Sports Ground
St George Stadium
Leichhardt Oval
National Soccer League4th
NSL CupQuarter-finals
Top goalscorerLeague: Marshall Soper (12)
All: Marshall Soper (16)
Highest home attendance7,821
vs. Sydney Olympic
(6 September 1981)
National Soccer League
Lowest home attendance2,651
vs. Brisbane Lions
(1 March 1981)
National Soccer League
Average home league attendance4,193
Biggest win4–0
vs. Canberra City (H)
(23 August 1981)
National Soccer League
Biggest defeat1–4
vs. Newcastle KB United (A)
(28 June 1981)
National Soccer League
1–4
vs. South Melbourne (A)
(19 July 1981)
National Soccer League
0–3
vs. Sydney City (A)
(16 August 1981)
National Soccer League

The 1981 season was the third in the National Soccer League for APIA Leichhardt Football Club. In addition to the domestic league, they also participated in the NSL Cup. APIA Leichhardt finished 4th in their National Soccer League season, and were eliminated in the quarter-finals of the NSL Cup.

Players

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Australia AUS Greg Woodhouse
2 DF Australia AUS Rod Skellern
3 DF Australia AUS Col McAusland
4 DF Australia AUS Mark Pullen
5 DF Australia AUS Peter Wilson
6 MF Scotland SCO Alan Hughes
7 FW Australia AUS Marshall Soper
8 FW Australia AUS Sebastian Giampaolo
9 FW Scotland SCO Billy Pirie
10 MF Australia AUS Zdenko Kafka
11 FW Australia AUS Phil O'Connor
12 FW Australia AUS Tony Morsello
No. Pos. Nation Player
13 FW Scotland SCO John Bradley
14 FW Australia AUS Frank Leyden
15 FW Scotland SCO John McKie
16 DF Australia AUS David Watt
17 Australia AUS Frank Casacchia
18 MF Australia AUS Ian Gray
19 Australia AUS Frank Zaccomer
20 GK Australia AUS Bob Parks
MF Australia AUS Terry Butler
DF Australia AUS Paul Carter
FW Australia AUS John Coyne
MF Australia AUS Dave Harding

Competitions

Overall record

Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
National Soccer League 15 February 1981 13 September 1981 Matchday 1 4th 30 12 11 7 39 33 +6 040.00
NSL Cup 29 March 1981 8 July 1981 First round Quarter-finals 4 3 0 1 10 8 +2 075.00
Total 34 15 11 8 49 41 +8 044.12

Source: Competitions

National Soccer League

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Relegation
1 Sydney City (C) 30 19 5 6 59 30 +29 43
2 South Melbourne 30 13 13 4 41 27 +14 39
3 Brisbane City 30 12 11 7 37 25 +12 35
4 APIA Leichhardt 30 12 11 7 39 33 +6 35
5 Canberra City 30 13 7 10 41 32 +9 33
6 Brisbane Lions 30 11 11 8 41 33 +8 33
7 Adelaide City 30 13 6 11 46 42 +4 32
8 Heidelberg United 30 12 7 11 48 40 +8 31
9 Sydney Olympic 30 11 9 10 46 46 0 31
10 Newcastle KB United 30 11 8 11 41 41 0 30
11 Wollongong City 30 8 12 10 35 39 4 28
12 Preston Makedonia 30 9 7 14 39 41 2 25
13 Footscray JUST 30 9 7 14 32 48 16 25
14 Marconi Fairfield 30 9 7 14 23 45 22 25
15 Blacktown City (R) 30 6 9 15 32 47 15 21 Relegated to the 1982 NSW State League
16 West Adelaide 30 5 4 21 26 57 31 14
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
30 12 11 7 39 33  +6 47 7 7 1 25 13  +12 5 4 6 14 20  −6

Results by round

Round123456789111213151016171819202122232425262728291430
GroundHAHAHAAHAAHAAHHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHA
ResultDLDWWWDDLDLWWWWDWLWWLDDDLWWDDL
Position71010986668676453544433334643354
Points11246891010111113151719202222242626272829293133343535
Source: worldfootball.net
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss

15 February 1981 1 APIA Leichhardt 2–2 Heidelberg United Sydney
  • Hughes 13', 89'
Report
Stadium: Lambert Park
Attendance: 4,025[1]
Referee: Peter Rampley
22 February 1981 2 Footscray JUST 2–1 APIA Leichhardt Melbourne
  • Kondarios 15'
  • Vasic 44'
Report Stadium: Schintler Reserve
Attendance: 1,951
Referee: Stewart Mellings
1 March 1981 3 APIA Leichhardt 0–0 Brisbane Lions Sydney
15:00 AEST Report Stadium: Lambert Park
Attendance: 2,651
Referee: Richard Lorenc
8 March 1981 4 Blacktown City 0–1 APIA Leichhardt Sydney
Report Stadium: Gabbie Stadium
Attendance: 2,543
Referee: Ken Small
15 March 1981 5 APIA Leichhardt 2–1 Newcastle KB United Sydney
15:00 AEST
Report Stadium: Lambert Park
Attendance: 4,281
Referee: Bob Mee
29 March 1981 6 West Adelaide 1–2 APIA Leichhardt Adelaide
  • Brown 19'
Report Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium
Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Don Campbell
5 April 1981 7 Wollongong City 1–1 APIA Leichhardt Wollongong
15:00 AEST
  • Tredinnick 30'
Report
  • Kafka 5'
Stadium: Wollongong Showground
Attendance: 6,087
Referee: Gary Power
12 April 1981 8 APIA Leichhardt 1–1 South Melbourne Sydney
15:00 AEST Report
Stadium: Lambert Park
Attendance: 4,382
Referee: Peter Rampley
19 April 1981 9 Preston Makedonia 3–1 APIA Leichhardt Melbourne
Report Stadium: B.T. Connor Reserve
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Stewart Mellings
3 May 1981 11 Brisbane City 0–0 APIA Leichhardt Brisbane
Report Stadium: Spencer Park
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Jack Wood
10 May 1981 12 APIA Leichhardt 0–1 Sydney City Sydney
15:00 AEST Report
  • Souness 78'
Stadium: Lambert Park
Attendance: 4,284
Referee: Bob Mee
17 May 1981 13 Canberra City 0–1 APIA Leichhardt Canberra
Report
  • Morsello 59'
Stadium: Bruce Stadium
Attendance: 4,676
Referee: Evan Venios
31 May 1981 15 Sydney Olympic 1–3 APIA Leichhardt Sydney
Report
  • Kafka 32'
  • Morsello 59'
  • Pirie 90'
Stadium: Pratten Park
Attendance: 5,378
Referee: Gary Power
3 June 1981 10 APIA Leichhardt 3–0 Adelaide City Sydney
  • Soper 65', 90'
  • Bradley 80'
Report Stadium: Lambert Park
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Jim Reeves
7 June 1981 16 APIA Leichhardt 2–0 Footscray JUST Sydney
15:00 AEST
Report Stadium: Lambert Park
Attendance: 3,482
Referee: Alf Rodway
14 June 1981 17 Brisbane Lions 0–0 APIA Leichhardt Brisbane
Report Stadium: Richlands Stadium
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Jim Reeves
21 June 1981 18 APIA Leichhardt 3–2 Blacktown City Sydney
Report
Stadium: Lambert Park
Attendance: 4,096
Referee: Jim Reeves
28 June 1981 19 Newcastle KB United 4–1 APIA Leichhardt Newcastle
Report
Stadium: Newcastle International Sports Centre
Attendance: 6,850
Referee: Evan Venios
5 July 1981 20 APIA Leichhardt 1–0 West Adelaide Sydney
15:00 AEST
Report Stadium: Lambert Park
Attendance: 3,872
Referee: Tony Boskovic
12 July 1981 21 APIA Leichhardt 1–0 Wollongong City Sydney
Report Stadium: Lambert Park
Attendance: 4,222
Referee: Peter Rampley
19 July 1981 22 South Melbourne 4–1 APIA Leichhardt Melbourne
Report
Stadium: Middle Park Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Stewart Mellings
26 July 1981 23 APIA Leichhardt 1–1 Preston Makedonia Sydney
Report
  • Lucchesi 40'
Stadium: Lambert Park
Attendance: 4,111
Referee: Jim Reeves
2 August 1981 24 Adelaide City 0–0 APIA Leichhardt Adelaide
Report Stadium: Olympic Sports Field
Attendance: 3,100
Referee: Chris Bambridge
9 August 1981 25 APIA Leichhardt 2–2 Brisbane City Sydney
Report
  • Hamilton 58'
  • Gaffney 84'
Stadium: Lambert Park
Attendance: 4,301
Referee: Gary Power
16 August 1981 26 Sydney City 3–0 APIA Leichhardt Sydney
Report Stadium: ES Marks Athletics Field
Attendance: 4,216
Referee: Jim Reeves
23 August 1981 27 APIA Leichhardt 4–0 Canberra City Sydney
15:00 AEST
Report Stadium: Lambert Park
Attendance: 3,614
Referee: Don Campbell
30 August 1981 28 Marconi Fairfield 0–2 APIA Leichhardt Sydney
15:00 AEST Report
Stadium: Marconi Stadium
Attendance: 5,325
Referee: Tim Davies
6 September 1981 29 APIA Leichhardt 2–2 Sydney Olympic Sydney
Report
Stadium: Lambert Park
Attendance: 7,821
Referee: Peter Rampley
9 September 1981 14 APIA Leichhardt 1–1 Marconi Fairfield Sydney
Report
  • Mariani 75'
Stadium: Leichhardt Oval
Attendance: 4,248
Referee: Stewart Mellings
13 September 1981 30 Heidelberg United 1–0 APIA Leichhardt Melbourne
Report Stadium: Olympic Park No. 2
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Chris Bambridge

NSL Cup

  Win   Draw   Loss

29 March 1981 First round APIA Leichhardt 3–2 New South Wales Auburn Sydney
Report
  • Allen 1'
  • Hill 51'
Stadium: Everley Park
Attendance: [2]
Referee: Richard Lorenc
6 May 1981 Second round Wollongong City 2–4 (a.e.t.) APIA Leichhardt Wollongong
  • McBreen 77'
  • Tredinnick 90'
Report
Stadium: Woonona Oval
Referee: Tony Boskovic
16 June 1981 Third round APIA Leichhardt 2–1 Sydney Olympic Sydney
Report
Stadium: Sydney Sports Ground
Attendance: 5,765
Referee: Chris Bambridge
8 July 1981 Quarter-finals APIA Leichhardt 1–3 Marconi Fairfield Sydney
  • Morsello 65'
Report
Stadium: St George Stadium
Attendance: 3,800
Referee: Henry Witschge

Statistics

Appearances and goals

Includes all competitions. Players with no appearances not included in the list.[3][2]

No. Pos. Nat. Player National Soccer League NSL Cup Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
1 GK Australia Greg Woodhouse 280 40 320
2 DF Australia Rod Skellern 200 30 230
3 DF Australia Col McAusland 27+10 30 310
4 DF Australia Mark Pullen 240 20 260
5 DF Australia Peter Wilson 291 40 331
6 MF Scotland Alan Hughes 223 40 263
7 FW Australia Marshall Soper 21+412 44 2916
8 FW Australia Sebastian Giampaolo 11+24 00 134
9 FW Scotland Billy Pirie 5+31 10 91
10 MF Australia Zdenko Kafka 263 41 304
11 FW Australia Phil O'Connor 267 43 3010
12 FW Australia Tony Morsello 17+63 3+12 275
13 FW Scotland John Bradley 11+23 20 153
14 FW Australia Frank Leyden 80 10 90
15 FW Scotland John McKie 1+20 00 30
16 DF Australia David Watt 1+20 00 30
17 Australia Frank Casacchia 4+20 10 70
18 MF Australia Ian Gray 11+40 20 170
19 Australia Frank Zaccomer 50 10 60
20 GK Australia Bob Parks 20 00 20
MF Australia Terry Butler 142 10 152
DF Australia Paul Carter 30 00 30
FW Australia John Coyne 12+30 1+10 170
MF Australia Dave Harding 20 00 20
Player(s) transferred out but featured this season
DF Scotland Ian McKie 0+10 00 10

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. Pos. Nat. Player National Soccer League NSL Cup Total
Yellow card Second yellow card Red card Yellow card Second yellow card Red card Yellow card Second yellow card Red card
1 2 DF Australia Rod Skellern 301 000 301
2 4 DF Australia Mark Pullen 500 000 500
5 DF Australia Peter Wilson 500 000 500
4 6 MF Scotland Alan Hughes 400 000 400
10 MF Australia Zdenko Kafka 400 000 400
MF Australia Terry Butler 400 000 400
7 7 FW Australia Marshall Soper 300 000 300
8 12 FW Australia Tony Morsello 200 000 200
9 8 FW Australia Sebastian Giampaolo 100 000 100
FW Australia John Coyne 100 000 100
Total 3201 000 3201

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. Nat. Goalkeeper NSL NSL Cup Total
1 1 Australia Greg Woodhouse 100 10
2 20 Australia Bob Parks 20 2
Total12012

References

  1. Stock, Greg. "1981 National Soccer League Results". OzFootball.
  2. 1 2 Stock, Greg. "1981 National Soccer League Cup Results". OzFootball.
  3. "APIA Leichhardt 1981 Squad". OzFootball.
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