1981 Sydney City FC season
1981 season | |
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Head Coach | Eddie Thomson |
Stadium | Sydney Sports Ground St George Stadium ES Marks Athletics Field |
National Soccer League | 1st |
NSL Cup | Third round |
Top goalscorer | League: Ken Boden Ian Souness (12 each) All: Ken Boden (18) |
Highest home attendance | 6,892 vs. Sydney Olympic (5 July 1981) National Soccer League |
Lowest home attendance | 1,200 vs. West Adelaide (1 March 1981) National Soccer League |
Average home league attendance | 2,602 |
Biggest win | 5–0 vs. Marconi Fairfield (H) (15 March 1981) National Soccer League 5–0 vs. Wollongong Wolves (A) (23 August 1981) National Soccer League |
Biggest defeat | 1–3 vs. Marconi Fairfield (N) (30 January 1981) Charity Shield 0–2 vs. Canberra City (A) (7 March 1981) National Soccer League 0–2 vs. Brisbane City (A) (7 June 1981) National Soccer League |
The 1981 season was the fifth in the National Soccer League for Sydney City (Hakoah Sydney City East Football Club). In addition to the domestic league, they also participated in the NSL Cup. Sydney City finished 1st in their National Soccer League season, and were eliminated in the third round 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.
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Competitions
Overall record
Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | |||||||
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Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | |||||
National Soccer League | 15 February 1981 | 13 September 1981 | Matchday 1 | 1st | 30 | 19 | 5 | 6 | 59 | 30 | +29 | 63.33 |
NSL Cup | 22 March 1981 | 27 May 1981 | First round | Third round | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 66.67 |
Charity Shield | 30 January 1981 | Final | Runners-up | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 0.00 | |
Total | 34 | 21 | 6 | 7 | 66 | 35 | +31 | 61.76 |
Source: Competitions
National Soccer League
League table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Relegation |
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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 |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Results summary
Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||
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Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
30 | 19 | 5 | 6 | 59 | 30 | +29 | 62 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 37 | 14 | +23 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 22 | 16 | +6 |
Source: worldfootball.net
Results by round
Matches
Win Draw Loss
15 February 1981 1 | Adelaide City | 0–1 | Sydney City | Adelaide |
22 February 1981 2 | Sydney City | 1–1 | Brisbane City | Sydney |
1 March 1981 3 | Sydney City | 1–0 | West Adelaide | Sydney |
7 March 1981 4 | Canberra City | 2–0 | Sydney City | Canberra |
15 March 1981 5 | Sydney City | 5–0 | Marconi Fairfield | Sydney |
29 March 1981 6 | Sydney Olympic | 2–2 | Sydney City | Sydney |
5 April 1981 7 | Sydney City | 1–0 | Heidelberg United | Sydney |
12 April 1981 8 | Footscray JUST | 1–0 | Sydney City | Melbourne |
19 April 1981 9 | Sydney City | 1–1 | Brisbane Lions | Sydney |
3 May 1981 11 | Sydney City | 4–1 | Newcastle KB United | Sydney |
10 May 1981 12 | APIA Leichhardt | 0–1 | Sydney City | Sydney |
24 May 1981 14 | South Melbourne | 1–3 | Sydney City | Melbourne |
31 May 1981 15 | Sydney City | 2–0 | Preston Makedonia | Sydney |
7 June 1981 16 | Brisbane City | 2–0 | Sydney City | Brisbane |
14 June 1981 17 | West Adelaide | 1–2 | Sydney City | Adelaide |
21 June 1981 18 | Sydney City | 3–2 | Canberra City | Sydney |
28 June 1981 19 | Marconi Fairfield | 1–0 | Sydney City | Sydney |
1 July 1981 13 | Sydney City | 1–0 | Wollongong City | Sydney |
5 July 1981 20 | Sydney City | 5–4 | Sydney Olympic | Sydney |
12 July 1981 21 | Heidelberg United | 0–1 | Sydney City | Melbourne |
15 July 1981 10 | Blacktown City | 1–0 | Sydney City | Sydney |
19 July 1981 22 | Sydney City | 3–0 | Footscray JUST | Sydney |
26 July 1981 23 | Brisbane Lions | 4–3 | Sydney City | Brisbane |
2 August 1981 24 | Sydney City | 1–1 | Blacktown City | Sydney |
9 August 1981 25 | Newcastle KB United | 1–2 | Sydney City | Newcastle |
16 August 1981 26 | Sydney City | 3–0 | APIA Leichhardt | Sydney |
23 August 1981 27 | Wollongong City | 0–5 | Sydney City | Wollongong |
30 August 1981 28 | Sydney City | 1–1 | South Melbourne | Sydney |
6 September 1981 29 | Preston Makedonia | 0–2 | Sydney City | Melbourne |
13 September 1981 30 | Sydney City | 5–3 | Adelaide City | Sydney |
NSL Cup
Win Draw Loss
22 March 1981 First round | Sydney City | 3–0 | Blacktown City | Newcastle |
6 May 1981 Second round | Sydney City | 1–0 (a.e.t.) | Weston Bears | Sydney |
27 May 1981 Third round | Marconi Fairfield | 2–2 (a.e.t.) (5–4 p) | Sydney City | Sydney |
Charity Shield
Marconi Fairfield, as National Soccer League champions in the previous season, played against Marconi Fairfield who won the NSL Cup in the previous season in the 1981 Charity Shield.[3]
30 January 1981 Final | Sydney City | 1–3 (a.e.t.) | Marconi Fairfield | Sydney |
Statistics
Appearances and goals
Includes all competitions. Players with no appearances not included in the list.[4][2]
No. | Pos. | Nat. | Player | National Soccer League | NSL Cup | Charity Shield | Total | ||||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||
1 | GK | Australia | Todd Clarke | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0 |
2 | DF | Australia | Kevin Mullen | 16+1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 1 |
3 | DF | Australia | John Spanos | 29 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 1 |
4 | DF | Australia | Steve O'Connor | 27 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 1 |
5 | DF | Scotland | Ian Bruce | 23+1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 1 |
6 | FW | Scotland | Willie Murray | 10+5 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 0 |
7 | MF | Australia | Joe Watson | 29+1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 34 | 4 |
8 | MF | Australia | Murray Barnes | 28 | 11 | 2+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 32 | 11 |
9 | MF | Australia | Ken Boden | 27+1 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 32 | 18 |
10 | FW | Australia | John Kosmina | 26 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 30 | 12 |
11 | FW | Brazil | Hilton Silva | 1+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
12 | MF | Australia | Jimmy Cant | 17+8 | 2 | 1+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 2 |
14 | DF | Costa Rica | Gerry Gomez | 5+7 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 2 |
16 | MF | Australia | Jim Patikas | 19+5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 1 |
18 | MF | Australia | Ian Souness | 27 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 12 |
20 | GK | Australia | Tony Pezzano | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
21 | MF | Australia | Grant Lee | 0+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
— | MF | Australia | Agenor Muniz | 7+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
— | DF | Scotland | Alex Robertson | 9+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 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. | Pos. | Nat. | Player | National Soccer League | NSL Cup | Total | ||||||
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Yellow card | Second yellow card | Red card | Yellow card | Second yellow card | Red card | Yellow card | Second yellow card | Red card | |||||
1 | 18 | MF | Australia | Ian Souness | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
2 | 2 | DF | Australia | Kevin Mullen | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
3 | 10 | FW | Australia | John Kosmina | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
4 | 3 | DF | Australia | John Spanos | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
8 | MF | Australia | Murray Barnes | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
6 | 4 | DF | Australia | Steve O'Connor | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
9 | MF | Australia | Ken Boden | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
8 | 7 | MF | Australia | Joe Watson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
14 | DF | Costa Rica | Gerry Gomez | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
16 | MF | Australia | Jim Patikas | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Total | 22 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 1 |
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 |
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1 | 1 | Australia | Todd Clarke | 8 | 0 | 8 |
2 | 20 | Australia | Tony Pezzano | 4 | 2 | 6 |
Total | 12 | 2 | 14 |
References
- ↑ Stock, Greg. "1981 National Soccer League Results". OzFootball.
- ↑ Jump up to: 2.0 2.1 Stock, Greg. "1981 National Soccer League Cup Results". OzFootball.
- ↑ "Charity match start for City in '81 Soccer". The Australian Jewish Times. Vol. 88A, no. 18. New South Wales, Australia. 15 January 1981. p. 16. Retrieved 23 January 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ "Sydney City 1981 Squad". OzFootball.
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