From 1984 to 1986, the national soccer league was split into two conferences – 12 teams in each conference – based on a north-south geographic split of teams.
| 1985 Final Table Northern Conference Results | |||||||
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts |
| Sydney City | 22 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 42 | 19 | 35 |
| Sydney Croatia | 22 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 50 | 22 | 33 |
| Marconi-Fairfield | 22 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 44 | 23 | 29 |
| Sydney Olympic | 22 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 29 | 25 | 27 |
| St George | 22 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 31 | 35 | 22 |
| Canberra City | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 33 | 35 | 22 |
| Inter Monaro | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 29 | 37 | 20 |
| Blacktown | 22 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 30 | 34 | 18 |
| APIA Leichhardt | 22 | 7 | 2 | 13 | 20 | 34 | 16 |
| Wollongong City | 22 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 29 | 46 | 16 |
| Penrith | 22 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 24 | 35 | 14 |
| Newcastle Rosebud | 22 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 20 | 45 | 12 |
| 1985 Final Table Southern Conference Results | |||||||
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts |
| South Melbourne | 22 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 39 | 21 | 33 |
| Brunswick | 22 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 33 | 19 | 29 |
| Heidelberg United | 22 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 29 | 17 | 27 |
| Preston | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 33 | 28 | 24 |
| Melbourne Croatia | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 29 | 21 | 24 |
| Sunshine George Cross | 22 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 25 | 22 | 23 |
| Brisbane Lions | 22 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 29 | 29 | 22 |
| Green Gully Ajax | 22 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 24 | 29 | 18 |
| Adelaide City | 22 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 29 | 35 | 18 |
| West Adelaide | 22 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 24 | 37 | 17 |
| Brisbane City | 22 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 25 | 42 | 17 |
| Footscray | 22 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 25 | 41 | 12 |
Note: The top 4 teams of both conferences played off for the championship in post season games.
Statistics partly provided by Andrew Howe and the OzSoccer website
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1985 – Northern Conference |
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| Team: | AL | BC | CC | IM | MF | NR | PC | StG | SCi | SCr | SO | WC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| APIA-Leichhardt | – | 0-3 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 4-1 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 1-4 | 0-4 | 1-3 | 1-2 | 4-2 |
| Blacktown City | 1-1 | – | 2-3 | 1-0 | 0-2 | 4-0 | 1-1 | 0-3 | 1-2 | 1-1 | 1-0 | 3-0 |
| Canberra City | 0-0 | 0-2 | – | 1-2 | 1-1 | 3-1 | 2-2 | 0-1 | 1-3 | 2-4 | 1-3 | 1-1 |
| Inter Monaro | 0-3 | 0-1 | 0-3 | – | 1-0 | 1-2 | 3-1 | 1-1 | 2-3 | 1-1 | 3-1 | 1-1 |
| Marconi Fairfield | 0-0 | 0-1 | 4-1 | 4-1 | – | 2-2 | 6-0 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 6-1 |
| Newcastle Rosebud | 2-1 | 0-3 | 2-2 | 1-0 | 0-2 | – | 1-1 | 3-4 | 1-1 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 1-3 |
| Penrith City | 0-1 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 3-4 | 1-3 | 4-1 | – | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 3-0 |
| St George | 2-0 | 0-1 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 0-1 | 3-0 | 3-2 | – | 0-1 | 1-3 | 0-1 | 1-1 |
| Sydney City | 2-0 | 0-1 | 4-2 | 2-2 | 1-1 | 2-0 | 0-1 | 1-0 | – | 2-0 | 2-1 | 5-2 |
| Sydney Croatia | 3-0 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 2-0 | 3-3 | 2-0 | 2-2 | 2-2 | 2-0 | – | 5-0 | 5-1 |
| Sydney Olympic | 2-1 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 1-1 | 2-2 | 2-0 | 0-1 | 3-1 | 0-1 | 3-1 | – | 1-0 |
| Wollongong City | 1-0 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 4-2 | 2-3 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 1-1 | 2-1 | 1-2 | – |
1985 Season Results
| Round 1 | Newcastle Rosebud | Sydney Olympic | 0 | 1 |
| Round 2 | Marconi Fairfield | Newcastle Rosebud | 2 | 2 |
| Round 3 | Newcastle Rosebud | Sydney Croatia | 1 | 2 |
| Round 4 | St George | Newcastle Rosebud | 3 | 0 |
| Round 5 | Newcastle Rosebud | Canberra City | 2 | 2 |
| Round 6 | Blacktown City | Newcastle Rosebud | 4 | 0 |
| Round 7 | Newcastle Rosebud | APIA Leichhardt | 2 | 1 |
| Round 8 | Wollongong City | Newcastle Rosebud | 1 | 2 |
| Round 9 | Newcastle Rosebud | Sydney City | 1 | 1 |
| Round 10 | Inter Monaro | Newcastle Rosebud | 1 | 2 |
| Round 11 | Newcastle Rosebud | Penrith | 1 | 1 |
| Round 12 | Sydney Olympic | Newcastle Rosebud | 2 | 0 |
| Round 13 | Newcastle Rosebud | Marconi Fairfield | 0 | 2 |
| Round 14 | Sydney Croatia | Newcastle Rosebud | 2 | 0 |
| Round 15 | Newcastle Rosebud | St George | 3 | 4 |
| Round 16 | Canberra City | Newcastle Rosebud | 3 | 1 |
| Round 17 | Newcastle Rosebud | Blacktown City | 0 | 3 |
| Round 18 | APIA Leichhardt | Newcastle Rosebud | 1 | 0 |
| Round 19 | Newcastle Rosebud | Wollongong City | 1 | 3 |
| Round 20 | Sydney City | Newcastle Rosebud | 2 | 0 |
| Round 21 | Newcastle Rosebud | Inter Monaro | 1 | 0 |
| Round 22 | Penrith | Newcastle Rosebud | 4 | 1 |
1985 Season Results – Detailed
| Round 1 Saturday, 10 March 1985 Venue: Adamstown Oval, Newcastle Attendance: 2215 Newcastle 0 Clint Gosling, Mark Jones, Mike Boogard, Ralph Maier, Brett Fawkes, Bernard Kerby, Malcolm McLelland, Dave Jones, Joe Senkalski, Neil Owens, Dean Milosevic. Sub: Bobby Naumov. Sydney Olympic 1 Gary Meier, Graham Jennings, Gary Phillips, Tony Spyridakos, Peter Raskopoulos, Alex Lambropoulos, Peter Katholos, Nick Theodorakopoulos, Chris Kalantzis, Marshall Soper, Stuart Johnston. Subs: Arthur Svinos, Terry Patalis. |
| Round 2 Sunday, 18 March 1985 Venue: Marconi Stadium, Sydney Attendance: 1140 Marconi Fairfield 2 Alex McPherson, Paul Carter, Steve Calderan, Tony Henderson, Martin Driene, Joe Rizzotto, David Lowe, Mark Jankovics, Craig Mason, Peter Tredinnick, Rod Brown. Sub: Peter Sharne. Newcastle 2 Clint Gosling, Mark Jones, Mike Boogard, Bobby Naumov, Ralph Maier, Bernard Kerby, Malcolm McLelland, Dave Jones, Joe Senkalski, Neil Owens, Dean Milosevic. Sub: Brett Fawkes. |
| Round 3 Saturday, 24 March 1985 Venue: Adamstown Oval, Newcastle Attendance: 2862 Newcastle 1 Clint Gosling, Mark Jones, Simon Brandt, Mike Boogard, Ralph Maier, Bernard Kerby, Dave Jones, Joe Senkalski, Neil Owens, John McQuarrie, Dean Milosevic. Sub: Bobby Naumov. Sydney United Greg Woodhouse, Alex Kovacic, Bruno Vidaic, David Rezo, Wally Savor, Zjelko Jurin, Marijan Kovacic, Zarko Odzakov, Tom Basic, Graham Arnold, Jim Patikas. |
| Round 4 Sunday, 1 April 1985 Venue: St George Stadium, Sydney Attendance: 1100 St George 3 Terry Greedy, Mike O”Shea, Vic Bozanic, David Ratcliffe, David Skeen, Andrew Koczka, Peter Stone, John O”Shea, Mark Barton, Roy Cotton, Robbie Slater. Subs: Dez Marton, Peter Petkovski. Newcastle 0 Clint Gosling, Mark Jones, Simon Brandt, Mike Boogard, Ralph Maier, Bernard Kerby, Dave Jones, Joe Senkalski, Neil Owens, John McQuarrie, Dean Milosevic. Sub: Darren Stewart. |
| Round 5 Saturday, 7 April 1985 Venue: Adamstown Oval, Newcastle Attendance: 1587 Newcastle 2 Clint Gosling, Darren Stewart, Andrew Thompson, Simon Brandt, Mike Boogard, Ralph Maier, Bernard Kerby, Dave Jones, Joe Senkalski, Neil Owens, John McQuarrie. Sub: Terry Mason. Canberra 2 Tony Franken, Jim Harkins, Steve Bryant, Terry Byrne, Roy Jones, John Mihailidis, Tom Sermanni, Ian Gibson, Paul Ontong, Hilton Phillips, Manis Lamond. |
| Round 6 Sunday, 15 April 1985 Venue: Gabbie Stadium, Sydney Attendance: 500 Blacktown City 4 Barry Hoare, Martin Bourke, Robert Wheatley, Brian O”Donnell, Paul Daley, Paul Daley, John Larkin, Brett Thornthwaite, Stuart Selvage, John Bradley, John McKie. Sub: Phil O”Connor. Newcastle 0 Clint Gosling, Darren Stewart, Andrew Thompson, Mike Boogard, Ralph Maier, Bernard Kerby, Derek Todd, Dave Jones, Joe Senkalski, Neil Owens, John McQuarrie. Sub: Terry Mason. |
| Round 7 Saturday, 21 April 1985 Venue: Adamstown Oval, Newcastle Attendance: 1543 Newcastle 2 Clint Gosling, Darren Stewart, Andrew Thompson, Mike Boogard, Ralph Maier, Bernard Kerby, Derek Todd, Dave Jones, Joe Senkalski, Neil Owens, John McQuarrie. APIA Leichhardt 1 Bob Catlin, Arno Bertonga, Terry Butler, Carlo Spina, Ian Rowden, Tom McCulloch, John Brown, Kerry Caban, Berti Mariani, Vince Colagiuri, Tony Morsello. Subs: Jim Hamilton, Tony Genovese. |
| Round 8 Wednesday, 23 May 1985 Venue: Wollongong Showgrounds Attendance: 502 Wollongong City 1 Sean Billington, David Green, Peter Kotamanidis, Peter Willis, Scott Dickson, Zivko Hristovski, Dez Marton, Larry Gaffney, Bernie Godzik, Domenic Giannone, Alex Bundalo. Sub: ? Ruskin. Newcastle 2 Clint Gosling, Mark Jones, Mike Boogard, Ralph Maier, Bernard Kerby, Derek Todd, Dave Jones, Joe Senkalski, Neil Owens, John McQuarrie, Dean Milosevic. |
| Round 9 Saturday, 5 May 1985 Venue: Adamstown Oval, Newcastle Attendance: 1653 Newcastle 1 Clint Gosling, Darren Stewart, Andrew Thompson, Mike Boogard, Ralph Maier, Bernard Kerby, Derek Todd, Dave Jones, Joe Senkalski, Neil Owens, John McQuarrie. Sub: Dean Milosevic. Sydney City 1 Tony Pezzano, Alec Robertson, Grant Lee, Jean-Paul DeMarigny, Steve O”Connor, Ean Rodrigues, Jim Cant, Gerry Gomez, Graeme Fletcher, Joe Watson, Frank Farina. Subs: Keith Falconer, Peter Falconer. |
| Round 10 Sunday, 13 May 1985 Venue: Seiffert Oval, Queanbeyan Attendance: 982 Inter Monaro 1 Steve Hoszowski, Phil Dachs, John Walsh, Joe Gagetti, Bill Willox, Ricky Budini, Andrew Monterossa, Attilio Carbone, Ljupco Djordjeski, Sebastian Giampaolo, Chris Thamnidis. Subs: ? Domazetovic, Frank D”Addario. Newcastle 2 Clint Gosling, Andrew Thompson, Mike Boogard, Ralph Maier, Bernard Kerby, Derek Todd, Dave Jones, Joe Senkalski, Neil Owens, John McQuarrie, Dean Milosevic. |
| Round 11 Saturday, 19 May 1985 Venue: Adamstown Oval, Newcastle Attendance: 1149 Newcastle 1 Clint Gosling, Andrew Thompson, Mike Boogard, Ralph Maier, Bernard Kerby, Derek Todd, Dave Jones, Joe Senkalski, Neil Owens, John McQuarrie, Dean Milosevic. Sub: Darren Stewart. Penrith City 1 Mike Gibson, Peter Brogan, Don Campbell, Bobby Hebb, Mike Cross, Jeff Ainsworth, Ian Wotherspoon, Peter Jones, Brian Jackson, Ian Hunter, Randall Easthorpe. Sub: Rene Licata. |
| Round 12 Sunday, 27 May 1985 Venue: Pratten Park, Sydney Attendance: 3000 Sydney Olympic 2 Gary Meier, Martyn Rogers, Graham Jennings, Andy Stankovic, Gary Phillips, Dave Provan, Jim Ziras, Arthur Svinos, Chris Kalantzis, Marshall Soper, Terry Patalis. Subs: Simon Ogun, Mark Koussas. Newcastle 0 Clint Gosling, Mark Jones, Mike Boogard, Ralph Maier, Bernard Kerby, Derek Todd, Dave Jones, Joe Senkalski, Neil Owens, John McQuarrie, Dean Milosevic. Sub: Simon Brandt. |
| Round 13 Wednesday, 20 June 1985 Venue: Adamstown Oval, Newcastle Attendance: 1285 Newcastle 0 Clint Gosling, Darren Stewart, Mark Jones, Simon Brandt, Mike Boogard, Ralph Maier, Bernard Kerby, Derek Todd, Dave Jones, Joe Senkalski, John McQuarrie. Subs: Derek Todd, Dean Milosevic. Marconi Fairfield 2 Alex McPherson, Paul Carter, Lee Sterrey, Steve Calderan, Tony Henderson, Ian Gray, David Lowe, Mark Jankovics, Craig Mason, Peter Tredinnick, Rod Brown. Sub: Peter Sharne. |
| Round 14 Monday, 11 June 1985 Venue: Edensor Park, Sydney Attendance: 4200 Sydney United 2 Greg Woodhouse, Bruno Vidaic, Bruno Vidaic, David Rezo, Wally Savor, Zjelko Jurin, Marijan Kovacic, Zarko Odzakov, Tom Basic, Graham Arnold, Jim Patikas. Subs: Shane Clinch, Emil Dragicevic. Newcastle 0 Clint Gosling, Mark Jones, Simon Brandt, Mike Boogard, Steve Dorman, Ralph Maier, Derek Todd, Dave Jones, Joe Senkalski, Neil Owens, John McQuarrie. Sub: Dean Milosevic. |
| Round 15 Saturday, 16 June 1985 Venue: Adamstown Oval, Newcastle Attendance: 1653 Newcastle 3 Clint Gosling, Darren Stewart, Mark Jones, Simon Brandt, Mike Boogard, Ralph Maier, Derek Todd, Derek Todd, Dave Jones, Joe Senkalski, John McQuarrie. Sub: Dean Milosevic. St George 4 Terry Greedy, Mike O”Shea, Vic Bozanic, David Ratcliffe, David Skeen, Andrew Koczka, Steve Green, John O”Shea, Mark Barton, Pedro Ricoy, Robbie Slater. Sub: Trevor Morgan. |
| Round 16 Sunday, 24 June 1985 Venue: Bruce Stadium, Canberra Attendance: 810 Canberra 3 Tony Franken, Jason Dunn, Jim Harkins, Steve Bryant, Peter Burke, Terry Byrne, John Mihailidis, Tom English, Tom Sermanni, Ian Gibson, Manis Lamond. Newcastle 1 Clint Gosling, Darren Stewart, Mark Jones, Simon Brandt, Ralph Maier, Bernard Kerby, Derek Todd, Derek Todd, Dave Jones, Joe Senkalski, John McQuarrie. Sub: Dean Milosevic. |
| Round 17 Saturday, 30 June 1985 Venue: Adamstown Oval, Newcastle Attendance: 817 Newcastle 0 Clint Gosling, Darren Stewart, Andrew Thompson, Mark Jones, Simon Brandt, Mike Boogard, Ralph Maier, Derek Todd, Derek Todd, Joe Senkalski, John McQuarrie Blacktown City 3 Barry Hoare, Cliff Pointer, Martin Bourke, Brian O”Donnell, Paul Daley, John Larkin, Brett Thornthwaite, Stuart Selvage, John Bradley, John McKie, Phil O”Connor. |
| Round 18 Sunday, 8 July 1985 Venue: Lambert Park, Sydney Attendance: 519 APIA Leichhardt 1 Bob Catlin, Terry Butler, Glen Sterrey, Tom Steven, Ian Rowden, Jim Hamilton, Joe McBride, Tom McCulloch, John Brown, Berti Mariani, Tony Morsello. Newcastle 0 Clint Gosling, Darren Stewart, Andrew Thompson, Mark Jones, Simon Brandt, Mike Boogard, Ralph Maier, Derek Todd, Joe Senkalski, Neil Owens, John McQuarrie. Sub: Dean Milosevic. |
| Round 19 Saturday, 14 July 1985 Venue: Adamstown Oval, Newcastle Attendance: 1310 Newcastle 1 Clint Gosling, Darren Stewart, Andrew Thompson, Mark Jones, Simon Brandt, Mike Boogard, Ralph Maier, Derek Todd, Joe Senkalski, Neil Owens, John McQuarrie. Wollongong City 3 Kiri Velkov, David Green, Peter Kotamanidis, Peter Willis, Ray Vliestra, Zivko Hristovski, Dez Marton, Larry Gaffney, Bernie Godzik, Alex Bundalo, Pat Brodnik. Sub: Rade Stefanovski. |
| Round 20 Sunday, 22 July 1985 Venue: Sydney Athletic Field Attendance: 1000 Sydney City 2 Tony Pezzano, Alec Robertson, Grant Lee, Jean-Paul DeMarigny, Jim Cant, Gerry Gomez, Paul Kay, Joe Watson, Peter Falconer, John Kosmina, Frank Farina. Newcastle 0 Clint Gosling, Andrew Thompson, Mark Jones, Simon Brandt, Mike Boogard, Bobby Naumov, Ralph Maier, Joe Senkalski, Neil Owens, John McQuarrie, Dean Milosevic. Sub: Darren Stewart. |
| Round 21 Saturday, 28 July 1985 Venue: Adamstown Oval, Newcastle Attendance: 650 Newcastle 1 Clint Gosling, Darren Stewart, Andrew Thompson, Mark Jones, Simon Brandt, Mike Boogard, Bobby Naumov, Ralph Maier, Neil Owens, John McQuarrie, Dean Milosevic. Inter Monaro 0 Michael Hocking, John Walsh, Mike Tuilawa, Harry Williams, Angelo Titilas, Angelo Ambrosino, Bill Willox, Ricky Budini, Attilio Carbone, Tony Brennan, Sebastian Giampaolo. Subs: John Santolin, Joe Gagetti. |
| Round 22 Sunday, 19 August 1985 Venue: Cook Park, Penrith Attendance: 566 Penrith City 4 Mike Gibson, Peter Brogan, Don Campbell, Bobby Hebb, Mike Cross, Jeff Ainsworth, Ian Wotherspoon, Peter Jones, Brian Jackson, Ian Hunter, Rene Licata. Sub: Randall Easthorpe. Newcastle 1 Clint Gosling, Darren Stewart, Andrew Thompson, Simon Brandt, Mike Boogard, Bobby Naumov, Ralph Maier, Dave Jones, Joe Senkalski, John McQuarrie, Dean Milosevic. Sub: Derek Todd. |
1985 National League Cup Results
| Round 1 | Newcastle | 1 | Cardiff | 0 | |
| Round 2 | Newcastle | 3 | Wollongong City | 2 | |
| Quarter Final | Newcastle | 1 | Brisbane Lions | 0 | |
| Semi Final | Sydney Olympic | 3 | Newcastle | 2 | |
| Cup Final | Sydney Olympic | 2 | Preston | 1 |
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