1986

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.

1986 Final Table Northern Conference Results
Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
Sydney Croatia	22	14	4	4	43	18	32
Sydney Olympic	22	9	9	4	33	22	27
St George	22	11	5	6	33	29	27
Marconi-Fairfield	22	9	7	6	35	22	25
Sydney City	22	8	8	6	36	27	24
Newcastle Rosebud	22	9	6	7	36	33	24
APIA Leichhardt	22	9	6	7	25	23	24
Wollongong City	22	9	5	8	26	25	23
Blacktown	22	8	4	10	24	36	20
Canberra City	22	5	6	11	21	27	16
Canterbury Marrickville	22	2	7	13	17	41	11
Inter Monaro	22	3	5	14	17	43	11

1986 Final Table Southern Conference Results
Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
Bruswick Juventus	22	11	6	5	37	21	28
Footscray	22	10	8	4	29	27	28
Adelaide City	22	10	7	5	32	19	27
Sunshine George Cross	22	8	11	3	26	17	27
Heidelberg United	22	9	8	5	35	25	26
Preston	22	8	9	5	30	20	25
South Melbourne	22	10	5	7	27	20	25
Brisbane Lions	22	7	5	10	27	28	19
West Adelaide	22	7	4	11	26	34	18
Melbourne Croatia	22	6	6	10	25	33	18
Brisbane City	22	3	7	12	18	46	13
Green Gully	22	2	6	14	16	38	10

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

1986 Northern Division Playoff Results

Qualifying Semi-final	Footscray	2	Adelaide City	3
Elimination Semi-final	Sunshine GC	2	Heidelberg	1
Major Semi-final	Brunswick	0	Adelaide City	2
Minor Semi-final	Footscray	2	Sunshine GC	0
Preliminary Final	Brunswick	1	Footscray	2
South Grand Final	Footscray	1	Adelaide City	2

1986 Southern Division Playoff Results

Qualifying Semi-final	Sydney Olympic	0	St George	1
Elimination Semi-final	Marconi	3*	Sydney City	3
Major Semi-final	Sydney CSC	0	St George	3
Minor Semi-final	Sydney Olympic	2	Marconi	0
Preliminary Final	Sydney CSC	3	Sydney Olympic	4
South Grand Final	Sydney Olympic	3	St George	2

*Marconi win on penalties.

1986 Championship Playoff Results

First Leg	Adelaide City	0	Sydney Olympic	1
Second Leg	Sydney Olympic	1	Adelaide City	3

1986 Season Results

Round 1	Sydney City	Newcastle Rosebud	1	1
Round 2	Newcastle Rosebud	Sydney Croatia	0	4
Round 3	APIA Leichhardt	Newcastle Rosebud	1	1
Round 4	Newcastle Rosebud	Sydney Olympic	3	3
Round 5	Canberra City	Newcastle Rosebud	0	2
Round 6	Newcastle Rosebud	Wollongong City	0	1
Round 7	Marconi Fairfield	Newcastle Rosebud	1	1
Round 8	Blacktown City	Newcastle Rosebud	2	2
Round 9	Canterbury Marr	Newcastle Rosebud	1	3
Round 10	Newcastle Rosebud	Inter Monaro	1	0
Round 11	St George	Newcastle Rosebud	4	2
Round 12	Newcastle Rosebud	Sydney City	5	1
Round 13	Sydney Croatia	Newcastle Rosebud	4	1
Round 14	Newcastle Rosebud	APIA Leichhardt	0	0
Round 15	Sydney Olympic	Newcastle Rosebud	1	0
Round 16	Newcastle Rosebud	Canberra City	3	2
Round 17	Wollongong City	Newcastle Rosebud	1	4
Round 18	Newcastle Rosebud	Marconi Fairfield	3	2
Round 19	Newcastle Rosebud	Blacktown City	1	3
Round 20	Newcastle Rosebud	Canterbury Marr	2	0
Round 21	Inter Monaro	Newcastle Rosebud	0	1
Round 22	Newcastle Rosebud	St George	1	2

1986 Season Results – Detailed

Round 1     Saturday, 30 March 1986 Venue: Woy Woy Oval Attendance: 1508 Sydney City 0 Alex McPherson, Robert Hooker, Grant Lee, Jean-Paul DeMarigny, Steve O”Connor, Ean Rodrigues, Ian Souness, Gerry Gomez, Joe Watson, John Kosmina, Frank Farina. Subs: Paul Kay, Abbas Saad. Newcastle 0 Clint Gosling, Ian Bannon, John Cavanagh, Matthew Garland, Mark Jones, Bobby Naumov, Ralph Maier, Peter McGuinness, Sean Ingham, Russell Turnbull, Joe Senkalski.

Round 2     Saturday, 6 April 1986 Venue: Adamstown Oval, Newcastle Attendance: 2865 Newcastle 0 Clint Gosling, Ian Bannon, John Cavanagh, Matthew Garland, Mark Jones, Bobby Naumov, Ralph Maier, Sean Ingham, Russell Turnbull, Joe Senkalski, Neil Owens. Sydney United 4 Steve Watson, Alex Kovacic, Vedran Rozic, Ante Rumora, Graham Jennings, Wally Savor, Zjelko Jurin, Shane Clinch, Emil Dragicevic, Zarko Odzakov, Graham Arnold. Subs: Rene Licata, Manis Lamond. Goals: Zjelko Jurin, Zarko Odzakov, Graham Arnold 2

Round 3     Sunday, 14 April 1986 Venue: Lambert Park, Sydney Attendance: 1929 APIA Leichhardt  1 Tony Pezzano, Vic Bozanic, Arno Bertonga, Terry Butler, Glen Sterrey, Tom Steven, Zivko Hristovski, John Stewart, John Brown, Vince Colagiuri, Alex Bundalo. Sub: Louis Dounis. Goal: John Stewart Newcastle 1 Clint Gosling, Ian Bannon, Paul Crabtree, John Cavanagh, Matthew Garland, Mark Jones, Ross Milosevic, Bobby Naumov, Ralph Maier, Scott Haynes, Sean Ingham. Subs: Joe Senkalski, Neil Owens. Goal: Mark Jones

Round 4     Saturday, 20 April 1986 Venue: Adamstown Oval, Newcastle Attendance: 2837 Newcastle 3 Clint Gosling, Ian Bannon, Paul Crabtree, John Cavanagh, Mark Jones, Ross Milosevic, Bobby Naumov, Ralph Maier, Sean Ingham, Joe Senkalski, Neil Owens. Goals: Mark Jones, Sean Ingham 2 Sydney Olympic 3 Gary Meier, Mike Coady, Andy Stankovic, Gary Phillips, Tony Spyridakos, Peter Raskopoulos, Vince Estavillo, Chris Kalantzis, Marshall Soper, Stuart Johnston, Stuart Stevenson. Sub: Simon Brandt. Goals: Peter Raskopoulos, Stuart Johnston, Simon Brandt

Round 5     Sunday, 5 May 1986 Venue: Bruce Stadium, Canberra Attendance: 965 Canberra 0 Tony Franken, Jason Dunn, Jim Harkins, Steve Bryant, Peter Burke, John Mihailidis, Jim Cant, Ray Junna, Tom Sermanni, Ian Gibson, Hilton Phillips. Sub: George Kulscar. Newcastle 2 Clint Gosling, Ian Bannon, Paul Crabtree, John Cavanagh, Mark Jones, Ross Milosevic, Bobby Naumov, Ralph Maier, Sean Ingham, Joe Senkalski, Neil Owens. Goals: Bobby Naumov 2

Round 6     Saturday, 11 May 1986 Venue: Adamstown Oval, Newcastle Attendance: 828 Newcastle 0 Clint Gosling, Ian Bannon, Paul Crabtree, John Cavanagh, Mark Jones, Ross Milosevic, Bobby Naumov, Ralph Maier, Sean Ingham, Joe Senkalski, Neil Owens. Sub: Scott Haynes. Wollongong City 1 Warwick Young, David Green, Jock Morlando, Peter Kotamanidis, Ray Vliestra, Reg Chilby, Brian Cokely, Robert Giraldi, Willie Murray, Saul Rivero, David Batten. Sub: Larry Gaffney. Goal: Saul Rivero

Round 7     Sunday, 19 May 1986 Venue: Marconi Stadium, Sydney Attendance: 1682 Marconi Fairfield 1 Brian James, Paul Carter, Lee Sterrey, Ian Gray, Joe Rizzotto, Robert Wheatley, David Lowe, Adrian Janin, Craig Mason, Peter Tredinnick, Rod Brown. Subs: Tony Henderson, Geoff Gunning. Goal: Geoff Gunning Newcastle 1 Clint Gosling, Ian Bannon, Paul Crabtree, John Cavanagh, Mark Jones, Ross Milosevic, Bobby Naumov, Ralph Maier, Stuart Heap, Sean Ingham, Joe Senkalski. Sub: Matthew Garland. Goal: Stuart Heap

Round 8     Saturday, 25 May 1986 Venue: Gabbie Stadium, Sydney Attendance: 846 Blacktown City 2 Dave Curtis, Peter Willis, Martin Bourke, Tom McLeod, Steve Knight, Jeff Ainsworth, Gary Byrne, John Bradley, Joe Carroll, Robbie Slater, Adam Sandy. Subs: Darren Northam, Brian Ellem. Goals: John Bradley, Joe Carroll Newcastle 2 Clint Gosling, Ian Bannon, Paul Crabtree, John Cavanagh, Mark Jones, Ross Milosevic, Bobby Naumov, Ralph Maier, Stuart Heap, Sean Ingham, Joe Senkalski. Sub: Neil Owens. Goals: Mark Jones, Ralph Maier

Round 9      Sunday, 9 June 1986 Venue: Arlington Oval, Sydney Attendance: 1271 Canterbury Marrickville 1 Ian Barker, George Haniotis, Spiro Hantzis, John Radman, John Karaspyros, Burim Zajmi, Bernie Godzik, Nelio Borges, John Pettas, Chris Thamnidis, Petar Zrilic. Subs: Mario Philipou, Arthur Svinos. Goal: John Radman Newcastle 3 Clint Gosling, Ian Bannon, Paul Crabtree, John Cavanagh, Matthew Garland, Mark Jones, Ross Milosevic, Bobby Naumov, Ralph Maier, Sean Ingham, Neil Owens. Goals: John Cavanagh, Mark Jones, Sean Ingham

Round 10      Saturday, 15 June 1986 Venue: Adamstown Oval, Newcastle Attendance: 1043 Newcastle 1 Clint Gosling, Ian Bannon, Paul Crabtree, John Cavanagh, Matthew Garland, Mark Jones, Ross Milosevic, Bobby Naumov, Ralph Maier, Sean Ingham, Neil Owens. Goal: Mark Jones Inter Monaro 0 Nick Antonopoulos, John Walsh, Angelo Titilas, Joe Gagetti, Angelo Ambrosino, Ricky Budini, Attilio Carbone, Frank D”Addario, Ian Wotherspoon, Vlece Trajanovski, Steve Winn. Sub: Marko Perinovic.

Round 11      Sunday, 23 June 1986 Venue: St George Stadium, Sydney Attendance: 653 St George 4 Mike Gibson, Mike O”Shea, David Ratcliffe, Andrew Koczka, Graeme Fletcher, John O”Shea, Pedro Ricoy, Stuart Porter, Roy Cotton, Tony Caban, Scott Ollerenshaw. Subs: Robert O”Shea, John McKie. Goals: Graeme Fletcher 2, Pedro Ricoy, Roy Cotton Newcastle 2 Clint Gosling, Ian Bannon, Paul Crabtree, John Cavanagh, Mark Jones, Ross Milosevic, Bobby Naumov, Ralph Maier, Stuart Heap, Sean Ingham, Neil Owens. Goals: Mark Jones, Sean Ingham

Round 12      Saturday, 29 June 1986 Venue: Adamstown Oval, Newcastle Attendance: 1872 Newcastle 5 Clint Gosling, Ian Bannon, Paul Crabtree, John Cavanagh, Matthew Garland, Mark Jones, Ross Milosevic, Bobby Naumov, Ralph Maier, Sean Ingham, Neil Owens. Sub: Stuart Heap. Goals: John Cavanagh, Mark Jones 2, Sean Ingham 2 Sydney City 1 Alex McPherson, Alec Robertson, Grant Lee, Jean-Paul DeMarigny, Steve O”Connor, Gerry Gomez, Murray Barnes, Joe Watson, Tom McCulloch, John Kosmina, Frank Farina. Sub: Abbas Saad. Goal: John Kosmina

Round 13     Sunday, 7 July 1986 Venue: Edensor Park, Sydney Attendance: 4859 Sydney United 4 Steve Watson, Vedran Rozic, Ivan Petkovic, David Rezo, Ante Rumora, Graham Jennings, Wally Savor, Zjelko Jurin, Marijan Kovacic, Zarko Odzakov, Graham Arnold. Subs: Shane Clinch, Emil Dragicevic. Goals: Ivan Petkovic, Zjelko Jurin 2, Graham Arnold Newcastle 1 Clint Gosling, Ian Bannon, Paul Crabtree, John Cavanagh, Matthew Garland, Mark Jones, Ross Milosevic, Ralph Maier, Sean Ingham, Neil Owens, John McQuarrie. Sub: Stuart Heap. Goal: Ralph Maier

Round 14      Saturday, 13 July 1986 Venue: Adamstown Oval, Newcastle Attendance: 1200 Newcastle 0 Clint Gosling, Ian Bannon, Paul Crabtree, John Cavanagh, Matthew Garland, Mark Jones, Ross Milosevic, Ralph Maier, Sean Ingham, Neil Owens, John McQuarrie. Sub: Stuart Heap. APIA Leichhardt 0 Tony Pezzano, Vic Bozanic, Arno Bertonga, Terry Butler, Zivko Hristovski, Tony Parison, John Stewart, Janusz Baran, John Brown, Alex Bundalo, Tony Morsello. Sub: Mark Koussas.

Round 15      Sunday, 21 July 1986 Venue: Pratten Park, Sydney Attendance: 3877 Sydney Olympic 1 Gary Meier, Martyn Rogers, Mike Coady, Gary Phillips, Tony Spyridakos, Peter Raskopoulos, Manny Spanoudakis, Vince Estavillo, Peter Katholos, Chris Kalantzis, Marshall Soper. Subs: Stuart Johnston, Terry Patalis. Goal: Marshall Soper Newcastle 0 Clint Gosling, Ian Bannon, Paul Crabtree, John Cavanagh, Mark Jones, Ross Milosevic, Ralph Maier, Stuart Heap, Sean Ingham, Neil Owens, John McQuarrie. Sub: Matthew Garland.

Round 16     Saturday, 27 July 1986 Venue: Adamstown Oval, Newcastle Attendance: 1263 Newcastle 3 Clint Gosling, Ian Bannon, John Cavanagh, Matthew Garland, Mark Jones, Ross Milosevic, Bobby Naumov, Ralph Maier, Sean Ingham, Neil Owens, John McQuarrie. Sub: Paul Crabtree. Goals: Ralph Maier, Sean Ingham, John McQuarrie Canberra 2 Tony Franken, Jim Harkins, Steve Bryant, Terry Byrne, Peter Mazis, Jim Cant, Jim Hamilton, Tom Sermanni, Ian Gibson, Augusto Palacios, Hilton Phillips. Goals: Augusto Palacios, Hilton Phillips

Round 17      Wednesday, 14 August 1986 Venue: Wollongong Showgrounds Attendance: 1121 Wollongong City 1 Sean Billington, David Green, Peter Kotamanidis, Ray Vliestra, Reg Chilby, Rade Stefanovski, Leonel Arcosa, Brian Cokely, John Fleming, Robert Giraldi, Willie Murray. Subs: David Batten, Pat Brodnik. Goal: Pat Brodnik Newcastle 4 Clint Gosling, Ian Bannon, Paul Crabtree, John Cavanagh, Mark Jones, Ross Milosevic, Bobby Naumov, Ralph Maier, Sean Ingham, Neil Owens, John McQuarrie. Goals: Mark Jones 2, Ralph Maier, John McQuarrie

Round 18      Saturday, 17 August 1986 Venue: Adamstown Oval, Newcastle Attendance: 1713 Newcastle 3 Clint Gosling, Ian Bannon, Paul Crabtree, John Cavanagh, Mark Jones, Ross Milosevic, Bobby Naumov, Ralph Maier, Sean Ingham, Neil Owens, John McQuarrie. Goals: Bobby Naumov, Ralph Maier, own goal Marconi Fairfield 2 Brian James, Paul Carter, Lee Sterrey, Tony Henderson, Ian Gray, Joe Rizzotto, Robert Wheatley, David Lowe, Osvaldo ElAli, Geoff Gunning, Rod Brown. Goals: Tony Henderson, Ian Gray

Round 19      Saturday, 24 August 1986 Venue: Adamstown Oval, Newcastle Attendance: 2100 Newcastle 1 Clint Gosling, Ian Bannon, Paul Crabtree, John Cavanagh, Mark Jones, Ross Milosevic, Steve Dorman, Bobby Naumov, Ralph Maier, Sean Ingham, Neil Owens. Sub: John McQuarrie. Goal: John Cavanagh Blacktown City 3 Barry Hoare, Peter Willis, Darren Northam, Steve Knight, Brett Thornthwaite, Jeff Ainsworth, Gary Byrne, Joe Carroll, Robbie Slater, Peter Denyer, Adam Sandy. Goals: Joe Carroll, Peter Denyer 2

Round 20     Saturday, 31 August 1986 Venue: Adamstown Oval, Newcastle Attendance: 1350 Newcastle 2 Clint Gosling, Ian Bannon, Paul Crabtree, John Cavanagh, Matthew Garland, Bobby Naumov, Ralph Maier, Stuart Heap, Sean Ingham, Neil Owens, John McQuarrie. Goals: Bobby Naumov, Sean Ingham Canterbury Marrickville 0 Ian Barker, Spiro Hantzis, John Radman, George Akoutas, ? Fterniatis, George Kalogeras, Arthur Svinos, Burim Zajmi, Bernie Godzik, Nelio Borges, Petar Zrilic

Round 21     Sunday, 8 September 1986 Venue: Seiffert Oval, Queanbeyan Attendance: 303 Inter Monaro 0 Steve Hoszowski, Mike Tuilawa, Joe Gagetti, Ricky Budini, Attilio Carbone, Frank D”Addario, David Borella, Ljupco Djordjeski, Ian Wotherspoon, Sebastian Giampaolo, Marko Perinovic. Subs: Angelo Titilas, Bill Willox. Newcastle 1 Clint Gosling, Ian Bannon, Paul Crabtree, John Cavanagh, Mark Jones, Ross Milosevic, Bobby Naumov, Ralph Maier, Sean Ingham, Neil Owens, John McQuarrie. Goal: John McQuarrie

Final Newcastle NSL game until 1991/92* Round 22 Saturday 14 September 1986 Venue: Adamstown Oval, Newcastle Attendance: 3000 Newcastle 1 Clint Gosling, Ian Bannon, John Cavanagh, Mark Jones, Ross Milosevic, Bobby Naumov, Ralph Maier, Stuart Heap, Sean Ingham, Neil Owens, John McQuarrie. Sub: Matthew Garland. Goal: Sean Ingham St George 2 Terry Greedy, Mike O’Shea, David Ratcliffe, David Skeen, Craig Moffitt, Robert O’Shea, Andrew Koczka, Miklos Orsagh, Graeme Fletcher, Pedro Ricoy, Peter Petkovski. Subs: Ken Slaveski, Scott Ollerenshaw. Goals: Graeme Fletcher *Newcastle Relegated from National league

1986 National League Cup Results

First Leg	Newcastle Rosebud	2	Belmont	1
Second Leg	Sydney City	2	Newcastle Rosebud	0

1986 Cup Final	Sydney City	3	West Adelaide	2