# 1981 Newcastle KB United season

The 1981 season was the fourth in the history of Newcastle KB United. In addition to the domestic league, they also participated in the NSL Cup. Newcastle KB United finished 10th in their National Soccer League season, and were eliminated in the NSL Cup first round by Canberra City.

## 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 | NZL | Phil Dando |
| 2 | DF | ENG | Paul Reaney |
| 3 | FW | AUS | Howard Tredinnick |
| 4 | MF | AUS | Joe Senkalski |
| 5 | DF | AUS | Arno Bertogna |
| 6 | DF | ENG | Roy Drinkwater |
| 7 | MF | NZL | Steve Sumner |
| 8 | FW | ENG | Bob Mountford |
| 9 | FW | ENG | David Jones |
| 10 | FW | ENG | Graham Heys |
| 11 | MF | ENG | Ian Buckley |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 12 | MF | ENG | Craig Mason |
| 14 | DF | AUS | John Sneddon |
| 15 | DF | AUS | Colin Curran |
| 16 | FW | ENG | David Kamasz |
| 17 | MF | AUS | Malcolm McClelland |
| 18 | DF | AUS | Brett Cowburn |
| 19 | FW | NZL | Alf Stamp |
| 20 | GK | NZL | Clint Gosling |
| 21 | MF | AUS | Grant Storey |
| — | FW | ENG | Mick Channon |
| — | DF | AUS | Neil Endacott |

## Competitions
### Overview

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| National Soccer League | 15 February 1981 | 13 September 1981 | Matchday 1 | 10th | 30 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 41 | 41 | +0 | 036.67 |
| NSL Cup | 22 March 1981 | 22 March 1981 | First round | First round | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 000.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 31 | 11 | 8 | 12 | 42 | 43 | −1 | 035.48 |
Source: Competitions

### National Soccer League
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | 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 | |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source: worldfootball.net

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | W | D | W | L | D | L | W | L | L | L | L | W | L | W | D | W | W | W | D | D | L | D | D | L | L | W | D | L | W |
| Position | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 10 |
| Points | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 15 | 17 | 19 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 27 | 28 | 28 | 30 |

#### Matches
### NSL Cup
## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

Includes all competitions. Players with no appearances not included in the list.
| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Player | National Soccer League | National Soccer League | NSL Cup | NSL Cup | Total | Total |
| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | | Phil Dando | 28 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | | Paul Reaney | 27 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 0 |
| 3 | FW | | Howard Tredinnick | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 1 |
| 4 | MF | | Joe Senkalski | 29+1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 5 |
| 5 | DF | | Arno Bertogna | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 2 |
| 6 | DF | | Roy Drinkwater | 29 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 3 |
| 7 | MF | | Steve Sumner | 17+1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 3 |
| 8 | FW | | Bob Mountford | 26+1 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 28 | 8 |
| 9 | FW | | David Jones | 22+5 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 | 28 | 2 |
| 10 | FW | | Graham Heys | 23+4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 5 |
| 11 | MF | | Ian Buckley | 12+1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 2 |
| 12 | MF | | Craig Mason | 24+3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 1 |
| 14 | DF | | John Sneddon | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | | Colin Curran | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 16 | FW | | David Kamasz | 12+5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 1 |
| 17 | MF | | Malcolm McClelland | 15+1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 2 |
| 19 | FW | | Alf Stampp | 3+6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 |
| 20 | GK | | Clint Gosling | 2+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 21 | MF | | Grant Storey | 6+2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 |
| — | FW | | Mick Channon | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| — | DF | | Neil Endacott | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Player(s) transferred out but featured this season ||||||||||
| 13 | FW | | Paul Burrows | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 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 | National Soccer League | National Soccer League | NSL Cup | NSL Cup | NSL Cup | Total | Total | Total |
| 1 | 8 | FW | | Bob Mountford | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 2 | DF | | Paul Reaney | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 3 | FW | | Howard Tredinnick | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 4 | MF | | Joe Senkalski | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 6 | DF | | Roy Drinkwater | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 14 | DF | | John Sneddon | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 16 | FW | | David Kamasz | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 17 | MF | | Malcolm McClelland | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | 5 | DF | | Arno Bertogna | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | 7 | MF | | Steve Sumner | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | 9 | FW | | David Jones | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | 10 | FW | | Graham Heys | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | 12 | MF | | Craig Mason | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | 15 | DF | | Colin Curran | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | 21 | MF | | Grant Storey | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 0 |

### 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 | | Phil Dando | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 8 | 0 | 8 |