# 1981 Sydney City FC season

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.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | AUS | Todd Clarke |
| 2 | DF | AUS | Kevin Mullen |
| 3 | DF | AUS | John Spanos |
| 4 | DF | AUS | Steve O'Connor |
| 5 | DF | SCO | Ian Bruce |
| 6 | FW | SCO | Willie Murray |
| 7 | MF | AUS | Joe Watson |
| 8 | MF | AUS | Murray Barnes |
| 9 | MF | AUS | Ken Boden |
| 10 | FW | AUS | John Kosmina |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 11 | FW | BRA | Hilton Silva |
| 12 | MF | AUS | Jimmy Cant |
| 14 | DF | CRC | Gerry Gomez |
| 16 | MF | AUS | Jim Patikas |
| 18 | MF | AUS | Ian Souness |
| 20 | GK | AUS | Tony Pezzano |
| 21 | MF | AUS | Grant Lee |
| — | MF | AUS | Agenor Muniz |
| — | DF | SCO | Alex Robertson |

## Competitions
### Overall record

| 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 | 1st | 30 | 19 | 5 | 6 | 59 | 30 | +29 | 063.33 |
| NSL Cup | 22 March 1981 | 27 May 1981 | First round | Third round | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 066.67 |
| Charity Shield | 30 January 1981 | 30 January 1981 | Final | Runners-up | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 000.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 34 | 21 | 6 | 7 | 66 | 35 | +31 | 061.76 |
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 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 13 | 20 | 21 | 10 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 |
| Ground | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | D | W | L | W | D | W | L | D | W | W | W | W | L | W | W | L | W | W | W | L | W | L | D | W | W | W | D | W | W |
| Position | 4 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Points | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 15 | 17 | 19 | 19 | 21 | 23 | 23 | 25 | 27 | 29 | 29 | 31 | 31 | 32 | 34 | 36 | 38 | 39 | 41 | 43 |

#### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss

### NSL Cup

Win  Draw  Loss

### 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.

## 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 | Charity Shield | Charity Shield | Total | Total |
| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | | Todd Clarke | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | | Kevin Mullen | 16+1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 1 |
| 3 | DF | | John Spanos | 29 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 1 |
| 4 | DF | | Steve O'Connor | 27 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 1 |
| 5 | DF | | Ian Bruce | 23+1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 1 |
| 6 | FW | | Willie Murray | 10+5 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | | Joe Watson | 29+1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 34 | 4 |
| 8 | MF | | Murray Barnes | 28 | 11 | 2+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 32 | 11 |
| 9 | MF | | Ken Boden | 27+1 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 32 | 18 |
| 10 | FW | | John Kosmina | 26 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 30 | 12 |
| 11 | FW | | Hilton Silva | 1+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | | Jimmy Cant | 17+8 | 2 | 1+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 2 |
| 14 | DF | | Gerry Gomez | 5+7 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 2 |
| 16 | MF | | Jim Patikas | 19+5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 1 |
| 18 | MF | | Ian Souness | 27 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 12 |
| 20 | GK | | Tony Pezzano | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | | Grant Lee | 0+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| — | MF | | Agenor Muniz | 7+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| — | DF | | 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 | National Soccer League | National Soccer League | NSL Cup | NSL Cup | NSL Cup | Total | Total | Total |
| 1 | 18 | MF | | Ian Souness | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 2 | DF | | Kevin Mullen | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 10 | FW | | John Kosmina | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 3 | DF | | John Spanos | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 8 | MF | | Murray Barnes | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | 4 | DF | | Steve O'Connor | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | 9 | MF | | Ken Boden | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | 7 | MF | | Joe Watson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | 14 | DF | | Gerry Gomez | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | 16 | MF | | Jim Patikas | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 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 |
| 1 | 1 | | Todd Clarke | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| 2 | 20 | | Tony Pezzano | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 12 | 2 | 14 |