# 1981 Blacktown City FC season

The 1981 season was the second in the National Soccer League for Blacktown City Football Club. In addition to the domestic league, they also participated in the NSL Cup. Blacktown City finished 15th in their National Soccer League season, and were eliminated in the first 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 | Bruce James |
| 2 | DF | AUS | Robert Wheatley |
| 3 | DF | AUS | Steve Pollard |
| 4 | DF | AUS | Milan Milovanovic |
| 5 | DF | AUS | Cliff Pointer |
| 6 | MF | AUS | Stuart Selvage |
| 7 | FW | YUG | Jovan Djordjevic |
| 8 | MF | CHI | Ricky Hormazabal |
| 9 | MF | YUG | Branko Culina |
| 10 | MF | AUS | Brian O'Donnell |
| 11 | FW | AUS | Paul Burrows |
| 12 | MF | AUS | Michael Quarmby |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 13 | DF | AUS | Peter Cuk |
| 14 | MF | CHI | Carlos Ortega |
| 15 | DF | AUS | Tony Rasmussen |
| 16 | FW | AUS | Craig Wallace |
| 17 | FW | AUS | Peter Jones |
| 18 | MF | AUS | Dean Milosevic |
| 20 | GK | AUS | Barry Hoare |
| — | GK | AUS | Peter Freeman |
| — | MF | YUG | Branislav Krstic |
| — | MF | AUS | Neil Manning |
| — | FW | AUS | Neil Pearson |

## 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 | 14 February 1981 | 13 September 1981 | Matchday 1 | 15th | 30 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 32 | 47 | −15 | 020.00 |
| NSL Cup | 22 March 1981 | 22 March 1981 | First round | First round | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | −3 | 000.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 31 | 6 | 9 | 16 | 32 | 50 | −18 | 019.35 |
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 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 10 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 |
| Ground | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | D | L | D | L | D | D | W | L | L | D | L | L | W | L | W | L | L | L | L | D | W | D | L | D | L | W | L | L | D | W |
| Position | 7 | 14 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 |
| Points | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 21 |

#### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss

### NSL Cup

Win  Draw  Loss

## 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 | | Bruce James | 29 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | | Robert Wheatley | 21+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | | Steve Pollard | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | | Milan Milovanovic | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | | Cliff Pointer | 30 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 1 |
| 6 | MF | | Stuart Selvage | 30 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 1 |
| 7 | FW | | Jovan Djordjevic | 24 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 4 |
| 8 | MF | | Ricky Hormazabal | 22 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 1 |
| 9 | MF | | Branko Culina | 18+2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 3 |
| 10 | MF | | Brian O'Donnell | 30 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 4 |
| 11 | FW | | Paul Burrows | 23 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 4 |
| 12 | MF | | Michael Quarmby | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | | Peter Cuk | 8+8 | 3 | 0+1 | 0 | 17 | 3 |
| 14 | MF | | Carlos Ortega | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | | Tony Rasmussen | 17+5 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 23 | 1 |
| 16 | FW | | Craig Wallace | 7+3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 2 |
| 17 | FW | | Peter Jones | 12+4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 4 |
| 18 | MF | | Dean Milosevic | 4+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 20 | GK | | Barry Hoare | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| — | MF | | Branislav Krstic | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 |
| — | FW | | Neil Pearson | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Player(s) transferred out but featured this season ||||||||||
| 19 | FW | | Brian Turner | 10+1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 |

### 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 | MF | | Ricky Hormazabal | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 4 | DF | | Milan Milovanovic | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | 15 | DF | | Tony Rasmussen | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 11 | FW | | Paul Burrows | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | 3 | DF | | Steve Pollard | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | 5 | DF | | Cliff Pointer | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | 7 | FW | | Jovan Djordjevic | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | 17 | FW | | Peter Jones | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | 1 | GK | | Bruce James | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | 16 | FW | | Craig Wallace | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | 2 | DF | | Robert Wheatley | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | 9 | MF | | Branko Culina | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | 10 | MF | | Brian O'Donnell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | 13 | DF | | Peter Cuk | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | 18 | MF | | Dean Milosevic | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | — | MF | | Branislav Krstic | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 43 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 46 | 0 | 2 |

### 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 | | Bruce James | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 6 | 0 | 6 |