# 1981 Preston Makedonia FC season

The 1981 season was the first in the National Soccer League for Preston Makedonia, in Melbourne, Victoria. In addition to the domestic league, they also participated in the NSL Cup. Preston Makedonia finished 12th in their National Soccer League season and were eliminated in the second 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 | Lou Kastner |
| 2 | DF | AUS | Mike Rainey |
| 3 | DF | ENG | Steve Beech |
| 4 | MF | AUS | Peter Ollerton |
| 5 | DF | ENG | John Higham |
| 6 | MF | AUS | Jeff Faulkner |
| 7 | FW | AUS | Robbie Cullen |
| 8 | MF | SCO | Gordon Flavell |
| 9 | FW | SCO | George McMillan |
| 10 | MF | AUS | Ljube Petrovski |
| 11 | FW | AUS | Gary Ward |
| 12 | MF | AUS | Stuart Cunningham |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 13 | MF | AUS | Claude Lucchesi |
| 14 | MF | NZL | Eric Lesbirel |
| 15 | MF | AUS | Con Stoikos |
| 16 | FW | AUS | Con Opasinis |
| — | FW | AUS | Peter Boyle |
| — | FW | AUS | Duggie Brown |
| — | | AUS | Gary Clayton |
| — | MF | AUS | John Little |
| — | | AUS | Danny McCluskey |
| — | DF | SCO | Ron McIvor |
| — | FW | ENG | Alan Whittle |
| — | GK | NZL | Richard Wilson |

## 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 | 12th | 30 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 39 | 41 | −2 | 030.00 |
| NSL Cup | 4 March 1981 | 25 March 1981 | First round | Second round | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 050.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 32 | 10 | 8 | 14 | 43 | 43 | +0 | 031.25 |
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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A |
| Result | L | L | W | W | W | L | L | L | W | D | D | L | L | D | L | D | L | L | L | D | D | W | D | W | L | W | W | W | L | L |
| Position | 12 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 |
| Points | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 16 | 17 | 19 | 19 | 21 | 23 | 25 | 25 | 25 |

#### 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 | | Lou Kastner | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | | Mike Rainey | 26 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 28 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | | Steve Beech | 27 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 29 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | | Peter Ollerton | 25+3 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 30 | 12 |
| 5 | DF | | John Higham | 15+1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 1 |
| 6 | MF | | Jeff Faulkner | 15+3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | | Robbie Cullen | 22+3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 27 | 6 |
| 8 | MF | | Gordon Flavell | 24+2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 1 |
| 9 | FW | | George McMillan | 21+4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | | Ljube Petrovski | 25 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 27 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | | Gary Ward | 2+1 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 13 | MF | | Claude Lucchesi | 25+3 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 30 | 8 |
| 14 | MF | | Eric Lesbirel | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | | Con Stoikos | 0+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| — | FW | | Peter Boyle | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| — | FW | | Duggie Brown | 24+1 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 27 | 8 |
| — | — | | Gary Clayton | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| — | MF | | John Little | 2+11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 2 |
| — | — | | Danny McCluskey | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| — | DF | | Ron McIvor | 2+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| — | FW | | Alan Whittle | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 2 |
| — | GK | | Richard Wilson | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 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 | 4 | MF | | Peter Ollerton | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | — | FW | | Duggie Brown | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | 2 | DF | | Mike Rainey | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | 10 | MF | | Ljube Petrovski | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | 7 | FW | | Robbie Cullen | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | 9 | FW | | George McMillan | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | 3 | DF | | Steve Beech | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | 13 | MF | | Claude Lucchesi | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | — | FW | | Peter Boyle | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | 6 | MF | | Jeff Faulkner | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | 5 | DF | | John Higham | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | 8 | MF | | Gordon Flavell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | — | GK | | Richard Wilson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 36 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 5 |

### 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 | — | | Richard Wilson | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | 1 | | Lou Kostner | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | — | | Gary Clayton | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 6 | 0 | 6 |