# 1981 Marconi Fairfield FC season

The 1981 season was the fifth in the National Soccer League for Marconi Fairfield (now Marconi Stallions Football Club). In addition to the domestic league, they also participated in the NSL Cup. Marconi Fairfield finished 14th in their National Soccer League season, and were eliminated in the semi-finals 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 | Allan Maher |
| 2 | DF | AUS | Peter Brogan |
| 3 | DF | AUS | Paul Degney |
| 4 | DF | AUS | Tony Henderson |
| 5 | DF | AUS | Ivo Prskalo |
| 6 | MF | AUS | Gary Byrne (captain) |
| 7 | FW | AUS | Peter Sharne |
| 9 | FW | AUS | Eddie Krncevic |
| 10 | FW | AUS | Berti Mariani |
| 11 | FW | AUS | Ian Hunter |
| 12 | DF | AUS | Stuart Johnston |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 13 | FW | AUS | Jim Muir |
| 14 | FW | AUS | Mark Jankovics |
| 15 | DF | AUS | Dennis Colusso |
| 16 | DF | AUS | Drago Tomasich |
| 17 | MF | AUS | Josip Picioane |
| 19 | DF | AUS | Steve Calderan |
| 22 | GK | AUS | Ron Corry |
| — | MF | AUS | Attilio Carbone |
| — | | AUS | Dennis Morson |
| — | MF | AUS | Peter Raskopoulos |

## 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 | 14th | 30 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 23 | 45 | −22 | 030.00 |
| NSL Cup | 29 March 1981 | 5 August 1981 | First round | Semi-finals | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 7 | +3 | 060.00 |
| Charity Shield | 30 January 1981 | 30 January 1981 | Final | Winners | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 100.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 36 | 13 | 8 | 15 | 36 | 53 | −17 | 036.11 |
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 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 23 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 14 | 30 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | A | H |
| Result | L | W | W | D | L | W | L | W | L | W | W | W | L | D | D | L | L | W | D | L | W | L | L | L | D | L | L | L | D | D |
| Position | 12 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 14 |
| Points | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 24 | 25 |

#### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss

### NSL Cup

Win  Draw  Loss

### Charity Shield

Marconi Fairfield, as NSL Cup winners in the previous season, played against Sydney City who won the National Soccer League 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 | | Allan Maher | 24 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | | Peter Brogan | 22 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | | Paul Degney | 25 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | | Tony Henderson | 27+1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | | Ivo Prskalo | 16 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | | Gary Byrne | 29 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 35 | 3 |
| 7 | FW | | Peter Sharne | 29+1 | 6 | 4+1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 36 | 9 |
| 9 | FW | | Eddie Krncevic | 27+1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 32 | 8 |
| 10 | FW | | Berti Mariani | 25+1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 32 | 1 |
| 11 | FW | | Ian Hunter | 6+3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | | Stuart Johnston | 8+5 | 2 | 2+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 2 |
| 13 | FW | | Jim Muir | 8+3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | | Mark Jankovics | 29+1 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 10 |
| 15 | DF | | Dennis Colusso | 5+7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 14 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | | Drago Tomasich | 11+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | | Josip Picioane | 8+3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 |
| 19 | DF | | Steve Calderan | 4+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 22 | GK | | Ron Corry | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| — | MF | | Attilio Carbone | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| — | — | | Dennis Morson | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| — | MF | | Peter Raskopoulos | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| Player(s) transferred out but featured this season ||||||||||||
| 8 | MF | | Hussein Housseini | 15+2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | | Ken Lindsay | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 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 | Charity Shield | Charity Shield | Charity Shield | Total | Total | Total |
| 1 | 5 | DF | | Ivo Prskalo | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 8 | MF | | Hussein Housseini | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | 19 | DF | | Steve Calderan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | 4 | DF | | Tony Henderson | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | 6 | MF | | Gary Byrne | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | 13 | FW | | Jim Muir | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | 1 | GK | | Allan Maher | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | 2 | DF | | Peter Brogan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | 10 | FW | | Berti Mariani | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | 14 | FW | | Mark Jankovics | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | 16 | DF | | Drago Tomasich | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | 3 | DF | | Paul Degney | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | 17 | MF | | Josip Picioane | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 23 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 3 |

### 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 | Charity Shield | Total |
| 1 | 1 | | Allan Maher | 7 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 7 | 1 | 0 | 8 |