# 1981 APIA Leichhardt FC season

The 1981 season was the third in the National Soccer League for APIA Leichhardt Football Club. In addition to the domestic league, they also participated in the NSL Cup. APIA Leichhardt finished 4th in their National Soccer League season, and were eliminated in the quarter-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 | Greg Woodhouse |
| 2 | DF | AUS | Rod Skellern |
| 3 | DF | AUS | Col McAusland |
| 4 | DF | AUS | Mark Pullen |
| 5 | DF | AUS | Peter Wilson |
| 6 | MF | SCO | Alan Hughes |
| 7 | FW | AUS | Marshall Soper |
| 8 | FW | AUS | Sebastian Giampaolo |
| 9 | FW | SCO | Billy Pirie |
| 10 | MF | AUS | Zdenko Kafka |
| 11 | FW | AUS | Phil O'Connor |
| 12 | FW | AUS | Tony Morsello |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 13 | FW | SCO | John Bradley |
| 14 | FW | AUS | Frank Leyden |
| 15 | FW | SCO | John McKie |
| 16 | DF | AUS | David Watt |
| 17 | | AUS | Frank Casacchia |
| 18 | MF | AUS | Ian Gray |
| 19 | | AUS | Frank Zaccomer |
| 20 | GK | AUS | Bob Parks |
| — | MF | AUS | Terry Butler |
| — | DF | AUS | Paul Carter |
| — | FW | AUS | John Coyne |
| — | MF | AUS | Dave Harding |

## 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 | 4th | 30 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 39 | 33 | +6 | 040.00 |
| NSL Cup | 29 March 1981 | 8 July 1981 | First round | Quarter-finals | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 8 | +2 | 075.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 34 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 49 | 41 | +8 | 044.12 |
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 | 15 | 10 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 14 | 30 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A |
| Result | D | L | D | W | W | W | D | D | L | D | L | W | W | W | W | D | W | L | W | W | L | D | D | D | L | W | W | D | D | L |
| Position | 7 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 4 |
| Points | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 15 | 17 | 19 | 20 | 22 | 22 | 24 | 26 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 29 | 31 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 35 |

#### 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 | | Greg Woodhouse | 28 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 32 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | | Rod Skellern | 20 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 23 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | | Col McAusland | 27+1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 31 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | | Mark Pullen | 24 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | | Peter Wilson | 29 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 33 | 1 |
| 6 | MF | | Alan Hughes | 22 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 26 | 3 |
| 7 | FW | | Marshall Soper | 21+4 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 29 | 16 |
| 8 | FW | | Sebastian Giampaolo | 11+2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 4 |
| 9 | FW | | Billy Pirie | 5+3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | | Zdenko Kafka | 26 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 30 | 4 |
| 11 | FW | | Phil O'Connor | 26 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 30 | 10 |
| 12 | FW | | Tony Morsello | 17+6 | 3 | 3+1 | 2 | 27 | 5 |
| 13 | FW | | John Bradley | 11+2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 3 |
| 14 | FW | | Frank Leyden | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 15 | FW | | John McKie | 1+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | | David Watt | 1+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 17 | — | | Frank Casacchia | 4+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | | Ian Gray | 11+4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 0 |
| 19 | — | | Frank Zaccomer | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 20 | GK | | Bob Parks | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| — | MF | | Terry Butler | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 2 |
| — | DF | | Paul Carter | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| — | FW | | John Coyne | 12+3 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 17 | 0 |
| — | MF | | Dave Harding | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Player(s) transferred out but featured this season ||||||||||
| — | DF | | Ian McKie | 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 | 2 | DF | | Rod Skellern | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 4 | DF | | Mark Pullen | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 5 | DF | | Peter Wilson | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 6 | MF | | Alan Hughes | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 10 | MF | | Zdenko Kafka | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | — | MF | | Terry Butler | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | 7 | FW | | Marshall Soper | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | 12 | FW | | Tony Morsello | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | 8 | FW | | Sebastian Giampaolo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | — | FW | | John Coyne | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 32 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 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 | | Greg Woodhouse | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| 2 | 20 | | Bob Parks | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 12 | 0 | 12 |