# 1981 Brisbane Lions SC season

The 1981 season was the fifth in the National Soccer League for Brisbane Lions (now Queensland Lions Football Club). In addition to the domestic league, they also participated in the NSL Cup. Brisbane Lions finished 6th in their National Soccer League season, and won 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 | Tony Scanlan |
| 2 | MF | RSA | Paul Ontong |
| 3 | DF | AUS | Alan Niven |
| 4 | MF | AUS | Gerry Lindsay |
| 5 | DF | AUS | Colin Bennett |
| 6 | DF | SCO | Jim Hermiston |
| 7 | DF | AUS | Steve Hogg |
| 8 | MF | SCO | Jim McLean |
| 9 | FW | SCO | Bobby Ferris |
| 10 | FW | AUS | Ron Millman |
| 11 | FW | NZL | Mark McNaughton |
| 12 | FW | AUS | Tom McGregor |
| 13 | MF | AUS | Graham Wilson |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 14 | MF | AUS | John Ogden |
| 15 | DF | AUS | Paul Burns |
| 16 | FW | AUS | Craig Low |
| 17 | FW | ENG | Bob Latchford |
| 18 | DF | AUS | Steve Jackson |
| 19 | | AUS | Lyle Bryce |
| 20 | GK | ENG | Nigel Lowndes |
| — | MF | AUS | Richard Bassingthwaighte |
| — | FW | AUS | Calvin Daunt |
| — | | AUS | Steve Konstantinou |
| — | MF | NZL | Johan Verweij |
| — | FW | SCO | Billy Williamson |
| — | FW | AUS | Danny Wright |

## 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 | 6th | 30 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 41 | 33 | +8 | 036.67 |
| NSL Cup | 29 April 1981 | 20 September 1981 | First round | Winners | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 3 | +9 | 100.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 35 | 16 | 11 | 8 | 53 | 36 | +17 | 045.71 |
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 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 13 | 28 | 29 | 30 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | A | H |
| Result | D | L | D | D | L | W | L | W | D | W | L | D | W | W | D | D | D | W | D | W | L | W | W | W | L | D | D | L | W | L |
| Position | 7 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 6 |
| Points | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 20 | 21 | 23 | 23 | 25 | 27 | 29 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 31 | 33 | 33 |

#### 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 | | Tony Scanlan | 7+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 2 | MF | | Paul Ontong | 28 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 33 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | | Alan Niven | 27 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 31 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | | Gerry Lindsay | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | | Colin Bennett | 25 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 30 | 5 |
| 6 | DF | | Jim Hermiston | 29 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 34 | 5 |
| 7 | DF | | Steve Hogg | 3+5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | | Jim McLean | 27+1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 32 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | | Bobby Ferris | 29+1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 35 | 8 |
| 10 | FW | | Ron Millman | 13 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 5 |
| 11 | FW | | Mark McNaughton | 7+7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 1 |
| 12 | FW | | Tom McGregor | 0+2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | | Graham Wilson | 7+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | | John Ogden | 6+9 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 19 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | | Paul Burns | 5+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 16 | FW | | Craig Low | 17+2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 4 |
| 17 | FW | | Bob Latchford | 3+1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 |
| 19 | — | | Lyle Bryce | 6+1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 2 |
| 20 | GK | | Nigel Lowndes | 23+1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 27 | 0 |
| — | GK | | Tony Burley | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| — | FW | | Calvin Daunt | 15+3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 3 |
| — | — | | Steve Konstantinou | 3+5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| — | MF | | Johan Verweij | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| — | FW | | Billy Williamson | 11 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 12 |
| — | FW | | Danny Wright | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 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 | 7 | DF | | Steve Hogg | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 5 | DF | | Colin Bennett | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | — | FW | | Calvin Daunt | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 2 | MF | | Paul Ontong | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 4 | MF | | Gerry Lindsay | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | 3 | DF | | Alan Niven | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | 6 | DF | | Jim Hermiston | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | 8 | MF | | Jim McLean | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | 10 | FW | | Ron Millman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | 20 | GK | | Nigel Lowndes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | — | FW | | Billy Williamson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 14 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 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 | 20 | | Nigel Lowndes | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| 2 | 1 | | Tony Scanlan | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | — | | Tony Burley | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 7 | 3 | 10 |