# 1981 West Adelaide SC season

The 1981 season was the fifth in the National Soccer League for West Adelaide Soccer Club. In addition to the domestic league, they also participated in the NSL Cup. West Adelaide finished 16th in their National Soccer League season, and were eliminated in the final 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 | Martyn Crook |
| 2 | DF | ENG | Peter Tymczyszyn |
| 3 | FW | AUS | Dave Pillans |
| 4 | MF | SCO | Neil McGachey |
| 5 | DF | ISR | Shraga Topaz |
| 6 | MF | AUS | Vic Bozanic |
| 7 | MF | AUS | Peter Boyle |
| 8 | FW | ANG | Lopez Manecas |
| 9 | FW | AUS | Tim Brown |
| 10 | MF | SCO | Graham Honeyman |
| 11 | MF | SCO | Ian McGregor |
| 12 | DF | YUG | Zoran Maricic |
| 13 | DF | AUS | Gordon Haig |
| 14 | MF | ENG | Neville Flounders |
| 15 | FW | RSA | Graham Norris |
| 16 | FW | AUS | George Koulianos |
| 17 | DF | SCO | Ian McKie |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 18 | FW | AUS | Steve Atsalas |
| 19 | MF | AUS | David Doorne |
| 20 | GK | AUS | David Miller |
| 21 | FW | AUS | Jim Hughes |
| 22 | DF | AUS | Steve Baker |
| 23 | DF | AUS | Tom Totsikas |
| 24 | DF | AUS | Barry Reynolds |
| — | | AUS | Tom Forde |
| — | | AUS | Colin Gregson |
| — | DF | GRE | Con Kambas |
| — | FW | AUS | Peter Kowalski |
| — | | AUS | Aldo Lorenzoni |
| — | | AUS | Robert Marwe |
| — | FW | IRL | Vic Smythe |
| — | FW | AUS | Bill Stefanopoulos |
| — | DF | AUS | Jim Vahavolios |
| — | FW | SCO | Jim 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 | 15 February 1981 | 13 September 1981 | Matchday 1 | 16th | 30 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 26 | 47 | −21 | 016.67 |
| NSL Cup | 11 March 1981 | 20 September 1981 | First round | Runners-up | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 6 | +6 | 080.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 35 | 9 | 4 | 22 | 38 | 53 | −15 | 025.71 |
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 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 23 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | H |
| Result | L | W | L | L | W | L | L | D | L | L | L | W | D | L | L | L | L | L | D | L | W | L | L | L | L | L | W | L | L | D |
| Position | 11 | 7 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 |
| Points | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 |

#### 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 | | Martyn Crook | 29 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 34 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | | Peter Tymczyszyn | 11 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 2 |
| 3 | FW | | Dave Pillans | 4+1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 |
| 4 | MF | | Neil McGachey | 8 | 0 | 1+1 | 1 | 10 | 1 |
| 5 | DF | | Shraga Topaz | 22 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 26 | 4 |
| 6 | MF | | Vic Bozanic | 24 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 28 | 3 |
| 7 | MF | | Peter Boyle | 14 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 3 |
| 8 | FW | | Lopez Manecas | 18+2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 24 | 7 |
| 9 | FW | | Tim Brown | 21+4 | 1 | 3+1 | 1 | 29 | 2 |
| 10 | MF | | Graham Honeyman | 26+1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 31 | 2 |
| 11 | MF | | Ian McGregor | 19+1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 23 | 1 |
| 12 | DF | | Zoran Maricic | 18+1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 24 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | | Gordon Haig | 5+6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| 15 | FW | | Graham Norris | 13 | 0 | 0+1 | 1 | 14 | 1 |
| 16 | FW | | George Koulianos | 2+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | | Ian McKie | 14+4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | | Steve Atsalas | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | GK | | David Miller | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | FW | | Jim Hughes | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | | Steve Baker | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | | Tom Totsikas | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | | Barry Reynolds | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| — | — | | Tom Forde | 20+1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 2 |
| — | — | | Colin Gregson | 1+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| — | DF | | Con Kambas | 15 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 18 | 0 |
| — | FW | | Peter Kowalski | 8+2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| — | — | | Aldo Lorenzoni | 7+6 | 3 | 2+1 | 1 | 16 | 4 |
| — | — | | Robert Marwe | 3+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| — | FW | | Vic Smythe | 12 | 2 | 2+1 | 1 | 15 | 3 |
| — | FW | | Bill Stefanopoulos | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| — | DF | | Jim Vahavolios | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| — | FW | | Jim Wright | 10+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 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 | 5 | DF | | Shraga Topaz | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 10 | MF | | Graham Honeyman | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | 12 | DF | | Zoran Maricic | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 6 | MF | | Vic Bozanic | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | — | — | | Tom Forde | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | 7 | MF | | Peter Boyle | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | 11 | MF | | Ian McGregor | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | 2 | DF | | Peter Tymczyszyn | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | 15 | FW | | Graham Norris | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | 17 | DF | | Ian McKie | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | — | DF | | Con Kambas | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | — | FW | | Vic Smythe | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 26 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 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 | | Martyn Crook | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 4 | 2 | 6 |