1989 National Soccer League
The 1989 National Soccer League season, was the 13th season of the National Soccer League (NSL) in Australia. Background. The Australian Soccer Federation began the year by announcing that the NSL would be televised on ABC rather than on SBS who had shown the league since 1979. SBS challenged the decision in the New South Wales Supreme Court and were allowed to show matches in rounds 1 and 2 before the court found in favour of the ABC.