1982 West Adelaide SC season

West Adelaide
1982 season
Head Coach	Alan Vest
Stadium	Pratten Park
National Soccer League	9th
NSL Cup	Quarter-finals
Top goalscorer	Graham Honeyman (14)
Highest home attendance	8,325; vs. Adelaide City (H); (16 May 1982); National Soccer League
Lowest home attendance	2,500 (four matches)
Average home league attendance	3,546
Biggest win	4–0; vs. Wollongong City (H); (28 February 1982); National Soccer League; 4–0; vs. Heidelberg United (H); (2 May 1982); National Soccer League; 5–1; vs. Preston Makedonia (H); (30 May 1982); National Soccer League
Biggest defeat	2–5; vs. Sydney City (A); (5 September 1982); National Soccer League
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Head CoachAlan Vest

StadiumPratten Park

National Soccer League9th

NSL CupQuarter-finals

The 1982 season was the sixth 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 9th in their National Soccer League season, and were eliminated in the quarter-finals of the NSL Cup.

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
National Soccer League	14 February 1982	5 September 1982	Matchday 1	9th	30	10	8	12	44	40	+4	033.33
NSL Cup	14 June 1982	14 July 1982	First round	Second round	2	1	0	1	3	3	+0	050.00
Total					32	11	8	13	47	43	+4	034.38

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Relegation
1	Sydney City (C)	30	20	5	5	68	28	+40	45	Qualification to Finals series^[a]
2	St George-Budapest	30	14	8	8	47	40	+7	36
3	Wollongong City	30	16	3	11	43	46	−3	35
4	Heidelberg United	30	13	8	9	42	37	+5	34
5	Preston Makedonia	30	12	10	8	45	41	+4	34
6	South Melbourne	30	11	9	10	46	37	+9	31
7	APIA Leichhardt	30	12	7	11	49	54	−5	31
8	Sydney Olympic	30	12	6	12	52	42	+10	30
9	West Adelaide	30	10	8	12	44	40	+4	28
10	Marconi Fairfield	30	12	4	14	44	43	+1	28
11	Brisbane Lions	30	10	8	12	39	42	−3	28
12	Newcastle KB United	30	10	7	13	43	52	−9	27
13	Adelaide City	30	6	12	12	36	44	−8	24
14	Footscray JUST	30	5	14	11	34	46	−12	24
15	Canberra City	30	7	10	13	37	54	−17	24
16	Brisbane City	30	5	11	14	32	55	−23	21

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
30	10	8	12	44	40	+4	38	7	3	5	28	14	+14	3	5	7	16	26	−10

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	D	D	W	D	L	L	D	W	D	D	W	W	L	W	W	W	L	W	W	L	W	L	L	W	L	L	D	D	L	L
Position	11	10	5	4	9	10	9	9	9	9	6	5	9	6	5	4	4	3	4	6	3	5	5	4	6	8	8	8	8	9
Points	1	2	4	5	5	5	6	8	9	10	12	14	14	16	18	20	20	22	24	24	26	26	26	28	28	28	29	30	30	30

14 February 1982 1	West Adelaide	0–0	Brisbane Lions	Adelaide
		Report		Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium Attendance: 2,500^[1] Referee: Don Campbell

1982 West Adelaide SC season

Competitions

Overall record

National Soccer League

League table

Results summary

Results by round

Matches

NSL Cup

Statistics

Appearances and goals

Disciplinary record

References

Related Articles

Timelines

Top Qs

Fact Checks

21 February 1982 2	Preston Makedonia	1–1	West Adelaide	Melbourne
	Ollerton 87'	Report	Wright 78' (pen.)	Stadium: B.T. Connor Reserve Attendance: 3,700 Referee: Jim Fearn

28 February 1982 3	West Adelaide	4–0	Wollongong City	Adelaide
	Honeyman 40', 55', 68' Heys 87'	Report		Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium Attendance: 3,365 Referee: Jim Rossis

7 March 1982 4	South Melbourne	2–2	West Adelaide	Melbourne
	Campbell 68' Egan 90+2'	Report	Heys 70' Manecas 76'	Stadium: Middle Park Soccer Stadium Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Chris Bambridge

14 March 1982 5	West Adelaide	0–2	Sydney City	Adelaide
		Report	Kosmina 55' Cant 60'	Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium Attendance: 4,230 Referee: Ken Allen

21 March 1982 6	Sydney Olympic	3–1	West Adelaide	Sydney
	Rowden 14' Redfern 56', 78'	Report	Brown 35'	Stadium: Pratten Park Attendance: 3,488 Referee: Tony Boskovic

28 March 1982 7	APIA Leichhardt	0–0	West Adelaide	Sydney
		Report		Stadium: Lambert Park Attendance: 4,219 Referee: Doug Rennie

4 April 1982 8	West Adelaide	3–0	Brisbane City	Adelaide
	Heys 67' Brown 71' Santrac 73'	Report		Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium Attendance: 4,100 Referee: Don Campbell

11 April 1982 9	Footscray JUST	2–2	West Adelaide	Melbourne
	Kojic 55' Ilioski 65'	Report	Honeyman 66' Santrac 67'	Stadium: Schintler Reserve Attendance: 2,000 Referee: David Yelland

18 April 1982 10	West Adelaide	2–2	Canberra City	Adelaide
	Manecas 44' Brown 75'	Report	Purdie 59' T. Byrne 75'	Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium Attendance: 2,800 Referee: Bob Kerr

24 April 1982 11	Newcastle KB United	1–2	West Adelaide	Newcastle
	Senkalski 5'	Report	Honeyman 2', 33'	Stadium: Newcastle International Sports Centre Attendance: 3,046 Referee: Jim Reeves

9 May 1982 13	St George-Budapest	2–0	West Adelaide	Sydney
	Slater 48' Marton 83'	Report		Stadium: St George Stadium Attendance: 3,654 Referee: Tim Davies

5 September 1982 30	Sydney City	5–2	West Adelaide	Sydney
	Kosmina 4', 45', 80' Watson 53' Borges 84'	Report	Manecas 26' Atsalas 70'	Stadium: ES Marks Athletics Field Attendance: 1,115 Referee: Richard Lorenc

2 May 1982 12	West Adelaide	4–0	Heidelberg United	Adelaide
	Honeyman 12', 48' Boath 35' Sumner 78'	Report		Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium Attendance: 3,760 Referee: Jim Rossis

16 May 1982 14	West Adelaide	2–1	Adelaide City	Adelaide
	Honeyman 30' Atsalas 85'	Report	J. Nyskohus 76'	Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium Attendance: 8,325 Referee: Don Campbell

23 May 1982 15	Marconi Fairfield	0–2	West Adelaide	Sydney
		Report	Dunn ?' Honeyman 60'	Stadium: Marconi Stadium Attendance: 2,699 Referee: Gary Power

30 May 1982 16	West Adelaide	5–1	Preston Makedonia	Adelaide
	Dunn 9' Brennan 25' Atsalas 38' Heys 76', 89'	Report	Lucchesi 78'	Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium Attendance: 2,563 Referee: Jim Rossis

6 June 1982 17	Brisbane Lions	2–1	West Adelaide	Brisbane
	Sunderland 37', 41' (pen.)	Report	Honeyman 83' (pen.)	Stadium: Richlands Stadium Attendance: 3,281 Referee: Col Amos

13 June 1982 18	West Adelaide	1–0	South Melbourne	Adelaide
	Brown 15'	Report		Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium Attendance: 4,200 Referee: Bob Kerr

20 June 1982 19	Wollongong City	2–0	West Adelaide	Wollongong
	Tredinnick 69' Cotton 86'	Report		Stadium: Wollongong Showground Attendance: 2,145 Referee: Tim Davies

27 June 1982 20	West Adelaide	0–1	Sydney Olympic	Adelaide
		Report	Redfern 30'	Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium Attendance: 3,600 Referee: Jim Rossis

4 July 1982 21	West Adelaide	5–2	APIA Leichhardt	Adelaide
	Dunn 11' Manecas 50' Boath 55' Honeyman 63' Heys 84'	Report	Giampaolo 25' Kafka 89'	Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium Attendance: 3,250 Referee: Don Campbell

11 July 1982 22	Brisbane City	4–1	West Adelaide	Brisbane
	Bohan 20' Hamilton 52' Hermiston 81' (pen.) Conner 88'	Report	Honeyman 13'	Stadium: Spencer Park Attendance: 1,800 Referee: Doug Rennie

18 July 1982 23	West Adelaide	0–1	Footscray JUST	Adelaide
		Report	Simic 47'	Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Jim Rossis

25 July 1982 24	Canberra City	1–2	West Adelaide	Canberra
	Christopoulos 52'	Report	Honeyman 15' Sumner 17'	Stadium: Bruce Stadium Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Peter Rampley

1 August 1982 25	West Adelaide	1–2	Newcastle KB United	Adelaide
	Dunn 22'	Report	Lowe 25' Senkalski 31'	Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Bob Kerr

8 August 1982 26	Heidelberg United	1–0	West Adelaide	Melbourne
	Campbell 81'	Report		Stadium: Olympic Village Attendance: 3,000 Referee: David Yelland

15 August 1982 27	West Adelaide	1–1	St George-Budapest	Adelaide
	Dunn 12'	Report	Marton 65' (pen.)	Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Chris Bambridge

22 August 1982 28	Adelaide City	0–0	West Adelaide	Adelaide
		Report		Stadium: Olympic Sports Field Attendance: 4,100 Referee: Jim Rossis

29 August 1982 29	West Adelaide	0–1	Marconi Fairfield	Adelaide
		Report	Djordjevic 9'	Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Don Campbell

14 June 1982 First round	West Adelaide	3–1 (a.e.t.)	Adelaide City	Adelaide
	Heys 56' Honeyman 95' Atsalas 97'	Report	Marocchi 44'	Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium Attendance: 3,900^[2]

14 July 1982 Second round	West Adelaide	0–2	Canberra City	Adelaide
		Report	Stone 38' Christopoulos 86'	Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium Referee: Don Campbell

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		National Soccer League		NSL Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	MF	AUS	Steve Atsalas	18	4	15+1	3	2	1
	MF	AUS	Allan Boath	11	2	11	2	0	0
	GK	AUS	Frank Boetel	2	0	1	0	1	0
	FW	AUS	Micky Brennan	25	1	23+1	1	1	0
	MF	ENG	Tim Brown	15	4	13+1	4	1	0
	GK	AUS	Martyn Crook	30	0	29	0	1	0
	MF	AUS	David Doorne	16	0	14+1	0	1	0
	DF	AUS	Robbie Dunn	31	5	29	5	2	0
	FW	ENG	Graham Heys	32	7	30	6	2	1
	FW	SCO	Graham Honeyman	32	15	30	14	2	1
	FW	AUS	George Koulianos	4	0	4	0	0	0
		AUS	Paul Kounas	2	0	0+1	0	0+1	0
	FW	ANG	Lopez Manecas	10	0	8+1	0	1	0
	DF	YUG	Zoran Maricic	14	0	12+2	0	0	0
	MF	SCO	Neil McGachey	29	0	25+2	0	2	0
	MF	SCO	Ian McGregor	29	0	27	0	2	0
	DF	SCO	Ian McKie	12	0	9+1	0	2	0
	MF	AUS	Adrian Santrac	11	2	9+1	2	0+1	0
	FW	AUS	Bill Stefanopoulos	1	0	0+1	0	0	0
	MF	AUS	Steve Sumner	13	2	12	2	1	0
	DF	AUS	Tom Totsikas	27	0	26	0	1	0
	FW	SCO	Jim Wright	4	1	3+1	1	0	0