1984 NSL Cup final explained

1984 NSL Cup final
Event:	1984 NSL Cup
Team1:	Melbourne Croatia
Team1score:	0
Team2:	Newcastle Rosebud United
Team2score:	1
Stadium:	Olympic Park
City:	Melbourne
Referee:	Stewart Mellings
Attendance:	4,000
Previous:	1983
Next:	1985

The 1984 NSL Cup final was the final match of the 1984 NSL Cup, the eighth season of the National Soccer League Cup. It was played at Olympic Park in Melbourne on 12 September 1984 between Melbourne Knights and Newcastle Rosebud United.^[1] Newcastle won the match 1–0 for their first NSL Cup title.^[2]

Route to the final

See main article: 1984 NSL Cup.

Melbourne Croatia		Round	Newcastle Rosebud United
Opposition	Score		Opposition	Score
Brisbane Lions (H)	2–1	scope=row style="text-align:center"	QF	Sydney City	3–0
APIA Leichhardt (A)	2–0	scope=row style="text-align:center"	SF	Footscray JUST (A)	1–0
Key: (H) = Home venue; (A) = Away venue

Match

Details

width=25 ! width=25 GK 23 Yakka Banovic DF 2 Tony Curcio DF 3 Shaun Parton DF 5 George Hannah MF — Theo Selemidis MF 12 MF 8 Josip Biskic MF 6 MF 14 Robert Markovac FW 10 David Brogan FW 11 Tommy Cumming Substitutes: DF 13 MF 15 Head Coach: Tony Vrzina

width=25 ! width=25 GK 1 Clint Gosling DF 4 Neil Owens DF 2 Ralph Maier DF 3 DF 5 Andrew Thompson MF 6 John McQuarrie MF 7 Joe Senkalski MF 9 FW 8 Simon Brandt FW 11 Derek Todd FW 10 David Jones Substitutes: MF 12 Head Coach: Willie Gallagher

Match rules 90 minutes 30 minutes of extra time if necessary Penalty shoot-out if scores still level

Notes and References

1. News: Melbourne Croatia v. Newcastle Rosebud. 12 September 1984. Soccer Action. 8–9.
2. News: Todd's off after bringing Cup to Newcastle. Schwab. Laurie. Soccer Action. 19 September 1984. 2.