1985 NSL Cup final explained

1985 NSL Cup final
Event:	1985 NSL Cup
Team1:	Sydney Olympic
Team1score:	2
Team2:	Preston Makedonia
Team2score:	1
Stadium:	St George Stadium
City:	Sydney
Referee:	Don Campbell
Attendance:	6,187
Previous:	1984
Next:	1986

The 1985 NSL Cup final was the final match of the 1985 NSL Cup, the ninth season of the National Soccer League Cup. It was played at St George Stadium in Sydney on 11 August 1985 between Sydney Olympic and Preston Makedonia.^[1] Sydney Olympic won the match 2–1 for their second NSL Cup title.^[2]

Route to the final

See main article: 1985 NSL Cup.

Sydney Olympic		Round	Preston Makedonia
Opposition	Score		Opposition	Score
Penrith City (H)	2–1	scope=row style="text-align:center"	R1	South Melbourne (H)	1–0
APIA Leichhardt (H)	2–0	scope=row style="text-align:center"	R2	Heidelberg United (A)	2–1
Canberra City (H)	1–1	scope=row style="text-align:center"	QF	Green Gully (H)	3–1
	3–2	scope=row style="text-align:center"	SF	Sunshine George Cross (H)	2–1
Key: (H) = Home venue; (A) = Away venue

Match

Details

width=25 ! width=25 GK Gary Meier DF Martyn Rogers DF Graham Jennings DF DF Alex Lambropoulos DF Stuart Johnston MF Peter Raskopoulos MF MF Simon Ogun MF FW Marshall Soper Substitutes: MF FW Head Coach: Manfred Schaefer

width=25 ! width=25 GK Phil Traianedes DF George McMillan DF Ian Dobson DF Robbie Dunn DF Con Opasinis MF George Petrov MF Zoran Ilioski FW Graham Heys FW Sean Lane FW Steve Smith FW Head Coach: Bill Murray

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

Notes and References

1. News: Olympic v Makedonia on Sunday. Schwab. Laurie. Soccer Action. 10. 28. 7 August 1985. 1.
2. News: SOPER, RASKOPOULOS FLOOR MAKEDONIA. Vesic. Alex. Soccer Action. 10. 29. 14 August 1985. 5.