1980 Brisbane Lions SC season

Brisbane Lions
1980 season
Head Coach	Matt Carson
Stadium	Lions Stadium
National Soccer League	7th
NSL Cup	Semi-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Ron Millman (8); All: Ron Millman (9)
Highest home attendance	3,231; vs. Blacktown City; (27 April 1980); National Soccer League
Lowest home attendance	1,500; vs. West Adelaide; (30 March 1980); National Soccer League; 1,500; vs. Heidelberg United; (13 August 1980); National Soccer League
Average home league attendance	2,474
Biggest win	3–0; vs. Grange Thistle (H); (25 April 1980); NSL Cup
Biggest defeat	1–4; vs. Blacktown City (A); (17 August 1980); National Soccer League; 1–4; vs. Newcastle KB United (H); (14 September 1980); National Soccer League

The 1980 season was the fourth in the National Soccer League for Brisbane Lions (now Queensland Lions Football Club). In addition to the domestic league, they also participated in the NSL Cup. Brisbane Lions finished 7th in their National Soccer League season, and were eliminated in the semi-finals of the NSL Cup.

Players

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	MF	AUS	Steve Amos
2	MF	RSA	Paul Ontong
3	DF	AUS	Colin Bennett
4	DF	SCO	Jim Hermiston
5	DF	AUS	Alan Niven
6	MF	AUS	Gerry Lindsay
8	FW	AUS	Danny Wright
9	MF	AUS	Graham Wilson
10	MF	AUS	John Ogden
11	FW	AUS	Ron Millman
15	FW	AUS	Tom McGregor


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
20	GK	AUS	Tony Scanlan
21	DF	AUS	Steve Hogg
22	MF	ENG	Eddie Spearritt
—	DF	AUS	Paul Burns
—	FW	AUS	Calvin Daunt
—	MF	SCO	Alan Hughes
—	FW	NZL	Mark McNaughton
—	DF	AUS	Ian Lawrie
—	GK	ENG	Nigel Lowndes
—		AUS	John Reid

Competitions

Overall record

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	9 March 1980	28 September 1980	Matchday 1	7th	26	7	11	8	28	32	−4	026.92
NSL Cup	25 April 1980	10 September 1980	First round	Semi-finals	4	3	0	1	9	4	+5	075.00
Total					30	10	11	9	37	36	+1	033.33

Source: Competitions

National Soccer League

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Sydney City (C)	26	16	5	5	51	26	+25	37	Qualification to Finals series^[a]
2	Heidelberg United	26	15	6	5	55	33	+22	36
3	South Melbourne	26	15	5	6	42	21	+21	35
4	Marconi Fairfield	26	14	6	6	53	32	+21	34
5	Adelaide City	26	13	4	9	40	27	+13	30
6	Newcastle KB United	26	12	6	8	32	31	+1	30
7	Brisbane Lions	26	7	11	8	28	32	−4	25
8	APIA Leichhardt	26	8	7	11	27	35	−8	23
9	Footscray JUST	26	7	9	10	32	41	−9	23
10	Canberra City	26	7	7	12	34	33	+1	21
11	Blacktown City	26	9	3	14	34	55	−21	21
12	Brisbane City	26	4	10	12	29	36	−7	18
13	West Adelaide	26	7	3	16	24	46	−22	17
14	St George-Budapest (R)	26	5	4	17	32	65	−33	14	Relegated to the 1981 NSW State League

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ The Finals series was not considered the championship for the 1980 National Soccer League.

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
26	7	11	8	28	32	−4	32	5	4	4	13	13	0	2	7	4	15	19	−4

Source: worldfootball.net

Results by round

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

Source: worldfootball.net
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Win Draw Loss

9 March 1980 1	Canberra City	2–4	Brisbane Lions	Canberra
	O'Shea 41' Giampaolo 54'	Report	Williams 24' (o.g.) McNaughton 37' Hughes 82' Niven 85' (pen.)	Stadium: Bruce Stadium Attendance: 5,400^[1] Referee: Len Allen

16 March 1980 2	Brisbane Lions	1–2	South Melbourne	Brisbane
	Reid 50'	Report	Campbell 3' Rogers 67'	Stadium: Lions Stadium Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Dave Nugent

22 March 1980 3	Footscray JUST	3–1	Brisbane Lions	Melbourne
	Picioane 10' Belic 15' Vasic 65'	Report	Lindsay 8'	Stadium: Middle Park Soccer Stadium Attendance: 2,210 Referee: Stewart Mellings

30 March 1980 4	Brisbane Lions	2–1	West Adelaide	Brisbane
	Millman 9' Verweij 78'	Report	Honeyman 59'	Stadium: Lions Stadium Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Col Amos

6 April 1980 5	Adelaide City	0–0	Brisbane Lions	Adelaide
		Report		Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium Attendance: 3,345 Referee: Bobby Kerr

13 April 1980 6	Brisbane Lions	2–0	Sydney City	Brisbane
	Niven 52' Millman 54'	Report		Stadium: Lions Stadium Attendance: 3,114 Referee: Ken Allen

20 April 1980 7	St George-Budapest	2–3	Brisbane Lions	Sydney
	Duarte 24' Cotton 89'	Report	Lindsay 58' Ontong 70' McGregor 79'	Stadium: St George Stadium Attendance: 2,094 Referee: R. Warren

27 April 1980 8	Brisbane Lions	1–0	Blacktown City	Brisbane
15:00 AEST	McGregor 71'	Report		Stadium: Lions Stadium Attendance: 3,231 Referee: Des Miles

4 May 1980 9	Marconi Fairfield	2–1	Brisbane Lions	Sydney
15:00 AEST	Byrne 6' Jankovics 63'	Report	Millman 72'	Stadium: Marconi Oval Attendance: 4,825 Referee: Tim Davies

11 May 1980 10	Brisbane Lions	2–1	APIA Leichhardt	Brisbane
	Millman 67' Spearritt 73'	Report	McAusland 46'	Stadium: Lions Stadium Attendance: 2,836 Referee: Jim Reeves

18 May 1980 11	Newcastle KB United	0–0	Brisbane Lions	Newcastle
		Report		Stadium: Newcastle International Sports Centre Attendance: 7,486 Referee: Alf Rodway

8 June 1980 14	South Melbourne	2–2	Brisbane Lions	Melbourne
	Buljevic 44' Campbell 57'	Report	Millman 32', 76'	Stadium: Middle Park Soccer Stadium Attendance: 4,500 Referee: Jack Johnston

15 June 1980 15	Brisbane Lions	0–0	Canberra City	Brisbane
		Report		Stadium: Lions Stadium Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Dave Nugent

22 June 1980 16	West Adelaide	1–1	Brisbane Lions	Adelaide
	Honeyman 9'	Report	McGregor 3'	Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium Attendance: 2,789 Referee: Bobby Kerr

29 June 1980 12	Brisbane City	1–1	Brisbane Lions	Brisbane
	Kelso 67'	Report	Ontong 86'	Stadium: Perry Park Attendance: 3,372 Referee: Tony Boskovic

13 July 1980 17	Brisbane Lions	1–1	Footscray JUST	Brisbane
	Hogg 14'	Report	Cozzella 49'	Stadium: Lions Stadium Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Doug Rennie

20 July 1980 18	Brisbane Lions	1–2	Adelaide City	Brisbane
	Hermiston 89' (pen.)	Report	Mitchell 42' J. Nyskohus 74' (pen.)	Stadium: Lions Stadium Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Col Amos

27 July 1980 19	Sydney City	1–1	Brisbane Lions	Sydney
	Stevenson 37' (pen.)	Report	Millman 11'	Stadium: ES Marks Athletics Field Attendance: 1,908 Referee: Henry Witschge

10 August 1980 20	Brisbane Lions	0–0	St George-Budapest	Brisbane
		Report		Stadium: Lions Stadium Attendance: 2,400 Referee: Dave Nugent

13 August 1980 13	Brisbane Lions	1–2	Heidelberg United	Brisbane
	Millman 86'	Report	Cole 25' Paton 34'	Stadium: Lions Stadium Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Bob Mee

17 August 1980 21	Blacktown City	4–1	Brisbane Lions	Sydney
15:00 AEST	Hormazaball 8' Wilkinson 23', 90' O'Donnell 70' (pen.)	Report	Wright 88'	Stadium: Gabbie Stadium Attendance: 1,768 Referee: Tim Davies

31 August 1980 22	Brisbane Lions	0–0	Marconi Fairfield	Brisbane
		Report		Stadium: Lions Stadium Attendance: 3,212 Referee: Richard Lorenc

7 September 1980 23	APIA Leichhardt	0–0	Brisbane Lions	Sydney
		Report		Stadium: Lambert Park Attendance: 1,720 Referee: Tony Boskovic

14 September 1980 24	Brisbane Lions	1–4	Newcastle KB United	Brisbane
	Ontong 64'	Report	Tredinnick 34' McClelland 45' Heys 53', 85'	Stadium: Lions Stadium Attendance: 2,367 Referee: Peter Rampley

21 September 1980 25	Brisbane Lions	1–0	Brisbane City	Brisbane
	Verweij 49'	Report		Stadium: Lions Stadium Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Henry Witschge

28 September 1980 26	Heidelberg United	1–0	Brisbane Lions	Melbourne
	Campbell 15'	Report		Stadium: Olympic Park No. 2 Attendance: 3,804 Referee: Chris Bambridge

NSL Cup

Win Draw Loss

25 April 1980 First round	Brisbane Lions	3–0	Grange Thistle	Brisbane
	McGregor 54' Lindsay 61' Ontong 70'	Report		Stadium: Lions Stadium Attendance: ^[2] Referee: Jack Wood

6 July 1980 Second round	Mount Gravatt	2–4 (a.e.t.)	Brisbane Lions	Brisbane
	Thompson 67' (pen.) Reid 84'	Report	Bennett 19' Wilson 65' McNaughton 92', 108'	Stadium: Perry Park Attendance: 800 Referee: Peter Rampley

3 August 1980 Quarter-finals	Brisbane Lions	2–1	Sydney City	Brisbane
	Hermiston 50' (pen.) Millman 67'	Report	Bruce 86'	Stadium: Lions Stadium Attendance: 1,800 Referee: Ken Allen

10 September 1980 Semi-finals	Marconi Fairfield	1–0	Brisbane Lions	Sydney
	Krncevic 3'	Report		Stadium: Marconi Oval Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Jack Johnston

Statistics

Appearances and goals

Includes all competitions. Players with no appearances not included in the list.^[3]^[2]

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Player	National Soccer League		NSL Cup		Total
No.	Pos.	Nat.	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	MF		Steve Amos	0+1	0	0	0	1	0
2	MF		Paul Ontong	23	3	4	1	27	4
3	DF		Colin Bennett	26	0	4	1	30	1
4	DF		Jim Hermiston	26	1	4	1	30	2
5	DF		Alan Niven	25	2	3	0	28	2
6	MF		Gerry Lindsay	21	2	3	1	24	3
8	FW		Danny Wright	5+1	1	1	0	7	1
9	MF		Graham Wilson	14+5	0	3	1	22	1
10	MF		John Ogden	5+6	0	1	0	12	0
11	FW		Ron Millman	26	8	4	1	30	9
15	FW		Tom McGregor	12+2	3	1+1	1	16	4
20	GK		Tony Scanlan	19	0	3	0	22	0
21	DF		Steve Hogg	23+2	1	4	0	29	1
22	MF		Eddie Spearritt	3+3	1	0+1	0	7	1
—	DF		Paul Burns	1+2	0	0+1	0	4	0
—	FW		Calvin Daunt	2+3	0	1+1	0	7	0
—	MF		Alan Hughes	8+2	1	1	0	11	1
—	FW		Mark McNaughton	18+3	1	4	2	25	3
—	DF		Ian Lawrie	1+2	0	0+1	0	4	0
—	GK		Nigel Lowndes	7	0	1	0	8	0
—	—		John Reid	5+2	1	0	0	7	1
Player(s) transferred out but featured this season
—	MF		Johan Verweij	16+4	2	2+1	0	23	2

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			NSL Cup			Total
Rank	No.	Pos.	Nat.	Player
1	2	MF		Paul Ontong	7	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0
2	6	MF		Gerry Lindsay	2	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0
3	4	DF		Jim Hermiston	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0
	5	DF		Alan Niven	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
	21	DF		Steve Hogg	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
6	11	FW		Ron Millman	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
6	—	GK		Nigel Lowndes	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Total					16	0	0	2	0	0	18	0	0

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.	Goalkeeper	NSL	NSL Cup	Total
1	20	Tony Scanlan	6	1	7
2	—	Nigel Lowndes	3	0	3
Total			9	1	10

References

^ Stock, Greg. "1980 National Soccer League Results". OzFootball.
^ ^a ^b Stock, Greg. "1980 National Soccer League Cup Results". OzFootball.
^ "Brisbane Lions 1980 Squad". OzFootball.

[table_note_res_FS0.22707322762677-1] The Finals series was not considered the championship for the 1980 National Soccer League.

[2] Stock, Greg. "1980 National Soccer League Results". OzFootball.

[NSLCup-3] Stock, Greg. "1980 National Soccer League Cup Results". OzFootball.

[4] "Brisbane Lions 1980 Squad". OzFootball.

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