1982 St George-Budapest FC season

St George-Budapest
1982 season
Head Coach	Frank Arok
Stadium	St George Stadium
National Soccer League	2nd
NSL Cup	First round
Top goalscorer	League: Dez Marton (18); All: Dez Marton (19)
Highest home attendance	5,120; vs. Sydney City ; (8 August 1982); National Soccer League
Lowest home attendance	1,545; vs. Adelaide City ; (27 June 1982); National Soccer League
Average home league attendance	3,264
Biggest win	5–1; vs. Brisbane Lions (H); (11 July 1982); National Soccer League
Biggest defeat	0–4; vs. Sydney Olympic (A); (5 August 1982); National Soccer League
Home colours	Away colours
	← 1981 1983 →

Last updated April 08, 2025

The 1982 season was the fifth in the National Soccer League for St George-Budapest Football Club (now St George). In addition to the domestic league, they also participated in the NSL Cup. St George-Budapest finished 2nd in their National Soccer League season, and were eliminated in the first round 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
—	MF	AUS	Mark Barton
—	FW	AUS	Ernie Campbell
—	MF	AUS	John Davies
—	FW	AUS	Dennis Duarte
—	GK	AUS	Mike Fraser
—	GK	AUS	Terry Greedy
—	MF	AUS	Billy Griffith
—	FW	HUN	Lajos Koritar
—	FW	YUG	Laszlo Lerinc
—	FW	SCO	Ted MacDougall
—	FW	YUG	Dez Marton


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	DF	AUS	John O'Shea
—	DF	AUS	Mike O'Shea
—	DF	AUS	Robbie O'Shea
—	DF	AUS	David Ratcliffe
—	DF	ENG	Dave Rylands
—	DF	AUS	David Skeen
—	MF	AUS	Robbie Slater
—	MF	AUS	Peter Stone
—	DF	AUS	Peter Terry
—	FW	ENG	Paul Wilkinson

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	14 February 1982	5 September 1982	Matchday 1	2nd	30	14	8	8	47	40	+7	046.67
NSL Cup	14 June 1982		First round	First round	1	0	0	1	2	3	−1	000.00
Total					31	14	8	9	49	43	+6	045.16

Source: Competitions

National Soccer League

League table

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

Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions
Notes:

↑ The Finals series was not considered the championship for the 1982 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
30	14	8	8	47	40	+7	50	11	2	2	29	11	+18	3	6	6	18	29	−11

Source: worldfootball.net

Results by round

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	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A
Result	D	W	W	W	L	L	W	D	W	D	W	L	W	L	W	W	D	L	W	D	L	W	W	W	D	L	D	W	D	L
Position	5	5	4	3	4	8	6	6	3	4	3	4	3	4	4	3	2	4	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Points	1	3	5	7	7	7	9	10	12	13	15	15	17	17	19	21	22	22	24	25	25	27	29	31	32	32	33	35	36	36

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

Matches

Win Draw Loss

14 February 19821	Footscray JUST	2–2	St George-Budapest	Melbourne
	Cozzella 66' Hazabent 70'	Report		Stadium: Schintler Reserve Attendance: 535^[1] Referee: Chris Bambridge

21 February 19822	St George-Budapest	1–0	Canberra City	Sydney
	Barton 69'	Report		Stadium: St George Stadium Attendance: 1,874 Referee: Gary Power

27 February 19823	Newcastle KB United	1–2	St George-Budapest	Newcastle
	Stamp 2'	Report	Barton 16' Marton 56' (pen.)	Stadium: Newcastle International Sports Centre Attendance: 3,050 Referee: Brian Fowler

6 March 19824	St George-Budapest	2–1	Heidelberg United	Sydney
	Marton 62' Lerinc 66'	Report	Campbell 24'	Stadium: St George Stadium Attendance: 3,454 Referee: Tony Boskovic

14 March 19825	St George-Budapest	1–2	Sydney Olympic	Sydney
	Marton 90'	Report	Koussas 34' K. Wilson 84'	Stadium: St George Stadium Attendance: 3,340 Referee: Ken Small

21 March 19826	Adelaide City	3–0	St George-Budapest	Adelaide
	Mitchell 45', 47' Melta 70'	Report		Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium Attendance: 3,200 Referee: Bob Kerr

28 March 19827	St George-Budapest	2–0	Marconi Fairfield	Sydney
	Marton 62', 87'	Report		Stadium: St George Stadium Attendance: 2,892 Referee: Tony Boskovic

3 April 19828	Brisbane Lions	1–1	St George-Budapest	Brisbane
	Daunt 90+2'	Report	Barton 13'	Stadium: Richlands Stadium Attendance: 1,100 Referee: Bill Monteverde

11 April 19829	St George-Budapest	2–0	Preston Makedonia	Sydney
	Barton 4' O'Shea 75'	Report		Stadium: St George Stadium Attendance: 3,258 Referee: Gary Power

18 April 198210	Wollongong City	2–2	St George-Budapest	Wollongong
	Bertogna 13' Gaffney 15'	Report	Stone 59' Slater 75'	Stadium: Wollongong Showground Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Tony Boskovic

25 April 198211	St George-Budapest	2–1	South Melbourne	Sydney
	Stone 44' Slater 62'	Report	Egan 51'	Stadium: St George Stadium Attendance: 3,789 Referee: Richard Lorenc

2 May 198212	Sydney City	3–1	St George-Budapest	Sydney
	Kosmina 2', 26' (pen.), 51'	Report	Duarte 76'	Stadium: ES Marks Athletics Field Attendance: 2,781 Referee: Gary Power

9 May 198213	St George-Budapest	2–0	West Adelaide	Sydney
	Slater 48' Marton 83'	Report		Stadium: St George Stadium Attendance: 3,654 Referee: Tim Davies

16 May 198214	APIA Leichhardt	3–2	St George-Budapest	Sydney
	Soper 11' Giampaolo 29' (pen.) Skeen 42' (o.g.)	Report	Slater 81', 90+2'	Stadium: Lambert Park Attendance: 5,259 Referee: Peter Rampley

22 May 198215	St George-Budapest	1–0	Brisbane City	Sydney
	Marton 17'	Report		Stadium: St George Stadium Attendance: 1,754 Referee: Richard Lorenc

30 May 198216	Canberra City	1–2	St George-Budapest	Canberra
	Maclaren 30'	Report	Barton 7' Marton 81'	Stadium: Bruce Stadium Attendance: 1,400 Referee: Ken Allen

6 June 198217	St George-Budapest	1–1	Footscray JUST	Sydney
	Marton 51' (pen.)	Report	Kondarios 87'	Stadium: St George Stadium Attendance: 2,963 Referee: Jim Reeves

13 June 198218	Heidelberg United	3–1	St George-Budapest	Melbourne
	Cole 70' Paton 77' Bekiaris 84'	Report	Wilkinson 43'	Stadium: Olympic Village Attendance: 2,800 Referee: Dennis Voutsinas

20 June 198219	St George-Budapest	3–0	Newcastle KB United	Sydney
	Marton 69', 84' Wilkinson 89'	Report		Stadium: St George Stadium Attendance: 4,435 Referee: Ken Small

27 June 198220	St George-Budapest	2–2	Adelaide City	Sydney
	Slater 28' Marton 54'	Report	Duarte 6' (o.g.) Melta 81'	Stadium: St George Stadium Attendance: 1,545 Referee: Peter Rampley

4 July 198221	Marconi Fairfield	3–1	St George-Budapest	Sydney
	Mariani 17' Sharne 20' Licata 74'	Report	Barton 80'	Stadium: Marconi Stadium Attendance: 2,681 Referee: Richard Lorenc

11 July 198222	St George-Budapest	5–1	Brisbane Lions	Sydney
	Wilkinson 16' R. O'Shea 18' Marton 34', 42' (pen.) Barton 60'	Report	Ogden 43' (pen.)	Stadium: St George Stadium Attendance: 2,434 Referee: Jim Reeves

18 July 198223	Preston Makedonia	0–1	St George-Budapest	Melbourne
		Report	Barton 84'	Stadium: B.T. Connor Reserve Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Stewart Mellings

25 July 198224	St George-Budapest	2–1	Wollongong City	Sydney
	Slater 51' Ratcliffe 80'	Report	Cotton 39'	Stadium: St George Stadium Attendance: 4,123 Referee: Bob Mee

1 August 198225	South Melbourne	0–0	St George-Budapest	Melbourne
		Report		Stadium: Middle Park Soccer Stadium Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Chris Bambridge

8 August 198226	St George-Budapest	0–1	Sydney City	Sydney
		Report	Barnes 13'	Stadium: St George Stadium Attendance: 5,120 Referee: Tim Davies

15 August 198227	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 198228	St George-Budapest	3–1	APIA Leichhardt	Sydney
	MacDougall 2' Marton 34', 74'	Report	Jones 63'	Stadium: St George Stadium Attendance: 4,320 Referee: Tony Boskovic

29 August 198229	Brisbane City	2–2	St George-Budapest	Brisbane
	Cairney 26', 87'	Report	MacDougall 8' Slater 90+2'	Stadium: Spencer Park Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Bob Mee

5 August 198230	Sydney Olympic	4–0	St George-Budapest	Sydney
	Redfern 28' (pen.), 35' Koussas 67' Katholos 88'	Report		Stadium: Pratten Park Attendance: 5,547 Referee: Doug Rennie

Finals series

The Finals series was not considered the championship for the 1982 National Soccer League.

19 September 1982 Semi-finals	Sydney City	3–0	St George-Budapest	Sydney
	Mitchell 38' Boden 75' Watson 87'	Report		Stadium: St George Stadium Attendance: 3,850 Referee: Don Campbell

26 September 1982 Preliminary Final	Wollongong City	0–2	St George-Budapest	Sydney
		Report	Wilkinson 51' Marton 76'	Stadium: St George Stadium Attendance: 3,850 Referee: Don Campbell

3 October 1982 Grand Final	Sydney City	1–3	St George-Budapest	Penrith
	Kosmina ?' (pen.)	Report	Marton 22', ?' (pen.), 83'	Stadium: Penrith Stadium Attendance: 6,495 Referee: Tony Boskovic

NSL Cup

14 June 1982 First round	Canberra City	3–2	St George-Budapest	Canberra
	Gibson ?' Stone 79' Reis 90'	Report	Marton 52' Slater 75'	Stadium: Bruce Stadium Attendance: 1,800^[2] Referee: Bob Mee

Statistics

Appearances and goals

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

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		National Soccer League		NSL Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	MF	AUS	Mark Barton	24	8	22+2	8	0	0
	FW	AUS	Ernie Campbell	4	0	3+1	0	0	0
	MF	AUS	John Davies	6	0	6	0	0	0
	FW	AUS	Dennis Duarte	7	1	3+3	1	1	0
	GK	AUS	Mike Fraser	30	0	30	0	0	0
	GK	AUS	Terry Greedy	1	0	0	0	1	0
	MF	AUS	Billy Griffith	11	0	6+4	0	1	0
	FW	HUN	Lajos Koritar	11	0	7+3	0	1	0
	FW	YUG	Laszlo Lerinc	5	1	1+4	1	0	0
	FW	SCO	Ted MacDougall	6	2	6	2	0	0
	FW	YUG	Dez Marton	30	19	27+2	18	1	1
	DF	AUS	John O'Shea	25	1	23+2	1	0	0
	DF	AUS	Mike O'Shea	28	0	28	0	0	0
	DF	AUS	Robbie O'Shea	28	1	28	1	0	0
	DF	AUS	David Ratcliffe	30	1	29	1	1	0
	DF	ENG	Dave Rylands	2	0	1	0	1	0
	DF	AUS	David Skeen	30	0	29	0	1	0
	MF	AUS	Robbie Slater	24	9	21+2	8	1	1
	MF	AUS	Peter Stone	31	2	30	2	1	0
	DF	AUS	Peter Terry	4	0	2+1	0	1	0
	FW	ENG	Paul Wilkinson	28	4	28	4	0	0

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

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.

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total			National Soccer League			NSL Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player
	DF	AUS	Robbie O'Shea	4	0	1	4	0	1	0	0	0
	DF	AUS	Mike O'Shea	3	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	AUS	David Ratcliffe	3	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	AUS	David Skeen	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	AUS	John Davies	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	AUS	Dennis Duarte	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	MF	AUS	Peter Stone	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	AUS	Peter Terry	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	ENG	Paul Wilkinson	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}
= Number of bookings; = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card; = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.

References

↑ Stock, Greg. "1982 National Soccer League Results". OzFootball.
1 2 Stock, Greg. "1982 National Soccer League Cup Results". OzFootball.
↑ "Heidelberg United 1982 Squad". OzFootball.

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[table_note_res_FS0.63571394404197-1] The Finals series was not considered the championship for the 1982 National Soccer League.

[2] Stock, Greg. "1982 National Soccer League Results". OzFootball.

[NSLCup-3] 1 2 Stock, Greg. "1982 National Soccer League Cup Results". OzFootball.

[appearances-4] "Heidelberg United 1982 Squad". OzFootball.

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