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The 1985 Premier League season, or State League as it was called then, was probably the most exciting year that the local league has seen on and off the field.
Supporters of the time will remember that was the year we had the green lift-out section of the old Weekend News, which contained extensive coverage of the WAFL and local soccer, each game was reported and was available to clubs just hours after the completion of the game. The magazine "Star Soccer" was also around at the time, it was available at each club before every game, which had reports, previews, pictures and other articles about soccer in Western Australia.
It was also the year when small highlights of the match of the round was shown on the old World of Sport program on Channel 7 each Sunday morning. Results of the games was also shown most times on each channels sports segment during the Saturday night news.
On the field West Perth Macedonia won their third successive league title, while Spearwood Dalmatinac won the D’Orsogna Cup for the third year in a row.
Spearwood Dalmatinac had finished runners up to Macedonia in the two previous seasons, and were determined for it not to happen again, however it was not to be, with Macedonia winning on goal difference.
The relegation system also made the season exciting, with North Perth Croatia and Balga trying to avoid relegation, Balga seemed doomed after being in the bottom two for most of the season and losing to North Perth Croatia 3-1 with only two games to go, but a shock 3-2 win against East Fremantle Tricolore still gave the club hope of avoiding the drop in the last round.
1985 Premier League (State League) table with one game to go:
P W D L FOR AGST GD PTS
1 West Perth Macedonia 21 15 4 2 51 22 +29 49
2 Spearwood Dalmatinac 21 16 1 4 52 27 +25 49
3 Bayswater Inter 21 11 4 6 38 28 +10 37
4 East Fremantle Tricolore 21 10 5 6 28 27 +1 35
5 Floreat Athena 21 8 5 8 40 37 +3 29
6 Perth Azzurri 21 8 3 10 45 42 +3 27
7 Inglewood Kiev 21 8 2 11 40 45 -5 26
8 Osborne Park Galeb 21 7 5 9 31 39 -8 26
9 Forrestfield United 21 6 4 11 24 38 -14 22
10 Kingsway Olympic 21 6 2 13 27 35 -8 20
11 North Perth Croatia 21 4 6 13 29 46 -17 18
12 Balga 21 5 3 13 26 45 -19 18
With one round to go West Perth Macedonia and Spearwood Dalmatinac both had 49 points, at the bottom North Perth Croatia and Balga had 18 points, and Kingsway Olympic who was considered safe being in mid table a few weeks earlier appeared a relegation threat with 20 points.
It was by chance that the teams hoping to avoid relegation were playing the clubs wanting to win the championship, with Macedonia playing Kingsway Olympic, and Dalmatinac at home to Croatia, while Balga played mid table team Inglewood Kiev.
14th September, 1985 Forrestfield United 0 vs Bayswater Inter 0 Spearwood Dalmatinac 3 vs North Perth Croatia 0 Floreat Athena 0 vs East Fremantle Tricolore 0 Osborne Park Galeb 1 vs Perth Azzurii 2 West Perth Macedonia 5 vs Kingsway Olympic 1 Balga 3 vs Inglewood Kiev 0
As it turned out, both West Perth Macedonia and Dalmatinac won, giving the championship to Macedonia, Croatia got relegated, and with Balga beating Kiev, it meant Kingsway Olympic were relegated for the first time in their history.
1985 Final Premier League table (State League)
P W D L FOR AGST GD PTS
1 West Perth Macedonia 22 16 4 2 56 23 +33 52
2 Spearwood Dalmatinac 22 17 1 4 55 27 +28 52
3 Bayswater Inter 22 11 5 6 38 28 +10 38
4 East Fremantle Tricolore 22 10 6 6 28 27 +1 36
5 Perth Azzurri 22 9 3 10 47 43 +4 30
6 Floreat Athena 22 8 6 8 40 37 +3 30
7 Inglewood Kiev 22 8 2 12 40 48 -8 26
8 Osborne Park Galeb 22 7 5 10 32 41 -9 26
9 Forrestfield United 22 6 5 11 24 38 -14 23
10 Balga 22 6 3 13 29 45 -16 21
11 Kingsway Olympic 22 6 2 14 28 40 -12 20
12 North Perth Croatia 22 4 6 12 29 49 -20 18
Balga
1. D Cooper 2. B Callaghan 3. P Andrews 4. A McKinlay 5. J Saunders 6. B Kirkpatrick 7. S Sceats 8. R Illot 9. C Lester 10. P Gaffney 11. T Burke 12. W Kelly 13. G Brown 14. D Hopkins 15. D O'Callaghan 16. S Craft 17. G Tait 18. P Everett 19. B Bolton 20. W Sandseron 21. M McKinley Coach: Ray Illot Where's Balga in 2003? In the WAASSA First DivisionBayswater Inter
1. S Martin 2. C McLaughlin 3. R Davis 4. R de Koning 5. Mal Cole 6. Craig Naven 7. A Owen 8. E Williams 9. F Smerilli 10. S Dennon 11. L Collova 12. Gareth Naven 13. M Schrandt 14. F del Borello 15. R Hendricks 16. J Good 17. S Staniscia 18. G Hooper 19. S Racey Coach: D Harrison Where's Bayswater Inter in 2003? In the First Division as Bayswater City Panthers after the merger with the Stirling PanthersEast Fremantle Tricolore
1. T Witschge 2. F Faraone 3. A Thorburn 4. J Lewis 5. G Wilson 6. T Iuliano 7. R Marsh 8. F Gentile 9. B McAllister 10. D Chatt 11. R Palmiero 12. F Pagnoni 13. T Vitelli 14. M Stock 15. A Todd 16. J Ceccone 17. S Huxtable 18. N Dyer 19. P Callaghan 20. F Mariano Coach: G Castiello Where is East Fremantle Tricolore in 2003? In the Premier League as Perth after the merger with Perth AzzurriFloreat Athena
1. C Barbas 2. S Hazeboek 3. I Bruce 4. D Evans 5. J Pringle 6. J McGettrick 7. M Cairns 8. T Kalogeracos 9. P Womley 10. P Murphy 11. M Pratt 12. G Doropoulos 13. M Nickolakis 14. N Gartland 15. P Sideris 16. A Vlahos 17. I Cornthwaite 18. M D'Acosta 19. T Zissis 20. H Katsamkis Coach: John O'Connell Where is Floreat Athena in 2003? In the Premier LeagueForrestfield United
1. S Madeshi 2. P Middleton 3. K Morrison 4. C Pearce 5. P Tracey 6. E Marocchi 7. B Holden 8. J Coyne 9. P Johnston 10. B Bilaloski 11. M Bertinazzo 12. P Bouwman 13. P Deller 14. A Walsh 15. R Mouttet 16. J Ryan 17. J Howe 18. D Hett 19. W Mclean Coach: Jimmy Pearson Where is Forrestfield United in 2003? In the WAASSA Premier DivisionInglewood Kiev
1. M Palmer 2. J Taylor 3. M Weston 4. E Rocchiccioli 5. M Johnston 6. P Baczynski 7. N Sutton 8. G Marocchi 9. R Paskins 10. D McFadden 11. F Donlevy 12. T Vecchio 13. D Lee 14. N Mearns 15. B Neylom 16. C Todd 17. I Purdie 18. D Piani 19. A D'Souza Coach: J Sydenham Where is Inglewood Kiev in 2003? In the Premier League as Inglewood UnitedKingsway Olympic
1. T Plumb 2. S Callaghan 3. B Sweeney 4. J Peacock 5. D Kuzmanovich 6. T Kilkelly 7. M Guilfoyle 8. D Deakin 9. P Middleton 10. N Oullen 11. W Herd 12. P Elliott 13. D Scarparolo 14. C Iannantuni 15. R Brunjulfsen 16. J Cockerill 17. A Wright 18. B Rosielle 19. S Cliff 20. A Sharp Coach: W Murray Where is Kingsway Olympic in 2003? In the First DivisionNorth Perth Croatia
1. M Vogt 2. C Giorgi 3. A Taddei 4. B Madaschi 5. Gino Giorgi 6. R Matthews 7. V Strafela 8. Guido Giorgi 9. S Worton 10. D Fidoe 11. N Dujmovic 12. H Fransz 13. M Perisic 14. L Gianoli 15. P Connell 16. L Ukalvic 17. K McKay 18. B Woods 19. J Quinn 20. A Quard Coach: L Koroknai Where is North Perth Croatia in 2003? In the Premier League as the Western KnightsOsborne Park Galeb
1. R Nadalini 2. S Iozzelli 3. A McLaren 4. I McAuley 5. R Kosovich 6. P Gangemi 7. C Sweeney 8. Craig Gunnis 9. M Roki 10. G Rimpas 11. B Jovic 12. D Yaksich 13. Garry Gunnis 14. F Malone 15. S Purcell 16. P Liscia 17. G Purcell 18. M Morrell 19. G Martin 20. J Fiamengo Coach: Colin Ashley Where is Osborne Park Galeb in 2003? They folded at the end of 1994Perth Azurri
1. G Giudici 2. G Normanton 3. P Terpkos 4. D Jones 5. C Irwin 6. D Cook 7. A Trinca 8. H Lake 9. K Boden 10. J Davidson 11. S Carulli 12. I Sinclair 13. L Biagioni 14. B Tatasciore 15. J Rossi 16. R Loiacono 17. T Guard 18. E Bilaloski 19. M Pietrangel 20. B Crawley Coach: John Davis Where is Perth Azzurri in 2003? In the Premier League as Perth after the merger with East Fremantle Tricolore Also a seperate team as Perth Azzurri in the WASSA Premier DivisionSpearwood Dalmatinac
1. D Roxby 2. M Gray 3. F Vesic 4. H Fransz 5. G Cole 6. M Brown 7. M Pearson 8. Z Gavranich 9. K Elliott 10. D Kamaz 11. M Smith 12. R Greer 13. D Milenkovic 14. T Maras 15. I Pearson 16. R Nadilo 17. M O'Keefe 18. A Harley 19. C Todd 20. G Gossage Coach: Matt Pearson Where is Spearwood Dalmatinac in 2003? In the Premier League as Cockburn City after the merger with Cockburn United Also a seperate team as Spearwood Dalmatinac in the WASSA Premier DivisionWest Perth Macedonia
1. J Alavakis 2. F Huges 3. S Tombides 4. J Davis 5. R McGinn 6. W Thorpe 7. R Campbell 8. F CLark 9. A Sharpe 10. P Tombides 11. A Pottier 12. P Kavanagh 13. N Blunt 14. M Brennan 15. G Filippou 16. K Blunt Coach: M Brennan Where is West Perth Macedonia in 2003? In the Premier League as the Stirling Lions
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