 Great players from this era not already mentioned included Peter Blasby, Branko Čulina, Ante Bilaver, Josip Biškić, Steve Short, Carl Gilder, Steve Gojević, Ivan Gruičić, George Hannah, Noel Mitten and Keith Adams.Finally in 1984 economics gave the club what lobbying could not.The NSL had been struggling financially, with dwindling crowds.