 The next three years were very disappointing for the club, they missed out on finals action each season (though there was no finals series in 1987).This was despite some major signings such as in 1987 under Terry Hennessey (in his second stint as coach), when the club signed Socceroos Robbie Dunn and Alan Edward Davidson, Croatian import Branko Milošević and a major coup in Scottish international Ian Wallace.As well as in 1988 with Socceroos Jeff Olver and Theo Selemidis, and experienced Scotsman Paul Donnelly.