1981 Chatham Cup
The 1981 Chatham Cup was the 54th annual nationwide knockout football competition in New Zealand.
Dates | 22 August 1981 |
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Championship venue | Basin Reserve, Wellington |
Champions | Dunedin City (1st title) |
Runners-up | Mount Wellington |
Championship match score | 3 – 1 |
← 1980 1982 → |
Early stages of the competition were run in three regions (northern, central, and southern), with the National League teams receiving a bye until the Fourth Round of the competition. In all, 124 teams took part in the competition. Note: Different sources give different numberings for the rounds of the competition: some start round one with the beginning of the regional qualifications; others start numbering from the first national knock-out stage. The former numbering scheme is used in this article.
The major talking-point of the 1981 competition was the giant-killing run of Stop Out, who caused upsets against the higher-ranked Nelson United, Miramar Rangers and Wellington Diamond United on their way to the semi-finals.[1]
The 1981 final
The final was a repeat of the 1980 final, but this time it was Dunedin City that finished victorious - the first win for any team from that southern city since 1961.
An early goal from a Billy McClure penalty put the Mount into the lead, but a brace of well-taken goals by Michael Glubb, complemented by a late strike from Terry Wilson were enough to take the cup south.[1]
Results
Third Round
Birkenhead United | 1 – 0 | Mount Roskill |
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Cashmere Wanderers | 0 – 1 | New Brighton |
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Courier Rangers (Auckland) | 0 – 7 | Papatoetoe |
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Dunedin Technical | 4 – 0 | Caversham |
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Freyberg Old Boys (Palmerston N.) | 1 – 2 | Havelock North Wanderers |
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Horowhenua CPFP | 3 – 2 | Masterton |
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Invercargill Thistle | 1 – 2 | Green Island |
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Island Bay United | 2 – 3 | Lower Hutt City |
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Kelston West | 0 – 1 | Waitemata City |
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Napier City Rovers | 10 – 1 | Taradale |
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Newlands Paparangi | 1 – 4 | Stokes Valley |
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Ngaruawahia Affco United | 0 – 1 | Rotorua City |
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Papakura City | 1 – 1* | Blockhouse Bay |
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Porirua United | 0 – 2 | Wellington City |
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Stop Out (Lower Hutt) | 2 – 0 | Nelson United |
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Taranaki United (New Plymouth) | 1 – 6 | Manawatu United (Palmerston N.) |
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Thames | 0 – 4 | Ellerslie |
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Waterside (Wellington) | 3 – 0 | Tawa |
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Western (Christchurch) | 3 – 0 | Shamrock (Christchurch) |
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Whangarei City | 0 – 1 | East Coast Bays |
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* Won on penalties by Papakura City (8-7)
Fourth Round
Birkenhead United | 2 – 4 | Manurewa |
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Christchurch Rangers | 0 – 0* | Green Island |
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Christchurch United | 4 – 0 | Western |
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Dunedin City | 2 – 0 | New Brighton |
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Gisborne City | 3 – 1 | Napier City Rovers |
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Hamilton | 3 – 0 | East Coast Bays |
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Havelock North Wanderers | 0 – 2 | Waterside |
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Horowhenua CPFP | 1 – 5 | Wellington Diamond United |
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Lower Hutt City | 1 – 2 | Manawatu United |
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Miramar Rangers | 1 – 2 | Stop Out |
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Mount Wellington | 3 – 2 | Waitemata City |
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North Shore United | 3 – 0 | Rotorua City |
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Papakura City | 0 – 2 | Papatoetoe |
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Stokes Valley | 0 – 4 | Wellington City |
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Takapuna City | 1 – 4 | Ellerslie |
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* Won on penalties by Christchurch Rangers (5-4)
Fifth Round
Christchurch Rangers | 0 – 4 | Dunedin City |
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Ellerslie | 1 – 3 | Hamilton |
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Gisborne City | 2 – 0 | Manawatu United |
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Mount Wellington | 4 – 2 | Manurewa |
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Papatoetoe | 1 – 1 (aet)* | North Shore United |
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Stop Out | 3 – 0 | Wellington City |
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Waterside | 1 – 4 | Wellington Diamond United |
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* North Shore United won 5-4 on penalties.
Quarter-finals
Dunedin City | 3 – 1 | Christchurch United |
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Mount Wellington | 3 – 1 | Gisborne City |
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North Shore United | 1 – 0 | Hamilton |
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Stop Out | 2 – 2 (aet)* | Wellington Diamond United |
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* Stop Out won 4-2 on penalties.
Semi-finals
Dunedin City | 3 – 1 | Stop Out |
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Mount Wellington | 2 – 0 | North Shore United |
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Final
Dunedin City | 3 – 1 | Mount Wellington |
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Glubb 2, Wilson | McClure (pen.) |
References
- Hilton, T. (1991) An association with soccer. Auckland: The New Zealand Football Association. ISBN 0-473-01291-X. p. 78
- Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation New Zealand 1981 page
- UltimateNZSoccer website 1981 Chatham Cup page