1981 Chatham Cup

November 2016 July 2026 1981 Chatham Cup 22 August 1981 Basin Reserve, Wellington Dunedin City (1st title) Mount Wellington 1980 1982 The 1981 Chatham Cup was the 54th annual nationwide knockout football competition in New Zealand. 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. p. 78 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. Results Third Round #eeeeee Birkenhead United 1 – 0 Mount Roskill #eeeeee Cashmere Wanderers 0 – 1 New Brighton #eeeeee Courier Rangers (Auckland) 0 – 7 Papatoetoe #eeeeee Dunedin Technical 4 – 0 Caversham #eeeeee Freyberg Old Boys (Palmerston N.) 1 – 2 Havelock North Wanderers #eeeeee Horowhenua CPFP 3 – 2 Masterton #eeeeee Invercargill Thistle 1 – 2 Green Island #eeeeee Island Bay United 2 – 3 Lower Hutt City #eeeeee Kelston West 0 – 1 Waitemata City #eeeeee Napier City Rovers 10 – 1 Taradale #eeeeee Newlands Paparangi 1 – 4 Stokes Valley #eeeeee Ngaruawahia Affco United 0 – 1 Rotorua City #eeeeee Papakura City 1 – 1* Blockhouse Bay #eeeeee Porirua United 0 – 2 Wellington City #eeeeee Stop Out (Lower Hutt) 2 – 0 Nelson United #eeeeee Taranaki United (New Plymouth) 1 – 6 Manawatu United (Palmerston N.) #eeeeee Thames 0 – 4 Ellerslie #eeeeee Waterside (Wellington) 3 – 0 Tawa #eeeeee Western (Christchurch) 3 – 0 Shamrock (Christchurch) #eeeeee Whangarei City 0 – 1 East Coast Bays * Won on penalties by Papakura City (8–7) Fourth Round #eeeeee Birkenhead United 2 – 4 Manurewa #eeeeee Christchurch Rangers 0 – 0* Green Island #eeeeee Christchurch United 4 – 0 Western #eeeeee Dunedin City 2 – 0 New Brighton #eeeeee Gisborne City 3 – 1 Napier City Rovers #eeeeee Hamilton 3 – 0 East Coast Bays #eeeeee Havelock North Wanderers 0 – 2 Waterside #eeeeee Horowhenua CPFP 1 – 5 Wellington Diamond United #eeeeee Lower Hutt City 1 – 2 Manawatu United #eeeeee Miramar Rangers 1 – 2 Stop Out #eeeeee Mount Wellington 3 – 2 Waitemata City #eeeeee North Shore United 3 – 0 Rotorua City #eeeeee Papakura City 0 – 2 Papatoetoe #eeeeee Stokes Valley 0 – 4 Wellington City #eeeeee Takapuna City 1 – 4 Ellerslie #eeeeee Woolston W.M.C. 3 – 1 Dunedin Technical * Won on penalties by Christchurch Rangers (5–4) Fifth Round #eeeeee Christchurch Rangers 0 – 4 Dunedin City #eeeeee Christchurch United 2 – 1 Woolston W.M.C. #eeeeee Ellerslie 1 – 3 Hamilton #eeeeee Gisborne City 2 – 0 Manawatu United #eeeeee Mount Wellington 4 – 2 Manurewa #eeeeee Papatoetoe 1 – 1 (aet)* North Shore United #eeeeee Stop Out 3 – 0 Wellington City #eeeeee Waterside 1 – 4 Wellington Diamond United * North Shore United won 5–4 on penalties. Quarter-finals #eeeeee Dunedin City 3 – 1 Christchurch United #eeeeee Mount Wellington 3 – 1 Gisborne City #eeeeee North Shore United 1 – 0 Hamilton #eeeeee Stop Out 2 – 2 (aet)* Wellington Diamond United * Stop Out won 4–2 on penalties. Semi-finals #eeeeee Dunedin City 3 – 1 Stop Out #eeeeee Mount Wellington 2 – 0 North Shore United Final #eeeeee 22 August 1981 Dunedin City 3 – 1 Mount Wellington Glubb 2, Wilson McClure (pen.) Basin Reserve, Wellington N. Burt References Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation New Zealand 1981 page UltimateNZSoccer website 1981 Chatham Cup page Category:Chatham Cup Chatham Cup Chatham Cup Chat