1987 Chatham Cup

November 2016 July 2026 1987 Chatham Cup first leg, 4 October 1987; second leg, 11 October 1987 first leg: Childers Road Reserve, Gisbornesecond leg: Queen Elizabeth II Park, Christchurch Gisborne City (1st title) Christchurch United Jack Batty Memorial Cup Dave Reynolds, Gisborne City 1986 1988 The 1987 Chatham Cup was the 60th annual nationwide knockout football competition in New Zealand. Up to the last 16 of the competition, the cup was run in three regions (northern, central, and southern). National League teams received a bye until the final 32 stage. In all, 143 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 1987 final As with the 1986 competition, the final was held over two legs, one at the home ground of each finalist. In all, ten goals were scored in the two matches, a record for a finals competition (though not normally considered as a record for a final, due to the two-legged nature of the tie). The two teams involved, Gisborne City and Christchurch United, also finished first and second in the year's national league, though in that competition Christchurch had the upper hand. The first leg, held in Gisborne, was an exciting if one-sided affair, with a high standard of play. Gisborne City's first goal came in just the third minute, through Fijian player Stan Morrell. Paul Nixon was the second to get his name in the scorebook, and at the break it was 2–0. Morell got a second ten minutes after the interval, but the last 20 minutes of the match saw a flurry of goals, with Johan Verweij reducing the deficit before two late strikes from Kevin Birch and Steve Sumner stretched the Gisborne tally to five. p. 80 Christchurch had their work cut out to pull back a four-goal deficit at their home ground, and though this was never likely, the game was an enjoyable one. The score seesawed, with Gisborne twice coming back to equalise after going a goal down to the hosts. Paul Nicholls put the southerners ahead, but Sean Byrne's equaliser took the teams to the half-time break level. In the 75th minute Allan Carville doubled the Christchurch total, but a late penalty strike from Brian Strutt ensured that the second leg would finish 2–2. pp. 80-81 The Jack Batty Memorial Trophy for player of the final was awarded to Gisborne City goalkeeper Dave Reynolds. p. 177 Results Third Round #eeeeee Christchurch Technical 2 – 0 Waihopai (Invercargill) #eeeeee Eastern Suburbs (Auckland) 0 – 4 Manurewa #eeeeee Ellerslie 1 – 0 Oratia United #eeeeee Green Bay-Titirangi 1 – 2 Manukau City #eeeeee Green Island 3 – 1 Canterbury University #eeeeee Hutt Valley United 0 – 2 Gisborne City #eeeeee Invercargill Thistle 0 – 2 Burndale United (Christchurch) #eeeeee Kawerau Town 1 – 2 South Auckland Rangers #eeeeee Lynndale (Auckland) 5 – 2 Mount Roskill #eeeeee Massey University 2 – 0 Wellington United #eeeeee Mount Maunganui 4 – 0 Onehunga-Mangere United #eeeeee Mount Wellington 0 – 3 North Shore United #eeeeee Naenae 0 – 1 Wellington Olympic #eeeeee Napier City Rovers 8 – 0 North Wellington #eeeeee Nelson United 4 – 0 Gisborne Thistle #eeeeee New Plymouth Old Boys 1 – 1* Havelock North Wanderers #eeeeee New Plymouth United 1 – 4 Wainuiomata #eeeeee Otahuhu United 0 – 1 Howick #eeeeee Papatoetoe 4 – 2 Waitemata City #eeeeee Point Chevalier 0 – 1 Metro (Auckland) #eeeeee Porirua Viard United 4 – 2 Island Bay United #eeeeee Raumati Hearts 1 – 3 Miramar Rangers #eeeeee Shamrock (Christchurch) 1 – 2 Mosgiel #eeeeee Stokes Valley 0 – 3 Moturoa #eeeeee Takapuna City 1 – 0 Glenfield Rovers #eeeeee Victoria University 0 – 9 Manawatu #eeeeee Waterside (Wellington) 1 – 0 Stop Out (Lower Hutt) #eeeeee West Auckland 4 – 0 Auckland University * Won on penalties by New Plymouth (5–4) Fourth Round #eeeeee Burndale United 3 – 0 Green Island #eeeeee Howick 2 – 1 Takapuna City #eeeeee Lynndale 0 – 1 Manurewa #eeeeee Manawatu 0 – 1 Massey University #eeeeee Manukau City 2 – 2* West Auckland #eeeeee Mosgiel 0 – 2 Christchurch Technical #eeeeee Moturoa 1 – 5 Napier City Rovers #eeeeee Nelson United 1 – 3 Miramar Rangers #eeeeee North Shore United 1 – 0 Metro #eeeeee Papatoetoe 2 – 3 Ellerslie #eeeeee South Auckland Rangers 1 – 3 Mount Maunganui #eeeeee Wainuiomata 0 – 5 Gisborne City #eeeeee Waterside 3 – 1 Porirua Viard United #eeeeee Wellington Olympic 1 – 3 New Plymouth Old Boys * Won on penalties by Manukau City (4–1) Christchurch United and Dunedin City both received byes to the Fifth Round Fifth Round #eeeeee Burndale United 1 – 4 Christchurch United #eeeeee Dunedin City 5 – 3 (aet) Christchurch Technical #eeeeee Gisborne City 3 – 2 Napier City Rovers #eeeeee Howick 1 – 3 Mount Maunganui #eeeeee Manukau City 2 – 1 Ellerslie #eeeeee Miramar Rangers 0 – 3 Waterside #eeeeee New Plymouth Old Boys 1 – 2 Massey University #eeeeee North Shore United 2 – 1 Manurewa Sixth Round #eeeeee Christchurch United 3 – 2 Massey University #eeeeee Dunedin City 1 – 4 Gisborne City #eeeeee Manukau City 1 – 1 (aet)* Waterside #eeeeee Mount Maunganui 0 – 2 North Shore United * Manukau City won 4–3 on penalties Semi-finals #eeeeee Gisborne City 1 – 0 North Shore United #eeeeee Manukau City 0 – 5 Christchurch United Final #eeeeee 4 October 1987 Gisborne City 5 – 1 Christchurch United Morell 2, Nixon, Birch, Sumner Verweij Childers Road Reserve, Gisborne K. Wallace #eeeeee 11 October 1987 Christchurch United 2 – 2 Gisborne City Nicholls, Carville Byrne, Strutt (pen.) Queen Elizabeth II Park, Christchurch K. Wallace Gisborne City won 7–3 on aggregate. References Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation New Zealand 1987 page UltimateNZSoccer website 1987 Chatham Cup page Category:Chatham Cup Chatham Cup Chatham Cup Chat