1979 Chatham Cup

November 2016 July 2026 1979 Chatham Cup 2 September 1979 McLennan Park, Papakura North Shore United (5th title) Mount Wellington 1978 1980 The 1979 Chatham Cup was the 52nd 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 Roundof the competition. In all, 131 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 1979 final The final was the second all-Auckland final clash, the first having been between the same teams (but with a different winner) in 1973. North Shore's Adrian Elrick and Keith Hobbs appeared in both finals (the latter as a substitute in the first match), as did Mount Wellington's Tony Sibley and Bill de Graaf. North Shore won the final for a then-record equalling fifth time. The final was the first of five in a row to feature Mount Wellington. The final has been described as "the one that slipped away", as the expected venue, Newmarket Park, was made unavailable after a small landslide destroyed much of the playing area. McLennan Park in Papakura stepped in as a replacement. Mount Wellington would have gone into the match as clear favourites, but the sending off of play-maker Brian Turner in the previous match rendered him suspended from the final, l evening the two sides up considerably. p.78 In the first half goals were traded, with the Mount's John Leijh opening the scoring only for Keith Hobbs to level the score for North Shore. Early in the second spell Mount Wellington's Stewart Carruthers was sent off, tipping the scales towards the North Shore side. The Mount were entrenched deep in their own half for much of the remainder of the match but Ian Ormond was brought down in the box and slotted the ball home from the resulting penalty to take the cup over the Waitematā. Results Third Round #eeeeee Caversham 12 – 1 Northern Hearts (Timaru) #eeeeee East Coast Bays 3 – 1 Whangarei City #eeeeee Glen Carron (Manawatu) 4 – 3 Wanganui East Athletic #eeeeee Halswell United w/o† Christchurch Technical #eeeeee Hamilton 3 – 0 Waikato University #eeeeee Masterton 4 – 1 Karori Swifts #eeeeee Mosgiel 2 – 1 Roslyn-Wakari #eeeeee Mount Albert-Ponsonby 0 – 5 Mount Roskill #eeeeee Napier City Rovers 1 – 1* Gisborne City #eeeeee New Plymouth Old Boys 0 – 6 Taranaki United (New Plymouth) #eeeeee Ngongotaha 0 – 3 Rotorua City #eeeeee Old Boys (Invercargill) 1 – 5 Invercargill Thistle #eeeeee Papatoetoe 2 – 0 Cornwall (Auckland) #eeeeee Porirua United w/o† Wellington City #eeeeee Seatoun 1 – 2 Miramar Rangers #eeeeee Stokes Valley 2 – 0 Naenae #eeeeee Victoria University 4 – 3 North Wellington #eeeeee Waitemata City 0 – 0* Eden #eeeeee Western (Christchurch) 0 – 1 Christchurch Rangers #eeeeee Woolston WMC 3 – 1 Papanui Suburbs * Won on penalties by Napier City Rovers (5–3) and Eden (5–4). † Halswell United and Wellington City disqualified Fourth Round #eeeeee Blockhouse Bay 2 – 1 Hamilton #eeeeee Christchurch Rangers 0 – 3 Dunedin City #eeeeee Christchurch United 11 – 2 Christchurch Technical #eeeeee East Coast Bays 1 – 0 Papatoetoe #eeeeee Invercargill Thistle 0 – 1 Mosgiel #eeeeee Manurewa 2 – 1 Courier Rangers (Auckland) #eeeeee Mount Roskill 3 – 1 Rotorua City #eeeeee Mount Wellington 3 – 1 Eastern Suburbs (Auckland) #eeeeee Napier City Rovers 7 – 1 Masterton #eeeeee North Shore United 4 – 0 Eden #eeeeee Porirua United 0 – 5 Manawatu United (Palmerston N.) #eeeeee Stokes Valley 1 – 0 Miramar Rangers #eeeeee Stop Out (Lower Hutt) 2 – 0 Victoria University #eeeeee Taranaki United 0 – 1 Glen Carron #eeeeee Wellington Diamond United 1 – 0 Nelson United #eeeeee Woolston WMC 2 – 0 Caversham Fifth Round #eeeeee Blockhouse Bay 0 – 3 Manurewa #eeeeee Christchurch United 2 – 0 Dunedin City #eeeeee East Coast Bays 1 – 2 (aet) Mount Wellington #eeeeee Napier City Rovers 1 – 0 Glen Carron #eeeeee North Shore United 4 – 1 Mount Roskill #eeeeee Stokes Valley 0 – 4 Stop Out #eeeeee Wellington Diamond United 4 – 3 Manawatu United #eeeeee Woolston W.M.C. 3 – 0 Mosgiel Quarter-finals #eeeeee Christchurch United 1 – 1 (aet)* Woolston W.M.C. #eeeeee Mount Wellington 5 – 0 Manurewa #eeeeee North Shore United 6 – 3 (aet) Napier City Rovers #eeeeee Stop Out 2 – 3 Wellington Diamond United * Woolston won 4–2 on penalties Semi-finals #eeeeee Mount Wellington 3 – 1 Woolston W.M.C. #eeeeee Wellington Diamond United 2 – 5 North Shore United Final #eeeeee 2 September 1979 North Shore United 2 – 1 Mount Wellington Hobbs, I. Ormond Leijh McLennan Park, Papakura W.K. Munro References Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation New Zealand 1979 page UltimateNZSoccer website 1979 Chatham Cup page Category:Chatham Cup Chatham Cup Chatham Cup Chat