1983 Chatham Cup

November 2016 July 2026 1983 Chatham Cup 18 September 1983 (replay 20 September) Childers Road Reserve, GisborneReplay: Bill McKinlay Park, Auckland Mount Wellington (4th title) Gisborne City 1982 1984 The 1983 Chatham Cup was the 56th 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, 139 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 1983 final The final was played at the home ground of Gisborne City, one of the two finalists. The replay was at the home ground of the other finalist, Mount Wellington. Mount Wellington appeared in their fifth consecutive final - the only club to have achieved this feat up until this time (it has since also been achieved by Christchurch United, between 1987 and 1991). Mount players Tony Sibley and Ron Armstrong joined an elite group to have played in four Chatham Cup-winning sides, having previously played in Mount Wellington's victories in 1973, 1980, and 1982. The first match was a gritty, evenly matched affair, with any superiority which Mount Wellington may have had largely counteracted by the efforts of the vocal East Coast spectators. Fred de Jong opened the scoring for the Aucklanders after 14 minutes, only for Colin Walker to equalise halfway through the first half. In the second period Walker put the East Coasters ahead, and they held the advantage until the dying minutes when Keith Nelson, scorer of the only goal in the 1982 final, scored for the Mount to level the tie. Gisborne held on during extra time despite the Mount dominating the extra half-hour. pp. 78-79 The replay, under floodlights at Mount Wellington's ground, was far less balanced. The Mount took the lead on the half-hour mark with a John Price penalty, and the game was put firmly out of Gisborne's reach just before the final whistle by a shot from Nelson. p. 79 Results Third Round #eeeeee Cashmere Wanderers 3 – 1 Christchurch Technical #eeeeee Central City (Palmerston North) 0 – 2 Rose City (Palmerston North) #eeeeee Clendon United 0 – 4 East Coast Bays #eeeeee Eden 0 – 0* Oratia United #eeeeee Hamilton 1 – 2 Ellerslie #eeeeee Havelock North Wanderers 3 – 2 Masterton #eeeeee Island Bay United 3 – 1 North Wellington #eeeeee Massey University 1 – 3 Wellington City #eeeeee Metro College 0 – 1 Blockhouse Bay #eeeeee Mount Roskill 1 – 1* Papakura City #eeeeee North End United 1 – 0 Green Island #eeeeee Otahuhu United 0 – 4 Waitemata City #eeeeee Porirua United 7 – 3 Victoria University #eeeeee Queens Park (Invercargill) 0 – 2 Invercargill Thistle #eeeeee Raumati Hearts 2 – 3 Waterside #eeeeee Rotorua City 0 – 1 Takapuna City #eeeeee Rotorua Suburbs 0 – 1 Mount Maunganui #eeeeee Shamrock (Christchurch) 1 – 2 Woolston WMC #eeeeee Viard Old Boys (Porirua) 8 – 2 Horowhenua CPFP #eeeeee Western (Christchurch) 2 – 1 Christchurch HSOB * Won on penalties by Oratia United (3–0) and Mount Roskill (5–4) Fourth Round #eeeeee Cashmere Wanderers 2 – 4 Christchurch United #eeeeee Dunedin City 8 – 0 North End United #eeeeee Dunedin Technical 7 – 0 Invercargill Thistle #eeeeee East Coast Bays 2 – 3 Mount Wellington #eeeeee Ellerslie 1 – 0 Papatoetoe #eeeeee Gisborne City 4 – 0 Havelock North Wanderers #eeeeee Island Bay United 2 – 3 Wellington City #eeeeee Manurewa 3 – 0 Blockhouse Bay #eeeeee Mount Maunganui 3 – 1 Mount Roskill #eeeeee Napier City Rovers 4 – 2 Waterside #eeeeee North Shore United 3 – 0 Oratia United #eeeeee Rose City 2 – 0 Porirua United #eeeeee Takapuna City 2 – 1 Waitemata City #eeeeee Viard Old Boys 1 – 2 Nelson United #eeeeee Wellington Diamond United 0 – 1 Miramar Rangers #eeeeee Western 0 – 3 Woolston WMC Fifth Round #eeeeee Christchurch United 3 – 2 Dunedin Technical #eeeeee Dunedin City 3 – 0 Woolston W.M.C. #eeeeee Gisborne City 3 – 1 Wellington City #eeeeee Manurewa 3 – 0 Takapuna City #eeeeee Mount Maunganui 2 – 4 North Shore United #eeeeee Mount Wellington 2 – 0 Ellerslie #eeeeee Napier City Rovers 2 – 2 (aet)* Rose City #eeeeee Nelson United 1 – 3 Miramar Rangers * Napier City Rovers won 4–1 on penalties. Quarter-finals #eeeeee Dunedin City 2 – 0 Miramar Rangers #eeeeee Gisborne City 1 – 0 Christchurch United #eeeeee Manurewa 0 – 0 (aet)* Mount Wellington #eeeeee North Shore United 1 – 0 Napier City Rovers * Mount Wellington won 5–4 on penalties. Semi-finals #eeeeee Mount Wellington 4 – 0 Dunedin City #eeeeee North Shore United 0 – 1 Gisborne City Final #eeeeee 18 September 1983 Mount Wellington 2 – 2 (aet) Gisborne City de Jong, Nelson Walker ×2 Childers Road Reserve, Gisborne A. Edwards Replay #eeeeee 20 September 1983 Mount Wellington 2 – 0 Gisborne City Price, Nelson Bill McKinlay Park, Auckland A. Edwards References Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation New Zealand 1983 page UltimateNZSoccer website 1983 Chatham Cup page Category:Chatham Cup Chatham Cup Chatham Cup Chat