1977 Chatham Cup

November 2016 July 2026 1977 Chatham Cup 10 September 1977 Newmarket Park, Auckland Nelson United (1st title) Mount Wellington 1976 1978 The 1977 Chatham Cup was the 50th 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, 142 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 1977 final Nelson United became the first team from outside the four main urban centres to win the cup since 1962. Their winning team contained several players who were to make a considerable mark on New Zealand soccer, either as players or administrators, among them Kevin Fallon, Kenny Cresswell, Peter Simonsen, and Keith Mackay. Against them was a Mount Wellington side containing the likes of Ron Armstrong, Brian Turner, Tony Sibley, and Earle Thomas. The final was low-scoring but not without excitement. The only goal came early in the second half when referee John Perkins pointed to the spot after a foul on Nelson's David Powdrell by Stewart Carruthers. The penalty was converted by John Enoka giving Nelson a one-goal lead they never relinquished. p. 78 Results Third Round #eeeeee East Coast Bays 2 – 5 Takapuna City #eeeeee Ellerslie 0 – 2 Pakuranga Town #eeeeee Gisborne City 4 – 2 Napier City Rovers #eeeeee Huntly Thistle 3 – 0 Ngaruawahia United #eeeeee Levin United 1 – 4 Manawatu United (Palmerston N.) #eeeeee Manurewa 1 – 3 Courier Rangers (Auckland) #eeeeee Metro College (Auckland) 3 – 6 Mount Roskill #eeeeee Miramar Rangers 2 – 0 Lower Hutt City #eeeeee Nelson Suburbs 0 – 1 Richmond Athletic #eeeeee North End United (Dunedin) 4 – 2 Western (Christchurch) #eeeeee Northern Hearts (Timaru) 0 – 4 Christchurch Technical #eeeeee Petone 1 – 1* Waterside (Wellington) #eeeeee Queens Park (Invercargill) 0 – 1 Mosgiel #eeeeee Rotorua City 2 – 0 Rotorua Suburbs #eeeeee Seatoun 4 – 0 Brooklyn Northern United #eeeeee Stokes Valley 2 – 0 Masterton #eeeeee Team Taranaki (New Plymouth) 1 – 1* Wanganui East Athletic #eeeeee Wellington WMC 0 – 3 Porirua United #eeeeee Whangarei City 0 – 2 Glenfield Rovers #eeeeee Woolston WMC 2 – 1 Rangers (Christchurch) * Won on penalties by Waterside (4–2) and Wanganui East (3–2) Fourth Round #eeeeee Blockhouse Bay 2 – 5 Hamilton #eeeeee Christchurch United 1 – 0 Caversham #eeeeee Courier Rangers 3 – 0 Takapuna City #eeeeee Dunedin City 3 – 0 New Brighton #eeeeee Glenfield Rovers 0 – 5 Eastern Suburbs (Auckland) #eeeeee Huntly Thistle 0 – 1 Mount Roskill #eeeeee Miramar Rangers 1 – 0 Seatoun #eeeeee Mosgiel 3 – 4 Christchurch Technical #eeeeee Pakuranga Town 0 – 2 North Shore United #eeeeee Porirua United 2 – 4 Waterside #eeeeee Richmond Athletic 1 – 2 Gisborne City #eeeeee Rotorua City 0 – 6 Mount Wellington #eeeeee Stokes Valley 0 – 2 Wellington Diamond United #eeeeee Stop Out (Lower Hutt) 1 – 0 Manawatu United #eeeeee Wanganui East Athletic 0 – 7 Nelson United #eeeeee Woolston WMC 2 – 0 North End United Fifth Round #eeeeee Christchurch United 1 – 1 (aet)* Christchurch Technical #eeeeee Courier Rangers 4 – 4 (aet)* Eastern Suburbs #eeeeee Gisborne City 1 – 1 (aet)* Wellington Diamond United #eeeeee Mount Wellington 11 – 0 Mount Roskill #eeeeee North Shore United 1 – 1 (aet)* Hamilton #eeeeee Stop Out 1 – 1 (aet)* Nelson United #eeeeee Waterside 2 – 0 Miramar Rangers #eeeeee Woolston W.M.C. 1 – 0 Dunedin City * Won on penalties by Christchurch Technical (14–13), Courier Rangers (5–3), Gisborne (?-?), North Shore (2–1), and Nelson United (5–4) Quarter-finals #eeeeee Gisborne City 1 – 3 (aet) Christchurch Technical #eeeeee Mount Wellington 2 – 1 Waterside #eeeeee Nelson United 3 – 2 Courier Rangers #eeeeee Woolston W.M.C. 0 – 1 North Shore United Semi-finals #eeeeee Mount Wellington 1 – 0 North Shore United #eeeeee Nelson United 3 – 1 Christchurch Technical Final #eeeeee 10 September 1977 Nelson United 1 – 0 Mount Wellington Enoka (pen.) Newmarket Park, Auckland John C. Perkins References Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation New Zealand 1977 page UltimateNZSoccer website 1977 Chatham Cup page Category:Chatham Cup Chatham Cup Chatham Cup Category:September 1977 sports events in Oceania