| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Venue(s) | Basin Reserve, Wellington |
| Dates | 22 August 1981 |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | Dunedin City (1st title) |
| Runner-up | Mount Wellington |
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. [1]
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. [1]
| Courier Rangers (Auckland) | 0 – 7 | Papatoetoe |
|---|---|---|
| Freyberg Old Boys (Palmerston N.) | 1 – 2 | Havelock North Wanderers |
|---|---|---|
| Horowhenua CPFP | 3 – 2 | Masterton |
|---|---|---|
| Napier City Rovers | 10 – 1 | Taradale |
|---|---|---|
| Papakura City | 1 – 1* | Blockhouse Bay |
|---|---|---|
| Stop Out (Lower Hutt) | 2 – 0 | Nelson United |
|---|---|---|
| Taranaki United (New Plymouth) | 1 – 6 | Manawatu United (Palmerston N.) |
|---|---|---|
* Won on penalties by Papakura City (8-7)
| Dunedin City | 2 – 0 | New Brighton |
|---|---|---|
| Hamilton | 3 – 0 | East Coast Bays |
|---|---|---|
| Miramar Rangers | 1 – 2 | Stop Out |
|---|---|---|
| Papakura City | 0 – 2 | Papatoetoe |
|---|---|---|
| Takapuna City | 1 – 4 | Ellerslie |
|---|---|---|
* Won on penalties by Christchurch Rangers (5-4)
| Mount Wellington | 4 – 2 | Manurewa |
|---|---|---|
| Papatoetoe | 1 – 1 (aet)* | North Shore United |
|---|---|---|
| Stop Out | 3 – 0 | Wellington City |
|---|---|---|
* North Shore United won 5–4 on penalties.
| Stop Out | 2 – 2 (aet)* | Wellington Diamond United |
|---|---|---|
* Stop Out won 4–2 on penalties.
| Dunedin City | 3 – 1 | Stop Out |
|---|---|---|
| Dunedin City | 3 – 1 | Mount Wellington |
|---|---|---|
| Glubb 2, Wilson | McClure (pen.) |
- ^ a b Hilton, T. (1991) An association with soccer. Auckland: The New Zealand Football Association. ISBN 0-473-01291-X. p. 78
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Venue(s) | Basin Reserve, Wellington |
| Dates | 22 August 1981 |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | Dunedin City (1st title) |
| Runner-up | Mount Wellington |
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. [1]
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. [1]
| Courier Rangers (Auckland) | 0 – 7 | Papatoetoe |
|---|---|---|
| Freyberg Old Boys (Palmerston N.) | 1 – 2 | Havelock North Wanderers |
|---|---|---|
| Horowhenua CPFP | 3 – 2 | Masterton |
|---|---|---|
| Napier City Rovers | 10 – 1 | Taradale |
|---|---|---|
| Papakura City | 1 – 1* | Blockhouse Bay |
|---|---|---|
| Stop Out (Lower Hutt) | 2 – 0 | Nelson United |
|---|---|---|
| Taranaki United (New Plymouth) | 1 – 6 | Manawatu United (Palmerston N.) |
|---|---|---|
* Won on penalties by Papakura City (8-7)
| Dunedin City | 2 – 0 | New Brighton |
|---|---|---|
| Hamilton | 3 – 0 | East Coast Bays |
|---|---|---|
| Miramar Rangers | 1 – 2 | Stop Out |
|---|---|---|
| Papakura City | 0 – 2 | Papatoetoe |
|---|---|---|
| Takapuna City | 1 – 4 | Ellerslie |
|---|---|---|
* Won on penalties by Christchurch Rangers (5-4)
| Mount Wellington | 4 – 2 | Manurewa |
|---|---|---|
| Papatoetoe | 1 – 1 (aet)* | North Shore United |
|---|---|---|
| Stop Out | 3 – 0 | Wellington City |
|---|---|---|
* North Shore United won 5–4 on penalties.
| Stop Out | 2 – 2 (aet)* | Wellington Diamond United |
|---|---|---|
* Stop Out won 4–2 on penalties.
| Dunedin City | 3 – 1 | Stop Out |
|---|---|---|
| Dunedin City | 3 – 1 | Mount Wellington |
|---|---|---|
| Glubb 2, Wilson | McClure (pen.) |
- ^ a b Hilton, T. (1991) An association with soccer. Auckland: The New Zealand Football Association. ISBN 0-473-01291-X. p. 78