1981 Chatham Cup
Tournament details
Venue(s)Basin Reserve, Wellington
Dates22 August 1981
Final positions
ChampionsDunedin City (1st title)
Runner-upMount Wellington
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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 1981 final

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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]

Results

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Third Round

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Birkenhead United1 – 0Mount Roskill
Cashmere Wanderers0 – 1New Brighton
Courier Rangers (Auckland)0 – 7Papatoetoe
Dunedin Technical4 – 0Caversham
Freyberg Old Boys (Palmerston N.)1 – 2Havelock North Wanderers
Horowhenua CPFP3 – 2Masterton
Invercargill Thistle1 – 2Green Island
Island Bay United2 – 3Lower Hutt City
Kelston West0 – 1Waitemata City
Napier City Rovers10 – 1Taradale
Newlands Paparangi1 – 4Stokes Valley
Ngaruawahia Affco United0 – 1Rotorua City
Papakura City1 – 1*Blockhouse Bay
Porirua United0 – 2Wellington City
Stop Out (Lower Hutt)2 – 0Nelson United
Taranaki United (New Plymouth)1 – 6Manawatu United (Palmerston N.)
Thames0 – 4Ellerslie
Waterside (Wellington)3 – 0Tawa
Western (Christchurch)3 – 0Shamrock (Christchurch)
Whangarei City0 – 1East Coast Bays

* Won on penalties by Papakura City (8-7)

Fourth Round

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Birkenhead United2 – 4Manurewa
Christchurch Rangers0 – 0*Green Island
Christchurch United4 – 0Western
Dunedin City2 – 0New Brighton
Gisborne City3 – 1Napier City Rovers
Hamilton3 – 0East Coast Bays
Havelock North Wanderers0 – 2Waterside
Horowhenua CPFP1 – 5Wellington Diamond United
Lower Hutt City1 – 2Manawatu United
Miramar Rangers1 – 2Stop Out
Mount Wellington3 – 2Waitemata City
North Shore United3 – 0Rotorua City
Papakura City0 – 2Papatoetoe
Stokes Valley0 – 4Wellington City
Takapuna City1 – 4Ellerslie
Woolston W.M.C.3 – 1Dunedin Technical

* Won on penalties by Christchurch Rangers (5-4)

Fifth Round

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Christchurch Rangers0 – 4Dunedin City
Christchurch United2 – 1Woolston W.M.C.
Ellerslie1 – 3Hamilton
Gisborne City2 – 0Manawatu United
Mount Wellington4 – 2Manurewa
Papatoetoe1 – 1 (aet)*North Shore United
Stop Out3 – 0Wellington City
Waterside1 – 4Wellington Diamond United

* North Shore United won 5–4 on penalties.

Quarter-finals

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Dunedin City3 – 1Christchurch United
Mount Wellington3 – 1Gisborne City
North Shore United1 – 0Hamilton
Stop Out2 – 2 (aet)*Wellington Diamond United

* Stop Out won 4–2 on penalties.

Semi-finals

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Dunedin City3 – 1Stop Out
Mount Wellington2 – 0North Shore United

Final

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Dunedin City3 – 1Mount Wellington
Glubb 2, Wilson McClure (pen.)
Basin Reserve, Wellington
Referee: N. Burt

References

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  1. ^ a b Hilton, T. (1991) An association with soccer. Auckland: The New Zealand Football Association. ISBN 0-473-01291-X. p. 78
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