1971 Chatham Cup
Tournament details
Venue(s)Basin Reserve, Wellington
Dates11 September 1971
Final positions
ChampionsWestern Suburbs FC (1st title)
Runner-upWellington City

The 1971 Chatham Cup was the 44th annual nationwide knockout football competition in New Zealand.

Early stages of the competition were run on a regional basis, with the National League teams receiving a bye until the later stages of the competition. In all, 99 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 1971 final

Prior to the changes in the organisation of the competition in 1970, finals were always between North Island and South Island teams. With the reorganisation of the draw, this was no longer the case, and so the 1971 final became the first local derby ever to be played out in the final, with both teams coming from Wellington.

In the final, Western Suburbs made up for their defeat the previous year by seeing of neighbours Wellington City, who had been formed as a national league side through a merger of Miramar Rangers and Hungaria. In a howling Wellington southerly wind, Dave Wallace and Allan Jeffrey scored for Suburbs while Paul Cameron and Julius Beck countered for City. With the scores tied, the teams went to extra time, where the game remained locked at 2-2 until the last moments. With the final kick of the game Barry Humphreys sent a long ball forward which caught the breeze and bounced over the City keeper into his net.[1]

Results

Third round

Canterbury University1 – 0Halswell United
Christchurch City4 – 1Burndale United (Christchurch)
Christchurch Rangers4 – 1Timaru City
Eden (Auckland)2 – 0Onehunga-Mangere
Invercargill Thistle4 – 1Invercargill United †
Kiwi United (Palmerston North)1 – 0Palmerston City (Palmerston North)
Manukau City2 – 1Manurewa
Miramar Rangers1 – 0Johnson Villa (Wellington)
Napier City3 – 0Leopard United (Hastings)
New Brighton6 – 2Shamrock (Christchurch)
New Plymouth Old Boys13 – 0New Plymouth City
North Shore United5 – 0Sparta Newmarket
Takapuna City4 – 0Central (Auckland)
Te Atatu4 – 4*Pakuranga Town
Tokoroa3 – 2Claudelands Rovers
Waterside (Wellington)6 – 2Adriatic (Wellington)

* Te Atatu won on corners

† Due to the regional nature of the early part of the competition, Caversham and Invercargill United both progressed to a regional play-off, despite their losses in this round of the competition

Fourth round

Canterbury University3 – 1Riccarton
Douglas Villa (Masterton)2 – 1Masterton United
Ellerslie4 – 3Eden
Hamilton5 – 3Affco Rangers (Ngaruawahia)
Huntly Thistle5 – 3Tokoroa
Invercargill United3 – 1Caversham
Kiwi United7 – 0Levin United
North Shore United3 – 0Te Atatu
Papakura City1 – 0Manukau City
Whangarei2 – 1Northern United (North Shore)

* Moturoa won on corners

Fifth round

Christchurch United5 – 1Canterbury University
Douglas Villa1 – 3Seatoun
Dunedin City2 – 0Invercargill United
Huntly Thistle2 – 4Eastern Suburbs (Auckland)
Moturoa1 – 7Western Suburbs FC (Porirua)
Stop Out (Lower Hutt)0 – 6Wellington City
Whangarei0 – 1Takapuna City

Sixth Round

* Miramar Rangers won on corners.

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

Western Suburbs FC3 – 2 (aet)Wellington City
Wallace, Jeffery, Humphreys Cameron, Beck
Referee: E. Saker

References

  1. ↑ Hilton, T. (1991) An association with soccer. Auckland: The New Zealand Football Association. ISBN 0-473-01291-X. p. 76
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