1991 Chatham Cup

Football tournament season
1991 Chatham Cup
Tournament details
Venue(s)Basin Reserve, Wellington
Dates, 1991
Final positions
ChampionsChristchurch United (6th title)
Runner-upWellington United
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The 1991 Chatham Cup was the 64th annual nationwide knockout football competition in New Zealand.

Up to the last 16 of the competition, the cup was run in three regions (northern, central, and southern), with an open draw from the quarter-finals on. National League teams received a bye until the third round (last 64). In all, a record 174 teams took part in the competition.

Tawa reached the final 16 by unusual means. They were defeated by New Plymouth Old Boys in the third round, but New Plymouth Old Boys were disqualified after the draw for the final 32 was made, which would have seen them playing against Rongotai College. Tawa were reinstated as winners of the third round match, but Rongotai refused to play against them, claiming that they should have been awarded the match against NPOB by default. Tawa were thus deemed to have won the fourth-round game by a walkover.

The 1991 final

The league/cup double was completed for the fifth time, with Christchurch United becoming the second club to achieve the feat twice, having previously won the double in 1975. This was the last occasion that the double was won with the old New Zealand National Soccer League, as this was disbanded at the end of the 1992 season.

Results

Third Round

Balclutha0 – 9Green Island
Blockhouse Bay3 – 0Kawerau Town
Burndale United (Christchurch)4 – 0Rangers (Christchurch)
Caversham3 – 1Waihopai (Invercargill)
Central (Auckland)1 – 5North Shore United
Christchurch Technical2 – 0Kaiapoi Town
Dunedin City1 – 0Halswell United
Manukau City2 – 0Lynndale (Auckland)
Massey University5 – 0Wellington Marist
Miramar Rangers8 – 0Taradale
Mount Maunganui3 – 1Mount Albert-Ponsonby
Mount Wellington3 – 0Hamilton Wanderers
Nelson United2 – 0Lower Hutt City
New Plymouth United3 – 6Manawatu
Ngongotaha2 – 2 (aet)*Pakuranga Town
North Wellington2 – 2*Stop Out (Lower Hutt)
Onehunga Sports0 – 3Manurewa
Oratia United2 – 3Waitakere City
Otago University0 – 4Christchurch United
Papakura City5 – 2Northland United (Whangarei)
Rongotai College (Wellington)3 – 2St. Patrick's College (Wellington)
Rotorua Suburbs1 – 2Massey
Seatoun6 – 4Wellington Olympic
Shamrock (Christchurch)1 – 2Northern (Dunedin)
Tawa1 – 2†New Plymouth Old Boys
Waikato Unicol (Hamilton)1 – 2Eden (Auckland)
Waikato United (Hamilton)6 – 0Ellerslie
Wellington United1 – 0Wainuiomata
* Won on penalties by Ngongotaha (6-5), Stop Out (4-1), and Waterside (5-3)
† New Plymouth OB disqualified for rule infringement

Fourth Round

Christchurch Technical4 – 1Caversham
Christchurch United2 – 0Northern
Dunedin City0 – 2Green Island
Manurewa2 – 0Manukau City
Massey0 – 3Waitakere City
Mount Wellington6 – 1Eden
Tawaw/oRongotai College
Ngongotaha0 – 4Mount Maunganui
North Shore United4 – 3Papakura City
Petone2 – 1Manawatu
Seatoun2 – 0Massey University
Waikato United7 – 0Blockhouse Bay
Waterside Karori0 – 0 (aet)*Stop Out
* Won on penalties by Stop Out (8-7)

Fifth Round

Green Island1 – 0Woolston W.M.C.
Mount Maunganui3 – 0Waikato United
Mount Wellington2 – 4North Shore United
Napier City Rovers9 – 0Tawa
Petone1 – 3Wellington United
Seatoun0 – 2Stop Out

Sixth Round

Napier City Rovers3 – 1Waitakere City
North Shore United1 – 2Mount Maunganui
* Won on penalties by Wellington United (5-4)

Semi-finals

Mount Maunganui0 – 2Wellington United

Final

References

  • Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation New Zealand 1991 page
  • UltimateNZSoccer website 1991 Chatham Cup page