1991 Chatham Cup

1991 Chatham Cup
Dates , 1991
Championship venue Basin Reserve, Wellington
Champions Christchurch United (6th title)
Runners-up Wellington United
Championship match score 2–1

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 walk-over.

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


Balclutha 0 – 9 Green Island


Blockhouse Bay 3 – 0 Kawerau Town


Burndale United (Christchurch) 4 – 0 Rangers (Christchurch)


Caversham 3 – 1 Waihopai (Invercargill)


Central (Auckland) 1 – 5 North Shore United


Christchurch Technical 2 – 0 Kaiapoi Town


Manukau City 2 – 0 Lynndale (Auckland)


Massey University 5 – 0 Wellington Marist


Miramar Rangers 8 – 0 Taradale


Mount Maunganui 3 – 1 Mount Albert-Ponsonby


Mount Wellington 3 – 0 Hamilton Wanderers


Napier City Rovers 4 – 0 Porirua Viard United


Nelson United 2 – 0 Lower Hutt City


New Plymouth United 3 – 6 Manawatu


Ngongotaha 2 – 2 (aet)* Pakuranga Town


North Wellington 2 – 2* Stop Out (Lower Hutt)


Onehunga Sports 0 – 3 Manurewa


Oratia United 2 – 3 Waitakere City


Otago University 0 – 4 Christchurch United


Papakura City 5 – 2 Northland United (Whangarei)


Petone 2 – 0 Gisborne City


Rongotai College (Wellington) 3 – 2 St. Patrick's College (Wellington)


Rotorua Suburbs 1 – 2 Massey


Seatoun 6 – 4 Wellington Olympic


Shamrock (Christchurch) 1 – 2 Northern (Dunedin)


Tawa 1 – 2† New Plymouth Old Boys


Waikato Unicol (Hamilton) 1 – 2 Eden (Auckland)


Waikato United (Hamilton) 6 – 0 Ellerslie


Wellington United 1 – 0 Wainuiomata
* 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 Technical 4 – 1 Caversham


Christchurch United 2 – 0 Northern


Dunedin City 0 – 2 Green Island


Manurewa 2 – 0 Manukau City


Massey 0 – 3 Waitakere City


Mount Wellington 6 – 1 Eden


Napier City Rovers 2 – 1 Miramar Rangers


Tawa w/o Rongotai College


Ngongotaha 0 – 4 Mount Maunganui


North Shore United 4 – 3 Papakura City


Petone 2 – 1 Manawatu


Seatoun 2 – 0 Massey University


Waikato United 7 – 0 Blockhouse Bay


Woolston W.M.C. 2 – 1 Burndale United
* Won on penalties by Stop Out (8-7)

Fifth Round


Green Island 1 – 0 Woolston W.M.C.


Mount Maunganui 3 – 0 Waikato United


Mount Wellington 2 – 4 North Shore United


Napier City Rovers 9 – 0 Tawa


Petone 1 – 3 Wellington United


Seatoun 0 – 2 Stop Out

Sixth Round


Napier City Rovers 3 – 1 Waitakere City


North Shore United 1 – 2 Mount Maunganui
* Won on penalties by Wellington United (5-4)

Semi-finals


Christchurch United 2 – 1 Napier City Rovers


Mount Maunganui 0 – 2 Wellington United

Final

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