1977 Chatham Cup

1977 Chatham Cup
Dates September 10, 1977
Championship venue Newmarket Park, Auckland
Champions Nelson United (1st title)
Runners-up Mount Wellington
Championship match score 1 – 0
← 1976 1978 →

The 1977 Chatham Cup was the 50th 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, 142 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 1977 final

Nelson United became the first team from outside the four main urban centres to win the cup since 1962. Their winning team contained several players who were to make a considerable mark on New Zealand soccer, either as players or administrators, among them Kevin Fallon, Kenny Cresswell, Peter Simonsen, and Keith MacKay. Against them was a Mount Wellington side containing the likes of Ron Armstrong, Brian Turner, Tony Sibley, and Earle Thomas.

The final was low-scoring but not without excitement. The only goal came early in the second half when referee John Perkins pointed to the spot after a foul on Nelson's David Powdrell by Stewart Carruthers. The penalty was converted by John Enoka giving Nelson a one-goal lead they never relinquished.[1]

Results

Third Round


Levin United 1 – 4 Manawatu United (Palmerston N.)


Manurewa 1 – 3 Courier Rangers (Auckland)


Metro College (Auckland) 3 – 6 Mount Roskill


North End United (Dunedin) 4 – 2 Western (Christchurch)


Petone 1 – 1* Waterside (Wellington)


Queens Park (Invercargill) 0 – 1 Mosgiel


Rotorua City 2 – 0 Rotorua Suburbs


Stokes Valley 2 – 0 Masterton


Taranaki United (New Plymouth) 1 – 1* Wanganui East Athletic


Wellington WMC 0 – 3 Porirua United


Whangarei City 0 – 2 Glenfield Rovers


Woolston WMC 2 – 1 Rangers (Christchurch)

* Won on penalties by Waterside (4-2) and Wanganui East (3-2)

Fourth Round


Rotorua City 0 – 6 Mount Wellington


Stokes Valley 0 – 2 Wellington Diamond United


Stop Out (Lower Hutt) 1 – 0 Manawatu United

Fifth Round

* Won on penalties by Christchurch Technical (14-13), Courier Rangers (5-3), Gisborne (?-?), North Shore (2-1), and Nelson United (5-4)

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

Sept. 10, 1977
Nelson United 1 – 0 Mount Wellington
Enoka (pen.)
Newmarket Park, Auckland
Referee: John C. Perkins

References

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