1971 Chatham Cup
Football competition in New Zealand
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The 1971 Chatham Cup was the 44th annual nationwide knockout football competition in New Zealand.
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Venue(s) | Basin Reserve, Wellington |
| Dates | 11 September 1971 |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | Western Suburbs FC (1st title) |
| Runners-up | Wellington City |
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
| Christchurch City | 4 – 1 | Burndale United (Christchurch) |
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| Christchurch Rangers | 4 – 1 | Timaru City |
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| Dunedin City | 3 – 0 | Caversham † |
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| Eden (Auckland) | 2 – 0 | Onehunga-Mangere |
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| Invercargill Thistle | 4 – 1 | Invercargill United † |
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| Kiwi United (Palmerston North) | 1 – 0 | Palmerston City (Palmerston North) |
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| Manukau City | 2 – 1 | Manurewa |
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| Miramar Rangers | 1 – 0 | Johnson Villa (Wellington) |
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| Napier City | 3 – 0 | Leopard United (Hastings) |
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| New Brighton | 6 – 2 | Shamrock (Christchurch) |
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| New Plymouth Old Boys | 13 – 0 | New Plymouth City |
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| North Shore United | 5 – 0 | Sparta Newmarket |
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| Takapuna City | 4 – 0 | Central (Auckland) |
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| Te Atatu | 4 – 4* | Pakuranga Town |
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| Tokoroa | 3 – 2 | Claudelands Rovers |
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| Waterside (Wellington) | 6 – 2 | Adriatic (Wellington) |
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* 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
| Douglas Villa (Masterton) | 2 – 1 | Masterton United |
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| Hamilton | 5 – 3 | Affco Rangers (Ngaruawahia) |
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| Huntly Thistle | 5 – 3 | Tokoroa |
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| Invercargill United | 3 – 1 | Caversham |
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| Kiwi United | 7 – 0 | Levin United |
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| North Shore United | 3 – 0 | Te Atatu |
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| Papakura City | 1 – 0 | Manukau City |
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| Whangarei | 2 – 1 | Northern United (North Shore) |
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* Moturoa won on corners
Fifth round
| Douglas Villa | 1 – 3 | Seatoun |
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| Dunedin City | 2 – 0 | Invercargill United |
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| Huntly Thistle | 2 – 4 | Eastern Suburbs (Auckland) |
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| Moturoa | 1 – 7 | Western Suburbs FC (Porirua) |
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| Stop Out (Lower Hutt) | 0 – 6 | Wellington City |
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| Whangarei | 0 – 1 | Takapuna City |
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Sixth Round
| Miramar Rangers | 4 – 4 (aet)* | Gisborne City |
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* Miramar Rangers won on corners.
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
| Western Suburbs FC | 2 – 0 (aet) | Dunedin Suburbs |
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Final
| Western Suburbs FC | 3 – 2 (aet) | Wellington City |
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| Wallace, Jeffery, Humphreys | Cameron, Beck |