1980 Chatham Cup
Tournament details
Venue(s)Basin Reserve, Wellington
Dates7 September 1980
Final positions
ChampionsMount Wellington (2nd title)
Runner-upDunedin City

The 1980 Chatham Cup was the 53rd 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, 93 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 1980 final

The match returned to its former regular home, the Basin Reserve, for the first time since 1972. Mount Wellington won the competition, becoming the third team to win the league/cup double. Dunedin City became the first side from that southern city to reach the final since Saint Kilda in 1965.

Te match was a dour affair, with the Mount scoring both of the goals. The first was scored after eleven minutes when a Clive Campbell corner was headed into the Dunedin goal by Stewart Carruthers — a welcome change from his sending off in the previous year's final. The second goal, from Billy McClure, was the highlight of the match.[1]

Results

Third Round

Clendon United (Auckland)1 – 2Courier Rangers (Auckland)
Glenfield Rovers (North Shore)3 – 4Whangarei City
Invercargill Thistle3 – 2Queens Park (Invercargill)
Kiwi United (Palmerston N.)2 – 4Manawatu United (Palmerston N.)
Northern Hearts (Timaru)4 – 2Shamrock (Christchurch)
Otara Rangers3 – 1East Coast Bays
Stokes Valley4 – 1Wellington WMC
Upper Hutt United2 – 1Miramar Rangers
Viard Old Boys (Porirua)0 – 5Porirua United
Waitara0 – 4Taranaki United (New Plymouth)
Waterside (Wellington)0 – 3Wellington City

* Won on penalties by Ngaruawahia (4-2) and Wanganui (7-5)

Fourth Round

Mount Wellington3 – 1Whangarei City
Ngaruawahia Affco United0 – 1Otara Rangers
Stokes Valley1 – 2Gisborne City
Upper Hutt United0 – 2Stop Out (Lower Hutt)
Wellington City2 – 1Taranaki United

Fifth Round

Otara Rangers1 – 2Blockhouse Bay

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

Mount Wellington2 – 0Dunedin City
Carruthers, McClure
Referee: G.W. Fleet

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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