1983 Chatham Cup

The 1983 Chatham Cup was the 56th annual nationwide knockout football competition in New Zealand.

1983 Chatham Cup
Dates18 September 1983 (replay 20 September)
Championship venueChilders Road Reserve, Gisborne
Replay: Bill McKinlay Park, Auckland
ChampionsMount Wellington (4th title)
Runners-upGisborne City
Championship match score2 – 2 (aet), 2 – 0
← 1982
1984 →

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, 139 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 1983 final

The final was played at the home ground of Gisborne City, one of the two finalists. The replay was at the home ground of the other finalist, Mount Wellington.

Mount Wellington appeared in their fifth consecutive final - the only club to have achieved this feat up until this time (it has since also been achieved by Christchurch United, between 1987 and 1991). Mount players Tony Sibley and Ron Armstrong joined an elite group to have played in four Chatham Cup-winning sides, having previously played in Mount Wellington's victories in 1973, 1980, and 1982.

The first match was a gritty, evenly matched affair, with any superiority which Mount Wellington may have had largely counteracted by the efforts of the vocal East Coast spectators. Fred de Jong opened the scoring for the Aucklanders after 14 minutes, only for Colin Walker to equalise halfway through the first half. In the second period Walker put the East Coasters ahead, and they held the advantage until the dying minutes when Keith Nelson, scorer of the only goal in the 1982 final, scored for the Mount to level the tie. Gisborne held on during extra time despite the Mount dominating the extra half-hour.[1]

The replay, under floodlights at Mount Wellington's ground, was far less balanced. The Mount took the lead on the half-hour mark with a John Price penalty, and the game was put firmly out of Gisborne's reach just before the final whistle by a shot from Nelson.[2]

Results

Third Round
Cashmere Wanderers3 – 1Christchurch Technical
Central City (Palmerston North)0 – 2Rose City (Palmerston North)
Clendon United0 – 4East Coast Bays
Eden0 – 0*Oratia United
Hamilton1 – 2Ellerslie
Havelock North Wanderers3 – 2Masterton
Island Bay United3 – 1North Wellington
Massey University1 – 3Wellington City
Metro College0 – 1Blockhouse Bay
Mount Roskill1 – 1*Papakura City
North End United1 – 0Green Island
Otahuhu United0 – 4Waitemata City
Porirua United7 – 3Victoria University
Queens Park (Invercargill)0 – 2Invercargill Thistle
Raumati Hearts2 – 3Waterside
Rotorua City0 – 1Takapuna City
Rotorua Suburbs0 – 1Mount Maunganui
Shamrock (Christchurch)1 – 2Woolston WMC
Viard Old Boys (Porirua)8 – 2Horowhenua CPFP
Western (Christchurch)2 – 1Christchurch HSOB

* Won on penalties by Oratia United (3-0) and Mount Roskill (5-4)

Fourth Round
Cashmere Wanderers2 – 4Christchurch United
Dunedin City8 – 0North End United
Dunedin Technical7 – 0Invercargill Thistle
East Coast Bays2 – 3Mount Wellington
Ellerslie1 – 0Papatoetoe
Gisborne City4 – 0Havelock North Wanderers
Island Bay United2 – 3Wellington City
Manurewa3 – 0Blockhouse Bay
Mount Maunganui3 – 1Mount Roskill
Napier City Rovers4 – 2Waterside
North Shore United3 – 0Oratia United
Rose City2 – 0Porirua United
Takapuna City2 – 1Waitemata City
Viard Old Boys1 – 2Nelson United
Wellington Diamond United0 – 1Miramar Rangers
Western0 – 3Woolston WMC

Fifth Round
Christchurch United3 – 2Dunedin Technical
Dunedin City3 – 0Woolston W.M.C.
Gisborne City3 – 1Wellington City
Manurewa3 – 0Takapuna City
Mount Maunganui2 – 4North Shore United
Mount Wellington2 – 0Ellerslie
Napier City Rovers2 – 2 (aet)*Rose City
Nelson United1 – 3Miramar Rangers

* Napier City Rovers won 4-1 on penalties.

Quarter-finals
Dunedin City2 – 0Miramar Rangers
Gisborne City1 – 0Christchurch United
Manurewa0 – 0 (aet)*Mount Wellington
North Shore United1 – 0Napier City Rovers

* Mount Wellington won 5-4 on penalties.

Semi-finals
Mount Wellington4 – 0Dunedin City
North Shore United0 – 1Gisborne City

Final
Mount Wellington2 – 2 (aet)Gisborne City
de Jong, Nelson Walker 2
Referee: A. Edwards

Replay
Mount Wellington2 – 0Gisborne City
Price, Nelson
Bill McKinlay Park, Auckland
Referee: A. Edwards

References
  1. Hilton, T. (1991) An association with soccer. Auckland: The New Zealand Football Association. ISBN 0-473-01291-X. pp. 78-79
  2. Hilton, T. (1991) An association with soccer. Auckland: The New Zealand Football Association. ISBN 0-473-01291-X. p. 79
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