1979 Chatham Cup

The 1979 Chatham Cup was the 52nd annual nationwide knockout football competition in New Zealand.

Chatham Cup
year =1979
date =September 2
venue=McLennan Park, Papakura

Early stages of the competition were run in three regions (northern, central, and southern), with the National League teams receiving a bye until the later stages of the competition. In all, 131 teams took part in the competition.

The final was the second all-Auckland final clash, the first having been between the same teams (but with a different winner) in 1973. North Shore's Adrian Elrick and Keith Hobbs appeared in both finals (the latter as a substitute in the first match), as did Mount Wellington's Tony Sibley and Bill de Graaf.

The 1979 final was the first of five in a row to feature Mount Wellington.

Round numbers

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.

Fifth Round

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team1 = Blockhouse Bay
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team1 = Christchurch United
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team1 = East Coast Bays
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team2 = Mount Wellington
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team1 = Napier City Rovers
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team2 = Glen Carron (Manawatu)
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team1 = North Shore United
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team2 = Mount Roskill
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team1 = Stokes Valley
score = 0 – 4
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team2 = Stop Out (Lower Hutt)
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team1 = Wellington Diamond United
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team1 = Woolston W.M.C.
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ixth Round

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team1 = Christchurch United
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team2 = Woolston W.M.C.
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team1 = Mount Wellington
score = 5 – 0
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team1 = North Shore United
score = 6 – 3 (aet)
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team1 = Stop Out
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team2 = Wellington Diamond United
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emi-finals

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team1 = Mount Wellington
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team1 = Wellington Diamond United
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Final

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date = Sept. 2, 1979
team1 = North Shore United
score = 2 – 1
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team2 = Mount Wellington
goals1 = Hobbs, I. Ormond
goals2 = Leijh
stadium = McLennan Park, Papakura]
referee = W.K. Munro

References

* [http://www.rsssf.com/tablesn/nz79.html Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation New Zealand 1979 page]
* [http://www.ultimatenzsoccer.com/id203.htm UltimateNZSoccer website 1979 Chatham Cup page]