1986 Chatham Cup

Football tournament season
1986 Chatham Cup
Tournament details
Venue(s)first leg: Fuji Film Stadium, North Shore
second leg: Links Road Ground, Mount Maunganui
Datesfirst leg: 5 October 1986; second leg: 12 October 1986
Final positions
ChampionsNorth Shore United (6th title)
Runner-upMount Maunganui
Tournament statistics
Jack Batty Memorial CupDuncan Cole, North Shore United
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The 1986 Chatham Cup was the 59th annual nationwide knockout football competition in New Zealand.

Up to the last 16 of the competition, the cup was run in three regions (northern, central, and southern). In a change to previous years, National League teams received a bye until Round Three (the final 64 stage) of the competition, one round earlier than previously. In all, 143 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 1986 final

Unlike previous years, the final was held over two legs, home and away. This format proved unpopular, and was abandoned after three years, with the cup reverting to a single final format in 1989. In the final North Shore United became the first six-times winner of the Chatham Cup.

The first leg was held at North Shore United's Fuji Film Stadium. The game was not a particularly memorable one, although it did have its moments, notably a penalty miss from the home side. This would have evened the tie up, as Mount Maunganui gained a lead halfway through the first half via a Tony Ferris goal. This proved to be the only goal of the match.

The second leg in Mount Maunganui was a more high-scoring and open game. Kevin Hagan opened the scoring for Shore after just five minutes. Mount Maunganui fought back to equalise through Grant Proudman halfway through the first spell, but Shore's Darren McClennan restored their lead before half time and - thanks to the away goals rule - put them on track for the trophy. Away goals were not to be needed, however, as both Kim Wright (after 65 minutes) and Brian McKeown (87 minutes) added to North Shore's tally, taking them to an aggregate 4–2 win.[1]

The Jack Batty Memorial Trophy for player of the final was awarded to Duncan Cole of North Shore United.[2]

Results

Third round

Canterbury University2 – 3Invercargill Thistle
Caversham4 – 2Western (Christchurch)
Christchurch Rangers0 – 1Queens Park (Invercargill)
Green Island6 – 3North End United (Dunedin)
Halswell United1 – 2Dunedin City
Island Bay United3 – 1Mana United (Porirua)
Kawerau Town3 – 6Howick
Levin United5 – 1Riverside (Palmerston North)
Lower Hutt City4 – 0Wainuiomata
Lynndale (Auckland)0 – 3Mount Maunganui
Manurewa8 – 0Otahuhu United
Massey University2 – 1Wellington Olympic
Masterton2 – 0Moturoa
Mount Wellington2 – 1Ellerslie
Naenae0 – 3Napier City Rovers
New Brighton0 – 4Christchurch United
North Shore United1 – 0Metro College
North Wellington1 – 3Waterside (Wellington)
Oratia United2 – 1AFC Waikato (Hamilton)
Otara Rangers0 – 7Papatoetoe
Pakuranga Town1 – 3Tauranga City
Petone4 – 1Manawatu United (Palmerston North)
Red Sox (Palmerston North)1 – 9Gisborne City
South Canterbury United (Timaru)0 – 3Shamrock (Christchurch)
Takapuna City5 – 3Rotorua Suburbs
Waihopai (Invercargill)0 – 2Christchurch Technical
Waitemata City0 – 5East Coast Bays
Whangarei City1 – 1*University Cowan (Auckland)

* Won on penalties by University Cowan (4-3)

Fourth round

Christchurch United4 – 0Caversham
Dunedin City2 – 0Queens Park
Green Island1 – 3Christchurch Technical
Howick1 – 2North Shore United
Invercargill Thistle1 – 2Shamrock
Manurewa2 – 0Mount Wellington
Masterton0 – 2Lower Hutt City
Mount Maunganui4 – 3Oratia United
Onehunga-Mangere United0 – 7Papatoetoe
Takapuna City3 – 0East Coast Bays
Tauranga City1 – 6University Cowan
Waterside0 – 1Massey University

Fifth round

Massey University1 – 5Lower Hutt City
Shamrock2 – 2 (aet)*Christchurch Technical
QEII Stadium
Referee: L Billcliff
Takapuna City1 – 1 (aet)*Papatoetoe
University Cowan2 – 4Mount Maunganui

* Won on penalties by Nelson United (11-10), Christchurch Technical (4-3), and Papatoetoe (4-3).

Sixth Round

Mount Maunganui1 – 0 (aet)Miramar Rangers
Nelson United1 – 0Papatoetoe

Semi-finals

Mount Maunganui1 – 0Christchurch United

Final

North Shore United0 – 1Mount Maunganui
Ferris
Fuji Film Stadium, North Shore
Referee: D. Fellows
Mount Maunganui1 – 4North Shore United
Proudman Hagan, McClennan, Wright, McKeown
Links Road Ground, Mount Maunganui
Referee: D. Fellows

North Shore United won 4–2 on aggregate.

References

  1. ^ Hilton, T. (1991) An association with soccer. Auckland: The New Zealand Football Association. ISBN 0-473-01291-X. p. 80
  2. ^ Hilton, T. (1991) An association with soccer. Auckland: The New Zealand Football Association. ISBN 0-473-01291-X. p. 177
  • Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation New Zealand 1986 page
  • UltimateNZSoccer website 1986 Chatham Cup page