1990 Chatham Cup

Football tournament season
1990 Chatham Cup
Tournament details
Venue(s)Basin Reserve, Wellington
Dates16 September 1990
Final positions
ChampionsMount Wellington (5th title)
Runner-upChristchurch United
Tournament statistics
Jack Batty Memorial CupMichael McGarry (Christchurch United)
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The 1990 Chatham Cup was the 63rd 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). National League teams received a bye until the final 64 stage. In all, 147 teams took part in the competition.

The 1990 final

The final returned to the Cup's early home, the Basin Reserve. It was the first to be decided on penalties. Replays, which had been used in previous tied finals, were no longer used in the Chatham Cup by 1990. The final was close and tense, with three goals to each team. Mount Wellington finished the match with ten men after Dave Witteveen was sent off late in the second half. Johan Verweij scored in his fourth successive final - unfortunately for him, in the 1990 final it was an own goal. The penalty shoot-out was no less tense, with several shots having to be retaken.

Mount Wellington and Christchurch United were as evenly matched in the 1990 final as they had been when they met in the epic 1972 Chatham Cup final. That match produced thirteen goals spread across three matches, with eight in the first match alone. The 1990 final was equally exciting, with records being set and plenty of on-pitch action. Among the records were those of Ron Armstrong, who played in his eighth final - equally Tony Sibley with a record which stood alongside father Ken Armstrong's earlier cup heroics as player and coach.

The first half produced three goals. Allan Carville led the way for the southerners, before a wayward backpass from Verweij caught the wind and beat his own keeper to level things up. The Mount took the lead for the first time with a fine curving shot from Noel Barkley, 1990 New Zealand player of the year. From this point on, Christchurch went on the attack, mainly through the efforts of Michael McGarry, but they only produced one goal to show for it, a second for Carville.[1]

Extra time produced more excitement, with a missed penalty from United's skipper Keith Braithwaite. Then in the dying stages, referee Roger Woolmer game a free kick to Mount Wellington close to the Christchurch goal. Keeper Alan Stroud could only parry the ball, and Armstrong stuck the ball home. Christchurch fought back, and with only seconds remaining McGarry deflected a Julyan Falloon cross into the Mount's net.[1]

And so it came down to penalties. Mount Wellington scored with four of their five efforts, from Terry Torrens, Noel Barkley, Grant Lightbown, and Steve O'Donoghue. The only Aucklander failing to find the net was Ron Armstrong, thanks to a fine save from Stroud. It was the Christchurch United kicks which produced the most drama, however. McGarry failed to find the target, and keeper Paul Schofield saved Braithwaite's effort, only to hear the referee calling for it to be retaken, as Schofield had moved. Braithwaite scored from the retaken kick. More was to come, with Verweij's kick having to be retaken not once but twice for the same offence - and Schofield saved on all three occasions. Though Michael Boomer scored with Christchurch's fourth kick, the lead became unassailable after O'Donoghue made it 4–2 for the Mount.[1]

The Jack Batty Memorial Trophy for player of the final was awarded to Michael McGarry of Christchurch United. McGarry became the first player to win this award twice, having also won it in 1989.[2]

Results

Third Round

Caversham2 – 0Mosgiel
Claudelands Rovers2 – 3East Coast Bays
Gisborne City2 – 0Red Sox (Palmerston North)
Glenfield Rovers0 – 1Waikato United (Hamilton)
Hawera1 – 10Napier City Rovers
Howick1 – 2Mount Albert-Ponsonby
Lower Hutt City5 – 0Riverside (Palmerston North)
Manurewa5 – 0Takapuna City
Melville (Hamilton)5 – 1Onehunga-Mangere United
Metro (Auckland)0 – 2Mount Roskill
Miramar Rangers2 – 0Mana United (Porirua)
Mount Wellington3 – 0Ellerslie
North Shore United3 – 0Eden (Auckland)
North Wellington0 – 1Stop Out (Lower Hutt)
Oratia United1 – 0Mount Maunganui
Tararua United (Upper Hutt)0 – 2Taradale
Waihopai (Invercargill)3 – 0Grants Braes (Dunedin)
Wainuiomata1 – 0Waterside Karori
Waitakere City2 – 1Papakura City
Western (Christchurch)1 – 2Christchurch Rangers
Western Springs2 – 1Rotorua City

* Won on penalties by Ngaruawahia (4-3)

Christchurch United received a bye to the Fourth Round

Fourth Round

East Coast Bays5 – 0Melville
Mount Albert-Ponsonby4 – 3Western Springs
Ngaruawahia United1 – 2Mount Roskill
Oratia United2 – 4Mount Wellington
Roslyn-Wakari2 – 2 (aet)*Waihopai
Taradale1 – 2Lower Hutt City
Wainuiomata3 – 1Stop Out
Waitakere City3 – 0Manurewa

* Won on penalties by Roslyn-Wakari (6-5) and Gisborne City (6-5)

Caversham received a bye to the Fifth Round

Fifth Round

Burndale United2 – 0Caversham
Mount Roskill1 – 4Waitakere City
Mount Wellington2 – 0East Coast Bays
Wainuiomata1 – 0Nelson United

Sixth Round

Gisborne City0 – 1Burndale United
Childers Rd
Referee: S de Boer
Mount Wellington2 – 1Waikato United
Wainuiomata1 – 2Christchurch United

Semi-finals

Mount Wellington4 – 2 (aet)Hutt Valley United

Final

Mount Wellington3 – 3 (aet)Christchurch United
Verweij (o.g.), Barkley, Armstrong Carville 2, McGarry
Referee: Roger Woolmer

Penalty shootout:

Mount Wellington: Armstrong (saved), Torrens (scored), Barkley (scored), Lightbown (scored), O'Donoghue (scored)
Christchurch United: McGarry (missed), Braithwaite (scored), Verweij (saved), Boomer (scored)

Mount Wellington won 4–2 on penalties.

References

  1. ^ a b c Hilton (1991), p. 81
  2. ^ Hilton (1991), p. 177

Sources

  • Hilton, T. (1991) An association with soccer. Auckland: The New Zealand Football Association. ISBN 0-473-01291-X.
  • Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation New Zealand 1990 page
  • UltimateNZSoccer website 1990 Chatham Cup page