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{{Infobox football tournament season
| year = 1981
| title = Chatham Cup
| dates = {{nowrap|22 August 1981}}
| venue = [[Basin Reserve]], [[Wellington]]
| num_teams =
| winners = [[Dunedin City AFC|Dunedin City]] (1st title)
| second = [[Mount Wellington (soccer)|Mount Wellington]]
| prev_season = [[1980 Chatham Cup|1980]]
| next_season = [[1982 Chatham Cup|1982]]
}}
The '''1981 Chatham Cup''' was the 54th annual nationwide knockout [[association football|football]] competition in [[New Zealand]].

Early stages of the competition were run in three regions (northern, central, and southern), with the [[New Zealand National Soccer League|National League]] teams receiving a bye until the Fourth Round of the competition. In all, 124 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 major talking-point of the 1981 competition was the giant-killing run of [[Stop Out]], who caused upsets against the higher-ranked [[Nelson United]], [[Miramar Rangers]] and [[Wellington Diamond United]] on their way to the semi-finals.<ref name="nzassoc">{{HiltonNZAssoc}} p. 78</ref>

==The 1981 final==
The final was a repeat of the [[1980 Chatham Cup|1980 final]], but this time it was [[Dunedin City AFC|Dunedin City]] that finished victorious - the first win for any team from that southern city since [[1961 Chatham Cup|1961]].

An early goal from a [[Billy McClure]] penalty put the Mount into the lead, but a brace of well-taken goals by Michael Glubb, complemented by a late strike from Terry Wilson were enough to take the cup south.<ref name="nzassoc"/>

==Results==
===Third Round===
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| team1 = [[Cashmere Wanderers]]
| score = 0 – 1
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| team1 = [[Courier Rangers]] (Auckland)
| score = 0 – 7
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| date =
| team1 = [[Dunedin Technical]]
| score = 4 – 0
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| team2 = [[Caversham (soccer)|Caversham]]
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| date =
| team1 = [[Freyberg Old Boys]] (Palmerston N.)
| score = 1 – 2
| report =
| team2 = [[Havelock North Wanderers]]
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| bg = #eeeeee
| date =
| team1 = [[Horowhenua CPFP]]
| score = 3 – 2
| report =
| team2 = [[Masterton (soccer)|Masterton]]
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| bg = #eeeeee
| date =
| team1 = [[Invercargill Thistle]]
| score = 1 – 2
| report =
| team2 = [[Green Island (soccer)|Green Island]]
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| bg = #eeeeee
| date =
| team1 = [[Island Bay United]]
| score = 2 – 3
| report =
| team2 = [[Lower Hutt City (soccer)|Lower Hutt City]]
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| bg = #eeeeee
| date =
| team1 = [[Kelston West]]
| score = 0 – 1
| report =
| team2 = [[Waitemata City (soccer)|Waitemata City]]
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{{football box
| bg = #eeeeee
| date =
| team1 = [[Napier City Rovers]]
| score = 10 – 1
| report =
| team2 = [[Taradale (soccer)|Taradale]]
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{{football box
| bg = #eeeeee
| date =
| team1 = [[Newlands Paparangi]]
| score = 1 – 4
| report =
| team2 = [[Stokes Valley (soccer)|Stokes Valley]]
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| bg = #eeeeee
| date =
| team1 = [[Ngaruawahia Affco United]]
| score = 0 – 1
| report =
| team2 = [[Rotorua City]]
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| bg = #eeeeee
| date =
| team1 = [[Papakura City FC|Papakura City]]
| score = 1 – 1*
| report =
| team2 = [[Blockhouse Bay (soccer)|Blockhouse Bay]]
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| bg = #eeeeee
| date =
| team1 = [[Porirua United]]
| score = 0 – 2
| report =
| team2 = [[Wellington City (soccer)|Wellington City]]
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| bg = #eeeeee
| date =
| team1 = [[Stop Out]] (Lower Hutt)
| score = 2 – 0
| report =
| team2 = [[Nelson United]]
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| date =
| team1 = [[Taranaki United]] (New Plymouth)
| score = 1 – 6
| report =
| team2 = [[Manawatu United]] (Palmerston N.)
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| bg = #eeeeee
| date =
| team1 = [[Thames (soccer)|Thames]]
| score = 0 – 4
| report =
| team2 = [[Ellerslie (soccer)|Ellerslie]]
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| bg = #eeeeee
| date =
| team1 = [[Waterside (soccer)|Waterside]] (Wellington)
| score = 3 – 0
| report =
| team2 = [[Tawa (soccer)|Tawa]]
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| bg = #eeeeee
| date =
| team1 = [[Western (soccer)|Western]] (Christchurch)
| score = 3 – 0
| report =
| team2 = [[Shamrock (soccer)|Shamrock]] (Christchurch)
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| bg = #eeeeee
| date =
| team1 = [[Whangarei City]]
| score = 0 – 1
| report =
| team2 = [[East Coast Bays (soccer)|East Coast Bays]]
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* Won on penalties by Papakura City (8-7)

===Fourth Round===
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| team1 = [[Birkenhead United]]
| score = 2 – 4
| report =
| team2 = [[Manurewa (soccer)|Manurewa]]
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| bg = #eeeeee
| date =
| team1 = [[Christchurch Rangers]]
| score = 0 – 0*
| report =
| team2 = [[Green Island (soccer)|Green Island]]
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| bg = #eeeeee
| date =
| team1 = [[Christchurch United]]
| score = 4 – 0
| report =
| team2 = [[Western AFC|Western]]
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| bg = #eeeeee
| date =
| team1 = [[Dunedin City AFC|Dunedin City]]
| score = 2 – 0
| report =
| team2 = [[New Brighton (New Zealand soccer)|New Brighton]]
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{{football box
| bg = #eeeeee
| date =
| team1 = [[Gisborne City]]
| score = 3 – 1
| report =
| team2 = [[Napier City Rovers]]
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{{football box
| bg = #eeeeee
| date =
| team1 = [[Hamilton (soccer)|Hamilton]]
| score = 3 – 0
| report =
| team2 = [[East Coast Bays (soccer)|East Coast Bays]]
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{{football box
| bg = #eeeeee
| date =
| team1 = [[Havelock North Wanderers]]
| score = 0 – 2
| report =
| team2 = [[Waterside (soccer)|Waterside]]
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{{football box
| bg = #eeeeee
| date =
| team1 = [[Horowhenua CPFP]]
| score = 1 – 5
| report =
| team2 = [[Wellington Diamond United]]
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{{football box
| bg = #eeeeee
| date =
| team1 = [[Lower Hutt City (soccer)|Lower Hutt City]]
| score = 1 – 2
| report =
| team2 = [[Manawatu United]]
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{{football box
| bg = #eeeeee
| date =
| team1 = [[Miramar Rangers]]
| score = 1 – 2
| report =
| team2 = [[Stop Out]]
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{{football box
| bg = #eeeeee
| date =
| team1 = [[Mount Wellington (soccer)|Mount Wellington]]
| score = 3 – 2
| report =
| team2 = [[Waitemata City (soccer)|Waitemata City]]
| goals1 =
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{{football box
| bg = #eeeeee
| date =
| team1 = [[North Shore United]]
| score = 3 – 0
| report =
| team2 = [[Rotorua City]]
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{{football box
| bg = #eeeeee
| date =
| team1 = [[Papakura City (soccer)|Papakura City]]
| score = 0 – 2
| report =
| team2 = [[Papatoetoe (soccer)|Papatoetoe]]
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{{football box
| bg = #eeeeee
| date =
| team1 = [[Stokes Valley (soccer)|Stokes Valley]]
| score = 0 – 4
| report =
| team2 = [[Wellington City (soccer)|Wellington City]]
| goals1 =
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{{football box
| bg = #eeeeee
| date =
| team1 = [[Takapuna City]]
| score = 1 – 4
| report =
| team2 = [[Ellerslie (soccer)|Ellerslie]]
| goals1 =
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{{football box
| bg = #eeeeee
| date =
| team1 = [[Woolston W.M.C.]]
| score = 3 – 1
| report =
| team2 = [[Dunedin Technical]]
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* Won on penalties by Christchurch Rangers (5-4)

===Fifth Round===
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| bg = #eeeeee
| date =
| team1 = [[Christchurch Rangers]]
| score = 0 – 4
| report =
| team2 = [[Dunedin City AFC|Dunedin City]]
| goals1 =
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| stadium =
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{{football box
| bg = #eeeeee
| date =
| team1 = [[Christchurch United]]
| score = 2 – 1
| report =
| team2 = [[Woolston W.M.C.]]
| goals1 =
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{{football box
| bg = #eeeeee
| date =
| team1 = [[Ellerslie AFC|Ellerslie]]
| score = 1 – 3
| report =
| team2 = [[Hamilton (soccer)|Hamilton]]
| goals1 =
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| stadium =
| referee =
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{{football box
| bg = #eeeeee
| date =
| team1 = [[Gisborne City]]
| score = 2 – 0
| report =
| team2 = [[Manawatu United]]
| goals1 =
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| stadium =
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{{football box
| bg = #eeeeee
| date =
| team1 = [[Mount Wellington (soccer)|Mount Wellington]]
| score = 4 – 2
| report =
| team2 = [[Manurewa AFC|Manurewa]]
| goals1 =
| goals2 =
| stadium =
| referee =
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{{football box
| bg = #eeeeee
| date =
| team1 = [[Papatoetoe (soccer)|Papatoetoe]]
| score = 1 – 1 (aet)*
| report =
| team2 = [[North Shore United]]
| goals1 =
| goals2 =
| stadium =
| referee =
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{{football box
| bg = #eeeeee
| date =
| team1 = [[Stop Out]]
| score = 3 – 0
| report =
| team2 = [[Wellington City (soccer)|Wellington City]]
| goals1 =
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| stadium =
| referee =
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{{football box
| bg = #eeeeee
| date =
| team1 = [[Waterside (soccer)|Waterside]]
| score = 1 – 4
| report =
| team2 = [[Wellington Diamond United]]
| goals1 =
| goals2 =
| stadium =
| referee =
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* North Shore United won 5–4 on penalties.

===Quarter-finals===
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| bg = #eeeeee
| date =
| team1 = [[Dunedin City AFC|Dunedin City]]
| score = 3 – 1
| report =
| team2 = [[Christchurch United]]
| goals1 =
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| stadium =
| referee =
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{{football box
| bg = #eeeeee
| date =
| team1 = [[Mount Wellington (soccer)|Mount Wellington]]
| score = 3 – 1
| report =
| team2 = [[Gisborne City]]
| goals1 =
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| stadium =
| referee =
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{{football box
| bg = #eeeeee
| date =
| team1 = [[North Shore United]]
| score = 1 – 0
| report =
| team2 = [[Hamilton (soccer)|Hamilton]]
| goals1 =
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| stadium =
| referee =
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{{football box
| bg = #eeeeee
| date =
| team1 = [[Stop Out]]
| score = 2 – 2 (aet)*
| report =
| team2 = [[Wellington Diamond United]]
| goals1 =
| goals2 =
| stadium =
| referee =
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* Stop Out won 4–2 on penalties.

===Semi-finals===
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| bg = #eeeeee
| date =
| team1 = [[Dunedin City AFC|Dunedin City]]
| score = 3 – 1
| report =
| team2 = [[Stop Out]]
| goals1 =
| goals2 =
| stadium =
| referee =
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{{football box
| bg = #eeeeee
| date =
| team1 = [[Mount Wellington (soccer)|Mount Wellington]]
| score = 2 – 0
| report =
| team2 = [[North Shore United]]
| goals1 =
| goals2 =
| stadium =
| referee =
}}

===Final===
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| bg = #eeeeee
| date = 22 August 1981
| team1 = [[Dunedin City AFC|Dunedin City]]
| score = 3 – 1
| report =
| team2 = [[Mount Wellington (soccer)|Mount Wellington]]
| goals1 = Glubb 2, Wilson
| goals2 = [[Billy McClure|McClure]] (pen.)
| stadium = [[Basin Reserve]], [[Wellington]]
| referee = N. Burt
}}

==References==
{{reflist}}
*[https://www.rsssf.org/tablesn/nz81.html Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation New Zealand 1981 page]
*[http://www.ultimatenzsoccer.com/id205.htm UltimateNZSoccer website 1981 Chatham Cup page]

{{Chatham Cup seasons}}

[[Category:Chatham Cup]]
[[Category:1981 in New Zealand association football|Chatham Cup]]
[[Category:1981 domestic association football cups|Chatham Cup]]
[[Category:August 1981 sports events in Oceania|Chat]]

1981 Chatham Cup - Revision history

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