From Surf Wiki (app.surf) — the open knowledge base

1974 Chatham Cup

Field	Value
year	1974
title	Chatham Cup
dates	7 September 1974
venue	Queen Elizabeth II Park, Christchurch
winners	Christchurch United (2nd title)
second	Wellington Diamond United
prev_season	1973
next_season	1975

The 1974 Chatham Cup was the 47th annual nationwide knockout football competition in New Zealand.

Early stages of the competition were run in three regions, with the National League teams receiving a bye until the later stages of the competition. In all, 114 teams took part in the competition, at that time a record number. 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.

A change was made in the way tied matches were decided, with penalty shoot-outs introduced in the event of ties after extra time. Replays were still used for the later rounds, with a replay being needed in one semi-final.

The 1974 final

With the exception of replays, 1974 was the first time that the final had been held in the South Island, at Queen Elizabeth II Park, Christchurch. The venue had been used earlier in the year for the Commonwealth Games.

The game was played on a heavily sodden pitch, the result of several days of heavy rain, and thousands of gallons of water had to be removed before the surface was usable. Despite the poor conditions, the game was entertaining, and Christchurch ran out the winners with a late Brian Hardman goal adding to an earlier strike from Ian Park.

Results

Third Round

Replay

Fourth Round

aet. Manawatu won 4–3 on penalties

Fifth Round

Eastern Suburbs won 8–7 on penalties

Sixth Round

Semi-finals

Replay

Final

References

{{HiltonNZAssoc pp. 76-77

Info: Wikipedia Source

This article was imported from Wikipedia and is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Content has been adapted to SurfDoc format. Original contributors can be found on the article history page.

chatham-cup 1974-in-new-zealand-association-football 1974-domestic-association-football-cups september-1974-sports-events-in-oceania

Want to explore this topic further?

Ask Mako anything about 1974 Chatham Cup — get instant answers, deeper analysis, and related topics.

Research with Mako

Free with your Surf account

Content sourced from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

This content may have been generated or modified by AI. CloudSurf Software LLC is not responsible for the accuracy, completeness, or reliability of AI-generated content. Always verify important information from primary sources.

Report