Auckland’s Eastern Suburbs are on track for a tilt at an historic Chatham Cup and Kate Sheppard Cup double.
No club has ever won both trophies in the same season but the Lilywhites have reached the semi-finals of this year’s competitions.
Suburbs men secured their spot in the Chatham Cup’s last four with a 3-2 extra-time win against Wellington Olympic on Saturday.
The Suburbs women’s team play Wellington United in mid-August for a place in this year’s Kate Sheppard Cup final.
Eastern Suburbs have won the Chatham Cup six times, the last time in 2015, and were beaten finalists (by Auckland City) last year.
The club has won the Kate Sheppard Cup once, in 2019.
Suburbs’ name will go into the Chatham Cup semi-final draw with those of Melville United, Waterside Karori and Christchurch United.
Melville have never won the cup before but were runners-up in 2003 and 2019.
READ MORE: Melville, the underdogs who went within 32 minutes of Chatham Cup glory >>>>
As Waterside, Wellington’s Waterside Karori have won the cup four times (1938, 1939, 1940, 1947).
If Christchurch United can lift this year’s cup, they will have won it a record eight times.
They currently share the honour of the most cup wins with University-Mount Wellington.
Results
Games played on Saturday July 29, 2023
Chatham Cup
Quarter-finals
Roslyn Wakari 2 (Nick Treadwell 20′, Mitchell Gray 78′)
Waterside Karori 5 (Ben Lack 27′, Birhanu Taye 55′, Jack Parker 77′, 90+3′, Seth Ward 86′)
Hamilton Wanderers 0
Christchurch United 3 (Dan MacLennan 20′, Sam Philip 59′, Jago Godden 73′)
Wellington Olympic 2 (Ben Mata 30′ pen, 38′ pen)
Eastern Suburbs 3 (Ryan Verney 7′, Francis de Vries 16′, 118′)
*After extra time
READ: Wellington Olympic’s programme for Eastern Suburbs Chatham Cup tie >>>>
Melville United 1 (Jerson Giraldo 50′)
Western Springs 0
Fixtures
Chatham Cup
Semi-finals
Games to be played over weekend of August 26-27, 2023
Teams to go into the draw:
Eastern Suburbs, Melville United, Waterside Karori, Christchurch United
Kate Sheppard Cup
Semi-finals
Games to be played over weekend of August 19-20, 2023
Eastern Suburbs v Wellington United
Western Springs v Coastal Spirit
Chatham Cup’s 100th year
To celebrate the birthday of football’s oldest cup competition, Friends of Football have been publishing special features about the cup and its past. Here’s a selection …
The greatest final ever?
Two replays needed in 1972
The unlikely underdogs
An improbable campaign in 2003
A happy birthday
The Royal Navy’s role in the cup
A gruelling schedule
The team that refused to quit in 2023
Final in Gisborne
Controversy and a classic final in 1983
Away from Wellington
How the final moved from the capital
All the past winners — Chatham Cup
1923 – Seacliff (Otago)
1924 – Harbour Board (Auckland)
1925 – YMCA (Wellington)
1926 – Sunnyside (Christchurch)
1927 – Ponsonby
1928 – Petone
1929 – Tramways (Auckland)
1930 – Petone
1931 – Tramurewa (Auckland)
1932 – Wellington Marist
1933 – Ponsonby
1934 – Thistle (Auckland)
1935 – Hospital (Wellington)
1936 – Western (Christchurch)
1937 – competition cancelled due to lack of entries
1938 – Waterside (Wellington)
1939 – Waterside (Wellington)
1940 – Waterside (Wellington)
1941-44 – no competition due to World War II
1945 – Western (Christchurch)
1946 – Wellington Marist
1947 – Waterside (Wellington)
1948 – Christchurch Technical Old Boys
1949 – Petone
1950 – Eden (Auckland)
1951 – Eastern Suburbs (Auckland)
1952 – North Shore United and Western (Christchurch) (shared)
1953 – Eastern Suburbs (Auckland)
1954 – Onehunga
1955 – Western (Christchurch)
1956 – Stop Out (Wellington)
1957 – Seatoun
1958 – Seatoun
1959 – Northern (Dunedin)
1960 – North Shore United
1961 – Northern (Dunedin)
1962 – Hamilton Technical Old Boys
1963 – North Shore United
1964 – Mount Roskill
1965 – Eastern Suburbs (Auckland)
1966 – Miramar Rangers
1967 – North Shore United
1968 – Eastern Suburbs (Auckland)
1969 – Eastern Suburbs (Auckland)
1970 – Blockhouse Bay
1971 – Western Suburbs (Wellington)
1972 – Christchurch United
1973 – Mount Wellington (Auckland)
1974 – Christchurch United
1975 – Christchurch United
1976 – Christchurch United
1977 – Nelson United
1978 – Manurewa
1979 – North Shore United
1980 – Mount Wellington (Auckland)
1981 – Dunedin City
1982 – Mount Wellington (Auckland)
1983 – Mount Wellington (Auckland)
1984 – Manurewa
1985 – Napier City Rovers
1986 – North Shore United
1987 – Gisborne City
1988 – Waikato United
1989 – Christchurch United
1990 – Mount Wellington (Auckland)
1991 – Christchurch United
1992 – Miramar Rangers
1993 – Napier City Rovers
1994 – Waitakere City
1995 – Waitakere City
1996 – Waitakere City
1997 – Central United (Auckland)
1998 – Central United (Auckland)
1999 – Dunedin Technical
2000 – Napier City Rovers
2001 – University-Mount Wellington (Auckland)
2002 – Napier City Rovers
2003 – University-Mount Wellington (Auckland)
2004 – Miramar Rangers
2005 – Central United (Auckland)
2006 – Western Suburbs (Wellington)
2007 – Central United (Auckland)
2008 – East Coast Bays
2009 – Wellington Olympic
2010 – Miramar Rangers
2011 – Wairarapa United (Masterton)
2012 – Central United
2013 – Cashmere Technical (Christchurch)
2014 – Cashmere Technical (Christchurch)
2015 – Eastern Suburbs (Auckland)
2016 – Birkenhead United (Auckland)
2017 – Onehunga Sports (Auckland)
2018 – Birkenhead United (Auckland)
2019 – Napier City Rovers
2020 – competition cancelled due COVID-19
2021 – Cashmere Technical (Christchurch)
2022 – Auckland City
All the past winners — Kate Sheppard Cup
1994 Nomads United (Christchurch)
1995 Waikato Unicol (Hamilton)
1996 Lynn-Avon United (Auckland)
1997 Three Kings United (Auckland)
1998 Three Kings United (Auckland)
1999 Three Kings United (Auckland)
2000 Lynn-Avon United (Auckland)
2001 Ellerslie (Auckland)
2002 Lynn-Avon United (Auckland)
2003 Lynn-Avon United (Auckland)
2004 Lynn-Avon United (Auckland)
2005 Lynn-Avon United (Auckland)
2006 Lynn-Avon United (Auckland)
2007 Western Springs (Auckland)
2008 Lynn-Avon United (Auckland)
2009 Lynn-Avon United (Auckland)
2010 Claudelands Rovers (Hamilton)
2011 Glenfield Rovers (Auckland)
2012 Three Kings United (Auckland)
2013 Coastal Spirit (Christchurch)
2014 Glenfield Rovers (Auckland)
2015 Glenfield Rovers (Auckland)
2016 Forrest Hill Milford United (Auckland)
2017 Glenfield Rovers (Auckland)
2018 Dunedin Technical (Dunedin)
2019 Eastern Suburbs (Auckland)
2021 Wellington United (Wellington)
2022 Auckland United (Auckland)
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