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First Chatham Cup football final
At Athletic Park, Wellington, Seacliff from Otago defeated Wellington YMCA 4-0 in the first final of the Chatham Cup, New Zealand football’s oldest and best-known national club competition.
Wellington's 'Cake Tin' - roadside stories
Hear about Wellington's Westpac Stadium – known affectionately as the 'Cake Tin' – opened in 1999 to replace the former rugby venue of Athletic Park.
Steve Sumner at the 1982 Soccer World Cup
Images of the New Zealand All Whites captain Steve Sumner at the finals of the 1982 Soccer World Cup.
All Whites beat Australia on road to Spain
The New Zealand football team's famous 2-0 victory in Sydney was a defining moment in their epic qualifying campaign for the 1982 World Cup finals.
New Zealand and the 1982 Football World Cup book
New Zealand soccer: the impossible dream, by Ian Garner and Ian Walter, was released in 1982 to capitalise on the surging popularity of soccer in New Zealand. The book’s cover image, taken during the All Whites’ clash with Brazil in Spain, showed goalkeeper Frank van Hattum diving to gather the ball at the feet of the Brazilian star Socrates, with defender Ricki Herbert close by.
New Zealand's World Cup book, 1982
New Zealand’s World Cup: the inside story, by the coaching duo John Adshead and Kevin Fallon ('as told to Armin Lindenberg'), was one of several books published in 1982 to celebrate the All Whites’ epic qualifying campaign and finals’ appearance. The cover featured a young Ricki Herbert – himself now the national team coach – celebrating his match-winning goal against China at Mount Smart Stadium.
1982 Football World Cup game
The All Whites’ achievement in reaching the 1982 World Cup finals even inspired a children’s board game, the ‘Ball-O World Cup soccer game’ - marketed as ‘exciting new family sporting entertainment’. The cover image shows the ball flying past Indonesia’s goalkeeper during New Zealand’s 5-0 qualifying win at Mount Smart Stadium.
All Whites souvenir biscuit tin
A range of commemorative items and souvenirs were produced to celebrate the All Whites’ appearance at the 1982 World Cup finals, including this ‘NZ World Cup Soccer Team’ biscuit tin. Those featured are: back row (left to right): Glenn Dods, Billy McClure, Brian Turner, Sam Malcolmson, Peter Simonsen, Dave Bright; middle row: John Adshead (coach), Keith Mackay, Grant Turner, Richard Wilson, Frank van Hattum, Ricki Herbert, John Hill, Kevin Fallon (assistant coach); front row: Duncan Cole, Allan Boath, Steve Sumner (captain), Bobby Almond, Adrian Elrick, Steve Wooddin; insets: Barry Pickering (top), Wynton Rufer.
1924 football programme
The 1981–2 World Cup campaign is undoubtedly the high point of New Zealand's soccer history.
All Whites' results - 1982 Football World Cup
Results from qualifying and finals games played by New Zealand
All Whites' game against China, 1981
Chinese players defend their goalmouth against New Zealand at Mount Smart on 3 October 1981.
All Whites' game against Kuwait, 1981
The programme for the controversial second-round clash with Kuwait at Mount Smart Stadium on 10 October 1981
All Whites' game against Chinese Taipei, 1981
This is the programme for New Zealand’s first-round match against Chinese Taipei (Taiwan) at Auckland’s Mount Smart Stadium on 30 May 1981.
All Whites football team for the 1982 World Cup
The New Zealand squad was photographed at the beginning of their World Cup qualifying campaign in April 1981.
Further information - 1982 Football World Cup
This web feature was written by Neill Atkinson and Steve Watters and produced by the NZHistory.net.nz team.Links1982 World Cup team (on the New Zealand Football website)FIFA’s official 1982 World Cup websiteKiwi miracle in Riyadh (FIFA)BooksJohn Adshead & Kevin Fallon, New Zealand's World Cup: the inside story, Moa Publications, Auckland, 1982Ian Garner & Ian Walter, New Zealand soccer: the impossible dream, Hodder & Stoughton, Auckland, 1982 Chris Gaskell (ed), The road to Spain, 82 World Cup, NZ International Publishing Group, Auckland, 1982Tony Hilton, An association with s
Playing in the finals - 1982 Football World Cup
The New Zealanders were given little hope against their opposition in Group 6, which was dubbed the ‘pool of death’. This group included the cup favourites, Brazil, plus powerful sides from the Soviet Union and Scotland.
Qualifying rounds - 1982 Football World Cup
New Zealand’s long road to Spain began on Anzac Day 1981 with a hard-fought 3–3 draw with Australia at Mount Smart Stadium, Auckland.
1982 Football World Cup
As New Zealand prepares for the 2010 FIFA World Cup, we look back to 1981-82, when football first seized the country’s imagination. After slogging through an epic qualifying schedule of 15 games, the 'All Whites' took on the best in the world at the 1982 finals in Spain.
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