The 2006 Chatham Cup was the 79th annual nationwide knockout football competition in New Zealand

New Zealand

New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...

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Up to the last 16 of the competition, the cup was run in three regions (northern, central, and southern), with an open draw from the quarter-finals on. In all, 137 teams took part in the competition. Note: Different sources give different numberings for the rounds of the competition. Some record five rounds prior to the quarter-finals; others note a preliminary round followed by four full rounds. The former numbering system isn used in this article.

The 2006 final

The Jack Batty Memorial Cup is awarded to the player adjudged to have made to most positive impact in the Chatham Cup final. The winner of the 2006 Jack Batty Memorial Cup was Western Suburbs

Western Suburbs

Western Suburbs is an association football club in Porirua, New Zealand. They play their home matches at Endeavour Park in the Porirua suburb of Whitby and compete in the Central Premier League....

 goalkeeper and penalty-shoot hero Phil Imray

Phil Imray

Phillip Benjamin "Phil" Imray is an English-born New Zealand-based footballer who plays for Team Wellington in the ASB Premiership as a goalkeeper.In 2008, Imray trialed with Scottish club Hibernian...

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Third Round

* Won on penalties by Western (5-4).

Fourth Round

* Won on penalties by Palmerston North Marist (9-7).

Fifth Round

* Won on penalties by Tauranga City United (5-4).

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

* Won on penalties by Eastern Suburbs (5-3).

Final

* Won on penalties by Western Suburbs (3-0).