20 Sep 2009

Wellington Olympic end long Chatham Cup drought

6:24 pm on 20 September 2009

The Wellington Olympic football club has claimed its first ever Chatham Cup football title, beating Auckland club Three Kings United 2-1

Wellington Olympic has claimed its first ever Chatham Cup football final, beating Auckland club Three Kings United 2-1 at North Harbour Stadium.

Three Kings took an early lead through midfielder Luiz del Monte before Olympic's Miroslav Malivuk levelled the scores before halftime.

A controversial penalty converted by Olympic's Raf de Gregorio sealed the victory late in the second half.

Wellington Olympic's only previous appearance in the Chatham Cup final saw them finish runners-up in 1994.