The Cornwall County Football Association Senior Cup, commonly known as the Cornwall Senior Cup, is a knockout cup competition in English football for clubs based in Cornwall, run by and named after the Cornwall County Football Association. It is a County Cup competition involving clubs from the South West Peninsula League and St Piran League.
| Founded | 1892 |
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| Region | Cornwall |
| Number of teams | 52 |
| Current champions | Falmouth Town |
| Most successful club(s) | Truro City (16 titles) |
| Website | Cornwall Senior Cup |
As of the 2015–16 season, the competition is called the RGB Senior Cup for sponsorship reasons. The reigning champions are Falmouth Town, who defeated Saltash United 2-1 in the 2019 final to win the cup for the 12th time. It was Falmouth's first final appearance since 1997.
History
editThe competition was created in 1892 by the Cornwall County Football Association to provide a knockout tournament for the county's clubs.[1] The inaugural tournament was won by Penzance in 1893. The competition did not take place between 1915 and 1919 due to the First World War, and again between 1939 and 1945 due to the Second World War. In previous years, clubs were grouped together in earlier rounds due to Cornwall's geography, with a runner-up match being played alongside the final. This was discontinued in 1978, with the Cornwall Junior Cup taking its place.[2] Both matches are played on Easter Monday at a neutral venue.
Format
editThe Cornwall Senior Cup is contested by 52 clubs, as of the 2009–10 season, with seven rounds being played to decide the winner.[3]
The preliminary round is made up of twenty-four clubs from the Cornwall Combination and East Cornwall League, played during the month of September. The first round is made up of the winners from the previous round and the clubs who received a bye, which takes place in October. The second round, played in December, is when clubs from the South West Peninsula League enter the competition, joining the eight winners from the previous round.
The third round is made up of sixteen teams, and the quarter-finals are made up of eight teams, with ties being played during the months of January and February respectively. The remaining clubs enter the semi-finals, which are played at a neutral venue in March, with the final being contested in April, again at a neutral venue.
| Round | Main date | Clubs remaining |
Clubs involved |
Winners from previous round |
New entries this round |
Leagues entering at this round |
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| Preliminary Round | September | 52 | 24 | – | 24 | Cornwall Combination East Cornwall League |
| First Round | October | 40 | 16 | 12 | 4 | Cornwall Combination East Cornwall League |
| Second Round | December | 32 | 32 | 8 | 24 | SWPL Premier Division SWPL Division One West |
| Third Round | January | 16 | 16 | 16 | – | – |
| Quarter-Finals | February | 8 | 8 | 8 | – | – |
| Semi-Finals | March | 4 | 4 | 4 | – | – |
| Final | April | 2 | 2 | 2 | – | – |
Finals
editThis section lists every final of the competition played since 1893, the winners, the runners-up, and the result.
Key
edit| * | Match went to a replay |
| † | Match went to extra time |
| ‡ | Match decided by a penalty shootout after extra time |
| # | Shared trophy |
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edit| Season | Winner | Score | Runners–up | Notes |
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| 2012–13 | Bodmin Town | 4–3 † | Helston Athletic | |
| 2013–14 | St Austell | 5–3 ‡ | Bodmin Town | [10][11] |
| 2014–15 | St Austell | 3–0 | Godolphin Atlantic | |
| 2015–16 | Bodmin Town | 7–0 | Godolphin Atlantic | [12] |
| 2016–17 | Bodmin Town | 2-1 | Saltash United | [13] |
| 2017–18 | Saltash United | 3-2 | Mousehole | |
| 2018–19 | Falmouth Town | 2-1 | Saltash United | [14] |
Table of winners
edit| Club | Wins | Last final won |
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| Truro City | 16 | 2008 |
| St Austell | 14 | 2015 |
| Falmouth Town | 12 | 2019 |
| St Blazey | 11 | 2002 |
| Torpoint Athletic | 11 | 1996 |
| Penzance | 10 | 1981 |
| Saltash United | 10 | 2018 |
| Liskeard Athletic | 8 | 2003 |
| Bodmin Town | 7 | 2017 |
| Newquay | 5 | 1992 |
| Launceston | 4 | 2005 |
| Looe Town | 3 | 1926 |
| Bugle | 1 | 1952 |
| Camborne | 1 | 1894 |
| Helston Athletic | 1 | 1937 |
| Porthleven | 1 | 2004 |
| Wadebridge Town | 1 | 1980 |
Sponsorship
edit- 2012–13 The competition was known as the Westinsure Senior Cup
- 2015– RGB Builders
References
edit- ^ Cornwall Senior Cup[permanent dead link] Cornwall County Football Association. Retrieved 14 February 2010.
- ^ Cornwall Junior Cup Archived 2011-07-08 at the Wayback Machine Cornwall County Football Association. Retrieved 14 February 2010.
- ^ Round Dates Archived 2010-05-03 at the Wayback Machine Cornwall County Football Association. Retrieved 14 February 2010.
- ^ Impartial (22 April 1897). "Football". The Cornishman. No. 981. p. 8.
- ^ "Cornwall County Cup". The Cornishman. No. 1032. 14 April 1888. p. 5.
- ^ "Penzance v Launceston". The Cornubian and Redruth Times. No. 1973. 12 April 1901. p. 7.
- ^ The Sportsman (31 March 1904). "Football Gossip". The Cornishman. No. 1343. p. 7.
- ^ "Cornish Association Cup". The Cornishman. No. 1344. 7 April 1904. p. 8.
- ^ "Cornwall County Cup". Cornishman. No. 1399. 27 April 1905. p. 4.
- ^ Power, Ben (16 April 2013). "Bodmin beat Helston in seven goal thriller to retain Senior Cup". Falmouth Packet. Falmouth. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
- ^ Hall, Lee (17 April 2013). "Bodmin Town win thriller to lift Cornwall Senior Cup". Cornish Guardian. Bodmin. Archived from the original on 7 July 2013. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
- ^ Gray, Chris (21 August 2016). "Cup holders drawn at home". Independent (Cornwall). p. 42.
- ^ "Football: Saltash United denied in Cornwall Senior Cup final". Cornish Times. 17 April 2017.
- ^ Final 2019