Cornwall Senior Cup

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Cornwall Senior Cup
Founded1892;132 years ago (1892)
Region Cornwall
Number of teams52
Current champions Falmouth Town
Most successful club(s) Truro City (16 titles)
Website Cornwall Senior Cup

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, East Cornwall League and Cornwall Combination.

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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

The 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

The 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.

RoundMain dateClubs
remaining		Clubs
involved		Winners from
previous round		New entries
this round		Leagues entering at this round
Preliminary RoundSeptember5224–24 Cornwall Combination
East Cornwall League
First RoundOctober4016124 Cornwall Combination
East Cornwall League
Second RoundDecember3232824 SWPL Premier Division
SWPL Division One West
Third RoundJanuary161616––
Quarter-FinalsFebruary888––
Semi-FinalsMarch444––
FinalApril222––

Finals

This section lists every final of the competition played since 1893, the winners, the runners-up, and the result.

Key

*Match went to a replay
†Match went to extra time
‡Match decided by a penalty shootout after extra time
#Shared trophy

1893–1912

1913–1932

1933–1952

1953–1972

1973–1992

1993–2012

2013–present

SeasonWinnerScoreRunners–upNotes
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

ClubWinsLast final won
Truro City 162008
St Austell 142015
Falmouth Town 122019
St Blazey 112002
Torpoint Athletic 111996
Penzance 101981
Saltash United 102018
Liskeard Athletic 82003
Bodmin Town 72017
Newquay 51992
Launceston 42005
Looe Town 31926
Bugle 11952
Camborne 11894
Helston Athletic 11937
Porthleven 12004
Wadebridge Town 11980

Sponsorship

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References

  1. ↑ Cornwall Senior Cup [ permanent dead link ] Cornwall County Football Association. Retrieved 14 February 2010.
  2. ↑ Cornwall Junior Cup Archived 2011-07-08 at the Wayback Machine Cornwall County Football Association. Retrieved 14 February 2010.
  3. ↑ Round Dates Archived 2010-05-03 at the Wayback Machine Cornwall County Football Association. Retrieved 14 February 2010.
  4. ↑ Impartial (22 April 1897). "Football". The Cornishman. No. 981. p. 8.
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  14. ↑ Final 2019
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