Derbyshire FA Centenary Cup

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Derbyshire FA Centenary Cup
Founded1983 (1983)
Abolished2009;15 years ago (2009)
RegionDerbyshire flag.svg  Derbyshire
Number of teams2
Derby County
Chesterfield
Alfreton Town (2003-04)
Last champions Chesterfield
(4th title)
Most successful club(s) Derby County
(18 titles)
Website Derbyshire FA

The Derbyshire FA Centenary Cup was an annual friendly association football competition, primarily played between Derbyshire's two professional clubs, Derby County and Chesterfield. It was contested, intermittently, from the 1983 season until 2010.

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Background and history

The Derbyshire FA Centenary Cup was founded in 1983 to celebrate the centenary of the Derbyshire Football Association and is contested in the form of a pre-season friendly. The first ever tie was a two-legged affair between Derbyshire's two Football League clubs, Derby County and Chesterfield, to earn the 'County Title'. Both matches were played mid-season, in November. The first leg, at Chesterfield's Saltergate, ended 5–2 to Derby and the return leg at the Baseball Ground finished in a 1–1 draw for a 6–3 aggregate win for Derby.

After this, matches became single-legged. For the next two seasons, they were played at the beginning of the following season to fit in with to Derby County's touring schedules (so the 1984–85 match was actually played at the beginning of the 1985–86 season and the 1985–86 match was actually played at the beginning of the 1986–87 season), before becoming standard pre-season matches. This meant that two matches were played within six days of each other in 1986: one on 9 August for the 1985–86 season and one on 15 August for the 1986–87 season. The 1996–97 match broke the established timetable and was held in November.

Originally, the venue alternated between Chesterfield's Saltergate and Derby's Baseball Ground but in recent years the fixture has been held solely at Chesterfield.

After several years of sending their reserve team to fulfil the fixture, Derby County declined to enter the 2003 competition and were replaced by non-league Alfreton Town, who beat Chesterfield 2–0. Derby returned for next year's contest, but then pulled out again. This time the match was cancelled altogether for four years. It returned for the 2009–10 season, but has not been played since.

Rules

Matches follow typical friendly competition rules, with a draw being decided on penalties.

Winners

Total wins

ClubWinsYears won
Derby County181983–84, 1984–85, 1985–86, 1986–87, 1987–88, 1988–89, 1989–90, 1990–91, 1991–92, 1992–93, 1993–94, 199–96, 1996–97, 1997–98, 1998–99, 1999–2000, 2002–03, 2004–05
Chesterfield41994–95, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2009–10
Alfreton Town12003–04

Results

Data from Chesterfield FC. [1]

Key

SeasonHome clubScoreAway clubAttendanceNotes
1983–84
(Two legs)		Chesterfield2 – 5Derby County2,853Derby County win 6–3 on aggregate
Derby County1 – 1Chesterfield1,184
1984–85Derby County3 – 2
aet 		Chesterfield2,296Played at the beginning of the following season
1985–86Chesterfield1 – 5Derby County1,908Played at the beginning of the following season
1986–87Derby County1 – 0
aet 		Chesterfield1,954Played six days after the previous encounter to 'catch up'
1987–88Chesterfield0 – 2Derby County1,944
1988–89Derby County2 – 1Chesterfield2,031
1989–90Chesterfield0 – 2Derby County1,787
1990–91Derby County2 – 1Chesterfield2,702
1991–92Chesterfield1 – 2Derby County2,369
1992–93Derby County4 – 1Chesterfield4,112
1993–94Chesterfield2 – 7Derby County3,091
1994–95Derby County0 – 1Chesterfield2,435
1995–96Chesterfield1 – 3Derby County3,030
1996–97Derby County3 – 1Chesterfield2,746Played in November, rather than pre-season
1997–98Chesterfield1 – 3Derby County2,812
1998–99Derby County1 – 1Chesterfield3,289Derby County win 4–2 on penalties
1999–2000Chesterfield0 – 1Derby County1,503
2000–01Chesterfield1 – 1Derby County2,963Chesterfield win 4–3 on penalties
2001–02Chesterfield3 – 0Derby County1,369
2002–03Chesterfield0 – 3Derby County1,557
2003–04Alfreton Town2 – 0Chesterfield911
2004–05Chesterfield1 – 5Derby County3,114
2005–06No competition
2006–07
2007–08
2008–09
2009–10Chesterfield2 – 1Derby County3,716

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