Manning Cup

Last updated
ISSA / Manning Cup Football Competition
Founded 1914
Country Flag of Jamaica.svg Jamaica
Number of teams22(2021)
Level on pyramidSchoolboys U-19
Current champions Jamaica College
30th Manning Cup [1]
(Current season)
Most championships Jamaica College
30 Manning Cups
Website https://www.schoolboyfootball.com/the-manning-cup
Current: Current season

The Manning Cup Football Competition (also currently known as the Inter-Secondary Schools Sports Association (ISSA)/Gatorade/Digicel Manning Cup football competition for sponsorship reasons) is an annual football (soccer) contest among Secondary High School Under-19 boys' teams located in the Kingston & St Andrew and Saint Catherine parishes of Jamaica. Along with the Dacosta Cup contest for rural high school boys, the Manning Cup is one of the most watched football sporting events in Jamaica, rivaling the country's highest level football league (National Premier League) in popularity, . [2] The competition remains a key showcase for talented players and serves as a launchpad into domestic and overseas club careers as well as call up opportunities to the Jamaica national football team.

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History

Pre Manning Cup years

Prior to the Manning Cup competition, most secondary schools across the island with active football teams competed in the “Jamaica Inter-Scholastic Association Football Shield Competition” for the “Olivier Shield”. This competition began in 1909 and was played on a knock-out basis. Another major tournament featuring schoolboy teams during that period was the Martinez Shield.

Formation of the competition

By 1913, many of the secondary schools that were located in and around Kingston, felt that the competition format limited the number of possible games and preferred to change to a round-robin points based tournament which would guarantee each team at least two matches against each opponent. This format, however, would have significant logistical drawbacks for the single rural school Potsdam, located in St. Elizabeth, which would now have to travel extensively more so than the other participants.

With these pros and cons in mind, on Dec 2, 1913, a meeting of representatives of the following four secondary schools took place at Sabina Park:

Also in attendance were:

It was decided during this meeting that a separate competition would be created for the urban schools The competition's format was set as round-robin home-away ties, with the team accumulating the maximum number of points at the conclusion of all matches deemed the champions and recipient of the Manning Cup trophy. The new tournament would be endorsed by the then Governor of the island, Sir William Henry Manning K.C.M.G. and referred to as The Manning Cup Football Competition. [3]

The Manning Cup champion would then contest for the Olivier Shield by playing in a two leg tie with Potsdam College.

1914 - Inaugural year

At the beginning of the 1914 school year, the following five schools were registered for the Manning Cup competition:

The number of entrants were soon reduced however, as New College withdrew early on, leaving the remaining four schools to compete over the course of 12 matches, with the title of champion going to the team accumulating the highest number of points.

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References

  1. "JC wins 30th Manning Cup title". www.schoolboyfootball.com.
  2. "Association Football in Jamaica". www.digijamaica.com. The Gleaner Co. Ltd.
  3. "The Governor Gives A Cup". The Gleaner. 1913-12-03. p. 6. Retrieved 11 August 2013.[ permanent dead link ]