Organising body | Somerset Football Association |
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Founded | 1928 rebranded Somerset Premier Cup in 1975 | , as Somerset Professional Cup;
Region | Somerset |
Number of teams | 26 (2023–24) |
Current champions | Bath City (25th title) |
Most successful club(s) | Yeovil Town, Bath City (25 titles) |
Website | Somerset FA |
The Somerset Premier Cup is an association football knock-out cup competition run by the Somerset County Football Association (SFA).
According to the current rules of the competition, to enter clubs first affiliation must be with the Somerset County FA, have the use of floodlights and be of a minimum of Western League standard (Level 10 of the English football league system). [1]
The competition was first held during the 1928–29 season known as the Somerset Professional Cup, replacing the Somerset Senior Cup as the most prestigious County cup in Somerset. The first competition featured the three professional sides in the county at the time, Bath City, Taunton Town and Yeovil & Petters United, with the format initially being a round-robin tournament. Since 1934, the tournament has been a knock-out competition, while the format of the final has varied over the years, between being a two legged affair or a single match.
The first winner of the tournament was Bath City. The most recent winners are Bath City, the joint most successful team with twenty-five wins (joint with Yeovil Town), who defeated Paulton Rovers 4–1 in the 2023 final.
Team [2] | Stadium | League |
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Bath City | Twerton Park | National League South |
Bishop Sutton | Lakeview | Western League Division One |
Bishops Lydeard | Darby Way | South West Peninsula League Premier East |
Bridgwater United | Fairfax Park | Western League Premier Division |
Brislington | Brislington Stadium | Western League Division One |
Cheddar | Bowdens Park | Western League Division One |
Clevedon Town | Hand Stadium | Western League Premier Division |
Frome Town | Badgers Hill | Southern League Division One South |
Hengrove Athletic | Norton Lane | Western League Division One |
Keynsham Town | Crown Field | Western League Division One |
Larkhall Athletic | Plain Ham | Southern League Division One South |
Middlezoy Rovers | The Aerodrome | Western League Division One |
Nailsea & Tickenham | Fryth Way | Western League Premier Division |
Odd Down | Lew Hill Memorial Ground | Western League Division One |
Paulton Rovers | Winterfield Road | Southern League Division One South |
Portishead Town | Bristol Road | Western League Division One |
Radstock Town | Southfields Recreation Ground | Western League Division One |
Shepton Mallet | The Playing Fields | Western League Premier Division |
Street | The Tannery | Western League Premier Division |
Taunton Town | Wordsworth Drive | National League South |
Wellington | The Playing Field | Western League Premier Division |
Wells City | The Athletic Ground | Western League Division One |
Welton Rovers | West Clewes | Western League Premier Division |
Weston-super-Mare | Woodspring Stadium | National League South |
Wincanton Town | Wincanton Sports Ground | Western League Division One |
Yeovil Town | Huish Park | National League South |
Club | Winners | Runners-up | Years won | Years runner-up |
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Yeovil Town | 25 | 16 | 1930, 1931, 1933, 1935, 1938, 1939, 1947 (shared), 1948, 1950, 1951, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957 (shared), 1962, 1963, 1965, 1969 (shared), 1973, 1976, 1979, 1997, 1998, 2005, 2022 | 1929, 1932, 1937, 1946, 1959, 1967, 1968, 1971, 1977, 1981, 1985, 1986, 1992, 2003, 2011, 2015 |
Bath City | 25 | 10 | 1929, 1932, 1934, 1936, 1946, 1947 (shared), 1952, 1953, 1958, 1960, 1966, 1968, 1970, 1978, 1981, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1989, 1990, 1994, 1995, 2008, 2023 | 1930, 1933, 1935, 1938, 1939, 1949, 1954, 1980, 2000, 2022 |
Bristol City | 8 | 6 | 1957 (shared), 1964, 1971, 1972, 1975, 1991, 2000, 2004 | 1956, 1962, 1963, 1970, 1974, 1997 |
Taunton Town | 5 | 8 | 2003, 2006, 2014, 2015, 2017 | 1972, 1975, 1988, 1990, 1993, 1995, 1999, 2019 |
Frome Town | 4 | 1 | 1967, 1969 (shared), 1983, 2009 | 2014 |
Clevedon Town | 4 | 3 | 1987, 1999, 2001, 2002 | 1984, 1998, 2012 |
Weston-super-Mare | 4 | 2 | 2011, 2012, 2018, 2019 | 1991, 2017 |
Minehead | 3 | 6 | 1961, 1974, 1977 | 1955, 1958, 1960, 1965, 1979 |
Glastonbury | 2 | 2 | 1937, 1949 | 1950, 1952 |
Bristol Rovers | 2 | 1 | 1992, 1993 | 1994 |
Bridgwater Town | 1 | 3 | 1959 | 1951, 1973, 1982 |
Keynsham Town | 1 | 0 | 1980 | — |
Mangotsfield United | 1 | 3 | 1988 | 1989, 1996, 2006 |
Brislington | 1 | 1 | 1996 | 2004 |
Team Bath | 1 | 1 | 2007 | 2002 |
Welton Rovers | 1 | 1 | 2010 | 1966 |
Paulton Rovers | 1 | 3 | 2013 | 2009, 2018, 2023 |
Wells City | 1 | 0 | 2016 | — |
Taunton Town (pre-1947) | 0 | 2 | — | 1931, 1934 |
Street | 0 | 2 | — | 1936, 1953 |
Odd Down | 0 | 2 | — | 2001, 2005 |
Bridgwater United | 0 | 2 | — | 2010, 2013 |
Ilminster Town | 0 | 1 | — | 1948 |
Westland-Yeovil | 0 | 1 | — | 1976 |
Bitton | 0 | 1 | — | 2007 |
Larkhall Athletic | 0 | 1 | — | 2016 |
In addition to the Somerset Premier Cup, the Somerset FA also run the following competitions, which are also often referred to as the Somerset FA County Cup: [14]
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