Gloucestershire Cup

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Gloucestershire Cup
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Flag of Gloucestershire
Organising body Gloucestershire County FA
Founded1887
Abolished1996
Region Gloucestershire
Number of teamsvarious
Related competitions Gloucestershire Senior Cup
Last champions Bristol City
(54th title)
Most successful club(s) Bristol City
(54 titles)

Gloucestershire Cup was the informal name of an association football competition held under the auspices of the Gloucestershire County Football Association on 99 occasions from 1887 to 1996. The full name of the competition changed over time: originally the Gloucestershire Football Association Challenge Cup, the introduction of a Junior tournament two years later led to it being renamed the Gloucestershire Football Association Senior Challenge Cup in 1889, [1] then after the advent of professionalism in football it became the Gloucestershire Senior Professional Cup.

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It was originally a knockout tournament open to teams in Gloucestershire, but from 1907–08 became an annual match between the first teams of Bristol Rovers and Bristol City. [2]

Creation

The Montpelier Hotel, visible at the top of the hill, was the birthplace of the Gloucestershire Cup St Andrews Road, Montpelier - geograph.org.uk - 1070618.jpg
The Montpelier Hotel, visible at the top of the hill, was the birthplace of the Gloucestershire Cup

The Gloucestershire cup was created by Charles Lacy Sweet of Clifton Association F.C. after a meeting in September 1887. Present at the meeting were representatives from Clifton Association, Eastville Rovers (later to become Bristol Rovers), Globe (a team made up of Old Elizabethans), Southville, and church teams St Agnes, St George and St Simon.

The draw for the first edition of the competition was held at the Montpelier Hotel in Bristol on 5 October 1887 and featured seven entrants. Eastville Rovers were awarded a bye into the second round, while the first round ties drawn were Clifton v St Agnes, Globe v Southville, and Warmley v St George. [3]

1887–88 tournament

 
First RoundSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
 
 
 
 Warmley 2
 
 
 
 St George 1
 
 Warmley 8
 
Second replay
 
Globe1
 
Globe1
 
Replay, at St George
 
 Southville 0
 
 Warmley 1
 
 
 Clifton 4
 
 
at St George
 
 
 Eastville Rovers 1
 
 
 
 Clifton 4
 
 Clifton 5
 
 
St Agnes0
 

Knockout tournament

List of tournament finals

SeasonFinal #DateWinner [A] ScoreRunner-upGoalscorersAtt.VenueRef
1887–88110 March 1888 Clifton 1–1 Warmley J.R. Riddell (Warmley); H.H. Francis (Clifton)2,000St George [4]
1 (replay)17 March 1888 Clifton (1)4–1 Warmley A.B. Colthurst (2), C.H. Russell (2) (Clifton); Unknown (Warmley)2,000St George [5]
1888–8926 April 1889 Eastville Rovers (1)1–0 Warmley W. Perrin3,000St George [6]
1889–90322 March 1890 Clifton (2)5–0 St George R. Barlow, A.T. Hingston, R. Innes-Pocock, H.H. Francis 2,500St George [7] [8]
1890–91428 March 1891 Bedminster (1)2–0 Warmley Griffiths, H.J. Batchelor3,000St George [9]
1891–92512 March 1892 Warmley (1)2–1 Bedminster Rev A.B. Macfarlane (Bedminster); J. King, G. Peacock (Warmley)6,000Kingswood [10]
1892–9361 April 1893 Warmley (2)4–1 Gloucester N. Britton (2), G. Peacock, W. Phipps (Warmley); W. Sessions (Gloucester)3,500Kingswood [11]
1893–94731 March 1894 St George (1)3–1 Eastville Rovers W. Britton (2), D.S. Gerrish (St George); H. Horsey (Eastville)4,000Kingswood [12]
1894–95815 April 1895 St George (2)4–3 Gloucester Winstone, Whippie, Harris, Britton (St George); Stout (2), Fielding (Gloucester)LargeKingswood [13]
1895–9696 April 1896 Warmley (3)1–0 Eastville Rovers Bowler6,000St George [14]
1896–971019 April 1897 Warmley (4)2–0 Bedminster P. Britton, Stone7,000St George [15] [16]
1897–981111 April 1898 Bristol City (1)2–1 Warmley Caie, Higgins (Bristol City); Bishop (Warmley)12,000 Eastville [17]
1898–99123 April 1899 Bristol City (2)2–1 Bristol Rovers Langham, Murphy (City); Brown (Rovers)12,000St George [18]
1899–19001330 April 1900 Bedminster (2)3–1 Bristol City Boucher, Lewis, Geddes (Bedminster); Russell (Bristol City)2,000 Eastville [19]
1900–011429 April 1901 Bristol City (3)4–0 Bristol Rovers Fulton (2), Wilson, McDougall 2,800 St John's Lane [20] [21]
1901–02 [B] 1531 March 1902 Bristol Rovers 0–0 Bristol City 18,000 Eastville [22]
15 (replay)23 April 1902 Bristol City 0–0 Bristol Rovers 4,000 St John's Lane [23]
1902–031613 April 1903 Bristol Rovers 0–0 Bristol City 11,790 Eastville [24] [21]
16 (1st replay)20 April 1903 Bristol Rovers 1–1 Bristol City Corbett (Rovers); Banks (City)3,000 St John's Lane [25]
16 (2nd replay)29 April 1903 Bristol Rovers (2)4–2 Bristol City Corbett (2), Marriott, Dunn (pen.) (Rovers); Banks (2) (City)5,000 St John's Lane [26]
1903–04174 April 1904 Bristol City (4)2–1 Bristol Rovers Corbett, Jones (City); Beats (Rovers)10,537 St John's Lane [27] [21]
1904–051824 April 1905 Bristol Rovers 2–2 Bristol City Capes, Fenton (City); Beats, Smith (Rovers)10,000 Eastville [28]
18 (replay)28 April 1905 Bristol Rovers (3)3–1 Bristol City Beats, Dunkley, Lewis (Rovers); Fisher (City)3,000 Ashton Gate [29]
1905–061916 April 1906 Bristol City (5)4–0 Bristol Rovers Bennett, Burton, Gilligan, Wedlock 8,000 Ashton Gate [30]
1906–07201 April 1907 Bristol City (6)2–0 Bristol Rovers Gilligan (2)11,000 Eastville [31]

^[A] The cumulative number of cup wins for each team is shown in brackets.
^[B] The title was shared between Bristol Rovers and Bristol City in 1901–02 after two matches were played and drawn. [32]

Summary of tournament winners

It is arguable which team was the most successful of the tournament era. Bristol City's six wins and three runners-up places put them clearly ahead of any other team, but two of these wins and one second place came prior to their merger with Bedminster in 1900. The Western Daily Press at the time clearly considered the merged team to be a new club, distinct from the original, which would make Warmley the most successful team, with four wins and four second places.

TeamWinsRunners-up
Bristol City6
(1898, 1899, 1901, 1904, 1906, 1907)
3
(1900, 1903, 1905)
Warmley4
(1892, 1893, 1896, 1897)
4
(1888, 1889, 1891, 1898)
Bristol/Eastville Rovers3
(1889, 1903, 1905)
7
(1894, 1896, 1899, 1901, 1904, 1906, 1907)
Bedminster2
(1891, 1900)
2
(1892, 1897)
St George2
(1894, 1895)
1
(1890)
Clifton2
(1888, 1890)
0
Gloucester02
(1893, 1895)
No outright winner1
(1902)

Bristol City v Bristol Rovers matches

There was a growing feeling among teams participating in the tournament that the dominance shown by City and Rovers meant that all other entrants were going into the competition each year knowing that they had no hope of winning. A solution to this problem was put forward at the annual meeting of the Gloucestershire County Football Association (GFA), held at the Crown & Dove Hotel in central Bristol on 2 August 1907. Mr W.H. Haskins, secretary of the GFA, proposed the creation of an intermediate cup competition for teams who were too accomplished to take part in the Junior Cup, but who were unable to compete with Rovers and City in the Senior competition. The proposal carried with unanimous support in the room. [33] From this point on the Senior Cup would be contested by Rovers and City only each year.

The change in the format of the competition coincided with a move from the final's traditional place in the calendar on Easter Monday, enabling more flexibility with the scheduling of matches. [34]

The 1996 Gloucestershire Cup match was depicted in a series 5 episode of the ITV preschool series Rosie and Jim.

List of Bristol City v Bristol Rovers match results

SeasonFinal #DateWinnerScoreScorersAtt.VenueRef
1907–082129 April 1908Bristol City2–0 Burton, Maxwell 9,000Ashton Gate [34]
1908–09 [α] 221 September 1909Draw1–1McKenzie (City); Corbett (Rovers)10,000Eastville [35]
22 (1st replay)13 October 1909Draw1–1Cowell (City); Corbett (Rovers)3,000Ashton Gate [36]
22 (2nd replay)26 January 1910Bristol City2–1Cowell, Radford (City); Roberts (Rovers)2,000Eastville [37]
1909–10236 April 1910Bristol City2–0 Foster (2)1,000Ashton Gate [38]
1910–112419 April 1911Bristol City1–0 Foster 4,000Eastville [39]
1911–12253 February 1912Bristol City1–0 Copestake 8,966Ashton Gate [40]
1912–132625 March 1913Bristol Rovers1–0 Brogan 10,000Eastville [41]
1913–142714 April 1914Bristol City2–0Brown, Harris 9,000Ashton Gate [42]
World War I (1914–1918)
1919–202824 September 1919Bristol City4–0 Neesam (2), Howarth (2)7,000Eastville [43]
1920–212929 September 1920Bristol City1–0 Banfield 12,000Ashton Gate [44]
1921–22301 May 1922Bristol City2–0 Fairclough, Pocock 9,000Eastville [45]
1922–233116 April 1923Abandoned after 80 minutes due to poor light with City winning 3–18,000Ashton Gate [46]
31 (replay)7 May 1923Bristol City1–0 aet Smith4,991Ashton Gate [47]
1923–243230 April 1924Draw1–1 Walsh (City); Phillips (Rovers)7,396Eastville [48]
32 (replay)5 May 1924Bristol City2–0 Walsh, Torrance 6,091Ashton Gate [49]
1924–253327 April 1925Draw1–1 Whatmore (Rovers); Walsh (City)5,102Ashton Gate [50]
33 (replay)29 April 1925Bristol Rovers2–0 Phillips, Morgan 4,123Eastville [51]
1925–263419 April 1926Bristol City4–1 Keating (3), Paul (City); Holcroft (Rovers)3,500Eastville [52]
1926–27351 January 1927Bristol City4–0Walsh (2, 1 pen), Keating, Martin 9,601Ashton Gate [53]
1927–283610 April 1928Bristol Rovers1–0 Ormston 7,600Eastville [54]
1928–293719 September 1928Bristol City2–0Barber, Williams 6,923Ashton Gate [55]
1929–303830 September 1929Draw0–03,000Eastville [56]
38 (replay)22 April 1930Bristol City4–1Vials (2), Johnson, Homer (City); Phillips (Rovers)3,962Ashton Gate [57]
1930–31391 October 1930Bristol City3–1Townrow, Homer (pen), Elliott (City); Dennis (pen) (Rovers)5,000Ashton Gate [58]
1931–32409 September 1931Bristol City1–0Elliott11,000Eastville [59]
1932–334114 September 1932Draw3–3 Irving, Eyres, Jackson (Rovers); Homer (2), Bowen (City)7,000Ashton Gate [60]
41 (replay)24 April 1933Bristol City4–3 Scriven (2), Loftus, Bowen (City); Stoddart, Wyper, McNestry (Rovers)5,000Eastville [61]
1933–344213 September 1933Draw0–08,361Eastville [62]
42 (replay)3 April 1934Bristol City2–1Riley (2) (City); Havelock (Rovers)7,000Ashton Gate [63]
1934–354326 September 1934Bristol Rovers2–1 Smith (2, 1 pen) (Rovers); Riley (City)5,216Ashton Gate [64]
1935–364425 September 1935Bristol Rovers3–1 Crisp, Wildsmith, Harwood (Rovers); Bradford (City)6,293Eastville [65]
1936–37459 September 1936Bristol City1–0Haycox5,000Ashton Gate [66]
1937–384627 September 1937Bristol Rovers2–1 McArthur (2) (Rovers); Brain (City)3,648Eastville [67]
1938–394721 September 1938Bristol City3–0Clayton (2), Gallacher2,500Ashton Gate [68]
World War II (1939–1945)
1944–454826 December 1944Bristol City5–0 Clark (4), Owen9,048Eastville [69]
1945–464924 September 1945Bristol City3–1 Collins, Clark, Curran (City); Lambden (Rovers)7,962Ashton Gate [70]
1946–475026 May 1947Draw2–2 Leamon, Hodges (Rovers); Clark, Collins (City)17,151Eastville [71]
50 (replay)7 June 1947Bristol City2–0 Williams, Thomas11,434Ashton Gate [72]
1947–48518 May 1948Bristol Rovers2–1 Morgan, Watkins (Rovers); Clark (City)16,000Ashton Gate [73]
1948–495214 May 1949Bristol Rovers2–0 Lambden, Morgan 15,111Eastville [74]
1949–505313 May 1950Bristol City2–0 Williams (2)17,000Ashton Gate [75]
1950–515412 May 1951Shared1–1 Lambden (Rovers); Boxley (City)16,673Eastville [76]
1951–525510 May 1952Bristol City2-1Jimmy Rogers, Cyril Williams
1952–53568 May 1953Bristol City2-0John Ayteo, Alois Eisentrager
1953–54573 May 1954Shared2-2Alois Eisentrager, Cyril Williams
1954–55582 May 1955Bristol Rovers2-1John Atyeo
1955–565930 April 1956Bristol Rovers1-0
1956–576029 April 1957Bristol City2-1John Atyeo, Dermot Curtis
1957–586129 April 1958Bristol City4-1Bobby Etheridge (2), Dermot Curtis, John Atyeo
1958–59624 May 1959Shared1-1Bert Tindill
1959–60632 May 1960Bristol City3–2 Atyeo (2), Rogers (City); Biggs (2) (Rovers)7,195Ashton Gate
1960–61641 May 1961Bristol City3-1John Atyeo (2), Jantzen Derrick
1961–62651 May 1962Bristol City3-1Brian Clark (3)
1962–636623 May 1963Bristol Rovers2-1Jantzen Derrick
1963–646728 April 1964Shared2-2Gordon Low, Bobby Williams
1964–656826 April 1965Bristol Rovers3-2Terry Bush, Brian Clark
1965–666912 May 1966Bristol Rovers1-0
1966–67709 May 1967Bristol City3-0Chris Crowe, Tony Ford, Roger Peters
1967–687114 May 1968Shared1-1Gerry Sharpe
1968–697228 April 1969Bristol City5-0John Galley, Chris Garland, Bobby Kellard, Gerry Sharpe, Alan Skirton
1969–707322 April 1970Bristol City2-1Bobby Kellard (2)
1970–71744 May 1971Shared1-1Keith Fear
1971–72759 May 1972Bristol Rovers1–1
(4–2 pen)		 Allan (Rovers); Emanuel (City)13,137Ashton Gate [77]
1972–73761 May 1973Bristol City2–2
(5–3 pen)		Gerry Gow (2)
1973–747729 April 1974Bristol Rovers2-0
1974–757829 April 1975Bristol Rovers2–1 aet Gary Collier
1975–76794 May 1976Bristol City3–2 aet Jimmy Mann (2), Paul Cheesley
1976–778024 May 1977Bristol City1-0Jimmy Mann
1977–78812 May 1978Bristol City3-0Kevin Mabbutt (2), Jimmy Mann
1978–798215 May 1979Bristol City2-0Gerry Gow, Jimmy Mann
1979–80836 May 1980Bristol City1-0Howard Pritchard
1980–81845 May 1981Bristol City1–0 aet Kevin Mabbutt
1981–82858 September 1981Bristol Rovers1-0
1982–838621 September 1982Bristol Rovers2-1Gary Williams
1983–848720 September 1983Bristol Rovers3–2 aet Howard Pritchard, Glyn Riley [78]
1984–858821 May 1985Bristol Rovers3–1 aet Alan Walsh, Steve White, Paul Bannon, Nick Tanner
1985–86899 September 1985Bristol City1–0Steve Johnson (pen) [79]
1986–87 [β] 902 December 1987Bristol City2–1Paul Fitzpatrick (pen), Mike Tanner
1987–889115 March 1988Bristol City3–1Paul Fitzpatrick, Steve Galliers, John Pender
1988–899217 August 1988Bristol Rovers3–0 Mehew, White
1989–90938 August 1989Bristol Rovers2–1David Smith
1990–919415 August 1990Bristol City4–1David Smith, Gary Shelton, Nicky Morgan (2)
1991–92957 August 1991Bristol City3–2 Purnell, Mehew (Rovers), Bob Taylor (2), Rob Edwards (City)
1992–93965 August 1992Bristol Rovers2–1 Cole (City), Mehew, Stewart (Rovers)
1993–94975 August 1993Bristol Rovers1–1
(5–3 pen)		 Clark (Rovers), Bryant (City)
1994–95983 August 1994Bristol Rovers0–0
(11–10 pen)
1995–96996 August 1996Bristol City1–0 Goater

^[α] The 1908–09 final was held over to the beginning of the following season due to fixture congestion suffered by City.
^[β] The 1986–87 final was held over to the following season.

Total Bristol City wins: 53 Total Bristol Rovers wins: 27

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