Forfarshire Cup

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The Forfarshire Cup is a football competition in Scotland competed for by teams in the Forfarshire Football Association from Angus and Dundee. The name of the competition is often baffling to some, as "Forfarshire" is an archaic and anglicised name for Angus which became official in the late 19th century around the time of Local Government (Scotland) Act 1889 which restructured and renamed many of Scotland's counties, however the name quickly fell into disuse and was very rarely used in everyday conversation and non existent today.

The Forfarshire Football Association was founded in 1883 and was comprised of 18 clubs. Twelve from Dundee, two from Arbroath and one each from Broughty Ferry and Lochee (both independent of Dundee at the time), Coupar Angus and Montrose. The association immediately put up a trophy for competition between its member clubs. At that time, cup competitions were the only form of organised football in Scotland. In the early days Scottish football the county cups were regarded as just as prestigious than the Scottish Cup, especially outwith Western Scotland and the Central belt whose teams were best represented in the Scottish Cup, with the result that they often attracted substantial crowds. Even by the 1911 final, several special trains ran to convey supporters of Arbroath to Dens Park and they contributed to a crowd of more than 7,000.

The competition has continued to be played every season as of 2006 although the two larger Dundee clubs left in the 1980s when Dundee United asked the Forfarshire FA for permission to field their reserve team when had become virtually impossible for United to find suitable dates for their ties due to their regular participation in European competition, but when this was refused the club withdrew from the competition as well as from the FFA. Shortly afterwards, Dundee followed suit. United re-entered the competition in the 2001-02 season.

Forfarshire FA remains an Affiliated Association of the Scottish Football Association.

[edit] List of Winners

  • Note that until October 1923 Dundee United were known as Dundee Hibernian
Season Winner
1883-84 Arbroath
1884-85
1885-86
1887-88
1888-89
1889-90
1890-91
1891-92 Montrose
1892-93 Dundee Our Boys
1893-94 Dundee
1894-95 Dundee
1895-96 Arbroath
1896-97 Arbroath
1897-98
1898-99
1899-00
1900-01 Dundee
1901-02
1902-03 Dundee
1903-04
1904-05 Dundee
1905-06 Forfar Athletic
1906-07 Arbroath
1907-08
1908-09 Dundee
1909-10 Brechin City
1910-11 Dundee Hibernian
1911-12 Dundee
1912-13 Dundee
1913-14
1914-15
1915-16
1916-17
1917-18
1918-19
1919-20 Dundee Hibernian
1920-21 Arbroath
1921-22 Montrose
1922-23 Dundee
1923-24
1924-25 Dundee
1925-26 Dundee
1926-27
1927-28
1928-29
1929-30
1930-31 Forfar Athletic
1931-32
1932-33 Montrose
1933-34
1934-35 Dundee
1935-36
1936-37
1937-38 Dundee
1938-39
1939-40 Arbroath
1940-41
1941-42
1942-43
1944-45 Dundee
1945-46 Dundee
1946-47 Dundee
1947-48
1948-49 Dundee
1949-50 Dundee
1950-51 Dundee United
1951-52
1952-53 Brechin City
1953-54 Arbroath Victoria
1954-55 Dundee
1955-56 Dundee
1956-57
1957-58
1958-59 Brechin City
1959-60 Dundee
1960-61
1961-62
1962-63
1963-64
1964-65 Dundee United
1965-66 Dundee
1966-67 Dundee
1967-68 Final not played
1968-69
1969-70
1970-71 Dundee
1971-72 Dundee United
1972-73
1973-74
1974-75 Montrose
1975-76 Dundee United
1976-77
1977-78
1978-79 Forfar Athletic
1979-80 Dundee United
1980-81
1981-82
1982-83
1983-84 Forfar Athletic
1984-85
1985-86 Dundee
1986-87
1987-88 Dundee United
1988-89 Dundee
1989-90 Dundee
1990-91
1991-92
1992-93
1993-94 Arbroath
1994-95
1995-96
1996-97 Brechin City
1997-98 Forfar Athletic
1998-99 St Johnstone
1999-00
2000-01
2001-02 Montrose
2002-03
2003-04 St Johnstone
2004-05
2005-06 Dundee United
2006-07 St Johnstone