Wharncliffe Charity Cup

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The Wharncliffe Charity Cup was an invitational cup competition involving the Sheffield FA's top teams during its earliest days. The competition took its name from the Earl of Wharncliffe who sponsored the event, and was held with the aim of raising money for local good causes. In the early years all matches were held at Bramall Lane (which had one of the largest crowd capacities in Sheffield) in order to maximise the amount of money raised. The cup was also the cause of several disputes including the Zulus dispute.

The first tournament was held in the 1878-79 season, with The Wednesday claiming the first title. Public interest in the competition started to decline during the 1888-89 season when Wednesday, who had only missed one final previously, withdrew their first team from the competition, however interest was briefly revived when a newly formed team called Sheffield United entered the cup the following season. The competition was last played in 1983-84, with Kiveton Park the last winners.^[1]

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Season	Winner	Result	Runner-up	Final venue	Notes
1878-79	The Wednesday	3-2	Heeley	Bramall Lane
1879-80	Heeley	2-1	The Wednesday	Bramall Lane
1880-81	Final cancelled due to the number of players banned for professionalism. See The Zulus.
1881-82	The Wednesday	5-0	Heeley	Bramall Lane
1882-83	The Wednesday	4-0	Pyebank	Bramall Lane
1883-84	Lockwood Brothers	6-0	Pyebank	Bramall Lane
1884-85	Heeley	4-0	The Wednesday	Bramall Lane	Replay; first match also held at Bramall Lane (1-1).
1885-86	The Wednesday	2-0	Heeley	Old Forge Ground
1886-87	Staveley	3-0	The Wednesday
1887-88	The Wednesday	2-0	Rotherham	Bramall Lane
1888-89	Staveley	1-0	Rotherham Town	Olive Grove
1889-90	Staveley	3-0	Rotherham Town	Olive Grove	2nd replay; first match held at Bramall Lane (1-1); 1st replay held at Olive Grove (1-1).
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No competitive football was played between 1915 and 1919 due to World War I
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1938-39
No competitive football was played between 1939 and 1946 due to World War II
1945-46
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1983-84	Kiveton Park

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