Manchester Premier Cup

The Manchester Premier Cup (also known as the Robinsons Brewery Premier Cup for sponsorship reasons) is an annual English football knockout tournament involving teams from Greater Manchester, England. It is a County Cup competition of the Manchester Football Association and involves Non-league football clubs, although at least one Football League club has entered the competition.

Mossley are the current holders, after defeating Salford City 4–2 on penalties after a 2–2 draw after regulation to win the Cup for the ninth time.

History

The Manchester Premier Cup, originally known as the Manchester County FA Shield,^[1] was first competed for in the 1934–35 season, when Manchester North End beat Hurst^{[lower-alpha 1]} 5–2, in the final to become the inaugural champions at their Charles Street Ground in Blackley in front of crowd of 2,400. The gate receipts of £59 were distributed 50% to the FA and 25% to each of the finalists.^{[citation needed]} For the 1955–56 season the name was changed to the Manchester Intermediate Cup and was again changed for the 1979–80 season to the present name.^[2]

The Competition has been dominated by the teams in the Tameside borough of Manchester who together have won the contest 55 times. Central Manchester teams have won it 5 times, teams from Bury winning 4 times and Salford and Wigan twice. A team from outside the Greater Manchester Borders has only ever won the trophy Once.

Finals

Key

Key to list of winners

(R)	Replay
*	Match went to extra time
	Match decided by a penalty shootout after extra time

Results

Manchester Premier Cup winners

Year	Winners	Score	Runners-up	Venue	Attendance	References
1934–35	Manchester North End		Hurst
1935–36	Hurst		Ashton National
1936–37	Ashton National	3–1	Mossley	Hurst Cross, Ashton-under-Lyne		[3]
1937–38	Mossley	2–1	Manchester North End	Hurst Cross, Ashton-under-Lyne		[4]
1938–39	Hurst	2–3	Mossley	National Park, Ashton-under-Lyne		[5]
1939–40	Ashton National		Hurst
1940–41	Urmston		Ferguson Pailin
1941–42	Avro		Goslings
1942–43	Army		Avro
1943–44	Goslings		Ferranti[lower-alpha 2]
1944–45	Ashton National		Goslings
1945–46	Urmston		Goslings
1946–47	Droylsden	3–0	Mossley	Maine Road, Moss Side		[6]
1947–48	Goslings		Droylsden
1948–49	Mossley	2–1	Goslings	Hurst Cross, Ashton-under-Lyne		[7]
1949–50	Ashton United		Goslings
1950–51	Lancashire Steel	2–1	Mossley			[8]
1951–52	Droylsden		Lancashire Steel
1952–53	Ashton United		Northern Nomads
1953–54	Ashton United		Hyde United
1954–55	Ashton United		Stalybridge Celtic
1955–56	Hyde United Oldham Athletic
1956–57	Hyde United		Stalybridge Celtic
1957–58	Stalybridge Celtic		Hyde United
1958–59	Ashton United	6–2	Mossley	Hurst Cross, Ashton-under-Lyne		[9]
1959–60	Droylsden		Hyde United
1960–61	Mossley	4–0	Ashton United	Seel Park, Mossley		[10]
1961–62	Bury		Northern Nomads
1962–63	Ashton United		Droylsden
1963–64	Bury	4–0	Mossley	Seel Park, Mossley		[11]
1964–65	Droylsden		Ashton United
1965–66	Ashton United		Droylsden
1966–67	Prestwich Heys	4–2	Mossley	Grimshaw Park, Prestwich		[12]
	Mossley	6–1	Prestwich Heys	Seel Park, Mossley
	Mossley won 8–5 on aggregate
1967–68	Mossley	4–2	Stalybridge Celtic	Seel Park, Mossley		[13]
	Mossley	2–2	Stalybridge Celtic	Bower Fold, Stalybridge
	Mossley won 6–4 on aggregate
1968–69	Stalybridge Celtic		Droylsden
1969–70	Droylsden		Stalybridge Celtic
1970–71	Dukinfield Town		Curzon Ashton
1971–72	Curzon Ashton		Irlam Town
1972–73	Curzon Ashton		New Mills
1973–74	Curzon Ashton		New Mills
1974–75	Little Lever		Chadderton
1975–76	Maine Road		Abbey Hey W.M.C.
1976–77	Maine Road		Little Lever
1977–78	Salford Amateurs		Massey Ferguson
1978–79	Salford Amateurs		Irlam Town
1979–80	Ashton United		Curzon Ashton
1980–81	Droylsden		Ashton Town
1981–82	Curzon Ashton		Irlam Town
1982–83	Ashton United		Chadderton
1983–84	Curzon Ashton		Droylsden
1984–85	Irlam Town		Curzon Ashton
1985–86	Curzon Ashton		Irlam Town
1986–87	Curzon Ashton	1–0	Flixton			[14]
1987–88	Maine Road		Irlam Town
1988–89	Mossley	3–1	Flixton	Brantingham Road, Chorlton-cum-Hardy		[14][15]
1989–90	Curzon Ashton		Salford City
1990–91	Mossley	3–2	Droylsden	Maine Road, Moss Side		[14][16]
1991–92	Ashton United	2–1	Flixton			[14]
1992–93	Droylsden	2–0	Curzon Ashton			[14]
1993–94	Hyde United	4–1	Droylsden			[14]
1994–95	Hyde United	2–1	Trafford			[14]
1995–96	Hyde United	†2–2	Curzon Ashton			[14]
1996–97	Glossop North End	†1–1	Trafford			[17]
1997–98	Glossop North End	1–0	Radcliffe Borough			[17]
1998–99	Hyde United	1–0	Maine Road			[14]
1999–00	Droylsden	2–1	Mossley	Boundary Park, Oldham		[14][18]
2000–01	Ashton United	4–0	Droylsden
2001–02	Ashton United	3–1	Salford City			[14]
2002–03	Ashton United	2–0	Droylsden			[14]
2003–04	Droylsden	2–1	Ashton United			[14]
2004–05	Hyde United	5–4	Maine Road			[14]
2005–06	Hyde United	2–1	Droylsden			[19]
2006–07	Droylsden	3–0	Flixton			[19]
2007–08	Radcliffe Borough	2–1	Hyde United	Boundary Park, Oldham	276	[20][21]
2008–09	Droylsden	2–1	Mossley	Boundary Park, Oldham		[22][23][24]
2009–10	Droylsden	2–0	Trafford		256	[25][26]
2010–11	Droylsden	†4–3 *	Ashton United	Ewen Fields, Hyde		[27][28]
2011–12	Mossley	w/o	Droylsden	Ewen Fields, Hyde	—	[29][30]
2012–13	Mossley	†2–2	Salford City	Edgeley Park, Stockport	617	[31][32]

Source (1934–2010 Finals):^[2]

Results by team

Teams shown in italics are no longer in existence.

See also

• List of football clubs in Greater Manchester
• Liverpool Senior Cup
• Lancashire Senior Cup
• Lancashire Challenge Trophy

Footnotes

References