Sussex Senior Challenge Cup
The Sussex Senior Cup is the county senior cup of the Sussex FA. The first winners of the cup were Brighton Rangers, who won the cup in 1883. Other teams who won the cup in its early history are Burgess Hill, Lancing College and Eastbourne.
The teams who have been successful in the cup recently are Sussex's only Football League teams Crawley Town and Brighton & Hove Albion; whilst Bognor Regis Town won the competition a record five times in succession between 1980 and 1984.
For reasons of fairness to other clubs, the Brighton & Hove Albion reserve team competes in the Sussex Senior Cup as, depending on season, the main squad are up to Football Championship level, many stages of the football league pyramid ahead of other teams. The 2010-11 season final took place at Brighton's new American Express Community Stadium on 16 July 2011; it was the first competitive match to be played there. Brighton won the game 2-0 with Gary Hart confirming his already legendary status at the club by scoring the first goal at the new ground.
Post-1945 winners [1]
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References
- ↑ "The Sussex Senior Challenge Cup Past Winners". www.sussexcountyleague.com. Retrieved 2014-08-31.