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Derbyshire Senior Cup

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Derbyshire County FA Senior Cup
Organising bodyDerbyshire County FA
Founded1883; 141 years ago (1883)
RegionDerbyshire Derbyshire
Number of teamsVaries
Current championsBuxton
(12th title)
Most successful club(s)Buxton
(12 titles)
WebsiteDerbyshire County FA

The Derbyshire County FA Senior Cup is a local county football cup for teams based in the county of Derbyshire. Founded in 1883–1884, the first competition was won by Staveley, who beat Derby Midland 2–1 in the final. 1885–1886 saw Heeley from Yorkshire win the competition.

It was not until 1892 that the county's top club Derby County first won the trophy. This delay was partially helped by a disagreement during Derby County's first season 1884–1885. After beating Derby St. Luke's and Wirksworth, Derby County were drawn at home to Long Eaton Rangers in the third round. The club applied for a week's delay in playing the fixture, however Long Eaton Rangers claimed the tie stating that they weren't aware of any change in date and had arrived on the set date to play. A correspondent of the 'Derby Daily Telegraph' wrote that the referee had arrived to take charge on the re-arranged date. The Derbyshire County FA awarded the tie to Long Eaton Rangers and the following season Derby County played in the Birmingham and District FA Senior Cup and set up their own Charity Cup. Players also boycotted playing for the County FA team in protest. It wasn't until 1887–1888 that Derby County next played in their own county's competition, where again in the third round they were drawn to play Long Eaton Rangers who won the tie 4–1.

Due to low attendances and receipts the Derbyshire County FA decided to change the cup to a League format in the hope that more games would increase their revenue and invited 14 teams to take part for the 1893–1894 season. This lasted one season.

Its final was traditionally held at Derby County's Baseball Ground on Easter Monday evening during the 1950s and 1960s but became a two-legged affair from season 1966–67 onwards. It reverted to a single leg tie at a neutral venue for season 2008–09.

In the 2010–11 competition, Derbyshire's two professional club's, Derby County and Chesterfield returned to the competition after a 25-year absence, after declining to take part in their traditional Derbyshire FA Centenary Cup pre-season competition. Their return was greeted with disappointment by some fans, who saw it as reducing a competition enjoyed by non-league football followers to a "farce" as the far-superior league sides would breeze through their opponents.[1] The fear proved well-founded as Derby County's reserve team scored 24 goals in their four games and conceded only 4 (3 of which came from fellow professional club Chesterfield in the Quarter Final) culminating in a 5–0 rout of Buxton in the final on 20 April 2011.[2] In the following season Buxton gained revenge over Derby County, beating them 1–0 in the final, which was held at Chesterfield's B2net Stadium on 25 April 2012, through a Mark Reed goal.[3]

The current champions are Buxton, who won the 2023–24 competition, winning the competition for record 12 times, overtaking Ilkeston Town after being joint record holders at 11 titles.[4][5]

Winners

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Key

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Match went to a replay
Match went to extra time
Match decided by a penalty shootout after extra time
Shared trophy
League format
1883–1892
Season Winners Result Runner-up Notes
1883–84 Staveley 2–1 Derby Midland
1884–85 Staveley 2–0 Derby Midland
1885–86 Heeley 1–0 Staveley
1886–87 Staveley 2–0 Long Eaton Rangers
1887–88 Derby Junction 2–0 Staveley
1888–89 Staveley 1–0 Derby Junction
1889–90 Derby Midland 3–1 Long Eaton Rangers
1890–91 Long Eaton Rangers 2–1 Derby Midland
1891–92 Derby County 5–0 Long Eaton Rangers
1892–93 Heanor Town 7–2 Ilkeston Town (1880s)
1893–1894 (A League)
Season Winners Matches Goals Points & GD
1893–94 Heanor Town W:22 D:1 L:3 GF:143 GA:27 Pts:45 GD:+116
1894–1945
Season Winners Result Runner-up Notes
1894–95 Ilkeston Town (1880s) 3–0 Blackwell
1895–96 Ilkeston Town (1880s) 2–1 Blackwell Replay. First match ended 0–0.
1938–39 Buxton
1945–present
Season Winners Result Runner-up Notes
1945–46 Buxton
1946–47 Heanor Athletic
1947–48 Derby Corinthians
1948–49 Ilkeston Town
1949–50 South Normanton Miners Welfare
1950–51 Shirebrook Miners Welfare
1951–52 Derby County 'A'
1952–53 Ilkeston Town
1953–54 Shirebrook Miners Welfare
1954–55 Shirebrook Miners Welfare
1955–56 Ilkeston Town
1956–57 Buxton
1957–58 Ilkeston Town
1958–59 Belper Town
1959–60 Buxton
1960–61 Alfreton Town
1961–62 Belper Town
1962–63 Ilkeston Town
1963–64 Belper Town
1964–65 Long Eaton United
1965–66 Heanor Town
1966–67 Heanor Town
1967–68 Heanor Town
1968–69 Heanor Town
1969–70 Alfreton Town
1970–71 Heanor Town
1971–72 Buxton
1972–73 Alfreton Town
1973–74 Alfreton Town
1974–75 Matlock Town
1975–76 Long Eaton United
1976–77 Matlock Town
1977–78 Matlock Town
1978–79 Heanor Town
1979–80 Belper Town
1980–81 Buxton
1981–82 Alfreton Town
1982–83 Ilkeston Town
1983–84 Matlock Town
1984–85 Matlock Town
1985–86 Buxton
1986–87 Buxton 5–2 Belper Town 1st Leg: 2–1, 2nd Leg: 3–1, Agg: 5–2
1987–88 Gresley Rovers 1–1 Alfreton Town 1st Leg: 1–0, 2nd Leg: 0–1, Agg: 1–1. Gresley won 4–2 on penalties.
1988–89 Gresley Rovers 2–1 Stapenhill 1st Leg: 0–1, 2nd Leg: 2–0, Agg: 2–1
1989–90 Gresley Rovers
1990–91 Gresley Rovers 7–1 Borrowash Victoria Agg: 7–1
1991–92 Matlock Town 3–1 Stapenhill
1992–93 Ilkeston Town 1–1 Alfreton Town Ilkeston Town won 7–6 on penalties.
1993–94 Gresley Rovers
1994–95 Alfreton Town 8–1 Ilkeston Town 1st Leg: 5–0, 2nd Leg: 3–1, Agg: 8–1
1995–96 Gresley Rovers 2–1 Belper Town 1st Leg: 0–0, 2nd Leg: 2–1, Agg: 2–1
1996–97 Gresley Rovers
1997–98 Glapwell 3–3 Matlock Town 1st Leg: 1–2, 2nd Leg: 2–1, Agg: 3–3. Glapwell won 3–2 on penalties.
1998–99 Ilkeston Town
1999–00 Ilkeston Town 4–0 Gresley Rovers 1st Leg: 1–0, 2nd Leg: 3–0, Agg: 4–0
2000–01 Glossop North End 5–5 Glapwell 1st Leg: 3–3, 2nd Leg: 2–2, Agg: 5–5. Glossop won 4–2 on penalties.
2001–02 Alfreton Town 5–4 Gresley Rovers 1st Leg: 2–2, 2nd Leg: 3–2, Agg: 5–4
2002–03 Alfreton Town 7–1 Mickleover Sports 1st Leg: 5–0, 2nd Leg: 2–1, Agg: 7–1
2003–04 Matlock 4–1 Ilkeston Town 1st Leg: 3–0, 2nd Leg: 1–1, Agg: 4–1
2004–05 Gresley Rovers 7–1 Belper Town 1st Leg: 5–1, 2nd Leg: 2–0, Agg: 7–1
2005–06 Ilkeston Town 2–1 Mickleover Sports 1st Leg: 1–1, 2nd Leg: 1–0, Agg: 2–1
2006–07 Ilkeston Town 3–2 Matlock Town 1st Leg: 2–1, 2nd Leg: 1–1, Agg: 3–2
2007–08 Belper Town 4–3 Alfreton Town 1st Leg: 3–2, 2nd Leg: 1–1, Agg: 4–3
2008–09 Buxton 1–0 Matlock Town
2009–10 Matlock Town 2–0 Buxton
2010–11 Derby County XI 5–0 Buxton
2011–12 Buxton
2012–13 Ilkeston
2013–14 Ilkeston 2–0 Glossop North End
2014–15 Matlock Town 7–0 Gresley Rovers
2015–16 Alfreton Town 0–0 Belper Town Alfreton Town won on penalties.
2016–17 Matlock Town 5–0 Gresley Rovers
2017–18 Chesterfield reserves 1–0 Alfreton Town
2018–19 Alfreton Town 2–1 Mickleover
2019–20 Competition abandoned due to COVID-19 pandemic. Belper Town and South Normanton Athletic were in the finals.
2020–21 Competition not held due to COVID-19 pandemic.
2021–22 Competition not held due to COVID-19 pandemic.
2022–23 Buxton 2–1 Derby County reserves
2023–24 Buxton 5–0 Heanor Town

Wins by teams

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Club Wins First final won Last final won Notes
Buxton 12 1938–39 2023–34
Ilkeston Town 11 1948–49 2006–07 Dissolved in 2010.
Alfreton Town 10 1960–61 2018–19
Matlock Town 10 1974–75 2016–17
Gresley Rovers 8 1987–88 2004–05
Heanor Town 8 1892–93 1978–79
Belper Town 5 1858–59 2007–08
Staveley 4 1883–84 1888–89 Dissolved in 1892.
Derby County 3 1891–92 2010–11 Won 1 title as Derby County A and 1 title as Derby County XI.
Ilkeston 2 2012–13 2013–14 Dissolved in 2017.
Ilkeston Town (1880s) 2 1984–95 1895–96 Dissolved in 1903.
Long Eaton United 2 1964–65 1975–76
Chesterfield reserves 1 2017–18 2017–18
Derby Corinthians 1 1947–48 1947–48 Dissolved in 2002.
Derby Junction 1 1887–88 1887–88 Dissolved in 1895.
Derby Midland 1 1889–90 1889–90 Dissolved in 1891.
Glapwell 1 1997–98 1997–98
Glossop North End 1 2000–01 2000–01
Heanor Athletic 1 1946–47 1946–47 Dissolved in 2013.
Heeley 1 1885–86 1885–86
Long Eaton Rangers 1 1885–86 1885–86 Dissolved in 1899.
South Normanton Miners Welfare 1 1949–50 1949–50 Dissolved in 2022.

References

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  1. ^ "Derbyshire Senior Cup = Farce?". Non-league News 24. Archived from the original on 3 May 2011. Retrieved 12 January 2011.
  2. ^ "Derby claim Senior Cup". dcfc.co.uk. Archived from the original on 23 April 2011. Retrieved 20 April 2011.
  3. ^ "Derby County XI 0–1 Buxton". dcfc.co.uk. Retrieved 25 April 2012.[permanent dead link]
  4. ^ Ball, Lucy (18 April 2024). "Buxton FC made history by winning the Derbyshire FA Senior Cup Challenge for the 12th time - making them record breakers". buxtonadvisor.co.uk. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
  5. ^ "Buxton retain the Derbyshire Senior Challenge Cup!". derbyshirefa.com. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
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