Renfrewshire Cup
The Renfrewshire Cup is an annual association football competition between teams in the historic county of Renfrewshire in the west central Lowlands of Scotland. The final is generally a Renfrewshire derby contested between the two largest teams in the county, Paisley's St. Mirren and Greenock Morton.[1]
The Cup is currently held by St. Mirren, after they defeated Greenock Morton 4-2 at St. Mirren Park on Saturday 16th July 2011.
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[edit] Tournament
The tournament for the Renfrewshire Cup is contested between four teams from the county. St Mirren and Greenock Morton qualify automatically and each team competes with one of the finalist teams from a local amateur tournament, the Victoria Cup. The two victorious teams from these semi-finals go on to compete in the final game.
[edit] History
The Renfrewshire Cup is the third oldest football trophy in Scotland still competed for. Only the Scottish Cup and East of Scotland Shield are older and still contested. Since 1991, the finalists have continually been St Mirren or Greenock Morton.
The first tournament was held in 1879 and won by Thornliebank.[1] In 1953/54 Babcock and Wilcox were the only team outwith the big two to win it since Port Glasgow were triumphant in 1909.
[edit] Former holders
The number of times each team has won the Renfrewshire Cup[1] :
- St. Mirren FC - 53
- Greenock Morton FC (Morton until 1994) - 51
- Abercorn FC - 5
- Port Glasgow Athletic - 5
- Arthurlie FC - 2
- Thornliebank - 2
- Babcock & Wilcox - 1
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