Liverpool Senior Cup

The Liverpool Senior Cup is a football knockout tournament involving teams from the city of Liverpool, England and surrounding areas. It is the County Cup competition of the Liverpool County Football Association and involves non-league clubs as well as the three professional teams in Merseyside: Everton, Liverpool and Tranmere Rovers. However, while non-league clubs often field their first team in the competition, the professional clubs generally field their reserve teams, and in recent years the composition of these teams has consisted more and more of youth players. Although over the years, Liverpool FC. have expended a lot of their energy into using the tournament for developing their up and coming best players, while Everton have generally fielded lesser sides (although still have easily won the most tournaments)

Competition History

The first Liverpool Senior Cup was played for in 1882-83, with Bootle F.C. becoming the inaugural winners, and the competition has taken place most seasons since then. The final of the 1892-1893 competition was the occasion of the first ever Merseyside derby- Liverpool won the game 1-0.

The Cup was suspended during most of the First World War, but continued during the Second World War, largely in the form of exhibition matches between Liverpool and Everton wartime teams.

Past winners

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Earlestown F.C. display the Liverpool Cup after their win in 1885.

1883 - Bootle

1884 - Everton

1885 - Earlestown

1886 - Everton

1887 - Everton

1888 - Bootle

1889 - Bootle

1890 - Everton

1891 - Everton

1892 - Everton

1893 - Liverpool

1894 - Everton

1895 - Everton

1896 - Everton

1897 - Rock Ferry

1898 - Everton

1899 - Everton

1900 - Everton

1901 - Liverpool

1902 - Liverpool

1903 - Liverpool

1904 - Everton

1905 - Liverpool

1906 - Everton

1907 - Liverpool

1908 - Everton

1909 - Liverpool

1910 - Everton & Liverpool (shared)

1911 - Everton

1912 - Everton & Liverpool (shared)

1913 - Liverpool

1914 - Everton

1915 - Liverpool

1916 - (not contested due to World War I)

1917 - (not contested due to World War I)

1918 - (not contested due to World War I)

1919 - Everton

1920 - Liverpool

1921 - Everton

1922 - Everton

1923 - Everton

1924 - Everton

1925 - Liverpool

1926 - Everton

1927 - Liverpool

1928 - Everton

1929 - Liverpool

1930 - Liverpool

1931 - Southport

1932 - Southport

1933 - New Brighton

1934 - Everton & Liverpool (shared)

1935 - New Brighton

1936 - Everton & Liverpool (shared)

1937 - Liverpool

1938 - Everton

1939 - Liverpool

1940 - Everton

1941 - (not contested due to world War II)

1942 - Liverpool

1943 - Liverpool

1944 - Southport

1945 - Everton

1946 - Liverpool

1947 - Liverpool

1948 - Liverpool

1949 - Tranmere Rovers

1950 - Tranmere Rovers

1951 - Liverpool

1952 - Liverpool

1953 - Everton

1954 - Everton

1955 - Tranmere Rovers

1956 - Everton

1957 - Everton

1958 - Everton & Southport (shared)

1959 - Everton

1960 - Everton

1961 - Everton

1962 - Liverpool

1963 - Southport

1964 - Liverpool & Southport (shared)

1965 - (competition not finished - no winner)

1966 - (competition not finished - no winner)

1967 - (competition not finished - no winner)

1968 - Liverpool

1969 - (competition not finished - no winner)

1970 - Tranmere Rovers

1971 - (competition not finished - no winner)

1972 - (competition not finished - no winner)

1973 - Tranmere Rovers

1974 - Tranmere Rovers

1975 - Southport

1976 - (competition not finished - no winner)

1977 - Liverpool

1978 - Formby

1979 - Marine

1980 - Liverpool

1981 - Liverpool

1982 - Everton & Liverpool (shared)

1983 - Everton

1984 - South Liverpool

1985 - Marine

1986 - South Liverpool

1987 - Kirkby Town

1988 - Marine

1989 - South Liverpool

1990 - Marine

1991 - Southport

1992 - Tranmere Rovers

1993 - Southport

1994 - Marine

1995 - Tranmere Rovers

1996 - Everton

1997 - Liverpool

1998 - Liverpool

1999 - Southport

2000 - Marine

2001 - Burscough

2002 - Liverpool

2003 - Everton

2004 - Liverpool

2005 - Everton

2006 - (competition not finished - no winner)

2007 - Everton

Winners

Everton FC: 45
Liverpool FC: 38
Southport: 10
Tranmere Rovers FC: 8
Marine: 6
Bootle: 3
South Liverpool: 3
New Brighton: 2
Formby: 1
Burscough: 1
Earlstown: 1
Rock Ferry: 1

2005-06 Competition

The final of the Liverpool Senior Cup in 2005-06 was due to take place between Marine and Tranmere Rovers reserves on the 22 July 2006 at Rossett Park. However, the match was postponed,^[1] and ultimately it was announced that the final was cancelled.^[2]

The following teams took part in the competition:

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