Leicestershire and Rutland Senior Cup

Leicestershire & Rutland County Senior Cup
Founded	1887
Region	Leicestershire
Current champions	Heather St John's
Most successful club(s)	Leicester City (19 titles)

The Senior Cup is the county cup for the Leicestershire and Rutland County Football Association (LRCFA). Entry to the competition is selected by the Competitions Committee of LRCFA and usually consists of Step 6 and 7 teams of the National League System. The current holders are Heather St John's who won the 2018-19 competition.

History

The LRCFA covers the ceremonial counties of Leicestershire and Rutland. The Senior Cup was founded in 1887 and was first won by Sheepshed FC, who defeated Mill Hill House by eight goals to nil in a replay. The first competition consisted of five rounds in total, including the final and was contested by seventeen clubs. Leicester City Reserves have appeared in a record thirty one finals, winning on twenty three occasions[1][2]

Winners

Clubs shown in bold indicate their last win.

Season	Winners	Runners Up
1887–88	Sheepshed	Mill Hill House
1888–89	Loughborough Town	Mill Hill House
1889–90	Leicester Fosse	Coalville Town
1890–91	Leicester Fosse	Gresley Rovers
1891–92	Hugglescote Robin Hoods	Leicester Fosse Rovers
1892–93	Loughborough Athletic	Coalville Town
1893–94	Loughborough Athletic	Shepshed Town
1894–95	Leicester Fosse Rovers	Loughborough Athletic
1895–96	Leicester Fosse Rovers	Hugglescote Robin Hoods
1896–97	Coalville Albion	Hinckley Town
1897–98	Coalville Albion	Coalville Town
1898–99	Gresley Rovers	Swadlincote Town
1899–00	Hinckley Town	Gresley Rovers
1900–01	Hinckley Town	Leicester Fosse Reserves
1901–02	Whitwick White Cross	Hinckley Town Reserves
1902–03	Whitwick White Cross	Leicester Fosse Reserves
1903–04	Barrow Rising Star	Coalville Town
1904–05	Sth Wigston Albion	Leicester Fosse Reserves
1905–06	Leicester Imps	Market Harborough Town
1906–07	Coalville Town	Leicester Fosse Reserves
1907–08	Leicester Fosse Reserves	Loughborough Corinthians
1908–09	Leicester Fosse Reserves	Hinckley United
1909–10	Hinckley United	Market Harborough Town
1910–11	Leicester Imps	Hinckley United
1911–12	Leicester Fosse Reserves	Hinckley United
1912–13	Coalville Town	Quorn Havelock
1913–14	Leicester Fosse Reserves	Holwell Works
1914–15	no competition
1915–16	no competition
1916–17	no competition
1917–18	no competition
1918–19	no competition
1919–20	Leicester City Reserves	Moira United
1920–21	Leicester City Reserves	Loughborough Corinthians
1921–22	Loughborough Corinthians	Whitwick Imps
1922–23	Loughborough Corinthians	Whitwick Imps
1923–24	Leicester City Reserves	Barwell United
1924–25	Leicester City Reserves	Barwell United
1925–26	Leicester City Reserves	Moira United
1926–27	Leicester City Reserves	Hinckley United
1927–28	Loughborough Corinthians	Leicester City Reserves
1928–29	Loughborough Corinthians	Market Harborough Town
1929–30	Leicester City Reserves	Market Harborough Town
1930–31	Leicester City Reserves	Loughborough Corinthians
1931–32	Leicester City Reserves	Market Harborough Town
1932–33	Leicester City Reserves	Loughborough Corinthians
1933–34	Loughborough Corinthians	Leicester City Reserves
1934–35	Leicester City Reserves	Hinckley United
1935–36	Leicester City Reserves	Leicestershire Nomads
1936–37	Leicester City Reserves	Leicestershire Nomads
1937–38	Leicester City Reserves	Leicestershire Nomads
1938–39	Leicester City Reserves	Ibstock Penistone Rovers
1939–40	Quorn Methodists	Leicester City Colts
1940–41	Brush Sports	Ibstock Penistone Rovers
1941–42	Brush Sports	Leicester City Colts
1942–43	COD Old Dalby	Leicester City Colts
1943–44	COD Old Dalby	Leicester City Colts
1944–45	Pegsons	COD Old Dalby
1945–46	Leicester City Reserves	Coalville Town
1946–47	Brush Sports	Leicester City Reserves
1947–48	Brush Sports	Whitwick Colliery
1948–49	Brush Sports	Measham Imps
1949–50	Leicester City Reserves	Brush Sports
1950–51	Ibstock Penistone Rovers	Coalville Town
1951–52	Quorn Methodists	Ibstock Penistone Rovers
1952–53	Moira United	Quorn
1953–54	Quorn	Loughborough Coll
1954–55	Holwell Works	Leicester City 'A'
1955–56	Measham Imps	Burton Albion Reserves
1956–57	Holwell Works	Whitwick Colliery Reserves
1957–58	Holwell Works	Loughborough Coll
1958–59	Morris Sports	Loughborough Coll
1959–60	Morris Sports	Donisthorpe Colliery MW

Season	Winners	Runners Up
1960–61	Morris Sports	Burgess Products
1961–62	Enderby Town	Sileby Town
1962–63	Oadby Town	Newfoundpool WMC
1963–64	Oadby Town	Enderby Town
1964–65	Enderby Town	Bentley Eng
1965–66	Measham Social	Loughborough United Reserves
1966–67	Enderby Town	Newfoundpool WMC
1967–68	Wigston Fields	Loughborough Coll
1968–69	Newfoundpool WMC	Melton OGs
1969–70	Stapenhill	Enderby Town
1970–71	Enderby Town	Ibstock Penistone Rovers
1971–72	Enderby Town	Anstey Nomads
1972–73	Earl Shilton Albion	Friar Lane OB
1973–74	Friar Lane OB	Earl Shilton Albion
1975–76	Oadby Town	Anstey Nomads
1976–77	Oadby Town	Friar Lane OB
1977–78	Shepshed Charterhouse	Wigston Fields
1978–79	Enderby Town	Shepshed Charterhouse
1979–80	Shepshed Charterhouse	Enderby Town
1980–81	Oadby Town	Earl Shilton Albion
1981–82	Shepshed Charterhouse	Rolls Royce Mountsorrel
1982–83	Hinckley Athletic	Birstall United
1983–84	Shepshed Charterhouse	Hinckley Athletic
1984–85	Shepshed Charterhouse	Holwell Works
1985–86	Wigston Town	Narborough
1986–87	Stapenhill	Holwell Works
1987–88	Shepshed Charterhouse	Hinckley Town
1988–89	Hinckley Town	Melton Town
1989–90	Lutterworth Town	Highfield Rangers
1990–91	Hinckley Town	Newfoundpool WMC
1991–92	Friar Lane OB	Lutterworth Town
1992–93	Friar Lane OB	Birstall United
1993–94	Ibstock Welfare	St. Andrews SC
1994–95	Anstey Nomads	Holwell Sports
1995–96	Birstall United	Oadby Town
1996–97	Barwell	Friar Lane OB
1997–98	Birstall United	Ibstock Welfare
1998–99	Birstall United	Oadby Town
1999–00	Coalville Town	Holwell Sports
2000–01	St. Andrews SC	Friar Lane OB
2001–02	Thurnby Rangers	Coalville Town
2002–03	Loughborough Dynamo	Barrow Town
2003–04	Loughborough Dynamo	Downes Sports
2004–05	Friar Lane & Epworth	Kirby Muxloe
2005–06	Thurnby Rangers	Friar Lane & Epworth
2006–07	Kirby Muxloe	Ibstock United
2007–08	Blaby & Whetstone Athletic	Anstey Town
2008–09	Quorn Reserves	Leicestershire Constabulary
2009–10	Heather St. John's	Thurmaston Town F.C.
2010–11	Heather St. John's	Thurnby Nirvana F.C.
2011–12	Ibstock United	Ashby Ivanhoe
2012–13	Aylestone Park	Ashby Ivanhoe
2013–14	St Andrews	Quorn Reserves
2014–15	Bardon Hill	Hinckley AFC
2015–16	Hinckley AFC	Oakham United
2016-17	Leicester Road	Holwell Sports
2017-18	NFK Burbage	Heather St John's
2018-19	Heather St John's	Melton Town

Finals

23 April 2007

Kirby Muxloe F.C.	3 - 2 (a.e.t.)	Ibstock United F.C.

Kirby Muxloe Sports & Village, Kirby Muxloe

6 May 2008

Anstey Town F.C.	0 - 2 (a.e.t.)	Blaby & Whetstone Athletic F.C.

LRCAHQ

5 May 2009

19:00 BST

Leicestershire Constabulary F.C.	0 - 1 (a.e.t.)	Quorn F.C. Reserves

= Bosworth Community College, Desford

Referee: Shaun Garner

21 May 2010

19:45 BST

Thurmaston Town F.C.	1 - 2	Heather St. John's F.C.

Elizabeth Park, Thurmaston

Referee: Richard Robertson

3 May 2011

19:00 BST

Thurnby Nirvana F.C.	1 - 4	Heather St. John's F.C.

Dakyn Road, Thurnby Lodge

Referee: Michael Scriven

29 May 2012

19:00 BST

Ibstock United F.C.	3 - 1	Ashby Ivanhoe F.C.
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