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Football tournament in Manchester, England From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Manchester Premier Cup (also known as the Frank Hannah Manchester Premier Cup) is an annual English football knockout tournament involving teams from Greater Manchester, England. It is a County Cup competition of the Manchester Football Association and involves Non-league football clubs, although at least one Football League club has entered the competition.
Founded | 1934 |
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Region | Greater Manchester |
Number of teams | 15 (2017–18) |
Current champions | Ashton United F.C. |
Most successful club(s) | Ashton United (16 titles) |
Website | MP Cup |
Ashton United F.C. are the current holders.
The Manchester Premier Cup, originally known as the Manchester County FA Shield,[1] was first competed for in the 1934–35 season, when Manchester North End beat Hurst[lower-alpha 1] 5–2, in the final to become the inaugural champions at their Charles Street Ground in Blackley in front of a crowd of 2,400. The gate receipts of £59 were distributed 50% to the FA and 25% to each of the finalists.[citation needed] For the 1955–56 season the name was changed to the Manchester Intermediate Cup and was again changed for the 1979–80 season to the present name.[2]
The competition has been dominated by the teams in the Tameside borough of Manchester who have won the contest 55 times. Central Manchester teams have won it six times, teams from Bury winning four times and Salford and Wigan twice. A team from outside the Greater Manchester borders has only ever won the trophy once.
(R) | Replay |
† | Match was won during extra time |
‡ | Match was won on a penalty shoot-out |
Source (1934–2010 Finals):[2]
Teams shown in italics are no longer in existence.
Club | Wins | First final won | Last final won | Runners-up | Last final lost | Total final appearances |
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Ashton United[lower-alpha 1] | 17 | 1936 | 2024 | 6 | 2011 | 23 |
Droylsden | 13 | 1947 | 2011 | 11 | 2012 | 24 |
Mossley | 11 | 1938 | 2016 | 8 | 2009 | 19 |
Curzon Ashton | 9 | 1972 | 2019 | 6 | 2015 | 15 |
Hyde United[lower-alpha 7] | 8 | 1956 | 2006 | 6 | 2022 | 14 |
Maine Road | 3 | 1976 | 1988 | 2 | 2005 | 5 |
Ashton National | 3 | 1937 | 1945 | 1 | 1936 | 4 |
Goslings | 2 | 1944 | 1948 | 5 | 1950 | 7 |
Stalybridge Celtic | 2 | 1958 | 1969 | 6 | 2017 | 8 |
Salford City[lower-alpha 8] | 2 | 1978 | 1979 | 3 | 2013 | 5 |
Urmston | 2 | 1941 | 1946 | 0 | – | 2 |
Bury | 2 | 1962 | 1964 | 0 | – | 2 |
Glossop North End | 2 | 1997 | 1998 | 0 | – | 2 |
F.C. United of Manchester | 2 | 2017 | 2018 | 0 | – | 2 |
Irlam Town | 1 | 1985 | 1985 | 5 | 1988 | 6 |
Trafford | 1 | 2014 | 2014 | 4 | 2018 | 5 |
Manchester North End | 1 | 1935 | 1935 | 1 | 1938 | 2 |
Avro | 1 | 1942 | 1942 | 2 | 2024 | 3 |
Lancashire Steel | 1 | 1951 | 1951 | 1 | 1952 | 2 |
Little Lever | 1 | 1975 | 1975 | 1 | 1977 | 2 |
Radcliffe Borough | 1 | 2008 | 2008 | 1 | 1998 | 2 |
Army | 1 | 1943 | 1943 | 0 | – | 1 |
Oldham Athletic | 1 | 1956 | 1956 | 0 | – | 1 |
Dukinfield Town | 1 | 1971 | 1971 | 0 | – | 1 |
Flixton | 0 | – | – | 4 | 2007 | 4 |
Northern Nomads | 0 | – | – | 2 | 1962 | 2 |
New Mills | 0 | – | – | 2 | 1974 | 2 |
Chadderton | 0 | – | – | 2 | 1983 | 2 |
Ferguson Pailin | 0 | – | – | 1 | 1941 | 1 |
Ferranti[lower-alpha 2] | 0 | – | – | 1 | 1944 | 1 |
Prestwich Heys | 0 | – | – | 1 | 1967 | 1 |
Abbey Hey[lower-alpha 9] | 0 | – | – | 1 | 1976 | 1 |
Massey Ferguson | 0 | – | – | 1 | 1978 | 1 |
Ashton Town | 0 | – | – | 1 | 1981 | 1 |
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