Gloucestershire Cup

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The Gloucesteshire Cup was a football competition held on 99 occasions from the 1887-88 season until 1996.

It was originally a knockout tournament open to teams in Gloucestershire, but from 1907-08 became an annual match between the first teams of Bristol Rovers and Bristol City.

Contents 1 Creation 2 Cup winners 2.1 Knockout tournament 2.2 Bristol City v Bristol Rovers matches 3 References

[edit] Creation

The Gloucestershire cup was created by Charles Lacy-Sweet from Clifton Association F.C. after a meeting in September 1887. Present at the meeting were representatives from Clifton Association, Eastville Rovers (later to become Bristol Rovers), Globe (a team made up of Old Elizabethans), Southville, and church teams St Agnes, St George and St Simon.

[edit] Cup winners

[edit] Knockout tournament

Final #	Date	Winner	Score	Runner-up	Goalscorers
1	1888
2	1889-04-06	Eastville Rovers	1-0	Warmley	Walter Perrin
3	1890
4	1891
5	1892
6	1893
7	1894-03-31	St George	3-1	Eastville Rovers
8	1895
9	1896-04-06	Warmley	1-0	Eastville Rovers	Bill Bowler
10	1897	Warmley
11	1898	Bristol City		Warmley
12	1899-04-03	Bristol City	2-1	Bristol Rovers
13	1900
14	1901-04-29	Bristol City	4-0	Bristol Rovers

[edit] Bristol City v Bristol Rovers matches

Final #	Date	Winner	Score	Scorers	Notes
90	1987-12-02	Bristol City	2-1		Held over from 1986/7
91	1988-03-15	Bristol City	3-1
92	1988-08-17	Bristol Rovers	3-0	Mehew, White
93	1989-08-08	Bristol Rovers	2-1
94	1990-08-15	Bristol City	4-1
95	1991-08-17	Bristol City	3-2	Purnell, Mehew (Rovers)
96	1992-08-05	Bristol Rovers	2-1	Cole (City), Mehew, Stewart (Rovers)
97	1993-08-05	Bristol Rovers	1-1	Clark (Rovers), Bryant (City)	Rovers won 5-3 on penalties
98	1994-08-03	Bristol Rovers	0-0		Rovers won 11-10 on penalties
99	1996-08-17	Bristol City	1-0	Goater

[edit] References

• Byrne, Stephen; Jay, Mike (2003). Bristol Rovers Football Club - The Definitive History 1883-2003. Stroud: Tempus. ISBN 0-7524-2717-2.