Devon Senior Cup

Devon County FA Senior Cup
Region	Devon
Current champions	University of Exeter
Most successful club(s)	Plymouth Argyle Reserves (5)
Website	Devon F.A. Cup Competitions

The Devon Senior Cup is the third tier county cup in the county of Devon. It is administered by the Devon County Football Association.^[1] It is open to all teams affiliated to the County FA.

History edit

Originally the county cup competition for the Devon County F.A., it has been superseded in importance by the Premier Cup and St Luke's Challenge Cup. The St Luke's Challenge Cup is open to affiliated teams of the Football League and steps 1-6 Leagues affiliated to Devon County F.A. Clubs may enter one team per cup competition only. The Premier and Senior Cup competitions are open to all affiliated teams of the Devon County F.A.^[2]

List of finals edit

19th century edit

Season	Winners	Score	Runners Up
1890	TAVISTOCK	1-0	Plymouth Town
1891	ST JAMES-THE-LESS	2-1	Plymouth United
1892	PLYMOUTH	-	Unknown
1893	7th CO W.D ROYAL ARTILLERY	-	Unknown
1894	7th CO W.D ROYAL ARTILLERY	3-1	2nd Battalion Devonshire Regiment

Season	Winners	Score	Runners Up
1895	2nd DEVON REGIMENT	2-1	Somerset Light Infantry
1896	1ST BATT WELSH REGIMENT	-	Royal Berkshire
1897	2ND BATT KINGS OWN LANCASTER REG	3-1	Gloucester Regiment
1898	15TH CO.W.D ROYAL ARTILLERY	2-1	Exeter United
1899	1ST BATT WELSH REGIMENT	2-1	Argyle

20th century pre-war edit

Season	Winners	Score	Runners Up
1900	TORPOINT DEFIANCE	1-0	Argyle
1901	DEVONPORT ROYAL ARTILLERY	2-1	Tavistock
1902	GREEN WAVES	3-0	Argyle
1903	ARGYLE	5-1	Tavistock
1904	LAIRA	2-0	1st Royal North Lancaster Regt
1905	GREEN WAVES	2-0	Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry
1906	PLYMOUTH ARGYLE RES	8-1	Oreston Rovers
1907	PLYMOUTH ARGYLE RES	1-0	Royal Marines

Season	Winners	Score	Runners Up
1908	PLYMOUTH ARGYLE RES	2-1	3rd Rifles Brigade
1909	ROYAL	3-2	Plymouth Argule Res
1910	1ST BATT STH STAFFS REGT	2-1	Royal Garrison Artillery
1911	TORQUAY TOWN	2-0	Royal Garrison Artillery
1912	PLYMOUTH ARGYLE RES	3-0	Torquay Town
1913	PLYMOUTH ARGYLE RES	2-1	Exeter City Res
1914	MILLBROOK RANGERS	1-0	Plymouth Argyle Res

20th century inter-war edit

Season	Winners	Score	Runners Up
1920	N0.3 DEPOT ROYAL GARRISON	2-1	Plymouth Argyle Res
1921	GREEN WAVES	2-0	Oreston Rovers
1922	TORQUAY UNITED	1-0	Oreston Rovers
1923	PLYMOUTH ST THOMAS	2-0	Torquay United Res
1924	ORESTON ROVERS	1-0	Millbrook Rangers
1925	ORESTON ROVERS	4-1	Friernhay
1926	FRIERNHAY	2-1	Royal Naval Barracks Devonport
1927	ROYAL NAVY BARRACKS	3-1	Tavistock
1928	DARTMOUTH UNITED	3-2	2nd Hampshjre Regt
1929	CIVIL SERVICE PLYMOUTH	1-0	Ilfracombe Town

Season	Winners	Score	Runners Up
1930	GREEN WAVES	2-0	Ilfracombe Town
1931	ROYAL MARINES	4-1	Dartmouth United
1932	ROYAL NAVY BARRACKS	5-2	Devon General Exeter
1933	DEVON GENERAL EXETER	2-1	Dartmouth United
1934	ROYAL NAVY BARRACKS	5-1	Ilfracombe Town
1935	FRIERNHAY	1-0	Bideford United
1936	FRIERNHAY	2-0	Plymouth Civil Service
1937	PLYMOUTH & STONEHOUSE GAS	3-0	Bideford United
1938	ROYAL NAVAL TOPEDOS	2-1	Friernhay
1939	PLYMOUTH & STONEHOUSE GAS	4-0	Dartmouth United
1940	PLYMOUTH & STONEHOUSE GAS	2-1	Ilfracombe Town

20th century post-war edit

After 1970 the introduction of the Devon F.A. Premier Cup and the initial restriction to senior teams (i.e. no reserves initially), meant that those clubs higher up the English League pyramid no longer entered.^[3]

Season	Winners	Score	Runners Up
1946	PLYMOUTH UNITED	-¹	ROYAL MARINES
1947	TORQUAY UNITED RES	2-1	Royal Naval Barracks Devonport
1948	HEAVITREE UNITED	3-1	Newton Abbot Spurs
1949	DARTMOUTH UNITED	3-1	Barnstaple Town
1950	NEWTON ABBOT SPURS	2-0	Tamerton
1951	EXMOUTH TOWN	1-1 aet¹	NEWTON ABBOT SPURS
1952	CLYST VALLEY	4-2	Callington
1953	ROYAL NAVAL BARRACKS	3-2	Dartmouth United
1954	HOLSWORTHY	3-2	Dartmouth United
1955	DARTMOUTH UNITED	5-1	Friernhay
1956	TIVERTON TOWN	3-2 aet	Tavistock
1957	CHELSTON	2-2 aet¹	PLYMOUTH UNITED
1958	DAWLISH TOWN	4-3	Dartmouth United
1959	BRIXHAM UNITED	5-1	Tiverton Town
1960	TORQUAY UNITED A	7-2	Ottery St Mary
1961	HEAVITREE UNITED	3-0	Plymouth United
1962	BRIXHAM UNITED	1-0	Cullompton Rangers
1963	WOODLANDS	3-0	Newton Abbot Spurs

Season	Winners	Score	Runners Up
1964	TORQUAY UNITED A	2-1	Dawlish Town
1965	PORTALS ATHLETIC	4-0	Kingsteignton
1966	TIVERTON TOWN	2-2 aet¹	UPTON ATHLETIC
1967	ST LUKES COLLEGE	4-3	Dawlish Town
1968	DAWLISH TOWN	3-1	Holsworthy
1969	TAVISTOCK	4-3	Holsworthy aet
1970	PLYMOUTH CITY	1-0	Galmpton United
1971	HORRABRIDGE UNITED	2-0	Millbridge
1972	DOLPHIN UNITED	3-2 aet	Galmpton United
1973	BROWN & SHARPE	4-0	Bideford
1974	FAWN UNITED (Plymouth)	5-2	Seaton Town
1975	NEWTON ST CYRES	6-0	BRSA Nomads (Plymouth)
1976	BULL POINT	3-1	Crownhill RBL
1977	ELMORE	2-1	Bideford AAC
1978	TAVISTOCK UNITED	5-1	Topsham Town
1979	SAMS UNITED	4-2	Dept of Environment
1980	BIDEFORD CENTRE	2-1	Fawn United

Season	Winners	Score	Runners Up
1981	CLYST VALLEY	6-1	Ipplepen Athletic
1982	TAVISTOCK	2-1	Windsor United
1983	WESTON MILL OAK VILLA RES	5-1	Greenbank
1984	EXETER ARMS	2-1	Appledore BAAC
1985	CHELSTON	3-1	City Engineers
1986	WILLAND ROVERS	1-0	Liverton United
1987	VARLEY TROPHIES	2-1	Offwell Rangers
1988	OTTERY ST MARY	5-1	Elmore Res
1989	EXETER CIVIL SERVICE	1-0	Plymstock
1990	BUCKFASTLEIGH	3-0	Ambrosia
1991	NEWTON ABBOT SPURS	2-0	Newton Abbot
1992	ST MARTINS	1-0	Falstaff Wanderers
1993	BARNSTAPLE TOWN	2-0	Vospers Oak Villa
1994	CHERITON FITZPANE	3-1	Barnstaple Town
1995	WATTS BLAKE BEARNE	3-2	Newton Abbot 66
1996	HOOE ST JOHN	2-1	Watts Blake Bearne
1997	BUDLEIGH SALTERTON	6-2	Watts Blake Bearne
1998	COMBINED 89	5-1	Hatherleigh Town
1999	THORVERTON	2-1	Elmore Town

Note 1 - Cup was shared.

21st century edit

Season	Winners	Score	Runners Up
2000	NEWTON ABBOT	2-1	Barnstaple Inn
2001	BIDEFORD	6-1	Compton
2002	BARNSTAPLE AAC	2-2	Princess Willand Rovers aet
2003	BUCKLAND ATHLETIC RES	3-0	Yachts International

Season	Winners	Score	Runners Up
2004	HEAVITREE HARRIERS	3-3	Morley Cars aet
2005	KENTISBEARE	3-2	Newton Abbot Bere
2006	UPTON ATHLETIC RES	1-0	Alston
2007	COMBE MARTIN	3-1	Lamerton

Recent finals edit

15 April 2008

19:30 BST

Willand Rovers F.C. (Reserves)	2 - 0 (a.e.t.)	Broadclyst F.C. (1st)
	^[4]

Silver Street, Willand

Referee: David Loder

29 April 2009

19:30 BST

Lifton F.C. (1st)	0 - 1	Buckland Athletic F.C. (Reserves)
	^[5]

Lifton Recreation Field, Leat Road, Lifton

Referee: James Taylor

29 April 2010

19:15 BST

Elburton Villa F.C. (Reserves)	2 - 4 (a.e.t.)	Buckland Athletic F.C. (Reserves)
	^[6]

Coach Road, Newton Abbot

Referee: John Blakesley

10 May 2011

19:00 BST

Loddiswell Athletic F.C. (1st)	3 - 2	Barnstaple Town F.C. (Reserves)
Alan Maher 13' Lee Hammett 38' Myles Chalcraft 40'	^[7]^[8]	Yeo 40' Watson 89'

Coach Road, Newton Abbot

Referee: Adrian Bond

3 May 2012

19:00 BST

Bow Amateur Athletic Club F.C. (1st)	1 - 0	Lee Moor F.C. (1st)
	^[9]

Coach Road, Newton Abbot

Referee: Kevin Gidley

2 May 2013

19:00 BST

Windmill FC (First)	0 - 3	Tiverton Town FC (Reserves)
	^[10]^[11]	Jake Searle Andrew Murphy Jesse Howe

Coach Road, Newton Abbot

Referee: Oliver Green

23 May 2014

19:00 BST

Dartmouth	4 - 2	Exwick Villa

Coach Road, Newton Abbot

Referee: Nigel Cockwill

30 April 2015

19:00 BST

Exwick Villa	4 - 2	Lapford

Coach Road, Newton Abbot

Referee: Lee Johnson

28 April 2016

19:15 BST

Lapford	2 - 4	University of Exeter

Coach Road, Newton Abbot

Referee: Martin Lewis

20 April 2017

19:15 BST

Roselands	0 - 3	Cronies
	[1]	Fanson 52', 57' Lawrence 60'

Coach Road, Newton Abbot

2018

Colyton	0 - 2	Sidmouth Town Res
	[2]	Bodor 32' Hughes

Coach Road, Newton Abbot

Referee: Timothy Platt

18 Apr 2019

19:15 BST

Kentisbeare	2 - 2 (a.e.t.)	The Windmill
Searle 55' Hawkins 84'	[3]	Bignell 66' Presland 90'
Penalties
	2-4

Coach Road, Newton Abbot

References edit

^ Devon County FA Cup Competitions
^ Devon County Football Association Handbook 2016/2017. Devon County Football Association Limited. 15 September 2016.
^ "Devon & Exeter Leagues Cup History". Retrieved 11 March 2017.
^ 2008 Final
^ 2009 Final
^ 2010 Final
^ 2011 Final
^ Herald Express 2011 Devon Senior Cup Final
^ 2012 Final
^ 2013 Final
^ Tiverton Town FC Reserves Archives 2013 Final

[1] Devon County FA Cup Competitions

[2] Devon County Football Association Handbook 2016/2017. Devon County Football Association Limited. 15 September 2016.

[3] "Devon & Exeter Leagues Cup History". Retrieved 11 March 2017.

[4] 2008 Final

[5] 2009 Final

[6] 2010 Final

[7] 2011 Final

[8] Herald Express 2011 Devon Senior Cup Final

[9] 2012 Final

[10] 2013 Final

[11] Tiverton Town FC Reserves Archives 2013 Final

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