ORIGINAL OLD SHEFFIELD & DISTRICT FOOTBALL TROPHIES Can you help locate the missing twelve trophies?

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List compiled by Chris Eyre S&HCFA Historian

COMPETITIONS UP TO 1899

1867     Youdan Cup –Owned by Hallam FC (England’s Oldest Association Football Cup)

1868     Cromwell Cup – Owned by Sheffield Wednesday (England’s second Oldest Association Football Cup)

1878     S&HCFA Senior Cup – Still played for- Cup at S&HCFA (England’s = fourth Oldest Association Football Cup) (Pictured)

1878     Hallamshire (New) FA – Cup at S&HCFA (England’s = fifth Oldest Association Football Cup)

1878     Wharncliffe Cup – Cup at S&HCFA (England’s = sixth Oldest Association Football Cup)

1882     Sheffield FA Minor Cup – SHOF

1883     Carbrook Challenge Cup – MISSING

1886     Sheffield Mayors Relief Fund Cup -Cup at Weston Park Museum

1887     Sheffield Sunday school Union – Shield- Owned by C EYRE – to be donated to SHOF

1889     Sheffield & District League – Shield -Last seen at Wath Squash Club- MISSING?

1889     Clegg Shield – Still played for -Owned by Sheffield Schools

1889     Rotherham Charity Cup – Still played for – kept in Clifton Museum

1889     Clifton Cup (Rotherham) Cup at Weston Park Museum

1890     Rotherham Charity Shield – Still played for – Kept in Clifton Museum

1891     Hallamshire Football league – MISSING

1891     Barnsley Gaunt Cup – 1894 Minor Lge – Cup in Barnsley Museum

1891     Barnsley Challenge Cup – Cup in Barnsley Museum

1892     Sheffield & District Minor League –Shield- MISSING

1892     The Sheffield & District Alliance Competition – Used Hatchard Cup – Cup now at S&HCFA

1892     Sheffield Thursday League MISSING

1892     South Yorkshire Lge – MISSING

1892     Harvey Cup (Barnsley) became Barnsley Junior Lge 1904 – Cup in Barnsley Museum

1893     Sheffield & District Combination Lge MISSING

1893     Sheffield Shop Assistants Lge (SSAA) MISSING

1893     Lewis Cup (Now Wragg Lge) – Owned by C EYRE S&HCFA Historian

1894     Attercliffe & District Lge – MISSING

1894     Wednesday Shield – Owned by Sheffield Schools

1895     The Hatchard Cup Competition – Cup now at S&HCFA

1895     Doncaster Junior Lge – Cup at Doncaster Rovers

1895     Sheffield Junior Lge –Used old Hallamshire FA Cup until 1904 – New Cup in 1913 at S&HCFA

1985     Sheffield New Lge – one season so may not have had cup -MISSING

1896     Mexborough Montagu Hospital Cup – still being played for

1896     Sheffield Association Alliance – May have used minor cup

1896     Sheffield Association Lge – now County Senior – Various Cups – at S&HCFA

1897     S&H Thursday Lge MISSING

1898     Barnsley Beckett Hospital Cup – Cup in Barnsley Museum

OTHER COMPETITION 1900 ONWARDS – CUPS WHERABOUTS KNOWN

1902     Aston-Cum Aughton Charity Cup – At Bill Laynes Room Aughton

1902     Sheffield Free Church Lge – Now used by Sheffield Fair Play Lge

1904     Sheffield Amateur Lge – Cup at S&HCFA

1904     Sheffield FA Minor Lge – re used Minor Cup – SHOF

1905     Woodhouse hospital cup – MISSING

1905     Sheffield Licenced Victuallers Cup – Sold at auction a few years ago

1906     Barnsley & District Sunday School Shield – Owned by C EYRE S&HCFA Historian

1909     S&H Junior Cup – Still played for – Cup at S&H CFA

1909     Barnsley Association Lge – Used Gaunt Cup – Cup in Barnsley Museum

If you can help help track down any of these missing trophies please contact this website by email or ring 01202 259155