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The
Renfrewshire Cup was first competed for in season 1879-80, when
Thornliebank emerged as winners. At this point there was not actually a
trophy to be presented as no one had thought to get one made!
St.Mirren
first competed in season1880-81, when they made it to the final, but
lost 3-1 to Arthurlie.
The
team for this match was:-
Burgess,
Fisher, Allison, Paterson, Arrol, Muir, Drinnan, Davis, Wallace, Gorman,
Goold.
Goalscorer
was Goold.
Saints
had only to wait until season 1882-83 for their first success in the
competition, when they defeated Thornliebank with this team:-
Drinnan,
Marshall, McPhee, Paterson, Kerr, Wallace, Watt, Fairlie, Imrie,
Johnstone, Brown.
Scorers were: Wallace2, Imrie.
For
the first time this season a trophy was presented to the winning team.
The
first Saints team to lift the Renfrewshire Cup
Back
L-R: W. Craig (Secretary) D. Marshall, J. Kerr, J. Paterson, G. Drinnan,
J. Davies (Umpire)
Front
L-R: J. Imrie, T. Johnstone, D. McPhee, A. Wallace, R. Fairlie, G. Watt,
A. Brown.
Over
the following years many teams fell away from the senior game, and the
by 1920’s, only two senior clubs remained- St.Mirren and Greenock
Morton.
The format for the competition was that Saints and Morton would play the
finalists of the Victoria Cup competition for a place in the final. This
meant that Saints and Morton were, more often than not, competing in the
finals. This is proven by the list of winners with these two well out in
front in terms of number of victories.
The 1990's was not a good period for the competition with first saints
withdrawing for a few years in the early part of the decade and then in
the late 1990's, Morton chairman Hugh Scott took the decision to
withdraw the club from the Renfrewshire FA thus making them ineligible
for the competition. He claimed that this was due to boundary changes,
with Greenock no longer included in Renfrewshire.
Over the following few years St.Mirren competed against the winners of
the Renfrewshire Victoria cup for the Renfrewshire Cup.
In 2003 Morton, under new ownership were re-instated to the Renfrewshire
FA and again competed in the competition.
The two clubs agreed to make the Renfrewshire Cup a pre season match
alternating between Love Street and Cappielow and there has been an
increase in the interest generated by the competition.
At the beginning of season 2006/07 St.Mirren claimed a 2-1 victory at
Cappielow to take the trophy back to Love Street for the first time in
four years.
The current score between the clubs is 51-48 in favour of the men from
Greenock!
The Renfrewshire Cup has a large place in the history of St.Mirren and
will hopefully continue to play a part in the future.
2006-07
Winners
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1
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14/04/1883
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Thornliebank
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3-1
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Wallace2
Imrie
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First
time trophy was presented
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2
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22/03/1884
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Thornliebank
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1-1
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OG
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12/04/1884
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Thornliebank
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2-2
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Paterson
Imrie
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Replay
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26/04/1884
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Thornliebank
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2-2
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Imrie
Brown
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2nd
Replay
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08/05/1884
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Thornliebank
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7-1
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Fairlie2
Brown Gilmour Imrie Watt Johnstone
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3rd
Replay
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3
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24/03/1888
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Abercorn
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2-2
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Brown
Johnstone
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14/04/1888
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Abercorn
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4-1
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Brandon
? ? ?
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Replay
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4
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14/02/1891
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Port
Glasgow Athletic
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4-0
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Douglas
Dunlop McAuley Wylie
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5
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24/02/1894
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Port
Glasgow Athletic
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2-3
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Brown
Brash
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Declared
friendly due to state of pitch
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17/03/1894
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Port
Glasgow Athletic
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5-4
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Bell2
Brown Mullen Wylie
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Replay
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6
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10/04/1897
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Port
Glasgow Athletic
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1-0
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Mullen
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Abandoned
due to crowd invasion
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17/04/1897
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Port
Glasgow Athletic
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1-0
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McBlane
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Replay
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7
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23/04/1898
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Port
Glasgow Athletic
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2-0
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Chalmers
Steel
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8
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30/04/1904
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Morton
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4-0
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Lindsay2
Robertson Smith
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1st
Leg
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07/05/1904
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Morton
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1-1
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Smith
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2nd
Leg
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9
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26/04/1910
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Abercorn
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2-0
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Paton
Miller
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1st
Leg
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30/04/1910
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Abercorn
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1-1
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Cunningham
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2nd
Leg
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10
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15/04/1911
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Johnstone
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3-2
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Milne
McDougall Paton
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1st
Leg
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25/04/1911
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Johnstone
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1-0
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Milne
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2nd
Leg
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11
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28/04/1924
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Arthurlie
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0-1
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1st
Leg
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29/04/1924
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Arthurlie
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1-0
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Mason
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2nd
Leg
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19/08/1924
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