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Paisley Charity Cup

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The Paisley Charity Cup was first competed for in 1882-83, when St.Mirren reached the final only to lose 0-6 to Paisley Athletic. It was not until 1887 that Saints first got their name on the trophy, when they defeated Thornliebank 5-1 at Westmarch on the 28th May. The victorious team was:-
Cameron, Maxwell, McHardie, Hutchison, Cheyne, Graham, Harper, Fairlie, Morton, Bain, Brown.
Fairlie and Morton both scored two goals.
Saints had several more successes during the following years; one of the most pleasing was a 10-0 thrashing of rivals Abercorn in 1894. By the turn of the century, St.Mirren and Abercorn were the only senior clubs remaining in  the town, so Arthurlie and Johnstone were invited to compete in the competition. With the demise of Abercorn in 1920, it was decided that the competition should be played as a one off match between Saints and invited opposition. Over the years teams such as Third Lanark, Clyde, Partick Thistle, Morton, Kilmarnock and East Fife along with English teams like Manchester City, Leicester City, Barnsley and Preston North End have provided the opposition. Saints have won the trophy outright on 39 occasions and have drawn on a further six.
The final year of competition was in 1967 and the trophy now resides in the Love Street Boardroom.
St.Mirren’s winning seasons.  

SeasonOppositionVenueScoreScorers
28/05/1887 Thornliebank Westmarch 5-1 Morton2 Fairlie2
1889-90 Abercorn Underwood Park 5-4 ?
1890-91 Dykebar ?6-0 ?
1892-93 Arthurlie ?4-1 ?
1893-94 Abercorn Westmarch 10-0 Mullen3
1895-96 ????
1906-07 Abercorn Love Street 4-1 ?
1909-10+ Arthurlie ?2-0 ?
1910-11+ St.Mirren 2nd Five ?1-0 ?
1911-12 Johnstone Love Street 1-0 ?
1913-14 ????
1915-16 ????
1916-17 ????
1917-18 Abercorn Love Street 3-0 Logan3
1918-19 ????
15/05/1920 Abercorn Love Street 2-0 ?
1920-21 ????
1921-22 ????
1922-23 ????
1923-24 ????
1924-25 ????
1925-26 ????
1926-27 Queens Park Hampden 5-0 ?
1927-28 ????
1928-29 Third Lanark Love Street 6-1 ?
1930-31 ????
1931-32 East Stirlingshire Love Street 2-1 ?
1934-35 ????
1937-38 Partick Thistle* ???
28/05/1945 Clyde Love Street 2-0 ?
1946-47 Airdrie Love Street 7-1 Reid3
1947-48 East Fife Love Street 2-1 Burrell2
1948-49 Queens Park Love Street 3-1 Crowe, Reid, Blyth
05/05/1951 Carlisle Love Street 5-2 Stewart2 Telfer Johnstone Rice
10/05/1952 Grimsby Town Love Street 4-3 Gemmell Williamson Cunningham OG
1953-54 Kilmarnock Love Street 4-0 Gemmell2 McGrory McGugan
1954-55 Kilmarnock* Love Street1-1 Archibald
1956-57 Falkirk Love Street 2-0 Bryceland Devine
10/05/1958 Brentford Love Street 4-1 Bryceland Gemmell Miller Wilson
01/08/1959Manchester City Love Street 3-0 Rodger2 Bryceland
1961-62 Leicester City Love Street 3-1 Kerrigan Clunie Bryceland
1962-63 Norwich City* Love Street 1-1 McLean
1964-65 Norwich City* Love Street 0-0 ?
1966-67 Ipswich Town* Love Street 3-3 Treacey2 Pinkerton
1967-68 Preston North End* Love Street 1-1 Brodie





+ -Tournament played as a five a-side competition

* - Trophy shared.
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