Cup Competitions

Cup competitions

There are several cup competitions for clubs at various levels of the football pyramid. The two major cup competitions, the FA Cup and League Cup, where the winners of the competition qualified for the UEFA Europa League.

FA Cup, founded in 1872, is the oldest and most prestigious cup competition in the domestic world. It 'opened about 600 clubs in levels 1-11 Soccer Pyramid.

FA Community Shield is a single game is played every August between the winners of the FA Cup and Premier League champions.

The League Cup (currently known as the Carling Cup) is England's second important Cup is contested by 92 Football League and Premier League clubs.

Football League Trophy is a competition in the clubs and the Football League One Football League Two.

FA Trophy is for clubs playing in levels 5-8 of the football pyramid (steps 1-4 of the National League), ie the twelve divisions of the Football Conference, Football League South The Isthmian League and Northern Premier League [13].

FA Vase is for clubs in levels 9-10 of the football pyramid (steps 5-6 of the National League) [13]

Conference League Cup clubs are level 5-6 divisions, or three and the Football Conference. It 'was founded in 1979.

FA Inter-League Cup (NLS Cup) was formed in 2003-04 to provide a representative to the English Regions' Cup UEFA. It is contested by the sides representing the league at 11 in English football pyramid (level 7 of the National League), which is approximately the county level, with some leagues otherwise permitted by the FA. The first winner of the Cup SNA was the Mid Cheshire League, who beat the Cambridgeshire County League 2-0 in May 2004.

A series of lower divisions have their own cup competitions such as the North West Counties Football League who run a League Cup and the Premier League trophy.

Many football clubs organize their own county cup competitions involving Premier League clubs and Football League and non-league clubs in some counties. Most clubs in the league tend to use the reserve teams or youth, while the non-league clubs to use their first team. Cup Sheffield and Hallamshire County include Senior Cup, which is the third oldest Cup competition in the world surviving, Lancashire Senior Cup is played in the Premier League and clubs in the football league in the history of Lancashire, including Manchester United, Blackburn Rovers, Wigan Athletic, Blackpool, Burnley, Preston North end, reporting and Moreno. Lancashire FA Challenge Trophy for senior non-League clubs in the county. Rovers Everton, Liverpool and Tranmere in Liverpool Cup top using its reserves or youth teams, Merseyside with non-League clubs, as Burscough and Marine.

FA Cup Sunday began in 1964 and is the national knockout competition for all teams of the league on Sunday. Final 2008 was played at Anfield. [14]

The AFA Senior Cup is a football competition organized by the Amateur Football Alliance Amateur teams contested by clubs affiliated to the Alliance.

Although not a FA-affiliated competition, Master Football competition is a contest between former players and former referee refereed by Premier League

There were also several other cup competitions, which are no longer active:

Amateur FA Cup (1893-1974)

Charity Shield Sheriff of London (1898-1907, 1931-1934 and 1965-1966)

Anglo-Italian Cup (1970-1973, 1976-1986 and 1992-1996)

Watney Cup (1970-1973)

Texaco Cup (1971-1975)

Anglo-Scottish Cup (1975-1981)

Super (1985)

Full Members Cup (1985-1992)

Other breeds in the London Senior Cup and the Middlesex Senior Cup.

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