 Flag of Gloucestershire | |
| Organising body | Gloucestershire County FA |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1887 |
| Abolished | 1996 |
| Region | Gloucestershire |
| Number of teams | various |
| Related competitions | Gloucestershire Senior Cup |
| Last champions | Bristol City (54th title) |
| Most successful club(s) | Bristol City (54 titles) |
Gloucestershire Cup was the informal name of an association football competition held under the auspices of the Gloucestershire County Football Association on 99 occasions from 1887 to 1996. The full name of the competition changed over time: originally the Gloucestershire Football Association Challenge Cup, the introduction of a Junior tournament two years later led to it being renamed the Gloucestershire Football Association Senior Challenge Cup in 1889,[1] then after the advent of professionalism in football it became the Gloucestershire Senior Professional Cup.
It was originally a knockout tournament open to teams in Gloucestershire, but from 1907–08 became an annual match between the first teams of Bristol Rovers and Bristol City.[2]
- ^ "Athletics". Bristol Mercury. 5 March 1889. Retrieved 6 November 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ 'The Robins through the years by David M. Woods in the Bristol City v Bristol Rovers Match Programme 9 September 1985 page 30 https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=sites&srcid=ZGVmYXVsdGRvbWFpbnx0aGVnbG91Y2VzdGVyY3VwfGd4OjE0NTA2ZGQxYjM3YjQyNjc&pli=1