Montgomeryshire Challenge Cup
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Annual football tournament in Wales
Football tournament
| Founded | 1906 |
|---|---|
| Current champions | Caersws |
| Most championships | Caersws (31 times) |
 2024–25 | |
The Montgomeryshire Challenge Cup is a football knockout tournament involving teams from Mid Wales. The competition was established for the 1906–07 season. Caersws are the most successful club in the competition's history.
1900s
- 1906–07: – Royal Welsh Warehouse[1]
- 1907–08: – Royal Welsh Warehouse[1][2]
- 1908–09: – Montgomery Town[3]
- 1909–10: – Llanidloes Town[4][5]
1910s
- 1910–11: – Llanfyllin Town
- 1911–12: – Llanfyllin Town
- 1912–13: – Llanidloes Town
- 1913–14: – Royal Welsh Warehouse[1]
- 1914–15: – No competition - World War One
- 1915–16: – No competition - World War One
- 1916–17: – No competition - World War One
- 1917–18: – No competition - World War One
- 1918–19: – No competition - World War One
- 1919–20: – Llanidloes Town
1920s
- 1920–21: – Llanidloes Town
- 1921–22: – Llanidloes Town
- 1922–23: – Newtown
- 1923–24: – Llanfyllin Town
- 1924–25: – Llanidloes Town
- 1925–26: – Llanymynech[6]
- 1926–27: – Llanymynech[6]
- 1927–28: – Llanidloes Town[4]
- 1928–29: – Llanidloes Town[4]
- 1929–30: – Llanidloes Town[4]
1930s
- 1930–31: – Llanidloes Town[4]
- 1931–32: – Llanidloes Town[4]
- 1932–33: – Llanidloes Town[4]
- 1933–34: – Llanidloes Town[4]
- 1934–35: – Llanidloes Town[4]
- 1935–36: – Llanymynech[6]
- 1936–37: – Newtown[7]
- 1937–38: – Machynlleth[8]
- 1938–39: – Llanidloes Town
- 1939–40: – No competition - World War Two
1940s
- 1940–41: – No competition - World War Two
- 1941–42: – No competition - World War Two
- 1942–43: – No competition - World War Two
- 1943–44: – No competition - World War Two
- 1944–45: – No competition - World War Two
- 1945–46: – Llanymynech Rovers[6]
- 1946–47: – Llanidloes Town
- 1947–48: – Newtown
- 1948–49: – Llanidloes Town
- 1949–50: – Newtown
1950s
1960s
- 1960–61: – Llanymynech Rovers[6]
- 1961–62: – Llanidloes Town[4]
- 1962–63: – Caersws
- 1963–64: – Llanymynech Rovers
- 1964–65: – Llanidloes Town
- 1965–66: – Newtown
- 1966–67: – Newtown
- 1967–68: – Newtown
- 1968–69: – Newtown
- 1969–70: – Caersws
1970s
- 1970–71: – Caersws
- 1971–72: – Caersws
- 1972–73: – Llanidloes Town
- 1973–74: – Llanfechain
- 1974–75: – Caersws
- 1975–76: – Llanidloes Town
- 1976–77: – Caersws
- 1977–78: – Caersws
- 1978–79: – Newtown
- 1979–80: – Llanidloes Town
1980s
1990s
2000s
2010s
- 2010–11: – Montgomery Town
- 2011–12: – Montgomery Town[14]
- 2012–13: – Four Crosses[15]
- 2013–14: – Carno[11]
- 2014–15: – Llanfair United[16]
- 2015–16: – Llanfair United[16]
- 2016–17: – Llanfair United[16]
- 2017–18: – Four Crosses[17]
- 2018–19: – Llanrhaeadr[18]
- 2019–20: – Competition abandoned due to Coronavirus pandemic
2020s
- 2020–21: – No competition - Covid-19 pandemic
- 2021–22: – Llanidloes Town[19]
- 2022–23: – Llanidloes Town[20][21]
- 2023–24: – Llanidloes Town[22]
- 2024–25: – Caersws[23]
- 2025–26: –
Number of cup wins by clubs
- Caersws – 31
- Llanidloes Town – 25
- Newtown – 17
- Llanymynech – 6
- Montgomery Town – 5
- Carno – 3
- Llanfair United – 3
- Royal Welsh Warehouse – 3
- Four Crosses – 2
- Welshpool – 2
- Llanfechain – 1
- Llanrhaeadr – 1
- Machynlleth – 1
- Waterloo Rovers – 1
References
- 1 2 3 Grosvenor, Gavin (5 March 2020). "Royal Welsh Warehouse Newtown - Pioneers of Welsh football". Powys County Times. Retrieved 24 May 2022.
- ↑ "Montgomeryshire Cup Final tie at Newtown". The Aberystwith Observer. The National Library of Wales. 23 April 1908. Retrieved 25 May 2022.
- ↑ "Montgomeryshire Cup Final". The Montgomeryshire Express and Radnor Times. The National Library of Wales. 20 April 1909. Retrieved 25 May 2022.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Townsend, Stuart (9 October 2021). "Growing strong - the story of the Daffodils of Llanidloes". Powys County Times. Retrieved 24 May 2022.
- ↑ "Montgomeryshire Cup Final". The Aberystwith Observer. The National Library of Wales. 21 April 1910. Retrieved 25 May 2022.
- 1 2 3 4 5 Grosvenor, Gavin (21 August 2021). "Llanymynech Football Club honour cup final stars with new retro kit and crest". Powys County Times. Retrieved 24 May 2022.
- ↑ Grosvenor, Gavin (17 January 2021). "'Play up Town' - Pictures of Newtown Football Club stars through the decades". Powys County Times. Retrieved 24 May 2022.
- ↑ https://x.com/CentralWalesFA/status/1918961670048694515/photo/3
- ↑ Grosvenor, Gavin (4 September 2021). "The story of Forden United – The phoenix club of Montgomeryshire". Powys County Times. Retrieved 24 May 2022.
- 1 2 Grosvenor, Gavin (6 January 2011). "Tanner's share Monty Cup glory". Powys County Times. Retrieved 25 May 2022.
- 1 2 3 Grosvenor, Gavin (12 July 2020). "Review of Welsh football third division - Carno". Powys County Times. Retrieved 24 May 2022.
- ↑ Townsend, Stuart (26 June 2021). "The story of Waterloo Rovers - from pub team to regional cup glory". Powys County Times. Retrieved 24 May 2022.
- ↑ Bridgeewater, John (25 May 2002). "Caersws boss is manager of the year". Daily Post. The Free Library. Retrieved 25 May 2022.
- ↑ Grosvenor, Gavin (14 January 2021). "A look back at past Montgomeryshire sporting triumphs". Powys County Times. Retrieved 24 May 2022.
- ↑ "In pictures: Recognise any familiar faces from Powys life during 2013?". 2 June 2024.
- 1 2 3 Grosvenor, Gavin (1 January 2020). "Llanfair rise from Montgomeryshire League to JD Cymru North to be crowned Club of the Decade". Powys County Times. Retrieved 24 May 2022.
- ↑ Townsend, Stuart (18 September 2021). "The long and storied tale of Four Crosses Football Club". Powys County Times. Retrieved 24 May 2022.
- ↑ Grosvenor, Gavin (7 May 2019). "Llanrhaeadr end season with Montgomeryshire Cup silverware". Powys County Times. Retrieved 24 May 2022.
- ↑ Grosvenor, Gavin (1 May 2022). "Llanidloes Town toast Montgomeryshire Cup triumph over Llanfair". Powys County Times. Retrieved 24 May 2022.
- ↑ Townsend, Stuart (23 April 2022). "Llanidloes Town celebrate 24th Montgomeryshire Cup triumph". Powys County Times. Retrieved 19 May 2023.
- ↑ "Daffodils in dreamland as Evans fires Llanidloes to final glory over Kerry". 23 April 2023.
- ↑ Grosvenor, Gavin (23 May 2024). "Jones strikes late as Llanidloes retain Montgomeryshire Cup". Powys County Times. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
- ↑ "Cup final wins for Forden Reserves, Caersws". mywelshpool.com. Retrieved 7 May 2025.
