The Senior Cup is the

county cup The county football associations are the local governing bodies of association football in England and the Crown dependencies. County FAs exist to govern all aspects of football in England. They are responsible for administering club and player ...

for the

Leicestershire and Rutland County Football Association The Leicestershire and Rutland County Football Association, also simply known as the ''Leicestershire & Rutland CFA,'' ''Leicestershire FA'' or ''LRCFA'', is the governing body of football in the counties of Leicestershire and Rutland. Affilia ...

(LRCFA). Entry to the competition is selected by the Competitions Committee of LRCFA and usually consists of Step 6 and 7 teams of the

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. The current holders are Heather St John's who won the 2018-19 competition.

History

The LRCFA covers the ceremonial counties of

Leicestershire Leicestershire ( ; postal abbreviation Leics.) is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in the East Midlands, England. The county borders Nottinghamshire to the north, Lincolnshire to the north-east, Rutland to the east, Northamptonshire t ...

and

Rutland Rutland () is a ceremonial county and unitary authority in the East Midlands, England. The county is bounded to the west and north by Leicestershire, to the northeast by Lincolnshire and the southeast by Northamptonshire. Its greatest len ...

. The Senior Cup was founded in 1887 and was first won by Sheepshed FC, who defeated Mill Hill House by eight goals to nil in a replay. The first competition consisted of five rounds in total, including the final and was contested by seventeen clubs. Leicester City Reserves have appeared in a record thirty one finals, winning on twenty three occasions

Winners

Clubs shown in bold indicate their last win.

Finals

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References

{{English Senior Cups County Cup competitions Football in Leicestershire Football in Rutland