The Mid-Ulster Cup is a senior
football
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competition in
Northern Ireland
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run by the Mid-Ulster Football Association (founded 2 April 1887). The competition has historically featured teams based in
County Armagh
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, east
County Tyrone
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, and west
County Down
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, though teams from outside the Mid-Ulster FA's jurisdiction have also competed on occasion, with
Bangor (affiliated to the
County Antrim & District F.A.) winning the cup in 1995/96.
First held in 1887/88, the inaugural edition was won by
Milford Milford may refer to:
Place names Canada
* Milford (Annapolis), Nova Scotia
* Milford (Halifax), Nova Scotia
* Milford, Ontario
England
* Milford, Derbyshire
* Milford, Devon, a place in Devon
* Milford on Sea, Hampshire
* Milford, Shro ...
. For 30 seasons, from 1947/48 to 1977/78, while remaining a senior competition, senior clubs declined to take part, instead fielding their reserve teams. Senior clubs returned, however, for the 1978/79 season, when the
Bob Radcliffe Cup The Bob Radcliffe Memorial Cup is an intermediate football competition in Northern Ireland run by the Mid-Ulster Football Association. It was introduced in 1978. The competition culminates in the final which has traditionally been played on Boxing ...
was introduced as an intermediate competition.
The competition is currently sponsored by EuroElectrix, and has been sponsored in the past by Golden Cow Dairies, Dukes Transport,
Tennent's Lager,
Bass, Ted Clarke,
McEwan's Lager, Silverwood Hotel, Rushmere Shopping Centre and
Belfast Telegraph
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.
Winners and finals
Winners 1888-1978
''Incomplete list of winners''
[Belfast Telegraph Soccer Yearbook 2006-07 (Malcolm Brodie MBE) Page 72]
Finals since 1978
Performance by club
See also
County Antrim Shield
The County Antrim & District Football Association Senior Shield (more commonly known as the County Antrim Shield) is a football competition in Northern Ireland. The competition is open to senior teams who are members of the North East Ulster Foo ...
North West Senior Cup
The North West Senior Cup or North West Cup is a senior football competition in Northern Ireland run by the North West of Ireland Football Association. Senior and intermediate teams from the North West FA's jurisdiction (which covers County Lon ...
Bob Radcliffe Cup The Bob Radcliffe Memorial Cup is an intermediate football competition in Northern Ireland run by the Mid-Ulster Football Association. It was introduced in 1978. The competition culminates in the final which has traditionally been played on Boxing ...
References
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