The Wharncliffe Charity Cup was an invitational cup competition organised by the

Sheffield & Hallamshire County Football Association The Sheffield and Hallamshire Football Association is a County Football Association in England. It was formed in Sheffield in 1867 as the Sheffield Football Association, and is the second-oldest football governing body after the Football Associ ...

from 1878 to 1984. The competition took its name from the

Earl of Wharncliffe Earl of Wharncliffe, in the West Riding of the County of York, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. History The earldom was created in 1876 for Edward Montagu-Stuart-Wortley-Mackenzie, 3rd Baron Wharncliffe. He was a descendan ...

, who sponsored the event, and was held with the aim of raising money for local good causes. Wharncliffe Charity Cup announced 140 years ago today in 1878
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