The Forfarshire Cup is a football

Football (soccer)

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 competition in Scotland

Scotland

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 competed for by teams in the Forfarshire Football Association from Angus

Angus

Angus is one of the 32 local government council areas of Scotland, a registration county and a lieutenancy area. The council area borders Aberdeenshire, Perth and Kinross and Dundee City...

, Dundee

Dundee

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 and Perth

Perth, Scotland

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. The name of the competition is often baffling to some, as "Forfarshire" is an archaic

Archaism

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 and anglicised

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 name for Angus which became official in the late 19th century around the time of Local Government (Scotland) Act 1889

Local Government (Scotland) Act 1889

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 which restructured and renamed many of Scotland's counties, however the name quickly fell into disuse and was very rarely used in everyday conversation and non existent today.

The Forfarshire Football Association was founded in 1883 and comprised eighteen clubs. Twelve from Dundee, two from Arbroath

Arbroath

Arbroath or Aberbrothock is a former royal burgh and the largest town in the council area of Angus in Scotland, and has a population of 22,785...

 and one each from Broughty Ferry

Broughty Ferry

Broughty Ferry is a suburb on the eastern side of the City of Dundee, on the shore of the Firth of Tay in eastern Scotland...

 and Lochee

Lochee

Lochee is an area in the west of Dundee, Scotland. Until the 19th century, it was a separate town, but was eventually surrounded by the expanding Dundee...

 (both independent of Dundee at the time), Coupar Angus

Coupar Angus

Coupar Angus is a town in Perth and Kinross, Scotland, situated eight kilometres south of Blairgowrie.The name Coupar Angus serves to differentiate the town from Cupar, Fife...

 and Montrose

Montrose, Angus

Montrose is a coastal resort town and former royal burgh in Angus, Scotland. It is situated 38 miles north of Dundee between the mouths of the North and South Esk rivers...

. The association immediately put up a trophy for competition between its member clubs. At that time, cup competitions were the only form of organised football in Scotland. In the early days of Scottish football the county cups were regarded as just as prestigious as the Scottish Cup

Scottish Cup

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, especially outwith the west of Scotland and the Central Belt

Central Belt

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 whose teams were most successful in the Scottish Cup, with the result that they often attracted substantial crowds. Even in 1911, several special trains conveyed supporters of Arbroath

Arbroath F.C.

Arbroath F.C. are a Scottish football club currently playing in the Scottish Second Division. They were founded in 1878 and currently play their home matches at Gayfield, Arbroath, Angus. They play in maroon strips, and are nicknamed "The Red Lichties" due to the red light that used to guide...

 to Dens Park

Dens Park

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 for the final against Dundee Hibs and they contributed to a crowd of more than 7,000.

The competition has continued to be played every season as of 2006, although the Dundee clubs left in the 1980s. Dundee United

Dundee United F.C.

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 asked the Forfarshire FA for permission to field their reserve team

Reserve team

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, as it had become virtually impossible for United to find suitable dates for their ties due to their regular participation in European competition. When this was refused the club withdrew from the competition and the FFA; shortly afterwards, Dundee

Dundee F.C.

Dundee Football Club, founded in 1893, are a football club based in the city of Dundee, Scotland. They are nicknamed The Dee or The Dark Blues and play their home matches at Dens Park. Their shirt colour is dark blue. Dundee currently play in the Scottish First Division, having been relegated from...

 followed suit. United re-entered the competition in the 2001–02 season, and the club now fields a mixture of first team and reserve/youth players. Even long before this Dundee

Dundee F.C.

Dundee Football Club, founded in 1893, are a football club based in the city of Dundee, Scotland. They are nicknamed The Dee or The Dark Blues and play their home matches at Dens Park. Their shirt colour is dark blue. Dundee currently play in the Scottish First Division, having been relegated from...

 played reserve teams in the eary 20th Century and withdrew from various seasons' competitions. Dundee

Dundee F.C.

Dundee Football Club, founded in 1893, are a football club based in the city of Dundee, Scotland. They are nicknamed The Dee or The Dark Blues and play their home matches at Dens Park. Their shirt colour is dark blue. Dundee currently play in the Scottish First Division, having been relegated from...

 withdrew completely for a few years in the early 50's and also in the 60's due to fixture congestion.

Dundee

Dundee F.C.

Dundee Football Club, founded in 1893, are a football club based in the city of Dundee, Scotland. They are nicknamed The Dee or The Dark Blues and play their home matches at Dens Park. Their shirt colour is dark blue. Dundee currently play in the Scottish First Division, having been relegated from...

, to date, have won 28 trophies and as such are the most successful team in the competition's history.

Forfarshire FA remains an Affiliated Association of the Scottish Football Association

Scottish Football Association

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.

List of winners

• Note that until October 1923 Dundee United were known as Dundee Hibernian
• Lochee United were a senior team not affiliated with their junior namesake
  Lochee United F.C.
  Lochee United Football Club are a Scottish junior football club from the Lochee area of Dundee. Formed in 1892, they play their home games at Thomson Park, which has room for 3,200 spectators, 170 of whom can be seated. Lochee's colours are blue shirts, blue shorts and white socks...
  
  
• 1919-1920 competition was replayed after Dundee appealed against an ineligible player
• 1927-1928 final ended Montrose
  Montrose F.C.
  Montrose Football Club is a Scottish semi-professional football team, based in the town of Montrose, Angus. They are members of the Scottish Football League and currently play in the Third Division.- Early years :...
  
   2-2 Brechin City
  Brechin City F.C.
  Brechin City Football Club is a Scottish football team based in Brechin, Angus. They are members of the Scottish Football League and play in the Second Division in the 2010–11 season...
  
   but replay was never played
• Stadium info- West Craigie Park- home of Dundee Our Boys then subsequently Dundee
  Dundee F.C.
  Dundee Football Club, founded in 1893, are a football club based in the city of Dundee, Scotland. They are nicknamed The Dee or The Dark Blues and play their home matches at Dens Park. Their shirt colour is dark blue. Dundee currently play in the Scottish First Division, having been relegated from...
  
   for one season; Rollo's Pier- home of Strathmore (Dundee). Strathmore later merged with Johnstone Wanderers to form Dundee Wanderers
  Dundee Wanderers F.C.
  Dundee Wanderers were a Scottish football club based in Dundee. The club were briefly members of the Scottish Football League Second Division. Their home ground was Clepington Park ....
  
  . East Dock Street- home of Dundee Harp
  Dundee Harp F.C.
  Dundee Harp F.C. are a defunct Scottish football club that were based in the city of Dundee. Founded in 1879, the team went out of business in 1897.-History:...
  
  .

Season	Winner	Runner-Up	Score	Venue	Attendance
1883–84	Arbroath Arbroath F.C. Arbroath F.C. are a Scottish football club currently playing in the Scottish Second Division. They were founded in 1878 and currently play their home matches at Gayfield, Arbroath, Angus. They play in maroon strips, and are nicknamed "The Red Lichties" due to the red light that used to guide...	Dundee Harp Dundee Harp F.C. Dundee Harp F.C. are a defunct Scottish football club that were based in the city of Dundee. Founded in 1879, the team went out of business in 1897.-History:...	2-1	Rollo's Pier	5,000
1884–85	Dundee Harp	Strathmore (Arbroath)	2-2; 15-1(R)	Rollo's Pier	8,000 (replay)
1885–86	Dundee Harp	Arbroath	5-3	West Craigie Park	11,000
1886–87	Dundee Harp	Strathmore (Dundee)	4-2	West Craigie Park	7,000
1887–88	Arbroath	Strathmore (Dundee)	10-2	East Dock Street	7,000
1888–89	Arbroath	Dundee East End	2-1	East Dock Street	3,500
1889–90	Dundee Our Boys	Dundee East End	2-1	East Dock Street	6,000
1890–91	Dundee Our Boys	Dundee East End	6-2	East Dock Street
1891–92	Montrose Montrose F.C. Montrose Football Club is a Scottish semi-professional football team, based in the town of Montrose, Angus. They are members of the Scottish Football League and currently play in the Third Division.- Early years :...	Dundee East End	5-3	West Craigie Park
1892–93	Arbroath	Dundee Harp	1-0	Carolina Port Carolina Port Carolina Port was a football stadium in Dundee, Scotland. The sport's first major venue in the city, it was an early home of Dundee F.C. and staged Dundee's first international match in 1896.-History:...
1893–94	Dundee Dundee F.C. Dundee Football Club, founded in 1893, are a football club based in the city of Dundee, Scotland. They are nicknamed The Dee or The Dark Blues and play their home matches at Dens Park. Their shirt colour is dark blue. Dundee currently play in the Scottish First Division, having been relegated from...	Dundee Harp	4-0	Carolina Port	10,000
1894–95	Dundee	Lochee United Lochee United F.C. Lochee United Football Club are a Scottish junior football club from the Lochee area of Dundee. Formed in 1892, they play their home games at Thomson Park, which has room for 3,200 spectators, 170 of whom can be seated. Lochee's colours are blue shirts, blue shorts and white socks...	1-0	Gayfield Park Gayfield Park Gayfield Park is a football stadium in Arbroath, Scotland. It is the home ground of Arbroath F.C.The stadium is situated on the sea front, to the west of Arbroath harbour, on the southern edge of the town. There is no other football stadium in Europe which is as close to the sea; it is only away...
1895–96	Arbroath	Dundee	2-0	East Dock Street
1896–97	Arbroath	Forfar Athletic Forfar Athletic F.C. Forfar Athletic Football Club are a Scottish semi-professional football club from the town of Forfar, Angus. They are members of the Scottish Football League and currently play in the Second Division...	2-2; 5-2(R)	Carolina Port
1897–98	Dundee Wanderers Dundee Wanderers F.C. Dundee Wanderers were a Scottish football club based in Dundee. The club were briefly members of the Scottish Football League Second Division. Their home ground was Clepington Park ....	Arbroath	1-1; 7-5(R)	Carolina Port
1898–99	Arbroath	Dundee Wanderers	4-2	Carolina Port
1899–00	Arbroath	Lochee United	3-3; 1-0(R)	Dens Park	5,000 (replay)
1900–01	Dundee	Dundee Wanderers	1-0	Dens Park	4,000
1901–02	Dundee Wanderers	Arbroath	3-2	Dens Park	6,000
1902–03	Dundee	Montrose Montrose F.C. Montrose Football Club is a Scottish semi-professional football team, based in the town of Montrose, Angus. They are members of the Scottish Football League and currently play in the Third Division.- Early years :...	2-1	Links Park Links Park Links Park is a football stadium in Montrose, Scotland, which is the home ground of Montrose FC.Links Park was opened in 1887. To help finance the club, Montrose FC rented the pitch for circuses and grazing. The club was eventually able to raise £150 in 1920 to buy a used stand from the Highland...	2,000
1903–04	Dundee Wanderers	Montrose	1-1; 3-0(R)	Dens Park; Gayfield Park Gayfield Park Gayfield Park is a football stadium in Arbroath, Scotland. It is the home ground of Arbroath F.C.The stadium is situated on the sea front, to the west of Arbroath harbour, on the southern edge of the town. There is no other football stadium in Europe which is as close to the sea; it is only away...  (replay)	5,000
1904–05	Dundee	Arbroath	walkover
1905–06	Forfar Athletic Forfar Athletic F.C. Forfar Athletic Football Club are a Scottish semi-professional football club from the town of Forfar, Angus. They are members of the Scottish Football League and currently play in the Second Division...	Arbroath	1-1; 2-1(R)	Dens Park; Links Park (replay)
1906–07	Arbroath	Dundee	1-0	Dens Park	2,000
1907–08	Forfar Athletic	Montrose	4-1	Dens Park	5,000
1908–09	Dundee	Brechin City Brechin City F.C. Brechin City Football Club is a Scottish football team based in Brechin, Angus. They are members of the Scottish Football League and play in the Second Division in the 2010–11 season...	2-0	Dens Park	3,000
1909–10	Brechin City	Arbroath	4-1	Dens Park
1910–11	Dundee Hibernian Dundee United F.C. Dundee United Football Club is a Scottish professional football club located in the city of Dundee. Formed in 1909, originally as Dundee Hibernian, the club changed to the present name in 1923...	Arbroath	1-0	Dens Park	7,000
1911–12	Dundee	Brechin City	2-0	Dens Park	3,000
1912–13	Dundee	Montrose	1-1; 7-0(R)	Dens Park	3,000 (replay)
1913–14	Arbroath	Dundee Hibernian	1-1; 2-1	Dens Park	8,000; 9,000 (replay)
1914–15	Dundee Hibernian	Arbroath	2-0	Dens Park	5,000
1915–16	Suspended	During	Great	War
1916–17	Suspended	During	Great	War
1917–18	Suspended	During	Great	War
1918–19	Suspended	During	Great	War
1919–20	Dundee Hibernian	Dundee	1-0	Dens Park	12,000
1920–21	Arbroath	Dundee	2-2; 3-0(R)	Dens Park; Gayfield Park	9,000; 2,000 (replay)
1921–22	Montrose	Forfar Athletic	1-0	Gayfield Park	5,000
1922–23	Dundee	Forfar Athletic	2-0	Dens Park
1923–24	Arbroath	Forfar Athletic	3-0	Dens Park
1924–25	Dundee	Arbroath	1-0	Dens Park	6,000
1925–26	Dundee	Arbroath	4-2	Tannadice Park Tannadice Park Tannadice Park, usually referred to as Tannadice, is a football stadium located on Tannadice Street in the Scottish city of Dundee. The stadium is home of Dundee United F.C. and has a capacity of 14,209.-Early days :...
1926–27	Montrose
1927–28	This	Competition	Not	Completed
1928–29	Dundee United Dundee United F.C. Dundee United Football Club is a Scottish professional football club located in the city of Dundee. Formed in 1909, originally as Dundee Hibernian, the club changed to the present name in 1923...	Forfar Athletic	2-1	Dens Park
1929–30	Dundee United	Montrose	2-1	Dens Park
1930–31	Forfar Athletic	Dundee	2-1	Dens Park
1931–32	Montrose	Dundee United	1-0	Gayfield Park
1932–33	Montrose	Dundee	1-1; 1-0(R)	Gayfield Park	2,000; 2,500 (replay)
1933–34	Arbroath	Brechin City	4-1	Tannadice
1934–35	Dundee	Arbroath	1-1; 1-0(R)	Tannadice	11,600; 8,600 (replay)
1935–36	Arbroath	Montrose	1-0	Gayfield Park
1936–37	Arbroath	Brechin City	3-1	Links Park
1937–38	Dundee	Dundee United	3-0	Dens Park	3,000
1938–39	Arbroath	Dundee United	2-0	Dens Park
1939–40	Arbroath	Dundee	1-1; 2-0(R)	Dens Park; Gayfield Park	2,000; 1,500 (replay)
1940–41	Suspended	During	World	War II
1941–42	Suspended	During	World	War II
1942–43	Suspended	During	World	War II
1943–44	Suspended	During	World	War II
1944–45	Dundee	Arbroath	6-0	Dens Park	6,500
1945–46	Dundee	Forfar Athletic	6-1	Dens Park	4,000
1946–47	Dundee	Dundee United	5-0	Dens Park	14,000
1947–48	Dundee United	Arbroath	4-1	Dens Park
1948–49	Dundee	Arbroath	1-1; 2-0(R)	Dens Park	5,500 (replay)
1949–50	Dundee	Brechin City	3-2(aet)	Dens Park	3,500
1950–51	Dundee United	Dundee	3-2	Dens Park	12,500
1951–52	Montrose	Arbroath	2-1	Gayfield Park
1952–53	Brechin City
1953–54	Dundee United	Arbroath	2-1	Tannadice	3,000
1954–55	Dundee	Montrose	6-0	Dens Park	1,500
1955–56	Dundee	Arbroath	2-0	Dens Park	4,500
1956–57	This	Competition	Not	Completed
1957–58	Arbroath	Forfar Athletic	3-2	Glebe Park	3,000
1958–59	Brechin City
1959–60	Dundee	Forfar Athletic	3-2	Dens Park	6,500
1960–61	Dundee United
1961–62	Montrose	Arbroath	2-1	Gayfield Park
1962–63	Dundee United	Arbroath	2-1 (aet)	Dens Park	6,000
1963–64	This	Competition	Not	Completed
1964–65	Dundee United	Dundee	1-0	Tannadice	15,000
1965–66	Dundee	Brechin City	2-1	Dens Park	1,500
1966–67	Dundee	Dundee United	4-3	Dens Park	7,000
1967–68	This	Competition	Not	Completed
1968–69	Dundee United	Arbroath	2-0	Tannadice
1969–70	This	Competition	Not	Completed
1970–71	Dundee	Dundee United	2-0	Tannadice	8,000
1971–72	Dundee United	Dundee	4-0	Tannadice	6,500
1972–73	Montrose	Dundee United		Gayfield Park
1973–74	This	Competition	Not	Completed
1974–75	Dundee United
1975–76	Dundee United	Dundee	3-1	Tannadice	10,778
1976–77	Dundee United	Arbroath	3-0	Gayfield Park
1977–78	This	Competition	Not	Completed
1978–79	Forfar Athletic	Dundee	3-1	Station Park Station Park, Forfar Station Park is a football ground in Forfar, Angus, Scotland. It is home to Scottish Football League side Forfar Athletic F.C..Station Park is one of the few old fashioned football grounds left in the Scottish League. It has a capacity of 4,600, although this has previously been much higher, the...	2,000
1979–80	Dundee United	Dundee	2-1	Dens Park	9,027
1980–81	This	Competition	Not	Completed
1981–82	This	Competition	Not	Completed
1982–83	This	Competition	Not	Completed
1983–84	Forfar Athletic	Dundee	3-2	Station Park	2,308
1984–85	Dundee United	Forfar Athletic	2-1	Tannadice	2,580
1985–86	Dundee	Dundee United	2-0	Tannadice	5,201
1986–87	Dundee United	Montrose	5-0	Tannadice	1,162
1987–88	Dundee United	Dundee	3-2	Dens Park	4,773
1988–89	Dundee	Arbroath	3-0	Gayfield Park
1989–90	Dundee	St. Johnstone	3-2	McDiarmid Park McDiarmid Park McDiarmid Park is a football stadium in Perth, Scotland, the home ground of St. Johnstone FC. It has an all-seated capacity of 10,673.-History:...	4,786
1990–91	Forfar Athletic
1991–92	Montrose
1992–93	St. Johnstone
1993–94	Arbroath	Dundee	2-0	Gayfield Park
1994–95	Forfar Athletic
1995–96	Arbroath	Forfar Athletic	3-2	Gayfield Park
1996–97	Brechin City
1997–98	Forfar Athletic
1998–99	St. Johnstone
1999–00	Dundee
2000–01	This	Competition	Not	Completed
2001–02	Montrose
2002–03	This	Competition	Not	Completed
2003–04	St. Johnstone	Montrose	2-0	McDiarmid Park
2004–05	Dundee United	Forfar Athletic	1-0	Station Park	1,097
2005–06	This	Competition	Not	Completed
2006–07	St. Johnstone	Arbroath	3-2	Gayfield Park
2007–08	Brechin City	Montrose	2-1	Glebe Park	353
2008–09	This	Competition	Not	Completed
2009–10

Rank	Club	Number of Wins
1	Dundee Dundee F.C. Dundee Football Club, founded in 1893, are a football club based in the city of Dundee, Scotland. They are nicknamed The Dee or The Dark Blues and play their home matches at Dens Park. Their shirt colour is dark blue. Dundee currently play in the Scottish First Division, having been relegated from...	28
2	Dundee Hibernian/United Dundee United F.C. Dundee United Football Club is a Scottish professional football club located in the city of Dundee. Formed in 1909, originally as Dundee Hibernian, the club changed to the present name in 1923...	21
3	Arbroath Arbroath F.C. Arbroath F.C. are a Scottish football club currently playing in the Scottish Second Division. They were founded in 1878 and currently play their home matches at Gayfield, Arbroath, Angus. They play in maroon strips, and are nicknamed "The Red Lichties" due to the red light that used to guide...	20
4	Montrose Montrose F.C. Montrose Football Club is a Scottish semi-professional football team, based in the town of Montrose, Angus. They are members of the Scottish Football League and currently play in the Third Division.- Early years :...	10
5	Forfar Athletic Forfar Athletic F.C. Forfar Athletic Football Club are a Scottish semi-professional football club from the town of Forfar, Angus. They are members of the Scottish Football League and currently play in the Second Division...	8
6	Brechin City Brechin City F.C. Brechin City Football Club is a Scottish football team based in Brechin, Angus. They are members of the Scottish Football League and play in the Second Division in the 2010–11 season...	5
7	St. Johnstone	4
8	Dundee Harp Dundee Harp F.C. Dundee Harp F.C. are a defunct Scottish football club that were based in the city of Dundee. Founded in 1879, the team went out of business in 1897.-History:...	3
=	Dundee Wanderers Dundee Wanderers F.C. Dundee Wanderers were a Scottish football club based in Dundee. The club were briefly members of the Scottish Football League Second Division. Their home ground was Clepington Park ....	3
10	Dundee Our Boys	2