Myles N. Kenyon Cup
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The Myles N. Kenyon Cup, popularly known as the Kenyon Cup is an amateur football cup competition held for teams playing in Amateur Leagues in and around Bury
, England and is named after former Lancashire
captain and batsman and High Sheriff of Lancashire
, Myles Noel Kenyon
.
The current holders are Little Lever Sports Club of the Lancashire Amateur League
.
Since its inception the competition has been runs as a benevolent fund for either players or match officials who have suffered financial hardship due to their involvement in football or for other causes. This can be shown amongst other things by the cup being run as a joint committee of the four original leagues and the Referees' Association.
The original cup was stolen recently and was described as
The cup was an annual competition for a variety of leagues across Bury until in recent times all bar the Bury Amateur League pulled out of the competition as the leagues folded.
Finally in 2004 the Bury Amateur League could no longer hold a full fixture list having only three clubs remaining, and so as the only remaining constituent league withdrew, the Cup was suspended indefinitely.
Since the relaunch of the competition the cup has continued as a preseason tournament with the final held each year so far on Bury's
Gigg Lane
. In the current season's competition the semi finals have been held at a neutral venue (Ramsbottom United's Riverside Ground). In the second year of the new competition a group stage was added for the first round, with four groups of four, the top two teams progressing on to the quarter final stages.
Bury
Bury is a town in Greater Manchester, England. It lies on the River Irwell, east of Bolton, west-southwest of Rochdale, and north-northwest of the city of Manchester...
, England and is named after former Lancashire
Lancashire County Cricket Club
Lancashire County Cricket Club represents the historic county of Lancashire in cricket's County Championship. The club was founded in 1864 as a successor to Manchester Cricket Club and has played at Old Trafford since then...
captain and batsman and High Sheriff of Lancashire
High Sheriff of Lancashire
The High Sheriff of Lancashire is an ancient officer, now largely ceremonial, granted to Lancashire, a county in North West England. High Shrievalties are the oldest secular titles under the Crown, in England and Wales...
, Myles Noel Kenyon
Myles Kenyon
Myles Noel Kenyon was an English cricketer.He was born at Walshaw Hall, Bury, Lancashire, the son of James Kenyon, a prosperous woollen manufacturer and Elise Kenyon and educated at Eton School....
.
The current holders are Little Lever Sports Club of the Lancashire Amateur League
Lancashire Amateur League
The Lancashire Amateur Football League is an English association football league founded in 1899. Currently the league consists of eight divisions - Premier, One, Two, Three, Four, Five, Six and Seven...
.
History
The first recorded Kenyon Cup competition took place in 1922 taking its constituent teams from the four local leagues:- The Bury Amateur Football League
- The Bury Metro Alliance Amateur Football League
- The Radcliffe Amateur Football League
- The Bury & District Sunday Schools' Amateur Football League
Since its inception the competition has been runs as a benevolent fund for either players or match officials who have suffered financial hardship due to their involvement in football or for other causes. This can be shown amongst other things by the cup being run as a joint committee of the four original leagues and the Referees' Association.
The original cup was stolen recently and was described as
"an 8in hallmarked silver cup, with handles and scalloped top to bown of cup. It had a double riser plinth with two complete name bands. It was engraved, "Bury & District Football Leagues Benevolent Fund, The Myles N. Kenyon Cup." It weighed 25oz."
The cup was an annual competition for a variety of leagues across Bury until in recent times all bar the Bury Amateur League pulled out of the competition as the leagues folded.
Finally in 2004 the Bury Amateur League could no longer hold a full fixture list having only three clubs remaining, and so as the only remaining constituent league withdrew, the Cup was suspended indefinitely.
Relaunch
In 2005 a new committee consisting of members of the Bury & District Referees' Association and former members of the cup committee (mainly from the former Bury Amateur League) relaunched the cup as a preseason competition and once again invited teams from a number of different leagues across Bury to join the cup.Since the relaunch of the competition the cup has continued as a preseason tournament with the final held each year so far on Bury's
Bury F.C.
Bury Football Club is an association football team based in Bury, Greater Manchester. The team currently play in League One. The club's nickname is The Shakers which was bestowed upon them by club chairman JT Ingham, an industrialist and ironmonger of the late 1890s.-Formation of the club and the...
Gigg Lane
Gigg Lane
Gigg Lane is an all-seater football stadium in Bury, Greater Manchester, England. Historically within Lancashire, it was built for Bury F.C. in 1885, and has been their home ever since.-History:...
. In the current season's competition the semi finals have been held at a neutral venue (Ramsbottom United's Riverside Ground). In the second year of the new competition a group stage was added for the first round, with four groups of four, the top two teams progressing on to the quarter final stages.
Previous Finals
| Season | Result | Match Officials | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005-06 | Radcliffe Town F.C. | 0-0 AET 4-5 on penalties |
Tottington United 'A' | Referee - P. Thompson, Assistants - M. Jason, B. Talbot, 4th Official - M. Jackson |
| 2006-07 | Bury Grammar School Old Boys | 0-3 | Heywood St. James | Referee - N. Greenhalgh Assistants - P. Adamson K. Greenhalgh, 4th Official - |
| 2007-08 | Old Standians 'A' | 1-1 4-5 on penalties |
Little Lever S.C. 'A' | Referee P. Adamson Assistants - M. Collinge, 4th Official - K Greenhalgh |