Bob Radcliffe Cup

Bob Radcliffe Cup

Organising body	Mid-Ulster Football Association
Founded	1978
Region	Northern Ireland
Current champions	Rathfriland Rangers (2023–24)
Most successful club(s)	Loughgall (12 titles)

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 Day.

Bob Radcliffe was Treasurer and later Secretary of the Association between the mid 1950s and early 1970s. The cup is named in his honour.^[1]

List of finals

Season	Winners	Runners-Up
1978–79	Newry Town	Dungannon Swifts
1979–80	Loughgall	Shamrock Rovers
1980–81	Banbridge Town	Newry Town
1981–82	Dungannon Swifts	Cookstown United
1982–83	Portadown Reserves	Milford Everton
1983–84	Portadown Reserves	Banbridge Town
1984–85	Newry Town Reserves	Dungannon Swifts
1985–86	Dungannon Swifts	Newry Celtic
1986–87	Dungannon Swifts	Lurgan United
1987–88	Oxford United	The Guys (Newry)
1988–89	Coagh United	Dungannon Swifts
1989–90	Dungannon Swifts	Banbridge Town
1990–91	Glenavon Reserves	Loughgall
1991–92	Armagh City	Oxford United
1992–93	Dungannon Swifts	Loughgall
1993–94	Dungannon Swifts	Loughgall
1994–95	Dungannon Swifts	Loughgall
1995–96	Dungannon Swifts	Lurgan Celtic
1996–97	Loughgall	Armagh City
1997–98	Lurgan Celtic
1998–99	Loughgall	Armagh City
1999–00	Loughgall	Lurgan Celtic
2000–01	Tandragee Rovers	Newry Celtic
2001–02	Loughgall	Lurgan Celtic
2002–03	Loughgall	Coagh United
2003–04	Loughgall	Armagh City
2004–05	Armagh City	Coagh United
2005–06	Dungannon Swifts Reserves	Coagh United
2006–07	Coagh United	Banbridge Town
2007–08	Loughgall	Coagh United
2008–09	Loughgall	Killymoon Rangers
2009–10[2]	Loughgall	Banbridge Town
2010–11[3]	Banbridge Town	Rathfriland Rangers
2011–12[4]	Lurgan Celtic	Loughgall
2012–13[5]	Loughgall	Lurgan Celtic
2013–14[6]	Armagh City	Dollingstown
2014–15	Loughgall	Annagh United
2015–16	Armagh City	Loughgall[7]
2016–17	Dollingstown	Coagh United[8]
2017–18	Hanover	Valley Rangers[9]
2018–19	Banbridge Town	Dollingstown[10]
2019–20	Rathfriland Rangers	Dungannon Swifts U20[11]
2020–21	Armagh City	Rathfriland Rangers[12]
2021–22	Dollingstown	Armagh City[13]
2022–23	Oxford Sunnyside	Dollingstown[14]
2023–24	Rathfriland Rangers	Moneyslane[15]
2024–25	Dollingstown	Oxford Sunnyside[16]

Summary of winners

Team	Wins
Loughgall	12
Dungannon Swifts	8
Armagh City	5
Banbridge Town	3
Dollingstown	3
Portadown Reserves	2
Coagh United	2
Lurgan Celtic	2
Oxford Sunnyside‡	2
Rathfriland Rangers	2
Dungannon Swifts Reserves	1
Glenavon Reserves	1
Hanover	1
Newry Town	1
Newry Town Reserves	1
Tandragee Rovers	1

‡ Includes one win as Oxford United

See also

• Steel & Sons Cup
• Craig Memorial Cup
• Fermanagh & Western Intermediate Cup
• Mid-Ulster Cup

References

1. "Mid Ulster Football Association 125 Year Anniversary Booklet" (PDF). 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-02-05.
2. Loughgall F.C., Loughgall 1-0 Banbridge Town (after extra-time)^{[permanent dead link‍]},
3. BBC, 3 January 2011
4. Belfast Telegraph, 27 December 2011]
5. Lurgan Mail, 27 December 2012]
6. "MUFL, 26 December 2013". Archived from the original on 27 December 2013. Retrieved 26 December 2013.
7. Portadown Times
8. News Letter
9. Belfast Telegraph
10. Belfast Telegraph
11. Belfast Live
12. Mid-Ulster FA
13. Belfast Telegraph
14. Belfast Telegraph
15. Belfast Telegraph
16. Mid-Ulster FA

Further reading

• Northern Ireland Soccer Yearbook (Ed. Malcolm Brodie) Various Editions
• Northern Ireland Football Yearbook (Ed. Marshall Gillespie) 1996/97 Edition