Cumberland Senior Cup

Cumberland Senior Cup

Founded	1886
Region	Cumberland
Number of teams	25 (2023-2024)
Current champions	Workington (28th title)
Most successful club(s)	Workington (28 titles)
Website	cumberlandfa.com

The Fred Conway Cumberland Cup is the current senior county cup in the ancient county of Cumberland. It is administered by the Cumberland Football Association (CFA).^[1] According to the current rules of the competition, it is open to all clubs whose first affiliation is with the CFA.^[2]

Currently Carlisle United are the only professional team from the football league in the competition since Workington left the football league in 1977, so as a result they now tend to enter their reserve team. Other teams that enter are Workington, Cleator Moor Celtic, Penrith, Carlisle City, Whitehaven, and Windscale are from different levels of non-league. Northern Premier League , North West Counties Football League, Northern Football League , West Lancashire Football League and Wearside Football League are represented by these teams.

Teams from the Cumberland County League and the Westmorland League can also take part as they are covered by the Cumberland Football Association.

In previous years Scottish teams such as Annan Athletic, Gretna and Hearts of Liddesdale have also entered the competition due to being in the Carlisle and District League at the time. In Annan and Gretna's case they have even won the competition several times.

The current holders are Workington who defeated Carlisle 1-0 in the 2023-2024 final at Borough Park, Workington.

Winners

The last win for a club is shown in bold.

Season Winners Runners Up 1885–86 Carlisle (1885 to 86) Workington (Original) 1886–87 Workington (Original) Carlisle 1887–88 Workington (Original) Keswick 1888–89 Workington (Original) Distington 1889–90 Workington (Original) Carlisle 1890–91 Workington (Original) Frizington Rovers 1891–92 Moss Bay Exchange Workington (Original) 1892–93 Moss Bay Exchange Keswick 1893–94 Carlisle City (Original) Moss Bay Exchange 1894–95 Black Diamonds Carlisle City (Original) 1895–96 Workington (Original) Carlisle City (Original) 1896–97 Workington (Original) Carlisle City (Original) 1897–98 Workington (Original) Moss Bay Exchange 1898–99 Workington (Original) Frizington White Star 1899–1900 Black Diamonds Workington (Original) 1900–01 Shaddongate United Workington (Original) 1901–02 Frizington White Star Keswick 1902–03 Shaddongate United Workington (Original) 1903–04 Cleator Moor United Keswick 1904–05 Carlisle United Carlisle Red Rose 1905–06 Carlisle Red Rose Frizington White Star 1906–07 Workington (Original) Carlisle United 1907–08 Workington (Original) Wigton Harriers 1908–09 Carlisle United Workington (Original) 1909–10 Workington (Original) Carlisle United 1910–11 Carlisle United Lowca Juniors 1911–12 Moor Row Villa Rovers Workington Central 1912–13 Carlisle United Frizington Athletic 1913–14 Egremont Town Carlisle United 1914–15 Bigrigg Carlisle United 1918–19 Cleator Moor Celtic Carlisle Tyers 1919–20 Frizington Athletic West Seaton Rangers 1920–21 Cleator Moor Celtic Maryport 1921–22 Carlisle United Cleator Moor Celtic 1922–23 Whitehaven Recreation Penrith 1923–24 Carlisle United Workington 1924–25 Workington Cleator Moor Celtic 1925–26 Frizington Harriers Glasgow & South West Railway 1926–27 Whitehaven Athletic Workington 1927–28 Carlisle United Carrs Athletic 1928–29 Carlisle United South Tyne Rangers 1929–30 Carlisle United Workington 1930–31 Carlisle United Kells 1931–32 Carlisle United Whitehaven Athletic 1932–33 Carlisle United Maryport 1933–34 Carlisle United West Seaton Rangers 1934–35 Workington Carlisle United 1935–36 Wellington Villa Kells 1936–37 Workington Carlisle United 1937–38 Workington Carlisle United 1938–39 Carlisle United Border Star 1939–40 Carlisle United Cockermouth 1940–41 Lowca Border Regiment 1941–42 Wanderers Lowca 1942–43 Kells Boscombe Exiles 1943–44 Wanderers Kells 1944–45 Kells Wanderers 1945–46 Wanderers Cleator Moor Celtic 1946–47 Penrith Workington 1947–48 Penrith Parton United 1948–49 Parton United Holme Head 1949–50 Workington Parton United 1950–51 Penrith Keekle 1951–52 67th Training Regiment Parton United 1952–53 Annan Athletic Gretna 1953–54 Workington Holme Head 1954–55 Cleator Moor Celtic Annan Athletic 1955–56 Royal Army Ordnance Corps Salterbeck 1956–57 Salterbeck Gretna 1957–58 Penrith Lowca 1958–59 Gretna Aspatria 1959–60 Gretna Lowca 1960–61 Penrith Gretna 1961–62 Penrith Braithwaite 1962–63 Penrith Coronation Boys Club 1963–64 Penrith Coronation Boys Club 1964–65 Penrith Windscale Rovers 1965–66 Penrith Windscale Rovers 1966–67 Gretna Penrith 1967–68 Workington Gretna 1968–69 Annan Athletic Workington 1969–70 Marsh Boys Club Windscale United 1970–71 Penrith Marsh Boys Club 1971–72 Annan Athletic Penrith 1972–73 Penrith Haig Colliery 1973–74 Alston Penrith 1974–75 Penrith Gretna 1975–76 Carlisle City Hearts of Liddesdale 1976–77 Carlisle City Wigton 1977–78 Haig Colliery Gretna 1978–79 Cleator Moor Celtic Workington 1979–80 Carlisle United Penrith 1980–81 Wigton Netherhall 1981–82 Haig Colliery Penrith 1982–83 Gretna Cleator United 1983–84 Gretna Windscale United 1984–85 Haig Colliery Carlisle United 1985–86 Workington Gretna 1986–87 Cleator Moor Celtic Cumbria Police 1987–88 Gretna Wetheriggs 1988–89 Gretna Cleator Moor Celtic 1989–90 Carlisle United Marchon 1990–91 Marchon Cleator Moor Celtic 1991–92 Gretna Penrith 1992–93 Carlisle United Gretna 1993–94 Gretna Carlisle United 1994–95 Gretna Penrith 1995–96 Workington Cleator Moor Celtic 1996–97 Gretna Gillford Park 1997–98 Windscale Carlisle City 1998–99 Cleator Moor Celtic Carlisle City 1999–2000 Workington Carlisle United 2000–01 Penrith Northbank 2001–02 Carlisle United Carlisle City 2002–03 Northbank Carlisle United 2003–04 Carlisle City Penrith 2004–05 Carlisle United Aspatria 2005–06 Penrith Carlisle City 2006–07 Workington Carlisle United 2007–08 Carlisle United Penrith 2008–09 Workington Penrith 2009–10 Penrith Gillford Park 2010–11 Carlisle United Netherhall 2011–12 Carlisle United Harraby Catholic Club 2012–13 Carlisle United Whitehaven 2013–14 Celtic Nation Aspatria 2014–15 Carlisle United Netherhall 2015–16 Workington Aspatria 2016–17 Workington Penrith 2017–18 Cleator Moor Celtic Penrith 2018–19 Carlisle United Penrith 2021–22 Carlisle City Wetheriggs United 2022–23 Workington Penrith 2023–24 Workington Carlisle United The competition was not held between 1915 and 1918 due to World War I. The competition was cancelled in 2019-20 and 2020-21 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Most Wins Team Wins Carlisle United 26 Penrith 18 Workington AFC 16 Workington (Original) 12 Gretna 10 Cleator Moor Celtic 7 Carlisle City 4 Annan Athletic 3 Haig Colliery 3 Wanderers 3

Recent Finals

9 May 2006

Carlisle City	0 – 1	Workington
	[3]

Borough Park, Workington

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8 May 2007

Carlisle United	1 – 2	Workington
	[4]

Brunton Park, Carlisle

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16 April 2008

Carlisle United	2 – 0	Penrith
	[5]

Brunton Park, Carlisle

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22 April 2009

Workington	2 – 0	Penrith
	[6]

Brunton Park, Carlisle

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7 May 2010

Gillford Park	0 – 6	Penrith
	[7]

Brunton Park, Carlisle

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27 April 2011

Netherall	0 – 2	Carlisle United
	[8]	Loy 58' (pen.) Madden 78'

Brunton Park, Carlisle

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1 May 2012

19:00 BST

Carlisle United	2 – 1	Harraby Catholic Club
Potts 35' Beck 89'	[9]	Armstrong 39'

Brunton Park, Carlisle

Referee: John Mulligan

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23 April 2013

Carlisle United	8 – 1	Whitehaven
	[10]

Brunton Park, Carlisle

Referee: Anthony Backhouse

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29 April 2014

Aspatria	0 – 3	Celtic Nation
	[11]	McShane 4' McShane 45' Rae 53'

Brunton Park, Carlisle

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28 April 2015

Carlisle United	3 – 1	Netherhall
Kearns 4' Beck 19', 26'	[12]	Anderson 22'

Brunton Park, Carlisle

Attendance: 336

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3 May 2016

19:00 BST

Aspatria	1 – 4	Workington
Graham 60'	[13]	Tinnion 70' Allison 82'

Brunton Park, Carlisle

Attendance: 517

Referee: John Mulligan

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3 May 2017

19:00 BST

Penrith	1 – 2 (a.e.t.)	Workington
Coleman 44'		Allison 78' Symington 118'

Brunton Park, Carlisle

Attendance: 622

Referee: Adam Pattinson

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8 May 2018

19:00 BST

Cleator Moor Celtic	2 – 1 (a.e.t.)	Penrith
Hall 28' Birdsall 96'		Shields 77'

Brunton Park, Carlisle

Attendance: 604

Referee: Kevin Mulraine

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30 Apr 2019

19:00 BST

Penrith	1 – 3	Carlisle United
Gardner 55'	[1]	Johnson 21', o.g.' Bowman 45+2', o.g.' Birch 90_4'

Brunton Park, Carlisle

Attendance: 618

Referee: Scott Taylor

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26 April 2022

19:00 BST

Carlisle City	4-0	Wetheriggs United
Atkinson 1' Atkinson 30' Holt 46' Grandison 90+4'	[2]

Frenchfields Stadium, Penrith

Attendance: 530

Referee: Scott Henry

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2 May 2023

19:00 BST

Workington	9-1	Penrith
Mugalula 2' Mugalula 8' Hughes 18' Mugalula 44' Reilly 45' Mugalula 50' Hughes 54' Moore 80' Hughes 85'	[3]	Hunter 21'

Brunton Park, Carlisle

Attendance: 676

Referee: John Mulligan

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23 April 2024

19:00 BST

Workington	1-0	Carlisle United
Allison 60'	[4]

Borough Park, Workington

Attendance: 1,148

Referee: Scott Henry

References

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12. 2015 Final Report
13. 2016 Final Report