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Current champion Bolton Wanderers F.C. Reserves and Academy (2015) | ||
Shootout heroics bolton v city manchester senior cup match highlights
The Manchester FA Senior Cup (originally known as the Manchester Cup) is an annual football tournament held between the clubs of the Manchester Football Association which was first played in 1885. The first winners were Hurst who beat Newton Heath LYR in the final.
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- Shootout heroics bolton v city manchester senior cup match highlights
- United reserves v city eds highlights from the manchester senior cup
- Organisation
- References
United reserves v city eds highlights from the manchester senior cup
Organisation
The competition featured the major professional clubs of the Manchester area — Manchester United (as Newton Heath LYR until 1892 and Newton Heath until 1902), Manchester City (as Ardwick until 1894), Bolton Wanderers, Bury, Oldham Athletic, and Stockport County — until the 1970s, after which only non-league and amateur clubs entered. The Senior Cup was not held from 1980 to 1998, but was reintroduced as a reserve team tournament for the six professional clubs, typically in round-robin format with a final usually held at the end of the season in early May.
Manchester United has won the tournament 33 times, (most recently in 2014), followed by Manchester City's reserve team with 21 victories (most recently in 2010).