Liverpool Senior Cup

The Liverpool County Football Association Senior Cup, commonly known as the Liverpool Senior Cup, is a football knockout tournament involving teams from the city of Liverpool, England and surrounding areas.

Liverpool Senior Cup

Liverpool Senior Cup
Organising body	Liverpool County FA
Founded	1882; 143 years ago (1882)
Region	Merseyside
Current champions	Everton (47th title)
Most successful club(s)	Everton (47 titles)
Website	Liverpool Senior Cup

It is the County Cup competition of the Liverpool County Football Association and involves non-league clubs as well as the three professional teams in Merseyside: Everton, Liverpool and Tranmere Rovers.

Competition history

The first Liverpool Senior Cup was played for in 1882–83, with Bootle (1879) becoming the inaugural winners, and the competition has taken place most seasons since then.

The Cup was suspended during most of the First World War, but continued during the Second World War, largely in the form of exhibition matches between Liverpool and Everton wartime teams.

After the Second World War, a separate competition was created for local non-League clubs; the Liverpool Non-League Senior Cup. The competition was scrapped in 1977, and non-League teams now enter the Liverpool Senior Cup instead.^[1]

Prescot Cables defeated Southport 2–0 in the 2016–17 final at Volair Park,^[2] with Andy Scarisbrick scoring the winner in the second half. The game received widespread attention from national news outlets^[3] when fans celebrating Joe Herbert's opening goal caused a section of the fence to collapse.

Past winners

This section lists every final of the competition played since 1892, the winners, the runners-up, and the result.^{[4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11]}

Key

	Match went to a replay
	Match went to extra time
	Match decided by a penalty shootout after extra time
	Shared trophy

Season	Winners	Result	Runner-up	Venue	Notes
1882–83	Bootle (1879) (1)	3–1	Liverpool Ramblers	Liverpool College Ground
1883–84	Everton (1)	1–0	Earlestown	Hawthorne Road
1884–85	Earlestown	1–0	Everton	Hawthorne Road
1885–86	Everton (2)	1–0	Bootle (1879)	Walton Stiles
1886–87	Everton (3)	5–0	Oakfield Rovers	Hawthorne Road
1887–88	Bootle (1879) (2)	3–0	Liverpool Stanley	Athletic Ground
1888–89	Bootle (1879) (3)	5–3	Earlestown	Walton Stiles
1889–90	Everton (4)	4–0	Bootle (1879)	Hawthorne Road
1890–91	Everton (5)	4–1	Bootle (1879)	Hawthorne Road
1891–92	Everton (6)	2–1	Southport Central	Hawthorne Road
1892–93	Liverpool (1)	1–0	Everton	Hawthorne Road
1893–94	Everton (7)	4–0	Liverpool	Police Athletic Ground
1894–95	Everton (8)	3–0	Liverpool	Goodison Park
1895–96	Everton (9)	4–0	Chester	Goodison Park
1896–97	Rock Ferry	2–1	Everton	Goodison Park
1897–98	Everton (10)	3–0	New Brighton Tower	Goodison Park
1898–99	Everton (11)	8–1	New Brighton Tower	Goodison Park
1899–00	Everton (12)	2–0	New Brighton Tower	Tower Grounds	Replay. 0–0 at Goodison Park.
1900–01	Liverpool (2)	1–0	Everton	Anfield
1901–02	Liverpool (3)	1–0	Skelmersdale	Goodison Park
1902–03	Liverpool (4)	2–0	Everton	Goodison Park
1903–04	Everton (13)	3–2	Liverpool	Goodison Park
1904–05	Liverpool (5)	4–1	Everton	Anfield
1905–06	Liverpool (6)	2–0	Everton	Goodison Park
1906–07	Liverpool (7)	3–0	Everton	Anfield
1907–08	Everton (14)	2–0	Liverpool	Goodison Park
1908–09	Liverpool (8)	2–1	Everton	Anfield
1909–10	Liverpool (9) Everton (15)	1–1		Anfield	After extra-time. Trophy shared. 1–1 at Goodison Park.
1910–11	Everton (16)	2–0	Liverpool	Anfield
1911–12	Everton (17) Liverpool (10)	0–0		Goodison Park	Trophy shared.
1912–13	Liverpool (11)	3–1	Everton	Anfield
1913–14	Everton (18)	7–2	South Liverpool (Old)	Goodison Park
1914–15	Liverpool (12)	1–0	Tranmere Rovers	Anfield	Replay. 1–1 at Goodison Park.
1915–18	Competition not held due to World War I.
1918–19	Everton (19)	2–0	Liverpool	Goodison Park
1919–20	Liverpool (13)	2–0	South Liverpool (Old)	Anfield
1920–21	Everton (20)	2–1	Tranmere Rovers	Anfield
1921–22	Everton (21)	1–0	Tranmere Rovers	Anfield
1922–23	Everton (22)	4–2	Tranmere Rovers	Anfield
1923–24	Everton (23)	2–1	Tranmere Rovers	Anfield
1924–25	Liverpool (14)	1–0	Everton	Anfield
1925–26	Everton (24)	1–0	New Brighton	Anfield
1926–27	Liverpool (15)
1927–28	Everton (25)	3–2	Tranmere Rovers	Anfield
1928–29	Liverpool (16)		Tranmere Rovers
1929–30	Liverpool (17)	1–0	Everton	Anfield
1930–31	Southport (1)		Tranmere Rovers
1931–32	Southport (2)
1932–33	New Brighton (1)		Southport
1933–34	Everton (26) Liverpool (18)	–			Trophy shared.
1934–35	New Brighton (2)		Tranmere Rovers
1935–36	Liverpool (19) Everton (27)	1–1		Goodison Park	Replay. Trophy shared. 1–1 at Anfield.
1936–37	Liverpool (20)
1937–38	Everton (28)	3–2	Tranmere Rovers	Anfield
1938–39	Liverpool (21)	3–0	Tranmere Rovers	Anfield
1939–40	Everton (29)	6–3	Liverpool	Anfield
1940–41	Liverpool (22)	4–1	Everton	Anfield
1941–42	Competition not held due to World War II.
1942–43	Liverpool (23)	6–4	Everton	Goodison Park	1st: 4–1, 2nd: 2–3, Agg: 6–4. 1st leg at Anfield.
1943–44	Southport (3)	2–1	Everton	Goodison Park	1st: 1–1, 2nd: 1–0, Agg: 2–1. 1st leg at Haig Avenue.
1944–45	Everton (30)	7–1	Tranmere Rovers	Goodison Park	1st: 3–0, 2nd: 4–1, Agg: 7–1. 1st leg at Prenton Park.
1945–46	Liverpool (24)	3–1	Everton	Goodison Park
1946–47	Liverpool (25)	2–1	Everton	Anfield
1947–48	Liverpool (26)	2–0	Everton	Goodison Park
1948–49	Tranmere Rovers (1)		New Brighton
1949–50	Tranmere Rovers (2)		New Brighton
1950–51	Tranmere Rovers (3)
1951–52	Liverpool (27)	1–0	Everton	Goodison Park
1952–53	Everton (31)	4–1	Tranmere Rovers	Goodison Park
1953–54	Everton (32)	2–0	Liverpool	Goodison Park
1954–55	Tranmere Rovers (4)
1955–56	Everton (33)	2–1	Tranmere Rovers	Goodison Park
1956–57	Everton (34)	2–1	Southport	Anfield
1957–58	Everton (35) Southport (4)	0–0		Anfield	Trophy shared.
1958–59	Everton (36)	8–5	Tranmere Rovers	Anfield
1959–60	Everton (37)	5–2	Tranmere Rovers	Goodison Park
1960–61	Everton (38)	4–3	Liverpool	Goodison Park
1961–62	Liverpool (28)
1962–63	Southport (5)		Tranmere Rovers		Southport beat Tranmere Rovers in the semi-finals. The other semi-final between Everton and Liverpool could not be arranged due to fixture congestion, therefore, the cup was awarded to Southport.
1963–64	Liverpool (29) Southport (6)	–			Trophy shared.
1964–65	Competition not finished.
1965–66	Competition not finished.
1966–67	Competition not finished.
1967–68	Liverpool (30)	4–1	Southport	Anfield
1968–69	Competition not finished.
1969–70	Tranmere Rovers (5)		Liverpool
1970–71	Competition not finished.
1971–72	Competition not finished.
1972–73	Tranmere Rovers (6)
1973–74	Tranmere Rovers (7)	3–1	Everton	Prenton Park
1974–75	Southport (7)		Liverpool
1975–76	Liverpool (31)
1976–77	Liverpool (32)
1977–78	Formby	1-0	Tranmere Rovers	Brows Lane
1978–79	Marine (1)		Tranmere Rovers
1979–80	Liverpool (33)
1980–81	Liverpool (34)
1981–82	Everton (39) Liverpool (35)	2–2		Goodison Park	After extra-time. Trophy shared.
1982–83	Everton (40)	1–0	South Liverpool	Goodison Park
1983–84	Everton (41)	2–1	Tranmere Rovers	Prenton Park
1984–85	Marine (2)	2-1	Formby
1985–86	South Liverpool (1)
1986–87	Kirkby Town		Liverpool
1987–88	Marine (3)
1988–89	South Liverpool (2)		Marine
1989–90	Marine (4)
1990–91	Southport (8)		Marine
1991–92	Tranmere Rovers (8)
1992–93	Southport (9)	2–1	Burscough
1993–94	Marine (5)	2–1	Southport
1994–95	Tranmere Rovers (9)	2–0	Marine
1995–96	Everton (42)	2–1	Tranmere Rovers	Prenton Park
1996–97	Liverpool (36)		Tranmere Rovers[12]
1997–98	Liverpool (37)
1998–99	Southport (10)
1999–00	Marine (6)
2000–01	Burscough	1-0	Southport
2001–02	Liverpool (38)	2–0	Everton	Walton Sports Centre
2002–03	Everton (43)	2–1	Tranmere Rovers	Prenton Park
2003–04	Liverpool (39)	1–1	Everton	Goodison Park	After extra-time. 9–8 on penalties.
2004–05	Everton (44)	1–0	Marine	Rossett Park
2005–06	Final between Marine & Tranmere Rovers cancelled due to pitch availability problems.
2006–07	Everton (45)	2–1	Tranmere Rovers	Prenton Park
2007–08	Marine (7)	1–0	Liverpool
2008–09	Liverpool (40)	1–0	Waterloo Dock
2009–10	Liverpool (41)	3–2	Skelmersdale United
2010–11	Southport (11)	2–0	Everton	Haig Avenue
2011–12	Tranmere Rovers (10)	2–1	Everton	Prenton Park
2012–13	Tranmere Rovers (11)	2–0	Bootle
2013–14	Bootle	1–1	AFC Liverpool		After extra-time. 4–3 on penalties.
2014–15	Skelmersdale United	5–4	AFC Liverpool	The Community Ground
2015–16	Everton (46)	3–0	Prescot Cables	Valerie Park
2016–17	Prescot Cables (1)	2–0	Southport F.C.	Valerie Park
2017–18	Prescot Cables (2)	4–0	Marine	Rossett Park
2018–19	Prescot Cables (3)	0–0	Southport	Valerie Park	After extra-time. 3–4 on penalties.
2019–20	Competition abandoned due to COVID-19 pandemic.
2020–22	Competition not held due to COVID-19 pandemic.
2022–23	Marine (8)	0–0	Runcorn Linnets	Halton Stadium	After extra-time. 4–3 on penalties.
2023–24	Marine (9)	2–0	City of Liverpool	Rossett Park
2024-25	Everton (47)	4–1	Lower Breck	Walton Hall Park

Wins by teams

Club	Wins	First final won	Last final won	Notes
Everton	47	1883–84	2024-25	6 titles shared (Liverpool: 5 & Southport: 1).
Liverpool	41	1892–93	2009–10	6 titles shared (Everton: 5 & Southport: 1).
Southport	11	1930–31	2018–19	2 titles shared (Everton: 1 & Liverpool: 1).
Tranmere Rovers	11	1948–49	2012–13
Marine	9	1978–79	2023–24
Bootle (1879) †	3	1882–83	1888–89	Dissolved in 1893.
Prescot Cables	2	2016–17	2017-18
New Brighton †	2	1932–33	1934–35	Dissolved in 1983 & 2012.
South Liverpool	2	1985–86	1988–89
Bootle	1	2012–13	2012–13
Burscough	1	2000–01	2000–01
Formby	1	1977–78	1977–78
Earlestown (1880) †	1	1884–85	1884–85	Dissolved in 1911.
Kirkby Town †	1	1986–87	1986–87	Dissolved in 1997.
Rock Ferry	1	1896–97	1896–97
Skelmersdale	1	2014–15	2014–15

Recent finals

Tranmere Rovers v Bootle

28 April 2014	Tranmere Rovers	2–0	Bootle	Birkenhead
19:45 BST		Report		Stadium: Prenton Park

Skelmersdale United v AFC Liverpool

18 April 2015	Skelmersdale United	5–4	AFC Liverpool	Burscough
19:45 BST	Scott Bakker Aidan Kirkbride Mitchley	Report	Ryan Cox Steven Jones Francis Barry Josh Purcell	Stadium: The Community Ground

Prescot Cables v Everton F.C

4 April 2016	Prescot Cables	0–3	Everton F.C	Prescot
19:45 BST		Report	Ledson Duffus Rodríguez	Stadium: Valerie Park

Prescot Cables v Southport

25 April 2017	Prescot Cables	2–0	Southport	Prescot
	Joe Herbert Andy Scarisbrick	Report		Stadium: Valerie Park Attendance: 905

Marine v Prescot Cables

26 April 2018	Marine	0–4	Prescot Cables	Crosby
		Report	Chris Almond (pen.) Lloyd Dean Josh Klein-Davies	Stadium: Marine Travel Arena Attendance: 750

Marine v Runcorn Linnets

18 April 2023	Marine	0–0 (a.e.t.) (4–3 p)	Runcorn Linnets	Widnes
19:45 BST		Report		Stadium: DCBL Stadium Attendance: 2,561
	Penalties
	Lussey Howarth Britton Weir Joe Bunney		Brooke Heathcote Moore Short O'Mahoney

Marine v City of Liverpool

23 April 2024	Marine	2–0	City of Liverpool	Crosby
19:45 BST	Sinclair-Smith 7', Solomon 80'	Report		Stadium: Rossett Park Attendance: 1,898

Everton v Lower Breck

6 May 2025	Everton	4–1	Lower Breck	Walton
		Report		Stadium: Walton Hall Park

See also

• Lancashire Senior Cup