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The Forfarshire Cup is a football competition in Scotland competed for by teams in the Forfarshire Football Association from Angus, Dundee and Perth. [1] The name of the competition is often baffling to some, as "Forfarshire" is an archaic and anglicised name for Angus which became official in the late 19th century around the time of Local Government (Scotland) Act 1889 which restructured and ...
1895–96 Forfarshire Cup 2nd Round, Arbroath Wanderers 2–1 Montrose (result overturned), Arbroath Herald, 21 November 1895. The [club was formed in November 1891 by individuals who thought Arbroath could use a second senior club, [3] and, without being able to secure a home ground for its first season, lived up to its name by playing every match away from home. [4]
Reserve League Cup 2003, Combined Reserve League 1964, Northern League 1891–92, Forfarshire County League (joint) 1908–09, Dewar Shield 1937–38 Arbroath were the first winners of the Forfarshire Cup in 1883 and have won the trophy 17 times since then.
Dundee maintained their winning start to the Scottish League Cup group stage with a hard-fought win away to Arbroath. After a goalless first half, midfielder Luke McCowan's penalty gave Tony ...
It twice more won through the Qualifying Cup to play in the first round of the Scottish Cup. In the 1924–25 Scottish Cup the club lost at Kilmarnock; [13] in the 1926–27 Scottish Cup it lost 7–0 at home to Dundee United. [14] It entered the Forfarshire Cup from 1925–26 to 1928–29 but never won a tie. [15]
The club's final match was a 4–0 defeat to Brechin City in the Forfarshire Cup on 3 January 1921, [6] and two months later the club gave up the hopeless struggle, donating the £10 balance in its account equally between Brechin City and Montrose. [7] The club was, in effect, replaced in 1922 by Arbroath Athletic, which was similarly unsuccessful.
The club was founded in 1885 [5] [6] when the second team of the older Forfar club, Angus F.C. broke away to form Forfar Athletic. Angus FC had been the town's senior club for a number of years, and on 24 September 1883, amalgamated with the Junior club Forfar West End, which became the 2nd XI, taking the name Angus Athletic.
Two of the most significant games in the history of the fixture came in the 2009–10 Scottish Second Division Play-offs, where after a first leg goalless draw at Gayfield, Forfar came out in the 2nd leg as 2–0 winners and would take Arbroath's place in the 2010–11 Scottish Second Division. [9]