- Derbyshire FA Centenary Cup
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Derbyshire FA Centenary Cup Founded 1983 Region Derbyshire Number of teams 2 (Derby County and Chesterfield) Current champions Chesterfield F.C. Most successful club Derby County (18 Wins) Website http://www.derbyshirefa.com/ The Derbyshire FA Centenary Cup is an annual friendly association football competition, primarily played between Derbyshire's two professional clubs, Derby County and Chesterfield, established in 1983.
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Background and history
The Derbyshire FA Centenary Cup was founded in 1983 to celebrate the centenary of the Derbyshire Football Association and is contested in the form of a pre-season friendly. The first ever tie was a two-legged affair between Derbyshire's two Football League clubs, Derby County and Chesterfield, to earn the 'County Title'. Both matches were played mid-season, in November. The first leg, at Chesterfield's Saltergate, ended 5–2 to Derby and the return leg at the Baseball Ground finished in a 1-1 draw for a 6–3 aggregate win for Derby.
After this, matches became single-legged. For the next two seasons, they were played at the beginning of the following season to fit in with to Derby County's touring schedules (so the 1984-1985 match was actually played at the beginning of the 1985-1986 season and the 1985-1986 match was actually played at the beginning of the 1986-1987 season), before becoming standard pre-season matches. This meant that two matches were played within six days of each other in 1986: one on 9 August for the 1985-1986 season and one on the 15 August for the 1986-1987 season. The 1996-1997 match broke the established timetable and was held in November.
Originally, the venue alternated between Chesterfield's Saltergate and Derby's Baseball Ground but in recent years the fixture has been held solely at Chesterfield.
After several years of sending their reserve team to fulfil the fixture, Derby County declined to enter the 2003 competition and were replaced by non-league Alfreton Town, who beat Chesterfield 2–0. Derby returned for next year's contest, but then pulled out again. This time the match was cancelled altogether for four years. It returned for the 2009-2010 season.
On 24 July 2010, Chesterfield hosted Derby in the first ever game at their new B2NET stadium. Derby won the game 5-4. However, the game was not a "Derbyshire F.A. Centenary Cup" fixture but instead a pre-season friendly. Because of this, Chesterfield are still the current champions and cup holders.
Rules
Matches follow typical friendly competition rules, with a draw being decided on penalties.
Winners
Total wins
Club Wins Years won Derby County 18 1983–1984, 1984–1985, 1985–1986, 1986–1987, 1987–1988, 1988–1989, 1989–1990, 1990–1991, 1991–1992, 1992–1993, 1993–1994, 1995–1996, 1996–1997, 1997–1998, 1998–1999, 1999–2000, 2002–2003, 2004–2005 Chesterfield 4 1994–1995, 2000–2001, 2001–2002, 2009–2010 Alfreton Town 1 2003–2004 Results
Data from Chesterfield FC[1].
Season Home club Score Away club Attendance Notes 1983-1984
(Two legs)Chesterfield 2 – 5 Derby County 2,853 Derby County 1 – 1 Chesterfield 1,184 Derby County win 6–3 on aggregate 1984–1985 Derby County 3 – 2
aetChesterfield 2,296 Played at the beginning of the following season 1985–1986 Chesterfield 1 – 5 Derby County 1,908 Played at the beginning of the following season 1986–1987 Derby County 1 – 0
aetChesterfield 1,954 Played six days after the previous encounter to 'catch up' 1987–1988 Chesterfield 0 – 2 Derby County 1,944 1988–1989 Derby County 2 – 1 Chesterfield 2,031 1989–1990 Chesterfield 0 – 2 Derby County 1,787 1990–1991 Derby County 2 – 1 Chesterfield 2,702 1991–1992 Chesterfield 1 – 2 Derby County 2,369 1992–1993 Derby County 4 – 1 Chesterfield 4,112 1993–1994 Chesterfield 2 – 7 Derby County 3,091 1994–1995 Derby County 0 – 1 Chesterfield 2,435 1995–1996 Chesterfield 1 – 3 Derby County 3,030 1996–1997 Derby County 3 – 1 Chesterfield 2,746 1997–1998 Chesterfield 1 – 3 Derby County 2,812 1998–1999 Derby County 1 – 1 Chesterfield 3,289 Derby County win 4-2 on penalties 1999–2000 Chesterfield 0 – 1 Derby County 1,503 2000–2001 Chesterfield 1 – 1 Derby County 2,963 Chesterfield win 4-3 on penalties 2001–2002 Chesterfield 3 – 0 Derby County 1,369 2002–2003 Chesterfield 0 – 3 Derby County 1,557 2003–2004 Alfreton Town 2 – 0 Chesterfield 911 2004–2005 Chesterfield 1 – 5 Derby County 3,114 2005–2006 No competition 2006–2007 2007–2008 2008–2009 2009–2010 Chesterfield 2 – 1 Derby County 3,716 2010–2011 No competition References
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