Carry Cup
including
the Forfarshire County League
Page created: 22 June 2020
Updated: 26 April 2024
The Forfarshire
County League operated between 1897 and 1911, the winners being awarded the Carry Cup. The trophy was donated by
wine merchant WW Carry, an Aberdonian who had moved to Arbroath. He lamented
the fact that football enthusiasm tailed off towards the end of the season as
there was mostly friendlies played and no cup-tie interest. On his intimation,
the Forfarshire FA agreed to form a league at a meeting at Arbroath on 23
October 1897. It was hoped to invite Dundee to take part, but the senior club
declined the offer. The first office bearers were as follows,
President - Mr Bryan
(Arbroath)
Vice President - Mr
Davidson (Lochee United)
Secretary - Mr Cation
(Dundee Wanderers)
Treasurer - Mr Black
(Forfar Athletic)
At the AGM on 8
October 1898, the rules of the Northern League were adopted, including an
increase in the gate guarantee from 3 to 5 GBP. The office bearers were elected
as follows,
President - Mr J
Smith (Arbroath)
Vice President - Mr
DE White (Lochee United)
Secretary - Mr Cation
(Dundee Wanderers)
Treasurer - Mr Black
(Forfar Athletic)
The trophy itself
stood at 25 inches tall, of a silver design mounted on an ebony pedestal. On
top was a figure of Victory bearing an olive wreath. Mr Carry made it a
condition that if one club won the trophy twice (not necessarily in
succession), the trophy became the property of the winners.
The trophy was
subsequently offered as a knock-out competition between 1901 and 1907, with six
sides entering in the 1901-02 season. The Carry Cup was restarted on league
lines in 1909-10, being won by Dundee Hibernian (their first honour). It also
featured Arbroath, Montrose, Dundee Wanderers and Forfar Athletic. The
competition's last season (1910-11) saw only three clubs compete.
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1897-98 Forfar Athletic |
1901-02 Dundee 'A' 1905-06 witheld |
1906-07 unfinished |
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1897-98 Forfarshire County League
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1898-99 Forfarshire County League
Championship shared |
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1899-00 Forfarshire County League
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1900-01 Forfarshire County League
Lochee United v Dundee Wanderers on 8 Dec was topped due to darkness when
the score was 4-1 and replayed later Montrose v Dundee 'A' on 1 Dec was topped due to
darkness when the score was 0-4 and replayed later Dundee 'A' v Dundee Wanderers (8-2) on 5 Jan was
ordered to be replayed
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1901-02 Forfarshire County League / Carry Cup The competition started as a league but when
Arbroath intimated that they could not complete their fixtures it was decided
to run it on a knock-out format. Only a few matches were played in the league
stage. as Forfarshire County League 7 Dec Montrose v Dundee 'A' 2-2 4 Jan Forfar Athletic v Dundee 'A'
2-6 The first round of the new competition was drawn
on 11 January 1902. as
Cup competition First round 1 Mar Lochee United v
Arbroath 1-3 12 Apr Forfar Athletic v Dundee Wanderers 1-0 Rest byes Semi-final 18 Apr Arbroath v Dundee 'A' 1-2 3 May Montrose v Forfar Athletic 3-2 Final 10 May Dundee 'A' v Montrose 3-1 |
1902-03 Carry Cup First round 28 Mar Dundee Wanderers v Arbroath 2-1 15 Apr Dundee 'A' v Lochee United 0-0 4 May Dundee v Lochee
United 2-0 Rest byes Semi-final Forfar Athletic v Dundee Dundee Wanderers v Montrose Montrose complained that the game would mean that they travelled to Dundee
twice in a week and they asked if game could be transferred to Links Park,
Montrose but Dundee Wanderers refused Competition unfinished |
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1903-04 Forfarshire County League / Carry Cup The competition was initially organized as a
league but this decision was reversed on 9 April 1904 and a knock-out tornament organised instead. as Forfarshire County League 28 Nov Montrose v Dundee 'A' 3-0 23 Jan Montrose v Dundee Wanderers 1-1 20 Feb Montrose v Forfar Athletic 4-3 26 Mar Forfar Athletic v Dundee 'A' 2-1 as Cup competition First round 16 Apr Forfar Athletic v Lochee
United 4-0 4 May Dundee 'A'v
Dundee Wanderers 2-0 Final at Dens 11 May Dundee 'A' v Forfar Athletic 2-4 () |
1904-05 Carry Cup 1st round - 2 legs 14 Jan Montrose v Dundee 'A' 1-1 26 Apr Dundee 'A' v Montrose 2-0 Rest byes Semi-final 8 Apr Forfar Athletic v Lochee
United 2-1 Dundee 'A'
v Dundee Wanderers wo-scr Final at Dens Park 14 Aug 1905 Dundee 'A' v Forfar Athletic 6-2 |
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1905-06 Carry Cup First round - 2 legs 9 Dec Forfar Athletic v Dundee Wanderers 3-1 24 Apr Dundee Wanderers v Forfar Athletic 1-1 16 Dec Montrose v Lochee
United 2-1 24 Feb Lochee United v
Montrose 3-1 Semi-final - 2 legs 10 Mar Lochee United v
Dundee 'A' 0-2 Lochee later
scratched 28 Apr Arbroath v Forfar Athletic 3-2 12 May Forfar Athletic v Arbroath 0-1 Final - 2 legs 15 Aug 1906 Arbroath v Dundee 'A' 0-0 22 Aug 1906 Dundee 'A' v Arbroath 2-2 declared
a friendly of two halves of 35 mins Second leg wasn't re-played so the Cup was
withheld |
1906-07 Carry Cup First round 27 Apr Lochee United v
Dundee 'A' 0-2 Competition unfinished |
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1907-1909 Forfarshire County League / Carry Cup No competition |
1909-10 Forfarshire County League /
Carry Cup
26 Mar Dundee Wanderers v Dundee Hibernian played
at Tannadice as Wanderers had no home ground 12 Mar Montrose v
Dundee Hibernian at Tannadice as Montrose gave up the home ground rights
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1910-11 Forfarshire County League
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