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.

 

Winners

 

1897-98 Forfar Athletic
1898-99 Arbroath / Forfar Athletic
1899-00 Arbroath
1900-01 Dundee '
A'

1901-02 Dundee 'A'
1902-03 unfinished
1903-04 Forfar Athletic
1904-05 Dundee
'A'

1905-06 witheld

1906-07 unfinished
1907-1909 no competition
1909-10 Dundee Hibernian
1910-11 Montrose

 

 

1897-98 Forfarshire County League

 

Arb

Dd W

Forf

Loch

Montr

Arbroath

29 Jan

3-2

19 Mar

1-2

12 Feb

0-1

5 Mar

2-2

Dundee Wanderers

26 Feb

2-0

23 Apr

0-3

11 Apr

0-2

16 Apr

2-0

Forfar Athletic

22 Jan

3-1

5 Mar

5-2

19 Feb

3-2

30 Apr

4-1

Lochee United

9 Apr

1-3

26 Mar

0-1

16 Apr

1-1

19 Mar

3-3

Montrose

5 Feb

3-5

9 Apr

8-2

12 Mar

3-1

29 Jan

4-0

 

P

W

D

L

F

A

Pts

Forfar Athletic

Montrose

Arbroath

Lochee United

Dundee Wanderers

8

8

8

8

8

6

3

3

2

3

1

2

1

2

0

1

3

4

4

5

22

24

15

10

11

11

19

16

15

21

13

8

7

6

6

 

 

 

 

 

1898-99 Forfarshire County League

 

Arb

Dd W

Forf

Loch

Montr

Arbroath

18 Mar

3-0

16 Apr

1-1

8 May

1-0

25 Feb

4-0

Dundee Wanderers

18 Feb

1-2

4 Feb

1-0

14 Jan

5-1

7 Jan

6-0

Forfar Athletic

1 Apr

5-0

29 Apr

3-1

25 Feb

5-2

4 Mar

2-0

Lochee United

4 Mar

3-4

19 Nov

2-2

8 Apr

2-6

3 Dec

4-2

Montrose

8 Apr

1-3

15 Apr

0-2

21 Jan

1-3

11 Feb

4-2

 

 

P

W

D

L

F

A

Pts

Forfar Athletic

Arbroath

Dundee Wanderers

Lochee United

Montrose

8

8

8

8

8

6

6

4

1

1

1

1

1

1

0

1

1

3

6

7

25

18

18

16

8

8

11

11

29

26

13

13

9

5

2

 

Championship shared

1899-00 Forfarshire County League

 

Arb

Dd W

Forf

Loch

Montr

Arbroath

21 Apr

5-1

3 Feb

2-2

16 Apr

1-0

28 Apr

3-1

Dundee Wanderers

14 Apr

2-3

5 May

4-1

11 Nov

2-0

31 Mar

2-2

Forfar Athletic

27 Jan

4-0

7 Apr

4-4

28 Apr

7-3

3 Mar

4-2

Lochee United

5 May

2-5

9 May

3-1

24 Mar

3-1

N/P

Montrose

12 May

1-5

25 Nov

3-1

10 Mar

4-2

N/P

 

 

P

W

D

L

F

A

Pts

Arbroath

Forfar Athletic

Dundee Wanderers

Montrose

Lochee United

8

8

8

6

6

6

3

2

2

2

1

2

2

1

0

1

3

4

3

4

24

25

17

13

11

13

22

21

17

17

13

8

6

5

4

 

 

1900-01 Forfarshire County League

 

Arb

Dun

Dd W

Forf

Loch

Montr

Arbroath

3 Nov

0-1

24 Nov

4-2

26 Jan

4-3

1 Dec

8-0

9 Feb

8-2

Dundee 'A'

27 Apr

3-1

30 Mar

1-0

N/P

26 Jan

7-0

15 Apr

2-1

Dundee Wanderers

4 May

0-1

11 May

0-2

N/P

14 May

3-2

26 Jan

6-1

Forfar Athletic

13 Apr

4-0

16 Feb

1-3

9 Feb

5-1

2 Mar

4-2

4 May

9-2

Lochee United

23 Mar

3-2

20 Apr

0-2

13 Apr

2-0

6 May

4-1

8 May

5-1

Montrose

2 Mar

1-5

16 Apr

0-4

29 Dec

2-1

11 May

1-3

2 Jan

2-4

 

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

 

P

W

D

L

F

A

Pts

Dundee 'A'

Arbroath

Lochee United

Forfar Athletic

Dundee Wanderers

Montrose

9

10

10

8

9

10

9

6

5

5

2

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

4

5

3

7

9

25

33

22

30

13

13

3

19

30

17

20

47

18

12

10

10

4

2

 

 

 

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

1907-1909 Forfarshire County League / Carry Cup

No competition

1909-10 Forfarshire County League / Carry Cup

 

Arb

Bre

DdH

DdW

Forf

Montr

Arbroath

4 Jan

3-1

20 Nov

3-3

N/P

N/P

N/P

Brechin City

N/P

N/P

12 Feb

3-2

2 Apr

3-0

26 Mar

1-0

Dundee Hibernian

22 Jan

2-1

1 Jan

1-1

25 Dec

6-2

23 Apr

1-0

12 Mar

1-2

Dundee Wanderers

N/P

N/P

26 Mar

0-1

N/P

N/P

Forfar Athletic

1 Jan

0-3

N/P

12 Feb

0-3

12 Mar

3-1

26 Feb

1-0

Montrose

N/P

20 Nov

1-3

12 Mar

2-3

3 Jan

3-0

19 Mar

1-1

 

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

 

 

P

W

D

L

F

A

Pts

Dundee Hibernian

9

6

2

1

21

11

14

Brechin City

6

4

1

1

12

7

9

Arbroath

4

2

1

1

10

6

5

Montrose

7

2

1

4

9

10

5

Forfar Athletic

7

2

1

4

5

12

5

Dundee Wanderers

5

0

0

5

5

16

0

 

 

 

 

1910-11 Forfarshire County League

 

 

Bre

For

Mont

Brechin City

14 Jan

1-3

19 Nov

3-1

Forfar Athletic

15 Apr

1-1

24 Dec

2-3

Montrose

17 Dec

2-0

7 Jan

3-0

 

P

W

D

L

F

A

Pts

Montrose

Forfar Athletic

Brechin City

4

4

4

3

1

1

0

1

1

1

2

2

8

6

5

5

7

7

6

3

3