Fife Charity Cups
Page created: 13 July 2020
Updated: 27 May 2022
Several charity competitions were regularly played to help raise funds
for local good causes.
Note that the Dunfermline Charity
Cup was renamed the Fifeshire Charity Cup in 1890 when its scope was
expanded.
The trophy
awarded to the winners of the West Fife
Charity Cup was previously used for the Dunfermline
Cottage Hospital Charity Cup.
The
East Fife Charity Cup of 1922-23 was
held to help raise funds for the Wemyss Memorial Hospital. The Fife Charity Cup of 1925-26 was
possibly related to this cause and appears to be a different competition to the
Fifeshire Charity Cup which was held the same
season.
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Dunfermline Charity Cup 1887-88 Cowdenbeath 1888-89 Cowdenbeath 1889-90 Lassodie Fifeshire Charity Cup 1890-91 Raith Rovers 1892-1898 no
competition 1898-99 Cowdenbeath 1900-1924 no
competition 1924-25 East Fife Kirkcaldy Hospital Cup 1919-20
Raith Rovers / Fife XI |
Dunfermline Cottage
Hospital Charity Cup 1896-97 Dunfermline Athletic 1897-98 no competition 1898-99 Cowdenbeath 1899-00 Cowdenbeath 1900-01 Dunfermline Athletic 1901-02 no competition 1902-03 Lochgelly
United 1903-04 Dunfermline Athletic Kirkcaldy Cottage
Hospital Charity Cup 1896-97 Raith Rovers |
East Fife Charity Cup 1922-23
Raith Rovers Fife
Charity Cup 1925-26
East Fife West Fife Charity Cup 1913-14 Cowdenbeath 1914-15 Cowdenbeath 1915-16 Cowdenbeath 1916-17 Cowdenbeath 1917-18 Cowdenbeath 1918-19 no competition 1919-20 Cowdenbeath / Dunfermline Athletic 1920-1922 no competition 1922-23 Dunfermline Athletic 1923-24 Cowdenbeath |
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1887-88 Dunfermline
Charity Cup First round 24 Mar Dunfermline v
Strathforth 4-2 31 Mar Townhill
v Kingseat 1-1 at Crawfords
Park, Cowdenbeath, Kingseat later withdrew Semi-final 14 Apr Lassodie v Townhill 4-1 at Lady's Mill, Dunfermline 14 Apr Cowdenbeath v Dunfermline 6-0 Final Cowdenbeath v Lassodie wo-scr |
1888-89 Dunfermline
Charity Cup First round 27 Oct Strathforth v
Broomhall 2-3 10 Nov Dunfermline v Kingseat
3-7 Semi-final 23 Mar Cowdenbeath v Kingseat
7-1 at Dunfermline XXXXXBroomhall v Townhill Final at East End Park, Dunfermline 20 May Cowdenbeath v Townhill
3-2 |
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1889-90 Dunfermline
Charity Cup First round 17 May Lassodie
v Raith Rovers 4-1 at North End Park, Cowdenbeath Semi-final Lassodie v Lochgelly
Athletic 24 May Dunfermline Athletic v Cowdenbeath
3-2 Final 14 Jun Dunfermline Athletic v Lassodie 3-2 at
East End Park, protest XXXXXLassodie v Dunfermline Athletic Lassodie won at a
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1890-91 Fifeshire Charity Cup First round 4 Apr Kirkcaldy Wanderers v Lassodie 0-2 friendly
due to one of the officials not turning up 25 Apr Kirkcaldy
Wanderers v Lassodie 1-2 4 Apr Dunfermline
Athletic v Dunfermline 3-2 Semi-final 9 May Dunfermline Athletic v Lassodie 3-2 Raith Rovers Final 23 May Dunfermline Athletic v Raith Rovers 2-2 at Dunfermline, abandoned after the crowd broke in when Raith scored a third goal 6 Jun Raith Rovers v
Dunfermline Athletic 5-2 at Kirkcaldy |
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1891-92 Fifeshire Charity Cup Semi-final 4 Jun Kirkcaldy Wanderers v Burntisland Thistle Burntisland Thistle failed to appear Raith Rovers v Dunfermline Athletic due at North End Park, Cowdenbeath.
Raith refused to play on the date arranged.
The association requested three times that Raith return the trophy but were informed that it
would not be returned unless it was played for. Raith were offered two dates, 24 September 1892
and 7 October 1892, but again said they couldn't play. It then contacted
Kirkcaldy Wanderers and Dunfermline, who agreed to play for the cup, which
was finally returned after the matter was placed in the hands of a lawyer Final at Lady's Mill, Dunfermline 3 Oct 1892 Dunfermline Athletic v Kirkcaldy
Wanderers 5-2 |
1898-99 Fifeshire Charity Cup No
competition |
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1898-99 Fifeshire Charity Cup 27
May Cowdenbeath v Raith Rovers 3-1 at East End Park, Dunfermline |
1899-1900 Fifeshire Charity Cup XXXXXCowdenbeath |
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1896-97 Dunfermline
Cottage Hospital Charity Cup First round 28
Apr Cowdenbeath v Lochgelly United 4-1 Cowdenbeath progressed to the final. Lochgelly United played off with Dunfermline Athletic for
place in final Semi-final 5
May Dunfermline Athletic v Lochgelly United 3-0 Final 12
May Dunfermline Athletic v Cowdenbeath 2-1 All ties played at East
End Park, Dunfermline |
1897-98 Dunfermline
Cottage Hospital Charity Cup No
competition |
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1898-99 Dunfermline
Cottage Hospital Charity Cup 2 legs 15
Apr Cowdenbeath v Lochgelly United 4-2 20
May Cowdenbeath v Lochgelly United 0-0 at East End Park, Dunfermline |
1899-1900 Dunfermline
Cottage Hospital Charity Cup 2 legs 16 May Lochgelly United v Cowdenbeath 3-1 19 May Cowdenbeath v Lochgelly United 3-0 |
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1900-01 Dunfermline
Cottage Hospital Charity Cup 18 May Dunfermline
Athletic v Hearts of Beath 2-0 at East End Park, Dunfermline |
1901-02 Dunfermline
Cottage Hospital Charity Cup Played
as a Junior competition |
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1902-03 Dunfermline
Cottage Hospital Charity Cup First round 20
May Cowdenbeath v Dunfermline Athletic 22
May Lochgelly United v Hearts of Beath 4-0 Final 29
May Lochgelly United v Cowdenbeath 3-2 All ties played at North End Park, Cowdenbeath |
1903-04 Dunfermline
Cottage Hospital Charity Cup First round 20 May Lochgelly United
v Hearts of Beath 2-1 at North End Park, Cowdenbeath Lochgelly qualified for the final and Heart of Beath
entered the semi-final Semi-final 25 May Dunfermline Athletic v Hearts of Beath 4-0 Final Dunfermline Athletic v Lochgelly
United The final was supposed to be played at East End
Park, Dunfermline on Friday 27 May but earlier in the day Lochgelly
requested that the game be postponed until the following Tuesday and the
venue switched to Cowdenbeath. As this was after the cut-off date imposed by
the Scottish FA, the local newspaper reported that 'it is expected that the
trophy will be awarded to the Athletic'. |
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1896-97 Kirkcaldy
Cottage Hospital Charity Cup 3
Apr Kirkcaldy v Raith Rovers 0-0 1
May Raith Rovers v Kirkcaldy 1-1 13
May Raith Rovers v Kirkcaldy 2-1 at Newton Park |
1897-98 Kirkcaldy
Cottage Hospital Charity Cup 2 legs 7 May Raith Rovers v
Kirkcaldy 6-0 14 May Kirkcaldy v Raith
Rovers 0-8 |
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1897-98 Kirkcaldy
Cottage Hospital Charity Cup 2 legs 29
Apr Raith Rovers v Kirkcaldy 3-2 10
May Kirkcaldy v Raith Rovers 0-3 |
1898-1902 Kirkcaldy
Cottage Hospital Charity Cup Played
as a Junior competition |
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1902-03
Kirkcaldy Cottage Hospital Charity Cup 2 legs 23 May Kirkcaldy Amateurs v Raith
Rovers 0-2 30 May Raith Rovers v
Kirkcaldy Amateurs 4-2 |
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1916-17 West Fife
Charity Cup 2 legs 5
May Cowdenbeath v Dunfermline Athletic 2-0 19
May Dunfermline Athletic v Cowdenbeath 0-1 |
1917-18 West Fife
Charity Cup 2 legs 11
May Cowdenbeath v Dunfermline Athletic 3-0 25
May Cowdenbeath v Dunfermline Athletic 2-0 |
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1918-19 West Fife
Charity Cup No
competition |
1919-20 West Fife
Charity Cup 15
May Dunfermline Athletic v Cowdenbeath 1-1 22
May Cowdenbeath v Dunfermline Athletic 1-1 the trophy was shared |
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1920-1922 West Fife
Charity Cup No
competition |
1922-23 West Fife
Charity Cup 2 legs 5
May Cowdenbeath v Dunfermline Athletic 4-0 12
May Dunfermline Athletic v Cowdenbeath 2-0 |
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1923-24 West Fife
Charity Cup Semi-final 3
May Cowdenbeath v Dunfermline Athletic 6-0 3
May Raith Rovers v East Fife 7-2 Final at Central Park, Cowdenbeath 10
May Cowdenbeath v Raith Rovers 2-0 |
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1919-20 Kirkcaldy
Hospital Cup 8 May 1920 Raith
Rovers v Fife Select 1-1 at Starks
Park, Kirkcaldy |
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1922-23 East Fife
Charity Cup 2 legs 5 May 1923 Raith Rovers
v East Fife 2-0 12 May 1923 East Fife v Raith
Rovers 2-1 |
1925-26 Fife Charity
Cup 1 May East Fife v Raith
Rovers 2-0 at Bayview Park, Methil this match was
described as concerning the 'Hospitals Competition'. It is uncertain if this
is related to the Wemyss Memorial Hospital for which the 1922-23 East Fife
Charity Cup was held. |
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1924-25 Fifeshire Charity Cup First round 2 May Dunfermline Athletic v Cowdenbeath 4-4 9 May Cowdenbeath v Dunfermline Athletic 4-1 2 May East Fife v Raith
Rovers 3-1 Final at Bayview Park,
Methil 15 May East Fife v Cowdenbeath 2-1 |
1925-26 Fifeshire Charity Cup 2
legs 1 May Dunfermline Athletic v Cowdenbeath 1-2, 3-4 corners XXXXXCowdenbeath
v Dunfermline Athletic |
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1926-27 Fifeshire Charity Cup First round 7 May East Fife v Raith
Rovers 3-3, 7-6 corners 7 May Cowdenbeath v Dunfermline Athletic 2-1 Final at Central Park, Cowdenbeath 14 May Cowdenbeath v East Fife 5-3 |
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