North Ayrshire Cup

North Ayrshire Cup

also known as the North Ayrshire League

Page created: 7 July 2020

Updated: 4 October 2021

The North Ayrshire Cup was first organised in 1893 and initially ran alongside the existing Ayrshire Combination. From 1895 it was ran as a league cup-type competition.

Winners

1893-94 Kilbirnie

1894-95 Stevenston Thistle

1895-96 Stevenston Thistle

1896-97 Monkcastle

1897-98 Kilwinning Eglinton

1898-99 Galston

1899-00 Kilwinning Eglinton

1900-01 Beith

1901-02 Kilwinning Eglinton

1902-03 Galston

1903-04 Beith

1904-05 Beith

1905-06 Hurlford

1906-07 Galston

1907-08

1893-94 North Ayrshire Cup

First round

18 Apr Stevenston Thistle v Dalry 7-3 protest

2 May Stevenston Thistle v Dalry 4-4

10 May Dalry v Stevenston Thistle 4-4

14 May Stevenston Thistle v Dalry 4-1 at Claremont Park, Kilwinning

XXXXKilwinning Eglinton v Kilbirnie 1-11 protest

12 May Kilwinning Eglinton v Kilbirnie 6-3 protest

24 Apr Irvine v Saltcoats Victoria 2-2

3 May Saltcoats Victoria v Irvine 6-2

Kilwinning Eglinton v Kilbirnie disq-wo

Monkcastle v Beith scr-wo

Semi-final

19 May Kilbirnie v Stevenston Thistle 9-3

10 May Saltcoats Victoria v Beith 6-3

Final at Warner Park, Stevenston

26 May Kilbirnie v Saltcoats Victoria 3-0

1894-95 North Ayrshire Cup

First round

6 Apr Saltcoats Victoria v Kilwinning Eglinton 3-3

6 Apr Stevenston Thistle v Dalry 5-1

6 Apr Kilbirnie v Beith 4-1

6 Apr Monkcastle v Irvine 6-3

Semi-final

20 Apr Kilbirnie v Stevenston Thistle 1-2

27 Apr Saltcoats Victoria v Monkcastle 1-4

Final at Cochrane Park, Irvine

25 May Stevenston Thistle v Monkcastle 4-1

1895-96 North Ayrshire Cup

Beith

Irv

Kilb

KilwE

Monk

Salt

Stev

Beith

14 Mar

3-4

10 Aug

5-4

22 Feb

3-1

9 Nov

6-1

28 Mar

5-2

6 May

1-1

Irvine

26 Oct

0-5

21 Mar

4-1

7 Mar

1-1

9 May

2-2

11 Jan

2-0

23 Dec

4-0

Kilbirnie

19 Oct

2-4

18 Apr

2-2

17 Aug

2-5

28 Sep

4-3

7 Mar

0-6

8 Feb

2-7

Kilwinning Eglinton

1 Feb

3-4

23 Nov

5-4

25 Jan

3-2

19 Oct

5-2

9 May

3-0

10 Aug

0-2

Monkcastle

21 Mar

11-2

22 Feb

4-3

2 May

9-2

7 Dec

2-4

6 May

4-0

25 Apr

1-0

Saltcoats Victoria

2 May

1-6

11 Apr

9-3

12 Oct

5-1

14 Mar

1-0

8 Feb

1-4

26 Oct

2-3

Stevenston Thistle

30 Apr

4-1

1 Feb

6-2

23 Nov

5-0

30 Nov

3-3

28 Mar

1-1

22 Feb

4-0

	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
Stevenston Thistle	12	8	1	3	45	34	17
Beith	12	7	3	2	36	16	17
Kilwinning Eglinton	12	6	2	4	35	27	14
Monkcastle	12	6	2	4	44	30	14
Irvine	12	4	3	5	31	38	11
Saltcoats Victoria	12	4	0	8	27	35	8
Kilbirnie	12	1	1	10	23	60	3

Decider at Blacklands Park,Kilwinning

23 May Stevenston Thistle v Beith 2-1

Dalry became defunct after losing their ground in late August and withdrew before playing any matches

Kilbirnie's games from January were all played away after they lost their gound

Saltcoats v Beith played at Beith

Representative match for the benefit of the North Ayrshire Cup

25 May North Ayrshire XI v Queen's Park 0-1

1896-97 North Ayrshire Cup

Beith

Gals

Irv

KilwE

Monk

Stev

Beith

20 Mar

3-2

NOT

PLAYED

10 Apr

3-0

NOT

PLAYED

13 Mar

3-4

Galston

5 Dec

5-2

NOT

PLAYED

24 Oct

6-3

27 Mar

8-2

13 Feb

6-1

Irvine

17 Apr

1-2

13 Mar

3-3

23 Jan

2-5

13 Feb

1-1

24 Oct

2-4

Kilwinning Eglinton

13 Feb

3-3

8 May

2-0

27 Mar

8-2

3 Apr

2-4

12 Dec

2-2

Monkcastle

6 Mar

4-0

20 Feb

1-1

24 Apr

4-2

10 Oct

6-1

10 Apr

3-1

Stevenston Thistle

5 May

1-0

X May

4-1

6 Feb

2-1

6 Mar

4-2

15 Aug

2-3

	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
Monkcastle	10	6	2	2	28	18	14
Stevenston Thistle	10	6	1	3	25	23	13
Galston	10	5	2	3	32	21	12
Beith	10	5	1	4	16	20	11
Kilwinning Eglinton	10	3	2	5	28	32	8
Irvine	10	0	2	8	14	29	2

Final at Blacklands Park, Kilwinning

15 May Monkcastle v Stevenston Thistle 2-0

Saltcoats Victoria withdrew without playing a match and disbanded

5 Dec Kilwinning Eglinton v Irvine 6-0 stopped after 77 mins due to darkness

8 May Irvine arrived at Beith with only 5 players and forfeited the points

Beith v Monkcastle not played and Beith awarded 2 points

Galston v Irvine not played and Galston awarded 2 points

1897-98 North Ayrshire Cup


	Beith	Gals	Irv	KilwE	Monk	Stev
Beith		NOT PLAYED	25 Sep 4-2	NOT PLAYED	NOT PLAYED	4 Dec 3-2
Galston	NOT PLAYED		16 Apr 7-3	6 Nov 4-3	5 Mar 3-2	12 Mar 3-4
Irvine	15 Jan 4-2	20 Nov 2-3		8 Jan 2-7	NOT PLAYED	22 Jan 2-4
Kilwinning Eglinton	16 Oct 5-1	19 Mar 6-1	NOT PLAYED		20 Nov 3-0	5 Mar 1-3
Monkcastle	6 Nov 5-2	9 Apr 3-5	NOT PLAYED	4 Dec 1-2		19 Mar 3-1
Stevenston Thistle	20 Nov 5-5	23 Oct 2-0	6 Nov 5-0	4 Sep 2-2	18 Dec 4-1

	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
Kilwinning Eglinton	10	7	1	2	29	14	15
Stevenston Thistle	10	6	2	2	32	20	14
Galston	10	7	0	3	26	25	14
Monkcastle	8	3	0	5	15	20	6
Beith	10	2	1	7	17	23	5
Irvine	8	1	0	7	15	32	0

Play-off at Blacklands Park, Kilwinning

23 Apr Galston v Stevenston Thistle 2-1

Final at Claremont Park, Kilwinning

30 Apr Kilwinning Eglinton v Galston 4-2

16 Oct Monkcastle v Stevenston 4-4 was stopped after 85 mins and a replay ordered

30 Oct Beith v Galston was stopped due to fog

12 Feb Monkcastle v Irvine 3-1 stopped after 70 mins after a fight between two players

Irvine had 2 points deducted for fielding an ineligible player against Beith on 15 Jan

Beith withdrew in February after they were not awarded the points from the game against Irvine, Galston had 4 points awarded and Monkcastle 2 points awarded for the unplayed matches

KIlwinning Eglinton were awarded 2 points from their unplayed matches with Irvine and Beith

1898-99 North Ayrshire Cup

	Beith	Gals	Hurl	Irv	KilmA	KilwE	Mayb	Monk	Stev
Beith		3 Sep 1-5	27 Aug 5-2	15 Apr 4-1		26 Nov 2-2	5 Nov 5-3	15 Oct 5-3
Galston	22 Oct 7-1		9 Dec 10-1	8 Apr 5-2	29 Oct 5-1				15 Apr 5-3
Hurlford
Irvine	29 Oct 5-2	17 Sep 1-3					27 Aug 3-3	18 Feb 3-2	10 Dec 0-2
Kilmarnock Athletic		17 Dec 3-2		31 Dec 0-4
Kilwinning Eglinton	25 Feb 2-0				18 Feb 5-3			11 Feb 1-3	17 Dec 3-3
Maybole	20 Aug 5-2	29 Apr 3-4			10 Dec 0-2	22 Oct 5-3		15 Apr 4-3	26 Nov 3-3
Monkcastle	18 Mar 10-1	22 Apr 3-4		4 Mar 6-5		3 Dec 2-1	3 Sep 4-3		19 Nov 2-1
Stevenston Thistle	3 Dec 5-1	15 Oct 4-1		1 Oct 2-0	5 Nov 3-2	4 Feb 2-1	8 Oct 2-0	29 Oct 4-1

	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
Stevenston Thistle	12	8	2	2	34	19	18
Galston	11	9	0	2	51	23	18
Monkcastle	11	6	0	5	39	32	12
Beith	12	4	1	7	29	50	9
Maybole	10	3	2	5	29	31	8
Irvine	10	3	1	6	24	29	7
Kilwinning Eglinton	8	2	2	4	18	20	6
Kilmanock Athletic	6	2	0	4	11	19	4
Hurlford	2	0	0	2	3	15	0

Final at Blacklands Park, Kilwinning

13 May Galston v Stevenston Thistle 8-1

26 Nov Irvine v Monkcastle 6-1 stopped due to poor light and was replayed

The remaining fixtures were unplayed.

1899-1900 North Ayrshire Cup

Beith

Gals

Kilm

KilwE

Lane

Mayb

Monk

Stev

Beith

2 Sep

8-1

20 Jan

2-4

21 Oct

5-4

28 Apr

5-2

26 Aug

4-3

16 Oct

1-0

21 Apr

3-2

Galston

19 Aug

4-2

27 Jan

3-2

21 Apr

3-4

24 Apr

scr-wo

24 Mar

8-3

16 Sep

6-1

7 Apr

4-1

Kilmarnock 'A'

NOT

PLAYED

9 Dec

2-1

NOT

PLAYED

NOT

PLAYED

23 Dec

7-1

NOT

PLAYED

18 Nov

0-1

Kilwinning Eglinton

2 Dec

3-1

17 Mar

3-1

13 Jan

1-2

27 Jan

1-3

16 Sep

5-1

3 Mar

6-2

14 Oct

5-2

Lanemark

24 Mar

2-1

4 May

wo-scr

16 Dec

1-5

9 Dec

3-0

NOT

PLAYED

10 Mar

10-0

26 Aug

2-2

Maybole

7 Apr

2-2

14 Oct

8-1

21 Oct

0-5

19 Aug

2-0

NOT

PLAYED

NOT

PLAYED

7 Oct

2-5

Monkcastle

scr-wo

NOT

PLAYED

NOT

PLAYED

18 Nov

1-6

NOT

PLAYED

NOT

PLAYED

19 Aug

6-3

Stevenston Thistle

9 Dec

3-1

3 Feb

5-2

16 Sep

4-1

2 Sep

0-0

21 Oct

5-2

2 Dec

4-1

27 Jan

6-1

	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
Kilwinning Eglinton	13	7	1	5	26	15	19
Beith	13	7	1	5	35	30	19
Stevenston Thistle	14	8	2	4	43	28	18
Lanemark	10	5	1	4	25	19	15
Galston	13	5	0	8	34	39	12
Monkcastle	8	1	0	7	11	38	6
Maybole	10	2	1	7	23	41	5
Kilmarnock 'A'	9	6	0	3	28	14	0

Final at Warner Park, Stevenston

12 May Kilwinning Eglinton v Beith 2-1

Kilmarnock 'A' were deducted 12 points after playing an ineligible player against Galston, Kilwinning Eglinton and Beith. These clubs received 2 points each while the other 6 points were deducted for the Rule violation. Kilmarnock subsequently.resigned after 9 matches and the points from their unplayed games were awarded to their opponents. The remaining fixtures were unplayed through clubs scratching but no points were awarded as the clubs involved couldn't catch either Beith or Eglinton.

1900-01 North Ayrshire Cup

Ann

Beith

Gals

KilwE

Lane

Mayb

Stev

Annbank

99 Max

9-9

13 Apr

2-1

20 Apr

4-1

wo-scr

NOT

PLAYED

5 Jan

5-2

23 Feb

3-0

Beith

25 Aug

2-0

15 Sep

3-1

24 Nov

2-1

18 Aug

9-1

12 Jan

6-2

20 Oct

2-1

Galston

9 Mar

2-0

23 Mar

0-2

99 Max

9-9

NOT

PLAYED

19 Jan

2-3

11 May

5-0

27 Apr

6-1

Kilwinning Eglinton

scr-wo

19 Jan

1-2

NOT

PLAYED

15 Sep

4-1

1 Sep

3-1

NOT

PLAYED

Lanemark

23 Mar

3-1

27 Apr

3-1

9 Feb

6-1

4 May

2-2

99 Max

9-9

wo-scr

25 Aug

1-3

Maybole

19 Jan

2-2

1 Dec

3-3

25 Aug

2-1

23 Feb

1-1

9 Feb

8-0

18 Aug

4-2

Stevenston Thistle

9 Feb

2-2

9 Mar

4-0

15 Dec

1-0

17 Nov

1-1

13 Apr

4-2

15 Sep

6-2

	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
Beith	12	8	1	3	33	19	17
Annbank	9	4	2	3	19	15	14
Stevenston Thistle	11	5	2	4	25	23	12
Lanemark	10	4	1	5	22	35	11
Maybole	11	3	3	5	27	34	9
Kilwinning Eglinton	7	2	3	2	13	10	7
Galston	10	3	0	7	19	22	6

Final

11 May Beith v Annbank 1-1 at Blacklands Park, Kilwinning

18 May Beith v Annbank 4-4 at Riverside Park, Galston

17 Aug 1901 Beith v Annbank 1-0 at Blacklands Park, Kilwinning

15 Sep Beith v Galston 3-1 stopped after 75 mins when a Galston player refused to leave the field, result stood

3 Nov Lanemark v Maybole 4-2 stopped after 78 mins due to darkness

10 Nov Stevenston v Annbank 2-0 stopped in 70 mins due to darkness

3 Jan Galston v Stevenston 3-0 stopped before time

Annbank were awarded 4 points from unplayed matches

Lanemark were awarded 2 points from Maybole

1901-02 North Ayrshire Cup

	Beith	Gals	KilwE	Mayb
Beith		9 Nov 4-2	1-1	14 Sep 7-1
Galston	5-1	99 Max 9-9	12 Oct 1-4	wo-scr
Kilwinning Eglinton	22 Feb 3-1	14 Sep 2-2		9 Nov 5-2
Maybole	scr-wo	0-2	19 Apr 0-1	99 Max 9-9

	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
Kilwinning Eglinton	6	4	2	0	16	7	10
Beith	5	2	1	2	14	12	7
Galston	5	2	1	2	12	11	7
Maybole	4	0	0	4	3	14	0

Play-off at Blacklands Park, Kilwinning

30 Apr Beith v Galston 3-3

XXXXBeith v Galston 1-0

Final at Ladeside Field, Kilbirnie

17 May Kilwinning Eglinton v Beith 1-0

1902-03 North Ayrshire Cup

	Beith	Gals	KilwE	Mayb	Stev
Beith		23 Aug 3-2	13 Sep 3-1
Galston		99 Max 9-			29 Nov 5-1
Kilwinning Eglinton		20 Sep 1-2		1 Nov 2-1	15 Nov 1-0
Maybole	29 Nov 2-1		30 Aug
Stevenston Thistle	30 Aug 0-4	27 Sep 3-1

	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
Beith
Galston
Kilwinning Eglinton
Maybole
Stevenston Thistle

Play-off at Kersland Field, Glengarnock

28 Mar Beith v Kilwinning Eglinton 3-1

Final

25 Apr Galston v Beith

1903-04 North Ayrshire Cup

	Beith	Gals	KilwE	Mayb
Beith		16 Apr 1-0	3 Oct 1-2	23 Apr 1-0
Galston	30 Apr 4-2		13 Feb 6-0	12 Mar 5-0
Kilwinning Eglinton	4 May 0-4	6 Feb 1-2		16 Jan 2-2
Maybole			7 May 2-1

19 Mar Maybole v Kilwinning 2-1 abandoned after 10 mins

	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
Galston	5	4	0	1	17	4	8
Beith	5	3	0	2	9	6	6
Maybole	4	1	1	2	4	9	3
Kilwinning Eglinton	6	1	1	4	6	17	3

Final

14 May Beith v Galston 1-1 at Blacklands Park, Kilwinning

28 May Beith v Galston 0-0 at Blacklands Park, Kilwinning

20 Aug 1904 Beith v Galston 2-0 at Kersland Field, Glengarnock

1904-05 North Ayrshire Cup

	Beith	Hurl	KilwE	Mayb
Beith		19 Apr 3-1	7 Jan 4-2	8 Oct 4-0
Hurlford	WL	99 Max 9-9	5 May LW	10 Sep 4-3
Kilwinning Eglinton	3 Sep 2-2	18 Feb 1-1		22 Oct 4-2
Maybole	WL	25 Feb 1-7	LW	99 Max 9-9

4 Mar Maybole v Kilwinning 0-2 stopped due to crowd invasion

WL = probable results

	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
Beith	4	3	1	0	13	5	7
Hurlford	4	2	1	1	13	8	5
Kilwinning Eglinton	4	1	2	1	9	9	4
Maybole	4	0	0	4	6	19	0

Play-off

22 Aug 1905 Beith v Hurlford 0-0 at Blacklands Park, Kilwinning

26 Aug 1905 Beith v Hurlford 2-1 at Kersland Field, Glengarnock

Final at Meadow Park, Irvine

21 Oct 1905 Beith v Kilwinning Eglinton 4-1

1905-06 North Ayrshire Cup

	AyrAc	Hurl	KilwE	Mayb	Vale
Ayr Academical	99 Max 9-9
Hurlford			24 Mar 3-1	18 Nov 4-2
Kilwinning Eglinton	2 Dec 2-3				14 Oct 8-0
Maybole	14 Oct 2-4
Vale of Carrick					99 Max 9-9

	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
Ayr Academical
Hurlford
Kilwinning Eglinton
Maybole
Vale of Carrick

Final

5 May Hurlford v Ayr Academical 2-2 at Glebe Park, Beith

XXXXHurlford v Ayr Academical

1906-07 North Ayrshire Cup

9 Mar Beith v Hurlford 0-2 unfinished

23 Mar Beith v Hurlford 1-1

27 Apr Beith v Hurlford 1-0

Play-off

4 May Kilwinning Eglinton v Beith 0-0

Final at Ladeside Field, Kilbirnie

11 May Galston v Beith 1-0

1907-08 North Ayrshire Cup

First round - 2 legs

2 Nov Beith v Kilwinning Eglinton 2-2

7 Dec Kilwinning Eglinton v Beith 0-0

23 Dec Beith v Kilwinning Eglinton 4-0

30 Nov Maybole v Girvan Athletic 0-0

14 Dec Girvan Athletic v Maybole 1-5

Play-off - 2 legs

15 Feb Galston v Beith 7-0

21 Mar Beith v Galston 1-0

Final at Riverside Park, Galston

26 Dec 1908 Galston v Maybole abandoned and friendly played, score 4-1