The Renfrewshire Cup is an annual association football competition between teams in the historic county

Counties of Scotland

The counties of Scotland were the principal local government divisions of Scotland until 1975. Scotland's current lieutenancy areas and registration counties are largely based on them. They are often referred to as historic counties....

 of Renfrewshire

Renfrewshire (historic)

Renfrewshire or the County of Renfrew is a registration county, the Lieutenancy area of the Lord Lieutenant of Renfrewshire, and one of the counties of Scotland used for local government until 1975. Renfrewshire is located in the West Central Lowlands of Scotland, south of the River Clyde,...

 in the west central Lowlands

Central Lowlands

The Central Lowlands or Midland Valley is a geologically defined area of relatively low-lying land in southern Scotland. It consists of a rift valley between the Highland Boundary Fault to the north and the Southern Uplands Fault to the south...

 of Scotland

Scotland

Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...

. The final is generally a Renfrewshire derby

Renfrewshire Derby

The Renfrewshire Derby is a Scottish football derby, contested between two senior clubs Greenock Morton and St. Mirren. The fixture, since the sides first met in 1885, has grown in significance over the years, due in part to the demise of other Renfrewshire football clubs, and is one of the most...

 contested between the two largest teams in the county, Paisley

Paisley

Paisley is the largest town in the historic county of Renfrewshire in the west central Lowlands of Scotland and serves as the administrative centre for the Renfrewshire council area...

's St. Mirren

St. Mirren F.C.

St Mirren Football Club are a Scottish professional football club based in Paisley, Renfrewshire who play in the Scottish Premier League, having been promoted from the First Division in 2005–06.St...

 and Greenock

Greenock

Greenock is a town and administrative centre in the Inverclyde council area in United Kingdom, and a former burgh within the historic county of Renfrewshire, located in the west central Lowlands of Scotland...

 Morton

Greenock Morton F.C.

Greenock Morton Football Club are a Scottish professional football club, who currently play in the Scottish Football League First Division. The club was founded as Morton Football Club in 1874, making it one of the oldest senior Scottish clubs....

.

The Cup is currently held by St. Mirren, after they defeated Greenock Morton 4-2 at St. Mirren Park

St. Mirren Park

St. Mirren Park, more commonly known as Love Street, was a football stadium located on Love Street in Paisley, Scotland. At one time the stadium was capable of accommodating almost 50,000 spectators, however in its final years it had an all-seated capacity of 10,800. Until its closure in 2009, St....

 on Saturday 16th July 2011.

Tournament

The tournament for the Renfrewshire Cup is contested between four teams from the county. St Mirren and Greenock Morton qualify automatically and each team competes with one of the finalist teams from a local amateur tournament, the Victoria Cup. The two victorious teams from these semi-finals go on to compete in the final game.

History

The Renfrewshire Cup is the third oldest football trophy in Scotland still competed for. Only the Scottish Cup

Scottish Cup

The Scottish Football Association Challenge Cup,, commonly known as the Scottish Cup or the William Hill Scottish Cup for sponsorship purposes, is the main national cup competition in Scottish football. It is a knockout cup competition run by and named after the Scottish Football Association.The...

 and East of Scotland Shield

East of Scotland Shield

The East of Scotland Shield is a Scottish football trophy awarded by the East of Scotland Football Association. The only older cup competition in Scottish football is the Scottish Cup....

 are older and still contested. Since 1991, the finalists have continually been St Mirren or Greenock Morton.

The first tournament was held in 1879 and won by Thornliebank.
In 1953/54 Babcock and Wilcox were the only team outwith the big two to win it since Port Glasgow were triumphant in 1909.

Former holders

The number of times each team has won the Renfrewshire Cup :

• St. Mirren FC
  St. Mirren F.C.
  St Mirren Football Club are a Scottish professional football club based in Paisley, Renfrewshire who play in the Scottish Premier League, having been promoted from the First Division in 2005–06.St...
  
   - 53
• Greenock Morton FC (Morton until 1994)
  Greenock Morton F.C.
  Greenock Morton Football Club are a Scottish professional football club, who currently play in the Scottish Football League First Division. The club was founded as Morton Football Club in 1874, making it one of the oldest senior Scottish clubs....
  
   - 51
• Abercorn FC
  Abercorn F.C.
  Abercorn Football Club was a football club based in Paisley, Scotland, which played in the Scottish Football League from 1890 until 1915. The team's strip colours were blue and white stripes. Abercorn were founder members of the Scottish Football League, but eventually could not compete with...
  
   - 5
• Port Glasgow Athletic
  Port Glasgow Athletic F.C.
  Port Glasgow Athletic were a senior Scottish Football club formed in 1880. It was originally named Broadfield before changing its name in 1881....
  
   - 5
• Arthurlie FC
  Arthurlie F.C.
  Arthurlie Football Club are a Junior Scottish football team based in Barrhead, East Renfrewshire, near Glasgow. They play at Dunterlie Park, on Carlibar Road, adjacent to Barrhead railway station. They currently play in the Stagecoach Super League, Premier Division...
  
  - 2
• Thornliebank - 2
• Babcock & Wilcox - 1