The Leinster Leader Junior Club Cup is a gaelic football

Gaelic football

Gaelic football , commonly referred to as "football" or "Gaelic", or "Gah" is a form of football played mainly in Ireland...

 competition for junior clubs organised by the Kildare GAA

Kildare GAA

For more information see Kildare Senior Club Football Championship or Kildare Senior Club Hurling Championship.The Kildare County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association , or Kildare GAA, is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in County Kildare...

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Founded in 1995, it is sponsored by the Leinster Leader

Leinster Leader

The Leinster Leader is a newspaper published in Naas, Co. Kildare, Ireland. It is owned by Johnston Press who bought the Leinster Leader Group in 2005...

and it has gained mild support at county level. Many People believe that it was founded by the Gaelic Athletic Association

Gaelic Athletic Association

The Gaelic Athletic Association is an amateur Irish and international cultural and sporting organisation focused primarily on promoting Gaelic games, which include the traditional Irish sports of hurling, camogie, Gaelic football, handball and rounders...

 (GAA) to replace The Niall Smullen Cup

The Niall Smullen Cup

- Origin :The Niall Smullen Cup was a Gaelic football organised by Kildare GAA. Founded in 1925 it was named after Sallins-based footballer Niall Smullen. Smullen was one of Sallins GAA finest ever players throughout the 1890s and early 1900s. Niall holds the record for the most points scored in...

 which was abandoned in 1995.

Winners

• 1995 - Rheban ( Rheban 2-16 to Cappagh's 1-14 )
• 1996 - Kildangan ( Kildangan 1-10 to Cappagh's 0-11 )
• 1997 - Cappagh ( Cappagh 4-21 to Milltown's 0-8 )
• 1998 - Rheban ( Rheban 2-9 to Ardclough's 2-5 )
• 1999 - Milltown ( Milltown 1-13 to Kildangan's 0-12 )
• 2000 - Two Mile House ( Two Mile House 2-15 to Ardclough's 3-9 )
• 2001 - Kildangan ( Kildangan 3-17 to Cappagh's 2-11 )
• 2002 - Rheban ( Rheban 1-14 to Straffan's 0-15 )
• 2003 - Ardclough ( Ardclough 3-18 to Milltown's 2-16 )
• 2004 - Straffan ( Straffan 0-18 to Two Mile House's 2-10 )
• 2005 - Milltown ( Milltown 1-16 to Cappagh's 2-9 )
• 2006 - Cappagh ( Cappagh 0-19 to Milltown's 0-18 )
• 2007 - Rheban ( Rheban 3-18 to Athgarvan's 1-8 )
• 2008 - Straffan ( Straffan 2-17 to Rheban's 2-10 )

Teams

Rheban have the best record in the Cup winning it on 4 occasions ( 1995, 1998, 2002 and 2007 )
and were runners-up on one occasion ( 2008 ). Other excelled teams are:

• Cappagh
  Cappagh GAA
  Cappagh is a Gaelic Athletic Association club in County Kildare, Republic of Ireland. It was the Kildare club of the year in 1998.-History:...
  
   ( 1997 and 2006 ) - runners-up ( 1995, 1996, 2001, and 2005 )
• Milltown
  Milltown GAA
  Milltown is a Gaelic Athletic Association club in Milltown, County Kildare, Ireland which played a leading role in developing the games in the county.-History:...
  
  ( 1999 and 2005 ) - runners-up ( 1997, 2003 and 2006 )