Forfarshire County Football League
And the Carry Cup
1897-1907, 1909-1911
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See also |
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. 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, 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 competitions 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 1902-03 1904-05 1905-06 Dundee A 1906-07 1909-10 1910-11 |
|
1897-98 |
Arb |
Dd W |
Forf |
Loch U |
Montr |
|
Arbroath |
X |
29 Jan 3-2 |
19 Mar 1-2 |
12 Feb 0-1 |
5 Mar 2-2 |
|
Dundee
Wanderers |
26 Feb 2-0 |
X |
0-3 |
11 Apr 0-2 |
16 Apr 2-0 |
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Forfar Athletic |
22 Jan 3-1 |
5 Mar 5-2 |
X |
19 Feb 3-2 |
30 Apr 4-1 |
|
Lochee United |
9 Apr 1-3 |
26 Mar 0-1 |
16 Apr 1-1 |
X |
19 Mar 3-3 |
|
Montrose |
5 Feb 3-5 |
9 Apr 8-2 |
12 Mar 3-1 |
29 Jan 4-0 |
X |
|
|
1897-98 |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
Pts |
|
1 2 3 4 5 |
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 |
Arb |
Dd W |
Forf |
Loch U |
Montr |
|
Arbroath |
X |
18 Mar 3-0 |
16 Apr 1-1 |
8 May 1-0 |
25 Feb 4-0 |
|
Dundee
Wanderers |
18 Feb 1-2 |
X |
4 Feb 1-0 |
14 Jan 5-1 |
7 Jan 6-0 |
|
Forfar Athletic |
1 Apr 5-0 |
29 Apr 3-1 |
X |
25 Feb 5-2 |
4 Mar 2-0 |
|
Lochee United |
4 Mar 3-4 |
19 Nov 2-2 |
8 Apr 2-6 |
X |
3 Dec 4-2 |
|
Montrose |
8 Apr 1-3 |
11 Mar 0-2 |
21 Jan 1-3 |
11 Feb 4-2 |
X |
|
|
1898-99 |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
Pts |
|
1= 1= 3 4 5 |
Forfar Athletic Arbroath Dundee
Wanderers Lochee United Montrose |
8 8 8 8 8 |
6 6 4 2 1 |
1 1 1 1 0 |
1 1 3 5 7 |
25 18 18 15 11 |
8 11 11 24 28 |
13 13 9 5 2 |
Championship shared
|
1899-00 |
Arb |
Dd W |
Forf |
Loch U |
Montr |
|
Arbroath |
X |
21 Apr 5-1 |
3 Feb 2-2 |
16 Apr 1-0 |
28 Apr 3-1 |
|
Dundee
Wanderers |
14 Apr 2-3 |
X |
5 May 4-1 |
11 Nov 2-0 |
31 Mar 2-2 |
|
Forfar Athletic |
31 Mar 9-3 |
7 Apr 4-4 |
X |
28 Apr 7-3 |
3 Mar 4-2 |
|
Lochee United |
5 May 2-5 |
|
24 Mar 3-1 |
X |
|
|
Montrose |
12 May |
25 Nov 3-1 |
10 Mar 4-2 |
|
X |
|
|
1899-00 |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
Pts |
|
1 2 3 4 5 |
Arbroath Forfar Athletic Dundee
Wanderers Montrose Lochee United |
7 8 7 5 5 |
5 3 2 2 1 |
1 2 2 1 0 |
1 3 3 2 4 |
22 30 16 12 8 |
17 25 18 12 16 |
11 8 6 5 2 |
|
1900-01 |
Arb |
Dun |
Dd W |
Forf |
Loch |
Montr |
|
Arbroath |
X |
3 Nov 0-1 |
26 Jan 4-3 |
1 Dec 8-0 |
9 Feb 8-2 |
|
|
Dundee A |
27 Apr 3-1 |
X |
30 Mar 1-0 |
26 Jan 7-0 |
15 Apr 2-1 |
|
|
Dundee
Wanderers |
11 May 0-2 |
X |
13
Apr 0-2 |
26 Jan 6-1 |
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Forfar Athletic |
13
Apr 4-0 |
16 Feb 1-3 |
9 Feb 5-1 |
X |
4 May 9-2 |
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|
Lochee United |
23 Mar 3-2 |
|
|
X |
|
|
|
Montrose |
2 Mar 1-5 |
|
|
X |
|
|
1900-01 |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
Pts |
|
1 2 3 4 5 6 |
Dundee A Arbroath Forfar Athletic Lochee United Dundee
Wanderers Montrose |
9 10 8 10 9 10 |
9 6 5 5 2 1 |
0 0 0 0 0 0 |
0 4 3 5 7 9 |
32 34 30 22 15 13 |
6 20 17 30 26 47 |
18 12 10 10 4 2 |
1901-02
7 Dec Montrose v Dundee A 2-2
4 Jan Forfar Athletic v Dundee A 2-6
1 Mar Lochee United v Arbroath 1-3
Semi final
3 May Montrose v Forfar Athletic 3-2
Final
10 May Dundee A v Montrose 3-1
1902-03
First round
28 Mar Dundee Wanderers v Arbroath 2-1
15 Apr Dundee A v Lochee United 0-0
1903-04
28 Nov Montrose v Dundee A 3-0
First
round
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
Final
11
May Dundee v Forfar Athletic 2-4 (at Dens)
1904-05
1st round (Arbroath declined to enter as they had no free dates)
14 Jan Montrose v
Dundee A 1-1
26 Apr Dundee v Montrose 2-0
Semi final
Forfar Athletic v Lochee United
Dundee v Dundee Wanderers
1905-06
9 Dec Forfar Athletic v Dundee Wanderers 3-1
16 Dec Montrose v Lochee
United 2-1
24 Feb Lochee United v
Montrose 3-1 (at Dundee)
Semi final
10 Mar Lochee United v Dundee A 0-2
28 Apr Arbroath v Forfar Athletic 3-2
12 May Forfar Athletic v Arbroath 0-1
Final 1st leg
15 Aug 1906 Arbroath v Dundee A 0-0
Final 2nd leg
Dundee A v Arbroath
1906-07
27 Apr Lochee United v
Dundee A 0-2
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1909-10 |
Arb |
Bre |
D Hib |
D Wdr |
Forf |
Montr |
|
Arbroath |
X |
4 Jan 3-1 |
20 Nov 3-3 |
|
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|
|
Brechin City |
|
X |
|
12 Feb 3-2 |
2 Apr 3-0 |
26 Mar 1-0 |
|
Dundee Hibernian |
22 Jan 2-1 |
1 Jan 1-1 |
X |
25 Dec 6-2 |
23 Apr 1-0 |
12 Mar 3-2 |
|
Dundee Wanderers |
|
|
|
X |
|
|
|
Forfar Athletic |
|
|
12 Feb 0-3 |
26 Mar 1-0 |
X |
|
|
Montrose |
|
30 Apr 3-0 |
|
1 Jan 3-0 |
|
X |
|
|
1909-10 |
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1 |
Dundee
Hibernian Forfar Athletic Arbroath Dundee
Wanderers Montrose |
|
1910-11 |
Bre |
For |
Mont |
|
Brechin City |
X |
14 Jan 1-3 |
19 Nov 3-1 |
|
Forfar Athletic |
15 Apr 1-1 |
X |
|
|
Montrose |
17 Dec 2-0 |
7 Jan 3-0 |
X |
|
|
1910-11 |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
Pts |
|
1 2 3 |
Montrose Forfar Athletic Brechin City |
3 3 4 |
2 1 1 |
0 1 1 |
1 1 2 |
6 4 5 |
3 5 7 |
4 3 3 |
Sources include: Stuart Robertson, Bernard Stocks, Stewart Davidson,
Dave Beattie, Andrew Maclennan