Derbyshire FA Centenary Cup

The Derbyshire FA Centenary Cup was an annual friendly association football competition, primarily played between Derbyshire's two professional clubs, Derby County and Chesterfield. It was contested, intermittently, from the 1983 season until 2010.

Derbyshire FA Centenary Cup

Founded	1983 (1983)
Abolished	2009 (2009)
Region	Derbyshire
Number of teams	2 Derby County Chesterfield Alfreton Town (2003-04)
Last champions	Chesterfield (4th title)
Most successful club(s)	Derby County (18 titles)
Website	Derbyshire FA

Background and history

The Derbyshire FA Centenary Cup was founded in 1983 to celebrate the centenary of the Derbyshire Football Association and is contested in the form of a pre-season friendly. The first ever tie was a two-legged affair between Derbyshire's two Football League clubs, Derby County and Chesterfield, to earn the 'County Title'. Both matches were played mid-season, in November. The first leg, at Chesterfield's Saltergate, ended 5–2 to Derby and the return leg at the Baseball Ground finished in a 1–1 draw for a 6–3 aggregate win for Derby.

After this, matches became single-legged. For the next two seasons, they were played at the beginning of the following season to fit in with to Derby County's touring schedules (so the 1984–85 match was actually played at the beginning of the 1985–86 season and the 1985–86 match was actually played at the beginning of the 1986–87 season), before becoming standard pre-season matches. This meant that two matches were played within six days of each other in 1986: one on 9 August for the 1985–86 season and one on 15 August for the 1986–87 season. The 1996–97 match broke the established timetable and was held in November.

Originally, the venue alternated between Chesterfield's Saltergate and Derby's Baseball Ground but in recent years the fixture has been held solely at Chesterfield.

After several years of sending their reserve team to fulfil the fixture, Derby County declined to enter the 2003 competition and were replaced by non-league Alfreton Town, who beat Chesterfield 2–0. Derby returned for next year's contest, but then pulled out again. This time the match was cancelled altogether for four years. It returned for the 2009–10 season, but has not been played since.

Rules

Matches follow typical friendly competition rules, with a draw being decided on penalties.

Winners

Total wins

Club	Wins	Years won
Derby County	18	1983–84, 1984–85, 1985–86, 1986–87, 1987–88, 1988–89, 1989–90, 1990–91, 1991–92, 1992–93, 1993–94, 199–96, 1996–97, 1997–98, 1998–99, 1999–2000, 2002–03, 2004–05
Chesterfield	4	1994–95, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2009–10
Alfreton Town	1	2003–04

Results

Data from Chesterfield FC.

Key

Season	Home club	Score	Away club	Attendance	Notes
1983–84 (Two legs)	Chesterfield	2 – 5	Derby County	2,853	Derby County win 6–3 on aggregate
	Derby County	1 – 1	Chesterfield	1,184
1984–85	Derby County	3 – 2 aet	Chesterfield	2,296	Played at the beginning of the following season
1985–86	Chesterfield	1 – 5	Derby County	1,908	Played at the beginning of the following season
1986–87	Derby County	1 – 0 aet	Chesterfield	1,954	Played six days after the previous encounter to 'catch up'
1987–88	Chesterfield	0 – 2	Derby County	1,944
1988–89	Derby County	2 – 1	Chesterfield	2,031
1989–90	Chesterfield	0 – 2	Derby County	1,787
1990–91	Derby County	2 – 1	Chesterfield	2,702
1991–92	Chesterfield	1 – 2	Derby County	2,369
1992–93	Derby County	4 – 1	Chesterfield	4,112
1993–94	Chesterfield	2 – 7	Derby County	3,091
1994–95	Derby County	0 – 1	Chesterfield	2,435
1995–96	Chesterfield	1 – 3	Derby County	3,030
1996–97	Derby County	3 – 1	Chesterfield	2,746	Played in November, rather than pre-season
1997–98	Chesterfield	1 – 3	Derby County	2,812
1998–99	Derby County	1 – 1	Chesterfield	3,289	Derby County win 4–2 on penalties
1999–2000	Chesterfield	0 – 1	Derby County	1,503
2000–01	Chesterfield	1 – 1	Derby County	2,963	Chesterfield win 4–3 on penalties
2001–02	Chesterfield	3 – 0	Derby County	1,369
2002–03	Chesterfield	0 – 3	Derby County	1,557
2003–04	Alfreton Town	2 – 0	Chesterfield	911
2004–05	Chesterfield	1 – 5	Derby County	3,114
2005–06	No competition
2006–07
2007–08
2008–09
2009–10	Chesterfield	2 – 1	Derby County	3,716