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5 unusual facts about Challenge Cup


Aaron Taylor-Sinclair

1 Challenge Cup appearance in 2011–12 & 2 in 2012–13 that aren't recorded on Soccerbase

Featherstone

The town's sport scene is dominated by its local rugby league club, Featherstone Rovers, who have won the Challenge Cup on three occasions, most recently on 7 May 1983, and won the League Championship in 1976–77.

He Said He Loved Me

The song was used as a backing track in a video preview on the 2010 Rugby League Challenge Cup final.

Igtisadchi Baku

Igtisadchi Baku was founded in the Summer of 2008 and immediately got the right to participate in the Azerbaijan Super League, qualifying after just one season to the Challenge Cup.

Stuart Pyke

Stuart has commentated on many Rugby League Challenge Cup Finals, Super League Grand Finals and Great Britain test matches during his career.


1979–80 Northern Rugby Football League season

The 1980 State Express Challenge Cup culminated in the first Hull Cup final derby, with a heavy entourage of supporters from the East and West of the city making the trip to London.

1988–89 Rugby Football League season

Fourteen teams competed from August, 1988 until May, 1989 for the Stones Bitter Championship, Premiership Trophy and Silk Cut Challenge Cup.

2001 Bradford Bulls season

The Bulls were not able to defend their Challenge Cup title as they fell 13-6 to St Helens RLFC in a match which was played under terrible weather as rain swept Twickenham Stadium.

Barry Maranta

The London Broncos made their only Challenge Cup final appearance so far at the old Wembley Stadium in May 1999, Branson relinquished his interest in 2001 and the London Broncos brand was 'retired' in September 2005, becoming Harlequins Rugby League under the ownership of Ian Lenagan.

Craven Park, Barrow-in-Furness

For the visit of Wigan in the Challenge Cup improvements were made and the capacity is now 7,600 (up from 6,500).

Dean Bell

While at Wigan, Bell became a Seven-time Challenge Cup winner (including three as captain), a Six-time Rugby Football League Championship winner, a One-time World Sevens winner, a Five-time John Player Trophy winner, a Two-time RFL Premiership winner and a Four-time Lancashire Cup winner.

Kevin Penny

After a Challenge Cup tie against St Helens, his play on the wing was compared by BBC commentator Ray French to Saints' South African wing of the 1960s, Tom van Vollenhoven.

Mark Aston

This must have seemed a long way from the day, only 18 months earlier, when Aston won the Lance Todd Trophy in the Rugby League Challenge Cup final at Wembley Stadium, inspiring Sheffield Eagles to a famous 17-8 win over Wigan.

Matt Salter

He played for London Broncos in the European Super League, and was in the starting line-up (as a prop forward) for them in the 1999 Rugby League Challenge Cup Final, led out by the club backer at the time, Richard Branson.

Michael McIlorum

McIlorum made his senior debut for Wigan on 8 June 2007 in a Challenge Cup quarter final tie against Harlequins RL at the JJB Stadium after an injury ruled out first team regular Shane Millard.

Sam Tomkins

Tomkins made 34 appearances during the 2011 season: 28 in the Super League, 5 in the Challenge Cup, and one in the World Club Challenge, in which he scored a drop goal in Wigan's 15–21 loss to the St. George Illawarra Dragons.

Shayne McCosh

He played with Sheffield for two seasons, during which time he helped them to win the Challenge Cup in 1999–00 and a Grand Slam of all available trophies in 2000–01.

Station Road, Swinton

In its heyday it boasted a capacity of 60,000, although with a record attendance of 44,621 for Warrington v Wigan in the 1951 Challenge Cup semi-final this was never really tested.

Steve Renouf

Renouf's Wigan Warriors debut came in round four of the Challenge Cup against Whitehaven at Central Park.

Thomas Surman

Tom Surman played in Bradford F.C.'s 5-0 victory over Salford in the 1905-06 Challenge Cup final at Headingley Stadium, Leeds.

Tony Rea

1999 - Club appoints Dan Stains as head coach; Stains leads Broncos to first Rugby League Challenge Cup final in the club's (Fulham, London Crusaders, Broncos) history.

Warren Norris

During this season, Norris helped Sheffield win a Grand Slam of all available trophies when they won the Benson & Hedges Cup, the Challenge Cup, the league championship and the playoffs.


see also

1893 Stanley Cup championship

The Stanley Cup, then named the Dominion Hockey Challenge Cup, was first awarded in 1893 to the Montreal Hockey Club of the Amateur Hockey Association of Canada (AHAC) at the end of the 1893 AHAC season for having placed first in the standings with a 7–1–0 record.

1987 PBA/IBA World Challenge Cup

Most Valuable Player of the PBA/IBA Challenge Cup: Ray Hall (IBA All-Stars)

1991 Scottish Challenge Cup Final

The 1991 Scottish Challenge Cup Final, also known as the B&Q Cup Final for sponsorship reasons, was an association football match between Hamilton Academical and Ayr United on 8 December 1991 at Fir Park in Motherwell.

1992 Scottish Challenge Cup Final

The 1992 Scottish Challenge Cup Final, also known as the B&Q Cup Final for sponsorship reasons, was an association football match between Morton and Hamilton Academical on 13 December 1992 at Love Street in Paisley.

1993 Scottish Challenge Cup Final

The 1993 Scottish Challenge Cup Final, also known as the B&Q Cup Final for sponsorship reasons, was an association football match between Falkirk and St. Mirren on 12 December 1993 at Fir Park in Motherwell.

2004 CECAFA Cup

The 2004 CECAFA Cup, officially called Amoudi Senior Challenge Cup due to sponsorship reasons, was the 28th edition of the tournament.

A. A. Casamajor

Casamajor helped the club eight win the Grand Challenge Cup and partnered Paine in the Silver Goblets in 1859 when they were runners-up to Warre and John Arkell.

Alex Chola

In August 1985, Dynamos lost a BP Challenge Cup first round match to Division I side City of Lusaka 3-0 which upset Mwila who suggested a “change of coaches may bring some spark into the team because he may have been telling them the same old techniques.”

Athletic Grounds, Rochdale

The highest attendance at the Athletic Grounds was the 1924 Challenge Cup final between Oldham and Wigan when 41,831 saw Wigan win 21-4.

Charles Cavendish Boyle

As governor, Boyle donated a trophy, the Boyle Challenge Cup, to the Newfoundland Hockey League.

Crocs Challenge Cup 2010

The 2010 Crocs Challenge Cup is a new annual European competition in beach soccer.

Dave Woods

In 2009, he commentated on his first Challenge Cup Final, succeeding Ray French.

Denbigh Town F.C.

During the same season the club secured a 1-0 North Wales Challenge Cup victory over Caernarfon Town, then a semi-professional side sitting fourth in the Northern Premier League.

Emile St. Godard

Following his victory in the dog derby at Ottawa's first Winter Carnival in February 1930, he was presented with a gold challenge cup and a cheque for one thousand dollars by the Mayor Frank H. Plant at a lavish reception in the Château Laurier.

Eric Clay

Two of the major games refereed by Clay were Challenge Cup finals at Wembley, between Wakefield Trinity and Hull in 1960 and Featherstone Rovers and Barrow in 1967.

Fairoz Hasan

He was also selected in a match between Burnley F.C. and Singapore Selection in the FIS Asian Challenge Cup on 24 July 2010, held at Jalan Besar Stadium.

Faisal Jeylani Aweys

At the 2013 Open World Taekwondo Challenge Cup in Tongeren, Aweys and Mohamed Deq Abdulle took home a silver medal and fourth place, respectively.

Frederick Burnham

Frederick K. Burnham, American motorboat racer, winner of the 1910 APBA Challenge Cup

Gordon McKeag

He was president of the Football League, chairman of the FA Challenge Cup Committee, director of the Football Association and director of the Football League and PFA Administration.

History of association football in Brisbane, Queensland

The Challenge Cup was won by Corinthians (named after the famous English amateur football team) and the Charity Cup by Brisbane City I. 1915 also saw reporting of junior competitions: winners' trophies were presented to the "first grade junior, Rag Tag Club, second grade junior, Brisbane City II; third grade junior, Wallaby I".

Kira Ivanova

While she had won numerous medals at international events, such as World Junior Championships, Enia Challenge Cup, and Moscow News Trophy, her true breakthrough on the international skating scene came with a bronze medal at the 1984 Winter Olympic Games in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia.

Lauren Fix

She competed in SVRA, HSR and the Canadian G.T. Challenge Cup sanctioned by FIA.

Maher Cup

The Maher Cup was an Australian rugby league (originally rugby union) challenge cup contested between towns of the South West Slopes and northern Riverina areas of New South Wales between 1920 and 1971.

Mohamed Deq Abdulle

At the 2013 Open World Taekwondo Challenge Cup in Tongeren, Abdulle and Faisal Jeylani Aweys took home fourth place and a silver medal, respectively.

Nathan Brew

He made his comeback appearance on 8 February 2003 against Bedwas RFC, again in the WRU Challenge Cup, and followed this up by scoring a try in a Welsh Premier Division match against Cardiff RFC on 25 April.

Paul Prescott

He made his return in 2006 but after just four matches he was injured again in a Challenge Cup match with Wakefield Trinity when a collision with one of his team mates, Bryan Fletcher, caused a detached retina.

Porthmadog F.C.

The season ended on a high note with a win against Caernarfon Town in the North Wales Coast Challenge Cup Final, following victories over Caernarfon Town and Colwyn Bay in earlier rounds.

Quinn Do

Prior to becoming a WPT event in 2007, Do finished runner-up to Amnon Filippi at the first Bellagio Challenge Cup, earning $228,850, the final table including such notable names such as Jeff Shulman, Mimi Tran, Sam Grizzle, Scotty Nguyen and Spider-Man famed actor Tobey Maguire who finished in 8th place.

Segway Fest

SegwayFesT 2008 also included the playing of the 2008 Woz Challenge Cup of Segway Polo on the lawn of the Indiana State Museum.

South Africa at the 2006 Winter Olympics

Tyler Botha finished second in a pair of Challenge Cup events that allowed him to qualify for the Games, where he ended up in 21st place.

Stationery Stores F.C.

The King Sunny Adé song "Challenge Cup 1967" was written about Stores' first FA Cup win.

Szpilman Award

The prize is accompanied with a dynamic cash award (sum of money collected by members of the jury parallel to the competition, called "Jackpot Stipendium"), a trip to Cimochowizna (Poland), and a challenge cup whichwill be handed over to the next prize winner in the subsequent year.

United Hospitals Cup

The United Hospitals Challenge Cup is contested by the six medical schools in London and is most notable for being the oldest rugby cup competition in the world.

Wadham College Boat Club

This defeat would be avenged in the next decade when, in 1849, Wadham raced Trinity, Cambridge and Oriel College in the Ladies' Challenge Plate and the Grand Challenge Cup on successive days.