Last updated : Thursday, 14 September 2023
Myles N Kenyon Cup
The Myles N Kenyon Cup is an amateur football cup competition held for teams playing in Amateur Leagues in and around Bury, England. It is named after former Lancashire captain and batsman and High Sheriff of Lancashire, Myles Noel Kenyon.
History
The first recorded Kenyon Cup competition took place in 1922 taking its constituent teams from the four local leagues:
- The Bury Amateur Football League
- The Bury Metro Alliance Amateur Football League
- The Radcliffe Amateur Football League
- The Bury & District Sunday Schools' Amateur Football League
Since its inception the competition has been runs as a benevolent fund for either players or match officials who have suffered financial hardship due to their involvement in football or for other causes. This can be shown amongst other things by the cup being run as a joint committee of the four original leagues and the Referees' Association. The full title was 'Bury and District Football Leagues' and Referees' Association Central Benevolent Fund.'
The original cup was stolen recently and was described as:
"an 8in hallmarked silver cup, with handles and scalloped top to bown of cup. It had a double riser plinth with two complete name bands. It was engraved, "Bury & District Football Leagues Benevolent Fund, The Myles N. Kenyon Cup." It weighed 25oz."
The cup was an annual competition for a variety of leagues across Bury until in recent times all bar the Bury Amateur League pulled out of the competition as the leagues folded. Finally in 2004 the Bury Amateur League could no longer hold a full fixture list having only three clubs remaining, and so as the only remaining constituent league withdrew, the Cup was suspended indefinitely.
Relaunch
In 2005, the Management Committee, consisting of the Life Members, Officers, and Committee Members of the Bury Amateur Football League, decided to relaunch the Myles N Kenyon Cup. The new competition was open to all teams playing in the Bury Amateur Football League, and the first final was played in 2006.
The Myles N Kenyon Cup has been played annually since 2006, and has become one of the most popular cup competitions in the Bury area. The current holders of the cup are Tottington United, who won the competition in 2022.
