The Orkney Parish Cup is a unique football competition whereby birth and residence in the Scottish island of Orkney determine eligibility to play for a team. It is an annual competition with the final usually played on the second Saturday in August.
Format
The competition is a knock-out tournament with both teams playing each other home and away, with the aggregate score deciding the winner.
History The first year of the competition was 1929 with the only gaps being for World War II (1940–1945) and COVID-19 (2020).
Performances
+Results by ParishParishWinsFirst final wonLast final wonRunners-upLast final lostTotal finalappearancesBirsay4197020189201313Deerness419301935319387Firth219311992519977Harray111939197210197621Holm8192920256201514Orphir0 - -619916Rendall0 - -220172Sanday0 - -220192Sandwick23197320128202531Shapinsay519331954319528South Ronaldsay0 - -820148St Andrews8195220062201810St Ola141947201415202429Stenness119361936220233Stromness619802019320219Westray4199120236202210
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