MAGAZINE CUP

2009/10 season competition

1st Round
St Mary's v Victory
St Leonard's v Crawford
Macaulay v Glenbrook
Streatham Wells v Clapham Manor
Sunnyhill v Fenstanton
Rosendale v Peckham Park
Richard Arkins v Henry Cavendish
Immanuel v Kings Avenue
Crown Lane v Corpus Christi
Sudbourne v St Joseph's
Holy Trinity v Hitherfield
Kings Elm Wood v St Bernadette's
Bonneville v Allen Edwards
Francesca Cabrini v Loughborough
Lyndhurst v Jubilee
St Jude's v Oliver Goldsmith

History of South London Schools FA and the Magazine Cup

The South London Schools FA (SLSFA) was founded in 1885 making it one of the oldest schools football associations in the world. L&SPSFL is pleased to be affiliated to such an historic institution.

The SLSFA runs representative schools teams from under 11 which is the L&SPSFL age group up to under 19s. In recent seasons at under 11 SLSFA has had success winning the Finch (3 times) and Kay Trophies (twice) and an international 7 a side competition in France (3 times) with the bulk of the team provided by L&SPSFL schools.

The Magazine Cup was inaugurated in the 1930s by the SLSFA and was so named because the silver cup awarded to the winners was provided by a local sports magazine. The original silver trophy is still awarded to the winning school and is now held by Francesca Cabrini of Honor Oak who beat Loughborough of Brixton in the 2008/09 final to win the cup for the fourth time.

The final was played on Saturday 27 June at Rosendale Playing Fields in hot sunny conditions.

Francesca Cabrini scored a goal in each half through Myles Dominique and Terrique Hall-Anderson and remained in control most of the match. Loughborough and their coach Chas Simmons never gave up and pressed hard for a goal in the last ten minutes of the final but could not get through a strong Cabrini defence. Man of the match Nelson Berdeja-Villarte covered all of the pitch in midfield helping successfully shield his back four and prompting Cabrini’s attacking movements. The cup final win was especially sweet for Cabrini having finished second to arch rivals St Bernadette’s of Clapham Park in the league and in losing to them in extra time in the recent schools 7 a sides cup final. The winning coach Michael Brady the former Tooting and Mitcham player coaches both schools and in addition runs the football team at Corpus Christi Primary of Brixton Hill which also won their division this season in the Lambeth & Southwark Primary Schools Football league.

By a curious coincidence 2009 Cabrini parent Ivon Fergus was a member of the victorious Peckham Park school side which won the cup in 1986, 87, and 88. His son Kyle Fergus captained Cabrini to victory in the latest final and thus follows in his Dad’s footsteps in winning this historic and prestigious competition.

Recent winners and runners up

2008/09
winners Francesca Cabrini (Honor Oak)
r/up Loughborough (Brixton)

2007/08
winners Allen Edwards (Stockwell)
r/up Francesca Cabrini (Honor Oak)

2006/07
winners Corpus Christi (Brixton Hill)
r/up Loughborough (Brixton)

2005/06
winners St Bernadette's (Clapham Park)
r/up Sudbourne (Brixton Hill)

2004/05
winners St Bernadette's (Clapham Park)
r/up Jubilee (Tulse Hill)

2003/04
winners, Oliver Goldsmith (Peckham)
r/up, Corpus Christi (Brixton Hill)

2002/03
winners, Francesca Cabrini (Honor Oak)
r/up, Oliver Goldsmith (Peckham)

2001/02
winners, Crampton (Walworth)
r/up, St Bernadette's (Clapham Park)

2000/01
winners, Stockwell (Brixton)
r/up, Oliver Goldsmith (Peckham)

1999/00
winners, Elm Wood (West Norwood)
r/up, Stockwell (Brixton)