1991–92 League Cup (rugby league)
| 1991–92 League Cup | |
|---|---|
| Structure | National knockout championship |
| Teams | 38 |
| Winners | Widnes |
| Runners-up | Leeds |
This was the twenty-first season of rugby league's League Cup competition, known as the Regal Trophy for sponsorship purposes.
Widnes won the final, beating Leeds by the score of 24-0. The match was played at Central Park, Wigan. The attendance was 15,070.
This season saw two "name" changes and one of the three junior clubs being replaced by a new league club. The number of entrants remained the same at thirty-eight.
The changes were :-
1 Runcorn Highfield became Highfield and now played at Hoghton Road Stadium in Sutton, a suburb of St. Helens and home to St Helens Town A.F.C. (although signing a 99-year lease, the club moved on after 4½ years after a proposed rent increase made a stay unviable - Fulham became London Crusaders but were still nomadic, although playing many home matches at Crystal Palace National Sports Centre before settling at Barnet Copthall for season 1993-94
2 Scarborough Pirates joined the league and the competition (albeit for a very brief one season stay before going into administration), taking the place of one of the junior teams-
The preliminary round involved twelve clubs, to reduce the numbers to entrants to the first round proper to thirty-two.
Involved 2 matches and 4 Clubs
Involved 16 matches and 32 Clubs
Involved 1 match and 2 Clubs
Involved 8 matches and 16 Clubs
Involved 4 matches with 8 clubs
Involved 2 matches and 4 Clubs
Scoring - Try = four (4) points - Goal = two (2) points - Drop goal = one (1) point
As part of the sponsorship deal and funds, the prize money awarded to the competing teams for this season is as follows :-
...
Wikipedia