1992–93 Regal Trophy
| 1992–93 League Cup | |
|---|---|
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| Structure | National knockout championship |
| Teams | 37 |
| Winners | Wigan |
| Runners-up | Bradford Northern |
This was the twenty-second season for the League Cup, a rugby league competition that was known as the Regal Trophy for sponsorship purposes.
Wigan defeated Bradford Northern by the score of 15-8 in the final to claim the trophy. The match was played at Elland Road, Leeds in front of an attendance of 13,221.
This season saw several changes in the entrants, one club re-formed/renamed, two French clubs were invited instead of the junior clubs, and one club withdrew. This resulted in one less club/entrant reducing the total number to thirty-seven.
The changes, in detail, are :-
1 Trafford Borough re-formed as Blackpool Gladiators and moved back to Blackpool, playing at Jepson Way, Blackpool
2 Two French clubs, Carcassonne and XIII Catalan were invited to join the competition, instead of the junior clubs, who were no longer invited
3 Scarborough Pirates went into administration at the end of last season
The preliminary round now involved ten clubs, to reduce the numbers of entrants to the first round proper to thirty-two.
Involved 5 matches and 10 Clubs
Involved 16 matches and 32 Clubs
Involved 8 matches and 16 Clubs
Involved 1 match and 2 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 :-
Note - the author is unable to trace the award amounts for this season. Can anyone help ?
This tree excludes any preliminary round fixtures
1 * Grundy Hill was the home ground of Horwich RMI, in Bolton
2 * The second highest score, at the time
3 * RUGBYLEAGUEproiject gives the attendance as 3,475 but Widnes official archives gives it as 3,343
4 * RUGBYLEAGUEproiject gives the attendance as 7,682 but Wigan official archives gives it as 8,000
5 * RUGBYLEAGUEproiject and Wigan official archives gives the score as 12-34 but Wigan's official detailed archives erroneously gives it as 12-24 whilst showing that 4 tries and 4 goals were scored
6 * Wigan's official detailed archives erroneously shows the second semi-final as St. Helens 8 Castleford 12, (which was actually the third round clash)
8 * Elland Road, Leeds, is the home ground of Leeds United A.F.C. with a capacity of 37,914 (The record attendance was 57,892 set on 15 March 1967 for a cup match Leeds v Sunderland). The ground was originally established in 1897 by Holbeck RLFC who played there until their demise after the conclusion of the 1903-04 season On their demise the ground was taken over by Leeds City F.C.. After their expulsion from The Football League eight games into the 1919–20 season, leading to their liquidation the ground was taken over by, and is still the home ground, of Leeds United
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