NB: the 1962 edition was the first 1962 Kenema district bt Port Loko district 1963/64 East End Lions 4-0 Port Loko district 1964/65 Blackpool (Freetown) 4-0 Kenema district 1965/66 Old Edwardians (Freetown) 1-0 Kenema district 1966/67 Blackpool (Freetown) 2-1 Bo district 1967 King Tom Rovers 2-1 Bo district 1968/69 Bo district 2-0 Blackpool (Freetown) 1969/70 Blackpool (Freetown) 1-1 Bombali district [aet, 8-3 corners] 1970/71 Port Loko district bt Kono district 1971/72 Kono district 1-1 Old Edwardians (Freetown) [3-1 pen] 1972/73 East End Lions (Freetown) 3-0 Wusum Stars (Bombali) 1973/74 Ports Authority (Freetown) 1974/75 East End Lions (Freetown) 3-0 Bombali district 1975/76 not known 1976/77 abandoned 1977/78 Port Loko district awd Blackpool (Freetown) 1978/79 Wusum Stars (Bombali) 1979/80 Bombali district 1980/81 Real Republicans (Freetown) bt Bombali district 1981 not known [Kamboi Eagles (Kenema) qualified for African CWC as league runners-up] 1982 not held [Bai Bureh Warriors (Port Loko) qualified for African CWC as league runners-up] 1983 not known [probably Mighty Blackpool who qualified for African CWC] 1984 not known [probably Old Edwardians who qualified for African CWC as league runners-up] 1985 Kamboi Eagles (Kenema) 2-1 Real Republicans (Freetown) 1986 Real Republicans (Freetown) 1987 not known 1988 Mighty Blackpool (Freetown) 1989 East End Lions (Freetown) 1-0 Real Republicans (Freetown) 1990 Ports Authority (Freetown) 1-0 East End Lions (Freetown) 1991 Ports Authority (Freetown) bt Old Edwardians (Freetown) 1992 Diamond Stars (Kono) 1993 not known 1994 Mighty Blackpool (Freetown) 1995-99 not played 2000 Mighty Blackpool (Freetown) 2001 Old Edwardians (Freetown) 2002 not played 2003 FC Kallon (Freetown) 2004 Ports Authority (Freetown) 2005 Old Edwardians (Freetown) 2006 FC Kallon (Freetown) 2007-13 not held 2014 Kamboi Eagles (Kenema) 3-2 East End Lions (Freetown) [aet] 2015 not held 2016 FC Johansen (Freetown) 1-0 Sierra Leone Armed Forces FC (Makeni) 2017-22 not held 2023/24 Number of Known Wins (33): 6 (Mighty) Blackpool 4 East End Lions Ports Authority 3 Kamboi Eagles (includes Kenema district) Old Edwardians 2 FC Kallon Port Loko district [aka Bai Bureh Warriors] Real Republicans Wusum Stars (includes Bombali district) 1 Bo district [aka Kakua Warriors] Diamond Stars FC Johansen (Freetown) King Tom Rovers Kono district Number of Known League-and-Cup Doubles (3) 2 Mighty Blackpool (Freetown) [1988, 2000] 1 FC Kallon (Freetown) [2006]
NB: since 1939 played for the Sir Douglas Jardine Cup; it was replaced by
the Regional Cup in 1955; the final (19th) edition may have been played
at the beginning of 1955.
Year Winner
1936 Colony [at Freetown]
1937 Colony [at Moyamba]
1938 Colony [at Freetown]
1939 Protectorate [at Bo]
1940 Protectorate [at Freetown]
1941 Colony [at Bo]
1942 Colony [at Freetown]
1943 Colony [at Bo]
1944 Colony [at Freetown]
1945 Colony [at Bo]
1946 Colony [at Freetown]
1947 Colony [at Bo]
1948 Colony [at Freetown]
1949 shared [at Port Loko]
1950 shared [at Freetown]
1951 Colony [at Bo]
1952 Colony [at Freetown]
1953 Colony [at Port Loko]
1954 Colony [at Freetown]
NB: replaced the Colony vs Protectorate match; played for the De Zouche-Hall Cup. Regional Cup (Festival of the Arts Cup) 1955 Freetown & Rural Area 3-0 South Eastern Province 1956 abandoned 1957 Freetown 9-0 South Eastern Province 1958 Freetown 6-1 Northern Province 1959 Freetown & Rural Area 18-0 South Eastern Province NB: competition apparently not held since; possibly Freetown & Rural Area won the trophy to keep.
Football competitions in the Western Area around Freetown were organised by the SLFA until 1967, when the WAFA took over. Trophy unknown 1925 Old Saint Edwards 1926 Academy GC (Freetown) 1927 Saint Edans 1928 Bame Games Club 1929 South End Tyrants Association Cup 1946 East End Lions 2-1 Tigers 1947 South End Tyrants 1948 East End Lions 4-1 Police 1949 East End Lions 2-0 Regents Olympic 1950 Tigers 1951 Prisons GC bt East End Lions 1952-55 not known 1956 Edwardians 1-1 Blackpool [aet; trophy shared] 1957 not known 1958 Blackpool 2-0 Arsenal 1959 Blackpool 1-0 Arsenal 1960 abandoned 1961-63 not held 1964 Blackpool 1-0 East End Lions 1965 Blackpool 1-0 Regent Olympic [aet] 1966 Old Edwardians 1-0 Ports Authority 1967 Barma 2-0 Old Edwardians 1968/69 abandoned 1969 Blackpool bt Bolton Nationale 1970-74 not known 1975/76 Ports Authority 2-1 East End Lions Beresford-Stooke Cup 1949 Young Tigers 1-0 Regents Olympic 1950 Sokro XI 1951 not known (Old Edwardians or East End Lions) 1952 Sokro 0-0 0-0 0-0 Leeds United [trophy shared] 1953 not known 1954 Regents Olympic 0-0 East End Lions [trophy shared] Stevenson's Cup (SLFA Division 1 knockout cup) 1945 Old Edwardians 1946 Old Edwardians bt Everton 1947 Old Edwardians 3-2 Everton [aet] 1948 East End Lions bt Regents Olympic 1949 Everton 1-0 Regents Olympic 1950 Tigers 1951 Sokro XI 1952-53 not known 1954 Old Edwardians 3-1 Old Princewaleans 1955 Blackpool 1-0 Regents Olympic Chellaram Cup (SLFA Division 1 knockout cup) 1956 not known (Railway or Blackpool) 1957 Railway 2-0 Blackpool 1958 East End Lions 1-0 Arsenal 1959 Bame 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-1 Arsenal [trophy shared] 1960 abandoned 1961-62 not held 1963 St Anthony's 0-0 1-0 Regent Olympic 1964 Blackpool 2-0 Arsenal 1965 Regent Olympic 2-1 Blackpool 1966 Regent Olympic 1967 not known 1968 Bolton Nationale 1969 not known (Old Edwardians or Prisons)
Source for data prior to 1930: [FIF 31]; for data 1936-1954: "Sierra Leone Daily Mail" (16-Nov-1954)
Additions thanks to Barry Baker and José Batalha
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