The Manning Cup is an annual secondary degree schoolboy soccer competitors for highschool groups in Jamaica’s company space, which incorporates Kingston, St. Andrew, and St. Catherine parishes. Stemming from historic initiatives to create aggressive alternatives for secondary college groups in 1909, the annual Manning Cup event has develop into one of the crucial standard sporting occasions within the nation.
In 1914, the Manning Cup’s inaugural yr, 5 faculties registered for the competition initially of the college yr, with 4 finally competing in a complete of 12 matches: Jamaica Faculty, Wolmer’s Faculties, Calabar Excessive College, and St. George’s Faculty. Over its historical past, 4 faculties—Jamaica Faculty, St. George’s Faculty, Kingston Faculty, and Wolmer’s Boys—have dominated the competitors.
31 Wins – Jamaica Faculty
Jamaica College (JC) has charted essentially the most Manning Cup contest wins with 31 victories. Jamaica Faculty had been the inaugural winners of the Manning Cup in 1909 and 1910. After a prolific title run, Jamaica Faculty went by means of a 33-year dry spell, having did not safe the trophy since 1974. In 2007, they broke the spell by defeating the earlier champions, Bridgeport Excessive College.
1909, 1910, 1913, 1914, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1918, 1919, 1921, 1922, 1933, 1934, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1946,1961, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1974, 2007, 2010, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2022
22 Wins – St. George’s Faculty
With 22 trophies beneath their belt, St. George’s Faculty holds the quantity two spot for many Manning Cup wins. St. George’s Faculty is one in all Jamaica’s most prestigious and profitable soccer establishments, and it has constantly been a formidable pressure within the Manning Cup Competitors, amassing a outstanding assortment of titles through the years.
1912, 1920, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1932, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1945, 1947, 1948, 1955, 1956, 1959, 1983, 1984, 1992, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012
16 Wins – Kingston Faculty
Kingston Faculty holds the third spot for essentially the most Manning Cup trophies, having received 16 since coming into and profitable the competitors in 1949. The unbeaten 1964 Kingston Faculty staff, recognised because the all-time finest Jamaican schoolboy soccer staff ever, holds the excellence of being the primary Manning Cup staff to attain triple champion status, having received the Manning and Walker Cups and the Oliver Defend.
1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1957, 1958, 1964, 1965, 1967, 1970, 1975, 1981, 1985, 1986, 2018, 2021
10 Wins – Wolmer’s Boys
Wolmer’s Boys is fourth on the record of colleges with essentially the most Manning Cup victories, having received 10 titles. In 1971, the Wolmer’s staff received the Manning Cup schoolboy soccer competitors in spectacular trend with a 3-0 conquer Kingston Faculty in a play-off on the Nationwide Stadium. The final title win for Wolmer’s Boys was in 1994, after they beat Tivoli Gardens Excessive College.
1923, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1930, 1931, 1938, 1939, 1971, 1994
Different Title Winners
Excelsior Highschool is fifth place with 7 titles received in 1953, 1969,1980, 1989, 1993, 2003 and 2004
Calabar (1943, 1977, 2005), Norman Manley (1996, 2000, 2002), Camperdown (1978, 1979, 1982) and Charlie Smith Excessive College (1988, 1990, 1995) tie for sixth place with 3 titles every.
Bridgeport (2002, 2006) and Tivoli Gardens Excessive College (1976, 1999) each tie for seventh place with two titles every.
St. Andrew Technical (1987), Ardenne (1991), Dunoon (1998) and Mona Excessive (2023) tie for eighth place with one title every.
Years of no competitors
Over its lengthy historical past, the Manning Cup event has typically been impacted by native and world occasions that induced it to be canceled. World Struggle II compelled the cancellation of the competitors in 1944, and a polio outbreak led to its abandonment in 1954. College violence incidents in 1960 and 1997, in addition to a taking pictures in Montego Bay in 1972, prevented the competition from going down.
The COVID-19 pandemic prevented the Manning Cup competitors from going down in 2020. Additionally they cancelled the competitors in 1911, 1966, and 1973.
