The Totty Cup

1923: Wath Victoria
2026: Carrfield

For this year’s (2026) webpage click here. For girls – see https://tottycup.co.uk/girls/
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The full list of results is here, and to see an individual school’s history click here.
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2026 winners in green. Runners up in blue.

Totty CupBarlow-SalmonsGordon SwannBrian HydeD&D GirlsKaren Walker
CarrfieldQueenWath C of EHighgateTBCTBC
GoosecareLacewoodBrampton EllisGoldthorpeTBCTBC

The Gordon-Swann Cup is a 3rd place play-off for the Totty Cup (which the Barlow-Salmons was for many years). The Barlow-Salmons Shield is now a second tier competition for those schools that did not qualify for the Totty Cup. The Brian Hyde Cup is a third tier competitions for schools that did not qualify for the other two competitions.

For the Don & Dearne Girls Cup – https://tottycup.co.uk/girls/

The Totty Cup is a school football tournament in the Don & Dearne region of South Yorkshire.  The trophy was originally donated to the Dearne Association by a Goldthorpe Picture House proprietor, Russell Totty, in the 1920’s (first recorded final 1923). Originally it was a “senior school” competition but is now a primary school competition.

The Don & Dearne Sports Association ran this competition as well as a representative team for many years.  Two of the players from the 1960’s (Frank Barlow & Geoff Salmons) donated a trophy for those schools knocked out in the early rounds – this is known as the Barlow-Salmons Shield (introduced 1974). Prior to this, there was a Clarke Shield.  Information on completed Barlow-Salmons competitions are on a separate website – click here.

Don & Dearne SFA had a well respected reprentative team during the 1950s, 60’s & 70’s.  Information on the history of these teams is sketchy – but a start has been made at the following website –  Don & Dearne Representative Team.

As well as documenting the history of these competitions, it is hoped that some of the gaps will be filled by some of those who have played in the competition throughout the years.

All 550 copies of the centenary book are now gone – 15 of these are in the local libraries for loan.
Copies are available to purchase only via Amazon – tinyurl.com/TottyAmz
It’s a 220 page book that details all the local footballers that made it to an elite level – as well as school competitions.

Two other books with local connections:

125 years of the Montagu Cup – tinyurl.com/125mont


Feeding the Wolves – Mark Crook’s Wath Wanderers – tinyurl.com/crookwwfc