Date and venue confirmed for Fred Conway Cumberland Cup final
Details have been confirmed for this season's Fred Conway Cumberland Cup final.
Carlisle City will face Penrith at Workington Reds' Borough Park on Tuesday, April 22.
The Northern League Division One rivals will go head to head in the county senior cup showpiece in west Cumbria, with the match to kick-off at 7.30pm.
It will be one of the last games at Borough Park before a summer of demolition work at the ground, before the building of a new community stadium.
Cumberland Football Association bosses have also described the occasion as "bittersweet" as it will be the last season that the cup is named after their late former chairman Fred Conway.
We're pleased to confirm details for this year's Fred Conway Cumberland Cup Final! 🏆 ⚽ @penrith_afc 🆚 @CarlisleCityFC 📆 Tuesday 22 April ⏰ 7:30pm 📍 Borough Park, @WorkingtonAFC #FredConwayCumberlandCup pic.twitter.com/vejxmpYRFn
— Cumberland FA ⚽️ (@CumberlandFA) April 1, 2025
Confirming the final's date and venue, Cumberland FA chief executive Ben Snowdon said: "Whilst we appreciate that we rarely please everyone when it comes to the location of our finals, this decision is filled with bittersweet sentiment.
"This will be the last season that the competition is named after our late chair Fred, as we always said we would revert to the Cumberland Cup after three finals, as we believe this is what he would have insisted upon, and we therefore plan to honour his legacy through different means.
"It therefore feels fitting that the last Fred Conway Cumberland Cup final will be held at Borough Park, a stadium and a place which he loved, ahead of its major redevelopment in the coming years."
It will be the second successive year that Workington's ground has hosted the final, Reds themselves winning the cup last season by defeating Carlisle United.
The majority of finals in previous recent years were at United's Brunton Park ground, which hosted every other final since 2007, except 2022's final, which was at Penrith's Frenchfield Park.
Carlisle City, who defeated Cleator Moor Celtic in their semi-final, will be out to regain the cup they last won in 2022.
Penrith, who got past Aspatria in the last four, are looking to become county senior cup winners for the first time since 2010.
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