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- The Sussex Senior Cup is an annual association football knock-out cup competition for men's football clubs in the English county of Sussex and is the county senior cup of the Sussex FA. Its official name is the Sussex Senior Challenge Cup. For sponsorship purposes, from 2012 to 2018 it is also known as the Parafix Sussex Senior Cup after a new three-year sponsorship deal was agreed in 2015. First played in the 1882–83 season, shortly after the founding of the Sussex County Football Association in 1882, the first winners of the cup were Brighton Rangers. Other teams who won the cup in its early history are Burgess Hill, Lancing College and Eastbourne. The team with most title wins in the competition's history are Worthing but Sussex's sole Premier League team, Brighton & Hove Albion, have been most successful in recent years. Bognor Regis Town won the competition a record five times in succession between 1980 and 1984. Winners also qualify for a place in the Sussex FA Community Shield match, traditionally the opening match each season in Sussex football. Brighton & Hove Albion are the current holders of the Sussex Senior Cup, having beaten Worthing 4-2 in the 2022 final. (en)
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