1989–90 Regal Trophy

The 1989–90 Regal Trophy was a British rugby league knockout tournament. It was the 19th season that the competition was held, and was the first staging of the competition since it was re-named the Regal Trophy.

Wigan won the final, beating Halifax by the score of 24–12 in the match was played at Headingley, Leeds. The attendance was 17,810 and receipts were £73688

Background
This season saw two changes in the existing members, and two new members, a new Chorley Borough (2) and an additional (now three in total) junior club

This brought the number of entrants up to thirty-eight

The changes in details are :-

1 Mansfield Marksman changed their name to Nottingham City and moved to a new Harvey Hadden Stadium in Nottingham

2 York had been renamed as Ryedale-York and moved to the new Ryedale Stadium on the outskirts of the  city

3 Chorley Borough re-formed, this time as Trafford Borough and moved out of Chorley and to Moss Lane the home ground of Altrincham F.C.

4 and this left a vacancy in Chorley which was filled by a newly formed club using the name of the recently departed club, yet another Chorley Borough (2)

Preliminary round
Involved 6 matches and 12 Clubs

Round 1 - First Round
Involved 16 matches and 32 Clubs

Round 2 - Second Round
Involved 8 matches and 16 Clubs

Round 2 - Second Round Replays
Involved 1 match and 2 Clubs

Round 3 -Quarter Finals
Involved 4 matches with 8 clubs

Round 3 -Quarter Finals - Replays
Involved 1 match with 2 clubs

Round 4 – Semi-Finals
Involved 2 matches and 4 Clubs

Teams and scorers
Scoring - Try = four points - Goal = two points - Drop goal = one point

Prize money
As part of the sponsorship deal and funds, the prize money awarded to the competing teams for this season is as follows :-

The road to success
This tree excludes any preliminary round fixtures

Notes and comments
1 * Crossfields are a Junior (amateur) club from Warrington

2 * Score at half time was 8-8

3 * West Hull are a Junior (amateur) club from Hull

4 * Rothmans Yearbooks 1991–92 and 1991–92 and RUGBYLEAGUEproject give score as 28-14 but Wigan official archives gives it as 27-14

5 * Kells are a Junior (amateur) club from Cumbria

6 * The score at half time was 0-2

7 * The game was played at Whitehaven's ground

8 * This result is missing from the details given in RUGBYLEAGUEproject

9 * This match played at Thrum Hall, home of Halifax - NOTE After the Hillsborough Stadium disaster Sheffield Eagles were unable to play at their home ground and during this season used 7 different venues as temporary "home" grounds

10 * At this time Fulham were a bit nomadic, using a collection of grounds as their "home", but the likelihood was that this match was probably played at Chiswick Polytechnic Sports Ground

11 * This match played at Saltergate, the home of Chesterfield F.C. - NOTE After the Hillsborough Stadium disaster Sheffield Eagles were unable to play at their home ground and during this season used 7 different venues as temporary "home" grounds

12 * Headingley, Leeds, is the home ground of Leeds RLFC with a capacity of 21,000. The record attendance was 40,175 for a league match between Leeds and Bradford Northern on 21 May 1947.