UK radiator manufacturer Stelrad is sponsoring the Mexborough Montagu Cup’s new book to celebrate its 125th anniversary. Launch night is 15 December.
Stelrad has been involved with the Montagu Cup since 2015, through both its support for the football and for the local hospital, through the fundraising exploits of the annual cup competition and cup final that traditionally takes place on Easter Bank Holiday Monday.
The company has seen many of its employees involved in local sporting success over the years and several of its employees have featured in the Montagu Cup Competition, such as Shaun Wilkinson, Chris Watson, Andy Linacre and Steve Johnson who have all taken part in the finals over the years.
As well as a record of every Cup Final result since the first one in 1897, the book tells the fascinating stories of some of the players who have competed in this traditional Easter Monday fixture.
Football author Steve Penny, helped by the research of Chris Brook, has pulled all this together in an A4 publication. The book will be priced at £15, although those who pre-order can get it for £10.
Chris Harvey, Stelrad’s head of marketing, said: “We’re proud of our association with this historic competition and we were happy to help in a small way to get this wonderful book published. It’s a great way to share the history and some of the wonderful memories of the competition that is so important to so many across South Yorkshire.
“We’d like to add our congratulations to Steve Penny and Chris Brook for the work that has gone into this book and to recommend it to anyone interested in the history of football in our region.”