Leicestershire Challenge Cup

Westerby Group Challenge Cup 2025/26

Quorn win the Challenge Cup for the first time since 2011.

First Round > Quarter Finals > Semi Finals > Final

Entries – 13 Teams

Northern Premier League (3 teams)

Anstey Nomads, Loughborough Students and Shepshed Dynamo.

Southern Football League (3 teams)

Barwell, Harborough Town and Quorn .

United Counties League (7 teams)

Ashby Ivanhoe, Aylestone Park, GNG Oadby Town, Hinckley AFC, Leicester Nirvana, Lutterworth Town and Melton Town.

First Round

30th September 2025  
Harborough Town1 – 2Lutterworth Town
7th October 2025  
Shepshed Dynamo0 – 1Barwell
15th October 2025  
GNG Oadby Town2 – 1Melton Town
28th October 2025  
Ashby Ivanhoe4 – 0Hinckley AFC
Leicester Nirvana1 – 3Aylestone Park

Byes: Anstey Nomads, Loughborough Students and Quorn.

Quarter Finals

16th December 2025  
Loughborough Students3 – 0Lutterworth Town
Quorn2 – 1Aylestone Park
30th December 2025  
GNG Oadby Town0 – 2Barwell
24th February 2026  
Ashby Ivanhoe1 – 5Anstey Nomads

Semi Finals

24th March 2026  
Quorn
(Southern League – Prem Central)
3 – 0Barwell
(Southern League – Prem Central)
14th April 2026  
Loughborough Students
(Northern Premier League – Midlands)
 (walkover – home win) *Anstey Nomads
(Northern Premier League – Midlands)
* Anstey Nomads withdrew from the competition on 13th April.

Final

5th May 2026
Quorn
(Southern League – Prem Central)
2 – 0Loughborough Students
(Northern Premier League – Midlands)
at Holmes Park, Whetstone.