Sheffield & Hallamshire Senior Cup
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The Sheffield & Hallamshire Senior Cup is a county cup competition involving teams within the Sheffield and Hallamshire County Football Association. Originally named the Sheffield Challenge Cup, it is the 5th oldest surviving cup competition in the world, after the FA Cup (1871–72), the Scottish FA Cup (1873–74), the East of Scotland Shield (1875–76) and the Birmingham Senior Cup (1876-77).[a][1]
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Organising body | Sheffield & Hallamshire County FA |
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Founded | 1876 |
Region | ![]() |
Current champions | Worksop Town (14th title) |
Most successful club(s) | Frickley Athletic Sheffield Wednesday Worksop Town (14 titles each) |
Website | Sheffield & Hallamshire FA |
Sheffield and Hallamshire County Football Association members at levels 5–11 of the English football league system are currently eligible to compete in the competition.
History
editThe inaugural tournament was won by The Wednesday, who defeated Heeley 4–3 in the 1876–77 final.[2] From 1893–94 to 1895–96, the competition was played in a league format. From 1925–26 to 1945–46 the competition was split into two, with the Sheffield & Hallamshire Invitation Cup acting as the more senior competition. The current champions are Worksop Town, who won their record 14th title after defeating Penistone Church 5–0 in the 2023–24 final.[3]
Worksop Town, along with Frickley Athletic and Sheffield Wednesday is joint-record holder for the most titles won.
Finals
editThis section lists every final of the competition played since 1876, the winners, the runners-up, and the result.
Key
editMatch went to a replay | |
Match went to extra time | |
Match decided by a penalty shootout after extra time | |
Shared trophy |
Wins by teams
editClub | Wins | First final won | Last final won | Runner-up | Last final lost | Total final apps. | Notes |
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Worksop Town | 14 | 1923–24 | 2023–24 | 21 | 2007–08 | 35 | |
Frickley Athletic | 14 | 1927–28 | 2015–16 | 12 | 2018–19 | 26 | [b] |
Sheffield Wednesday | 14 | 1876–77 | 1953–54 | 6 | 1942–43 | 20 | [c] |
Sheffield United | 10 | 1891–92 | 1910–11 | 9 | 1962–63 | 19 | [d] |
Emley (Wakefield) † | 8 | 1975–76 | 1997–98 | 6 | 2001–02 | 14 | [e] |
Stocksbridge Park Steels | 6 | 1992–93 | 2010–11 | 0 | – | 6 | |
Denaby United † | 5 | 1905–06 | 1986–87 | 6 | 1989–90 | 11 | [f] |
Sheffield | 5 | 1993–94 | 2009–10 | 2 | 2012–13 | 7 | |
Mexborough Town † | 4 | 1963–64 | 1982–83 | 4 | 1978–79 | 8 | [g] |
Hallam | 4 | 1950–51 | 1967–68 | 2 | 2009–10 | 6 | |
Doncaster Rovers | 4 | 1890–91 | 2001–02 | 1 | 2002–03 | 5 | |
Barnsley | 3 | 1903–04 | 1944–45 | 4 | 1923–24 | 7 | [h] |
Beighton Miners Welfare † | 2 | 1939–40 | 1955–56 | 4 | 1952–53 | 6 | [i] |
South Kirkby Colliery | 2 | 1929–30 | 1940–41 | 2 | 1931–32 | 4 | |
Mexborough Athletic † | 2 | 1930–31 | 1933–34 | 0 | – | 2 | [j] |
Lockwood Brothers † | 2 | 1883–84 | 1884–85 | 1 | 1882–83 | 3 | [k] |
Rawmarsh Welfare † | 2 | 1938–39 | 1970–71 | 1 | 1932–33 | 3 | [l] |
Rotherham County † | 2 | 1912–13 | 1913–14 | 1 | 1908–09 | 3 | [m] |
Bentley Colliery † | 2 | 1957–58 | 1958–59 | 0 | – | 2 | [n] |
Mexborough †† | 2 | 1885–86 | 1895–96 | 0 | – | 2 | [o] |
Rotherham Town (1899) † | 2 | 1919–20 | 1924–25 | 0 | – | 2 | [p] |
Rotherham Town (1878) † | 2 | 1888–89 | 1889–90 | 0 | – | 2 | [q] |
Royal Army Service Corps | 2 | 1942–43 | 1943–44 | 0 | – | 2 | |
Shaw Lane † | 2 | 2016–17 | 2017–18 | 0 | – | 2 | [r] |
Upton Colliery † | 2 | 1936–37 | 1949–50 | 0 | – | 2 | [s] |
Stocksbridge Works † | 1 | 1951–52 | 1951–52 | 0 | – | 1 | [t] |
Heeley † | 1 | 1881–82 | 1881–82 | 4 | 1885–86 | 5 | [u] |
Norton Woodseats † | 1 | 1937–38 | 1937–38 | 3 | 1967–68 | 4 | [v] |
Frecheville Community Association † | 1 | 1973–74 | 1973–74 | 2 | 1983–84 | 3 | [w] |
Harworth Colliery | 1 | 1947–48 | 1947–48 | 2 | 1996–97 | 3 | |
Ardsley Athletic † | 1 | 1928–29 | 1928–29 | 1 | 1927–28 | 2 | [x] |
Grimethorpe Miners Welfare † | 1 | 1959–60 | 1959–60 | 1 | 1995–96 | 2 | [y] |
Staveley † | 1 | 1879–80 | 1879–80 | 1 | 1888–89 | 2 | [z] |
Athersley Recreation | 1 | 2013–14 | 2013–14 | 0 | – | 1 | |
Darfield † | 1 | 1926–27 | 1926–27 | 0 | – | 1 | [aa] |
Emley | 1 | 2022–23 | 2022–23 | 0 | – | 1 | |
Firbeck Main Colliery † | 1 | 1934–35 | 1934–35 | 0 | – | 1 | [ab] |
Kiveton Park | 1 | 1971–72 | 1971–72 | 0 | – | 1 | |
Maltby Miners Welfare | 1 | 1977–78 | 1977–78 | 0 | – | 1 | |
Manvers Main † | 1 | 1941–42 | 1941–42 | 0 | – | 1 | [ac] |
North Gawber Colliery † | 1 | 2018–19 | 2018–19 | 0 | – | 1 | [ad] |
Redfearn Sports † | 1 | 1968–69 | 1968–69 | 0 | – | 1 | [ae] |
Royston Social † | 1 | 1948–49 | 1948–49 | 0 | – | 1 | [af] |
Thurcroft Main † | 1 | 1946–47 | 1946–47 | 0 | – | 1 | [ag] |
Thursday Wanderers † | 1 | 1878–79 | 1878–79 | 0 | – | 1 | [ah] |
Wath Athletic † | 1 | 1925–26 | 1925–26 | 0 | – | 1 | [ai] |
Wombwell † | 1 | 1922–23 | 1922–23 | 0 | – | 1 | [aj] |
Wombwell Athletic † | 1 | 1945–46 | 1945–46 | 0 | – | 1 | [ak] |
Invitation Cup
editFounded | 1925 |
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Abolished | 1946 |
Most successful club(s) | Sheffield Wednesday reserves (5 titles) |
The county FA ran a second Senior Cup competition from 1925/26 to 1945/46,[4] the Sheffield & Hallamshire Invitation Cup.
The competition was open to the more senior non-league clubs in the region as well as the reserve teams of the area's professional (Barnsley, Doncaster Rovers, Rotherham United, Sheffield United and Sheffield Wednesday).
Finals
editWinners
edit- 5 wins – Sheffield Wednesday reserves
- 3 wins – Barnsley reserves, Doncaster Rovers reserves
- 2 wins – Royal Army Service Corps
- 1 win – Sheffield United reserves, Bolsover Colliery, Thurcroft Main, Firbeck Main, Thurnscoe Victoria
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Sheffield Challenge Cup". Archived from the original on 15 October 2012. Retrieved 25 January 2008.
- ^ Taylor, Stewart (4 October 2019). "Trophy Article Series: Sheffield and Hallamshire Senior Cup". The North West Counties League. The North West Counties League. Retrieved 17 August 2024.
- ^ "Senior Cup". Sheffield & Hallamshire FA. Sheffield & Hallamshire FA. Retrieved 17 August 2024.
- ^ Sheffield Evening Telegraph, 8 April 1939, page 17
Notes
edit- ^ The first Birmingham Senior Cup tie was on 14 October 1876; the first Sheffield Senior Cup tie two weeks later.
- ^ Won 5 titles as Frickley Colliery.
- ^ Won 6 titles as The Wednesday, 7 titles as The Wednesday reserves, 1 Sheffield Wednesday 'A'.
- ^ Won 9 titles as Sheffield United reserves.
- ^ Dissolved in 2014.
- ^ Dissolved in 2002.
- ^ Dissolved in 1993. Won 3 titles as Mexborough Town Athletic.
- ^ Won 3 titles as Barnsley reserves.
- ^ Dissolved in 1960.
- ^ Dissolved in 1936.
- ^ Dissolved in 1893.
- ^ Dissolved in 1982.
- ^ Dissolved in 1925.
- ^ Dissolved in 1961 and again in 2016.
- ^ Dissolved in 1900.
- ^ Dissolved in 1925.
- ^ Dissolved in 1896.
- ^ Dissolved in 2018.
- ^ Dissolved in 1964.
- ^ Dissolved in 1986.
- ^ Dissolved in 1899.
- ^ Dissolved in 1999.
- ^ Dissolved in 2020.
- ^ Dissolved in 1936.
- ^ Dissolved in 1991 & again in 2002.
- ^ Dissolved in 1892.
- ^ Dissolved in 1932.
- ^ Dissolved in 1968.
- ^ Dissolved in 1988.
- ^ Dissolved in 1987.
- ^ Dissolved in 1992.
- ^ Dissolved in 1989.
- ^ Dissolved in 1991.
- ^ Dissolved in mid-20th century.
- ^ Dissolved in 1934.
- ^ Dissolved in 1934.
- ^ Dissolved in 2000.