West Riding County Cup

West Riding County Cup
Organising body	West Riding County FA
Founded	1927; 97 years ago
Region	West Riding of Yorkshire
Current champions	Pontefract Collieries; (1st title)
Most successful club(s)	Goole Town; (13 titles)
Website	West Riding County FA

The West Riding County Cup is an annual football competition held between the clubs of the West Riding County Football Association which was first competed in 1927. It is the senior county cup for the historic West Riding of Yorkshire since the demise of the Senior Cup in 1999. The first winners were Leeds United Reserves in 1927.

According to the Rules of the County FA, entry to the competition is by invite from the Council or an authorised committee assigned to run the competition.^[1]

The competition was not held between 1933 and 1950.

Finals

This section lists every final of the competition played since 1893, the winners, the runners-up, and the result.

Key

	Match went to a replay
	Match went to extra time
	Match decided by a penalty shootout after extra time
	Shared trophy

List of finals

Season	Winners	Result	Runner-up	Venue	Notes
1927	Leeds United reserves
1928	Selby Town
1929	Bradford (Park Avenue) reserves
1930	Bradford City reserves
1931	Huddersfield Town reserves
1932	Not held.
1933	Huddersfield Town reserves
1933–49	Not held.
1949–50	Bradford United Amateurs
1950–51	Goole Town
1951–52	Goole Town
1952–53	Swillington Miners Welfare
1953–54	Yorkshire Amateur
1954–55	Salts
1955–56	Salts
1956–57	Goole Town
1957–58	Farsley Celtic
1958–59	Ossett Town
1959–60	Farsley Celtic
1960–61	Yorkshire Amateur
1961–62	Hatfield Main
1962–63	Harrogate Town
1963–64	Hatfield Main
1964–65	Ossett Albion
1965–66	Ossett Albion
1966–67	Farsley Celtic
1967–68	Ossett Albion
1968–69	Goole Town
1969–70	Goole Town
1970–71	Farsley Celtic
1971–72	Yorkshire Amateur
1972–73	Harrogate Town
1973–74	Thackley
1974–75	Thackley
1975–76	Goole Town
1976–77	Goole Town
1977–78	Goole Town
1978–79	Guiseley
1979–80	Guiseley
1989–81	Guiseley
1981–82	Ossett Town
1982–83	Guiseley	3–2	Farsley Celtic	Thackley Stadium
1983–84	Farsley Celtic	1–0	Guiseley	Thackley Stadium	First matched ended 1–1.
1984–85	Goole Town	1–0	Harrogate Town	Wetherby Road
1985–86	Harrogate Town	1–0	Goole Town	Victoria Pleasure Grounds
1986–87	Goole Town	1–0	Harrogate Railway Athletic	Victoria Pleasure Grounds
1987–88	Farsley Celtic	1–0	Pontefract Collieries	The Citadel
1988–89	Goole Town	4–1	Guiseley	Nethermoor Park
1989–90	Liversedge	3–2	Bradley Rangers
1990–91	Bradford (Park Avenue)	5–1	Pontefract Collieries	Valley Parade
1991–92	Goole Town	3–2	Bradley Rangers	Elland Road
1992–93	Glasshoughton Welfare	4–0	Selby Town	Leeds Road
1993–94	Goole Town	3–1	Armthorpe Welfare
1994–95	Farsley Celtic	2–1	Thackley
1995–96	Guiseley	3–1	Harrogate Railway Athletic
1996–97	Farsley Celtic	3–0	Armthorpe Welfare	Fleet Lane
1997–98	Garforth Town	2–0	Liversedge	Fleet Lane
1998–99	Ossett Albion	2–0	Bradford (Park Avenue)	Fleet Lane
1999–00	Garforth Town	2–0	Eccleshill United	Fleet Lane
2000–01	Farsley Celtic	3–2	Ossett Town	Fleet Lane	After extra-time.
2001–02	Harrogate Town	4–0	Farsley Celtic	Fleet Lane
2002–03	Harrogate Town	3–1	Farsley Celtic	Fleet Lane
2003–04	Halifax Town	2–1	Farsley Celtic	Fleet Lane
2004–05	Guiseley	1–0	Halifax Town	Fleet Lane
2005–06	Farsley Celtic	2–1	Harrogate Town	Fleet Lane
2006–07	Goole	3–1	Guiseley	Fleet Lane
2007–08	Harrogate Town	6–0	Bradford (Park Avenue)	Fleet Lane
2008–09	Garforth Town	1–1	Bradford (Park Avenue)	Fleet Lane	Garforth won 5–4 on penalties.
2009–10	Garforth Town	5–4	Barnoldswick Town	Fleet Lane	After extra-time.
2010–11	Guiseley	4–2	Thackley	Valley Parade	After extra-time.
2011–12	Guiseley	1–0	Bradford (Park Avenue)	Valley Parade
2012–13	FC Halifax Town	1–0	Guiseley	Valley Parade	After extra-time.
2013–14	Eccleshill United	1–0	Harrogate Town	Valley Parade
2014–15	Bradford (Park Avenue)	1–0	Garforth Town	Valley Parade
2015–16	Bradford (Park Avenue)	3–2	Harrogate Town	Valley Parade
2016–17	Farsley Celtic	1–1	Tadcaster Albion	Ings Lane	Farsley won 4–2 on penalties.
2017–18	Farsley Celtic	4–1	Selby Town	Fleet Lane
2018–19	Ossett United	2–1	Guiseley	Ingfield
2019–20	Competition abadoned due to COVID-19 pandemic.
2020–21	Competition not held due to COVID-19 pandemic.
2021–22	Liversedge	3–1	Brighouse Town	Dual Seal Stadium
2022–23	Campion	2–1	Liversedge	Clayborn
2023–24	Pontefract Collieries	4–1	Knaresborough Town	Ingfield

Wins by teams

Club	Wins	First Win	Last Win	Notes
Goole Town	13	1950–51	1993–94	Dissolved in 1996.
Farsley Celtic	12	1957–58	2017–18
Guiseley	8	1977–78	2011–12
Harrogate Town	6	1962–63	2007–08
Bradford (Park Avenue)	4	1929–30	2015–16	Won 1 title with reserves team.
Garforth Town	4	1997–98	2009–10
Ossett Albion	4	1964–65	1998–99
Yorkshire Amateur	3	1953–54	1960–61
Hatfield Main	2	1961–62	1963–64
Huddersfield Town reserves	2	1931–32	1933–34
Liversedge	2	1989–90	2021–22
Ossett Town	2	1958–59	1981–82	Dissolved in 2018. Merged with Ossett Albion to form Ossett United
Salts	2	1954–55	1955–56
Thackley	2	1973–74	1974–75
Bradford City reserves	1	1930–31	1930–31
Bradford United Amateurs	1	1949–50	1949–50	Dissolved in 2007.
Campion	1	2022–23	2022–23
Eccleshill United	1	2013–14	2013–14
FC Halifax Town	1	2012–13	2012–13
Glasshoughton Welfare	1	1992–93	1992–93
Goole	1	2006–07	2006–07
Halifax Town	1	2003–04	2003–04
Leeds United reserves	1	1927–28	1927–28
Ossett United	1	2018–19	2018–19
Pontefract Collieries	1	2023–24	2023–24
Selby Town	1	1928–29	1928–29
Swillington Miners Welfare	1	1952–53	1952–53	Dissolved in 2011.

Recent finals

2013 Final

14 May 2013	FC Halifax Town	1 – 0 (a.e.t.)	Guiseley AFC	Valley Parade
19:45 BST	Gareth Seddon 105'

2014 Final

9 April 2014	Harrogate Town	0 – 1	Eccleshill United	Valley Parade
19:45 BST		Report	Edwards 90' (pen.)

2015 Final

15 April 2015	Bradford (Park Avenue)	1–0	Garforth Town	Valley Parade, Bradford
23:45 BST		[1]

2016 Final

19 April 2016	Bradford (Park Avenue)	3–2	Harrogate Town	Valley Parade, Bradford
23:45 BST		[2]

2017 Final

11 April 2017	Tadcaster Albion	1–1 (a.e.t.) (2–4 p)	Farsley Celtic	Ings Lane, Tadcaster
23:45 BST		[3]

2018 Final

17 April 2018	Selby Town	1–4	Farsley Celtic	Fleet Lane, Leeds
23:45 BST	Tom Greaves 31' Aidan Chippendale 60'	[4]	Will Thornton 89'	Attendance: 1,118 Referee: Garreth Rhodes

2019 Final

9 April 2019	Ossett United	2–1	Guiseley AFC	Ingfield, Ossett
19:45 BST	Tom Greaves 31' Aidan Chippendale 60'	[5]	Will Thornton 89'	Attendance: 1,118 Referee: Garreth Rhodes

2022 Final

6 May 2022	Liversedge	3 – 1	Brighouse Town	Yorkshire Payments Stadium
19:45 BST	Ben Atkinson 20' Nicky Walker 66' Lewis Whitham 75'	Report	Laurence Sorhaindo 18'	Attendance: 1,087

2023 Final

28 April 2023	Liversedge	1–2	Campion	Clayborn
19:45 BST	Jack Carr 50'	[6]	Patrick Sykes 66' Aidan Day 70'	Attendance: 1,265

2024 Final

6 May 2024	Knaresborough Town	0–4	Pontefract Collieries	Ingfield
19:45 BST		[7]	Adam Haw 16' Jack Steers 45' Bailey Thompson 69' Michael Dunn 78'	Attendance: 885

References

"West Riding County FA Handbook". West Riding County FA Ltd. Retrieved 4 May 2013.

^ West Riding County FA Handbook 2012-13. West Riding County FA Ltd. p. 75.

[1] West Riding County FA Handbook 2012-13. West Riding County FA Ltd. p. 75.

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