Staffordshire Senior Cup

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The West Bromwich Albion team display the Staffordshire Cup in 1883.

The Staffordshire Senior Challenge Cup is a football cup tournament based in the county of Staffordshire in England first competed for in 1877-78. Organised by the Staffordshire Football Association, it is competed for by a mix of clubs from Staffordshire and the surrounding areas. Both professional and amateur clubs may enter, although professional clubs usually field a reserve team.

In recent years the entries from clubs from neighbouring counties have virtually been phased out. Most County FAs now have their own separate Senior Cup competitions and this, coupled with the formation of the West Midlands county, has meant the entries for the Cup are quite low in some seasons. This has seen Market Drayton Town and Shifnal Town both enter since the turn of the millennium to make up the numbers, despite not being located in Staffordshire.

From the 2008-09 season the Staffordshire FA have introduced a cut off point whereby teams lower than level 9 in the English football league system can not compete in the Senior Cup. Teams below the level of the North West Counties League Premier Division and Midland Football Alliance now compete in the sister competition the Staffordshire Senior Vase. Stoke City and West Bromwich Albion are the most successful sides in the competitions history with 13 wins each. Nowadays Stoke can continue to add to this whereas West Bromwich Albion rarely enter a team as they are now classed as West Midlands county. The most successful side from outside what is traditionally classed as Staffordshire are Kidderminster Harriers from Worcestershire who won the competition 4 times in the 1980s.

[edit] Winners

• 1877-78 - Stoke
• 1878-79 - Stoke
• 1882-83 - West Bromwich Albion^[1]
• 1885-86 - West Bromwich Albion
• 1886-87 - West Bromwich Albion
• 1888-89 - West Bromwich Albion
• 1893-94 - Wolverhampton Wanderers
• 1899-00 - West Bromwich Albion
• 1901-02 - West Bromwich Albion
• 1902-03 - West Bromwich Albion
• 1903-04 - Stoke
• 1904-05 - Small Heath^[2]
• 1907-08 - Birmingham^[2]
• 1913-14 - Stoke
• 1914-15 - Birmingham^[2]
• 1919-20 - Port Vale^[3]
• 1923-24 - West Bromwich Albion
• 1925-26 - West Bromwich Albion
• 1931-32 - West Bromwich Albion
• 1932-33 - West Bromwich Albion
• 1950-51 - West Bromwich Albion
• 1954-55 - Stafford Rangers^[4]
• 1955-56 - Burton Albion^[5]
• 1956-57 - Stafford Rangers^[4]
• 1958-59 - Tamworth^[6]
• 1959-60 - Bilston
• 1960-61 - Bilston
• 1961-62 - Bilston
• 1962-63 - Stafford Rangers^[4]
• 1963-64 - Tamworth^[6]
• 1964-65 - Stoke City
• 1965-66 - Tamworth^[6]
• 1966-67 - Wolverhampton Wanderers
• 1967-68 - Walsall
• 1968-69 - West Bromwich Albion/Stoke City (shared)
• 1969-70 - Hednesford
• 1970-71 - Stoke City
• 1971-72 - Stafford Rangers^[4]
• 1972-73 - Stafford Rangers
• 1973-74 - Hednesford
• 1974-75 - Stoke City
• 1975-76 - Stoke City
• 1976-77 - Worcester City
• 1977-78 - Stafford Rangers^[4]
• 1978-79 - Northwich Victoria^[7]
• 1979-80 - Northwich Victoria^[7]
• 1980-81 - Kidderminster Harriers
• 1981-82 - Stoke City
• 1982-83 - Kidderminster Harriers
• 1983-84 - Kidderminster Harriers
• 1984-85 - Kidderminster Harriers
• 1985-86 - Eastwood Hanley
• 1986-87 - Stafford Rangers^[4]
• 1987-88 - Oldbury United
• 1988-89 - Halesowen Town^[8]
• 1989-90 - Northwich Victoria^[7]
• 1990-91 - Redditch United^[9]
• 1991-92 - Stafford Rangers^[9]
• 1992-93 - Stoke City^[9]
• 1993-94 - Macclesfield Town^[9]
• 1994-95 - Stoke City^[9]
• 1995-96 - Leek Town
• 1996-97 - Macclesfield Town^[10]
• 1997-98 - Bilston Town^[9]
• 1998-99 - Stoke City^[9]
• 1999-00 - Blakenall^[9]
• 2000-01 - Port Vale^[9]
• 2001-02 - Tamworth^[9]
• 2002-03 - Stafford Rangers^[9]
• 2003-04 - Kidsgrove Athletic^[9]
• 2004-05 - Stafford Rangers^[9]
• 2005-06 - Rushall Olympic^[9]
• 2006-07 - Kidsgrove Athletic^[11]
• 2007-08 - Rocester^[12]
• 2008-09 - Kidsgrove Athletic

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Senior Challenge Cup page on the Staffordshire County FA website