Staffordshire Senior Cup

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 millenium 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.

Winners

*1882-83 - West Bromwich Albion [http://www.wba.premiumtv.co.uk/page/History/0,,10366~1018329,00.html West Bromwich Albion Official Website] ]
*1885-86 - West Bromwich Albion
*1886-87 - West Bromwich Albion
*1888-89 - West Bromwich Albion
*1899-00 - West Bromwich Albion
*1901-02 - West Bromwich Albion
*1902-03 - West Bromwich Albion
*1904-05 - Small Heath [http://birminghamcity.rivals.net/default.asp?p=2&sid=902&stid=8114928 Birmingham City Unofficial website] ]
*1907-08 - Birmingham
*1914-15 - Birmingham
*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 [http://www.staffordrangers.co.uk/club.htm Stafford Rangers Official Website] ]
*1955-56 - Burton Albion [http://www.burtonalbionfc.co.uk/club_history.asp Burton Albion Official Website] ]
*1956-57 - Stafford Rangers
*1958-59 - Tamworth [http://www.thelambs.co.uk/page/index.asp?secNum=15&pageCatID=4&pageID=33 Tamworth Official Website] ]
*1962-63 - Stafford Rangers
*1963-64 - Tamworth
*1965-66 - Tamworth
*1968-69 - West Bromwich Albion/Stoke City (shared)
*1971-72 - Stafford Rangers
*1977-78 - Stafford Rangers
*1978-79 - Northwich Victoria [http://www.northwichvics.co.uk/abouttheclub.php?page=Honours Northwich Victoria Official Website] ]
*1979-80 - Northwich Victoria
*1980-81
*1981-82
*1982-83
*1983-84
*1984-85
*1985-86
*1986-87 - Stafford Rangers
*1987-88 - Oldbury United
*1988-89 - Halesowen Town [ [http://www.halesowentownfc.co.uk/col.asp?cid=38 Halesown Town Official Website] ]
*1989-90 - Northwich Victoria
*1990-91 - Redditch United [http://www.fchd.info/cups/staffordshiresummary.htm Football Club History Database] ]
*1991-92 - Stafford Rangers
*1992-93 - Stoke City
*1993-94 - Macclesfield Town
*1994-95 - Stoke City
*1995-96 - Leek Town
*1996-97 - Macclesfield Town [http://www.mtfc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/HistoryDetail/0,,10393~75143,00.html Macclesfield Official Website] ]
*1997-98 - Bilston Town
*1998-99 - Stoke City
*1999-00 - Blakenall
*2000-01 - Port Vale
*2001-02 - Tamworth
*2002-03 - Stafford Rangers
*2003-04 - Kidsgrove Athletic
*2004-05 - Stafford Rangers
*2005-06 - Rushall Olympic
*2006-07 - Kidsgrove Athletic [ [http://www.staffordshirefa.com/FixturesAndResults/CountyCups/SeniorChallengeCup/ Staffs County FA] ]
*2007-08 - Rocester [http://www.rocesterfc.com/ Rocester FC Official Site] ]

References

External links

* [http://www.staffordshirefa.com/FixturesAndResults/CountyCups/SeniorChallengeCup/ Senior Challenge Cup page on the Staffordshire County FA website]