Birmingham Senior Cup
| Founded | 1875 |
|---|---|
| Region | West Midlands |
| Number of teams | 32 (5 rounds) |
| Current champions | Sutton Coldfield Town (1st title) |
| Most successful club | Aston Villa (19 titles) |
| Website | Birmingham Senior Cup |
The Birmingham Senior Cup is a football competition for Birmingham County FA club teams, organized by the Birmingham County Football Association. It began in 1875 with Tipton taking the first honours in the final in 1876 and is one of the oldest county football competitions still active.
The Birmingham Senior Cup is a local cup contest, which has featured all of the West Midlands' big clubs, Aston Villa, Birmingham City, Coventry City, Stoke City, West Bromwich Albion, Walsall and Wolverhampton Wanderers. However, in recent years most of the bigger clubs have tended to treat the cup as a "reserve" or "youth team" competition, giving the non-league sides a greater chance of success, while the area (and the competition)'s most successful team, Aston Villa, have not competed at all for several years.
The current champions are Sutton Coldfield Town, who beat Nuneaton Town 1–0 on 10 May 2011.
Contents |
[edit] Past finals
[edit] 19th century
[edit] 20th century
[edit] 21st century
| Season | Winner | Score | Runners–up |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000-01 | Moor Green | 3-1 | Tamworth |
| 2001-02 | Nuneaton Borough | 2-0* | West Bromwich Albion |
| 2002-03 | Birmingham City | 2-0* | Moor Green |
| 2003-04 | Moor Green | 1-0 | Wolverhampton Wanderers |
| 2004-05 | Redditch United | 3-2 | Birmingham City |
| 2005-06 | Willenhall Town | 1-0 | Stourbridge |
| 2006-07 | Coventry City | 3-2* | Walsall |
| 2007-08 | Birmingham City | 5-0 | Burton Albion |
| 2008-09 | Hednesford Town | 2-0 | Stourbridge |
| 2009-10 | Nuneaton Town | 2-1 | Alvechurch |
| 2010-11 | Sutton Coldfield Town | 1-0 | Nuneaton Town |
| 2011-12✝ | Solihull Moors vs West Bromwich Albion | ||
- After extra time
✝ To be played
[edit] Table of winners
| Club | Winner | Last win | Runner-up | Last losing final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aston Villa | 19 | 1985 | 10 | 1996 |
| 2 | Birmingham City | 12 | 2008 | 3 | 2005 |
| 3 | Nuneaton Town | 9 | 2010 | 5 | 2011 |
| 4 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 7 | 1987 | 9 | 2004 |
| = | Kidderminster Harriers | 7 | 1967 | 2 | 1966 |
| 6 | West Bromwich Albion | 5 | 1991 | 8 | 2002 |
| = | Leamington | 5 | 1972 | 5 | 1979 |
| = | Redditch United | 5 | 2005 | 4 | 1998 |
| 9 | Walsall | 4 | 1994 | 6 | 2007 |
| = | Brierley Hill Alliance | 4 | 1953 | 2 | 1954 |
Clubs with 3 wins:
- Bedworth United, Burton Town, Coventry City, Moor Green, Stourbridge, Tamworth
- - Walsall's tally of 4 wins includes one as Walsall Swifts, who would eventually merge with another club to become team now known as Walsall FC.
[edit] Records
- Record number of wins
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- Aston Villa (19)
- Most consecutive wins
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- Aston Villa (4): 1882, 1883, 1884, 1885 & 1888, 1889, 1890, 1891
- Record number of final appearances
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- Aston Villa (29)
- Highest scoring finals
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- 1905 Small Heath 7-2 West Bromwich Albion
- 1967 Kidderminster Harriers 6-3 Nuneaton Borough
- 1969 Tamworth 6-3 Bilston Town
