London Challenge Cup

London Challenge Cup

Crystal Palace team of 1921 with the London Challenge Cup (trophy at right)
Organising body	London FA
Founded	1908
Abolished	2000
Region	London
Number of teams	varies
Last champions	Uxbridge F.C. (3rd title)
Most successful club(s)	Arsenal F.C. (11 titles)

The London Challenge Cup was a football tournament formerly organised by the London FA. It was first contested in 1908, and other than during the World Wars, was contested every season until 1974, when the tournament was disbanded.

After a 16-year hiatus, the tournament was resurrected in 1990–91, but only lasted 10 years before being once again discontinued.

In its original guise, the tournament was won by most of the major professional clubs in London such as Arsenal, Chelsea, Tottenham Hotspur and West Ham United, but the quality of entrants after the revival was lower, with all the winners except Leyton Orient in 1992–93 being non-League clubs.

Results of finals

Results of finals during the initial period

Season	Winners	Runners-up	Final result
1908–09	Millwall	Leyton	2–0
1909–10	Fulham	Tottenham Hotspur	4–1
1910–11	Tottenham Hotspur	Fulham	2–1
1911–12	Clapton Orient	Millwall	3–0
1912–13	Crystal Palace	West Ham United	1–1 (replay after 4–0 draw)
1913–14	Crystal Palace	Tottenham Hotspur	2–1
1914–15	Millwall	Arsenal	2–1
1915–1919	Tournament was not held due to World War I
1919–20	Chelsea	Crystal Palace	1–0
1920–21	Crystal Palace	Clapton Orient	1–0
1921–22	Arsenal	Crystal Palace	1–0
1922–23	Charlton Athletic	Crystal Palace	2–1
1923–24	Arsenal	Charlton Athletic	3–2 (some sources say 3–1)
1924–25	West Ham United	Clapton Orient	2–1
1925–26	West Ham United	Arsenal	2–1
1926–27	Chelsea	Clapton Orient	2–1
1927–28	Millwall	Leyton	6–3
1928–29	Tottenham Hotspur	Millwall	5–1
1929–30	West Ham United	Brentford	2–1
1930–31	Arsenal	Tottenham Hotspur	2–1
1931–32	Fulham	Crystal Palace	2–1
1932–33	Queens Park Rangers	West Ham United	3–0
1933–34	Arsenal	Tottenham Hotspur	4–0
1934–35	Brentford	Millwall	2–1
1935–36	Arsenal	Brentford	4–2
1936–37	Tottenham Hotspur	Arsenal	1–0
1937–38	Millwall	Crystal Palace	4–0
1938–39	Queens Park Rangers	Tottenham Hotspur	3–1
1939–1946	Tournament was not held due to World War II
1946–47	West Ham United	Crystal Palace	3–2
1947–48	Tottenham Hotspur	Fulham	3–1
1948–49	West Ham United	Chelsea	2–1 (replay after 1–1 draw)
1949–50	Chelsea	Brentford	3–0 (replay after 4–4 draw)
1950–51	Charlton Athletic	Brentford	2–1
1951–52	Fulham	Charlton Athletic	1–0
1952–53	West Ham United	Brentford	2–1
1953–54	Arsenal	Chelsea	3–2 (replay after 1–1 draw)
1954–55	Arsenal	West Ham United	2–1
1955–56	Queens Park Rangers	Brentford	2–1
1956–57	West Ham United	Millwall	3–1
1957–58	Arsenal	West Ham United	3–1
1958–59	Tottenham Hotspur	West Ham United	3–1
1959–60	Chelsea	Tooting & Mitcham United	2–1
1960–61	Chelsea	Arsenal	3–1
1961–62	Arsenal	Millwall	3–1
1962–63	Arsenal	Chelsea	4–1
1963–64	Tottenham Hotspur	Chelsea	2–0
1964–65	Brentford	Chelsea	2–1
1965–66	Queens Park Rangers	Arsenal	4–0
1966–67	Brentford	Fulham	2–1 (replay)
1967–68	West Ham United	Dagenham	3–1
1968–69	West Ham United	Tottenham Hotspur	3–2 (replay after 2–2 draw)
1969–70	Arsenal	Wimbledon	2–1
1970–71	Tottenham Hotspur	Wimbledon	1–0
1971–72	Orient	Dagenham	2–1 (replay after 1–1 draw)
1972–73	Orient	Enfield	2–1
1973–74	Tottenham Hotspur	Hayes	5–0

Results of finals during the revived period

Season	Winners	Runners-up	Final result
1990–91	Carshalton Athletic	Welling United	4–2
1991–92	Welling United	Dulwich Hamlet	2–0
1992–93	Leyton Orient	Barnet	3–2
1993–94	Uxbridge	Welling United	3–0
1994–95	St Albans City	Fisher '93	6–0
1995–96	Bromley	Leyton Pennant	3–2
1996–97	Uxbridge	Leyton Pennant	1–0 (after 3–3 draw)
1997–98	Boreham Wood	Uxbridge	3–1
1998–99	Dulwich Hamlet	Uxbridge	2–1 AET FT 1–1
1999-00	Uxbridge	Dulwich Hamlet	2–2, 5–4 pens

External links

• London Challenge Cup