JW Hunt Cup
| Founded | 1926 |
|---|---|
| Region | Staffordshire, Shropshire, Leicestershire, Worcestershire, West Midlands, England |
| Number of teams | 32 (2023–24) |
| Current champions | Lichfield City FC |
The JW Hunt Cup is an annual charity football competition for teams based in the West Midlands area of England.
The current defending champions are Lichfield City FC, who defeated Wolverhampton Sporting 3-1 in the 2023–24 final at the Molineux Stadium.[1]
History
The JW Hunt Cup was formed in 1926 to raise funds for the benefit of the local blind. It is named in memory of John William Hunt, a local businessman, keen supporter of charities and founder of the Chillington Tool Company.
The inaugural winners at the end of the 1926–27 season were Short Heath United, beating Cannon Iron on 14 April 1927 at Molineux.[2] Short Heath United are the joint most successful club in the competition alongside Goodyear F.C, with both clubs having won on four occasions. Other successful clubs in the competition include Richmond Swifts and Great Wyrley.
The 2021–22 tournament set a then-record for the longest penalty shootout in British football history, as AFC Wulfrunians defeated Lane Head after 44 penalty kicks.[3] The record was broken a few months later by Washington and Bedlington Terriers with 54 penalty kicks.[4]
Charity
The cup aims to raise money for local blind charities, raising over £360,000 since its formation in 1926.[5] In 2018, the cup committee presented a cheque worth £10,000 to the Beacon Centre for the blind.[6]
JW Hunt Cup winners
| Year | Team |
|---|---|
| 2023/24 | Lichfield City |
| 2022/23 | Lichfield City |
| 2021/22 | Lye Town |
| 2020/21 | Not held |
| 2019/20 | Not held |
| 2018/19 | Sporting Khalsa |
| 2016/17 | Alvechurch |
| 2015/16 | Sporting Khalsa |
| 2014/15 | Tividale |
| 2013/14 | Tividale |
| 2012/13 | Black Country Rangers |
| 2011/12 | Black Country Rangers |
| 2010/11 | AFC Wulfrunians |
| 2009/10 | Bloxwich United |
| 2008/09 | Bloxwich United |
| 2007/08 | Wednesfield F.C. |
| 2006/07 | Wyrley Rangers |
| 2005/06 | Great Wyrley |
| 2004/05 | Great Wyrley |
| 2003/04 | Great Wyrley |
| 2002/03 | Old Wulfrunians |
| 2001/02 | Marston Wolves |
| 2000/01 | Ounsdale |
| 1999/00 | Continental Star |
| 1998/99 | Blackheath Electrodrives |
| 1997/98 | Tamworth |
| 1996/97 | Richmond Swifts |
| 1995/96 | Richmond Swifts |
| 1994/95 | Richmond Swifts |
| 1993/94 | Walsall Phoenix |
| 1992/93 | Handrahan Timbers |
| 1991/92 | Old Wulfrunians |
| 1990/91 | Bilston Community College |
| 1989/90 | Shifnal Town |
| 1988/89 | Bloxwich Strollers |
| 1987/88 | Weston United |
| 1986/87 | Harvey Plant FC |
| 1985/86 | Deeleys FC |
| 1984/85 | Lower Gornal YL |
| 1983/84 | Ettingshall Holy Trinity |
| 1982/83 | Ettingshall Holy Trinity |
| 1981/82 | New World |
| 1980/81 | John Thompsons |
| 1979/80 | Kingswinford United |
| 1978/79 | Sedgley Rovers |
| 1977/78 | Willenhall Town |
| 1976/77 | Wolverhampton United |
| 1975/76 | Manders FC |
| 1974/75 | Whitmore Old Boys |
| 1973/74 | Northicote Old Boys |
| 1972/73 | Wednesfield Town |
| 1971/72 | Wednesfield Town |
| 1970/71 | Willenhall Town |
| 1969/70 | Wednesfield Social |
| 1968/69 | Public Works |
| 1967/68 | Albrighton |
| 1966/67 | Gibbons Bros. |
| 1965/66 | Albrighton |
| 1964/65 | Whitmore Old Boys |
| 1963/64 | Stewarts & Lloyds |
| 1962/63 | Highley Miners |
| 1961/62 | Madeley Miners |
| 1960/61 | Whitmore Old Boys |
| 1959/60 | Wednesbury Tube |
| 1958/59 | Donnington Wood |
| 1957/58 | Jenks & Catell |
| 1956/57 | Claregate Old Boys |
| 1955/56 | Sankey (Hadley) |
| 1954/55 | Sankey (Hadley) |
| 1953/54 | Marandola |
| 1952/53 | Goodyear FC |
| 1951/52 | Goodyear FC |
| 1950/51 | Goodyear |
| 1949/50 | Stafford Road Works |
| 1948/49 | Lower Gornal |
| 1947/48 | Walsall Trinity |
| 1946/47 | C. Snapes |
| 1945/46 | Oxley |
| 1944/45 | Oxley |
| 1943/44 | Oxley |
| 1942/43 | Coley Hay |
| 1941/42 | Butlers Sports |
| 1940/41 | Albion Works |
| 1939/40 | Yale & Town |
| 1938/39 | Essington St. John |
| 1937/38 | Goodyear FC |
| 1936/37 | Heath Town United |
| 1935/36 | Short Heath United |
| 1934/35 | Streetly Works |
| 1933/34 | Streetly Works |
| 1932/33 | Blakenhall Villa |
| 1931/32 | Short Heath United |
| 1930/31 | Hickmans Institute |
| 1929/30 | Short Heath United |
| 1928/29 | Tarmac |
| 1927/28 | Tarmac |
| 1926/27 | Short Heath United |
References
- ^ "JW Hunt Cup History". simplesite.com. JW Hunt Cup (1926). Retrieved 18 February 2020.
- ^ "THE JW HUNT CUP". Archived from the original on 16 January 2011.
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- ^ https://the18.com/en/soccer-news/longest-penalty-shootout-record-sunderland-washington
- ^ "Season 2011/12. - www.simplesite.com/jwhuntcup". www.simplesite.com. Archived from the original on 2 October 2011.
- ^ "JW Hunt Cup (1926)-2021/22 season". simplesite.com. 20 July 2012.