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The Crook Town team display the cup after their victory in 1901

The Football Association Amateur Cup, commonly known as the FA Amateur Cup, was a national knockout cup competition for English amateur football clubs, organised by and named after The Football Association (the FA). It was staged for the first time in the 1893–94 season, in response to the increasing domination of the sport by professional teams.[1] It was discontinued after the 1973–74 season, when the FA abolished their policy whereby all clubs were officially considered to be either professional or amateur in status.[2] Thereafter, teams which had competed in the Amateur Cup instead either joined the existing FA Trophy or entered the newly-created FA Vase.[3]

The record for the most wins is held by Bishop Auckland, with ten victories.[4] Clapton and Crook Town each won the Amateur Cup five times.[4] Thirty-six different clubs won the Amateur Cup, the last being Bishop's Stortford, who defeated Ilford in the 1974 final, the competition's last ever match.[5]

History

Further information: FA Amateur Cup

The winners of the first tournament were Old Carthusians, the team for former pupils of Charterhouse School, who defeated Casuals.[6] The Carthusians had won England's premier national competition, the FA Cup, in 1881,[7] and thus became the first team to win both cups. The only other club to achieve this feat was Wimbledon,[1] who won the Amateur Cup in 1963 and the FA Cup in 1988.[4][7] With the exception of a second win for Carthusians and a victory for Old Malvernians, the competition's first decade was dominated by teams from the north-east of the country, including Middlesbrough, Bishop Auckland and Stockton, who each won the competition twice.[4]

File:Wycombe1931.jpg
Wycombe Wanderers were Amateur Cup winners in 1931. The cup is the central of the three trophies displayed in front of the players.

By the start of the Second World War, Bishop Auckland had won the Amateur Cup seven times and Clapton five times.[4] Southern clubs were the most successful during the inter-war period, winning the tournament fifteen times in nineteen seasons.[8] In 1954 Crook Town defeated Bishop Auckland to win the Amateur Cup for the second time, over fifty years after the club's previous victory, but the "Bishops" won the final for the next three seasons, the only hat-trick of wins in the competition's history.[4] This took the club's number of wins to 10, a figure which was never surpassed.[4] Crook Town themselves also went on to win the tournament three more times.[4] During the last decade of the tournament's existence, Enfield claimed two wins.[4] The last ever Amateur Cup final was held in 1974 and Bishop's Stortford became the last tournament winners, defeating Ilford 4–1.[5]

Finals

If the final finished with the scores level after extra time, the teams would play again in a replay at a later date.[4] Penalty shootouts were never used.[4] The competition was not staged during the First or Second World Wars other than in the 1914–15 season.[4]

Key

(R) Replay
(2R) Second replay
* Match went to extra time

Results

Season Winner Score Runners–up Venue Notes
1893–94 Old Carthusians 2–1 Casuals Athletic Ground, Richmond [9]
1894–95 Middlesbrough 2–1 Old Carthusians Headingley [9]
1895–96 Bishop Auckland 1–0 Royal Artillery Portsmouth Walnut Street, Leicester [10]
1896–97 Old Carthusians  †1–1 * Stockton Tufnell Park [11]
1896–97 (R) Old Carthusians 4–1 Stockton Feethams [11]
1897–98 Middlesbrough 2–1 Uxbridge Crystal Palace [11]
1898–99 Stockton 1–0 Harwich & Parkeston Linthorpe Road, Middlesbrough [12]
1899–00 Bishop Auckland 5–1 Lowestoft Town Leicester [13]
1900–01 Crook Town  †1–1 * King's Lynn Dovercourt [13]
1900–01 (R) Crook Town 3–0 King's Lynn Ipswich [13]
1901–02 Old Malvernians 5–1 Bishop Auckland Headingley [14]
1902–03 Stockton  †0–0 * Oxford City Reading [14]
1902–03 (R) Stockton 1–0 Oxford City Feethams [14]
1903–04 Sheffield 3–1 Ealing Bradford [15]
1904–05 West Hartlepool 3–2 Clapton Shepherd's Bush [16]
1905–06 Oxford City 3–0 Bishop Auckland Stockton [17]
1906–07 Clapton 2–1 Stockton Stamford Bridge [17]
1907–08 Depot Bn., Royal Engineers 2–1 Stockton Bishop Auckland [18]
1908–09 Clapton 6–0 Eston United Ilford [19]
1909–10 RMLI Gosport 2–1 South Bank Bishop Auckland [20]
1910–11 Bromley 1–0 Bishop Auckland Herne Hill [21]
1911–12 Stockton  † 0–0 * Eston United Ayresome Park [22]
1911–12 (R) Stockton 1–0 Eston United Ayresome Park [22]
1912–13 South Bank  † 1–1 * Oxford City Reading [23]
1912–13 (R) South Bank 1–0 Oxford City Bishop Auckland [23]
1913–14 Bishop Auckland 1–0 Northern Nomads Leeds [24]
1914–15 Clapton 1–0 Bishop Auckland New Cross [25]
1919–20 Dulwich Hamlet 1–0 Tufnell Park The Den [26]
1920–21 Bishop Auckland 4–2 Swindon Victoria Ayresome Park [27]
1921–22 Bishop Auckland 5–2 South Bank Ayresome Park [28]
1922–23 London Caledonians 2–1 Evesham Town Crystal Palace [29]
1923–24 Clapton 3–0 Erith & Belvedere The Den [30]
1924–25 Clapton 2–1 Southall The Den [31]
1925–26 Northern Nomads 7–1 Stockton Roker Park [32]
1926–27 Leyton 3–1 Barking Town The Den [33]
1927–28 Leyton 3–2 Cockfield Ayresome Park [34]
1928–29 Ilford 3–1 Leyton Arsenal Stadium [35]
1929–30 Ilford 5–1 Bournemouth Gasworks Athletic Boleyn Ground [36]
1930–31 Wycombe Wanderers 1–0 Hayes Arsenal Stadium [37]
1931–32 Dulwich Hamlet 7–1 Marine Boleyn Ground [38]
1932–33 Kingstonian  †4–1 * Stockton Champion Hill [39]
1932–33 (R) Kingstonian 4–1 Stockton Feethams [39]
1933–34 Dulwich Hamlet 2–1 Leyton Boleyn Ground [40]
1934–35 Bishop Auckland  †0–0 * Wimbledon Middlesbrough [41]
1934–35 (R) Bishop Auckland 2–1 Wimbledon Stamford Bridge [41]
1935–36 Casuals  †1–1 * Ilford Selhurst Park [42]
1935–36 (R) Casuals 2–0 Ilford Boleyn Ground [42]
1936–37 Dulwich Hamlet 2–0 Leyton Boleyn Ground [43]
1937–38 Bromley 1–0 Erith & Belvedere The Den [44]
1938–39 Bishop Auckland 3–0 Willington Roker Park [45]
1945–46 Barnet 3–2 Bishop Auckland Stamford Bridge [46]
1946–47 Leytonstone 2–1 Wimbledon Arsenal Stadium [47]
1947–48 Leytonstone 1–0 Barnet Stamford Bridge [48]
1948–49 Bromley 1–0 Romford Wembley Stadium [49]
1949–50 Willington 4–0 Bishop Auckland Wembley Stadium [50]
1950–51 Pegasus 2–1 Bishop Auckland Wembley Stadium [51]
1951–52 Walthamstow Avenue 2–1 Leyton Wembley Stadium [52]
1952–53 Pegasus 6–0 Harwich & Parkeston Wembley Stadium [53]
1953–54 Crook Town  † 2–2 * Bishop Auckland Wembley Stadium [54]
1953–54 (R) Crook Town  †2–2 * Bishop Auckland St James' Park [54]
1953–54 (2R) Crook Town 1–0 Bishop Auckland Ayresome Park [54]
1954–55 Bishop Auckland 2–0 Hendon Wembley Stadium [55]
1955–56 Bishop Auckland  †1–1 * Corinthian-Casuals Wembley Stadium [56]
1955–56 (R) Bishop Auckland 4–1 Corinthian-Casuals Ayresome Park [56]
1956–57 Bishop Auckland 3–1 Wycombe Wanderers Wembley Stadium [57]
1957–58 Woking 3–0 Ilford Wembley Stadium [58]
1958–59 Crook Town 3–2 Barnet Wembley Stadium [59]
1959–60 Hendon 2–1 Kingstonian Wembley Stadium [60]
1960–61 Walthamstow Avenue 2–1 West Auckland Town Wembley Stadium [61]
1961–62 Crook Town  †1–1 * Hounslow Town Wembley Stadium [62]
1961–62 (R) Crook Town 4–0 Hounslow Town Ayresome Park [62]
1962–63 Wimbledon 4–2 Sutton United Wembley Stadium [63]
1963–64 Crook Town 2–1 Enfield Wembley Stadium [64]
1964–65 Hendon 3–1 Whitby Town Wembley Stadium [65]
1965–66 Wealdstone 3–1 Hendon Wembley Stadium [66]
1966–67 Enfield  †0–0 * Skelmersdale United Wembley Stadium [67]
1966–67 (R) Enfield 3–0 Skelmersdale United Maine Road [67]
1967–68 Leytonstone 1–0 Chesham United Wembley Stadium [68]
1968–69 North Shields 2–1 Sutton United Wembley Stadium [69]
1969–70 Enfield 5–1 Dagenham Wembley Stadium [70]
1970–71 Skelmersdale United 4–1 Dagenham Wembley Stadium [71]
1971–72 Hendon 2–0 Enfield Wembley Stadium [72]
1972–73 Walton & Hersham 1–0 Slough Town Wembley Stadium [73]
1973–74 Bishop's Stortford 4–1 Ilford Wembley Stadium [5]

Wins by team

Club Wins Years
Bishop Auckland 10 1896, 1900, 1914, 1921, 1922, 1935, 1939, 1955, 1956, 1957
Clapton 5 1907, 1909, 1915, 1924, 1925
Crook Town 5 1901, 1954, 1959, 1962, 1964
Dulwich Hamlet 4 1920, 1932, 1934, 1937
Bromley 3 1911, 1938, 1949
Hendon 3 1960, 1965, 1972
Leytonstone 3 1947, 1948, 1968
Stockton 3 1899, 1903
Enfield 2 1967, 1970
Ilford 2 1929, 1930
Leyton 2 1927, 1928
Middlesbrough 2 1895, 1898
Old Carthusians 2 1894, 1897
Pegasus 2 1951, 1953
Walthamstow Avenue 2 1952, 1961
Barnet 1 1946
Bishop's Stortford 1 1974
Casuals 1 1936
Depot Bn. Royal Engineers 1 1908
Kingstonian 1 1933
London Caledonians 1 1923
North Shields 1 1969
Northern Nomads 1 1926
Old Malvernians 1 1902
Oxford City 1 1906
RMLI Gosport 1 1910
Sheffield 1 1904
Skelmersdale United 1 1971
South Bank 1 1913
Walton & Hersham 1 1973
Wealdstone 1 1966
West Hartlepool 1 1905
Willington 1 1950
Wimbledon 1 1963
Woking 1 1958
Wycombe Wanderers 1 1931

References

General
  • Samuel, Richard (2003). The Complete F.A. Amateur Cup Results Book. Soccer Books Limited. ISBN 1-8622-3066-8.
Specific
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  2. ^ "About The FA Vase". The Football Association. 5 June 2004. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |accessdaymonth= ignored (help); Unknown parameter |accessyear= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help)
  3. ^ Williams, Tony (1978). The FA Non-League Football Annual 1978–79. MacDonald and Jane's Publishers Ltd. p. 8.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "F A Amateur Cup Summary – Contents". The Football Club History Database. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |accessdaymonth= ignored (help); Unknown parameter |accessyear= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help)
  5. ^ a b c Samuel, p. 81
  6. ^ Cox, Richard (2002). Encyclopedia of British Football. Routledge. p. 21. ISBN 0-7146-5249-0. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
  7. ^ a b "F A Cup Summary – Contents". The Football Club History Database. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |accessdaymonth= ignored (help); Unknown parameter |accessyear= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help)
  8. ^ Samuel, p. 4
  9. ^ a b Samuel, p. 6
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  11. ^ a b c Samuel, p. 8
  12. ^ Samuel, p. 9
  13. ^ a b c Samuel, p. 10
  14. ^ a b c Samuel, p. 12
  15. ^ Samuel, p. 13
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  17. ^ a b Samuel, p. 15
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  33. ^ Samuel, p. 33
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  35. ^ Samuel, p. 35
  36. ^ Samuel, p. 36
  37. ^ Samuel, p. 37
  38. ^ Samuel, p. 38
  39. ^ a b Samuel, p. 39
  40. ^ Samuel, p. 40
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  53. ^ Samuel, p. 55
  54. ^ a b c Samuel, p. 56
  55. ^ Samuel, p. 58
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  57. ^ Samuel, p. 61
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  60. ^ Samuel, p. 64
  61. ^ Samuel, p. 65
  62. ^ a b Samuel, p. 66
  63. ^ Samuel, p. 68
  64. ^ Samuel, p. 69
  65. ^ Samuel, p. 70
  66. ^ Samuel, p. 71
  67. ^ a b Samuel, p. 72
  68. ^ Samuel, p. 74
  69. ^ Samuel, p. 75
  70. ^ Samuel, p. 76
  71. ^ Samuel, p. 77
  72. ^ Samuel, p. 78
  73. ^ Samuel, p. 80
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