Cheshire Senior Cup

For the rugby union competition, see Cheshire RFU Cup.

Cheshire Senior Cup

Region	Cheshire
Number of teams	25
Current champions	Nantwich Town (2018–19)

The Cheshire County Football Association Challenge Cup, commonly known as the Cheshire Senior Cup, is a football knockout tournament founded in the 1879–80 season and involves teams from Cheshire, Greater Manchester and Merseyside, England. It is the County Cup competition of the Cheshire FA and currently involves teams from the Football League and non-league clubs. However, while non-league clubs often field their first team in the competition, professional clubs often field their reserve teams. The inaugural winners of the cup were Northwich Victoria in 1880 and the record winners of the trophy are Macclesfield Town

The original Cheshire Football Association Challenge Cup, which was presented to Northwich Victoria in 1885 following their success in the competition for 6 consecutive seasons. The engraving says 'Presented to Northwich Victoria Football Club by the Cheshire Football Association 23 June 1885 As a mark of appreciation for their having won it six seasons in succession'.

Current participants (2020–21)

Team	Stadium	League
1874 Northwich	Barton Stadium	North West Counties League Premier Division
Alsager Town	Wood Park Stadium	North West Counties League Division One South
Altrincham	Moss Lane	National League
Barnton	Townfield	North West Counties League Division One South
Cammell Laird 1907	Kirklands Stadium	North West Counties League Division One South
Cheadle Heath Nomads	The Heath	North West Counties League Division One South
Cheadle Town	Park Road	North West Counties League Division One South
Chester	Deva Stadium	National League North
Congleton Town	Booth Street	North West Counties League Premier Division
Crewe Alexandra	Gresty Road	EFL League One
Hyde United	Ewen Fields	Northern Premier League Premier Division
Nantwich Town	Weaver Stadium	Northern Premier League Premier Division
Northwich Victoria	Townfield	North West Counties League Premier Division
Runcorn Linnets	Millbank Linnets Stadium	Northern Premier League Division One West
Runcorn Town	Pavilions Sports Complex	North West Counties League Premier Division
Sandbach United	Sandbach Football Centre	North West Counties League Division One South
Stalybridge Celtic	Bower Fold	Northern Premier League Premier Division
Stockport County	Edgeley Park	National League
Stockport Town	Stockport Sports Village	North West Counties League Division One South
Tranmere Rovers	Prenton Park	EFL League Two
Vauxhall Motors	Rivacre Park	North West Counties League Division One South
Warrington Town	Cantilever Park	Northern Premier League Premier Division
Winsford United	Barton Stadium	North West Counties League Premier Division
Witton Albion	Wincham Park	Northern Premier League Premier Division

Recent finals

Results of Finals since the 1979–80 season:

Season	Winners	Runners-up	Final result	Venue	Attendance
1979–80	Winsford United	Witton Albion	4–1	Crewe
1980–81	Hyde United	Stalybridge Celtic	4–3 (replay)	Altrincham
1981–82	Altrincham	Runcorn	1–0	Crewe
1982–83	Macclesfield Town	Congleton Town	2–1	Crewe	1772
1983–84	Northwich Victoria	Runcorn	3–0	Altrincham
1984–85	Runcorn	Altrincham	2–0	Northwich	1153
1985–86	Runcorn	Northwich Victoria	3–1
1986–87	Runcorn	Altrincham	3–1	Northwich	1118
1987–88	Runcorn	Macclesfield Town	2–1	Crewe	2025
1988–89	Runcorn	Macclesfield Town	3–1	Northwich	1764
1989–90	Hyde United	Macclesfield Town	1–0	Northwich	1389
1990–91	Macclesfield Town	Witton Albion	2–0	Crewe
1991–92	Macclesfield Town	Witton Albion	2–0	Tranmere	1349
1992–93	Winsford United	Witton Albion	3–0	Northwich
1993–94	Northwich Victoria	Runcorn	1–0	Witton Albion
1994–95	Witton Albion	Altrincham	2–1	Northwich
1995–96	Witton Albion	Hyde United	3–1	Altrincham	768
1996–97	Hyde United	Macclesfield Town	3–0	Northwich	1005
1997–98	Macclesfield Town	Runcorn	1–0	Northwich
1998–99	Altrincham	Northwich Victoria	1–0	Witton Albion
1999–00	Macclesfield Town	Altrincham	2–1	Witton Albion
2000–01	Stalybridge Celtic	Stockport County	5–1	Hyde
2001–02	Crewe Alexandra	Altrincham	3–0 (aet)	Northwich	625
2002–03	Crewe Alexandra	Northwich Victoria	2–1	Altrincham	534
2003–04	Woodley Sports	Witton Albion	2–1 (aet)	Altrincham
2004–05	Altrincham	Crewe Alexandra	2–0	Witton Albion	623
2005–06	Witton Albion	Stalybridge Celtic	2–0	Altrincham	427
2006–07	Cammell Laird	Northwich Victoria	3–1	Witton Albion	425
2007–08	Nantwich Town	Altrincham	3–3 (5–3 pens)	Witton Albion	747
2008–09	Altrincham	Nantwich Town	3–0	Witton Albion	689
2009–10	Northwich Victoria	Woodley Sports	1–1 (5–4 pens)	Altrincham	281
2010–11	Northwich Victoria	Altrincham	2–0	Nantwich	352
2011–12	Nantwich Town	Stalybridge Celtic	1–0	Chester	449
2012–13	Chester FC	Stalybridge Celtic	2–1	Witton Albion	1156
2013–14	Northwich Victoria	Tranmere Rovers	2–1	Nantwich	352
2014–15	Macclesfield Town	Northwich Victoria	3–2	Nantwich	304
2015–16	Stockport County	Tranmere Rovers	2–1 (aet)	Nantwich	503
2016–17	Crewe Alexandra	Nantwich Town	3–2	Crewe	1831
2017–18	Nantwich Town	Stockport Town	3–0	Runcorn	251
2018–19	Nantwich Town	Cammell Laird	5–2	Altrincham	338

External links

• Cheshire FA Page