Essex Senior Cup
Founded | 1884 |
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Region | Essex |
Number of teams | 44 |
Current champions | Concord Rangers |
Most successful club(s) | Ilford (13 titles) |
Website | Essex Senior Cup |
The Essex Senior Cup is a knock-out system football competition that has been running since 1884, and is the most prestigious cup competition in the county of Essex. The competition is run mainly for non-League clubs in the region, although league sides have been known to enter the competition, such as Colchester United, Dagenham & Redbridge, Leyton Orient and Southend United. Ilford have won the competition the most times, with 13 wins (their first victory came in 1888 and their most recent in 1954).[1] The current holders are Concord Rangers who beat Heybridge Swifts in the 2015–16 final.[2]
Finals
The following shows a full list of winners and runners-up in the Essex Senior Cup since the knock-out competition was started in 1883.[1]
- Key
Score | Match went to extra time |
Score | Match decided by a penalty shootout after extra time |
Wins by club
Rank | Club | Winner | Last win | Runner-up | Last losing final |
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1 | Ilford | 13 | 1953–54 | 5 | 1962–63 |
2 | Walthamstow Avenue | 12 | 1984–85 | 3 | 1961–62 |
3 | Grays Athletic | 8 | 1994–95 | 10 | 2012-13 |
4 | Leyton | 8 | 1934–35 | 5 | 1949–50 |
5 | Leytonstone | 7 | 1966–67 | 7 | 1973–74 |
6 | Chelmsford/Chelmsford City | 7 | 2008–09 | 5 | 2007–08 |
7 | Dagenham | 7 | 1986–87 | 4 | 1984–85 |
8 | Barking/Barking Town | 5 | 1989–89 | 8 | 1966–67 |
Romford/Romford Town | 1946–47 | 1958–59 | |||
10 | Clapton | 5 | 1983–84 | 4 | 1982–83 |
11 | Tilbury | 4 | 1974–75 | 5 | 1978–79 |
12 | Southend United | 4 | 2007–08 | 3 | 1989–90 |
13 | Canvey Island | 4 | 2011–12 | 1 | 2000–01 |
14 | Briggs Sports | 4 | 1951–52 | 0 | – |
15 | Concord Rangers | 3 | 2015–16 | 1 | 2008–09 |
16 | Old Foresters | 3 | 1886–87 | 0 | – |
17 | Harwich & Parkeston | 2 | 1936–37 | 10 | 1979–80 |
18 | Billericay Town | 2 | 2010–11 | 5 | 2014–15 |
19 | South Weald | 2 | 1909–10 | 4 | 1911–12 |
20 | Purfleet/Thurrock | 2 | 2004–05 | 2 | 1999–2000 |
21 | A.F.C. Hornchurch | 2 | 2012-13 | 1 | 2009–10 |
Dagenham & Redbridge | 2000–01 | 2001–02 | |||
Redbridge Forest/Leytonstone & Ilford | 1991–92 | 1987–88 | |||
24 | Barking Woodville/Woodville | 2 | 1895–96 | 0 | – |
Custom House | 1921–22 | – | |||
26 | Colchester/Colchester Town/Colchester Crown | 1 | 1883–84 | 3 | 1899–1900 |
27 | Braintree Town | 1 | 1995–96 | 2 | 2013–14 |
Colchester United | 2009–10 | 2011–12 | |||
29 | Harlow Town | 1 | 1978–79 | 0 | – |
King's Royal Rifle Corps | 1908–09 | – | |||
Upton Park | 1894–95 | – | |||
Waltham Forest | 2005–06 | – | |||
Wanstead | 1905–06 | – | |||
34 | Aveley | 0 | – | 4 | 2010–11 |
35 | Leyton Orient | 0 | – | 2 | 1998–99 |
Woodford | – | 1900–01 | |||
37 | Braintree | 0 | – | 1 | 1883–84 |
Braintree Gordon | – | 1893–94 | |||
Epping Town | – | 1975–76 | |||
Eton Manor | – | 1937–38 | |||
Ford United/Redbridge | – | 1963–64 | |||
Grange Park | – | 1886–87 | |||
Great Eastern Railway (Romford) | – | 1920–21 | |||
Great Wakering Rovers | – | 2006–07 | |||
Halstead Town | – | 2004–05 | |||
Heybridge Swifts | - | 2015–16 | |||
Somerset Light Infantry | – | 1888–89 | |||
Upton Excelsior | – | 1887–88 | |||
Walthamstow Grange | – | 1907–08 | |||
Wivenhoe Town | – | 1992–93 | |||
Woodford Bridge | – | 1884–85 | |||
York and Lancaster Regiment | – | 1896–97 |
Notes
a The 2005–06 final was not played due to Chelmsford City and Braintree Town being removed from the competition following the abandonment of their semi-final in the second half. Waltham Forest beat Heybridge Swifts 3–0 in their semi-final.
References
- ^ a b "BBC Essex Senior Cup". Essex FA. Retrieved 18 April 2016.
- ^ "Beach Boys Make Essex Senior Cup History!". Essex FA. Retrieved 18 April 2016.