Shropshire Senior Cup
Organising body | Shropshire FA |
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Founded | 1877 |
Region | Shropshire |
Current champions | Whitchurch Alport (1st title) |
Most successful club(s) | Shrewsbury Town (66 titles) |
Website | Shropshire Senior Cup |
The Shropshire Senior Cup is a county cup football competition that is open for professional and non-professional senior football teams in the English county of Shropshire.
The competition is one of the oldest cup competitions in the world, and notably, the original winning trophy is still presented to the winners, some 130 years after the Cup's inception.[1] It is organised by the Shropshire Football Association and is annual.
The competition was first staged in the 1877–78 season, the inaugural winners being Shrewsbury, who beat Wellington Parish Church Institute 1–0.[1]
Over the years, the competition has been dominated by the county's two leading football teams, Shrewsbury Town and Telford United, and more recently A.F.C. Telford United following the demise of the old Telford United in 2004.
Other county teams to have featured in the cup in recent years have included Market Drayton Town, Shifnal Town, Bridgnorth Town, Ludlow Town and The New Saints.
Finals
[edit]This section lists every final of the competition played since 1877, the winners, the runners-up, and the result.
Key
[edit]Match went to a replay | |
Match went to extra time | |
Match decided by a penalty shootout after extra time | |
Shared trophy |
Wins by teams
[edit]Club | Wins | First final won | Last final won | Notes |
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Shrewsbury Town | 66 | 1886–87 | 2018–19 | |
Telford United † | 34 | 1882–83 | 1993–94 | Dissolved in 2004. Won 24 titles as Wellington Town. |
Oswestry Town † | 6 | 1881–82 | 1984–85 | Dissolved in 2003. Won 2 titles as Oswestry. |
Oakengates Town † | 4 | 1926–27 | 1957–58 | Dissolved in 2018. |
St George's Victoria † | 3 | 1885–86 | 1906–07 | Dissolved in 1936. |
Ironbridge United | 4 | 1889–90 | 1907–08 | Won 3 titles as Ironbridge. |
AFC Telford United | 3 | 2008–09 | 2016–17 | |
Shrewsbury † | 2 | 1877–78 | 1890–91 | Dissolved in 1879. |
Newport † | 2 | 1878–79 | 1894–95 | Dissolved in 1900. |
Oswestry United † | 2 | 1898–99 | 1908–09 | Dissolved in 1915. |
Whitchurch † | 2 | 1910–11 | 1923–24 | Dissolved in 1985. |
Shrewsbury Engineers † | 1 | 1879–80 | 1879–80 | Dissolved in 1881. |
Shrewsbury Castle Blues † | 1 | 1883–84 | 1883–84 | Dissolved in 1886. |
RAF Cosford | 1 | 1941–42 | 1941–42 | Military team. |
Sankey Wellington † | 1 | 1961–62 | 1961–62 | Dissolved in 1988. |
Bridgnorth Town † | 1 | 1985–86 | 1985–86 | Dissolved in 2013. |
Wolverhampton Wanderers | 1 | 2000–01 | 2000–01 | |
The New Saints | 1 | 2011–12 | 2011–12 | Only Welsh club to win. |
Shawbury United | 1 | 2017–18 | 2017–18 | |
Shifnal Town | 1 | 2020–21 | 2020–21 | |
Whitchurch Alport | 1 | 2022–23 | 2022–23 |
Wins by cities/towns
[edit]City | County | Wins | Team(s) |
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Shrewsbury | Shropshire | 70 | Shrewsbury Town (66), Shrewsbury (2), Shrewsbury Engineers (1), Shrewsbury Castle Blues (1) |
Telford | Shropshire | 37 | Telford United (34), AFC Telford United (3) |
Oswestry | Shropshire | 9 | Oswestry Town (6), Oswestry United (2), The New Saints (1) |
Oakengates | Shropshire | 7 | Oakengates Town (4), St George's Victoria (3) |
Ironbridge | Shropshire | 4 | Ironbridge United (4) |
Whitchurch | Shropshire | 3 | Whitchurch (2), Whitchurch Alport (1) |
Newport | Shropshire | 2 | Newport (2) |
Bridgnorth | Shropshire | 1 | Bridgnorth Town (1) |
Cosford | Shropshire | 1 | RAF Cosford (1) |
Shawbury | Shropshire | 1 | Shawbury United (1) |
Shifnal | Shropshire | 1 | Shifnal Town (1) |
Wellington | Shropshire | 1 | Sankey Wellington (1) |
Wolverhampton | West Midlands | 1 | Wolverhampton Wanderers (1) |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b Taylor, Stewart (24 September 2019). "Trophy Article Series: Shropshire Senior Cup". The North West Counties Football League. Retrieved 14 August 2024.
- ^ "Shropshire Senior Cup final for 2012 is axed". Shropshire Star. 29 May 2013. Retrieved 14 August 2024.
External links
[edit]- Shropshire FA
- Shropshire Star Articles tagged with Shropshire Senior Cup