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List Of FA Amateur Cup Finals
The Football Association Amateur Cup, commonly known as the FA Amateur Cup, was a national knockout cup competition for English amateur football clubs, which was organised by, and named after, the FA (The Football Association). It was staged for the first time in the 1893–94 season, in response to the increasing domination of the sport by professional teams. 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. Thereafter, teams which had competed in the Amateur Cup instead either joined the existing FA Trophy or entered the newly created FA Vase.

The competition was staged 71 times and 36 different clubs won the Cup. The first tournament was won by Old Carthusians, who beat Casuals in a match held at the Richmond Athletic Ground. The record for the most wins is held by Bishop Auckland, with ten victories, followed by Clapton and Crook Town with five wins each. The final club to win the tournament was Bishop's Stortford, who defeated Ilford in the 1974 final.

History

The first tournament featured amateur teams from throughout England and was won by Old Carthusians, the team for former pupils of Charterhouse School, who defeated Casuals. The Carthusians had won England's premier national competition, the FA Cup, in 1881, and thus became the first team to win both cups. The only other club to achieve this feat was Wimbledon, who won the Amateur Cup in 1963 and the FA Cup in 1988. 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. Southern clubs were the most successful during the inter-war period, winning the tournament 15 times in 19 seasons.

By the start of the Second World War, Bishop Auckland had won the Amateur Cup seven times, and Clapton five times. Interest in the competition peaked soon after the war, and the final was moved to Wembley Stadium, which attracted crowds of up to 100,000. 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. The "Bishops" won the final for the next three seasons, the only hat-trick of wins in the competition's history. This took the club's number of wins to 10, a figure that was never surpassed. Crook Town themselves also went on to win the tournament three more times.

In the 1960s, interest in the Amateur Cup declined and crowds for the final dropped to less than half the level of the early Wembley finals. During the last decade of the tournament's existence, Enfield claimed two wins. The last Amateur Cup final was held on 20 April 1974, and Bishop's Stortford became the last tournament winners, defeating Ilford 4–1. In the same year, the FA abandoned its policy of classifying all clubs as either fully professional or fully amateur, and accordingly the Amateur Cup was abolished.

Finals

If the final finished with the scores level after extra time, the teams would play again in a replay at a later date. Penalty shoot-outs were never used. The competition was not staged during the First or Second World Wars, other than in the 1914–15 season. Where the venue is shown in italics, only the town where the final took place is recorded, rather than the name of the specific stadium.

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
1894–95 Middlesbrough 2–1 Old Carthusians Headingley Stadium
1895–96 Bishop Auckland 1–0 Royal Artillery Portsmouth Walnut Street, Leicester
1896–97 Old Carthusians 1–1 * Stockton Tufnell Park
1896–97 (R) Old Carthusians 4–1 Stockton Feethams
1897–98 Middlesbrough 2–1 Uxbridge Crystal Palace
1898–99 Stockton 1–0 Harwich & Parkeston Linthorpe Road, Middlesbrough
1899–1900 Bishop Auckland 5–1 Lowestoft Town Filbert Street
1900–01 Crook Town 1–1 * King's Lynn Dovercourt
1900–01 (R) Crook Town 3–0 King's Lynn Ipswich
1901–02 Old Malvernians 5–1 Bishop Auckland Headingley Stadium
1902–03 Stockton 0–0 * Oxford City Reading
1902–03 (R) Stockton 1–0 Oxford City Feethams
1903–04 Sheffield 3–1 Ealing Association Valley Parade
1904–05 West Hartlepool 3–2 Clapton Shepherd's Bush
1905–06 Oxford City 3–0 Bishop Auckland Stockton-on-Tees
1906–07 Clapton 2–1 Stockton Stamford Bridge
1907–08 Depot Bn., Royal Engineers 2–1 Stockton Bishop Auckland
1908–09 Clapton 6–0 Eston United Ilford
1909–10 RMLI Gosport 2–1 South Bank Bishop Auckland
1910–11 Bromley 1–0 Bishop Auckland ground of West Norwood F.C., Herne Hill
1911–12 Stockton 0–0 * Eston United Ayresome Park
1911–12 (R) Stockton 1–0 Eston United Ayresome Park
1912–13 South Bank 1–1 * Oxford City Elm Park
1912–13 (R) South Bank 1–0 Oxford City Kingsway, Bishop Auckland
1913–14 Bishop Auckland 1–0 Northern Nomads Elland Road
1914–15 Clapton 1–0 Bishop Auckland The Den
1919–20 Dulwich Hamlet 1–0 Tufnell Park The Den
1920–21 Bishop Auckland 4–2 Swindon Victoria Ayresome Park
1921–22 Bishop Auckland 5–2 * South Bank Ayresome Park
1922–23 London Caledonians 2–1 Evesham Town Crystal Palace
1923–24 Clapton 3–0 Erith & Belvedere The Den
1924–25 Clapton 2–1 Southall The Den
1925–26 Northern Nomads 7–1 Stockton Roker Park
1926–27 Leyton 3–1 Barking Town The Den
1927–28 Leyton 3–2 Cockfield Ayresome Park
1928–29 Ilford 3–1 Leyton Arsenal Stadium
1929–30 Ilford 5–1 Bournemouth Gasworks Athletic Boleyn Ground
1930–31 Wycombe Wanderers 1–0 Hayes Arsenal Stadium
1931–32 Dulwich Hamlet 7–1 Marine Boleyn Ground
1932–33 Kingstonian 1–1 * Stockton Champion Hill
1932–33 (R) Kingstonian 4–1 Stockton Feethams
1933–34 Dulwich Hamlet 2–1 Leyton Boleyn Ground
1934–35 Bishop Auckland 0–0 * Wimbledon Ayresome Park
1934–35 (R) Bishop Auckland 2–1 Wimbledon Stamford Bridge
1935–36 Casuals 1–1 * Ilford Selhurst Park
1935–36 (R) Casuals 2–0 Ilford Boleyn Ground
1936–37 Dulwich Hamlet 2–0 Leyton Boleyn Ground
1937–38 Bromley 1–0 Erith & Belvedere The Den
1938–39 Bishop Auckland 3–0 Willington Roker Park
1945–46 Barnet 3–2 Bishop Auckland Stamford Bridge
1946–47 Leytonstone 2–1 Wimbledon Arsenal Stadium
1947–48 Leytonstone 1–0 Barnet Stamford Bridge
1948–49 Bromley 1–0 Romford Wembley Stadium
1949–50 Willington 4–0 Bishop Auckland Wembley Stadium
1950–51 Pegasus 2–1 Bishop Auckland Wembley Stadium
1951–52 Walthamstow Avenue 2–1 Leyton Wembley Stadium
1952–53 Pegasus 6–0 Harwich & Parkeston Wembley Stadium
1953–54 Crook Town 2–2 * Bishop Auckland Wembley Stadium
1953–54 (R) Crook Town 2–2 * Bishop Auckland St James' Park
1953–54 (2R) Crook Town 1–0 Bishop Auckland Ayresome Park
1954–55 Bishop Auckland 2–0 Hendon Wembley Stadium
1955–56 Bishop Auckland 1–1 * Corinthian-Casuals Wembley Stadium
1955–56 (R) Bishop Auckland 4–1 Corinthian-Casuals Ayresome Park
1956–57 Bishop Auckland 3–1 Wycombe Wanderers Wembley Stadium
1957–58 Woking 3–0 Ilford Wembley Stadium
1958–59 Crook Town 3–2 Barnet Wembley Stadium
1959–60 Hendon 2–1 Kingstonian Wembley Stadium
1960–61 Walthamstow Avenue 2–1 West Auckland Town Wembley Stadium
1961–62 Crook Town 1–1 * Hounslow Town Wembley Stadium
1961–62 (R) Crook Town 4–0 Hounslow Town Ayresome Park
1962–63 Wimbledon 4–2 Sutton United Wembley Stadium
1963–64 Crook Town 2–1 Enfield Wembley Stadium
1964–65 Hendon 3–1 Whitby Town Wembley Stadium
1965–66 Wealdstone 3–1 Hendon Wembley Stadium
1966–67 Enfield 0–0 * Skelmersdale United Wembley Stadium
1966–67 (R) Enfield 3–0 Skelmersdale United Maine Road
1967–68 Leytonstone 1–0 Chesham United Wembley Stadium
1968–69 North Shields 2–1 Sutton United Wembley Stadium
1969–70 Enfield 5–1 Dagenham Wembley Stadium
1970–71 Skelmersdale United 4–1 Dagenham Wembley Stadium
1971–72 Hendon 2–0 Enfield Wembley Stadium
1972–73 Walton & Hersham 1–0 Slough Town Wembley Stadium
1973–74 Bishop's Stortford 4–1 Ilford Wembley Stadium
  • A. ^ Only the town where the final was held is recorded, not the specific stadium name.

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, 1912
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
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