FA Amateur Cup

FA Amateur Cup

The FA Amateur Cup was an English football competition.

The cup was launched by The Football Association in 1893 as a response to the domination of the FA Cup by professional teams. At the time, amateur football was still very strong, although not quite as strong as the professional game. It ended in 1974 when the FA abolished the distinction between professional and amateur clubs. Two new competitions, the FA Trophy and the FA Vase were created in its place.

Almost all of the winners over the years were from either the Isthmian League around London (29 wins) or the Northern League in North East England (21 wins), with Bishop Auckland the most successful club with 10 wins.

Bill Regan (Romford 1948-49) is believed to have been the first ever American-born individual to play in the FA Amateur Cup final which was itself the first to have been played at Wembley Stadium.

Results

FA Amateur Cup Final results, most recent first, held:- 1893-94 to 1914-15, 1919-20 to 1938-39, 1945-46 to 1973-74 (71 seasons).

Season	Competitors	Final score
1973-74	Bishop's Stortford - Ilford	4-1
1972-73	Walton & Hersham - Slough Town	1-0
1971-72	Hendon - Enfield	5-0
1970-71	Skelmersdale United - Dagenham	4-1
1969-70	Enfield - Dagenham	5-1
1968-69	North Shields - Sutton United	2-1
1967-68	Leytonstone - Chesham United	1-0
1966-67	Enfield - Skelmersdale United	0-0 (aet), 3-0
1965-66	Wealdstone - Hendon	3-1
1964-65	Hendon - Whitby Town	3-1
1963-64	Crook Town - Enfield	2-1
1962-63	Wimbledon - Sutton United	4-2
1961-62	Crook Town - Hounslow	1-1 (aet), 4-0
1960-61	Walthamstow Avenue - West Auckland	2-1
1959-60	Hendon - Kingstonian	2-1
1958-59	Crook Town - Barnet	3-2
1957-58	Woking - Ilford	3-0
1956-57	Bishop Auckland - Wycombe Wanderers	3-1
1955-56	Bishop Auckland - Corinthian Casuals	1-1 (aet), 4-1
1954-55	Bishop Auckland - Hendon	2-0
1953-54	Crook Town - Bishop Auckland	1-0
1952-53	Pegasus - Harwich & Parkeston	6-0
1951-52	Walthamstow Avenue - Leyton	2-1
1950-51	Pegasus - Bishop Auckland	2-1
1949-50	Willington - Bishop Auckland	4-0
1948-49	Bromley - Romford	1-0
1947-48	Leytonstone - Barnet	1-0
1946-47	Leytonstone - Wimbledon	2-1
1945-46	Barnet - Bishop Auckland	3-2
1938-39	Bishop Auckland - Wellington	3-0 (aet)
1937-38	Bromley - Erith & Belvedere	1-0
1936-37	Dulwich Hamlet - Leyton	2-0
1935-36	Casuals - Ilford	1-1 (aet), 2-0
1934-35	Bishop Auckland - Wimbledon	0-0 (aet), 2-1
1933-34	Dulwich Hamlet - Leyton	2-1
1932-33	Kingstonian - Stockton	1-1 (aet), 4-1
1931-32	Dulwich Hamlet - Marine	7-1
1930-31	Wycombe Wanderers - Hayes	1-0
1929-30	Ilford - Bournemouth Gasworks Athletic	5-1
1928-29	Ilford - Leyton	3-1
1927-28	Leyton - Cockfield	3-2
1926-27	Leyton - Barking Town	3-1
1925-26	Northern Nomads - Stockton	7-1
1924-25	Clapton - Southall	2-1
1923-24	Clapton - Erith & Belvedere	3-0
1922-23	London Caledonians - Evesham Town	2-1 (aet)
1921-22	Bishop Auckland - South Bank	5-2 (aet)
1920-21	Bishop Auckland - Swindon Victoria	4-2
1919-20	Dulwich Hamlet - Tufnell Park	1-0 (aet)
1914-15	Clapton - Bishop Auckland	1-0
1913-14	Bishop Auckland - Northern Nomads	1-0
1912-13	South Bank - Oxford City	1-1 (aet), 1-0
1911-12	Stockton - Eston United	0-0 (aet), 1-0
1910-11	Bromley - Bishop Auckland	1-0
1909-10	RMLI Gosport - South Bank	2-1
1908-09	Clapton - Eston United	6-0
1907-08	Royal Engineers - Stockton	2-1
1906-07	Clapton - Stockton	2-1
1905-06	Oxford City - Bishop Auckland	3-0
1904-05	West Hartlepool - Clapton	3-2
1903-04	Sheffield - Ealing	3-1
1902-03	Stockton - Oxford City	0-0 (aet), 1-0
1901-02	Old Malvernians - Bishop Auckland	5-1
1900-01	Crook Town - King's Lynn	1-1 (aet), 3-0
1899-00	Bishop Auckland - Lowestoft Town	5-1
1898-99	Stockton - Harwich & Parkeston	1-0
1897-98	Middlesbrough - Uxbridge	2-1
1896-97	Old Carthusians - Stockton	1-1 (aet), 4-1
1895-96	Bishop Auckland - Royal Artillery Portsmouth F.C.	8-0
1894-95	Middlesbrough - Old Carthusians	2-1
1893-94	Old Carthusians - Casuals	2-1

References

• Playfair Football Annual 1974-75, p.202