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.

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).

1973-74 Bishop's Stortford -Ilford 4-1

1972-73 Walton & Hersham -Slough 1-0

1971-72 Hendon -Enfield 2-0

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 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 C. 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, The -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 Ath 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 -Tuffnel 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 Dep. Bat. Royal Eng'rs. -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 Sheffeld -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

1989-99 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 A'ery Portsmouth 8-0

1894-95 Middlesbrough -Old Carthusians 2-1

1893-94 Old Carthusians -Casuals, The 2-1

Dagenham merged with Redridge Forest to form Dagenham & Redridge Forest (1992)

SOURCE. Playfair Football Annual 1974-75, p.202, published after the last final.