Football Association Amateur Cup
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Football Association Amateur Cup |
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In 1891, however, the F.A. relented and created the F.A. Amateur Cup - which in it's first season attracted 81 entries. The main heartlands of amateur football were the North East (with the Northern League) and the South East (led by the Isthmian League and the Athenian League). This remained broadly true until the split between Professionals and Amateurs was abolished in 1974. Only one Amateur Cup winning side came from the North West (Skelmersdale United in 1971), and none at all from the Midlands or the South West.
Bishop Auckland won the Cup a record 10 times, including the only hat-trick of wins in the mid 1950s.
During the heyday of the competition, with the final held at Wembley Stadium, the Amateur Cup Final regularly attracted attendances of 100,000 but by it's demise in 1974, the attendance had dropped to a third of that figure.
Bishop's Stortford won their only Amateur Cup in 1974, with the Cup then being discontinued. Most of the leading clubs moved to the F.A. Trophy which had been established in 1969 for leading semi-professional clubs, while others became part of a brand new competition, the F.A. Vase, for clubs of a lower level.
| Season | Winner | Runner-up | Result | In FCHD |
| 1893-94 | Old Carthusians | Casuals | 2-1 | From QF |
| 1894-95 | Middlesbrough | Old Carthusians | 2-1 | From QF |
| 1895-96 | Bishop Auckland | Royal Artillery Portsmouth | 1-0 | From QF |
| 1896-97 | Old Carthusians | Stockton | 1-1, 4-1 | From QF |
| 1897-98 | Middlesbrough | Uxbridge | 2-1 | From QF |
| 1898-99 | Stockton | Harwich & Parkeston | 1-0 | From QF |
| 1899-1900 | Bishop Auckland | Lowestoft Town | 5-1 | From QF |
| 1900-01 | Crook Town | King's Lynn | 1-1, 3-0 | From QF |
| 1901-02 | Old Malvernians | Bishop Auckland | 5-1 | From QF |
| 1902-03 | Stockton | Oxford City | 0-0, 1-0 | From QF |
| 1903-04 | Sheffield | Ealing | 3-1 | From Round 2 |
| 1904-05 | West Hartlepool | Clapton | 3-2 | From Round 2 |
| 1905-06 | Oxford City | Bishop Auckland | 3-0 | From Round 2 |
| 1906-07 | Clapton | Stockton | 2-1 | From Round 2 |
| 1907-08 | Depot Battallion, R E | Stockton | 2-1 | From Round 3 |
| 1908-09 | Clapton | Eston United | 6-0 | From Round 3 |
| 1909-10 | R M L I Gosport | South Bank | 2-1 | From Round 3 |
| 1910-11 | Bromley | Bishop Auckland | 1-0 | From Round 3 |
| 1911-12 | Stockton | Eston United | 0-0, 1-0 | From Round 3 |
| 1912-13 | South Bank | Oxford City | 1-1, 1-0 | From Round 3 |
| 1913-14 | Bishop Auckland | Northern Nomads | 1-0 | From Round 3 |
| 1914-15 | Clapton | Bishop Auckland | 1-0 | From Round 3 |
| 1915-19 - Competition not held due to World War I | ||||
| 1919-20 | Dulwich Hamlet | Tufnell Park | 1-0 | From Round 3 |
| 1920-21 | Bishop Auckland | Swindon Victoria | 4-2 | From Round 3 |
| 1921-22 | Bishop Auckland | South Bank | 5-2 | From Round 3 |
| 1922-23 | London Caledonians | Evesham Town | 2-1 | From Round 3 |
| 1923-24 | Clapton | Erith & Belvedere | 3-0 | From Round 3 |
| 1924-25 | Clapton | Southall | 2-1 | From Round 3 |
| 1925-26 | Northern Nomads | Stockton | 7-1 | From Round 3 |
| 1926-27 | Leyton | Barking Town | 3-1 | From Round 3 |
| 1927-28 | Leyton | Cockfield | 3-2 | From Round 3 |
| 1928-29 | Ilford | Leyton | 3-1 | From Round 3 |
| 1929-30 | Ilford | Bournemouth Gasworks Athletic | 5-1 | From Round 3 |
| 1930-31 | Wycombe Wanderers | Hayes | 1-0 | From Round 3 |
| 1931-32 | Dulwich Hamlet | Marine | 7-1 | From Round 3 |
| 1932-33 | Kingstonian | Stockton | 1-1, 4-1 | From Round 3 |
| 1933-34 | Dulwich Hamlet | Leyton | 2-1 | From Round 3 |
| 1934-35 | Bishop Auckland | Wimbledon | 0-0, 2-1 | From Round 3 |
| 1935-36 | Casuals | Ilford | 1-1, 2-0 | From Round 3 |
| 1936-37 | Dulwich Hamlet | Leyton | 2-0 | From Round 3 |
| 1937-38 | Bromley | Erith & Belvedere | 1-0 | From Round 3 |
| 1938-39 | Bishop Auckland | Willington | 3-0 | From Round 3 |
| 1939-45 - Competition not held due to World War II | ||||
| 1945-46 | Barnet | Bishop Auckland | 3-2 | From Round 3 |
| 1946-47 | Leytonstone | Wimbledon | 2-1 | From Round 3 |
| 1947-48 | Leytonstone | Barnet | 1-0 | From Round 3 |
| 1948-49 | Bromley | Romford | 1-0 | From Round 3 |
| 1949-50 | Willington | Bishop Auckland | 4-0 | From Round 3 |
| 1950-51 | Pegasus | Bishop Auckland | 2-1 | From Round 3 |
| 1951-52 | Walthamstow Avenue | Leyton | 2-1 | From Round 3 |
| 1952-53 | Pegasus | Harwich & Parkeston | 6-0 | From Round 3 |
| 1953-54 | Crook Town | Bishop Auckland | 2-2,2-2,1-0 | From Round 3 |
| 1954-55 | Bishop Auckland | Hendon | 2-0 | From Round 3 |
| 1955-56 | Bishop Auckland | Corinthian-Casuals | 1-1, 4-1 | From Round 3 |
| 1956-57 | Bishop Auckland | Wycombe Wanderers | 3-1 | From Round 3 |
| 1957-58 | Woking | Ilford | 3-0 | From Round 3 |
| 1958-59 | Crook Town | Barnet | 3-2 | From Round 3 |
| 1959-60 | Hendon | Kingstonian | 2-1 | From Round 3 |
| 1960-61 | Walthamstow Avenue | West Auckland Town | 2-1 | From Round 3 |
| 1961-62 | Crook Town | Hounslow Town | 1-1, 4-0 | From Round 3 |
| 1962-63 | Wimbledon | Sutton United | 4-2 | From Round 3 |
| 1963-64 | Crook Town | Enfield | 2-1 | From Round 3 |
| 1964-65 | Hendon | Whitby Town | 3-1 | From Round 3 |
| 1965-66 | Wealdstone | Hendon | 3-1 | From Round 3 |
| 1966-67 | Enfield | Skelmersdale United | 0-0, 3-0 | From Round 3 |
| 1967-68 | Leytonstone | Chesham United | 1-0 | From Round 2 |
| 1968-69 | North Shields | Sutton United | 2-1 | From Round 2 |
| 1969-70 | Enfield | Dagenham | 5-1 | From Round 2 |
| 1970-71 | Skelmersdale United | Dagenham | 4-1 | From Round 2 |
| 1971-72 | Hendon | Enfield | 2-0 | From Round 2 |
| 1972-73 | Walton & Hersham | Slough Town | 1-0 | From Round 2 |
| 1973-74 | Bishop's Stortford | Ilford | 4-1 | From Round 2 |