The FA Vase was insituted in 1974 when the Football Association abolished the distinction between professional and amateur status, effectively replacing the FA Amateur Cup. Some of the more senior clubs who previously competed in the Amateur Cup, for example those from the Isthmian and Northern Leagues switched instead to the FA Trophy, leaving the Vase for clubs from a variety of regional and local leagues.
The first winners were Hoddesdon Town of the Spartan League, but it was not long before the first Vase "dynasty" appeared - Billericay Town of the Essex Senior League who won the competition three times in four seasons. No club has repeated that triple success since, with Halesowen Town, Brigg Town and Tiverton Town being dual winners (only the Devon club doing it in successive seasons). A F C Sudbury have an impressive but unfortunate record of being losing finalists three years running.
Full results/draws of this seasons competition
| Season | Winner | Runner-up | Result | In FCHD |
| 1974-75 | Hoddesdon Town | Epsom & Ewell | 2-1 | All |
| 1975-76 | Billericay Town | Stamford | 1-0 | All |
| 1976-77 | Billericay Town | Sheffield | 1-1, 2-1 | All |
| 1977-78 | Blue Star | Barton Rovers | 2-1 | All |
| 1978-79 | Billericay Town | Almondsbury Greenway | 4-1 | All |
| 1979-80 | Stamford | Guisborough Town | 2-0 | All |
| 1980-81 | Whickham | Willenhall Town | 3-2 | All |
| 1981-82 | Forest Green Rovers | Rainworth Miners Welfare | 3-0 | All |
| 1982-83 | VS Rugby | Halesowen Town | 1-0 | All |
| 1983-84 | Stansted | Stamford | 2-0 | All |
| 1984-85 | Halesowen Town | Fleetwood Town | 3-1 | All |
| 1985-86 | Yeading | Southall | 3-0 | All |
| 1986-87 | St Helens Town | Warrington Town | 3-2 | All |
| 1987-88 | Colne Dynamoes | Emley | 1-0 | All |
| 1988-89 | Tamworth | Sudbury Town | 1-1, 3-0 | All |
| 1989-90 | Yeading | Bridlington Town | 0-0, 1-0 | All |
| 1990-91 | Guiseley | Gresley Rovers | 4-4, 3-1 | All |
| 1991-92 | Wimborne Town | Guiseley | 5-3 | All |
| 1992-93 | Bridlington Town | Tiverton Town | 1-0 | All |
| 1993-94 | Diss Town | Taunton Town | 2-1 | All |
| 1994-95 | Arlesey Town | Oxford City | 2-1 | All |
| 1995-96 | Brigg Town | Clitheroe | 3-0 | All |
| 1996-97 | Whitby Town | North Ferriby United | 3-0 | All |
| 1997-98 | Tiverton Town | Tow Law Town | 1-0 | All |
| 1998-99 | Tiverton Town | Bedlington Terriers | 1-0 | All |
| 1999-2000 | Deal Town | Chippenham Town | 1-0 | All |
| 2000-01 | Taunton Town | Berkhamsted Town | 2-1 | All |
| 2001-02 | Whitley Bay | Tiptree United | 1-0 | All |
| 2002-03 | Brigg Town | A F C Sudbury | 2-1 | All |
| 2003-04 | Winchester City | A F C Sudbury | 2-0 | All |
| 2004-05 | Didcot Town | A F C Sudbury | 3-2 | All |
| 2005-06 | Nantwich Town | Hillingdon Borough | 3-1 | All |
| 2006-07 | Truro City | A F C Totton | 3-1 | All |
| 2007-08 | All so far |
3. Billericay Town
2. Brigg Town, Halesowen Town, Tiverton Town
1. Arlesey Town, Blue Star, Bridlington Town, Colne Dynamoes, Deal Town, Didcot Town, Diss Town, Forest Green Rovers, Guiseley, Hoddesdon Town, Nantwich Town, St Helens Town, Stamford, Stansted, Tamworth, Taunton Town, Truro City, VS Rugby, Whickham, Whitby Town, Whitley Bay, Wimborne Town, Winchester City, Yeading
Bourne Town, Brockenhurst, Calne Town, Chadderton,
Herne Bay, Hoddesdon Town, Holbeach United, Merstham,
Ringmer, Saffron Walden Town, Stansted, Stotfold,
Tiptree United, Tunbridge Wells, Westbury United, Wootton Blue Cross
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