Shropshire Senior Cup

Shropshire Senior Cup
Founded 1877
Region  England
Current champions Shrewsbury Town
Most successful club(s) Shrewsbury Town (65 cups)

The Shropshire Senior Cup is a county cup football competition that is open for professional and non-professional senior football teams in the English county of Shropshire.

The competition is one of the oldest cup competitions in the world, and notably, the original winning trophy is still presented to the winners, some 130 years after the Cup's inception. It is organised by the Shropshire Football Association and is annual.

The competition was first staged in the 1877-78 season, the inaugural winners being Shrewsbury F.C, who beat Wellington Parish Church Institute 1-0. (Shrewsbury F.C are not connected to the current Shrewsbury Town, and dissolved late in 1879.)

Over the years, the competition has been dominated by the county's two leading football teams, Shrewsbury Town and Telford United, and more recently A.F.C. Telford United following the demise of the old Telford United in 2004. However, Shrewsbury Town have now withdrawn from the competition.

Other county teams to have featured in the cup in recent years have included Market Drayton Town, Shifnal Town, Bridgnorth Town, Ludlow Town and The New Saints.

Past winners

Year Winners
1877-1878 Shrewsbury FC
1878-1879 Newport
1879-1880 Shrewsbury Engineers
1880-1881 Wellington Town
1881-1882 Oswestry
1882-1883 Wellington Town
1883-1884 Shrewsbury Castle Blues
1884-1885 Oswestry
1885-1886 St Georges
1886-1887 Shrewsbury Town
1887-1888 Shrewsbury Town
1888-1889 Shrewsbury Town
1889-1890 Ironbridge
1890-1891 Shrewsbury Town
1891-1892 Ironbridge Town
1892-1893 Shrewsbury Town
1893-1894 Shrewsbury Town
1894-1895 Newport
1895-1896 Shrewsbury Town
1896-1897 Shrewsbury Town
1897-1898 Shrewsbury Town
1898-1899 Oswestry United
1899-1900 Wellington Town
1900-1901 Wellington Town
1901-1902 Ironbridge
1902-1903 Shrewsbury Town
1903-1904 Shrewsbury Town
1904-1905 Wellington Town
1905-1906 St Georges Victoria
1906-1907 St Georges Victoria
1907-1908 Ironbridge
1908-1909 Oswestry United
1909-1910 Shrewsbury Town
1910-1911 Whitchurch
1911-1912 Wellington Town
1912-1913 Shrewsbury Town
1913-1914 Wellington Town
1914-1915 Shrewsbury Town
1915-1916 Not Contested
1916-1917 Not Contested
1917-1918 Not Contested
1918-1919 Not Contested
1919-1920 Wellington Town
Year Winners
1920-1921 Wellington Town
1921-1922 Wellington Town
1922-1923 Shrewsbury Town
1923-1924 Whitchurch
1924-1925 Shrewsbury Town
1925-1926 Wellington Town
1926-1927 Oakengates Town
1927-1928 Wellington Town
1928-1929 Oswestry Town
1929-1930 Shrewsbury Town
1930-1931 Oakengates Town
1931-1932 Oakengates Town
1932-1933 Shrewsbury Town
1933-1934 Wellington Town
1934-1935 Wellington Town
1935-1936 Wellington Town
1936-1937 Shrewsbury Town
1937-1938 Shrewsbury Town
1938-1939 Wellington Town
1939-1940 Wellington Town
1940-1941 Wellington Town
1941-1942 RAF Cosford
1942-1943 Wellington Town
1943-1944 Shrewsbury Town
1944-1945 Wellington Town
1945-1946 No Final Played
1946-1947 Shrewsbury Town
1947-1948 Oswestry Town
1948-1949 Shrewsbury Town
1949-1950 Oswestry Town
1950-1951 Shrewsbury Town
1951-1952 Shrewsbury Town
1952-1953 Shrewsbury Town
1953-1954 Shrewsbury Town
1954-1955 Shrewsbury Town
1955-1956 Oswestry Town
1956-1957 Shrewsbury Town
1957-1958 Shrewsbury Town & Oakengates Town (shared)
1958-1959 Shrewsbury Town
1959-1960 Wellington Town
1960-1961 Wellington Town
1961-1962 Sankey Wellington
1962-1963 Shrewsbury Town
Year Winners
1963-1964 Shrewsbury Town
1964-1965 Oswestry Town
1965-1966 Shrewsbury Town
1966-1967 Wellington Town
1967-1968 Shrewsbury Town & Wellington Town (shared)
1968-1969 Shrewsbury Town
1969-1970 Telford United
1970-1971 Shrewsbury Town
1971-1972 Shrewsbury Town
1973-1973 Telford United
1973-1974 Shrewsbury Town
1974-1975 Shrewsbury Town
1975-1976 Telford United
1976-1977 Telford United
1977-1978 Telford United
1978-1979 Telford United
1979-1980 Shrewsbury Town
1980-1981 Shrewsbury Town
1981-1982 Shrewsbury Town
1982-1983 Shrewsbury Town
1983-1984 Shrewsbury Town
1984-1985 Oswestry Town
1985-1986 Bridgnorth Town
1986-1987 Shrewsbury Town
1987-1988 Shrewsbury Town
1988-1989 Shrewsbury Town
1989-1990 Telford United
1990-1991 Shrewsbury Town
1991-1992 Telford United
1992-1993 Telford United
1993-1994 Telford United
1994-1995 Shrewsbury Town
1995-1996 Shrewsbury Town
1996-1997 Shrewsbury Town
1997-1998 Shrewsbury Town
1998-1999 Shrewsbury Town
1999-2000 Shrewsbury Town
2000-2001 Wolverhampton Wanderers
2001-2002 Shrewsbury Town
2002-2003 Shrewsbury Town
2003-2004 Shrewsbury Town
2004-2005 Shrewsbury Town
2005-2006 Shrewsbury Town
2006-2007 Shrewsbury Town
2007-2008 Shrewsbury Town
Year Winners
2008-2009 AFC Telford United
2009-2010 Shrewsbury Town
2010-2011 Shrewsbury Town
2011-2012 The New Saints
2012-2013 No Final Played
2013-2014 AFC Telford United
2014-2015 Shrewsbury Town

Table of winners

Club Wins Last win
1Shrewsbury Town65 2015
2Wellington Town/Telford United34 1994
3Oswestry United/Oswestry Town10 1985
4Oakengates Town4 1958
Ironbridge Town4 1908
5AFC Telford United2 2014
Whitchurch2 1924
St Georges Victoria2 1907
Newport2 1895
6The New Saints1 2012
Wolverhampton Wanderers1 2001
Bridgnorth Town1 1986
Sankey Wellington1 1962
RAF Cosford1 1942
St Georges1 1886
Shrewsbury Castle Blues1 1884
Shrewsbury Engineers1 1880
Shrewsbury FC1 1878

Recent Results

2005/06

Final

Home team Score Away team
Shrewsbury Town 4 - 1 A.F.C. Telford United

2006/07

Semi-final

Tie no Home team Score Away team
1 A.F.C. Telford United 5 - 1 Market Drayton Town

Final

Home team Score Away team
A.F.C. Telford United 1 - 1 Shrewsbury Town
Shrewsbury won 4-1 on penalties

2007/08

Semi-finals

Tie no Home team Score Away team
1 Shifnal Town 1 - 2 Shrewsbury Town
2 Market Drayton Town 1 - 1 AFC Telford United
Market Drayton won 5-4 on penalties

Final

Home team Score Away team
Market Drayton Town 0 - 3 Shrewsbury Town

2008/09

Quarter-finals

Tie no Home team Score Away team
1 Bridgnorth Town 1 – 0 Shifnal Town

Semi-finals

Tie no Home team Score Away team
1 AFC Telford United 3 - 0 Bridgnorth Town
2 Shrewsbury Town 3 - 2 Market Drayton Town

Final

Home team Score Away team
Shrewsbury Town 1 – 1 AFC Telford United
Telford won 4–1 on penalties

2009/10

Final

Home team Score Away team
AFC Telford United 1 – 2 Shrewsbury Town

2010/11

Final

Home team Score Away team
Shrewsbury Town 1 – 0 AFC Telford United

2011/12

Semi-finals

Tie no Home team Score Away team
1 The New Saints 2 - 1 Shrewsbury Town
2 Market Drayton Town 1 - 4 AFC Telford United

Final

Home team Score Away team
AFC Telford United 1 – 1 The New Saints[1]
The New Saints won 4–2 on penalties

2012/13

Quarter-finals

Tie no Home team Score Away team
1 The New Saints 4 - 0 Bridgnorth Town
2 Market Drayton Town 0 - 1 AFC Telford United

Semi-finals

Tie no Home team Score Away team
1 The New Saints 0 – 3 AFC Telford United

Final

Final scrapped as no date could be found.

Home team Score Away team
Shrewsbury Town P-P AFC Telford United

2013/14

Semi-finals

Tie no Home team Score Away team
1 Market Drayton Town 5 - 2 The New Saints
2 AFC Telford United 3 - 0 Shawbury United

Final

NOTE-On 10 July 2013 it was announced that Shrewsbury Town had pulled out of the competition. Previously the winners of the two semi finals were due to play each other in a play off match and then the winner of that would meet Shrewsbury in the final. With Shrewsbury withdrawing the play off final was now made the actual final.

Home team Score Away team
AFC Telford United 3-1 Market Drayton Town

2014/15

Quarter-finals

Tie no Home team Score Away team
1 Ellesmere Rangers HW The New Saints

Semi-finals

Tie no Home team Score Away team
1 Market Drayton Town 1-6 AFC Telford United
2 Shrewsbury Town 3-2 Ellesmere Rangers

Final

Home team Score Away team
AFC Telford United 1-3 Shrewsbury Town

2014-15 Stadia

Home Club Stadium Name Capacity
Shrewsbury TownNew Meadow9,875
A.F.C. Telford UnitedNew Bucks Head6,300
Ellesmere RangersBeech Grove1,250
The New SaintsPark Hall2,000
Market Drayton TownGreenfields Sports Ground1,000
Shifnal TownPhoenix Park
Bridgnorth TownCrown Meadow2,000
Shawbury UnitedButler Sports Centre
Oakengates AthleticDoseley Road

See also

References

  1. Shropshire Star TNS make Shropshire Senior Cup history (8 August 2011)

External links