Shropshire Senior Cup

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.

Shropshire Senior Cup
Founded1877
RegionShropshire Shropshire
Current championsWhitchurch Alport (3rd title)
Most successful club(s)Shrewsbury Town (67 titles)

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.

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

SeasonWinners
1877–1878Shrewsbury FC
1878–1879Newport
1879–1880Shrewsbury Engineers
1880–1881Wellington Town
1881–1882Oswestry
1882–1883Wellington Town
1883–1884Shrewsbury Castle Blues
1884–1885Oswestry
1885–1886Wellington St George's
1886–1887Shrewsbury Town
1887–1888Shrewsbury Town
1888–1889Shrewsbury Town
1889–1890Ironbridge
1890–1891Shrewsbury Town
1891–1892Ironbridge Town
1892–1893Shrewsbury Town
1893–1894Shrewsbury Town
1894–1895Newport
1895–1896Shrewsbury Town
1896–1897Shrewsbury Town
1897–1898Shrewsbury Town
1898–1899Oswestry United
1899–1900Wellington Town
1900–1901Wellington Town
1901–1902Ironbridge
1902–1903Shrewsbury Town
1903–1904Shrewsbury Town
1904–1905Wellington Town
1905–1906St Georges Victoria
1906–1907St Georges Victoria
1907–1908Ironbridge
1908–1909Oswestry United
1909–1910Shrewsbury Town
1910–1911Whitchurch
1911–1912Wellington Town
1912–1913Shrewsbury Town
1913–1914Wellington Town
1914–1915Shrewsbury Town
1915–1916Not Contested
1916–1917Not Contested
1917–1918Not Contested
1918–1919Not Contested
1919–1920Wellington Town
1920–1921Wellington Town
1921–1922Wellington Town
1922–1923Shrewsbury Town
1923–1924Whitchurch
1924–1925Shrewsbury Town
1925–1926Wellington Town
1926–1927Oakengates Town
1927–1928Wellington Town
1928–1929Oswestry Town
1929–1930Shrewsbury Town
1930–1931Oakengates Town
1931–1932Oakengates Town
1932–1933Shrewsbury Town
1933–1934Wellington Town
1934–1935Wellington Town
1935–1936Wellington Town
1936–1937Shrewsbury Town
1937–1938Shrewsbury Town
1938–1939Wellington Town
1939–1940Wellington Town
1940–1941Wellington Town
1941–1942RAF Cosford
1942–1943Wellington Town
1943–1944Shrewsbury Town
1944–1945Wellington Town
1945–1946No Final Played
1946–1947Shrewsbury Town
1947–1948Oswestry Town
1948–1949Shrewsbury Town
1949–1950Oswestry Town
1950–1951Shrewsbury Town
1951–1952Shrewsbury Town
1952–1953Shrewsbury Town
1953–1954Shrewsbury Town
1954–1955Shrewsbury Town
1955–1956Oswestry Town
1956–1957Shrewsbury Town
1957–1958Shrewsbury Town & Oakengates Town (shared)
1958–1959Shrewsbury Town
1959–1960Wellington Town
1960–1961Wellington Town
1961–1962Sankey Wellington
1962–1963Shrewsbury Town
1963–1964Shrewsbury Town
1964–1965Oswestry Town
1965–1966Shrewsbury Town
1966–1967Wellington Town
1967–1968Shrewsbury Town & Wellington Town (shared)
1968–1969Shrewsbury Town
1969–1970Telford United
1970–1971Shrewsbury Town
1971–1972Shrewsbury Town
1973-1973Telford United
1973–1974Shrewsbury Town
1974–1975Shrewsbury Town
1975–1976Telford United
1976–1977Telford United
1977–1978Telford United
1978–1979Telford United
1979–1980Shrewsbury Town
1980–1981Shrewsbury Town
1981–1982Shrewsbury Town
1982–1983Shrewsbury Town
1983–1984Shrewsbury Town
1984–1985Oswestry Town
1985–1986Bridgnorth Town
1986–1987Shrewsbury Town
1987–1988Shrewsbury Town
1988–1989Shrewsbury Town
1989–1990Telford United
1990–1991Shrewsbury Town
1991–1992Telford United
1992–1993Telford United
1993–1994Telford United
1994–1995Shrewsbury Town
1995–1996Shrewsbury Town
1996–1997Shrewsbury Town
1997–1998Shrewsbury Town
1998–1999Shrewsbury Town
1999–2000Shrewsbury Town
2000–2001Wolverhampton Wanderers
2001–2002Shrewsbury Town
2002–2003Shrewsbury Town
2003–2004Shrewsbury Town
2004–2005Shrewsbury Town
2005–2006Shrewsbury Town
2006–2007Shrewsbury Town
2007–2008Shrewsbury Town
2008–2009AFC Telford United
2009–2010Shrewsbury Town
2010–2011Shrewsbury Town
2011–2012The New Saints
2012–2013No Final Played
2013–2014AFC Telford United
2014–2015Shrewsbury Town|
2015–2016Shrewsbury Town
2016–2017AFC Telford United
2017–2018Shawbury United
2018–2019Shrewsbury Town
2019–2020Whitchurch Alport
2020-2021Shifnal Town
2021–2022Whitchurch Alport
2022–2023Whitchurch Alport

Table of winners

ClubWinsLast win
1Shrewsbury Town672019
2Wellington Town/Telford United341994
3Oswestry United/Oswestry Town101985
4Oakengates Town41958
Ironbridge Town1908
5AFC Telford United32017
St George's1907
Whitchurch Alport2023
7Whitchurch21924
Newport1895
9The New Saints12012
Wolverhampton Wanderers2001
Bridgnorth Town1986
Sankey Wellington1962
RAF Cosford1942
Shifnal Town2021
Shrewsbury Castle Blues1884
Shrewsbury Engineers1880
Shrewsbury FC1878
Shawbury United2018

Recent Results

2007/08

Semi-finals

Tie noHome teamScoreAway team
1Shifnal Town1–2Shrewsbury Town
2Market Drayton Town1–1AFC Telford United
Market Drayton won 5–4 on penalties

Final

Home teamScoreAway team
Market Drayton Town0–3Shrewsbury Town

2008/09

Quarter-finals

Tie noHome teamScoreAway team
1Bridgnorth Town1–0Shifnal Town

Semi-finals

Tie noHome teamScoreAway team
1AFC Telford United3–0Bridgnorth Town
2Shrewsbury Town3–2Market Drayton Town

Final

Home teamScoreAway team
Shrewsbury Town1–1AFC Telford United
Telford won 4–1 on penalties

2009/10

Final

Home teamScoreAway team
AFC Telford United1–2Shrewsbury Town

2010/11

Final

Home teamScoreAway team
Shrewsbury Town1–0AFC Telford United

2011/12

Semi-finals

Tie noHome teamScoreAway team
1The New Saints2–1Shrewsbury Town
2Market Drayton Town1–4AFC Telford United

Final

Home teamScoreAway team
AFC Telford United1–1The New Saints[1]
The New Saints won 4–2 on penalties

2012/13

Quarter-finals

Tie noHome teamScoreAway team
1The New Saints4–0Bridgnorth Town
2Market Drayton Town0–1AFC Telford United

Semi-finals

Tie noHome teamScoreAway team
1The New Saints0–3AFC Telford United

Final

Final scrapped as no date could be found.

Home teamScoreAway team
Shrewsbury Town4-0AFC Telford United

2013/14

Semi-finals

Tie noHome teamScoreAway team
1Market Drayton Town5–2The New Saints
2AFC Telford United3–0Shawbury 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 teamScoreAway team
AFC Telford United3–1Market Drayton Town

2014/15

Quarter-finals

Tie noHome teamScoreAway team
1Ellesmere RangersHWThe New Saints

Semi-finals

Tie noHome teamScoreAway team
1Market Drayton Town1–6AFC Telford United
2Shrewsbury Town3–2Ellesmere Rangers

Final

Home teamScoreAway team
AFC Telford United1–3Shrewsbury Town

2015/16

Semi-finals

Tie noHome teamScoreAway team
1Market Drayton Town0–6Shrewsbury Town
2Shifnal Town0–4AFC Telford United

Final

Home teamScoreAway team
Shrewsbury Town1–1AFC Telford United
Shrewsbury won 3–2 on penalties

2016/17

Semi-final

Tie noHome teamScoreAway team
1Market Drayton Town1-4AFC Telford United

Final

Home teamScoreAway team
Shrewsbury Town0-2AFC Telford United

2014–15 Stadia

Home ClubStadium NameCapacity
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

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