England - FA Amateur Cup Finals


After the introduction of professional football, very few amateur clubs managed to advance to the later stages of the FA Cup; the last amateur finalists were Glasgow side Queen's Park in 1885. Sheffield FC, the oldest football club in the world, suggested a new national competition for amateur clubs only, offering a cup for such a contest in August 1892; the FA rejected the offer but then purchased a trophy itself and created the FA Amateur Cup in 1893.
The competition ended in 1974 when the FA abolished the distinction between amateur and professional teams. It was replaced by the FA Vase; however, since then the FA Trophy is the main silverware competition for non-league clubs (nowadays restricted to the top-4 league levels below League Division Two, currently the fourth and lowest professional league level).

Finals

1893/94 Old Carthusians            2-1 Casuals 
1894/95 Middlesbrough              2-1 Old Carthusians
1895/96 Bishop Auckland            1-0 Royal Artillery Portsmouth 
1896/97 Old Carthusians        1-1 4-1 Stockton                   [1st match aet]
1897/98 Middlesbrough              2-1 Uxbridge
1898/99 Stockton                   1-0 Harwich & Parkeston 
1899/00 Bishop Auckland            5-1 Lowestoft Town 
1900/01 Crook Town             1-1 3-0 King's Lynn                [1st match aet]
1901/02 Old Malvernians            5-1 Bishop Auckland
1902/03 Stockton               0-0 1-0 Oxford City                [1st match aet]
1903/04 Sheffield                  3-1 Ealing
1904/05 West Hartlepool            3-2 Clapton 
1905/06 Oxford City                3-0 Bishop Auckland 
1906/07 Clapton                    2-1 Stockton 
1907/08 Depot Bn., Royal Engineers 2-1 Stockton 
1908/09 Clapton                    6-0 Eston United 
1909/10 RMLI Gosport               2-1 South Bank 
1910/11 Bromley                    1-0 Bishop Auckland
1911/12 Stockton               0-0 1-0 Eston United               [1st match aet]
1912/13 South Bank             1-1 1-0 Oxford City                [1st match aet]
1913/14 Bishop Auckland            1-0 Northern Nomads
1914/15 Clapton                    1-0 Bishop Auckland
1915-19   not held due to World War I
1919/20 Dulwich Hamlet             1-0 Tufnell Park
1920/21 Bishop Auckland            4-2 Swindon Victoria
1921/22 Bishop Auckland            5-2 South Bank                 [aet]
1922/23 London Caledonians         2-1 Evesham Town
1923/24 Clapton                    3-0 Erith & Belvedere 
1924/25 Clapton                    2-1 Southall 
1925/26 Northern Nomads            7-1 Stockton 
1926/27 Leyton                     3-1 Barking Town 
1927/28 Leyton                     3-2 Cockfield 
1928/29 Ilford                     3-1 Leyton A
1929/30 Ilford                     5-1 Bournemouth Gasworks Athletic
1930/31 Wycombe Wanderers          1-0 Hayes 
1931/32 Dulwich Hamlet             7-1 Marine 
1932/33 Kingstonian            1-1 4-1 Stockton                   [1st match aet]
1933/34 Dulwich Hamlet             2-1 Leyton 
1934/35 Bishop Auckland        0-0 2-1 Wimbledon                  [1st match aet]
1935/36 Casuals                1-1 2-0 Ilford                     [1st match aet]
1936/37 Dulwich Hamlet             2-0 Leyton 
1937/38 Bromley                    1-0 Erith & Belvedere
1938/39 Bishop Auckland            3-0 Willington 
1939-45   not held due to World War II
1945/46 Barnet                     3-2 Bishop Auckland
1946/47 Leytonstone                2-1 Wimbledon
1947/48 Leytonstone                1-0 Barnet 
1948/49 Bromley                    1-0 Romford 
1949/50 Willington                 4-0 Bishop Auckland 
1950/51 Pegasus                    2-1 Bishop Auckland 
1951/52 Walthamstow Avenue         2-1 Leyton 
1952/53 Pegasus                    6-0 Harwich & Parkeston 
1953/54 Crook Town         2-2 2-2 1-0 Bishop Auckland            [1st and 2nd match aet]
1954/55 Bishop Auckland            2-0 Hendon  
1955/56 Bishop Auckland        1-1 4-1 Corinthian-Casuals         [1st match aet]
1956/57 Bishop Auckland            3-1 Wycombe Wanderers 
1957/58 Woking                     3-0 Ilford 
1958/59 Crook Town                 3-2 Barnet 
1959/60 Hendon                     2-1 Kingstonian 
1960/61 Walthamstow Avenue         2-1 West Auckland Town
1961/62 Crook Town             1-1 4-0 Hounslow Town              [1st match aet]
1962/63 Wimbledon                  4-2 Sutton United 
1963/64 Crook Town                 2-1 Enfield 
1964/65 Hendon                     3-1 Whitby Town 
1965/66 Wealdstone                 3-1 Hendon
1966/67 Enfield                0-0 3-0 Skelmersdale United        [1st match aet]
1967/68 Leytonstone                1-0 Chesham United
1968/69 North Shields              2-1 Sutton United
1969/70 Enfield                    5-1 Dagenham 
1970/71 Skelmersdale United        4-1 Dagenham 
1971/72 Hendon                     2-0 Enfield
1972/73 Walton & Hersham           1-0 Slough Town
1973/74 Bishop's Stortford         4-1 Ilford 

Number of Wins (71)

10 Bishop Auckland

 5 Clapton
   Crook Town

 4 Dulwich Hamlet

 3 Bromley
   Hendon
   Leytonstone
   Stockton

 2 Enfield
   Ilford
   Leyton
   Middlesbrough
   Old Carthusians
   Pegasus
   Walthamstow Avenue

 1 Barnet
   Bishop's Stortford
   Casuals
   Depot Bn. Royal Engineers
   Kingstonian
   London Caledonians
   North Shields
   Northern Nomads
   Old Malvernians
   Oxford City
   RMLI Gosport
   Sheffield
   Skelmersdale United
   South Bank
   Walton & Hersham
   Wealdstone
   West Hartlepool
   Willington
   Wimbledon
   Woking
   Wycombe Wanderers

1893/94

Quarterfinals
Bishop Auckland      3-1 Shrewsbury Town
Casuals              w/o Chirk                [Chirk scratched]
Old Carthusians      4-1 Great Marlow
Old Etonians         2-5 Sherwood Foresters   

Semifinals
Sherwood Foresters   0-1 Casuals              [at Leyton]
Old Carthusians      5-1 Bishop Auckland      [at Nottingham]

Final [Apr 7, Athletic Ground, Richmond]
Old Carthusians      2-1 Casuals              

1894/95

Quarterfinals
KO Lancashire Regt.  w/o Old Etonians         [Old Etonians scratched]
Old Brightonians     0-8 Middlesbrough        
Old Carthusians      1-0 Crewe Alexandra
South Bank           5-2 Reading 

Semifinals
Middlesbrough        4-0 KO Lancashire Regt.  [at Derby] 
South Bank           1-1 Old Carthusians      [at Leeds]

Semifinal Replay
South Bank           2-3 Old Carthusians      [at Derby]

Final [Apr 27, Headingley, Leeds]
Middlesbrough        2-1 Old Carthusians      

1895/96

Quarterfinals
Bishop Auckland      2-1 Stockton
Darlington           6-0 Hunslet 
Great Marlow         1-2 Shrewsbury Town
Maidenhead           0-5 Royal Artillery Portsmouth 

Semifinals
Bishop Auckland      3-2 Darlington           [at Middlesbrough] 
R. Artillery Portsm. 2-0 Shrewsbury Town      [at Reading]

Final [Mar 28, Walnut Street, Leicester]
Bishop Auckland      1-0 Royal Artillery Portsmouth 

1896/97

Quarterfinals
Great Marlow         1-1 Kirkley
Leadgate Park        2-0 Bishop Auckland 
Old Carthusians      3-1 Old Westminsters
Stockton             4-0 Casuals              

Quarterfinal Replay
Kirkley              1-0 Great Marlow         [Kirkley removed, Great Marlow re-instated]

Semifinals
Great Marlow         0-0 Old Carthusians      [at Leyton] 
Stockton             2-0 Leadgate Park        [at Middlesbrough]

Semifinal Replay
Great Marlow         1-2 Old Carthusians      [at Maidenhead]

Final [Mar 27, Tufnell Park, London]
Old Carthusians      1-1 Stockton             

Final Replay [Apr 17, Feethams, Darlington]
Old Carthusians      4-1 Stockton             

1897/98

Quarterfinals
Casuals              0-1 Middlesbrough        
Old Malvernians      4-2 Chesham Generals     
Thornaby             3-1 Darlington           
Uxbridge             1-1 Wycombe Wanderers    

Quarterfinal Replay
Wycombe Wanderers    2-4 Uxbridge             

Semifinals
Middlesbrough        2-1 Thornaby             [at Brotton]
Uxbridge             1-0 Old Malvernians      [at Marlow]

Final [Apr 23, Crystal Palace, London]
Middlesbrough        2-1 Uxbridge             

1898/99

Quarterfinals
Grimsby All Saints   1-0 Darlington
Harwich & Parkeston  1-3 R. Artillery Portsm. [RA Portsmouth disqualfied]
Old Malvernians      3-1 Cheshunt
Stockton             6-2 Whitby 

Semifinals
Harwich & Parkeston  2-1 Grimsby All Saints   [at Ipswich] 
Stockton             2-0 Old Malvernians      [at Darlington]

Final [Mar 25, Linthorpe Road, Middlesbrough]
Stockton             1-0 Harwich & Parkeston 

1899/00

Quarterfinals
Bishop Auckland      4-1 King's Lynn
Darlington           6-2 Grimsby All Saints 
Lowestoft Town       9-0 Leytonstone
Marlow               3-1 Old Malvernians 

Semifinals
Darlington           2-2 Bishop Auckland      [at Stockton]
Lowestoft Town       1-0 Marlow               [at Ilford]

Semifinal Replay
Darlington           0-2 Bishop Auckland      [at Stockton]

Final [Mar 31, Leicester]
Bishop Auckland      5-1 Lowestoft Town       

1900/01

Quarterfinals
Darlington           0-2 Crook Town           
Hunslet              0-3 Bishop Auckland      
King's Lynn          3-1 Harwich & Parkeston  
Old Malvernians      0-3 Ealing               

Semifinals
Crook Town           2-0 Bishop Auckland      [at Darlington]
King's Lynn          1-0 Ealing               [at Norwich]

Final [Apr 6, Dovercourt]
Crook Town           1-1 King's Lynn          

Final Replay [Apr 13, Ipswich]
Crook Town           3-0 King's Lynn          

1901/02

Round 1
Old Malvernians      5-1 Southall

Round 2
Old Malvernians      3-0 King's Lynn

Quarterfinals
Old Malvernians     10-0 Ipswich Town
Derby Hills Ivanhoe  1-4 Bishop Auckland
Ilford               1-1 Whiteheads 
South Bank           4-2 Darlington St Hildas 

Quarterfinal Replay
Whiteheads           3-6 Ilford               

Semifinals
Old Malvernians      6-4 Ilford               [at Tottenham]
Bishop Auckland      5-2 South Bank           [at Darlington]

Final [Apr 12, Headingley, Leeds]
Old Malvernians      5-1 Bishop Auckland

1902/03

Quarterfinals
Bishop Auckland      7-0 Crook Town           
Civil Service        1-1 Oxford City          
Ealing               1-5 Lowestoft Town       
West Hartlepool      0-4 Stockton             

Quarterfinal Replay
Oxford City          3-1 Civil Service        

Semifinals
Lowestoft Town       1-1 Oxford City          [at Ipswich] 
Stockton             3-1 Bishop Auckland      [at Darlington]

Semifinal Replay
Lowestoft Town       0-4 Oxford City          [at Slough]

Final [Mar 28, Reading]
Stockton             0-0 Oxford City          

Final Replay [Apr 4, Feethams, Darlington]
Stockton             1-0 Oxford City          

1903/04

Quarterfinals
Bishop Auckland      4-1 Stockton             
Ealing               0-0 Norwich City         
Sheffield            7-0 Darlington St Augustines
Whiteheads           2-2 Cheshunt             

Quarterfinal Replays
Cheshunt             4-0 Whiteheads (Weymouth)
Norwich City         1-2 Ealing               

Semifinals
Ealing               2-0 Cheshunt             [at Slough]
Sheffield            5-2 Bishop Auckland      [at Derby]

Final [Apr 4, Bradford City, Bradford]
Sheffield            3-1 Ealing               

1904/05

Quarterfinals
Bishop Auckland      1-0 Darlington           
Clapton              3-0 Oxford City          
Darl. St Augustines  0-1 West Hartlepool      
Ilford               5-1 Service Battallion Royal Engineers 

Semifinals
Clapton              2-1 Ilford               [at Tottenham] 
West Hartlepool      2-1 Bishop Auckland      [at Stockton]

Final [Apr 8, Shepherd's Bush, London]
West Hartlepool      3-2 Clapton              


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Sources: [Sam 03], F.C.H.D., wikipedia

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Authors: Hans Schöggl and Karel Stokkermans
Last updated: 21 Oct 2023

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