The Sheffield & Hallamshire Senior Cup is a
county cup
The county football associations are the local governing bodies of association football in England and the Crown dependencies. County FAs exist to govern all aspects of football in England. They are responsible for administering club and player ...
competition involving teams within the
Sheffield and Hallamshire County Football Association
The Sheffield and Hallamshire Football Association is a County Football Association in England. It was formed in Sheffield in 1867 as the Sheffield Football Association, and is the second-oldest football governing body after the Football Assoc ...
. Originally named the Sheffield Challenge Cup, it is the 5th oldest surviving cup competition in the world, after the
FA Cup
The Football Association Challenge Cup, more commonly known as the FA Cup, is an annual knockout football competition in men's domestic English football. First played during the 1871–72 season, it is the oldest national football competi ...
(
1871–72),
Scottish FA Cup (
1873–74),
East of Scotland Shield (1875–76), and
Birmingham Senior Cup
The Birmingham Senior Cup is a football competition for Birmingham County FA club teams, organised by the Birmingham County Football Association. It began in 1876 and is the oldest county cup competition still active.
The Birmingham Senior Cup is ...
(1876-77). and
Sheffield and Hallamshire County Football Association
The Sheffield and Hallamshire Football Association is a County Football Association in England. It was formed in Sheffield in 1867 as the Sheffield Football Association, and is the second-oldest football governing body after the Football Assoc ...
members at levels 5–11 of the
English football league system are currently eligible to compete in the competition.
From 1925/26 to 1945/46 the competition was split into two, with the
Sheffield & Hallamshire Invitation Cup acting as the more senior competition.
History
2022–23 Participants
Finals
Winners
Bold indicates club is still (2022) active.
* 14 wins –
Sheffield Wednesday
Sheffield Wednesday Football Club is a professional association football club based in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England. The team competes in League One, the third tier of the English football league system. Formed in 1867 as an offshoot ...
,
Frickley Athletic
Frickley Athletic Football Club is a football club based in South Elmsall, West Yorkshire, England. They are currently members of the and play at Westfield Lane.
History
Although the club itself claims it was formed in 1910, the team was activ ...
* 13 wins –
Worksop Town
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History First clu ...
* 10 wins –
Sheffield United
Sheffield United Football Club is a professional football club in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, which compete in the . They are nicknamed "the Blades" due to Sheffield's history of cutlery production. The team have played home games at ...
* 8 wins –
Emley (I)
* 6 wins –
Stocksbridge Park Steels
* 5 wins –
Denaby United,
Sheffield
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* 4 wins –
Doncaster Rovers
Doncaster Rovers Football Club is a professional association football club based in Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England. The team compete in League Two, the fourth tier of the English football league system. The club play their home games at ...
,
Hallam,
Mexborough Town
* 3 wins –
Mexborough
Mexborough is a town in the City of Doncaster in South Yorkshire, England. Situated between Manvers and Denaby Main, it lies on the River Don close to where it joins the River Dearne, and the A6023 road runs through the town. It is contiguo ...
,
Barnsley
* 2 wins –
Lockwood Brothers,
Rotherham Town (I),
Rotherham County
Rotherham County F.C. was an English football club based in Rotherham, South Yorkshire. They spent a number of years in the English Football League before merging with rivals Rotherham Town in 1925 to form Rotherham United.
History
The club ...
,
Rotherham Town (II),
South Kirkby Colliery,
Mexborough Athletic
Mexborough Athletic F.C. was an English association football club based in Mexborough, Doncaster, South Yorkshire.
History
The club was formed as Mexborough Town in 1903, and was the second team to take the Mexborough name, the first having be ...
,
Upton Colliery,
Rawmarsh Welfare,
Beighton Miners Welfare,
Royal Army Service Corps,
Bentley Colliery,
Shaw Lane
* 1 win –
Thursday Wanderers,
Staveley Staveley may refer to:
Places
* Staveley, Cumbria, village in the former county of Westmorland and now in Cumbria, England
** Staveley railway station
* Staveley-in-Cartmel, village formerly in Lancashire, now in Cumbria, England
* Staveley, D ...
,
Heeley
Heeley is a former cluster of villages. Which all now form a suburb in the south of the City of Sheffield, England. The village has existed at least since 1343, its name deriving from ''Heah Leah'', ''High Lea'' then ''Hely'', meaning a high, ...
,
Wombwell
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,
Wath Athletic,
Darfield,
Ardsley Athletic,
Dinnington Athletic,
Firbeck Main,
Norton Woodseats,
Manvers Main,
Wombwell Athletic,
Thurcroft Welfare,
Harworth Colliery
Harworth Colliery was a colliery near the town of Harworth Bircotes in Bassetlaw, Nottinghamshire, England.
It was abandoned in 2006 due to troubles at the seam. UK Coal, who owned and maintained the mine, were waiting for a contract to make ...
,
Royston Social,
Stocksbridge Works,
Grimethorpe Miners Welfare,
Redfearn Sports,
Kiveton Park,
Frecheville Community Association,
Maltby Main,
Athersley Recreation,
North Gawber Colliery
Invitation Cup
The county FA ran a second Senior Cup competition from 1925/26 to 1945/46,
[''Sheffield Evening Telegraph'', 8 April 1939, page 17] the Sheffield & Hallamshire Invitation Cup.
The competition was open to the more senior non-league clubs in the region as well as the reserve teams of the area's professional (
Barnsley,
Doncaster Rovers
Doncaster Rovers Football Club is a professional association football club based in Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England. The team compete in League Two, the fourth tier of the English football league system. The club play their home games at ...
,
Rotherham United
Rotherham United Football Club, nicknamed The Millers, is a professional football club based in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England, which compete in the . The club's colours were initially yellow and black, but changed to red and white around 1 ...
,
Sheffield United
Sheffield United Football Club is a professional football club in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, which compete in the . They are nicknamed "the Blades" due to Sheffield's history of cutlery production. The team have played home games at ...
and
Sheffield Wednesday
Sheffield Wednesday Football Club is a professional association football club based in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England. The team competes in League One, the third tier of the English football league system. Formed in 1867 as an offshoot ...
).
Finals
Winners
*5 wins –
Sheffield Wednesday reserves
*3 wins –
Barnsley reserves,
Doncaster Rovers reserves
*2 wins – Royal Army Service Corps
*1 win –
Sheffield United reserves,
Bolsover Colliery,
Thurcroft Main,
Firbeck Main,
Thurnscoe Victoria
See also
*
Sheffield & Hallamshire County Cup
The Sheffield & Hallamshire County Cup was a county cup competition involving the professional sides within the Sheffield and Hallamshire County Football Association. It ran from 1920/21 to the mid-1990s, with several gaps between tournaments.
E ...
*
Sheffield & Hallamshire County Senior League
The Sheffield & Hallamshire County Senior Football League is an English football league that was founded in 1983 by the merger of the former Sheffield Association League and Hatchard League. The league has three divisions – the Premier Div ...
*
Wharncliffe Charity Cup
The Wharncliffe Charity Cup was an invitational cup competition organised by the Sheffield & Hallamshire County Football Association from 1878 to 1984.
The competition took its name from the Earl of Wharncliffe, who sponsored the event, and w ...
References
External links
Official Site
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Sport in Sheffield
Recurring sporting events established in 1876
Football in South Yorkshire
1876 establishments in England
County Cup competitions
Football competitions in Yorkshire