The Shropshire Senior Cup is a county cup

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competition that is open for professional and non-professional senior football teams in the

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county of

Shropshire Shropshire (; alternatively Salop; abbreviated in print only as Shrops; demonym Salopian ) is a landlocked historic county in the West Midlands region of England. It is bordered by Wales to the west and the English counties of Cheshire to th ...

. 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 The Shropshire Football Association is the governing body of football in the county of Shropshire, England. Cup competitions it organises include the Shropshire Senior Cup, the Challenge Cup and the Junior Challenge Cup. See also *Football in ...

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 Shrewsbury Town Football Club is a professional association football club based in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England. The team competes in League One, the third tier of English football. The club plays its home games at the New Meadow, having mo ...

, 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 AFC Telford United is a football club based in Telford, Shropshire, England. The club was formed in 2004 after the original Telford United, founded in 1872, folded due to financial problems. Currently members of the National League North, the ...

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 AFC Bridgnorth is a association football, football club based in the town of Bridgnorth, Shropshire, England. They are currently members of the and play at Crown Meadow. The club badge depicts the town hall in Bridgnorth's high town. History ...

, Ludlow Town and

The New Saints The New Saints of Oswestry Town & Llansantffraid Football Club, also known as The New Saints ( cy, Clwb Pêl-droed y Seintiau Newydd) or TNS, are a professional football club that currently play in the Cymru Premier. They are the most successfu ...

Past winners

{, , valign="top", {, class="wikitable" !Season !Winners , - , 1877–1878, , Shrewsbury FC , - , 1878–1879 , , Newport , - , 1879–1880 , , Shrewsbury Engineers , - , 1880–1881 , ,

Wellington Town Telford United Football Club was an English football club based in Telford, Shropshire. The club existed under various names for a total of 132 years from its formation in 1872. The club was a founder member of the Alliance Premier League (la ...

, - , 1881–1882 , ,

Oswestry Oswestry ( ; ) is a market town, civil parish and historic railway town in Shropshire, England, close to the Welsh border. It is at the junction of the A5, A483 and A495 roads. The town was the administrative headquarters of the Borough of ...

, - , 1882–1883 , ,

, - , 1883–1884 , , Shrewsbury Castle Blues , - , 1884–1885 , ,

, - , 1885–1886 , , Wellington St George's , - , 1886–1887 , ,

, - , 1887–1888 , ,

, - , 1888–1889 , ,

, - , 1889–1890 , , Ironbridge , - , 1890–1891 , ,

, - , 1891–1892 , , Ironbridge Town , - , 1892–1893 , ,

, - , 1893–1894 , ,

, - , 1894–1895 , , Newport , - , 1895–1896 , ,

, - , 1896–1897 , ,

, - , 1897–1898 , ,

, - , 1898–1899 , , Oswestry United , - , 1899–1900 , ,

, - , 1900–1901 , ,

, - , 1901–1902 , , Ironbridge , - , 1902–1903 , ,

, - , 1903–1904 , ,

, - , 1904–1905 , ,

, - , 1905–1906 , , St Georges Victoria , - , 1906–1907 , , St Georges Victoria , - , 1907–1908 , , Ironbridge , - , 1908–1909 , , Oswestry United , - , 1909–1910 , ,

, - , 1910–1911 , , Whitchurch , - , 1911–1912 , ,

, - , 1912–1913 , ,

, - , 1913–1914 , ,

, - , 1914–1915 , ,

, - , 1915–1916 , , Not Contested , - , 1916–1917 , , Not Contested , - , 1917–1918 , , Not Contested , - , 1918–1919 , , Not Contested , - , 1919–1920 , ,

, - , 1920–1921 , ,

, - , 1921–1922 , ,

, - , 1922–1923 , ,

, - , 1923–1924 , , Whitchurch , - , 1924–1925 , ,

, - , 1925–1926 , ,

, - , 1926–1927 , , Oakengates Town , - , 1927–1928 , ,

, - , 1928–1929 , , Oswestry Town , - , 1929–1930 , ,

, - , 1930–1931 , , Oakengates Town , - , 1931–1932 , , Oakengates Town , - , 1932–1933 , ,

, - , 1933–1934 , ,

, - , 1934–1935 , ,

, - , 1935–1936 , ,

, - , 1936–1937 , ,

, - , 1937–1938 , ,

, - , 1938–1939 , ,

, - , 1939–1940 , ,

, - , 1940–1941 , ,

, - , 1941–1942 , , RAF Cosford , - , 1942–1943 , ,

, - , 1943–1944 , ,

, - , 1944–1945 , ,

, - , 1945–1946 , , No Final Played , - , 1946–1947 , ,

, - , 1947–1948 , , Oswestry Town , - , 1948–1949 , ,

, - , 1949–1950 , , Oswestry Town , - , 1950–1951 , ,

, - , 1951–1952 , ,

, - , 1952–1953 , ,

, - , 1953–1954 , ,

, - , 1954–1955 , ,

, - , 1955–1956 , , Oswestry Town , - , 1956–1957 , ,

, - , 1957–1958 , ,

& Oakengates Town (shared) , - , 1958–1959 , ,

, - , 1959–1960 , ,

, - , 1960–1961 , ,

, - , 1961–1962 , , Sankey Wellington , - , 1962–1963 , ,

, - , 1963–1964 , ,

, - , 1964–1965 , , Oswestry Town , - , 1965–1966 , ,

, - , 1966–1967 , ,

, - , 1967–1968 , ,

(shared) , - , 1968–1969 , ,

, - , 1969–1970 , , Telford United , - , 1970–1971 , ,

, - , 1971–1972 , ,

, - , 1973-1973 , , Telford United , - , 1973–1974 , ,

, - , 1974–1975 , ,

, - , 1975–1976 , , Telford United , - , 1976–1977 , , Telford United , - , 1977–1978 , , Telford United , - , 1978–1979 , , Telford United , - , 1979–1980 , ,

, - , 1980–1981 , ,

, - , 1981–1982 , ,

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, - , 1983–1984 , ,

, - , 1984–1985 , , Oswestry Town , - , 1985–1986 , ,

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, - , 1988–1989 , ,

, - , 1989–1990 , , Telford United , - , 1990–1991 , ,

, - , 1991–1992 , , Telford United , - , 1992–1993 , , Telford United , - , 1993–1994 , , Telford United , - , 1994–1995 , ,

, - , 1995–1996 , ,

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, - , 2000–2001 , ,

Wolverhampton Wanderers Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club (), commonly known as Wolves, is a professional football club based in Wolverhampton, England, which compete in the . The club has played at Molineux Stadium since moving from Dudley Road in 1889. The club's ...

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AFC Telford United AFC Telford United is a football club based in Telford, Shropshire, England. The club was formed in 2004 after the original Telford United, founded in 1872, folded due to financial problems. Currently members of the National League North, they ...

, - , 2009–2010 , ,

, - , 2010–2011 , ,

, - , 2011–2012 , ,

, - , 2012–2013 , , No Final Played , - , 2013–2014 , ,

, - , 2014–2015 , ,

, , - , 2015–2016 , ,

, - , 2016–2017 , ,

, - , 2017–2018 , , Shawbury United , - , 2018–2019 , ,

, - , 2019–2020 , , Whitchurch Alport , - , 2020-2021 , , Shifnal Town

Table of winners

{, class="wikitable" style="text-align: right;" ! !Club !Wins !Last win , - , 1, , align=left,

, , 67, , 2019 , - , 2, , align=left, Wellington Town/Telford United, , 34, , 1994 , - , 3, , align=left, Oswestry United/Oswestry Town, , 10, , 1985 , - , rowspan=2, 4, , align=left, Oakengates Town, , rowspan=2, 4, , 1958 , - , align=left, Ironbridge Town, , , 1908 , - , rowspan=2, 5 , align=left,

, , rowspan=2, 3, , 2017 , - , align=left, St George's, , , 1907 , - , rowspan="2" , 6 , align=left, Whitchurch , rowspan="2" , 2, , , 1924 , - , align=left, Newport, , , 1895 , - , rowspan="12" , 8, , align=left,

, , rowspan="12" , 1, , 2012 , - , align=left,

, , , 2001 , - , align=left,

, , , 1986 , - , align=left, Sankey Wellington, , , 1962 , - , align=left,

RAF Cosford Royal Air Force Cosford or RAF Cosford (formerly DCAE Cosford) is a Royal Air Force station in Cosford, Shropshire, Cosford, Shropshire, just to the northwest of Wolverhampton and next to Albrighton, Bridgnorth, Albrighton. History Origins RA ...

, , , 1942 , - , align=left, Shifnal Town, , , 2021 , - , align=left, Shrewsbury Castle Blues, , , 1884 , - , align=left, Shrewsbury Engineers, , , 1880 , - , align=left, Shrewsbury FC, , , 1878 , - , align=left, Shawbury United , 2018 , - , align=left, Whitchurch Alport, , , 2020 , -

Recent Results

2007/08

Semi-finals

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, - , 2 , Market Drayton Town , 1–1 ,

, - !colspan=4, Market Drayton won 5–4 on penalties

Final

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2008/09

Quarter-finals

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, 1–0 , Shifnal Town

Semi-finals

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, 3–0 ,

, - , 2 ,

, 3–2 , Market Drayton Town

Final

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, 1–1 ,

, - !colspan=5, Telford won 4–1 on penalties

2009/10

Final

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, 1–2 ,

2010/11

Final

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, 1–0 ,

2011/12

Semi-finals

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, 2–1 ,

, - , 2 , Market Drayton Town , 1–4 ,

, -

Final

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, 1–1 ,

Shropshire Star
''TNS make Shropshire Senior Cup history'' (8 August 2011) , - !colspan=5, The New Saints won 4–2 on penalties

2012/13

Quarter-finals

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, 4–0 ,

, - , 2 , Market Drayton Town , 0–1 ,

, -

Semi-finals

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, 0–3 ,

, -

Final

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, 4-0 ,

, -

2013/14

Semi-finals

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, - , 2 ,

, 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.'' {, border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 , valign="top", {, class="wikitable" style="text-align: center" , - , - !colspan=2, Home team !Score !Away team , - , style="background-color: Black" , ,

, 3–1 , Market Drayton Town

2014/15

Quarter-finals

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Semi-finals

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, - , 2 ,

, 3–2 , Ellesmere Rangers

Final

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, 1–3 ,

, -

2015/16

Semi-finals

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, - , 2 , Shifnal Town , 0–4 ,

, -

Final

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, 1–1 ,

, - !colspan=5, Shrewsbury won 3–2 on penalties

2016/17

Semi-final

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Final

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, 0-2 ,

, -

2014–15 Stadia

{, class="wikitable sortable" , - !Home Club !Stadium Name !Capacity , - , style="text-align:left;",

, ,

New Meadow New Meadow, also known as Montgomery Waters Meadow for sponsorship purposes, is a stadium situated on the southern outskirts of Shrewsbury, Shropshire, between the districts of Meole Brace and Sutton Farm, and close to the A5 road (Great Britain) ...

, , 9,875 , - , style="text-align:left;",

, ,

New Bucks Head New Bucks Head is a stadium in Wellington, Shropshire, England and the home of Conference National football club AFC Telford United. It was originally built for Telford United to play at before they went bankrupt. The stadium is on the same si ...

, , 6,300 , - , style="text-align:left;", Ellesmere Rangers, , Beech Grove, , 1,250 , - , style="text-align:left;",

, ,

Park Hall Park Hall is an affluent area near to the south-eastern edge of Walsall in the West Midlands of England. It is considered that the area near to the local Park Hall Primary and Infant schools and the Gillity Village shops are classed as Park Hall. ...

, , 2,000 , - , style="text-align:left;", Market Drayton Town, , Greenfields Sports Ground, , 1,000 , - , style="text-align:left;", Shifnal Town, , Phoenix Park, , , - , style="text-align:left;",

, , Crown Meadow, , 2,000 , - , style="text-align:left;", Shawbury United, , Butler Sports Centre, , , - , style="text-align:left;", Oakengates Athletic, , Doseley Road, ,

References

External links

Shropshire FAShropshire Star
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