Sheffield & Hallamshire Senior Cup

The Sheffield & Hallamshire Senior Cup is a county cup competition involving teams within the Sheffield and Hallamshire County Football Association. Originally named the Sheffield Challenge Cup, it is the 5th oldest surviving cup competition in the world, after the FA Cup (1871–72), the Scottish FA Cup (1873–74), the East of Scotland Shield (1875–76) and the Birmingham Senior Cup (1876-77).^[a][1]

Sheffield & Hallamshire Senior Cup

Sheffield & Hallamshire Senior Cup.
Organising body	Sheffield & Hallamshire County FA
Founded	1876; 149 years ago (1876)
Current champions	Worksop Town (15th title)
Most successful club(s)	Worksop Town (15 titles)
Website	Sheffield & Hallamshire FA

Sheffield and Hallamshire County Football Association members at levels 5–11 of the English football league system are currently eligible to compete in the competition.

History

The inaugural tournament was won by The Wednesday, who defeated Heeley 4–3 in the 1876–77 final.^[2] From 1893–94 to 1895–96, the competition was played in a league format. From 1925–26 to 1945–46 the competition was split into two, with the Sheffield & Hallamshire Invitation Cup acting as the more senior competition. The current champions are Worksop Town, who won their record 15th title after defeating Hallam FC 2-1 in the 2024–25 final.^[3]

Worksop Town are record holders for the most titles won.

Finals

This section lists every final of the competition played since 1876, the winners, the runners-up, and the result.

Key

	Match went to a replay
	Match went to extra time
	Match decided by a penalty shootout after extra time
	Shared trophy

Season	Winners	Result	Runner-up	Venue	Att.	Notes
1876–77	The Wednesday	4–3	Heeley	Bramall Lane	8,000
1877–78	The Wednesday	2–0	Attercliffe	Bramall Lane	7,000
1878–79	Thursday Wanderers	3–1	Heeley	Bramall Lane	5,000
1879–80	Staveley	3–1	Heeley	Sheaf House
1880–81	The Wednesday	8–1	Ecclesfield	Bramall Lane	3,000
1881–82	Heeley	5–0	Pyebank	Bramall Lane	4,000
1882–83	The Wednesday	2–1	Lockwood Brothers	Bramall Lane	4,000	Replayed final
1883–84	Lockwood Brothers	-	Middlesbrough	-		Three semi-finals determined winner and runner-up
1884–85	Lockwood Brothers	-	Park Grange	-		Three semi-finals determined winner and runner-up
1885–86	Mexborough	2–1	Heeley	Old Forge Ground	2,000
1886–87	The Wednesday	2–1	Collegiate	Bramall Lane
1887–88	The Wednesday	3–2	Ecclesfield	Bramall Lane	4,000
1888–89	Rotherham Town	2–1	Staveley	Bramall Lane
1889–90	Rotherham Town	1–0	Sheffield United	Rotherham
1890–91	Doncaster Rovers	2–1	Sheffield United	Bramall Lane
1891–92	Sheffield United	2–1	The Wednesday reserves	Bramall Lane	5,000
1892–93	Sheffield United reserves	3–1	The Wednesday reserves	Bramall Lane	4,500
1893–94	Mexborough	-	Sheffield United reserves	-		League format
1894–95	The Wednesday reserves	-	Sheffield United reserves	-		League format
1895–96	Mexborough	-	Sheffield United reserves	-		League format
1896–97	Sheffield United reserves	3–0	Wath	Olive Grove
1897–98	Sheffield United reserves	3–1	The Wednesday reserves	Bramall Lane	2,000
1898–99	Sheffield United reserves	5–2	Attercliffe	Bramall Lane		Replayed final
1899–1900	The Wednesday reserves	2–0	Worksop Town	Carbrook
1900–01	Sheffield United reserves	6–1	Channing Rovers	Bramall Lane
1901–02	The Wednesday reserves	1–0	Royston United	Millmoor	3,000
1902–03	The Wednesday reserves	5–0	Roundel	Bramall Lane	10,000	Replayed final
1903–04	Barnsley reserves	6–1	Hallam	Bramall Lane
1904–05	Sheffield United reserves	3–1	The Wednesday reserves	Hillsborough	6,000
1905–06	Denaby United	4–2	The Wednesday reserves	Clifton Lane	7,000
1906–07	The Wednesday reserves	2–0	Sheffield United reserves	Bramall Lane	4,000	Replayed final
1907–08	Sheffield United reserves	1–0	South Kirkby Colliery	Hillsborough
1908–09	Sheffield United reserves	5–1	Rotherham County	Bramall Lane	3,384	Replayed final
1909–10	Denaby United	-	Barnsley reserves	-		Awarded to Denaby United
1910–11	Sheffield United reserves	4–1	Mexborough Town	Clifton Lane
1911–12	Doncaster Rovers	3–0	Sheffield United reserves	Wath
1912–13	Rotherham County	3–0	Worksop Town	Bramall Lane
1913–14	Rotherham County	1–0	The Wednesday reserves	Bramall Lane	8,000
1914–15	Barnsley reserves	3–0	Worksop Town	Bramall Lane
1919–20	Rotherham Town	1–0	Sheffield United reserves	Clifton Lane
1920–21	The Wednesday reserves	2–0	Barnsley reserves	Bramall Lane	8,000
1921–22	The Wednesday reserves	2–0	Barnsley reserves	Bramall Lane
1922–23	Wombwell	2–0	Mexborough Town	Wath		Replayed final
1923–24	Worksop Town	3–0	Barnsley reserves	Bramall Lane
1924–25	Rotherham Town	5–1	Worksop Town	Bramall Lane
1925–26	Wath Athletic	4–0	Hemsworth West End	Tickhill Square
1926–27	Darfield	5–2	Ecclesfield United	Birdwell
1927–28	Frickley Colliery	3–1	Ardsley Athletic	Hampden Road
1928–29	Ardsley Athletic	6–2	Ecclesfield United	Birdwell
1929–30	South Kirkby Colliery	2–0	Cudworth Village	Cemetery Road		Replayed final
1930–31	Mexborough Athletic	2–0	Frickley Colliery	Hampden Road
1931–32	Dinnington Athletic	3–0	South Kirkby Colliery	Hampden Road
1932–33	Denaby United	1–0	Rawmarsh Welfare	Hampden Road		Replayed final
1933–34	Mexborough Athletic	8–1	Woodhouse Alliance	Tickhill Square
1934–35	Firbeck Main Colliery	3–0	Denaby United	Dinnington
1935–36	Denaby United	4–2	Worksop Town	Central Avenue
1936–37	Upton Colliery	4–3	Thurnscoe Victoria	Hampden Road
1937–38	Norton Woodseats	2–1	Lopham Street UM	Hillsborough
1938–39	Rawmarsh Welfare	3–2	Worksop Town	Beighton
1939–40	Beighton Miners Welfare	2–1	Frickley Colliery Athletic	Belle Vue		Replayed final
1940–41	South Kirkby Colliery	2–1	Beighton Miners Welfare	Millmoor		Replayed final
1941–42	Manvers Main	1–0	Sheffield United reserves	Bramall Lane
1942–43	Royal Army Service Corps	1–0	Sheffield Wednesday reserves	Bramall Lane		Replayed final
1943–44	Royal Army Service Corps	5–3	Norton Woodseats	Millmoor
1944–45	Barnsley reserves	3–1	Brodsworth Welfare	Oakwell
1945–46	Wombwell Athletic	2–0	Harworth Colliery	Wath
1946–47	Thurcroft Main	W – L	Dinnington Athletic
1947–48	Harworth Colliery	1–0	Beighton Miners Welfare	Central Avenue
1948–49	Royston Social	3–2	Harworth Colliery	Central Avenue
1949–50	Upton Colliery	5–3	Beighton Miners Welfare	Tickhill Square
1950–51	Hallam	3–0	Stocksbridge Works	Hillsborough	7,240
1951–52	Stocksbridge Works	4–1	Denaby United	Hillsborough
1952–53	Worksop Town	3–1	Beighton Miners Welfare	Hillsborough
1953–54	Sheffield Wednesday 'A'	2–1	Worksop Town	Central Avenue
1954–55	Worksop Town	2–1	Stocksbridge Works	Central Avenue
1955–56	Beighton Miners Welfare	4–2	Stocksbridge Works	Thorncliffe
1956–57	Frickley Colliery	3–2	Worksop Town	Westfield Lane
1957–58	Bentley Colliery	3–1	Stocksbridge Works	Oakwell
1958–59	Bentley Colliery	1–0	Yotar Sports	Tickhill Square
1959–60	Grimethorpe Miners Welfare	3–2	Denaby United	Grimethorpe
1960–61	Frickley Colliery	2–0	Worksop Town	Westfield Lane		Replayed final
1961–62	Hallam	1–0	Sheffield	High Green		Replayed final
1962–63	Frickley Colliery	2–1	Sheffield United 'A'	Hampden Road
1963–64	Mexborough Town	-	Stocksbridge Works	-		Awarded to Mexborough Town
1964–65	Hallam	3–2	Thurcroft Welfare	Millmoor
1965–66	Worksop Town	3–2	Frickley Colliery	Westfield Lane
1966–67	Frickley Colliery	4–1	Norton Woodseats	Coach & Horses Ground
1967–68	Hallam	1–0	Norton Woodseats	Hillsborough
1968–69	Redfearn Sports	1–0	Frickley Colliery	Tickhill Square
1969–70	Worksop Town	2–1	Dinnington Athletic	Hard Lane
1970–71	Rawmarsh Welfare	3–1	Frickley Colliery	Dale Road
1971–72	Kiveton Park	3–0	Frecheville Community Association	Swallownest
1972–73	Worksop Town	4–1	Worsborough Bridge Miners Welfare	Millmoor
1973–74	Frecheville Community Association	2–1	Worksop Town	Hard Lane		Replayed final
1974–75	Mexborough Town Athletic	1–0	Denaby United	Tickhill Square
1975–76	Emley	2–0	Worksop Town	Hillsborough
1976–77	Mexborough Town Athletic	2–1	Worksop Town	Bramall Lane
1977–78	Maltby Miners Welfare	2–1	Mexborough Town Athletic	Belle Vue
1978–79	Frickley Athletic	3–2	Mexborough Town Athletic	Hampden Road
1979–80	Emley	2–0	Worksop Town	Oakwell
1980–81	Emley	2–1	Frickley Athletic	Woolley Colliery Road
1981–82	Worksop Town	-	Frickley Athletic	-		Awarded to Worksop Town
1982–83	Mexborough Town Athletic	3–1	Denaby United	Millmoor
1983–84	Emley	2–0	Frecheville Community Association	Oakwell
1984–85	Worksop Town	2–1	Frickley Athletic	Millmoor
1985–86	Frickley Athletic	2–0	Crookes	Central Avenue
1986–87	Denaby United	3–2	Emley	Oakwell
1987–88	Frickley Athletic	2–1 (agg)	Worksop Town			Played over two legs
1988–89	Emley	2–0	Woolley Miners Welfare	Oakwell
1989–90	Frickley Athletic	2–1 (agg)	Denaby United			Played over two legs
1990–91	Emley	1–1	Worksop Town	Hillsborough		Emley won on penalties
1991–92	Emley	1–0	Frickley Athletic	Bracken Moor	1,300
1992–93	Stocksbridge Park Steels	5–3 (agg)	Worksop Town			Played over two legs
1993–94	Sheffield	1–1	Worksop Town	Hillsborough	698	Sheffield won on penalties
1994–95	Worksop Town	1–0	Emley	Hillsborough	750
1995–96	Stocksbridge Park Steels	1–0	Grimethorpe Miners Welfare	Welfare Ground
1996–97	Worksop Town	7–0	Harworth Colliery Institute	Hillsborough	700
1997–98	Emley	3–0	Parkgate	Hillsborough	1,200
1998–99	Stocksbridge Park Steels	1–0	Emley	Hillsborough	2,000
1999–2000	Frickley Athletic	3–0	Emley	Hillsborough
2000–01	Doncaster Rovers	2–1	Emley	Hillsborough	1,486
2001–02	Doncaster Rovers	3–0	Emley	Hillsborough	973
2002–03	Worksop Town	2–1	Doncaster Rovers	Hillsborough	813
2003–04	Frickley Athletic	3–2	Worksop Town	Hillsborough	882
2004–05	Sheffield	1–0	Worksop Town	Hillsborough	821
2005–06	Sheffield	2–1	Parkgate	Hillsborough	666
2006–07	Stocksbridge Park Steels	2–1	Worksop Town	Hillsborough	446
2007–08	Sheffield	2–0	Worksop Town	Hillsborough	583
2008–09	Stocksbridge Park Steels	3–0	Brodsworth Welfare	Hillsborough	338
2009–10	Sheffield	4–2	Hallam	Hillsborough	546
2010–11	Stocksbridge Park Steels	3–0	Parkgate	Hillsborough	440
2011–12	Worksop Town	3–2	Frickley Athletic	Hillsborough	850
2012–13	Frickley Athletic	4–3	Sheffield	Hillsborough	487
2013–14	Athersley Recreation	1–0	Frickley Athletic	Hillsborough	607
2014–15	Frickley Athletic	4–1	Nostell Miners Welfare	New York Stadium	465
2015–16	Frickley Athletic		Shaw Lane Aquaforce		–	Awarded to Frickley Athletic
2016–17	Shaw Lane	1–0	Frickley Athletic	Bramall Lane	451
2017–18	Shaw Lane	4–3	Penistone Church	Bramall Lane	671
2018–19	North Gawber Colliery		Frickley Athletic		–	Awarded to North Gawber Colliery
2021–22	Worksop Town	3–0	Maltby Main	Eco-Power Stadium	1,044
2022–23	Emley	2–0	Maltby Main	Eco-Power Stadium	640
2023–24	Worksop Town	5–0	Penistone Church	Hillsborough	1,500
2024–25	Worksop Town	2–1	Hallam	Hillsborough	2,614

Wins by teams

Club	Wins	First final won	Last final won	Runner-up	Last final lost	Total final apps.	Notes
Worksop Town	15	1923–24	2024–25	21	2007–08	36
Frickley Athletic	14	1927–28	2015–16	12	2018–19	26	[b]
Sheffield Wednesday	14	1876–77	1953–54	6	1942–43	20	[c]
Sheffield United	10	1891–92	1910–11	9	1962–63	19	[d]
Emley (Wakefield) †	8	1975–76	1997–98	6	2001–02	14	[e]
Stocksbridge Park Steels	6	1992–93	2010–11	0	–	6
Denaby United †	5	1905–06	1986–87	6	1989–90	11	[f]
Sheffield	5	1993–94	2009–10	2	2012–13	7
Mexborough Town †	4	1963–64	1982–83	4	1978–79	8	[g]
Hallam	4	1950–51	1967–68	3	2024–25	7
Doncaster Rovers	4	1890–91	2001–02	1	2002–03	5
Barnsley	3	1903–04	1944–45	4	1923–24	7	[h]
Beighton Miners Welfare †	2	1939–40	1955–56	4	1952–53	6	[i]
South Kirkby Colliery	2	1929–30	1940–41	2	1931–32	4
Mexborough Athletic †	2	1930–31	1933–34	0	–	2	[j]
Lockwood Brothers †	2	1883–84	1884–85	1	1882–83	3	[k]
Rawmarsh Welfare †	2	1938–39	1970–71	1	1932–33	3	[l]
Rotherham County †	2	1912–13	1913–14	1	1908–09	3	[m]
Bentley Colliery †	2	1957–58	1958–59	0	–	2	[n]
Mexborough ††	2	1885–86	1895–96	0	–	2	[o]
Rotherham Town (1899) †	2	1919–20	1924–25	0	–	2	[p]
Rotherham Town (1878) †	2	1888–89	1889–90	0	–	2	[q]
Royal Army Service Corps	2	1942–43	1943–44	0	–	2
Shaw Lane †	2	2016–17	2017–18	0	–	2	[r]
Upton Colliery †	2	1936–37	1949–50	0	–	2	[s]
Stocksbridge Works †	1	1951–52	1951–52	0	–	1	[t]
Heeley †	1	1881–82	1881–82	4	1885–86	5	[u]
Norton Woodseats †	1	1937–38	1937–38	3	1967–68	4	[v]
Frecheville Community Association †	1	1973–74	1973–74	2	1983–84	3	[w]
Harworth Colliery	1	1947–48	1947–48	2	1996–97	3
Ardsley Athletic †	1	1928–29	1928–29	1	1927–28	2	[x]
Grimethorpe Miners Welfare †	1	1959–60	1959–60	1	1995–96	2	[y]
Staveley †	1	1879–80	1879–80	1	1888–89	2	[z]
Athersley Recreation	1	2013–14	2013–14	0	–	1
Darfield †	1	1926–27	1926–27	0	–	1	[aa]
Emley	1	2022–23	2022–23	0	–	1
Firbeck Main Colliery †	1	1934–35	1934–35	0	–	1	[ab]
Kiveton Park	1	1971–72	1971–72	0	–	1
Maltby Miners Welfare	1	1977–78	1977–78	0	–	1
Manvers Main †	1	1941–42	1941–42	0	–	1	[ac]
North Gawber Colliery †	1	2018–19	2018–19	0	–	1	[ad]
Redfearn Sports †	1	1968–69	1968–69	0	–	1	[ae]
Royston Social †	1	1948–49	1948–49	0	–	1	[af]
Thurcroft Main †	1	1946–47	1946–47	0	–	1	[ag]
Thursday Wanderers †	1	1878–79	1878–79	0	–	1	[ah]
Wath Athletic †	1	1925–26	1925–26	0	–	1	[ai]
Wombwell †	1	1922–23	1922–23	0	–	1	[aj]
Wombwell Athletic †	1	1945–46	1945–46	0	–	1	[ak]

Invitation Cup

Sheffield & Hallamshire Senior Cup

Founded	1925
Abolished	1946
Most successful club(s)	Sheffield Wednesday reserves (5 titles)

The county FA ran a second Senior Cup competition from 1925/26 to 1945/46,^[4] 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, Rotherham United, Sheffield United and Sheffield Wednesday).

Finals

Season	Winner	Score	Runner-up	Venue	Notes
1925–26	The Wednesday reserves	4–2	Doncaster Rovers reserves	Bramall Lane
1926–27	Sheffield United reserves	2–1	The Wednesday reserves	Bramall Lane
1927–28	The Wednesday reserves	4–0	Worksop Town	Bramall Lane
1928–29	The Wednesday reserves	4–1	Sheffield United reserves	Bramall Lane
1929–30	Barnsley reserves	1–0	Sheffield United reserves
1930–31	Sheffield Wednesday reserves	3–1	Sheffield United reserves	Hillsborough
1931–32	Sheffield Wednesday reserves	3–1	Wombwell	Bramall Lane
1932–33	Barnsley reserves	4–1	Doncaster Rovers reserves	Oakwell
1933–34	Barnsley reserves	8–0	Sheffield Wednesday reserves	Oakwell
1934–35					Not played
1935–36					Not played
1936–37	Doncaster Rovers reserves	3–1	Barnsley reserves
1937–38	Doncaster Rovers reserves	1–0	Rotherham United reserves
1938–39	Doncaster Rovers reserves	1–0	Barnsley reserves
1939–40	Bolsover Colliery	3–2	Beighton Miners Welfare	Bramall Lane
1940–41	Thurcroft Main	2–0	Denaby United
1941–42	Royal Army Service Corps
1942–43					Not played
1943–44	Royal Army Service Corps		Sheffield United reserves
1944–45	Firbeck Main	3–2	Sheffield Wednesday reserves	Hillsborough
1945–46	Thurnscoe Victoria	5–3	Kiveton Park	Central Avenue	League format – play-off final

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
• Sheffield & Hallamshire County Senior League
• Wharncliffe Charity Cup