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

Organising body	Shropshire FA
Founded	1877; 148 years ago (1877)
Region	Shropshire
Current champions	Whitchurch Alport (1st title)
Most successful club(s)	Shrewsbury Town (66 titles)
Website	Shropshire Senior Cup

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.^[1] 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, who beat Wellington Parish Church Institute 1–0.^[1]

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.

Finals

This section lists every final of the competition played since 1877, 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	Notes
1877–78	Shrewsbury	1–0	Parish Church Institute
1878–79	Newport	2–1	Shrewsbury Engineers	Third replay. First match ended 1–1. Replay 1–1. Second replay 0–0.
1879–80	Shrewsbury Engineers	1–0	Oswestry
1880–81	Wellington Town	2–1	Shifnal Town
1881–82	Oswestry	2–1	Shrewsbury Castle Blues
1882–83	Wellington Town	1–0	Shrewsbury Castle Blues	Replay. First match ended 3–3.
1883–84	Shrewsbury Castle Blues	2–1	Wellington Town	Second replay. First match ended 0–0. Replay ended 1–1.
1884–85	Oswestry	2–0	St George's Victoria
1885–86	St George's Victoria	2–0	Wellington Town	Replay. First match ended 0–0.
1886–87	Shrewsbury Town	3–2	Wellington Town	Replay. First match ended 0–0.
1887–88	Shrewsbury Town	3–0	Ironbridge
1888–89	Shrewsbury Town	5–4	Wellington Town
1889–90	Ironbridge	3–1	Oswestry
1890–91	Shrewsbury	3–1	Oswestry
1891–92	Ironbridge	6–1	Whitchurch
1892–93	Shrewsbury Town	1–0	Ironbridge
1893–94	Shrewsbury Town	2–1	Oswestry United
1894–95	Newport	3–0	Oswestry United
1895–96	Shrewsbury Town	4–1	Ironbridge
1896–97	Shrewsbury Town	2–0	Wellington Town
1897–98	Shrewsbury Town	2–0	Wellington Town
1898–99	Oswestry United	1–0	St George's Victoria
1899–00	Wellington Town	6–1	Oswestry United
1900–01	Wellington Town	3–1	Oswestry United
1901–02	Ironbridge	4–1	Oswestry
1902–03	Shrewsbury Town	7–1	Oswestry United
1903–04	Shrewsbury Town	2–0	Wellington Town
1904–05	Wellington Town	1–0	Oswestry United	Replay. First match ended 1–1.
1905–06	St George's Victoria	2–1	Whitchurch
1906–07	St George's Victoria	3–0	Oswestry United
1907–08	Ironbridge United	2–1	Wellington Town	Replay. First match ended 1–1.
1908–09	Oswestry United	2–0	St George's Victoria
1909–10	Shrewsbury Town	2–0	St George's Victoria
1910–11	Whitchurch	1–0	Oswestry	Replay. First match ended 1–1.
1911–12	Wellington Town	3–2	Oswestry United	Replay. First match ended 0–0.
1912–13	Shrewsbury Town		Hadley Castle Works
1913–14	Wellington Town	2–1	Shrewsbury Town
1914–15	Shrewsbury Town	2–0	Wellington Town
1915–19	Competition not held due to World War I.
1919–20	Wellington Town
1920–21	Wellington Town
1921–22	Wellington Town
1922–23	Shrewsbury Town
1923–24	Whitchurch
1924–25	Shrewsbury Town
1925–26	Wellington Town
1926–27	Oakengates Town
1927–29	Wellington Town
1929–30	Shrewsbury Town
1930–31	Oakengates Town
1931–32	Oakengates Town
1932–33	Shrewsbury Town
1933–34	Wellington Town
1934–35	Wellington Town
1935–36	Wellington Town
1936–37	Shrewsbury Town
1937–38	Shrewsbury Town
1938–39	Wellington Town
1939–40	Wellington Town
1940–41	Wellington Town
1941–42	RAF Cosford
1942–43	Wellington Town
1943–44	Shrewsbury Town
1944–45	Wellington Town
1945–46	Final not played.
1946–47	Shrewsbury Town
1947–48	Oswestry Town
1948–49	Shrewsbury Town
1949–50	Oswestry Town
1950–51	Shrewsbury Town
1951–52	Shrewsbury Town
1952–53	Shrewsbury Town
1953–54	Shrewsbury Town
1954–55	Shrewsbury Town
1955–56	Oswestry Town
1956–57	Shrewsbury Town
1957–58	Oakengates Town Shrewsbury Town			Trophy shared.
1958–59	Shrewsbury Town
1959–60	Wellington Town
1960–61	Wellington Town
1961–62	Sankey Wellington
1962–63	Shrewsbury Town
1963–64	Shrewsbury Town
1964–65	Oswestry Town
1965–66	Shrewsbury Town
1966–67	Wellington Town
1967–68	Shrewsbury Town Wellington Town			Trophy shared.
1968–69	Shrewsbury Town
1969–70	Telford United
1970–71	Shrewsbury Town
1971–72	Shrewsbury Town
1972–73	Telford United
1973–74	Shrewsbury Town
1974–75	Shrewsbury Town
1975–76	Telford United
1976–77	Telford United
1977–78	Telford United
1978–79	Telford United
1979–80	Shrewsbury Town
1980–81	Shrewsbury Town
1981–82	Shrewsbury Town
1982–83	Shrewsbury Town
1983–84	Shrewsbury Town
1984–85	Oswestry Town
1985–86	Bridgnorth Town
1986–87	Shrewsbury Town
1987–88	Shrewsbury Town
1988–89	Shrewsbury Town
1989–90	Telford United
1990–91	Shrewsbury Town
1991–92	Telford United
1992–93	Telford United
1993–94	Telford United
1994–95	Shrewsbury Town
1995–96	Shrewsbury Town
1996–97	Shrewsbury Town
1997–98	Shrewsbury Town
1998–99	Shrewsbury Town
1999–00	Shrewsbury Town
2000–01	Wolverhampton Wanderers
2001–02	Shrewsbury Town
2002–03	Shrewsbury Town
2003–04	Shrewsbury Town
2004–05	Shrewsbury Town
2005–06	Shrewsbury Town
2006–07	Shrewsbury Town
2007–08	Shrewsbury Town	3–0	Market Drayton Town
2008–09	AFC Telford United	1–1	Shrewsbury Town	AFC Telford United won 4–1 on penalties.
2009–10	Shrewsbury Town	2–1	AFC Telford United
2010–11	Shrewsbury Town	1–0	AFC Telford United
2011–12	The New Saints	1–1	AFC Telford United	The New Saints won 4–2 on penalties.
2012–13	Final was scrapped as a date could not be found. Shrewsbury Town and AFC Telford United were in the finals.[2]
2013–14	AFC Telford United	3–1	Market Drayton Town
2014–15	Shrewsbury Town	3–1	AFC Telford United
2015–16	Shrewsbury Town	1–1	AFC Telford United	Shrewsbury Town won 3–2 on penalties.
2016–17	AFC Telford United	2–0	Shrewsbury Town
2017–18	Shawbury United
2018–19	Shrewsbury Town
2019–20	Competition suspended due to COVID-19 pandemic.
2020–21	Shifnal Town
2021–22	No competition.
2022–23	Whitchurch Alport

Wins by teams

Club	Wins	First final won	Last final won	Notes
Shrewsbury Town	66	1886–87	2018–19
Telford United †	34	1882–83	1993–94	Dissolved in 2004. Won 24 titles as Wellington Town.
Oswestry Town †	6	1881–82	1984–85	Dissolved in 2003. Won 2 titles as Oswestry.
Oakengates Town †	4	1926–27	1957–58	Dissolved in 2018.
St George's Victoria †	3	1885–86	1906–07	Dissolved in 1936.
Ironbridge United	4	1889–90	1907–08	Won 3 titles as Ironbridge.
AFC Telford United	3	2008–09	2016–17
Shrewsbury †	2	1877–78	1890–91	Dissolved in 1879.
Newport †	2	1878–79	1894–95	Dissolved in 1900.
Oswestry United †	2	1898–99	1908–09	Dissolved in 1915.
Whitchurch †	2	1910–11	1923–24	Dissolved in 1985.
Shrewsbury Engineers †	1	1879–80	1879–80	Dissolved in 1881.
Shrewsbury Castle Blues †	1	1883–84	1883–84	Dissolved in 1886.
RAF Cosford	1	1941–42	1941–42	Military team.
Sankey Wellington †	1	1961–62	1961–62	Dissolved in 1988.
Bridgnorth Town †	1	1985–86	1985–86	Dissolved in 2013.
Wolverhampton Wanderers	1	2000–01	2000–01
The New Saints	1	2011–12	2011–12	Only Welsh club to win.
Shawbury United	1	2017–18	2017–18
Shifnal Town	1	2020–21	2020–21
Whitchurch Alport	1	2022–23	2022–23

Wins by cities/towns

City	County	Wins	Team(s)
Shrewsbury	Shropshire	70	Shrewsbury Town (66), Shrewsbury (2), Shrewsbury Engineers (1), Shrewsbury Castle Blues (1)
Telford	Shropshire	37	Telford United (34), AFC Telford United (3)
Oswestry	Shropshire	9	Oswestry Town (6), Oswestry United (2), The New Saints (1)
Oakengates	Shropshire	7	Oakengates Town (4), St George's Victoria (3)
Ironbridge	Shropshire	4	Ironbridge United (4)
Whitchurch	Shropshire	3	Whitchurch (2), Whitchurch Alport (1)
Newport	Shropshire	2	Newport (2)
Bridgnorth	Shropshire	1	Bridgnorth Town (1)
Cosford	Shropshire	1	RAF Cosford (1)
Shawbury	Shropshire	1	Shawbury United (1)
Shifnal	Shropshire	1	Shifnal Town (1)
Wellington	Shropshire	1	Sankey Wellington (1)
Wolverhampton	West Midlands	1	Wolverhampton Wanderers (1)

See also

• Football in Shropshire