Walsall Senior Cup

The Walsall and District Football Association Senior Cup is an English football competition for clubs in and around Walsall, with the final in modern times taking place at Walsall's Bescot Stadium.

Walsall Senior Cup

Organiser(s)	Walsall & District FA
Founded	1878; 147 years ago (1878)
Region	Staffordshire
Teams	16 (2023–24)
Current champions	Rushall Olympic
Website	Walsall Senior Cup

The Cup was founded in 1878 and was originally named the Licensed Victuallers Cup with nine sides competing. Walsall Swifts won the inaugural competition.^[1] The current holders are Rushall Olympic.

Early history

Walsall Swifts, who later amalgamated into the modern Walsall, won the first Cup in 1878, upon winning the trophy for the third time in the first four editions they were awarded the trophy outright and a new silver trophy was made in 1882.^[1] That trophy became known as the Walsall Senior Cup.

Records from before 1946 are sparse, however wins by some notable sides are recorded. Aston Villa Reserves won the competition in 1899 and 1903.^[2][3] Birmingham City won the trophy in 1883, 1901, and 1904.^[4]

Finals

This section lists every final of the competition played since 1878–79, the winners, the runners-up, and the result.^{[5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13]}

Key

*	Match went to a replay
†	Match went to extra time
§	Match decided by a penalty shootout after extra time
‡	Shared trophy

Finals

Season	Winners	Result	Runner-up	Notes	Ref(s)
1878–79	Walsall Swifts	5–2	Walsall White Star		[14]
1879–80	Walsall Swifts	1–0	Walsall White Star		[15]
1880–81	Walsall Swifts	4–0	Walsall White Star		[16]
1881–82	Walsall Swifts	3–2	Elwell's		[17]
1882–83	Small Heath Alliance	4–1	Wednesbury Old Athletic		[18]
1883–84	Walsall Swifts	4–2	Stafford Road		[19]
1884–85	Walsall Town	3–1	Wednesbury Old Athletic		[20]
1885–86	Walsall Town	1–0	Walsall Swifts	Swifts originally succeeded in a protest with regard to spectator encroachment, but the decision was later overturned on appeal.	[21][22][23]
1886–87	Walsall Town	3–0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Replay. First match ended 1–1.	[24][25]
1887–88	West Bromwich Albion reserves	4–1	Walsall Swifts	Last game for Walsall Swifts; the merger with Walsall Town had taken place two months earlier.	[26]
1888–89	Walsall Town Swifts
1889–90	Walsall Town Swifts
1890–91	Walsall Town Swifts	3–1	Wednesbury Old Athletic
1891–92	Wednesbury Old Athletic	2–0	Wellington St George's
1892–93	Walsall Town
1893–94	Walsall Town
1894–95	Wellington St George's
1895–96	Wolverhampton Wanderers
1896–97	Wellington Town	4–1	Wellington St George's
1897–98	Wolverhampton Wanderers
1898–99	Wolverhampton Wanderers
1899–1900	Wolverhampton Wanderers reserves	1–0	Hinckley Town
1900–01	Small Heath reserves West Bromwich Albion reserves	1–1 ‡		Trophy shared.
1901–02	Stoke
1902–03
1903–04	Small Heath reserves	5–0 *	West Bromwich Albion reserves	Replay. First match ended 0–0.
1904–05	Stoke
1905–06	Wolverhampton Wanderers reserves	4–0 *	Burslem Port Vale reserves	Replay. First match drawn.
1906–07
1907–08
1908–09	Walsall
1909–10	Walsall
1910–11	Cannock Town
1911–12	Walsall
1912–13	Walsall
1913–14
1914–1919	No competition due to World War I.
1919–20	Bilston United
1920–21	Talbot Steed
1921–22	Stafford Rangers
1922–23	Walsall Wood
1923–24	Shrewsbury Town
1924–25	Shrewsbury Town
1925–26	Shrewsbury Town
1926–27	Walsall
1927–28	Bloxwich Strollers
1928–29	Hednesford Town
1929–30	West Cannock Colliery	2–1	Bloxwich Strollers
1930–31	Cannock Chase Colliery	3–2	Bloxwich Strollers
1931–32	Cannock Chase Colliery	4–2	Short Heath United
1932–33	Bilston	1–1 *	Walsall Wood	Replay. First match 1–1.
1933–34
1934–35	Cannock Chase Colliery	2–2	Walsall Wood
1935–36	Cannock Chase Colliery	2–1	Wrockwardine Wood
1936–37	Cannock Chase Colliery	3–1	Wrockwardine Wood
1937–38	Cannock Chase Colliery	5–0	English Electric
1938–39	Cannock Chase Colliery	2–2	Sutton Coldfield Town
1939–40	Cannock Chase Colliery	9–0	Rugeley St Andrew's
1940–45	No competition due to World War II.
1945–46	Walsall Wood	7–2	Rugley WMC
1946–47	Bilston Town	3–2	Walsall Trinity
1947–48	Bilston Town	2–0	Halesowen
1948–49	Bilston Town	1–0	Oswestry Town
1949–50	Brereton Social 2–2 Walsall Wood. Replay result unknown.
1950–51	Bloxwich Strollers	1–0 †	Ogley Hay	After extra time.
1951–52	Walsall Wood	1–0	Walsall Trinity
1952–53	Walsall Wood	1–0 †	Ogley Hay	After extra time.
1953–54	Shelfield Athletic	1–0	Lower Gornal Athletic
1954–55	Shelfield Athletic	5–1	Walsall Trinity
1955–56	Shelfield Athletic	2–0	Ogley Hay
1956–57	Walsall Trinity	3–1	Walsall Wood
1957–58	Walsall Wood	3–0	Stourbridge
1958–59	Shelfield Athletic	4–0	Walsall Wood
1959–60	Shelfield Athletic	3–0	Walsall Wood
1960–61	Walsall Wood	7–0	Rugeley Villa
1961–62	Walsall Wood	5–1	Blakenall
1962–63	Armitage	2–1	Blakenall
1963–64	Blakenall	3–0	Hednesford
1964–65	Rushall Olympic	2–1	Brereton Social
1965–66	Lower Gornal Athletic	4–2 †	Kidderminster Harriers	After extra time.
1966–67	Wrockwardine Wood	2–1 *	Rushall Olympic	Replay. First match ended 2–2. After extra time.
1967–68	Wrockwardine Wood	2–1	Tamworth
1968–69	Bilston	2–1	Lichfield
1969–70	Atherstone Town	4–3	Wrockwardine Wood	Aggregate score. 1st leg: 2–2, 2nd leg: 2–1.
1970–71	Baddesley Colliery	4–3	Atherstone Town	Aggregate score. 1st leg: 1–2, 2nd leg: 3–1.
1971–72	Bilston	4–1 *	Brereton Social	Second replay. First match 2–2. Replay 2–2. After extra time.
1972–73	Bilston	1–0	Darlaston
1973–74	Brereton Social	3–2 †	Warley County Borough	After extra time.
1974–75	Blakenall	2–1	Armitage
1975–76	Blakenall	1–0	Hednesford
1976–77	Blakenall	1–0 *	Bilston	Replay. First match ended 0–0. After extra time.
1977–78	Sutton Coldfield Town	2–0	Alvechurch
1978–79	Sutton Coldfield Town	1–0	Great Wyrley
1979–80	Sutton Coldfield Town	1–0	Rushall Olympic
1980–81	Blakenall	2–1 *	Sutton Coldfield Town	Replay. First match ended 1–1. After extra time.
1981–82	Oldbury United	5–0 *	Walsall Wood	Replay. First match ended 2–2. After extra time.
1982–83	Coleshill Town	4–3	Wolverhampton United
1983–84	Atherstone Town	4–0	Tividale
1984–85	Harrisons	2–0	Wolverhampton United
1985–86	Paget Rangers	3–1	Wolverhampton Casuals
1986–87	Boldmere St. Michaels	2–0	Bloxwich AFC
1987–88	Redgate United	1–0 †	Chasetown	After extra time.
1988–89	Blakenall	1–0	Rushall Olympic
1989–90	Meir K.A.	2–1 *	Rushall Olympic	Replay. First match ended 0–0. After extra time.
1990–91	Chasetown	1–0 †	Blakenall	After extra time.
1991–92	Armitage 90	3–2 †	Meir K.A.	After extra time.
1992–93	Chasetown	3–1	Pelsall Villa
1993–94	Newcastle Town	1–0 †	Oldbury United	After extra time.
1994–95	Newcastle Town	1–1 §	Knypersley	Newcastle Town won on penalties. After extra time.
1995–96	Blakenall	0–0	Newcastle Town	Blakenall won on penalties. After extra time.
1996–97	Blakenall	1–1 §	Bloxwich	Blakenall won on penalties. After extra time.
1997–98	Blakenall	2–1	Halesowen Harriers
1998–99	Blakenall	3–2	Meir K.A.
1999–2000	Rushall Olympic	2–2 §	Rocester	Rocester won 5–4 on penalties. After extra time.
2000–01	Wolverhampton Casuals	2–0	Sutton Coldfield Town
2001–02	Bolehall Swifts	4–4 §	Tividale	Bolehall Swifts won 4–3 on penalties. After extra time.
2002–03	Tividale	1–0 †	Rocester	After extra time.
2003–04	Sutton Coldfield Town	3–1	Tividale
2004–05	Chasetown	2–1	Tividale
2005–06	Boldmere St. Michaels	1–0	Tipton Town
2006–07	Boldmere St. Michaels	3–1	Goodrich
2007–08	Boldmere St. Michaels	2–0	Heath Hayes
2008–09	Rushall Olympic	2–1	Tipton Town
2009–10	Bloxwich United	1–0	Rushall Olympic
2010–11	Rushall Olympic	3–0	Ellesmere Rangers
2011–12	Rushall Olympic	3–0	Brocton
2012–13	Stafford Rangers	2–1	Walsall
2013–14	Chasetown	4–1	Rushall Olympic
2014–15	Walsall	4–3 †	Chasetown	After extra time.
2015–16	Rushall Olympic
2016–17	Walsall	3–1	Stafford Rangers
2017–18	Rushall Olympic	2–2 §	Walsall Wood	Rushall Olympic won 4–3 on penalties. After extra time.
2018–19	Boldmere St. Michaels	2–0	Sutton Coldfield Town
2019–20	Competition abandoned due to COVID-19 pandemic
2020–21	Competition not held due to COVID-19 pandemic
2021–22	Rushall Olympic	2–0	Sporting Khalsa
2022–23	Rushall Olympic	3–1	Walsall
2023–24	Rushall Olympic	4–1	Chasetown