The Suffolk Senior Cup is the second level football cup competition organised by the Suffolk FA after the Suffolk Premier Cup. It is currently open to Suffolk–based clubs competing in Eastern Counties League Division One and the top divisions of the Suffolk & Ipswich League, the Essex & Suffolk Border League, the Anglian Combination and the Cambridgeshire League.
| Organising body | Suffolk County FA |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1885 |
| Region |  Suffolk |
| Number of teams | 31 (2023–24) |
| Current champions | Trimley Red Devils (1st title) |
| Most successful club(s) | Ipswich Town (16 titles) |
| Website | Suffolk County FA |
History
editThe cup was first played during the 1885–86 season, and was initially known as the Suffolk Football Association Challenge Cup.[1] During the 1899–1900 season the competition was renamed Suffolk County Senior Cup when a Junior Cup was also introduced. In 1907 the Suffolk Football Association split, with one affiliating to the Football Association and the other to the Amateur Football Association, with both new organisations running a competition called the Suffolk Senior Cup. The AFA-affiliated organisation continued to use the original trophy, and the FA-affiliated one using a new trophy. The two reunited in 1914 when the AFA affiliated to the Football Association.[1]
The competition was temporarily halted during World War I before it resumed in 1919, using the trophy that the FA-affiliated organisation had used. The original trophy was returned in 1921, with the newer trophy then being used for the Minor Cup competition.[1] The Suffolk Senior Cup was interrupted again during World War II, resuming in 1945. In 1956 a new competition, the Suffolk Premier Cup was introduced for clubs in the Eastern Counties League and leagues above, with the Senior Cup becoming a secondary competition for clubs below the Eastern Counties League.[1]
Past finals
edit| Season | Winners | Score | Runners–up | Attendance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1885–86 | Woodbridge Association | 2–2 | Ipswich Town | |
| Replay | Woodbridge Association | 0–0 | Ipswich Town | |
| Second replay | Woodbridge Association | 3–1 | Ipswich Town | |
| 1886–87 | Ipswich Town | 2–1 | Ipswich School | 1,000 |
| 1887–88 | Long Melford | 2–2 | Woodbridge | |
| Replay | Long Melford | 1–0 | Woodbridge | |
| 1888–89 | Ipswich Town | 4–0 | Newmarket Town | 3,000 |
| 1889–90 | Ipswich Town | 4–1 | Long Melford | |
| 1890–91 | Framlingham College | 4–0 | Stowmarket | |
| 1891–92 | Beccles College | 5–1 | Leiston | |
| 1892–93 | Beccles Caxton | 2–0 | Framlingham College | |
| 1893–94 | Framlingham College | 3–1 | Ipswich Middle School | |
| 1894–95 | Long Melford | 2–1 | Saxmundham | |
| 1895–96 | Ipswich Town | 2–0 | Beccles Caxton | 1,500 |
| 1896–97 | Beccles Caxton | 1–0 | Leiston | |
| 1897–98 | Beccles Caxton | 2–0 | Kirkley | |
| 1898–99 | Beccles Caxton | 0–0 | Kirkley | |
| Replay | Beccles Caxton | 2–2 | Kirkley | |
| Second replay | Beccles Caxton | 2–1 | Kirkley | |
| 1899–1900 | Ipswich Town | 5–1 | Beccles College | 2,000 |
| 1900–01 | Kirkley | 3–0 | Ipswich Town | |
| 1901–02 | Kirkley | 6–0 | Haverhill Rovers | |
| 1902–03 | Lowestoft Town | 2–0 | Kirkley | |
| 1903–04 | Ipswich Town | 3–2 | Leiston | 2,700 |
| 1904–05 | Ipswich Town | 2–0 | Lowetsoft Town | 2,000 |
| 1905–06 | Ipswich Town | 6–1 | Haverhill Rovers | 1,500 |
| 1906–07 | Ipswich Town | 2–1 | Bury St Edmunds | 4,000 |
| 1907–08 | Ipswich Town | 3–0 | Bury Alexandra | 2,500 |
| 1908–09 | Long Melford | 2–2 | Bury Town | |
| Replay | Long Melford | 1–0 | Bury Town | |
| 1909–10 | Cambridge Town | 0–0 | Stowmarket | |
| Replay | Cambridge Town | 3–0 | Stowmarket | |
| 1910–11 | Suffolk District Asylum | 2–2 | Bury Town | |
| Replay | Suffolk District Asylum | 1–0 | Bury Town | |
| 1911–12 | Ipswich Town | 2–1 | Haverhill Rovers | 3,100 |
| 1912–13 | Ipswich Town | 2–1 | All Saints United | 1,800 |
| 1913–14 | Ipswich Town | 1–1 | Ipswich YMCA | |
| Replay | Ipswich Town | 3–0 | Ipswich YMCA | |
| 1919–20 | Beccles Town | 5–1 | Haverhill Rovers | 3,000[2] |
| 1920–21 | Long Melford | 1–0 | Bury Town | |
| 1921–22 | Beccles Town | Ipswich GER | ||
| Replay | Beccles Town | 3–2 | Ipswich GER | |
| 1922–23 | Lowestoft Town | 2–0 | Stowmarket Town | |
| 1923–24 | Lowestoft Town | 3–1 | Beccles Town | |
| 1924–25 | Kirkley | 1–0 | Brantham Athletic | |
| 1925–26 | Lowestoft Town | 2–1 | RAF Martlesham Heath | |
| 1926–27 | Brantham Athletic | 3–0 | Lowestoft Town | 8,903 |
| 1927–28 | Ipswich Town | 2–0 | HMS Ganges | 11,669 |
| 1928–29 | Ipswich Town | 5–0 | Woodbridge Town | 8,349 |
| 1929–30 | Ipswich Town | 6–0 | Sudbury Town | 8,858 |
| 1930–31 | Stowmarket Town | 3–1 | Sudbury Town | |
| 1931–32 | Lowestoft Town | 3–2 | Stowmarket Town | |
| 1932–33 | Stowmarket Town | 5–2 | Kirkley | 4,500 |
| 1933–34 | Stowmarket Town | 3–0 | Bury Town | |
| 1934–35 | Newmarket Town | 3–1 | Kirkley | |
| 1935–36 | Lowestoft Town | 4–1 | Ipswich Town | |
| 1936–37 | Bury Town | 2–0 | Sudbury Town | |
| 1937–38 | Bury Town | 3–1 | Ipswich Town Reserves | |
| 1938–39 | Bury Town | 4–0 | RAF Mildenhall | |
| 1945–46 | Bury Town | 4–2 (2–0, 2–2) | Newmarket Town | |
| 1946–47 | Lowestoft Town | 3–0 | Bungay Town | |
| 1947–48 | Lowestoft Town | 3–1 | Whitton United | |
| 1948–49 | Lowestoft Town | 5–0 | Leiston | |
| 1949–50 | Bungay Town | 2–0 | Lowestoft Town | |
| 1950–51 | Stowmarket Town | 2–0 | Sudbury Town | 10,867 |
| 1951–52 | Stowmarket Town | 2–2 | Bury Town | |
| Replay | Stowmarket Town | 4–1 | Bury Town | |
| 1952–53 | Long Melford | 1–1 | Sudbury Town | |
| Replay | Long Melford | 1–0 | Sudbury Town | |
| 1953–54 | Long Melford | 2–0 | Sudbury Town | |
| 1954–55 | Long Melford | 2–0 | Ipswich Town Reserves | |
| 1955–56 | Lowestoft Town | 2–1 | Long Melford | |
| 1956–57 | Sudbury Town | 3–1 | Bury Town | |
| 1957–58 | Stowmarket Town | 2–0 | Newmarket Town | |
| 1958–59 | Whitton United | 3–0 | Bungay Town | |
| 1959–60 | Brantham Athletic | 1–1 | Christchurch Athletic | |
| Replay | Brantham Athletic | 3–2 | Christchurch Athletic | |
| 1960–61 | Bungay Town | 4–4 | Orwell Works | |
| Replay | Bungay Town | 1–0 | Orwell Works | |
| 1961–62 | Stowmarket Town | 2–0 | Brantham Athletic | |
| 1962–63 | Whitton United | 3–0 | Bungay Town | |
| 1963–64 | Grundisburgh | 1–1 | Felixstowe Town | |
| Replay | Grundisburgh | 3–1 | Felixstowe Town | |
| 1964–65 | Stowmarket Town | 4–0 | Orwell Works | |
| 1965–66 | Oulton Broad | 1–1 | Leiston | |
| Replay | Oulton Broad | 2–1 | Leiston | |
| 1966–67 | Felixstowe Town | 3–2 | Oulton Broad | |
| 1967–68 | ICI | 4–0 | Electricity Supply | |
| 1968–69 | Hadleigh United | 3–2 | Westerfield United | |
| 1969–70 | Waterside Works | 1–0 | Long Melford | |
| 1970–71 | Crane Sports | 3–1 | Needham Market | |
| 1971–72 | Hadleigh United | 1–0 | ICI | |
| 1972–73 | Heath Row | 3–2 | Birds Eye | |
| 1973–74 | Crane Sports | 1–0 | Heath Row Rushmere YAC | |
| 1974–75 | Felixstowe Town | 3–2 | Nicholians Locomotive | |
| 1975–76 | Brantham Athletic | 2–1 | Hadleigh United | |
| 1976–77 | Nicholians Locomotive | 2–1 | Hadleigh United | |
| 1977–78 | Woodbridge Town | 2–1 | Crane Sports | |
| 1978–79 | Ransomes | 3–0 | Sudbury Wanderers | |
| 1979–80 | Nicholians Locomotive | 0–0 | Needham Market | |
| Replay | Nicholians Locomotive | 3–2 | Needham Market | |
| 1980–81 | Ransomes | 1–0 | Westerfield | |
| 1981–82 | Crane Sports | 1–0 | Wickham Market | |
| 1982–83 | Hadleigh United | 4–1 | Crane Sports | |
| 1983–84 | Crane Sports | 2–1 | Ipswich United | |
| 1984–85 | Bury Town reserves | 1–0 | Westerfield United | |
| 1985–86 | Westerfield United | 4–1 | Leiston | |
| 1986–87 | Sudbury Town reserves | 3–0 | Ipswich United | |
| 1987–88 | Grundisburgh | 2–0 | Haughley United | |
| 1988–89 | Cornard United | 1–0 | Sudbury Wanderers | |
| 1989–90 | Needham Market | 1–0 | Grundisburgh | |
| 1990–91 | Sudbury Wanderers | 5–1 | BT Research | |
| 1991–92 | Whitton United | 2–0 | Long Melford | |
| 1992–93 | Woodbridge Town | 5–2 | Stonham Aspal | |
| 1993–94 | Woodbridge Town | 4–0 | Saxmundham Sports | |
| 1994–95 | Grundisburgh | 2–0 | Whitton United | |
| 1995–96 | Grundisburgh | 3–0 | Framlingham Town | |
| 1996–97 | Haverhill Rovers | 4–1 | Ipswich Wanderers | |
| 1997–98 | Grundisburgh | 2–1 | Stonham Aspal | |
| 1998–99 | Walton United | 1–0 | Needham Market | |
| 1999–00 | Grundisburgh | 3–1 | Needham Market | |
| 2000–01 | Kirkley | 3–1 | Ipswich Athletic | |
| 2001–02 | Kirkley | 4–3 | Haverhill Rovers | |
| 2002–03 | Long Melford | 5–0 | Stanton | 1,200+ |
| 2003–04 | Hadleigh United | 2–2 | Long Melford | |
| Hadleigh United win 7–6 on penalties | ||||
| 2004–05 | Needham Market | 2–1 | Walsham–le–Willows | |
| 2005–06 | Walsham-le-Willows | 4–3 | Capel Plough | |
| 2006–07 | Stowmarket Town | 2–1 | Grundisburgh | |
| 2007–08 | Grundisburgh | 3–2 | Hadleigh United | |
| 2008–09 | Beccles Town | 1–0 | Crane Sports | 1,103 |
| 2009–10 | Team Bury | 2–0 | Capel Plough | 856 |
| 2010–11 | Whitton United | 1–0 | Lakenheath | 1,177 |
| 2011–12 | Whitton United | 2–1 | Long Melford | 864 |
| 2012–13 | Ipswich Wanderers | 1–1 | Whitton United | 1,045 |
| Ipswich Wanderers win 3–2 on penalties | ||||
| 2013-14 | Whitton United | 1–0 | Ipswich Wanderers | 421[3] |
| 2014–15 | Lakenheath | 7–0 | Ipswich Valley Rangers | 307[4] |
| 2015–16 | Waveney | 3–2 | Haughley United | |
| 2016–17 | Achilles | 2–1 | Crane Sports | 1,190[5] |
| 2017–18 | Woodbridge Town | 3–0 | Bungay Town | 987[6] |
| 2018–19 | Achilles | 4–3 | Cornard United | 768 |
| 2019–20 | Ipswich Wanderers | 1–0 | Coplestonians | |
| 2020–21 | Lakenheath | 2–0 | Bildeston Rangers | |
| 2021–22 | Ipswich Wanderers | 1–0 | Leiston reserves | |
| 2022–23 | Framlingham Town | 2–0 | AFC Sudbury reserves | |
| 2023–24 | Trimley Red Devils | 2–0 | Leiston U23s | |
Wins by club
edit| Club | Wins | First final won | Last final won | Runner-up | Last final lost | Total final apps. | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ipswich Town | 16 | 1886–87 | 1929–30 | 5 | 1954–55 | 21 | |
| Lowestoft Town | 10 | 1902–03 | 1955–56 | 2 | 1949–50 | 12 | |
| Stowmarket Town | 9 | 1930–31 | 2006–07 | 2 | 1931–32 | 11 | |
| Long Melford | 8 | 1887–88 | 2002–03 | 6 | 2011–12 | 14 | |
| Grundisburgh | 7 | 1963–64 | 2007–08 | 2 | 2006–07 | 9 | |
| Whitton United | 6 | 1958–59 | 2013–14 | 3 | 2012–13 | 9 | |
| Bury Town | 5 | 1936–37 | 1984–85 | 6 | 1956–57 | 11 | [a] |
| Kirkley | 5 | 1900–01 | 2001–02 | 5 | 1934–35 | 10 | |
| Woodbridge Town | 5 | 1885–86 | 2017–18 | 2 | 1928–29 | 7 | [b] |
| Beccles Caxton | 4 | 1892–93 | 1898–99 | 1 | 1895–96 | 5 | |
| Crane Sports † | 4 | 1970–71 | 1983–84 | 4 | 2016–17 | 8 | [c] |
| Hadleigh United | 4 | 1968–69 | 2003–04 | 3 | 2007–08 | 7 | |
| Brantham Athletic | 3 | 1926–27 | 1975–76 | 2 | 1961–62 | 5 | |
| Ipswich Wanderers | 3 | 2012–13 | 2021–22 | 2 | 2013–14 | 5 | |
| Beccles Town | 3 | 1919–20 | 2008–09 | 1 | 1923–24 | 4 | |
| Sudbury Town † | 2 | 1956–57 | 1986–87 | 6 | 1953–54 | 8 | [d] |
| Bungay Town | 2 | 1949–50 | 1960–61 | 4 | 2017–18 | 6 | |
| Needham Market | 2 | 1989–90 | 2004–05 | 4 | 1999–00 | 6 | |
| Felixstowe Town † | 2 | 1966–67 | 1974–75 | 2 | 1963–64 | 4 | [e] |
| Framlingham College | 2 | 1890–91 | 1893–94 | 1 | 1892–93 | 3 | |
| Lakenheath | 2 | 2014–15 | 2020–21 | 1 | 2010–11 | 3 | |
| Nicholians Locomotive † | 2 | 1976–77 | 1979–80 | 1 | 1974–75 | 3 | [f] |
| Achilles | 2 | 2016–17 | 2018–19 | 0 | – | 2 | |
| Ransomes Sports | 2 | 1978–79 | 1980–81 | 0 | – | 2 | |
| Haverhill Rovers | 1 | 1996–97 | 1996–97 | 5 | 2001–02 | 6 | |
| Newmarket Town | 1 | 1934–35 | 1934–35 | 3 | 1957–58 | 4 | |
| Sudbury Wanderers † | 1 | 1990–91 | 1990–91 | 2 | 1988–89 | 3 | [g] |
| Westerfield United † | 1 | 1985–86 | 1985–86 | 2 | 1984–85 | 3 | [h] |
| Beccles College | 1 | 1891–92 | 1891–92 | 1 | 1899–1900 | 2 | |
| Cornard United | 1 | 1988–89 | 1988–89 | 1 | 2018–19 | 2 | |
| Framlingham Town | 1 | 2022–23 | 2022–23 | 1 | 1995–96 | 2 | |
| ICI Paints † | 1 | 1967–68 | 1967–68 | 1 | 1971–72 | 2 | [i] |
| Oulton Broad | 1 | 1965–66 | 1965–66 | 1 | 1966–67 | 2 | |
| Cambridge Town | 1 | 1909–10 | 1909–10 | 0 | – | 1 | |
| Heath Row | 1 | 1972–73 | 1972–73 | 0 | – | 1 | |
| Suffolk District Asylum (Melton) | 1 | 1910–11 | 1910–11 | 0 | – | 1 | |
| Team Bury † | 1 | 2009–10 | 2009–10 | 0 | – | 1 | [j] |
| Trimley Red Devils | 1 | 2023–24 | 2023–24 | 0 | – | 1 | |
| Walsham-le-Willows | 1 | 2005–06 | 2005–06 | 0 | – | 1 | |
| Walton United † | 1 | 1998–99 | 1998–99 | 0 | – | 1 | [k] |
| Waterside Works † | 1 | 1969–70 | 1969–70 | 0 | – | 1 | [l] |
| Waveney | 1 | 2015–16 | 2015–16 | 0 | – | 1 |
Notes
edit- ^ Won one title as Bury Town reserves
- ^ Won one title as Woodbridge
- ^ Dissolved in 2021
- ^ Dissolved in 1999
- ^ Merged with Walton United to form Felixstowe & Walton United in 2000
- ^ Dissolved in the 1980s
- ^ Dissolved in 1999
- ^ Dissolved in 2008
- ^ Dissolved in 2008
- ^ Dissolved in 2018
- ^ Merged with Felixstowe Town to form Felixstowe & Walton United in 2000
- ^ Dissolved in the 1970s
References
edit- ^ a b c d "Senior Cup". Suffolk FA. Retrieved 2021-06-24.
- ^ Suffolk Senior Cup Final Eastern Daily Press, 6 April 1920
- ^ REPORT & GALLERY: Whitton United defeat Ipswich Wanderers 1-0 in Suffolk FA Senior Cup Final Green 'Un, 5 May 2014
- ^ Gallery: Lakenheath lift Suffolk Senior Cup with big win over Ipswich Valley Rangers Green 'Un, 12 May 2015
- ^ Moving cup finals out of Suffolk proved a great success East Anglian Daily Times, 25 May 2017
- ^ Woodbridge Town lift Suffolk Senior Cup East Anglian Daily Times, 11 May 2018
External links
edit- Suffolk Senior Cup Suffolk FA
- Suffolk Senior Cup Football Club History Database