Suffolk Senior Cup

Suffolk Senior Cup
Organising bodySuffolk County FA
Founded1885
RegionSuffolk Suffolk
Number of teams31 (2023–24)
Current championsTrimley Red Devils
(1st title)
Most successful club(s)Ipswich Town
(16 titles)
WebsiteSuffolk County FA

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.

History

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The 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

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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

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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

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  1. ^ Won one title as Bury Town reserves
  2. ^ Won one title as Woodbridge
  3. ^ Dissolved in 2021
  4. ^ Dissolved in 1999
  5. ^ Merged with Walton United to form Felixstowe & Walton United in 2000
  6. ^ Dissolved in the 1980s
  7. ^ Dissolved in 1999
  8. ^ Dissolved in 2008
  9. ^ Dissolved in 2008
  10. ^ Dissolved in 2018
  11. ^ Merged with Felixstowe Town to form Felixstowe & Walton United in 2000
  12. ^ Dissolved in the 1970s

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Senior Cup". Suffolk FA. Retrieved 2021-06-24.
  2. ^ Suffolk Senior Cup Final Eastern Daily Press, 6 April 1920
  3. ^ REPORT & GALLERY: Whitton United defeat Ipswich Wanderers 1-0 in Suffolk FA Senior Cup Final Green 'Un, 5 May 2014
  4. ^ Gallery: Lakenheath lift Suffolk Senior Cup with big win over Ipswich Valley Rangers Green 'Un, 12 May 2015
  5. ^ Moving cup finals out of Suffolk proved a great success East Anglian Daily Times, 25 May 2017
  6. ^ Woodbridge Town lift Suffolk Senior Cup East Anglian Daily Times, 11 May 2018
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