- Winners
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{{for|the rugby union competition|Staffordshire Senior Cup (rugby union)}}{{Infobox football tournament
| name = Staffordshire Senior Cup
| image =
| caption = Flag of Staffordshire
| founded = 1877
| region = Staffordshire
| current champions = Stoke City (19th title)
| most successful club = Stoke City (19 titles)
| website = http://www.staffordshirefa.com
}}The Staffordshire Senior Challenge Cup is a football cup tournament based in the county of Staffordshire in England first competed for in 1877–78. Organised by the Staffordshire Football Association, it is competed for by a mix of clubs from Staffordshire and the surrounding areas. Both professional and amateur clubs may enter. In the modern age however professional teams such as Stoke City and Port Vale, the main clubs in Staffordshire, usually field a reserve team as they place more prestige on their respective leagues and professional cup competitions. This has left the door open for non-league sides to have more success in the cup as it is classed as a bigger achievement for them to win it. In recent years the entries from clubs from neighbouring counties have virtually been phased out. Most County FAs now have their own separate Senior Cup competitions and this, coupled with the formation of the West Midlands county, has meant the entries for the Cup are quite low in some seasons. This has seen Market Drayton Town and Shifnal Town both enter since the turn of the millennium to make up the numbers, despite not being located in Staffordshire. From the 2008–09 season the Staffordshire FA introduced a cut off point whereby teams lower than level 9 in the English football league system can not compete in the Senior Cup. Teams below the level of the North West Counties League Premier Division and Midland Football Alliance now compete in the sister competition the Staffordshire Senior Vase. Stoke City are the most successful sides in the competition's history with 19 wins. Historically the non-league side with the most wins is Stafford Rangers who have won the cup 11 times since the Second World War. The most successful side from outside what is traditionally classed as Staffordshire are Kidderminster Harriers from Worcestershire, who won the competition 4 times in the 1980s. Worcester City and Redditch United have also won the competition from this county and Macclesfield Town and Northwich Victoria from neighbouring Cheshire Winners{{updated|2016–17 season}}[1]| Season | Winner | Runner-up | | 1877–78 | Stoke (1) | Talke Rangers | | 1878–79 | Stoke (2) | Cobridge | | 1879–80 | Wednesbury Old Athletic (1) | Aston Villa | | 1880–81 | Aston Villa (1) | Walsall Swifts | | 1881–82 | Walsall Town (1) | Walsall Swifts | | 1882–83 | West Bromwich Albion (1) | Stoke | | 1883–84 | Birmingham St. George's (1) | West Bromwich Albion | | 1884–85 | Walsall Town (2) | Wolverhampton Wanderers | | 1885–86 | West Bromwich Albion (2) | Stoke | | 1886–87 | West Bromwich Albion (3) | Walsall Swifts | | 1887–88 | Wolverhampton Wanderers (1) | West Bromwich Albion | | 1888–89 | West Bromwich Albion (4) | Leek | | 1889–90 | Birmingham St. George's (2) | Walsall Town Swifts | | 1890–91 | Aston Villa (2) | Stoke | | 1891–92 | Burton Swifts (1) | Aston Villa | | 1892–93 | Aston Villa (3) | Walsall Town Swifts | | 1893–94 | Aston Villa (4) | Wolverhampton Wanderers | | 1894–95 | Burton Wanderers (1) | Wolverhampton Wanderers | | 1895–96 | Aston Villa (5) | Stoke | | 1896–97 | Wolverhampton Wanderers (2) | Stoke | | 1897–98 | Burslem Port Vale (1) | West Bromwich Albion | | 1898–99 | Aston Villa (6) | Walsall | | 1899–1900 | West Bromwich Albion (5) | Burslem Port Vale | | 1900–01 | Wolverhampton Wanderers (3) | Stoke | | 1901–02 | West Bromwich Albion (6) | Stoke | | 1902–03 | West Bromwich Albion (7) | Stoke | | 1903–04 | Stoke (3) & Wolverhampton Wanderers (4) (Trophy shared) | | 1904–05 | Small Heath (1) | Wolverhampton Wanderers | | 1905–06 | Aston Villa (7) | Burton United | | 1906–07 | Aston Villa (8) | West Bromwich Albion | | 1907–08 | Birmingham (2) | West Bromwich Albion | | 1908–09 | Aston Villa (9) | Birmingham | | 1909–10 | Aston Villa (10) | West Bromwich Albion | | 1910–11 | Aston Villa (11) | Walsall | | 1911–12 | Burslem Port Vale (2) | Birmingham | | 1912–13 | Aston Villa (12) | Birmingham | | 1913–14 | Stoke (4) | Walsall | | 1914–15 | Birmingham (3) | Aston Villa | | 1919–20 | Port Vale[2] (3) | Birmingham | | 1920–21 | Stoke (5) | Walsall | | 1921–22 | Wolverhampton Wanderers (4) | Walsall | | 1922–23 | Walsall (2) | Wolverhampton Wanderers | | 1923–24 | West Bromwich Albion (8) | Stoke | | 1924–25 | Aston Villa (13) | West Bromwich Albion | | 1925–26 | West Bromwich Albion (9) | Stoke | | 1926–27 | Walsall (3) | Birmingham | | 1927–28 | Aston Villa (14) | Port Vale | | 1928–29 | Walsall (4) | Aston Villa | | 1929–30 | Stoke City (6) | Port Vale | | 1930–31 | Aston Villa (15) | Walsall | | 1931–32 | West Bromwich Albion (10) | Wolverhampton Wanderers | | 1932–33 | West Bromwich Albion (11) | Aston Villa | | 1933–34 | Stoke City (7) | Aston Villa | | 1934–35 | Wolverhampton Wanderers (5) | Stoke City | | 1935–36 | Wolverhampton Wanderers (6) | Stafford Rangers | | 1936–37 | Wolverhampton Wanderers (7) | Birmingham | | 1937–38 | Wolverhampton Wanderers (8) | West Bromwich Albion | | 1938–39 | Stoke City (8) | Kidderminster Harriers | | 1946–47 | Port Vale (4) | Stafford Rangers | | 1947–48 | Stoke City (9) | Port Vale | | 1948–49 | Port Vale (5) | Walsall | | 1949–50 | Wolverhampton Wanderers (9) | Walsall | | 1950–51 | West Bromwich Albion (12) | Wolverhampton Wanderers | | 1951–52 | Wolverhampton Wanderers (10) | Stoke City | | 1952–53 | Port Vale (6) | Walsall | | 1953–54 | Aston Villa (16) | Stafford Rangers | | 1954–55 | Stafford Rangers (1) | Leek Town | | 1955–56 | Burton Albion (1) | Tamworth | | 1956–57 | Stafford Rangers (2) | Bilston | | 1957–58 | Bilston (1) | Stafford Rangers | | 1958–59 | Tamworth (1) | Stafford Rangers | | 1959–60 | Bilston (2) | Stafford Rangers | | 1960–61 | Bilston (3) | Stafford Rangers | | 1961–62 | Bilston (4) | Brierley Hill Alliance | | 1962–63 | Stafford Rangers (3) | Bilston | | 1963–64 | Tamworth (2) | Brierley Hill Alliance | | 1964–65 | Stoke City (10) | Bilston | | 1965–66 | Tamworth (3) | Walsall | | 1966–67 | Wolverhampton Wanderers (11) | Tamworth | | 1967–68 | Walsall (5) | Kidderminster Harriers | | 1968–69 | Stoke City (11) & West Bromwich Albion (13) (Trophy shared) | | 1969–70 | Hednesford Town (1) | Kidderminster Harriers | | 1970–71 | Stoke City (12) | Tamworth | | 1971–72 | Stafford Rangers (4) | Stoke City | | 1972–73 | Stafford Rangers (5) | Port Vale | | 1973–74 | Hednesford Town (2) | Stoke City | | 1974–75 | Stoke City (13) | Armitage | | 1975–76 | Stoke City (14) | Stafford Rangers | | 1976–77 | Worcester City (1) | Burton Albion | | 1977–78 | Stafford Rangers (6) | Kidderminster Harriers | | 1978–79 | Northwich Victoria (1) | Kidderminster Harriers | | 1979–80 | Northwich Victoria (2) | Leek Town | | 1980–81 | Kidderminster Harriers (1) | Stoke City | | 1981–82 | Stoke City (15) | Leek Town | | 1982–83 | Kidderminster Harriers (2) | Willenhall Town | | 1983–84 | Kidderminster Harriers (3) | Halesowen Town | | 1984–85 | Kidderminster Harriers (4) | Leek Town | | 1985–86 | Eastwood Hanley (1) | Bilston | | 1986–87 | Stafford Rangers (7) | Northwich Victoria | | 1987–88 | Oldbury United (1) | Stafford Rangers | | 1988–89 | Halesowen Town (1) | Sutton Coldfield Town | | 1989–90 | Northwich Victoria (3) | Macclesfield Town | | 1990–91 | Redditch United (1) | Northwich Victoria | | 1991–92 | Stafford Rangers (8) | Chasetown | | 1992–93 | Stoke City (16) | Hednesford Town | | 1993–94 | Macclesfield Town (1) | Wednesfield Social | | 1994–95 | Stoke City (17) | Paget Rangers | | 1995–96 | Leek Town (1) | Newcastle Town | | 1996–97 | Macclesfield Town (2) | Bilston Town | | 1997–98 | Bilston Town (5) | Tamworth | | 1998–99 | Stoke City (18) | Leek Town | | 1999–2000 | Blakenall (1) | Tamworth | | 2000–01 | Port Vale (7) | Rocester | | 2001–02 | Tamworth (4) | Newcastle Town | | 2002–03 | Stafford Rangers (4) | Stoke City | | 2003–04 | Kidsgrove Athletic (1) | Stafford Rangers | | 2004–05 | Stafford Rangers (9) | Leek Town | | 2005–06 | Rushall Olympic (1) | Stoke City | | 2006–07 | Kidsgrove Athletic (2) | Rushall Olympic | | 2007–08 | Rocester (1) | Kidsgrove Athletic | | 2008–09 | Kidsgrove Athletic (3) | Stafford Rangers | | 2009–10 | Newcastle Town (1) | Port Vale | | 2010–11 | Kidsgrove Athletic (4) | Stoke City | | 2011–12 | Kidsgrove Athletic (5) | Rushall Olympic | | 2012–13 | Hednesford Town (3) | Rushall Olympic | | 2013–14 | Rushall Olympic (2) | Port Vale | | 2014–15 | Stafford Rangers (2) | Leek Town | | 2015–16 | Rushall Olympic (3) | Kidsgrove Athletic | | 2016–17 | Stoke City (19) | Chasetown | | 2017–18 | Stafford Rangers (12) | Hednesford Town |
Results by team| Team | Wins | Runners-up | | Armitage Town | 0 | 1 | | Aston Villa | 16 | 6 | | Bilston Town | 5 | 5 | | Birmingham City | 3 | 6 | | Birmingham St. George | 2 | 0 | | Blakenall | 1 | 0 | | Brierley Hill Alliance | 0 | 1 | | Burton Albion | 1 | 1 | | Burton United | 2 | 1 | | Chasetown | 0 | 2 | | Cobridge | 0 | 1 | | Eastwood Hanley | 1 | 0 | | Halesowen Town | 1 | 1 | | Hednesford Town | 3 | 2 | | Kidderminster Harriers | 4 | 5 | | Kidsgrove Athletic | 5 | 2 | | Leek | 0 | 1 | | Leek Town | 1 | 7 | | Macclesfield Town | 2 | 1 | | Newcastle Town | 1 | 2 | | Northwich Victoria | 3 | 2 | | Oldbury United | 1 | 0 | | Paget Rangers | 0 | 1 | | Port Vale | 7 | 7 | | Redditch United | 1 | 0 | | Rocester | 1 | 1 | | Rushall Olympic | 3 | 3 | | Stafford Rangers | 12 | 11 | | Stoke City | 19 | 18 | | Sutton Coldfield Town | 0 | 1 | | Talke Rangers | 0 | 1 | | Tamworth | 4 | 5 | | Walsall | 6 | 16 | | Wednesbury Old Athletic | 1 | 0 | | Wednesfield Social | 0 | 1 | | West Bromwich Albion | 13 | 8 | | Willenhall Town | 0 | 1 | | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 12 | 6 | | Worcester City | 1 | 0 | |
References1. ^{{cite web|title=HISTORY OF PREVIOUS WINNERS|url=https://www.staffordshirefa.com/~/media/CountySites/stafffa/documents/county-cup-documents/competition-histories/history-of-winners---senior-cup.ashx|website=Staffordshire FA|accessdate=26 April 2017}}
2. ^{{cite book|last=Kent|first=Jeff|title=The Port Vale Record 1879–1993|publisher=Witan Books|year=1993|isbn=0-9508981-9-8|url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/Port–Vale–Record–1879–1993–Jeff/dp/0950898198}}
External links- County Cups page on the Staffordshire County FA website
{{English Senior Cups}} 3 : County Cup competitions|Football in Staffordshire|Recurring sporting events established in 1877 |