FA Amateur Cup

History

The rise of professional football in the 1880s meant that amateur teams were increasingly squeezed out of the FA Cup. So a competition exclusively for amateur clubs, the FA Amateur Cup (FAAC), was set up in 1893. Reading entered the first two competitions before turning professional in May 1895. The Old Boys clubs who dominated the competition in the early years withdrew in 1902 to set up their own Arthur Dunn Cup, named in memory of an Old Etonian player who had died young. The heyday of the FA Amateur Cup was in the 1950s when the Wembley finals regularly attracted crowds of 100,000. The competition continued until 1974 when the FA decided that "amateur" was no longer a meaningful term. It has been superseded by the FA Trophy for the higher level non-league teams and the FA Vase for the rest.

Finals 1893-1974

1893-94 Old Carthusians2 Casuals1
1894-95 Middlesbrough2 Old Carthusians1
1895-96 Bishop Auckland1 Royal Artillery0
1896-97 Old Carthusians1/4 Stockton1/1
1897-98 Middlesbrough2 Uxbridge0
1898-99 Stockton1 Harwich & Parkeston0
1899-00 Bishop Auckland5 Lowestoft Town1
1900-01 Crook Town1/3 King's Lynn1/0
1901-02 Old Malvernians5 Bishop Auckland1
1902-03 Stockton0/1 Oxford City0/0
1903-04 Sheffield3 Ealing1
1904-05 West Hartlepool3 Clapton2
1905-06 Oxford City3 Bishop Auckland0
1906-07 Clapton2 Stockton1
1907-08 RE Depot Battalion2 Stockton1
1908-09 Clapton6 Eston United0
1909-10 RMLI Gosport2 South Bank1
1910-11 Bromley1 Bishop Auckland0
1911-12 Stockton1/1 Eston United1/0
1912-13 South Bank1/1 Oxford City1/0
1913-14 Bishop Auckland1 Northern Nomads0
1914-15 Clapton1 Bishop Auckland0
1915-19 no competition
1919-20 Dulwich Hamlet1 Tufnell Park0
1920-21 Bishop Auckland4 Swindon Victoria2
1921-22 Bishop Auckland5 South Bank2
1922-23 London Caledonians2 Evesham Town1
1923-24 Clapton3 Erith & Belvedere0
1924-25 Clapton2 Southall1
1925-26 Northern Nomads7 Stockton1
1926-27 Leyton3 Barking Town1
1927-28 Leyton3 Cockfield2
1928-29 Ilford3 Leyton1
1929-30 Ilford5 B'mouth Gasworks A1
1930-31 Wycombe Wanderers1 Hayes0
1931-32 Dulwich Hamlet7 Marine1
1932-33 Kingstonian1/4 Stockton1/1
1933-34 Dulwich Hamlet2 Leyton1
1934-35 Bishop Auckland0/2 Wimbledon0/1
1935-36 Casuals1/2 Ilford1/0
1936-37 Dulwich Hamlet2 Leyton0
1937-38 Bromley1 Erith & Belvedere0
1938-39 Bishop Auckland3 Willington0
1939-45 no competition
1945-46 Barnet3 Bishop Auckland2
1946-47 Leytonstone2 Wimbledon1
1947-48 Leytonstone1 Barnet0
1948-49 Bromley1 Romford0
1949-50 Willington4 Bishop Auckland0
1950-51 Pegasus2 Bishop Auckland1
1951-52 Walthamstow Avenue2 Leyton1
1952-53 Pegasus6 Harwich & Parkeston0
1953-54 Crook Town2/2/1 Bishop Auckland2/2/0
1954-55 Bishop Auckland2 Hendon0
1955-56 Bishop Auckland1/4 Corinthian Casuals1/1
1956-57 Bishop Auckland3 Wycombe Wanderers1
1957-58 Woking3 Ilford0
1958-59 Crook Town3 Barnet2
1959-60 Hendon2 Kingstonian1
1960-61 Walthamstow Avenue2 West Auckland Town1
1961-62 Crook Town1/4 Hounslow Town1/0
1962-63 Wimbledon4 Sutton United2
1963-64 Crook Town2 Enfield1
1964-65 Hendon3 Whitby Town1
1965-66 Wealdstone3 Hendon1
1966-67 Enfield0/3 Skelmersdale United0/0
1967-68 Leytonstone1 Chesham United0
1968-69 North Shields2 Sutton United1
1969-70 Enfield5 Dagenham1
1970-71 Skelmersdale United4 Dagenham1
1971-72 Hendon2 Enfield0
1972-73 Walton & Hersham1 Slough Town0
1973-74 Bishop's Stortford4 Ilford1

Summary of Results

PL W D L GF GA GD P3/PL
TOTAL 10 7 1 2 34 21 +13 2.200
HOME 6 4 1 1 16 11 +5 2.167
AWAY 4 3 0 1 18 10 +8 2.250

Results by Opponent

PL W D L GF GA GD P3
1 Maidenhead 3 2 1 0 11 6 +5 7
2 Old Westminster 1 1 0 0 8 2 +6 3
3 Chesham 1 1 0 0 4 0 +4 3
4 Casuals 1 1 0 0 3 1 +2 3
5 Royal Ordnance F 1 1 0 0 3 2 +1 3
6 Chesham Generals 1 1 0 0 2 1 +1 3
7 South Bank 1 0 0 1 2 5 −3 0
8 Old Carthusians 1 0 0 1 1 4 −3 0