The top prize in English amateur football was the Amateur Cup which was introduced in 1894. From 1949 the Final was played at Wembley and at the height of it's popularity the Amateur Cup final was able to attract a capacity 100,000 crowd every year from 1951 to 1955. Its status took a dent in 1969 when the FA Challenge Trophy was introduced for the top semi-professional non-league clubs who were ineligble to compete in the Amateur Cup. After several years of allegations of 'shamteurism' (i.e. under-the-counter payments to ostensibly amateur players) the end came in 1974 when the FA decided the designation 'amateur' no longer had any significant meaning and replaced the Amateur Cup with the FA Challenge Vase. This never gained the prestige of the Amateur Cup as the top 'amateur' teams switched their attention to the Trophy.
1894 Old Carthusians 2 Casuals 1 1895 Middlesbrough 2 Old Carthusians 1 1896 Bishop Auckland 1 Royal Artillery (P'tsm'th)0 1897 Old Carthusians 1:4 Stockton 1:1 1898 Middlesbrough 2 Uxbridge 1 1899 Stockton 1 Harwich & Parkeston 0 1900 Bishop Auckland 5 Lowestoft Town 1 1901 Crook Town 1:3 King's Lynn 1:0 1902 Old Malvernians 5 Bishop Auckland 1 1903 Stockton 0:1 Oxford City 0:0 1904 Sheffield 3 Ealing 1 1905 West Hartlepool 3 Clapton 2 1906 Oxford City 3 Bishop Auckland 0 1907 Clapton 2 Stockton 1 1908 Royal Engineers (Depot) 2 Stockton 1 1909 Clapton 6 Eston United 0 1910 RMLI (Gosport) 2 South Bank 1 1911 Bromley 1 Bishop Auckland 0 1912 Stockton 1:0 Eston United 0:0 1913 South Bank 1:1 Oxford City 1:0 1914 Bishop Auckland 1 Northern Nomads 0 1915 Clapton 1 Bishop Auckland 0 1916-1919 Not contested due to war 1920 Dulwich Hamlet 1 Tufnell Park 0 aet 1921 Bishop Auckland 4 Swindon Victoria 2 1922 Bishop Auckland 5 South Bank 2 aet 1923 London Caledonians 2 Evesham Town 1 1924 Clapton 3 Erith & Belvedere 0 1925 Clapton 2 Southall 1 1926 Northern Nomads 7 Stockton 1 1927 Leyton 3 Barking Town 1 1928 Leyton 3 Cockfield 1 1929 Ilford 3 Leyton 1 1930 Ilford 5 Bournemouth Gasworks Ath 1 1931 Wycombe Wanderers 1 Hayes 0 1932 Dulwich Hamlet 7 Marine 1 1933 Kingstonian 1:4 Stockton 1:1 1934 Dulwich Hamlet 2 Leyton 1 1935 Bishop Auckland 0:2 Wimbledon 0:1 1936 Casuals 1:2 Ilford 1:0 1937 Dulwich Hamlet 2 Leyton 0 1938 Bromley 1 Erith & Belvedere 0 1939 Bishop Auckland 3 Willington 0 aet 1940-45 Not contested due to war 1946 Barnet 3 Bishop Auckland 2 1947 Leytonstone 2 Wimbledon 1 1948 Leytonstone 1 Barnet 0 1949 Bromley 1 Romford 0 1950 Willington 4 Bishop Auckland 0 1951 Pegasus 2 Bishop Auckland 1 1952 Walthamstow Avenue 2 Leyton 1 aet 1953 Pegasus 6 Harwich & Parkeston 0 1954 Crook Town 2:2:1 Bishop Auckland 2:2:0 1955 Bishop Auckland 2 Hendon 0 1956 Bishop Auckland 1:4 Corinthian-Casuals 1:1 aet 1957 Bishop Auckland 3 Wycombe Wanderers 1 1958 Woking 3 Ilford 0 1959 Crook Town 3 Barnet 2 1960 Hendon 2 Kingstonian 1 1961 Walthamstow Avenue 2 West Auckland Town 1 1962 Crook Town 1:4 Hounslow Town 1:0 1963 Wimbledon 4 Sutton United 2 1964 Crook Town 2 Enfield 1 1965 Hendon 3 Whitby Town 1 1966 Wealdstone 3 Hendon 1 1967 Enfield 0:3 Skelmersdale United 0:0 1968 Leytonstone 1 Chesham United 0 1969 North Shields 2 Sutton United 1 1970 Enfield 5 Dagenham 1 1971 Skemersdale United 4 Dagenham 1 1972 Hendon 2 Enfield 0 1973 Walton & Hersham 1 Slough Town 0 1974 Bishop's Stortford 4 Ilford 1
Wins Finals Bishop Auckland 10 18 Clapton 5 6 Crook Town 5 5 Dulwich Hamlet 4 4 Stockton 3 8 Hendon 3 5 Bromley 3 3 Leytonstone 3 3 Leyton 2 6 Ilford 2 5 Enfield 2 4 Old Carthusians 2 3 Middlesbrough 2 2 Pegasus 2 2 Walthamstow Avenue 2 2 Barnet 1 3 Oxford City 1 3 South Bank 1 3 Wimbledon 1 3 Casuals 1 2 Kingstonian 1 2 Northern Nomads 1 2 Willington 1 2 Wycombe Wanderers 1 2 Bishop's Stortford 1 1 London Caledonians 1 1 North Shields 1 1 Old Malvernians 1 1 RMLI (Gosport) 1 1 Royal Engineers (Depot) 1 1 Sheffield 1 1 Skemersdale United 1 1 Walton & Hersham 1 1 Wealdstone 1 1 West Hartlepool 1 1 Woking 1 1 Dagenham - 2 Erith & Belvedere - 2 Eston United - 2 Harwich & Parkeston - 2 Sutton United - 2 Barking Town - 1 Bournemouth Gasworks Ath - 1 Chesham United - 1 Cockfield - 1 Corinthian-Casuals - 1 Ealing - 1 Evesham Town - 1 Hayes - 1 Hounslow Town - 1 King's Lynn - 1 Lowestoft Town - 1 Marine - 1 Romford - 1 Royal Artillery (P'tsm'th)- 1 Skelmersdale United - 1 Slough Town - 1 Southall - 1 Swindon Victoria - 1 Tufnell Park - 1 Uxbridge - 1 West Auckland Town - 1 Whitby Town - 1
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