North Shields celebrating their 1969 FA Amateur Cup win
The Football Association Amateur Cup, commonly known as the FA Amateur Cup, was a national knockout cup competition for English amateur football clubs, which was organised by, and named after, the FA (The Football Association). It was staged for the first time in the 1893–94 season, in response to the increasing domination of the sport by professional teams.[1] It was discontinued after the 1973–74 season, when the FA abolished their policy whereby all clubs were officially considered to be either professional or amateur in status.[2] Thereafter, teams which had competed in the Amateur Cup instead either joined the existing FA Trophy or entered the newly created FA Vase.[3]
The competition was staged 71 times and 36 different clubs won the Cup.[4] The first tournament was won by Old Carthusians, who beat Casuals in a match held at the Richmond Athletic Ground.[5] The record for the most wins is held by Bishop Auckland, with ten victories,[4] followed by Clapton and Crook Town with five wins each.[4] The final club to win the tournament was Bishop's Stortford, who defeated Ilford in the 1974 final.[6]
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