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The Durham County Challenge Cup (commonly known as the Durham Challenge Cup) is an annual football competition held between the clubs of the Durham County Football Association which was first played in 1884. It is the senior county cup for the historic county of Durham, which includes Durham, Darlington, Gateshead, Hartlepool, South Tyneside, Stockton-on-Tees, and Sunderland. The first winners were Sunderland.
Organising body | Durham County FA |
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Founded | 1884 |
Region | ![]() |
Number of teams | 16 |
Current champions | West Auckland Town (3rd title) |
Most successful club(s) | Sunderland (22 titles)[note 1] |
Website | ChallengeCup |
Complete list of Durham Challenge Cup winners since its first edition:[1]
Club | Wins | First final won | Last final won | Notes |
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Sunderland | 22 | 1883–84 | 2019–20 | Won 15 titles with Sunderland 'A', 2 with reserves, 1 with U23. Shared 1 trophy with Spennymoor United. |
Bishop Auckland | 17 | 1885–86 | 2012–13 | Won 1 title as Bishop Auckland Church Institute. |
Spennymoor United † | 15 | 1929–30 | 1996–97 | Dissolved in 2005. Shared 1 trophy with Sunderland U23. |
Consett | 7 | 1947–48 | 2017–18 | |
South Shields | 7 | 1910–11 | 2016–17 | |
Darlington | 6 | 1884–85 | 1999–2000 | Won 1 title with reserve team. |
Shildon | 6 | 1907–08 | 2018–19 | Won 1 title as Shildon Athletic. |
Hartlepool United | 5 | 1908–09 | 2004–05 | Won 3 titles with reserve team. |
Horden Colliery Welfare | 5 | 1935–36 | 2002–03 | |
Billingham Synthonia | 4 | 1988–89 | 2009–10 | |
Crook Town | 4 | 1926–27 | 1959–60 | |
Stockton † | 4 | 1894–95 | 1950–51 | Dissolved in 1975. |
Jarrow | 3 | 1899–1900 | 1933–34 | |
Spennymoor Town | 3 | 1969–70 | 2019–20 | Won 1 title as Evenwood Town. |
West Auckland Town | 3 | 1964–65 | 2023–24 | |
Blackhall Colliery Welfare † | 2 | 1939–40 | 1946–47 | Dissolved in 2013. |
Coundon TT † | 2 | 1983–84 | 1986–87 | Dissolved in 1991. |
Ferryhill Athletic | 2 | 1923–24 | 1970–71 | |
Hebburn | 2 | 1991–92 | 2022–23 | |
Leadgate Park † | 2 | 1904–05 | 1920–21 | Dissolved in 1925. |
Ryhope Colliery Welfare † | 2 | 1977–78 | 2021–22 | Dissolved in 2022. |
Annfield Plain | 1 | 1952–53 | 1952–53 | |
Billingham Town | 1 | 2003–04 | 2003–04 | |
Eppleton Colliery Welfare † | 1 | 1989–90 | 1989–90 | Dissolved in 2005. |
Gateshead | 1 | 2010–11 | 2010–11 | Won with reserves team. |
Murton † | 1 | 1992–93 | 1992–93 | Dissolved in 2016. |
Newton Aycliffe | 1 | 2015–16 | 2015–16 | |
Seaham Red Star | 1 | 1979–80 | 1979–80 | |
Sunderland Albion † | 1 | 1888–89 | 1888–89 | Dissolved in 1892. |
Tow Law Town | 1 | 1895–96 | 1895–96 | Won as Tow Low. |
Whickham | 1 | 2005–06 | 2005–06 |
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