Manchester Senior Cup

The Manchester FA Senior Cup (originally known as the Manchester and District Challenge Cup, later the Manchester Cup) is an annual football tournament held between the clubs of the Manchester Football Association which was first played in 1885; the first winners were Hurst who beat Newton Heath LYR in the final.

Manchester FA Senior Cup

The Manchester Senior Cup.
Founded	1885
Region	Greater Manchester
Number of teams	6
Current champions	Manchester United U21 (33rd title)
Most successful club(s)	Manchester United (33 titles)
Website	Manchester FA

Organisation

The competition featured the major professional clubs of the Manchester area — Manchester United (as Newton Heath LYR until 1892 and Newton Heath until 1902), Manchester City (as Ardwick until 1894), Bolton Wanderers, Bury, Oldham Athletic, and Stockport County — until the 1970s, after which only non-league and amateur clubs entered. The Senior Cup was not held from 1980 to 1998, but was reintroduced as a reserve team tournament for the six professional clubs, typically in round-robin format with a final usually held at the end of the season in early May.

Manchester United has won the tournament 34 times (most recently in 2016), followed by Manchester City's reserve team with 21 victories (most recently in 2010).

In 2021, a medal from the competition won by Newton Heath's Tommy Fitzsimmons in 1893, believed to be the oldest such item relating to Manchester United to have been offered for sale, was auctioned for £24,000.^[1]

Finals

This section lists every final of the competition played since 1893, the winners, the runners-up, and the result.

Key

	Match went to a replay
	Match went to extra time
	Match decided by a penalty shootout after extra time
	Shared trophy

Season	Winner	Result	Runner-up	Notes
1884–85	Hurst	3–0	Newton Heath LYR
1885–86	Newton Heath LYR	2–1	Manchester
1886–87	West Manchester	2–1	Newton Heath LYR
1887–88	Newton Heath LYR	7–1	Denton
1888–89	Newton Heath LYR	7–0	Hooley Hill
1889–90	Newton Heath LYR	5–2	Royton
1890–91	Ardwick	1–0	Newton Heath LYR
1891–92	Ardwick	4–1	Bolton Wanderers
1892–93	Newton Heath	2–1	Bolton Wanderers
1893–94	Bury	4–2	Heywood Central
1894–95	Bolton Wanderers	3–2	Bury	Replay. First match ended 0–0.
1895–96	Bury	2–1	Manchester City
1896–97	Bury	3–1	Bolton Wanderers
1897–98	Stockport County	2–1	Manchester City	Replay. City won first match 4–0 but fielded an ineligible player.
1898–99	Stockport County	2–1	Bury
1899–00	Bury	2–0	Bolton Wanderers
1900–01	Manchester City	4–0	Newton Heath
1901–02	Newton Heath	2–1	Manchester City
1902–03	Bury Manchester City			Trophy shared.
1903–04	Bury	3–2	Manchester City	First match was abandoned and ended 0–0.
1904–05	Bury	8–1	Manchester City
1905–06	Bolton Wanderers	3–0	Bury
1906–07	Manchester City	2–0	Stockport County
1907–08	Manchester United	1–0	Bury
1908–09	Bolton Wanderers	3–0	Stockport County
1909–10	Manchester United	2–0	Stockport County
1910–11	Manchester City	3–1	Manchester United
1911–12	Manchester United	5–0	Rochdale	Second replay. First match and replay ended 0–0.
1912–13	Manchester United	4–1	Bolton Wanderers
1913–14	Oldham Athletic	1–0	Hurst
1914–15	Stockport County	4–3	Rochdale	After extra-time.
1916–19	Competition not held due to World War I.
1919–20	Manchester United
1920–21	Bolton Wanderers
1921–22	Bolton Wanderers
1922–23	Stockport County	2–0	Stalybridge Celtic
1923–24	Manchester United
1924–25	Bury
1925–26	Manchester United
1926–27
1927–28	Manchester City
1928–29	Manchester City
1929–30	Wigan Borough
1930–31	Manchester United
1931–32	Manchester City
1932–33	Manchester City
1933–34	Manchester United
1934–35
1935–36	Manchester United
1936–37	Manchester United
1937–38
1938–39	Manchester United
1939–46	Competition not held due to World War II.
1946–47	Competition abadoned.
1947–48	Manchester United
1948–49	Manchester City
1949–50
1950–51	Bury
1951–52	Bury
1952–53
1953–54	Bolton Wanderers
1954–55	Manchester United
1955–56	Competition abadoned.
1956–57	Manchester United
1957–58
1958–59	Manchester United
1959–60
1960–61
1961–62	Bury
1962–63	Bolton Wanderers
1963–64	Manchester United
1964–65
1965–66	No competition.
1966–67	No competition.
1967–68	Bury
1968–69
1969–70
1970–71	Dukinfield Town
1971–72	Mossley
1972–73	Droylsden
1973–74	Oldham Athletic
1974–75	Hyde United
1975–76	Ashton United
1976–77	Mossley
1977–78	Ashton United
1978–79	Droylsden
1998–99	Manchester United reserves
1999–2000	Manchester United reserves
2000–01	Manchester United reserves
2001–02	Oldham Athletic reserves
2002–03
2003–04	Manchester United reserves
2004–05	Manchester City reserves
2005–06	Manchester United reserves
2006–07	Manchester City reserves
2007–08	Manchester United reserves
2008–09	Manchester United reserves
2009–10	Manchester City reserves
2010–11	Manchester United reserves
2011–12	Manchester United reserves
2012–13	Manchester United reserves
2013–14	Manchester United reserves
2014–15	Bolton Wanderers U21
2015–16	Manchester United U21

References

1. Manchester United: Winner's medal sold at auction for £24,100, Stuart Reid, Ayr Advertiser, 9 September 2021. Retrieved 20 February 2022