The Durham County Challenge Cup (commonly known as the Durham Challenge Cup) is an annual

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competition held between the clubs of the

Durham County Football Association The Durham County Football Association (also simply known as the Durham FA) is the governing body of football in the county of Durham, from grassroots to professional level. The Durham FA was founded on 25 March 1883. They run a number of cups ...

which was first played in 1884. It is the senior county cup for the historic county of Durham, which includes

Durham Durham most commonly refers to: *Durham, England, a cathedral city in north east England **County Durham, a ceremonial county which includes Durham *Durham, North Carolina, a city in North Carolina, United States Durham may also refer to: Places ...

Darlington Darlington is a market town in the Borough of Darlington, County Durham, England. It lies on the River Skerne, west of Middlesbrough and south of Durham. Darlington had a population of 107,800 at the 2021 Census, making it a "large town" ...

Gateshead Gateshead () is a town in the Gateshead Metropolitan Borough of Tyne and Wear, England. It is on the River Tyne's southern bank. The town's attractions include the twenty metre tall Angel of the North sculpture on the town's southern outskirts, ...

Hartlepool Hartlepool ( ) is a seaside resort, seaside and port town in County Durham, England. It is governed by a unitary authority borough Borough of Hartlepool, named after the town. The borough is part of the devolved Tees Valley area with an estimat ...

South Tyneside South Tyneside is a metropolitan borough in the metropolitan county of Tyne and Wear, England. It is bordered by all four other boroughs in Tyne and Wear: Gateshead to the west, Sunderland in the south, North Tyneside to the north and Newcastl ...

Stockton-on-Tees Stockton-on-Tees is a market town in County Durham, England, with a population of 84,815 at the 2021 UK census. It gives its name to and is the largest settlement in the wider Borough of Stockton-on-Tees. It is part of Teesside and the Tees Val ...

, and

Sunderland Sunderland () is a port City status in the United Kingdom, city and metropolitan borough in Tyne and Wear, England. It is a port at the mouth of the River Wear on the North Sea, approximately south-east of Newcastle upon Tyne. It is the most p ...

. The first winners were

List of winners

Complete list of Durham Challenge Cup winners since its first edition:Durham Challenge Cup winners
Synners.com *1883–84:

*1884–85:

*1885–86: Bishop Auckland Church Institute *1886–87:

*1887–88:

*1888–89: Sunderland Albion *1889–90:

*1890–91:

*1891–92:

Bishop Auckland Bishop Auckland ( ) is a market town and civil parishes in England, civil parish at the confluence of the River Wear and the River Gaunless in County Durham, England. It is northwest of Darlington and southwest of Durham, England, Durham. M ...

*1892–93:

*1893–94: Sunderland 'A' *1894–95: Stockton *1895–96:

Tow Law Tow Law is a town and civil parish in County Durham, England. It is situated a few miles to the south of Consett and 5 miles to the north west of Crook. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 1,952, increasing to 2,138 at the ...

*1896–97:

*1897–98: Stockton *1898–99:

*1899–1900:

Jarrow Jarrow ( or ) is a town in South Tyneside in the county of Tyne and Wear, England. Historically in County Durham, it is on the south bank of the River Tyne, about from the east coast. The 2011 census area classed Hebburn and the Boldons as ...

*1900–01: Sunderland 'A' *1901–02: Sunderland 'A' *1902–03: Sunderland 'A' *1903–04: Sunderland 'A' *1904–05: Leadgate Park *1905–06: Sunderland 'A' *1906–07: Sunderland 'A' *1907–08: Shildon Athletic *1908–09:

Hartlepool United Hartlepool United Football Club is a professional association football club based in Hartlepool, County Durham, England. The team competes in the National League, the fifth level of the English football league system. They were founded in 190 ...

*1909–10:

*1910–11:

South Shields South Shields () is a coastal town in South Tyneside, Tyne and Wear, England; it is on the south bank of the mouth of the River Tyne. The town was once known in Roman Britain, Roman times as ''Arbeia'' and as ''Caer Urfa'' by the Early Middle Ag ...

*1911–12: Sunderland 'A' *1912–13: Sunderland 'A' *1913–14:

*1918–19: Sunderland 'A' *1919–20:

*1920–21: Leadgate Park *1921–22: Sunderland 'A' *1922–23: Sunderland 'A' *1923–24: Ferryhill Athletic *1924–25: Sunderland 'A' *1925–26:

Shildon Shildon is a town and civil parish in County Durham (district), County Durham, in England. The population taken at the 2011 Census was 9,976. The town has the Locomotion Museum, due to it having the first , built in 1825, and locomotive works on ...

*1926–27: Crook Town *1927–28: Sunderland 'A' *1928–29: Sunderland 'A' *1929–30:

Spennymoor United Spennymoor United Association Football Club was an association football club based in Spennymoor, County Durham, England. History Spennymoor United Association Football Club was formed in 1904 as an amalgamation of Spennymoor Town and Weardale ...

*1930–31:

*1931–32: Crook Town *1932–33:

*1933–34:

*1934–35: Stockton *1935–36: Horden Colliery Welfare *1936–37:

*1937–38:

*1938–39:

*1939–40: Blackhall Colliery Welfare *1945–46:

*1946–47: Blackhall Colliery Welfare *1947–48:

Consett Consett is a town in the County Durham (district), County Durham district, in the ceremonial county of County Durham, Durham, England, about south-west of Newcastle upon Tyne. It had a population of 27,394 in 2001 and an estimate of 25,812 in ...

*1948–49:

*1949–50:

*1950–51: Stockton *1951–52:

*1952–53:

Annfield Plain Annfield Plain is a village in County Durham, in England. It is situated on a plateau between the towns of Stanley, to the north-east, and Consett, to the west. According to the 2001 census, Annfield Plain had a population of 3,569. By the tim ...

*1953–54:

*1954–55: Crook Town *1955–56:

*1956–57: Hartlepool United Reserves *1957–58: Hartlepool United Reserves *1958–59:

*1959–60: Crook Town *1960–61:

*1961–62:

*1962–63:

*1963–64: Horden Colliery Welfare *1964–65: West Auckland Town *1965–66: Sunderland Reserves *1966–67:

*1967–68:

*1968–69:

*1969–70: Evenwood Town *1970–71: Ferryhill Athletic *1971–72:

*1972–73:

*1973–74:

*1974–75:

*1975–76:

*1976–77:

*1977–78: Ryhope Colliery Welfare *1978–79:

*1979–80: Seaham Red Star *1980–81: Horden Colliery Welfare *1981–82: Horden Colliery Welfare *1982–83:

*1983–84: Coundon TT *1984–85:

*1985–86:

*1986–87: Coundon TT *1987–88:

*1988–89: Billingham Synthonia *1989–90: Eppleton Colliery Welfare *1990–91: Billingham Synthonia *1991–92:

Hebburn Hebburn is a town in the South Tyneside borough of Tyne and Wear, England. It was formerly in County Durham until 1974 with its own urban district from 1894 until 1974. It is on the south bank of the River Tyne between Gateshead and Jarrow and ...

*1992–93: Murton *1993–94:

*1994–95:

*1995–96:

*1996–97:

*1997–98:

*1998–99:

*1999–2000: Darlington Reserves *2000–01:

*2001–02:

*2002–03: Horden Colliery Welfare *2003–04: Billingham Town *2004–05: Hartlepool United Reserves *2005–06:

Whickham Whickham is a village in Tyne and Wear, North East England, within the Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead. The village is on high ground overlooking the River Tyne and south-west of Newcastle upon Tyne. History Whickham underwent some expansion ...

*2006–07:

*2007–08: Sunderland Reserves *2008–09: Billingham Synthonia *2009–10: Billingham Synthonia *2010–11: Gateshead Reserves *2011–12: Spennymoor Town *2012–13:

*2013–14:

*2014–15:

*2015–16:

Newton Aycliffe Newton Aycliffe is a town in County Durham (district), County Durham, England. Founded in 1947 under the New Towns Act 1946, New Towns Act of 1946, the town is to the north of Darlington and to the south of Durham, England, Durham. It is the ...

*2016–17:

*2017–18:

*2018–19:

*2019–20: Spennymoor Town & Sunderland U23's (Shared) *2020–21: West Auckland Town *2021–22: Ryhope Colliery Welfare *2022–23:

*2023–24: West Auckland Town *2024–25:

Wins by teams

Notes

References

External links

Challenge Cup
at Durham FA website {{English Senior Cups Football in County Durham Recurring events established in 1884 County Cup competitions