The Suffolk Senior Cup is the second level football cup competition organised by the Suffolk FA after the

Suffolk Premier Cup The Suffolk Premier Cup is the top level football cup competition organised by the Suffolk FA. It is currently open to clubs competing at the Eastern Counties League The Eastern Counties Football League, currently known as the Thurlow Nunn Le ...

. It is currently open to Suffolk–based clubs competing in

Eastern Counties League The Eastern Counties Football League, currently known as the Thurlow Nunn League for sponsorship purposes, is an English football league at levels 9 and 10 of the English football league system. It currently contains clubs from Norfolk, Suffol ...

Division One and the top divisions of the

Suffolk & Ipswich League The Suffolk and Ipswich Football League is a football competition based in Suffolk, England. The league has a total of eight divisions; the Senior Division and Divisions 1–3 for first teams, three divisions (Leagues A, B and C) for reserve te ...

, the Essex & Suffolk Border League, the

Anglian Combination The Anglian Combination (known as the Hadley & Ottaway Anglian Combination under the terms of a sponsorship deal) is an English football league that operates in the East Anglia area. The league specifically covers Norfolk and northern Suffolk w ...

and the

Cambridgeshire League The Cambridgeshire County Football League, currently styled as the Cambridgeshire Fire Places Cambridgeshire County League for sponsorship purposes, is a football competition covering Cambridgeshire and western parts of Suffolk, Norfolk and nort ...

History

The cup was first played during the 1885–86 season, and was initially known as the Suffolk Football Association Challenge Cup. During the 1899–90 season the competition was renamed Suffolk County Senior Cup when a Junior Cup was also introduced. In 1907 the Suffolk Football Association split, with one affiliating to

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and the other to the

Amateur Football Association The Amateur Football Alliance is a county football association in England. It is unusual among county FAs in not serving a particular geographical area. It was founded in 1906 as the Amateur Football Defence Council, was briefly known as the Ama ...

, with both new organisations running a competition called the Suffolk Senior Cup. The AFA-affiliated organisation continued to use the original trophy, and the FA-affiliated one using a new trophy. The two reunited in 1914 when the AFA affiliated to the Football Association. The competition was temporarily halted during

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before it resumed in 1919, using the trophy that the FA-affiliated organisation had used. The original trophy was returned in 1921, with the newer trophy then being used for the Minor Cup competition. The Suffolk Senior Cup was interrupted again during

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, resuming in 1945. In 1956 a new competition, the

was introduced for clubs in the

and leagues above, with the Senior Cup becoming a secondary competition for clubs below the Eastern Counties League.

Past finals

References

External links

Suffolk Senior Cup
Suffolk FA

Football Club History Database {{English Senior Cups County Cup competitions Football in Suffolk Recurring events established in 1885