Nottinghamshire Senior Cup

Nottinghamshire Senior Cup

Organising body	Nottinghamshire County FA
Founded	1883; 142 years ago (1883)
Region	Nottinghamshire
Number of teams	24 (2023–24)
Current champions	Nottingham Forest U21s (18th title)
Most successful club(s)	Nottingham Forest (18 titles)
Website	Nottinghamshire FA

The Nottinghamshire Senior Cup or Nottinghashire Saturday Senior Cup is the county senior cup of the Nottinghamshire County FA. It was first won by Nottingham Forest in 1883–84 when they defeated Notts Trent 5–0 in the finals.[1] Although first team of professional sides no longer compete as their reserves team competes in the competition, the cup has been previously won by Nottingham Forest, Notts County and Mansfield Town.

The current champions are Nottingham Forest U21s, who defeated Basford United 2–0 in the 2023–24 finals.[1][2]

Teams

A total of 24 teams competed for the 2023–24 season.[1] Title holders Newark & Sherwood United, Basford United, Carlton Town, Dunkirk, Gedling Miners Welfare, Mansfield Town, Nottingham Forest U21s and Notts County reserves entered in quarter-finals.

Team	Stadium	League
A.F.C. Mansfield	Forest Town Arena	United Counties League Premier Division North
Basford United	Greenwich Avenue	Northern Premier League Premier Division
Carlton Town	Bill Stokeld Stadium	Northern Premier League Division One East
Clifton All Whites	Norman Archer Memorial	United Counties League Division One
Clipstone	Lido Ground	United Counties League Division One
Dunkirk	Ron Steel Sports Ground	United Counties League Division One
Eastwood C.F.C.	Coronation Park	United Counties League Premier Division North
Gedling Miners Welfare	Plains Road	United Counties League Division One
Hucknall Town	Ariel Way	United Counties League Premier Division North
Kimberley Miners Welfare	The Stag Ground	United Counties League Premier Division North
Mansfield Town	Field Mill	League Two
Newark & Sherwood United (TH)	The JRL Brickwork Stadium	United Counties League Premier Division North
Newark Town	YMCA Sports Village	United Counties League Division One
Nottingham Forest U21s	The City Ground	U21 Premier League
Notts County reserves	Meadow Lane	Central League
Ollerton Town Community	–	–
Radford	Selhurst Street	United Counties League Division One
Shepton Mallet	The Playing Fields	Western League Premier Division
Rainworth Miners Welfare	Welfare Ground	United Counties League Division One
Retford	SL2 Railroad	Northern Counties East Football League Division One
Retford United	Cannon Park	Northern Counties East Football League Division One
Selston	The Parish Hall Ground	United Counties League Division One
Sherwood Colliery	Debdale Park	United Counties League Premier Division North
Southwell City	Centenary Ground	United Counties League Division One
West Brigford Colts	–	–

Finals

This section lists every final of the competition played since 1883–84, the winners, the runners-up, and the result.[3][4]

Key

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

Season	Winners	Result	Runner-up	Venue	Notes
1883–84	Nottingham Forest	5–0	Notts Trent	Castle Ground	Replay
1884–85	Notts County
1885–86	Nottingham Forest	1–0	Notts Rangers	Castle Ground
1886–87	Nottingham Forest	3–0	Notts Olympic	Gregory Ground
1887–88	Notts Rangers	4–2	Ruddington
1888–89	Notts Rangers	7–0	Ruddington
1889–90	Beeston	3–1	Newark	Castle Ground
1890–91	Nottingham Forest	2–1	Ruddington	Town Ground
1891–92	Greenhalgh's	2–1	Wilkinsons	Town Ground
1892–93	Greenhalgh's	2–1	Notts Olympic	Hucknall
1893–94	Bulwell United	1–0	Newstead Byron	Hucknall
1894–95	Newark	2–0	Notts County	Bulwell
1895–96	Nottingham Forest			Bulwell
1896–97	Nottingham Forest
1897–98	Hucknall St John's		Kimberly	Bulwell
1898–99	Nottingham Forest		Newark	City Ground
1899–1900	Notts County	–	Sutton Town	City Ground	Replay
1900–01	Notts County		Newark	Cinderhall Road
1901–02	Nottingham Forest	–	Notts County	City Ground	Replay
1902–03	Notts County	2–0	Arnold	City Ground	Replay
1903–04	Newark	2–0	Arnold	City Ground
1904–05	Nottingham Forest	2–0	Newark	City Ground
1905–06	Newark	2–0	Nottingham Forest	City Ground
1906–07	Nottingham Forest	4–1	Notts Magdala	City Ground
1907–08	Nottingham Forest	–	Notts County reserves	Churchville	Replay
1908–09	Sutton Town		Stanton Hill Victoria	Mansfield Mechanics
1909–10	Nottingham Forest	3–0	Eastwood Rangers	Stanhope Street
1910–11	Notts County	1–0	Sutton Junction	City Ground
1911–12	Notts County	8–2	Stanton Hill Victoria	Westfield Lane
1912–13	Sutton Town	2–1	Sutton Junction	Field Mill
1913–14	Sutton Town	3–1	Sutton Junction	Field Mill
1914–1919	No competition due to World War I.
1919–20	Nottingham Forest	–	Hucknall Colliery	Field Mill	Replay
1920–21	Nottingham Forest	–	Mansfield Town	Meadow Lane	Replay
1921–22	Welbeck Colliery	4–2	Nottingham Forest	Field Mill
1922–23	Mansfield Town	2–1	Newark Athletic	Sutton Town
1923–24	Sutton Town	1–0	Newark Town	City Ground
1924–25	Notts County	1–0	Nottingham Forest	Field Mill
1925–26	Mansfield Town	6–0	Players Athletic	Sutton Town
1926–27	Mansfield Town	5–1	Notts County	Sutton Town
1927–28	Nottingham Forest	2–1	Notts County	Field Mill
1928–29	Notts County	4–2	Nottingham Forest	Field Mill
1929–30	Nottingham Forest	4–0	Newark Town	Meadow Lane
1930–31	Mansfield Town	7–0	Notts County	Field Mill
1931–32	Mansfield Town	1–0	Nottingham Forest	Field Mill
1932–33	Nottingham Forest	3–2	Newark Town	Northern Road
1933–34	Notts County	4–3	Nottingham Forest	Field Mill
1934–35	Notts County	3–2	Nottingham Forest	Meadow Lane
1935–36	Notts County	3–2	Newark Town	Newark Town	Extra-time
1936–37	Raleigh Athletic	3–0	Ollerton Colliery	Meadow Lane
1937–38	Ollerton Colliery	4–1	Ransome & Marles	Newark Town
1938–39	Players Athletic	4–3	Ollerton Colliery	Newark Town	Extra-time
1939–1945	No competition due to World War II.
1945–46	Bestwood Colliery	1–0	Gedling Colliery	Newark Town	Extra-time
1946–47	Basford United	4–2	Gedling Colliery	Meadow Lane
1947–48	Ransome & Marles		Gedling Colliery	Meadow Lane
1948–49	Retford Town	3–1	Ollerton Colliery	Meadow Lane
1949–50	Linby Colliery	1–0	Retford Town	City Ground
1950–51	Retford Town	4–0	Linby Colliery
1951–52	Linby Colliery	–	Retford Town	Meadow Lane	Replay
1952–53	Gedling Colliery	4–0	Sutton Town	Meadow Lane
1953–54	Linby Colliery
1954–55	Retford Town
1955–56	Sutton Town
1956–57	Ransome & Marles		Sutton Town
1957–58	Sutton Town
1958–59	Retford Town	3–1	Arnold St Mary's	Meadow Lane	Replay
1959–60	Sutton Town
1960–61	Arnold St Mary's
1961–62	Sutton Town
1962–63	Sutton Town
1963–64	Sutton Town
1964–65	Arnold
1965–66	Arnold
1966–67	Retford Town
1967–68	Sutton Town
1968–69	Arnold
1969–70	Sutton Town
1970–71	Arnold
1971–72	Sutton Town
1972–73	Sutton Town
1973–74	Sutton Town
1974–75	Sutton Town
1975–76	Eastwood Town
1976–77	Sutton Town
1977–78	Eastwood Town
1978–79	Eastwood Town
1979–80	Eastwood Town
1980–81	Rainworth Miners Welfare
1981–82	Rainworth Miners Welfare
1982–83	Eastwood Town	5–2	Rainworth Miners Welfare	Gedling Road
1983–84	Eastwood Town	6–1	Hucknall Colliery Welfare	Gedling Road
1984–85	Hucknall Colliery Welfare	2–0	Arnold	Coronation Park
1985–86	Clipstone Welfare
1986–87	Huthwaite	1–0	Rainworth Miners Welfare
1987–88	Basford United
1988–89	Eastwood Town	3–0	Southwell City
1989–90	Eastwood Town
1990–91	Hucknall Town	3–0	Clipstone Welfare
1991–92	Eastwood Town	2–0	Nottinghamshire Police
1992–93	Arnold Town	3–1	Rainworth Miners Welfare	Coronation Park
1993–94	Clipstone Welfare	3–2	Boots Athletic	Field Mill
1994–95	Oakham United	3–0	Clipstone Welfare
1995–96	Arnold Town	2–0	Boots Athletic
1996–97	Arnold Town	1–0	Boots Athletic	Field Mill
1997–98	Hucknall Town	2–1	Pelican
1998–99	Arnold Town	2–1	Hucknall Town
1999–2000	Hucknall Town	2–1	Eastwood Town
2000–01	Hucknall Town	1–0	Gedling Town
2001–02	Gedling Town	1–0	Southwell City	Meadow Lane
2002–03	Hucknall Town	2–0	Teversal
2003–04	Eastwood Town	2–0	Hucknall Town
2004–05	Arnold Town	2–0	Eastwood Town
2005–06	Eastwood Town	2–0	Sutton Town
2006–07	Eastwood Town	0–0	Arnold Town		Penalties
2007–08	Eastwood Town	2–0	Ollerton Town
2008–09	Retford United	2–1	Eastwood Town
2009–10	Eastwood Town	4–3	Retford United	Meadow Lane	Extra-time
2010–11	Eastwood Town	6–1	Carlton Town	Field Mill
2011–12	Eastwood Town	2–0	Clifton	Aerial Way
2012–13	Carlton Town	5–2	Sutton Town (2007)	Coronation Park
2013–14	Carlton Town	6–2	Rainworth Miners Welfare	Watnall Road
2014–15	Basford United	5–3	Clipstone Welfare	Field Mill
2015–16	Basford United	2–2	Clipstone Welfare	Coronation Park	Penalties
2016–17	Carlton Town	4–1	Basford United	Meadow Lane
2017–18	Basford United	5–1	Dunkirk	Coronation Park
2018–19	Basford United	3–0	Carlton Town	Field Mill
2019–2021	No competition due to COVID-19 pandemic.
2021–22	Carlton Town	3–0	Mansfield Town U23	Greenwich Avenue
2022–23	Newark & Sherwood United	3–2	Carlton Town	Coronation Park
2023–24	Nottingham Forest Under-21s	2–0	Basford United	Coronation Park

Wins by teams

Club	Winners	Last Win	Runners-up	Last Final	Notes
Nottingham Forest	18	2023–24	7	2023–24	Won 1 title with Nottingham Forest U21.
Sutton Town †	17	1976–77	3	1976–77	Dissolved in 1997.
Eastwood Town †	16	2011–12	3	2011–12	Dissolved in 2014.
Notts County	11	1935–36	6	1935–36
Hucknall Town	6	2002–03	3	2002–03
Basford United	6	2018–19	2	2023–24
Arnold †	5	1970–71	4	1984–85	Won 1 title as Arnold St. Mary's. Dissolved in 1989.
Mansfield Town	5	1931–32	2	2021–22	Won 1 title with Mansfield Town U23.
Retford Town †	5	1966–67	2	1966–67	Dissolved in 1985.
Arnold Town	5	2004–05	1	2006–07
Carlton Town	4	2021–22	3	2022–23
Newark †	3	1905–06	4	1905–06	Dissolved in 1914.
Linby Colliery	3	1953–54	1	1953–54
Clipstone Welfare	2	1993–94	4	2015–16
Rainworth Miners Welfare	2	1981–82	4	2013–14
Notts Rangers †	2	1888–89	1	1888–89	Dissolved in 1890.
Ransome & Marles †	2	1956–57	1	1956–57	Dissolved in 1995.
Greenhalgh's †	2	1892–93	0	1892–93	Dissolved in 1894.
Ollerton Colliery †	1	1937–38	3	1948–49	Dissolved in 1941.
Gedling Colliery	1	1952–53	3	1952–53
Gedling Town †	1	2001–02	1	2000–01	Dissolved in 2011.
Players Athletic †	1	1938–39	1	1938–39
Retford United	1	2008–09	1	2009–10
Beeston †	1	1889–90	0	1889–90	Dissolved in 1896.
Bulwell United	1	1893–94	0	1893–94
Hucknall St John's †	1	1897–98	0	1897–98
Raleigh Athletic †	1	1936–37	0	1936–37	Dissolved in 1991.
Bestwood Colliery	1	1945–46	0	1945–46
Huthwaite †	1	1986–87	0	1986–87
Newark & Sherwood United	1	2022–23	0	2022–23
Oakham United †	1	1994–95	0	1994–95	Dissolved in 1996.
Welbeck Colliery †	1	1921–22	0	1921–22	Dissolved in 2010.

References

1. "SATURDAY SENIOR CUP". nottinghamshirefa.com. Nottinghamshire FA. Retrieved August 23, 2024.
2. "Nottingham Forest CC vs. Basford United 2-0". uk.soccerway.com. Soccerway. Retrieved August 23, 2024.
3. "Bygones – Notts Senior Cup Finals". nottinghamsport.com. Nottingham Sport. Retrieved August 23, 2024.
4. "Nottinghamshire Senior Cup". fchd.info. Football Club History Database (FCHD). Retrieved August 23, 2024.

External links

• The Official Website of the Nottinghamshire County Football Association