- Northumberland Senior Cup
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Northumberland Senior Cup 
Flag of NorthumberlandFounded 1884 Region Northumberland Number of teams 10 Current champions Newcastle United Reserves (2011) Most successful club Newcastle United (East End, West End, ‘A’, and reserve teams, 35 wins) Website Northumberland FA Senior Cup The Northumberland Senior Cup is an annual football competition held between the clubs of the Northumberland Football Association which was first played in 1884. It is the senior county cup for the footballing county of Northumberland, which includes Newcastle upon Tyne, North Tyneside, and Northumberland. The first winners were Tyne. The current holders are Newcastle United Reserves who defeated Blyth Spartans 4-0 at St. James' Park on 11 May 2011.
Winners
Marc Wamsley (Ashington #3), Iain Nickalls (Ashington #6) and Phil Bell (Whitley Bay) contest a ball at the Northumberland Senior Cup 2010 Final.
1884 Tyne 1927 Newcastle United Reserves 1974 Blyth Spartans 1885 Newcastle East End1 1928 Bedlington United 1975 Blyth Spartans 1886 Morpeth Harriers
Shankhouse1976 North Shields5 1887 Shankhouse Black Watch2 1929 Newcastle United Reserves 1977 Blue Star Welfare6 1888 Newcastle West End3 1930 Newcastle United Reserves 1978 Blyth Spartans 1889 Newcastle East End1 1931 Newcastle United 1979 North Shields 1890 Newcastle West End3 1932 Blyth Spartans 1980 Ashington 1891 Shankhouse Black Watch2 1933 Ashington 1981 Blyth Spartans 1892 Newcastle West End3 1934 Blyth Spartans 1893 Shankhouse 1935 Blyth Spartans 1982 Blyth Spartans 1894 Shankhouse 1936 Blyth Spartans 1983 Blue Star6 1895 Shankhouse 1937 Blyth Spartans 1896 Willington Athletic 1938 North Shields5 1984 Blue Star6 1897 Willington Athletic 1939 Ashington 1898 Newcastle United ‘A’ 1947 Newburn 1985 Blyth Spartans 1899 Newcastle United ‘A’ 1948 North Shields5 1986 Blue Star6 1900 Seghill 1949 Hexham Hearts 1987 Whitley Bay 1901 Newcastle United ‘A’ 1950 Ashington 1988 Newcastle Blue Star6 1902 Wallsend Park Villa4 1951 Cramlington Welfare 1989 Newcastle United Reserves 1903 Morpeth Harriers 1952 Blyth Spartans
Newburn1990 Newcastle United Reserves 1953 Whitley Bay 1991 North Shields5 1904 Newcastle United ‘A’ 1954 North Shields5 1992 Blyth Spartans 1905 Newcastle United ‘A’ 1955 Blyth Spartans 1993 Newcastle Blue Star6 1906 North Shields Athletic5 1956 Ashington 1994 Blyth Spartans 1907 Newcastle United ‘A’ 1957 Ashington 1995 Newcastle United Reserves 1908 North Shields Athletic5 1958 North Shields5 1996 Newcastle United Reserves 1909 Newcastle United ‘A’ 1959 Blyth Spartans 1997 Bedlington Terriers 1910 Newcastle United ‘A’ 1960 North Shields5 1998 Bedlington Terriers 1911 Newcastle United ‘A’ 1961 Whitley Bay 1999 Newcastle United Reserves 1912 Newcastle United ‘A’
North Shields Athletic51962 Ashington 2000 Newcastle United Reserves 1913 Newburn 1963 Blyth Spartans 2001 Newcastle United Reserves 1914 Blyth Spartans 1964 Whitley Bay 2002 Bedlington Terriers 1915 Blyth Spartans 1965 Whitley Bay 2003 Newcastle United Reserves 1919 Walker Celtic 1966 North Shields5 2004 Bedlington Terriers 1920 Walker Celtic 1967 Ashington 2005 Whitley Bay 1921 Ashington 1968 Whitley Bay 2006 Newcastle United Reserves 1922 Newcastle United Reserves 1969 Whitley Bay 2007 Morpeth Town 1923 Bedlington United 1970 Whitley Bay 2008 Newcastle United Reserves 1924 Newcastle United Reserves 1971 Whitley Bay 2009 Newcastle United Reserves 1925 Newcastle United Reserves 1972 Blyth Spartans 2010 Whitley Bay 1926 Newcastle United Reserves 1973 Whitley Bay 2011 Newcastle United Reserves The competition was not held between 1916 and 1918 due to World War I and between 1940 and 1946 due to World War II.
1 Known as Newcastle United from 1892 to present
2 Known as Cramlington Town from 2001 to present
3 Merged with Newcastle East End in 1892
4 Known as Wallsend from 1912 to 1933
5 Known as North Shields Athletic from 1908 to 1918 and 1995 to 1999, Preston Colliery from 1918 to 1928, North Shields from 1928 to 1995 and 1999 to present
6 Known as Newcastle Blue Star from 1930 to 1973, 1986 to 1994, and 1997 to 2009, Blue Star Welfare from 1973 to 1979, Blue Star from 1979 to 1986, RTM Newcastle from 1994 to 1997References
- Mackenzie, Niall (25 June, 2009). "Northumberland Senior Cup". NUFC.com. http://www.nufc.com/2010-11html/senior-cup-history.html. Retrieved 15 March, 2011.
Categories:- County Cup competitions
- Sport in Northumberland
- Recurring events established in 1884
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