Sheffield Challenge Cup
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| Founded | 1876 |
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| Current champions | Shaw Lane (2016–17) |
| Most successful club(s) |
Frickley Athletic Sheffield Wednesday (14 titles) |
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| Founded | 1925 |
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| Abolished | 1946 |
| Most successful club(s) | Sheffield Wednesday reserves (5 titles) |
The Sheffield & Hallamshire Senior Cup is a county cup competition involving teams within the Sheffield and Hallamshire County Football Association. Originally named the Sheffield Challenge Cup, it is the 4th oldest surviving cup competition in the world, after the FA Cup (1871–72), Scottish FA Cup (1873–74) and East of Scotland Shield (1875–76).
Sheffield and Hallamshire County Football Association members at levels 5-11 of the English football league system are currently eligible to compete in the competition.
From 1925/26 to 1945/46 the competition was split into two, with the Sheffield & Hallamshire Invitation Cup acting as the more senior competition.
Bold indicates club is still (2016) active.
The county FA ran a second Senior Cup competition from 1925/26 to 1945/46, the Sheffield & Hallamshire Invitation Cup.
The competition was open to the more senior non-league clubs in the region as well as the reserve teams of the area's professional (Barnsley, Doncaster Rovers, Rotherham United, Sheffield United and Sheffield Wednesday).
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