Southern Combination Challenge Cup

Southern Combination Challenge Cup
Founded 1958
Region  England
Number of teams 24 (2015-16)
Current champions Molesey (5th title)
Most successful club(s) Hampton & Richmond Borough
(8 wins)
2016-17 Southern Combination Cup

The Southern Combination Challenge Cup is a football competition contested by non-league clubs. An independent cup, it is directly affiliated to the Football Association. The competition was founded in March 1958, as the Southern Combination Amateur Challenge Cup Competition. The word "Amateur" was later dropped in 1974.[1] It is often referred to as simply the Southern Combination Cup.

Hampton & Richmond Borough are the most successful club in the competition's history, having lifted the cup eight times. With seven of those coming under the name of Hampton, their most recent success came during the 2004-05 season. There have been 23 different winners, with Molesey the current holders after beating Dorking in May 2016.[2]

History

Until the 1994-95 season, the competition would usually host 16 teams starting in the First Round. If extra clubs were competing that year, a Preliminary Round would be added. However, this figure rose to 20 teams ahead of the 1998-99 campaign and the AGM agreed to start the competition in the Second Round, should 16 teams be included. They believed the suffix of Preliminary Round added to the difficulty of selling fixtures to the paying public. The final Preliminary Round fixture came during the 1994-95 season, with Epsom & Ewell recording a 6-0 victory over Walton & Hersham in a replay.[1]

Penalties were introduced into the competition in 1979, but only if both clubs agreed and liaised with the match officials beforehand. They were made compulsory in 1995, should any game be drawn following extra time.[1] In recent years, the competition has typically been dominated by teams in the ninth and tenth tiers of the English football league system, although other non-league teams, such as Staines Town and Leatherhead, have also used the competition as a Reserve team event. The Combined Counties Football League has labelled the competition "a supplementary Combined Counties League Cup".[3]

Finals

Season-by-season list of winners and runners-up.[1]

Season Winner Result Runners-Up Venue Notes
1958-59 Slough Town 3-2* Carshalton Athletic Slough Town After extra time.
1959-60 Carshalton Athletic 4-2 Slough Town Slough Town
1960-61 Windsor & Eton 5-4* Cray Wanderers Windsor & Eton After extra time.
1961-62 Wokingham Town 2-1 Windsor & Eton Wokingham Town
1962-63 Slough Town 3-0 Wokingham Town Slough Town
1963-64 Slough Town 1-0 Molesey Slough Town
1964-65 Staines Town 3-1 Wingate Wingate
1965-66 Metropolitan Police 3-1* British Air Corporation Addlestone After extra time.
1966-67 Staines Town 3-1 Marlow Marlow
1967-68 Metropolitan Police 6-3 Staines Town Staines Town
1968-69 Hampton 4-3 Aldershot Services Hampton
1969-70 Metropolitan Police 2-0 Banstead Athletic Banstead Athletic
1970-71 Metropolitan Police 1-0 Marlow Marlow
1971-72 Hampton 2-0 Staines Town Hampton
1972-73 Tooting & Mitcham United 1-0 Hampton Leatherhead
1973-74 Dulwich Hamlet 3-1 Egham Town Dulwich Hamlet
1974-75 Addlestone 2-0 Woking Addlestone
1975-76 Addlestone 2-1 Egham Town Egham Town
1976-77 Hampton 3-1 Farnborough Town Hampton
1977-78 Egham Town 4-0 Hampton Egham Town
1978-79 Malden Vale 2-1 Camberley Town Bracknell Town
1979-80 Epsom & Ewell 7-2 Hampton Hampton
1980-81 Camberley Town 1-0* Wokingham Town Camberley Town After extra time.
1981-82 Hampton 3-1 Maidenhead United Maidenhead United
1982-83 Walton & Hersham 1-1* Epsom & Ewell Walton & Hersham After extra time. Walton & Hersham win 5-4 on penalties.
1983-84 Hampton 1-0 Egham Town Hampton
1984-85 Bracknell Town 3-2* Wokingham Town Bracknell Town After extra time.
1985-86 Hampton 3-0 Camberley Town Hampton
1986-87 Feltham 3-0 Bracknell Town Bracknell Town
1987-88 Feltham 2-1 Camberley Town Feltham
1988-89 Walton & Hersham 3-0 Chertsey Town Walton & Hersham
1989-90 Leatherhead 2-0 Malden Vale Malden Vale
1990-91 Molesey 3-2 Feltham Molesey
1991-92 Walton & Hersham 1-0 Malden Vale Walton & Hersham
1992-93 Dorking 1-0 Epsom & Ewell Dorking
1993-94 Molesey 1-0 Staines Town Molesey
1994-95 Staines Town W-N Chertsey Town N/A Walkover. Awarded by decision of EGM at Chertsey Town.
1995-96 Ashford Town 3-0 Feltham Feltham
1996-97 Hampton 2-1* Staines Town Staines Town After extra time.
1997-98 Godalming & Guildford 3-0 Hampton Hampton
1998-99 Chertsey Town 4-2 Walton & Hersham Chertsey Town
1999-00 Walton & Hersham W-N Staines Town N/A Walkover. Match conceded by Staines Town.
2000-01 Walton & Hersham 3-1 Chipstead Chipstead
2001-02 Chessington & Hook United 5-3 Ashford Town Chessington & Hook United
2002-03 Sandhurst Town 2-1 Walton & Hersham Sandhurst Town
2003-04 Bedfont 2-1 Chipstead Bedfont
2004-05 Hampton & Richmond Borough N/A Walton & Hersham N/A Cup was shared as the final was not played.
2005-06 Staines Town 3-2* Molesey Molesey After extra time.
2006-07 Merstham N/A Staines Lammas N/A Cup was shared as the final was not played.
2007-08 Chipstead 1-0 Ashford Town Chipstead
2008-09 Cove 4-1 Chessington & Hook United Cove
2009-10 Reading Town 4-1 Hanworth Villa Reading Town
2010-11 Ashford Town 1-0 Hanworth Villa Ashford Town
2011-12 Hanworth Villa 5-0 Sandhurst Town Hanworth Villa
2012-13 Molesey 1-1* Spelthorne Sports Molesey After extra time. Molesey win 5-4 on penalties.
2013-14 Hanworth Villa 1-0 Spelthorne Sports Spelthorne Sports
2014-15 Molesey 3-0 Bedfont & Feltham Molesey
2015-16 Molesey 6-1 Dorking Molesey

Results by team

A list of all clubs to have won the competition since formation.[1]

Club Winners Runners-Up Winning Years Runners-Up Years
Hampton & Richmond Borough 8 4 1968-69, 1971-72, 1976-77, 1981-82, 1983-84, 1985-86, 1996-97 (as Hampton), 2004-05 1972-73, 1977-78, 1979-80, 1997-98 (as Hampton)
Walton & Hersham 5 3 1982-83, 1988-89, 1991-92, 1999-00, 2000-01 1998-99, 2002-03, 2004-05
Molesey 5 2 1990-91, 1993-94, 2012-13, 2014-15, 2015-16 1963-64, 2005-06
Staines Town 4 5 1964-65, 1966-67, 1994-95, 2005-06 1967-68, 1971-72, 1993-94, 1996-97, 1999-00
Metropolitan Police 4 0 1965-66, 1967-68, 1969-70, 1970-71
Slough Town 3 1 1958-59, 1962-63, 1963-64 1959-60
Feltham 2 3 1986-87, 1987-88 1990-91
Ashford Town 2 2 1995-96, 2010-11 2001-02, 2007-08
Hanworth Villa 2 2 2011-12, 2013-14 2009-10, 2010-11
Addlestone 2 0 1974-75, 1975-76
Camberley Town 1 3 1980-81 1978-79, 1985-86, 1987-88
Egham Town 1 3 1977-78 1973-74, 1975-76, 1983-84
Wokingham Town 1 3 1961-62 1962-63, 1980-81, 1984-85
Chertsey Town 1 2 1998-99 1988-89, 1994-95
Chipstead 1 2 2007-08 2000-01, 2003-04
Epsom & Ewell 1 2 1979-80 1982-83, 1992-93
Malden Vale 1 2 1978-79 1989-90, 1991-92
Bedfont 1 1 2003-04
Bracknell Town 1 1 1984-85 1986-87
Carshalton Athletic 1 1 1959-60 1958-59
Chessington & Hook United 1 1 2001-02 2008-09
Dorking 1 1 1992-93 2015-16
Sandhurst Town 1 1 2002-03 2011-12
Windsor & Eton 1 1 1960-61 1961-62
Cove 1 0 2008-09
Dulwich Hamlet 1 0 1973-74
Godalming & Guildford 1 0 1997-98
Leatherhead 1 0 1989-90
Merstham 1 0 2006-07
Reading Town 1 0 2009-10
Tooting & Mitcham United 1 0 1972-73

See also

References

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