Army Football Association

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Army Football Association
Formation1888
PurposeFootball association
Headquarters Aldershot Military Stadium
Location
General Sir P A Wall KCB CBE
Website armyfa.com

The Army Football Association (Army FA) is a county football association affiliated to The Football Association of England, for the administration of football within the British Army in the United Kingdom, Cyprus and Germany. [1] The Army FA is based at Clayton Barracks in Aldershot, Hampshire. As well as organising inter-corps leagues and cups, the Army FA also organises representative games against the Royal Navy, Royal Air Force and civilian teams, with home games being played at the Aldershot Military Stadium.

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Army FA Cup

Army Challenge Cup
Organising body Army FA
Founded1888;136 years ago (1888)
Current champions 3rd Para Regiment
(1st title)
Most successful club(s)SEME [note 1]
(8 titles)

The Army FA Challenge Cup is the foremost football cup competition for teams affiliated to the Army FA. [2]

The competition is held annually, with four exceptions, 1888–1900, 1914–19 (World War I), 1939–45 (World War II) and 2020–21 (COVID-19 pandemic).

The current holders are 3rd Battalion Parachute Regiment who beat 23 Parachute Engineer Regiment in the 2023 final. [3]

Finals

SeasonWinnerResultRunner-upNotes
1888–89 2nd Bn Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders 2–0 2nd Bn South Staffordshire Regiment
1889–90 2nd Bn Black Watch 3–1 2nd Bn Scots Guards
1890–91 2nd Bn Scots Guards 2–0 2nd Bn Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders
1891–92 2nd Bn Scots Guards 2–1 1st Bn Scots Guards
1892–93 2nd Bn Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment 1–0 1st Bn Sherwood Foresters [note 2]
1893–94 2nd Bn Black Watch 7–2 Royal Artillery Gosport
1894–95 Royal Artillery Portsmouth 2–0 2nd Bn Black Watch
1895–96 1st Bn Royal Scots 3–1 2nd Bn Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment
1896–97 Royal Artillery Portsmouth 1–0 1st Bn Lancashire Fusiliers
1897–98 Royal Artillery Portsmouth 1–0 Gordon Highlanders
1898–99 1st Bn South Lancashire Regiment 3–0 Army Service Corps Aldershot
1899–00No competition held.
1900–01 2nd Highland Light Infantry 1–0 3rd Bn Coldstream Guards
1901–02 2nd Bn Black Watch 1–0 4th Bn Lancashire Fusiliers [note 3]
1902–03 Service Bn Royal Engineers 2–0 2nd Bn North Staffordshire Regiment [note 4]
1903–04 Royal Marine Artillery 1–0 Service Bn Royal Engineers
1904–05 2nd Grenadier Guards 2–1 Service Bn Royal Engineers
1905–06 Depot & District Bn Royal Engineers 1–0 1st Bn Cheshire Regiment
1906–07 Depot Bn Royal Engineers 3–0 2nd Bn Bedfordshire Regiment
1907–08 4th Bn King's Royal Rifle Corps 1–0 2nd Bn Lancashire Fusiliers
1908–09 2nd Bn Royal Irish Rifles 1–0 Royal Artillery Shoeburyness
1909–10 Royal Marine Light Infantry Gosport 2–0 1st Bn Royal Irish Fusiliers
1910–11 2nd Bn Sherwood Foresters 3–1 2nd Bn Durham Light Infantry
1911–12 2nd Bn Sherwood Foresters 5–1 4th Bn Middlesex Regiment
1912–13 2nd Bn Durham Light Infantry 1–0 1st Bn East Yorkshire Regiment
1913–14 Army Service Corps Woolwich 1–0 1st Bn Hampshire Regiment
1914–19No competition held due to World War I.
1919–20 Royal Army Medical Corps Aldershot 1–0 1st Bn Hampshire Regiment
1920–21 Royal Army Medical Corps Aldershot 1–0 4th Res. Brigade Royal Field Artillery
1921–22 1st Bn Wiltshire Regiment 3–1 2nd Bn Royal Welch Fusiliers
1922–23 Royal Army Service Corps (Training Establishment) 1–0 2nd Bn Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders [note 5]
1923–24 1st Bn Wiltshire Regiment 1–0 Royal Artillery Shoeburyness
1924–25 1st Bn Queen's Royal Regiment West Surrey 3–0 1st Bn Somerset Light Infantry
1925–26 2nd Bn South Staffordshire Regiment 2–1 2nd Bn Leicestershire Regiment
1926–27 2nd Bn Leicestershire Regiment 2–1 Royal Army Ordnance Corps Southern Comm
1927–28 Royal Army Ordnance Corps Southern Comm 2–1 1st Brigade Royal Horse Artillery
1928–29 1st Bn King's Own Scottish Borderers 3–2 1st Bn Warwickshire Regiment
1929–30 1st Bn Sherwood Foresters 3–2 2nd Bn Rifle Brigade
1930–31 1st Bn Sherwood Foresters 2–1 4th Divisional Signals Royal Corps of Signals
1931–32 1st Bn Sherwood Foresters 3–1 1st Bn Duke of Wellington's Regiment
1932–33 2nd Bn Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders 3–2 2nd Bn Rifle Brigade [note 6]
1933–34 2nd Bn King's Own Royal Regiment 3–0 2nd Bn Royal Tank Corps
1934–35 4th Bn Royal Tank Corps 6–3 2nd Bn Royal Ulster Rifles
1935–36 10th Field Brigade Royal Artillery 1–0 5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards
1936–37 Royal Army Service Corps Training Centre Aldershot 2–1 Training Bn Royal Engineers
1937–38 Royal Artillery Shoeburyness 4–0 1st Bn Royal Welch Fusiliers
1938–39 9th Field Regiment Royal Artillery 1–0 2nd Bn Durham Light Infantry
1939–46No competition held due to World War II.
1946–47 Royal Engineers Barton Stacey 1–0 2nd Bn Irish Guards British Army of the Rhine
1947–48 Royal Armoured Corps Bovington
121st Training Regiment RA
[note 7]
1948–49 Depot & Training Establishment Royal Army Medical Corps 6–064th Training Regiment RA
1949–50 3rd Bn Training Basic Royal Army Ordnance Corps 2–164th Training Regiment RA
1950–51 4th Bn Training Royal Electrical & Mechanical Engineers 2–1 1st Bn East Yorkshire Regiment
1951–52 67th Training Regiment Royal Armoured Corps 2–1 7th Training Regiment Royal Corps of Signals
1952–53 7th Training Regiment Royal Corps of Signals 3–2 28th Bn Training Basic Royal Army Ordnance Corps
1953–54 9th Bn Training Basic Royal Army Ordnance Corps 4–3 6th CIC Army Catering Corps
1954–55 2nd Bn Durham Light Infantry 1–0 Training Centre Royal Army Pay Corps
1955–56 2nd Training Regiment Royal Corps of Signals 3–2 1st Bn Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders
1956–57 4th Bn Army Training Royal Electrical & Mechanical Engineers 2–1 Training Centre Royal Army Pay Corps
1957–58 4th Bn Army Training Royal Electrical & Mechanical Engineers 1–0 Training Centre Royal Army Pay Corps
1958–59 16th/5th The Queen's Royal Lancers 6–2 1st Bn Royal Scots
1959–60 29th Coy Royal Army Ordnance Corps 2–1 6th Bn Training Royal Army Service Corps
1960–61 2nd Bn Training Royal Army Service Corps 4–1 6th Bn Training Royal Army Service Corps
1961–62 6th Bn Royal Army Ordnance Corps 2–1 6th Bn Training Royal Army Service Corps
1962–63 10th Royal Hussars 2–1 1st Bn Sherwood Foresters
1963–64 6th Para RAOC/REME 2–1 13th/18th Queen's Royal Irish Hussars [note 8]
1964–65School of Electrical & Mechanical Engineering6–3 1st Bn Royal Highland Fusiliers
1965–66 24th Regiment Royal Corps of Signals 4–1 13th/18th Queen's Royal Irish Hussars
1966–67 11th Hussars Prince of Wales's Own 3–0 1st Bn King's Regiment
1967–68 1st Bn Parachute Regiment 1–0 HQ British Army of the Rhine
1968–69 1st Bn Royal Highland Fusiliers 3–04th Divisional Engineers
1969–70 1st Bn Royal Highland Fusiliers 4–2 32nd Engineer Regiment
1970–71School of Electrical & Mechanical Engineering3–1 32nd Engineer Regiment
1971–72 Royal Army Pay Corps Worthy Town 2–1 36th Heavy Air Defence Regiment
1972–73 Training Centre Royal Corps of Transport 2–128th Signal Regiment (NORTHAG)
1973–74School of Electrical & Mechanical Engineering4–228th Signal Regiment (NORTHAG)
1974–75 8th Signal Regiment 4–228th Signal Regiment (NORTHAG)
1975–76School of Electrical & Mechanical Engineering2–022nd Signal Regiment
1976–7728th Signal Regiment (NORTHAG)2–0School of Electrical & Mechanical Engineering
1977–78 39th Regiment Royal Artillery 1–028th Signal Regiment (NORTHAG) [note 9]
1978–79 1st Bn Royal Highland Fusiliers 1–0 22nd Royal Corps of Signal Regiment
1979–80 Training Regiment Royal Engineers 1–0 39th Regiment Royal Artillery
1980–81 28th Amphibious Regiment 2–0School of Electrical & Mechanical Engineering
1981–8228th Signal Regiment (NORTHAG)1–0School of Electrical & Mechanical Engineering
1982–83School of Electrical & Mechanical Engineering1–0 28th Amphibious Regiment
1983–84School of Electrical & Mechanical Engineering1–0 45th Field Regiment Royal Artillery
1984–85 1st Bn King's Regiment 3–2 40th Army Engineer Support Group
1985–86School of Electrical & Mechanical Engineering3–0 28th Amphibious Regiment
1986–8728th Signal Regiment (NORTHAG)4–3School of Electrical & Mechanical Engineering [note 10]
1987–88School of Electrical & Mechanical Engineering4–3 28th Amphibious Regiment
1988–89 10th Royal Corps of Transport 5–0 Royal School of Signals
1989–90 28th Amphibious Regiment 7–1School of Electrical & Mechanical Engineering
1990–91 8th Amphibious Regiment 2–1 1st & 3rd Training Regiment Royal Engineers [note 11]
1991–92 28th Engineer Regiment 2–0 2nd Royal Corps of Signal Regiment
1992–93 28th Engineer Regiment 1–0 Training Regiment Royal Engineers
1993–94 28th Engineer Regiment 2–1 2nd Royal Corps of Signal Regiment
1994–95 2nd Royal Corps of Signal Regiment 1–0 3rd Royal School of Military Engineering
1995–96 28th Engineer Regiment 2–0 1st Bn Cheshire Regiment
1996–97 3rd Royal School of Military Engineering 3–0 1st Bn Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
1997–98 3rd Bn Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers 2–0 3rd Bn Royal School of Military Engineering
1998–99 3rd Bn Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers 2–1 1st Bn Cheshire Regiment
1999–00 28th Engineer Regiment 1–0 1st Bn Cheshire Regiment
2000–01 28th Engineer Regiment 3–3 3rd Bn Royal School of Military Engineering [note 12]
2001–02 28th Engineer Regiment 2–1 1st Bn King's Regiment
2002–03 6th Bn Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers 4–0 11th Royal Corps of Signal Regiment
2003–04 2nd Bn Royal Irish 1–0 6th Bn Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
2004–05 6th Bn Support Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers 2–2 4th Line Support Royal Logistic Corps [note 13]
2005–06 4th Line Support Royal Logistic Corps 5–5 4th Bn Royal Irish [note 14]
2006–07 3rd Bn UK Division HQ/Royal Corps of Signal Regiment 2–0 5th Bn Royal Scots
2007–08 9th Regiment Army Air Corps 3–0 3rd Royal Yorkshire Regiment
2008–09 3rd Bn UK Division HQ/Royal Corps of Signal Regiment 3–0 7th Air Assault Bn Royal Electrical & Mechanical Engineers
2009–10 2nd Parachute Regiment 3–1 6th Bn Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
2010–11 3rd Royal Yorkshire Regiment 1–1 9th Regiment Army Air Corps [note 15]
2011–12 2nd Royal Corps of Signal Regiment 2–0 2nd Royal Fusiliers
2012–13 22nd Royal Corps of Signal Regiment 4–1 3rd Royal School of Military Engineering
2013–14 22nd Royal Corps of Signal Regiment 4–0 1st Bn Royal Yorkshire Regiment
2014–15 7th Regiment Royal Logistic Corps 4–2 30th Royal Corps of Signal Regiment
2015–16 7th Regiment Royal Logistic Corps 3–1 1st Bn Royal Yorkshire Regiment
2016–17 1st Bn Royal Yorkshire Regiment 3–2 30th Royal Corps of Signal Regiment
2017–18 1st Bn Royal Yorkshire Regiment 2–1 3rd Royal School of Military Engineering
2018–19 21st Royal Engineer Regiment 4–2 3rd Regiment Army Air Corps
2019–20 7th Regiment Royal Logistic Corps 4–0 3rd Royal School of Military Engineering
2020–21No competition due to COVID-19 pandemic.
2021–22 4th Regiment Royal Logistic Corps 3–2 1st Merican [note 16]
2022–23 3rd Para Regiment 3–2 23rd Para Regiment
The football team of 95 Company, Royal Garrison Artillery, victors in the 1917 Governor's Cup football match, contested by teams from the Royal Navy and the British Army's Bermuda Garrison. 95 Coy RGA team and Governor's Cup in Bermuda 1917.jpg
The football team of 95 Company, Royal Garrison Artillery, victors in the 1917 Governor's Cup football match, contested by teams from the Royal Navy and the British Army's Bermuda Garrison.

Notes

  1. School of Electrical & Mechanical Engineering
  2. First match ended 0–0.
  3. First match ended 0–0.
  4. First match ended 1–1.
  5. After extra-time.
  6. First match ended 2–2.
  7. First match ended 0–0. Second match abandoned after 20 minutes as the lightning struck the field and caused the death of two players. Trophy shared. 121st Training Regiment in now 64th Training Regiment
  8. First match ended 2–2.
  9. First match ended 1–1.
  10. First match ended 4–4.
  11. First match ended 0–0.
  12. 28th Engineer Regiment won 5–4 on penalties.
  13. 6th Bn Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers won 4–2 on penalties.
  14. 4th Line Support won 4–3 on penalties.
  15. 3rd Royal Yorkshire Regiment won 4–3 on penalties.
  16. Merican is a historical nickname given to Royal Artillery.

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