Capital Women's Senior Cup

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Capital Women's Senior Cup
Organising bodiesMiddlesex FA, Surrey FA, London FA, Amateur Football Alliance
Founded2013
RegionGreater London
Number of teams18 clubs (2023-24)
Current championsAshford Town (Middlesex) (2nd Title)
Most successful club(s)Charlton Athletic (5 titles)

The Capital Women's Senior Cup is an annual women's association football cup competition run jointly by the Middlesex FA, the London FA, the Surrey FA and the Amateur Football Alliance. The competition is open to clubs in tiers 3-5 of the Women's Football Pyramid and under-21 and under-23 teams of clubs in tiers 1-2 of the Women's Football Pyramid. [1]

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History

Fulham play Haringey in the Capital Women's Senior Cup in 2021 Capital cup fulham v haringey 2021.jpg
Fulham play Haringey in the Capital Women's Senior Cup in 2021

The Capital Women's Cups were established in 2013, on the initiative of Jackie Newing of the Amateur Football Alliance. [2] The intention was to consolidate London's fragmented system of county cups, which saw considerable mismatches across the five geographical cup competitions, into three competitions based on league position. [2]

Initially the Senior Cup was open to all clubs in tiers 1-5 of the Women's Football Pyramid, but since 2018 this has been restricted to tiers 3-5, plus under 23 teams from the top two tiers.

The Intermediate Cup is open to clubs in tiers 6 and 7 and the Junior Cup is open to Greater London Women's Football League Division 1 and 2 clubs, plus any club in tier 7 or below (including clubs not in a league). [1]

It replaced the London Women's Cup, the Middlesex FA Women's Cup and the Surrey Women's FA Cup. Administration of the competitions rotate between the four organising associations.

The first five editions of the tournament were dominated by Charlton Athletic W.F.C.. [3] Their run of dominance was only ended by reformating the competition to exclude tier 1 and 2 senior teams.

Women's Super League and Women's Championship academy clubs have enjoyed mixed fortunes in the competition. Arsenal W.F.C. Academy won the 2022-23 edition of the tournament [4] whereas in 2023-24 only Tottenham Hotspur W.F.C. Academy progressed beyond the second round, losing to Haringey Borough in the quarter finals. [5]

Format

The tournament is a single-legged, unseeded, knock-out competition with team. If a tie is level after 90 minutes, the match is decided by a penalty shoot-out. [1]

Winners and Finalists

SeasonWinnersRunners upScoreVenueAttendance
2013–14 Charlton Athletic Queens Park Rangers 2-1 [6] Imber Court, Molesey [7]
2014–15 Charlton Athletic West Ham United 5-0 [8] Earlsmead Stadium, Harrow 222
2015–16 Charlton Athletic Tottenham Hotspur 3-0 [9] Harry Abrahams Stadium, Finchley
2016–17 Charlton Athletic Tottenham Hotspur 2-1 [3] Harry Abrahams Stadium, Finchley 136 [10]
2017–18 Charlton Athletic Crystal Palace 2-1 [11] Bedfont Recreation Ground, Bedfont
2018–19 Actonians. Leyton Orient 1-0 [12] Reynolds Fields, Perivale 181
2019–20 Not held due to COVID-19 pandemic
2020–21 Queens Park Rangers Actonians. 2-2 (4-3 p) [13] Bedfont Recreation Ground, Bedfont 317
2021–22 Ashford Town Dulwich Hamlet. 2-0 [14] Meadowbank, Dorking 204
2022–23 Arsenal Academy AFC Wimbledon 2-1 [4] Green Lane, Hounslow 400 [15]
2023–24 Ashford Town Haringey Borough 4-2 Silver Jubilee Park, Hendon

Statistics

Performance by club

ClubWinnersRunners UpWinning Years
Charlton Athletic 502014,2015,2016,2017,2018
Ashford Town 202022,2024
Actonians. 112019
Queens Park Rangers 112021
Arsenal Academy 102023
Tottenham Hotspur 02
West Ham United 01
London Seaward 01
Dulwich Hamlet. 01
AFC Wimbledon 01
Haringey Borough 01

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