Herts Charity Cup

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Herts Charity Cup
Founded1901
Region Hertfordshire
Flag of England.svg  England
Number of teams8
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The Herts Charity Cup, officially titled the Hertfordshire Football Association Charity Cup, was begun in the 1900-01 season as a fund raising competition for the chosen charities of the Hertfordshire County Football Association. It is second only in status to the Herts Senior Cup within the competitions run by the Herts FA and is the third longest running, following the Herts Senior Cup (1886-87) and the Herts Junior Cup (1894-95). The charity aspect of the competition is still maintained with the Herts FA donating £525 from the 2008-09 competition to various chosen football-connected charities such as the St Johns Ambulance Brigade and Disability Sport England.

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It is currently contested by the eight senior clubs in the county, outside the Football League (for this reason, Watford and now Barnet, do enter). The eight clubs who entered in the 2008-09 season were Bishop's Stortford and St Albans City (Football Conference), Ware, Cheshunt, Potters Bar Town and Hitchin Town (Isthmian League), Hemel Hempstead Town (Southern League) and the now defunct Berkhamsted Town (Spartan South Midlands League).

Potters Bar Town also play in the Middlesex Senior Cup, because Potters Bar was historically in Middlesex, and the club is affiliated to both the Hertfordshire and the Middlesex County Football Association.

Results

SeasonWinnerScoreRunner-up
190001 Cheshunt wo # St Albans Amateurs
190102 Hitchin 21 St Albans Amateurs
190203 Hitchin 62 Cheshunt
190304 Cheshunt wo ~ St Albans Amateurs
190405 Hitchin 21 Cheshunt
190506 Cheshunt 50 St Albans Abbey
190607 St Albans Abbey 20 Watford Victoria Works
190708 Barnet & Alston 20 Harpenden
190809 Waltham Glendale 20 * Harpenden
190910 St Albans City 20 Barnet & Alston
191011 Waltham Glendale 50 Hoddesdon
191112 Barnet & Alston 21 St Albans City
191213 St Albans City 81 Hertford Town
191314 Barnet & Alston 50 St Albans City
191415 Not played
191516 Not played
191617 Not played
191718 Not played
191819 Not played
191920 Barnet 20 Leavesden Mental Hospital
192021 St Albans City 31 Barnet
192122 St Albans City 51 Hertford Town
192223 St Albans City 40 Ware
192324 St Albans City 30 Barnet
192425 St Albans City 51 Hitchin Blue Cross
192526 St Albans City 30 Barnet
192627 Barnet 41 * St Albans City
192728 Barnet 31 St Albans City
192829 St Albans City 32 Barnet
192930 Barnet 41 Berkhamsted Town
193031 Barnet 31 Hertford Town
193132 Barnet 31 St Albans City
193233 Barnet 21 St Albans City
193334 Barnet 40 Hitchin Town
193435 Barnet 32 St Albans City
193536 Barnet 32 Hitchin Town
193637 Barnet 54 * Hitchin Town
193738 Barnet 43 * St Albans City
193839 St Albans City 10 Hitchin Town
193940 Hitchin Town 62 Barnet
194041 Hitchin Town 11 * x St Albans City
194142 St Albans City 50 Hitchin Town
194243 Barnet 21 Hitchin Town
194344 Hitchin Town 30 Barnet
194445 Barnet 21 Hitchin Town
194546 Barnet 40 St Albans City
194647 Barnet 21 Hitchin Town
194748 Barnet 31 Hitchin Town
194849 Barnet 21 St Albans City
194950 Barnet 41 St Albans City
195051 St Albans City 20 Barnet
195152 Barnet 43 St Albans City
195253 St Albans City 42 Barnet
195354 St Albans City 2–0 Barnet
195455 Hitchin Town 2–1 St Albans City
195556 St Albans City 2–1 Bishop's Stortford
195758 St Albans City 3–0 Hitchin Town
195859 Hitchin Town 3–0 Barnet
195960 Barnet 2–0 Bishop's Stortford
196061 Hitchin Town 4–3 Hertford Town
196162 Barnet 3–2 Hitchin Town
196263 Bishop's Stortford 3–1 St Albans City
196364 Barnet 3–1 Bishop's Stortford
196465 Barnet 3–2 Ware
196566 Bishop's Stortford 4–2 Ware
196667 St Albans City 1–0 Hemel Hempstead Town
196768 Hitchin Town 2–0 Hertford Town
196869 St Albans City 2–0 Bishop's Stortford
196970 St Albans City 3–1 Hitchin Town
197071 St Albans City 10 Cheshunt
197172 St Albans City 21 Boreham Wood
197273 Hertford Town 10 Hitchin Town
197374 Bishop's Stortford 21 Hertford Town
197475 Letchworth Town 41 Cheshunt
197576 Hitchin Town 40 Hemel Hempstead Town
197677 Hitchin Town 21 * St Albans City
197778 Hitchin Town 31 Letchworth Town
197879 Hitchin Town 31 Ware
197980 Hitchin Town 10 Hertford Town
198081 Boreham Wood 21 Cheshunt
198182 Bishop's Stortford 40 St Albans City
198283 Bishop's Stortford 31 Hitchin Town
198384 Boreham Wood 32 Hitchin Town
198485 Bishop's Stortford 41 Boreham Wood
198586 Boreham Wood 11 * p Hitchin Town
198687 St Albans City 21 Boreham Wood
198788 Bishop's Stortford 30 St Albans City
198889 Boreham Wood 10 St Albans City
198990 Boreham Wood 10 Ware
199091 Hitchin Town 10 Ware
199192 Baldock Town 21 Boreham Wood
199293 St Albans City 21 * Boreham Wood
199394 Baldock Town 21 Stevenage Borough
199495 St Albans City 21 * Boreham Wood
199596 Stevenage Borough 42 * St Albans City
199697 Bishop's Stortford 4–0 Ware
1997–98 St Albans City 6–0 Berkhamsted Town
199899 Not played
199900 Hitchin Town 41 Baldock Town
200001 Hitchin Town 30 Tring Town
200102 Berkhamsted Town 74 * Hitchin Town
200203 Bishop's Stortford 31 Hemel Hempstead Town
200304 Bishop's Stortford 41 Cheshunt
200405 Hemel Hempstead Town 20 Bishop's Stortford
200506 Cheshunt 10 Boreham Wood
200607 Potters Bar Town 30 Hemel Hempstead Town
200708 Cheshunt 10 Ware
200809 Hemel Hempstead Town 21 Ware
200910 Hemel Hempstead Town 21 Broxbourne Borough V&E
2010–11 Bishop's Stortford 2–2 * p Cheshunt
2011–12 Bishop's Stortford 2–1 Leverstock Green
2012–13 St Albans City 3–2 Bishop's Stortford
2013–14 Bishop's Stortford 2–2 * p Hitchin Town
2014–15 Bishop's Stortford 1–0 Royston Town
2015–16 Bishop's Stortford 1–0 St Albans City
2016–17 Cheshunt 1–0 Hitchin Town
2017–18 Hitchin Town wo $ Hemel Hempstead Town
2018–19 Hitchin Town 2–0 Hemel Hempstead Town
201920 Not played
202021 Not played
202122 Not played

KEY * extra time, x Hitchin retain trophy as holders, # St Albans refused to accept date for final. Cheshunt awarded cup, ~ St Albans again refused to accept date for final. Cheshunt awarded cup. $ Hemel withdrew from the competition because of player safety concerns, Hitchin awarded cup.

Results by team

ClubWinsLast final wonRunners–upLast final lost
St. Albans City 262012–13211995-96
Barnet 241964–65101953–54
Hitchin Town 172018–19191969–70
Bishop's Stortford 152015–1662012–13
Cheshunt 62016-1772010–11
Boreham Wood 51989–9071994–95
Hemel Hempstead Town 32009–1041966–67
Barnet & Alston31913-1411909-10
Hitchin 31904–050N/A
Baldock Town 21993–9411999–2000
Waltham Glendale21910–110N/A
Hertford Town 11972–7371979–80
Berkhamsted Town 12001–0221997–98
Letchworth Garden City [lower-alpha 1] 11974–7511977–78
St Albans Abbey11906–0711905–06
Stevenage Borough 11995–9611993–94
Potters Bar Town 12006-070N/A
Ware 0N/A91922–23
St. Albans Amateurs0N/A31903–04
Harpenden 0N/A21908–09
Broxbourne Borough V&E0N/A12009–10
Hitchin Blue Cross0N/A11924–25
Hoddesdon Town [lower-alpha 2] 0N/A11910–11
Leavesden Mental Hospital 0N/A11919–20
Leverstock Green 0N/A12011–12
Royston Town 0N/A12014-15
Tring Town 0N/A12000–01
Watford Victoria Works0N/A11906–07

Notes

  1. Includes results under their previous names of Letchworth Town and Letchworth Athletic
  2. Includes results under the name of Hoddesdon

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