Northamptonshire Senior Cup

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NFA Hillier Senior Cup
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Founded1883
Region Northamptonshire (Northants FA)
Current champions Peterborough Sports, (2 titles)
Most successful club(s) Kettering Town, (31 titles)
Website Hillier Senior Cup website

The NFA Hillier Senior Cup is a football knockout tournament involving teams from Northamptonshire, England and the surrounding area. It is a County Cup competition of the Northamptonshire Football Association and involves senior non-league teams. It has been contested annually (but for a few sporadic gaps) since 1883. [1] Kettering Town have won the cup the most times, lifting the trophy on 31 occasions. The current champions are Peterborough Sports, who beat Cogenhoe United in the final in April 2023.

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History

Initially named the NFA Senior Cup, the tournament was renamed in 1981. It was first held in 1883, and was won by Newport Pagnell Town. [1] The trophy has since been lifted by 24 different sides (not including reserve teams). [2] The winner of the competition now contests the Maunsell Cup against one of Peterborough or Northampton. [3]

In 1988, The tournament went through a re-structure with the English Football League clubs, Peterborough United and Northampton Town being withdrawn from the cup, after the Northamptonshire FA decided to make the competition an all non-league affair. Since then, the competition has been contested by the 14 highest ranked non-league teams from the previous season, within Northamptonshire. The only exception to this rule was when Rushden & Diamonds competed in the competition between 2001-2006, whilst they were in League Two. They were allowed to take part however, after agreeing to field an Under-21s team in the cup during this period.

Since 1998, the final has been held at Sixfields Stadium. [4] In 2022, The Under 18 teams of both Peterborough United and Northampton Town were eligible to enter the competition, marking the first time teams entered from both clubs since 1988.

Recent winners

YearWinnersRunner-upAttendance
2005 Rothwell Town Raunds Town 223
2006 Northampton Spencer Corby Town 527
2007 Rushden & Diamonds Woodford United 1,256
2008 Rushden & Diamonds Brackley Town 1,747
2009 Long Buckby Brackley Town 248
2010 Corby Town Daventry Town 484
2011 Brackley Town Corby Town 567
2012 Brackley Town Stewarts & Lloyds Corby 360
2013 Corby Town Daventry Town 486
2014 Daventry Town Cogenhoe United 314
2015 Brackley Town Peterborough Northern Star 608
2016 AFC Rushden & Diamonds Kettering Town 845
2017 Kettering Town Corby Town 795
2018 Kettering Town Brackley Town 673
2019 AFC Rushden and Diamonds Brackley Town 1,097
2022 Peterborough Sports AFC Rushden and Diamonds 591
2023 Peterborough Sports Cogenhoe United 268

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All Time Winners

PosWinnersTotalNotes
1 Kettering Town 31Last Win: 2018
2 Northampton Town 22Last Win: 1987 / Stopped Competing in 1988
3 Peterborough United 21Last Win: 1988 / Stopped Competing in 1988
4 Brackley Town 12Last Win: 2015
5 Corby Town 11Last Win: 2013
6 Northampton Spencer 7Last Win: 2006 / Dissolved in 2019
Daventry Town Last Win: 2014
8 Newport Pagnell Town 5Last Win: 1963
9 Desborough Town 4Last Win: 1954
Wellingborough Town Last Win: 1995
Rushden & Diamonds Last Win: 2008 / Dissolved in 2011
Long Buckby Last Win: 2009
12 AFC Rushden & Diamonds 2Last Win: 2019
Peterborough Sports Last Win: 2023
14 Rushden Town 1Last Win: 1924 / Merged in 1992 with Irthlingborough Diamonds
James King Blisworth F.C. Last Win: 1927
Moulton F.C. Last Win: 1935
Rothwell Corinthians Last Win: 1957
Irthlingborough Diamonds Last Win: 1962 / Merged in 1992 with Rushden Town
Northampton Sileby Rangers Last Win: 1976
Wellingborough Whitworth Last Win: 1978
Raunds Town Last Win: 1997
Cogenhoe United Last Win: 2004
Rothwell Town Last Win: 2005

Source: [6]

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