Founded: | 1944 |
Region: | England |
Current Champions: | Liverpool County Fa (Liverpool) |
Website: | FA County Youth Cup |
The FA County Youth Cup is a football competition run by The Football Association in England. It was launched in the 1944–45 season to provide young players who had not yet signed with a professional club, even on a scholarship basis, with competitive representative football.
Each County Football Association provides a team made up of school or league players affiliated to the County Association that are under 18.
Season | Winners | Score | Runners-up | Venue |
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1944–45 | Staffordshire | 3–2 (agg) | Wiltshire | 1L: Twerton Park 2L: Victoria Ground |
1945–46 | Berks & Bucks | 4–3 (agg) | Durham | 1L: Elm Park 2L: Roker Park |
1946–47 | Durham | 4–2 (agg) | Essex | 1L: Upton Park 2L: Roker Park |
1947–48 | Essex | 5–3 (agg) | Liverpool | 1L: 2L: Goodison Park |
1948–49 | Liverpool | 4–3 (agg) | Middlesex | 1L: Goodison Park 2L: White Hart Lane |
1949–50 | Essex | 4–3 (agg) | Middlesex | 1L: Highbury 2L: Wembley |
1950–51 | Middlesex | 3–1 (agg) | Leicestershire and Rutland | 1L: Filbert Street 2L: Lower Mead |
1951–52 | Sussex | 3–1 (agg) | Liverpool | 1L: Goodison Park 2L: Goldstone Ground |
1952–53 | Sheffield & Hallamshire | 5–3 (agg) | Hampshire | 1L: Hillsborough 2L: Recreation Ground |
1953–54 | Liverpool | 4–1 (agg) | Gloucestershire | 1L: 2L: Anfield |
1954–55 | Bedfordshire | 2–0 (agg) | Sheffield & Hallamshire | 1L: 2L: |
1955–56 | Middlesex | 3–2 (agg) | Staffordshire | 1L: 2L: |
1956–57 | Hampshire | 4–3 (agg) | Cheshire | 1L: 2L: |
1957–58 | Staffordshire | 8–0 (agg) | London | 1L: 2L: |
1958–59 | Birmingham | 7–5 (agg) | London | 1L: 2L: |
1959–60 | London | 6–4 (agg) | Birmingham | 1L: 2L: |
1960–61 | Lancashire | 6–3 (agg) | Nottinghamshire | 1L: 2L: |
1961–62 | Middlesex | 6–3 (agg) | Nottinghamshire | 1L: 2L: |
1962–63 | Durham | 3–2 (agg) | Essex | 1L: 2L: |
1963–64 | Sheffield & Hallamshire | 1–0 (agg) | Birmingham | 1L: 2L: |
1964–65 | Northumberland | 7–4 (agg) | Middlesex | 1L: 2L: |
1965–66 | Leicestershire and Rutland | 6–5 (agg) | London | 1L: 2L: |
1966–67 | Northamptonshire | 5–4 (agg) | Hertfordshire | 1L: 2L: |
1967–68 | North Riding | 7–4 (agg) | Devon | 1L: 2L: |
1968–69 | Northumberland | 1–0 (agg) | Sussex | 1L: 2L: |
1969–70 | Hertfordshire | 2–1 | Cheshire | |
1970–71 | Lancashire | 2–0 | Gloucestershire | |
1971–72 | Middlesex | 2–0 | Liverpool | Lower Mead |
1972–73 | Hertfordshire | 3–0 | Northumberland | |
1973–74 | Nottinghamshire | 2–0 | London | |
1974–75 | Durham | 2–1 | Bedfordshire | |
1975–76 | Northamptonshire | 7–1 | Surrey | Kingstonian F.C. Richmond Road |
1976–77 | Liverpool | 3–0 | Surrey | |
1977–78 | Liverpool | 3–1 | Kent | |
1978–79 | Hertfordshire | 4–1 | Liverpool | |
1979–80 | Liverpool | 2–0 | Lancashire | |
1980–81 | Lancashire | 3–2 | East Riding | |
1981–82 | Devon | 3–2 | Kent | Venue Replay held at Plymouth Argyle FC after first game drawn 0:0 in Gravesend FC. |
1982–83 | London | 3–0 | Gloucestershire | |
1983–84 | Cheshire | 2–1 | Manchester | |
1984–85 | East Riding | 2–1 | Middlesex | |
1985–86 | Hertfordshire | 4–0 | Manchester | |
1986–87 | North Riding | 3–1 | Gloucestershire | |
1987–88 | East Riding | 5–3 | Middlesex | |
1988–89 | Liverpool | 2–1 | Hertfordshire | |
1989–90 | Staffordshire | 2–1 | Hampshire | |
1990–91 | Lancashire | 6–0 | Surrey | |
1991–92 | Nottinghamshire | 1–0 | Surrey | |
1992–93 | Durham | 4–0 | Liverpool | |
1993–94 | West Riding | 3–1 | Sussex | [Bradford City Football Club
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|1994–95
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