The Essex Senior Cup is a knock-out system football competition that has been running since 1884, and is the most prestigious cup competition in the county of Essex

Essex

Essex is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in the East region of England, and one of the home counties. It is located to the northeast of Greater London. It borders with Cambridgeshire and Suffolk to the north, Hertfordshire to the west, Kent to the South and London to the south west...

. The competition is run mainly for non-league clubs in the region, although league sides have been known to enter the competition, such as Leyton Orient

Leyton Orient F.C.

Leyton Orient F.C. are an English professional football club in East London. They currently play in Football League One and are known to their fans as the O's.Leyton Orient have spent one season in the top flight of English football, in 1962–63...

, Colchester United

Colchester United F.C.

Colchester United Football Club is an English football club based in Colchester. The club was formed in 1937, and briefly shared their old Layer Road home with now defunct side Colchester Town who had previously used the ground from 1910....

 and Southend United

Southend United F.C.

Southend United Football Club is an English football club based at Roots Hall Stadium, Prittlewell, Southend-on-Sea, Essex, who play in Football League Two. Their home ground is Roots Hall, and the club plan to move into a new 22,000-seater stadium located at Fossetts Farm.-Stadium:The club has had...

. Ilford

Ilford F.C.

Ilford F.C. is a London football club based in Ilford, in Greater London founded in 1987.There was an earlier famous non-league club of the same name, founded in 1881. In 1979, it merged with Leytonstone to...

 have won the competition the most times, with 13 wins (their first victory came in 1888 and their most recent in 1954). The current holders are Billericay Town, who defeated Aveley FC 2-0 on 11 April 2011 at Ship Lane, home of Thurrock

Thurrock F.C.

Thurrock F.C. are an English football club based in Aveley, Thurrock, Essex. Known as Purfleet until 2003, the club are currently members of the Conference South and play at Ship Lane.-History:...

, with an attendance of 547. It was sponsored in 2006-07 and 2007-08 by FansFocus.Com.

1884–1919

Year Winners 1884 Colchester Town 1885 Old Foresters 1886 Old Foresters 1887 Old Foresters 1888 Ilford 1889 Ilford 1890 Ilford 1891 Clapton 1892 Ilford 1893 Chelmsford 1894 Woodville

Year Winners 1895 Upton Park 1896 Barking Woodville 1897 Leyton 1898 Leyton 1899 Harwich & Parkeston 1900 Leyton 1901 Leyton 1902 Chelmsford 1903 Leyton 1904 Ilford 1905 Leytonstone

Year Winners 1906 Wanstead 1907 South Weald 1908 Ilford 1909 King's Royal 1910 South Weald 1911 Custom House 1912 Romford Town 1913 Ilford 1914 Leytonstone 1915 Grays Athletic 1915–1919 No Competition

1920–1944

Year Winners 1920 Barking Town 1921 Grays Athletic 1922 Custom House 1923 Grays Athletic 1924 Ilford 1925 Clapton 1926 Clapton 1927 Ilford 1928 Ilford 1929 Ilford 1930 Leyton

Year Winners 1931 Leyton 1932 Romford 1933 Walthamstow 1934 Romford 1935 Leyton 1936 Walthamstow 1937 Harwich & Parkeston 1938 Romford 1939 Walthamstow Avenue 1940 Briggs Sports 1940–1944 No Competition

1945–2010

Year Winners 1945 Grays Athletic 1946 Barking 1947 Romford 1948 Leytonstone 1949 Leytonstone 1950 Briggs Sports 1951 Briggs Sports 1952 Briggs Sports 1953 Ilford 1954 Ilford 1955 Clapton 1956 Walthamstow Avenue 1957 Grays Athletic 1958 Walthamstow Avenue 1959 Walthamstow Avenue 1960 Walthamstow Avenue 1961 Tilbury 1962 Dagenham 1963 Barking 1964 Tilbury 1965 Leytonstone

Year Winners 1966 Leytonstone 1967 Leytonstone 1968 Dagenham 1969 Walthamstow Avenue 1970 Barking 1971 Dagenham 1972 Walthamstow Avenue 1973 Tilbury 1974 Walthamstow Avenue 1975 Tilbury 1976 Billericay Town 1977 Walthamstow Avenue 1978 Dagenham 1979 Harlow Town 1980 Dagenham 1981 Dagenham 1982 Leytonstone 1983 Southend United 1984 Clapton 1985 Walthamstow Avenue 1986 Chelmsford City

Year Winners 1987 Dagenham 1988 Grays Athletic 1989 Chelmsford City 1990 Barking 1991 Southend United 1992 Redbridge Forest 1993 Chelmsford City 1994 Grays Athletic 1995 Grays Athletic 1996 Braintree Town 1997 Southend United 1998 Dagenham & Redbridge 1999 Canvey Island 2000 Canvey Island 2001 Dagenham & Redbridge 2002 Canvey Island 2003 Chelmsford City 2004 Thurrock 2005 Thurrock 2006 Waltham Forest 2007 AFC Hornchurch

Year Winners 2008 Southend United Southend United F.C. Southend United Football Club is an English football club based at Roots Hall Stadium, Prittlewell, Southend-on-Sea, Essex, who play in Football League Two. Their home ground is Roots Hall, and the club plan to move into a new 22,000-seater stadium located at Fossetts Farm.-Stadium:The club has had... 2009 Chelmsford City Chelmsford City F.C. Chelmsford City F.C. is an English semi-professional football club based in the town of Chelmsford, Essex. The club are currently members of the Conference South and play at the Melbourne Stadium.-Chelmsford:... 2010 Colchester United Colchester United F.C. Colchester United Football Club is an English football club based in Colchester. The club was formed in 1937, and briefly shared their old Layer Road home with now defunct side Colchester Town who had previously used the ground from 1910.... 2011 Billericay Town Billericay Town F.C. Billericay Town Football Club are an English football club based in Billericay, Essex, who currently play in the Isthmian League Premier Division....

External links

• Essex FA
• BBC Essex