F A Vase Summary

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Overview

The FA Vase was insituted in 1974 when the Football Association abolished the distinction between professional and amateur status, effectively replacing the FA Amateur Cup. Some of the more senior clubs who previously competed in the Amateur Cup, for example those from the Isthmian and Northern Leagues switched instead to the FA Trophy, leaving the Vase for clubs from a variety of regional and local leagues

The first winners were Hoddesdon Town of the Spartan League, but it was not long before the first Vase "dynasty" appeared - Billericay Town of the Essex Senior League who won the competition three times in four seasons. No club has repeated that triple success since, with Halesowen Town, Brigg Town and Tiverton Town being dual winners (only the Devon club doing it in successive seasons). A F C Sudbury have an impressive but unfortunate record of being losing finalists three years running

Exemptions for the 2005-2006 Competition

To Second Round

AFC Newbury, AFC Sudbury, Backwell United, Bedlington Terriers, Billingham Billingham Town, Bitton, Bodmin Town, Bridgwater Town, Brislington, Brook House, Bury Town, Colne, Deal Town, Desborough Town, Didcot Town, Frome Town, Gedling Town, Jarrow Roofing Boldon CA, Ledbury Town, Lowestoft Town, Pickering Town, Potton United, Quorn, Skelmersdale United, Soham Town Rangers, Stourbridge, Thackley, Tipton Town, West Allotment Celtic, Winchester City

To First Round

Aylesbury Vale, Bideford, Billingham Synthonia, Bishop's Cleeve, Burnham Ramblers, Chasetown, Chessington & Hook United, Coalville Town, Cogenhoe United, Corsham Town, Croydon, Dorking, Dunston Federation Brewery, Egham Town, Erith & Belevedere, Halstead Town, Hanwell Town, Harrogate Railway Athletic, Herne Bay, Highworth Town, Holbeach United, Hornchurch, Horsham YMCA, Newcastle Town, North Greenford United, Oxford City, Rocester, Rye & Iden United, Selby Town, St Helens Town, Thatcham Town, Tilbury, Waltham Abbey, Whitehawk, Whitstable Town

2005/2006 Fourth Round

Crook Town v St Blazey
Pickering Town v Tavistock
Leamington v Wimborne Town
Needham Market v Nantwich Town
Thackley v Arnold Town
Dorking v Mildenhall Town
Newcastle Benfield (Bay Plastics) v Lowestoft Town
V C D Athletic v Broxbourne Borough V & E
Chessington & Hook United v Cammell Laird
Buxton v Ashville
Brockenhurst v Bury Town
Newmarket Town v Welwyn Garden City
Hillingdon Borough v Brook House
Squires Gate v Gedling Town
Hythe Town v Winchester City
A F C Sudbury v Bedlington Terriers
Matches to be played on 21st January 2006

F.A. Vase Winners and Runner-up, 1974 to date

Season Winner Runner-up Result In FCHD
1974-75 Hoddesdon Town Epsom & Ewell 2-1 All
1975-76 Billericay Town Stamford 1-0 All
1976-77 Billericay Town Sheffield 1-1, 2-1 All
1977-78 Newcastle Blue Star Barton Rovers 2-1 All
1978-79 Billericay Town Almondsbury Greenway 4-1 All
1979-80 Stamford Guisborough Town 2-0 All
1980-81 Whickham Willenhall Town 3-2 All
1981-82 Forest Green Rovers Rainworth Miners Welfare 3-0 All
1982-83 VS Rugby Halesowen Town 1-0 All
1983-84 Stansted Stamford 2-0 All
1984-85 Halesowen Town Fleetwood Town 3-1 All
1985-86 Yeading Southall 3-0 All
1986-87 St Helens Town Warrington Town 3-2 All
1987-88 Colne Dynamoes Emley 1-0 All
1988-89 Tamworth Sudbury Town 1-1, 3-0 All
1989-90 Yeading Bridlington Town 0-0, 1-0 All
1990-91 Guiseley Gresley Rovers 4-4, 3-1 All
1991-92 Wimborne Town Guiseley 5-3 All
1992-93 Bridlington Town Tiverton Town 1-0 All
1993-94 Diss Town Taunton Town 2-1 All
1994-95 Arlesey Town Oxford City 2-1 All
1995-96 Brigg Town Clitheroe 3-0 All
1996-97 Whitby Town North Ferriby United 3-0 All
1997-98 Tiverton Town Tow Law Town 1-0 All
1998-99 Tiverton Town Bedlington Terriers 1-0 All
1999-2000 Deal Town Chippenham Town 1-0 All
2000-01 Taunton Town Berkhamsted Town 2-1 All
2001-02 Whitley Bay Tiptree United 1-0 All
2002-03 Brigg Town A F C Sudbury 2-1 All
2003-04 Winchester City A F C Sudbury 2-0 All
2004-05 Didcot Town A F C Sudbury 3-2 All
2005-06       All so far


Summary of winners

3. Billericay Town

2. Brigg Town, Halesowen Town, Tiverton Town

1. Arlesey Town, Bridlington Town, Colne Dynamoes, Deal Town, Didcot Town, Diss Town, Forest Green Rovers, Guiseley, Hoddesdon Town, Newcastle Blue Star, St Helens Town, Stamford, Stansted, Tamworth, Taunton Town, VS Rugby, Whickham, Whitby Town, Whitley Bay, Wimborne Town, Winchester City, Yeading

Clubs who have played in all Vase competitions

Bourne Town, Brockenhurst, Calne Town, Chadderton, Eastbourne Town, Herne Bay, Hoddesdon Town, Holbeach United, Horsham YMCA, Merstham, Ringmer, Saffron Walden Town, Sheffield, Stansted, Stotfold, Tiptree United, Tunbridge Wells, Westbury United, Witham Town, Wootton Blue Cross
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