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The London Charity Cup was one of the London Football Association's cup competitions.

History

The London FA previously ran three senior cup competitions, the London Challenge Cup, the London Senior Cup (known also as the London Senior Amateur Cup) and the London Charity Cup. The only time a club reached the final of all three competitions in the same season was in 1959–60. Tooting & Mitcham won the London Senior Cup after defeating Bromley 5–0 in the final played at The Den (home of Millwall). Tooting & Mitcham were losing finalists in the other two competitions after being beaten 2–1 by Barnet in the final of the London Charity Cup and 2–1 by Chelsea in the final of the London Challenge Cup. Both finals were played on the winning side's home ground.

The original trophy was donated by the Rt. Hon. Reginald Harrison.^[1] The competition was discontinued in 1975.

List of finals

Key

	Match went to extra time
	Shared trophy

Season	Winners	Result	Runners-up	Notes	Ref
1886–87	Swifts	3–0	Casuals	^{[note 1]}	^[2]
1887–88	Swifts	1–0	Casuals	^{[note 2]}	^[3]
1888–89	Old Westminsters	6–3	Swifts	^{[note 3]}	^[4]
1889–90	Royal Arsenal				^[5]
1890–91	Casuals				^[6]
1891–92	Crusaders	1–0	Millwall Athletic		^[7]
1892–93	Crusaders	2–1	Old Carthusians		^[8]
1896–94	Casuals				^[6]
1895–96	London Caledonians		Old Carthusians		^[9]
1896–97	Casuals				^[6]
1898–99	Clapton				^[10]
1899–1900	Clapton				^[10]
1900–01	Casuals		Old Carthusians		^[6]^[11]
1901–02	Clapton				^[10]
1902–03	Clapton				^[10]
1903–04	Casuals				^[6]
1904–05	Casuals				^[6]
1905–06	London Caledonians		Casuals		^[9]
1908–09	London Caledonians				^[9]
1909–10	Leytonstone
1910–11	Dulwich Hamlet Nunhead			Trophy shared. After two drawn games.	^[12]
1912–13	London Caledonians				^[9]
1919–20	Dulwich Hamlet	2–1	London Caledonians		^[9]^[13]
1923–24	Clapton				^[10]
1926–27	Kingstonian				^[14]
1928–29			Kingstonian		^[14]
1930–31	Kingstonian				^[14]
1931–32	Kingstonian				^[14]
1932–33	Kingstonian				^[14]
1933–34	Walthamstow Avenue	2–0	Kingstonian		^[14]^[15]
1934–35	Leyton
1935–36	Wimbledon	2–1	Kingstonian	^{[note 4]}	^[16]^[17]
1936–37	Leyton
1949–50	Wimbledon	2–1	Dulwich Hamlet	^{[note 5]}	^[16]^[18]
1951–52	Wimbledon	2–1	Walthamstow	^{[note 6]}	^[16]^[19]
1952–53	Leytonstone
1959–60	Barnet	2–1	Tooting & Mitcham
1960–61	Hayes	3–2	Hounslow Town
1961–62	Barking	1–0	Ilford	After extra-time.	^[20]
1962–63	Ilford Barnet	2–2		Trophy shared. After extra-time.
1963–64	Wealdstone	2–1	Barnet		^[21]
1964–65	Finchley	2–1	Hayes
1965–66	Ilford	1–0	Erith & Belvedere
1966–67	Dagenham	1–0	Leyton
1967–68	Dagenham	1–0	Sutton United	After extra-time.
1968–69	Dagenham	3–1	Sutton United
1969–70	Sutton United	4–2	Kingstonian		^[14]
1970–71	Dagenham	2–0	Leyton
1971–72	Dagenham	8–2	Southall
1972–73	Dagenham	4–1	Sutton United
1973–74	Cheshunt	2–0	Walthamstow Avenue		^[22]
1974–75	Dagenham	2–1	Kingstonian		^[14]

Notes

^ At the Kennington Oval; kick-off was delayed to allow spectators to watch the Boat Race.
^ At the Kennington Oval.
^ At the Kennington Oval.
^ Final was held over until September of season 1936–37.
^ Final was held over until September of season 1950–51.
^ Final was held over until September of season 1952–53.

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