# Capital Women's Senior Cup

The Capital Women's Senior Cup is an annual women's association football cup competition run jointly by the Middlesex FA, the London FA, the Surrey FA and the Amateur Football Alliance. The competition is open to clubs in tiers 3-5 of the Women's Football Pyramid and under-21 and under-23 teams of clubs in tiers 1-2 of the Women's Football Pyramid.

## History

The Capital Women's Cups were established in 2013, on the initiative of Jackie Newing of the Amateur Football Alliance. The intention was to consolidate London's fragmented system of county cups, which saw considerable mismatches across the five geographical cup competitions, into three competitions based on league position.
Initially the Senior Cup was open to all clubs in tiers 1-5 of the Women's Football Pyramid, but since 2018 this has been restricted to tiers 3-5, plus under 23 teams from the top two tiers.
The Intermediate Cup is open to clubs in tiers 6 and 7 and the Junior Cup is open to Greater London Women's Football League Division 1 and 2 clubs, plus any club in tier 7 or below (including clubs not in a league).
It replaced the London Women's Cup, the Middlesex FA Women's Cup and the Surrey Women's FA Cup. Administration of the competitions rotate between the four organising associations.
The first five editions of the tournament were dominated by Charlton Athletic W.F.C.. Their run of dominance was only ended by reformating the competition to exclude tier 1 and 2 senior teams.
Women's Super League and Women's Championship academy clubs have enjoyed mixed fortunes in the competition. Arsenal W.F.C. Academy won the 2022-23 edition of the tournament whereas in 2023-24 only Tottenham Hotspur W.F.C. Academy progressed beyond the second round, losing to Haringey Borough in the quarter finals.

## Format

The tournament is a single-legged, unseeded, knock-out competition with team. If a tie is level after 90 minutes, the match is decided by a penalty shoot-out.

## Winners and Finalists

| Season | Winners | Runners up | Score | Venue | Attendance |
| 2013–14 | Charlton Athletic | Queens Park Rangers | 2-1 | Imber Court, Molesey | |
| 2014–15 | Charlton Athletic | West Ham United | 5-0 | Earlsmead Stadium, Harrow | 222 |
| 2015–16 | Charlton Athletic | Tottenham Hotspur | 3-0 | Harry Abrahams Stadium, Finchley | |
| 2016–17 | Charlton Athletic | Tottenham Hotspur | 2-1 | Harry Abrahams Stadium, Finchley | 136 |
| 2017–18 | Charlton Athletic | Crystal Palace | 2-1 | Bedfont Recreation Ground, Bedfont | |
| 2018–19 | Actonians. | Leyton Orient | 1-0 | Reynolds Fields, Perivale | 181 |
| 2019–20 | Not held due to COVID-19 pandemic | Not held due to COVID-19 pandemic | Not held due to COVID-19 pandemic | Not held due to COVID-19 pandemic | |
| 2020–21 | Queens Park Rangers | Actonians. | 2-2 (4-3 p) | Bedfont Recreation Ground, Bedfont | 317 |
| 2021–22 | Ashford Town | Dulwich Hamlet. | 2-0 | Meadowbank, Dorking | 204 |
| 2022–23 | Arsenal Academy | AFC Wimbledon | 2-1 | Green Lane, Hounslow | 400 |
| 2023–24 | Ashford Town | Haringey Borough | 4-2 | Silver Jubilee Park, Hendon | 170 |

## Statistics
### Performance by club

| Club | Winners | Runners Up | Winning Years |
| Charlton Athletic | 5 | 0 | 2014,2015,2016,2017,2018 |
| Ashford Town | 2 | 0 | 2022,2024 |
| Actonians. | 1 | 1 | 2019 |
| Queens Park Rangers | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Arsenal Academy | 1 | 0 | 2023 |
| Tottenham Hotspur | 0 | 2 | |
| West Ham United | 0 | 1 | |
| London Seaward | 0 | 1 | |
| Dulwich Hamlet | 0 | 1 | |
| AFC Wimbledon | 0 | 1 | |
| Haringey Borough | 0 | 1 | |