London Challenge Cup

London Challenge Cup

Crystal Palace team of 1921 with the London Challenge Cup (trophy at right)
Organising body	London FA
Founded	1908
Abolished	2000
Region	London
Number of teams	varies
Last champions	Uxbridge F.C. (3rd title)
Most successful club(s)	Arsenal F.C. (11 titles)

The London Challenge Cup was a football tournament formerly organised by the London FA. It was first contested in 1908, and other than during the World Wars, was contested every season until 1974, when the tournament was disbanded.^[1]

After a 16-year hiatus, the tournament was resurrected in 1990–91, but only lasted 10 years before being once again discontinued.

In its original guise, the tournament was won by most of the major professional clubs in London such as Arsenal, Chelsea, Tottenham Hotspur and West Ham United, but the quality of entrants after the revival was lower, with all the winners except Leyton Orient in 1992–93 being non-League clubs.