The Bedfordshire Senior Challenge Cup, also known as the Beds Senior Cup, is the county cup of Bedfordshire. According to the current rules of the competition, it is open to all clubs whose affiliation is with the Bedfordshire County FA (BCFA).

The current holders are Real Bedford who won the competition when it was last contested in the 2025–26 season in a 3–2 victory over Bedford Town in the final.

History

The BCFA covers the ceremonial county of Bedfordshire. The Senior Challenge Cup was first contested in 1894 and was won by Luton Montrose FC.

Winners

Season Winners Ref 1894–95 Luton Montrose 1895–96 Dunstable Town 1896–97 Luton Town 1897–98 Luton Falcons 1898–99 Luton Town 1899–1900 Bedford Montrose 1900–01 Luton Town 1901–02 Luton Town 1902–03 Biggleswade & District 1903–04 Luton Town 1904–05 Luton Clarence 1905–06 Luton Town 1906–07 Luton Clarence 1907–08 Biggleswade & District 1908–09 Kempston Rovers 1909–10 Luton Clarence 1910–11 Luton Clarence 1911–12 Luton Clarence 1912–13 Luton Crusaders 1913–14 Luton Clarence 1914–19 No Competition 1919–20 Luton Clarence 1920–21 Luton Clarence 1921–22 RAF Henlow 1922–23 Luton Amateur 1923–24 Waterlows (Dunstable) 1924–25 Waterlows (Dunstable) 1925–26 Leagrave & District 1926–27 Leighton United 1927–28 Waterlows (Dunstable) 1928–29 Waterlows (Dunstable) 1929–30 RAF Henlow 1930–31 RAF Henlow 1931–32 Waterlows (Dunstable) 1932–33 Waterlows (Dunstable) 1933–34 Waterlows (Dunstable) 1934–35 RAF Henlow 1935–36 Waterlows (Dunstable) 1936–37 Vauxhall Motors 1937–38 Kempston Rovers 1938–39 Waterlows (Dunstable) 1939–40 Waterlows (Dunstable) 1940–41 Queens Park Rangers Bedford 1941–42 Bedford St Cuthberts 1942–43 Queens Park Rangers Bedford 1943–44 Luton Town Colts 1944–45 No Competition 1945–46 Vauxhall Motors 1946–47 Biggleswade Town 1947–48 Potton United 1948–49 Potton United 1949–50 Shefford Town 1950–51 Bedford Corinthians 1951–52 Biggleswade Town 1952–53 Shefford Town 1953–54 Vauxhall Motors 1954–55 Shefford Town 1955–56 Vauxhall Motors 1956–57 Dunstable Town 1957–58 Vauxhall Motors 1958–59 Vauxhall Motors 1959–60 Dunstable Town 1960–61 Vauxhall Motors 1961–62 Biggleswade Town 1962–63 Biggleswade Town 1963–64 Potton United 1964–65 Stotfold 1965–66 Arlesey Town 1966–67 Biggleswade Town 1967–68 Leighton Town 1968–69 Leighton Town 1969–70 Leighton Town 1970–71 Wootton Blue Cross 1971–72 Barton Rovers 1972–73 Barton Rovers 1973–74 Biggleswade Town 1974–75 Vauxhall Motors 1975–76 Potton United 1976–77 Kempston Rovers 1977–78 Potton United 1978–79 Arlesey Town 1979–80 Dunstable 1980–81 Barton Rovers 1981–82 Barton Rovers 1982–83 Dunstable 1983–84 61FC (Luton) 1984–85 Eaton Bray United 1985–86 Dunstable 1986–87 Dunstable 1987–88 Dunstable 1988–89 Dunstable 1989–90 Barton Rovers 1990–91 Electrolux 1991–92 Kempston Rovers 1992–93 Leighton Town 1993–94 Stotfold The Bedfordshire County FA Official Programme for the 1993-94 Final which Stotfold won 2-1 versus Potton United, lists all the winners noted above.1994–95 Bedford Town 1995–96 Bedford Town 1996–97 Arlesey Town 1997–98 Barton Rovers 1998–99 Barton Rovers 1999–2000 Stotfold 2000–01 Wootton Blue Cross 2001–02 Biggleswade United 2002–03 Dunstable Town '98 2003–04 Arlesey Town 2004–05 Bedford Town 2005–06 Biggleswade United 2006–07 Dunstable Town 2007–08 Stotfold 2008–09 Dunstable Town 2009–10 Arlesey Town 2010–11 Arlesey Town 2011–12 Luton Town 2012–13 Biggleswade Town 2013–14 Biggleswade Town 2014–15 Barton Rovers 2015–16 Barton Rovers 2016–17 AFC Dunstable 2017–18 Luton Town 2018–19 Biggleswade Town 2019–20 Not completed This final was due to be played on 17 March 2020 but was postponed because of Covid-19. Potton United and Biggleswade Town were the finalists having both lost in the semi-finals, but their opponents were removed for ineligible players.2020–21Not held The competition was not held during the 2020/21 season due to the COVID-19 pandemic.2021–22 Leighton Town 2022–23 Luton Town 2023–24 Biggleswade F.C. 2024–25 AFC Dunstable 2025–26 Real Bedford

Recent Finals

Results by Team Club Wins Years Dunstable TownIncludes all versions of the club, Dunstable FC, Dunstable Town and Dunstable Town 98, which they claim on their website at https://www.dunstabletownfc.co.uk/honours. 12 1896, 1957, 1960, 1980, 1983, 1986–89, 2003, 2007, 2009 Biggleswade TownIncluding two as Biggleswade & District. 11 1903, 1908, 1947, 1952, 1962–63, 1967, 1974, 2013–14, 2019 Luton Town 10 1897, 1899, 1901–02, 1904, 1906, 1944, 2012, 2018, 2023 Waterlows (Dunstable) 10 1924–25, 1928–29, 1932–34, 1936, 1939–40 Barton Rovers 9 1972–73, 1981–82, 1990, 1998–99, 2015–16 Luton Clarence 8 1905, 1907, 1910–12, 1914, 1920–21 Vauxhall Motors 8 1937, 1946, 1954, 1956, 1958–59, 1961, 1975 Arlesey Town 6 1966, 1979, 1997, 2004, 2010-11 Leighton TownIncluding one as Leighton United. 6 1927, 1968–70, 1993, 2022 Potton United 5 1948–49, 1964, 1976, 1978 Kempston Rovers 4 1909, 1938, 1977, 1992 RAF Henlow 4 1922, 1930–31, 1935 Stotfold 4 1965, 1994, 2000, 2008 Bedford Town 3 1995–96, 2005 Shefford Town 3 1950, 1953, 1955 AFC Dunstable 2 2017, 2025 Biggleswade United 2 2002, 2006 Queens Park Rangers Bedford 2 1941, 1943 Wootton Blue Cross 2 1971, 2001

Clubs with one win – Bedford Corinthians, Bedford Montrose, Bedford St Cuthberts, Biggleswade F.C., Eaton Bray United, Electrolux, Leagrave & District, Luton Amateur, Luton Crusaders, Luton Falcons, Luton Montrose, 61FC (Luton), Real Bedford.

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