fa vase

The FA Vase is an annual football competition for teams playing in the lower regional leagues of England. Prior to 1974, football players were either professionals or amateurs. Professionals were paid to play by their clubs, and the only cup competitions such clubs were allowed to enter were the FA Cup and, for clubs outside The Football League, the FA Trophy. Amateurs, on the other hand, did not get paid by their clubs, and such clubs had their own cup competition, the FA Amateur Cup. In 1974, with many of the top amateur players receiving payment for playing, the Football Association abolished the distinction, scrapped the Amateur Cup and introduced the FA Vase for the majority of clubs who had previously played in the Amateur Cup. Well over 200 clubs entered in the first season, 1974-75 and Hoddesdon Town of the Spartan League beat Epsom and Ewell of the Surrey Senior League 2-1 in the final at Wembley Stadium before a crowd of 9,000. In recent years, entry to the FA Vase has been restricted to clubs in the eighth and lower tiers of the English football league system, those in the three levels above that entering the FA Trophy. Reorganization of the National League System for 2004 onwards moved the dividing line down to the new "Step 5" (ninth tier overall). Only four teams have managed to win the FA Vase more than once. Two FA Vase winners, Forest Green Rovers and Tamworth, have gone on to play in the Football Conference at the top level of the non-league pyramid. In 2001-02, Whitley Bay of the Northern League beat Tiptree United at Villa Park. In 2002-03, 465 clubs entered, with two qualifying rounds preceding the six proper rounds, semi-finals and final. Brigg Town beat AFC Sudbury 2-1 in the 2003 final at West Ham United's Upton Park stadium. For the 2003-04 season; the final was played at St Andrews, the home of Birmingham City, on Saturday 16 May 2004.Winchester City defeated AFC Sudbury 2-0 in front of a crowd of 5,080.

List of winners

1975>

a href="/encyclopedia/Hoddesdon-Town-F.C." title="Hoddesdon Town F.C.">Hoddesdon Town
a href="/encyclopedia/1976" title="1976">1976	Billericay Town
a href="/encyclopedia/1977" title="1977">1977	Billericay Town
a href="/encyclopedia/1978" title="1978">1978	Newcastle Blue Star
a href="/encyclopedia/1979" title="1979">1979	Billericay Town
a href="/encyclopedia/1980" title="1980">1980	Stamford
a href="/encyclopedia/1981" title="1981">1981	Whickham
a href="/encyclopedia/1982" title="1982">1982	Forest Green Rovers
a href="/encyclopedia/1983" title="1983">1983	VS Rugby
a href="/encyclopedia/1984" title="1984">1984	Stansted
a href="/encyclopedia/1985" title="1985">1985	Halesowen Town
a href="/encyclopedia/1986" title="1986">1986	Halesowen Town
a href="/encyclopedia/1987" title="1987">1987	St Helens Town
a href="/encyclopedia/1988" title="1988">1988	Colne Dynamoes
a href="/encyclopedia/1989" title="1989">1989	Tamworth
a href="/encyclopedia/1990" title="1990">1990	Yeading
a href="/encyclopedia/1991" title="1991">1991	Guiseley
a href="/encyclopedia/1992" title="1992">1992	Wimborne Town
a href="/encyclopedia/1993" title="1993">1993	Bridlington Town
a href="/encyclopedia/1994" title="1994">1994	Diss Town
a href="/encyclopedia/1995" title="1995">1995	Arlesey Town
a href="/encyclopedia/1996" title="1996">1996	Brigg Town
a href="/encyclopedia/1997" title="1997">1997	Whitby Town
a href="/encyclopedia/1998" title="1998">1998	Tiverton Town
a href="/encyclopedia/1999" title="1999">1999	Tiverton Town
a href="/encyclopedia/2000" title="2000">2000	Deal Town
a href="/encyclopedia/2001" title="2001">2001	Taunton Town
a href="/encyclopedia/2002" title="2002">2002	Whitley Bay
a href="/encyclopedia/2003" title="2003">2003	Brigg Town
a href="/encyclopedia/2004" title="2004">2004	Winchester City

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