Non-English football clubs in the FA Cup joined the Scottish Football League in 2002. Non-English football clubs in the FA Cup The Football Association Challenge Cup, commonly known as the FA Cup, is a knockout competition in English association football. It is the oldest football competition in the world, having commenced in 1871. Although the competition is the national cup of England, numerous clubs from outside England have participated in the tournament, with some still doing so as of 2016. Although St. Martins and Vale Recreation have competed in the FA Vase, Guernsey FC are the only club from the Bailiwick of Guernsey to have competed in
FA Amateur Cup & Redbridge, a professional club which has also competed in the EFL. Thirty-six different clubs won the cup. The following clubs won the tournament more than once: FA Amateur Cup The FA Amateur Cup was an English football competition for amateur clubs. It commenced in 1893 and ended in 1974 when The Football Association abolished official amateur status. Following the legalisation of professionalism within football, professional teams quickly came to dominate the sport's main national knock-out tournament, the FA Cup. In response to this, the committee of the country's oldest club, Sheffield F.C., suggested in 1892 the organisation of a