| FA YOUTH CUP (Under-18) FINALS 1952-53 to 2007-08 | TABLE OF MERIT | ||||||||
| YEAR | WINNERS | SCORE | RUNNERS-UP | NOTES | Rank | TEAM | WINNERS | RUNNERS-UP | |
| 1953 | Manchester United | 9-3 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 1st | Manchester United | 9 | 4 | ||
| 1954 | Manchester United | 5-4 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 2nd | Arsenal | 6 | 1 | ||
| 1955 | Manchester United | 7-1 | West Bromwich Albion | 3rd | Liverpool | 3 | 2 | ||
| 1956 | Manchester United | 4-3 | Chesterfield | Ipswich Town | 3 | 2 | |||
| 1957 | Manchester United | 8-2 | West Ham United | Aston Villa | 3 | 2 | |||
| 1958 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 7-6 | Chelsea | 6th | West Ham United | 3 | 4 | ||
| 1959 | Blackburn Rovers | 2-1 | West Ham United | Everton | 3 | 4 | |||
| 1960 | Chelsea | 5-2 | Preston North End | 8th | Tottenham Hotspur | 3 | 2 | ||
| 1961 | Chelsea | 5-3 | Everton | 9th | Manchester City | 2 | 4 | ||
| 1962 | Newcastle United | 2-1 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 10th | Crystal Palace | 2 | 2 | ||
| 1963 | West Ham United | 6-5 | Liverpool | Chelsea | 2 | 2 | |||
| 1964 | Manchester United | 5-2 | Swindon Town | 12th | Millwall | 2 | 1 | ||
| 1965 | Everton | 3-2 | Arsenal | Watford | 2 | 1 | |||
| 1966 | Arsenal | 5-3 | Sunderland | Sunderland | 2 | 1 | |||
| 1967 | Sunderland | 2-0 | Birmingham City | 15th | Leeds United | 2 | 0 | ||
| 1968 | Burnley | 3-2 | Coventry City | Newcastle United | 2 | 0 | |||
| 1969 | Sunderland | 6-3 | West Bromwich Albion | 17th | Coventry City | 1 | 4 | ||
| 1970 | Tottenham Hotspur | 4-3 | Coventry City | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 1 | 4 | |||
| 1971 | Arsenal | 2-0 | Cardiff City | 19th | Middlesbrough | 1 | 2 | ||
| 1972 | Aston Villa | 5-2 | Liverpool | West Bromwich Albion | 1 | 2 | |||
| 1973 | Ipswich Town | 4-1 | Bristol City | Blackburn Rovers | 1 | 2 | |||
| 1974 | Tottenham Hotspur | 2-1 | Huddersfield Town | 22nd | Norwich City | 1 | 0 | ||
| 1975 | Ipswich Town | 5-1 | West Ham United | Burnley | 1 | 0 | |||
| 1976 | West Bromwich Albion | 5-0 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 24th | Birmingham City | 0 | 1 | ||
| 1977 | Crystal Palace | 1-0 | Everton | Bristol City | 0 | 1 | |||
| 1978 | Crystal Palace | 1-0 | Aston Villa | Cardiff City | 0 | 1 | |||
| 1979 | Millwall | 2-0 | Manchester City | Charlton Athletic | 0 | 1 | |||
| 1980 | Aston Villa | 3-2 | Manchester City | Chesterfield | 0 | 1 | |||
| 1981 | West Ham United | 2-1 | Tottenham Hotspur | Doncaster Rovers | 0 | 1 | |||
| 1982 | Watford | 7-6 | Manchester United | Huddersfield Town | 0 | 1 | |||
| 1983 | Norwich City | 6-5 | Everton | after extra time | Preston North End | 0 | 1 | ||
| 1984 | Everton | 4-2 | Stoke City | Sheffield Wednesday | 0 | 1 | |||
| 1985 | Newcastle United | 4-1 | Watford | Southampton | 0 | 1 | |||
| 1986 | Manchester City | 3-1 | Manchester United | Stoke City | 0 | 1 | |||
| 1987 | Coventry City | 2-1 | Charlton Athletic | Swindon Town | 0 | 1 | |||
| 1988 | Arsenal | 6-1 | Doncaster Rovers | ||||||
| 1989 | Watford | 2-1 | Manchester City | after extra time | |||||
| 1990 | Tottenham Hotspur | 3-2 | Middlesbrough | ||||||
| 1991 | Millwall | 3-0 | Sheffield Wednesday | ||||||
| 1992 | Manchester United | 6-3 | Crystal Palace | ||||||
| 1993 | Leeds United | 4-1 | Manchester United | ||||||
| 1994 | Arsenal | 5-3 | Millwall | ||||||
| 1995 | Manchester United | 1-1 | Tottenham Hotspur | after extra time; 4-2 on penalties | |||||
| 1996 | Liverpool | 4-1 | West Ham United | ||||||
| 1997 | Leeds United | 3-1 | Crystal Palace | ||||||
| 1998 | Everton | 5-3 | Blackburn Rovers | ||||||
| 1999 | West Ham United | 9-0 | |||||||