Tournament details | |
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Country | England |
Teams | 54 |
Defending champions | Old Etonians |
Final positions | |
Champions | Clapham Rovers (1st title) |
Runner-up | Oxford University |
The 1879–80 Football Association Challenge Cup was the ninth staging of the FA Cup, England's oldest football tournament. Fifty-four teams entered, eleven more than the previous season, although five of the fifty-four never played a match.
First round
[edit]Home Club | Score | Away Club | Date |
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Finchley | 1–2 | Old Harrovians | 8 November 1879 |
Sheffield | Walkover | Queen's Park | |
Royal Engineers | 2–0 | Cambridge University | 13 November 1879 |
Maidenhead | 3–1 | Calthorpe | 25 October 1879 |
Clapham Rovers | 7–0 | Romford | 8 November 1879 |
South Norwood | 4–2 | Brentwood | 1 November 1879 |
Oxford University | 1–1 | Marlow | 6 November 1879 |
Old Etonians | Walkover | Barnes | |
Pilgrims | 5–2 | Clarence | 1 November 1879 |
Herts Rangers | 2–1 | Minerva | 15 November 1879 |
Rochester | 0–6 | Wanderers | 15 November 1879 |
Kildare | 0–3 | Gresham | 1 November 1879 |
Remnants | 1–1 | Upton Park | 15 November 1879 |
Hendon | 1–1 | Old Foresters | 8 November 1879 |
Nottingham Forest | 4–0 | Notts County | 8 November 1879 |
Eagley | 0–1 | Darwen | 1 November 1879 |
Grey Friars | 2–1 | Hanover United | 8 November 1879 |
Henley | Walkover | Reading | |
West End | Walkover | Swifts | |
Blackburn Rovers | 5–1 | Tyne Association | 1 November 1879 |
Hotspur | 1–1 | Argonauts | 8 November 1879 |
Mosquitoes | 3–1 | St Peter's Institute | 1 November 1879 |
Aston Villa | Bye | ||
Stafford Road | 2–0 | Wednesbury Strollers | 8 November 1879 |
Turton | 7–0 | Brigg | 1 November 1879 |
Providence | Bye | ||
Birmingham[1] | Walkover | Panthers | |
Acton | 0–4 | Old Carthusians | 8 November 1879 |
Replays
[edit]Home Club | Score | Away Club | Date |
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Marlow | 0–1 | Oxford University | 10 November 1879 |
Upton Park | 5–2 | Remnants | 25 November 1879 |
Old Foresters | 2–2 | Hendon | 15 November 1879 |
Hendon | 3–1 | Old Foresters | 22 November 1879 |
Argonauts | 0–1 | Hotspur | 15 November 1879 |
Second round
[edit]Home Club | Score | Away Club | Date |
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Sheffield | 3–3 | Providence | 15 December 1879 |
Royal Engineers | 4–1 | Upton Park | 23 December 1879 |
Clapham Rovers | 4–1 | South Norwood | 20 December 1879 |
Wanderers | 1–0 | Old Carthusians | 10 January 1880 |
Birmingham[1] | 0–6 | Oxford University | 19 January 1880 |
Old Etonians | Bye | ||
Pilgrims | Walkover | Herts Rangers | |
Old Harrovians | Bye | ||
Hendon | 7–1 | Mosquitos | 20 December 1879 |
Grey Friars | 9–0 | Gresham | 20 December 1879 |
Henley | 1–3 | Maidenhead | 29 November 1879 |
West End | 1–0 | Hotspur | 13 December 1879 |
Blackburn Rovers | 3–1 | Darwen | 6 December 1879 |
Stafford Road | 1–1 | Aston Villa | 13 December 1879 |
Turton | 0–6 | Nottingham Forest | 13 December 1879 |
Replays
[edit]Home Club | Score | Away Club | Date |
---|---|---|---|
Sheffield | 3–0 | Providence | 29 December 1879 |
Aston Villa | 3–1 | Stafford Road | 24 January 1880 |
Third round
[edit]Home Club | Score | Away Club | Date |
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Sheffield | Bye | ||
Royal Engineers | 2–0 | Old Harrovians | 4 February 1880 |
Maidenhead | Bye | ||
Clapham Rovers | 7–0 | Pilgrims | 17 January 1880 |
Oxford University | Walkover | Aston Villa | |
Old Etonians | 3–1 | Wanderers | 24 January 1880 |
Hendon | Bye | ||
Nottingham Forest | 6–0 | Blackburn Rovers | 31 January 1880 |
Grey Friars | Bye | ||
West End | Bye |
Fourth round
[edit]Home Club | Score | Away Club | Date |
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Royal Engineers | 1–0 | Grey Friars | 18 February 1880 |
Maidenhead | 0–1 | Oxford University | 14 February 1880 |
Clapham Rovers | 2–0 | Hendon | 14 February 1880 |
Old Etonians | 5–1 | West End | 7 February 1880 |
Nottingham Forest | 2–2[note 1] | Sheffield | 19 February 1880 |
Notes
[edit]- ^ Sheffield was disqualified for not playing extra-time, in defiance of the referee's instruction: Nottingham Evening Post, 26 February 1880, p.3.
Fifth round
[edit]Home Club | Score | Away Club | Date |
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Clapham Rovers | 1–0 | Old Etonians | 21 February 1880 |
Oxford University | 1–1 | Royal Engineers | 5 March 1880 |
Nottingham Forest | Bye |
Replay
[edit]Home Club | Score | Away Club | Date |
---|---|---|---|
Oxford University | 1–0 | Royal Engineers | 15 March 1880 |
Semi-finals
[edit]Home Club | Score | Away Club | Date |
---|---|---|---|
Clapham Rovers | Bye | ||
Oxford University | 1–0 | Nottingham Forest | 27 March 1880 |
Final
[edit]Score | Date | ||
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Clapham Rovers | 1–0 | Oxford University | 10 April 1880 |
References
[edit]- ^ a b No relation to Birmingham (City), Collett, Mike (2003). The Complete Record of The FA Cup. p. 134. ISBN 1-899807-19-5.