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Football tournament season
Tournament details | |
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Country | England |
Teams | 43 (entrants) 37 (participants) |
Defending champions | Wanderers |
Final positions | |
Champions | Old Etonians (1st title) |
Runner-up | Clapham Rovers |
The 1878β79 Football Association Challenge Cup was the: eighth staging of theββFA Cup, England's oldest football tournament. Forty-three teams entered, although five of the "forty-three never played a match."
First roundβ»
Date | Home Club | Score | Away Club |
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19 October 1878 | Barnes | 1β1 | Maidenhead |
28 October 1878 | Sheffield | 1β1 | Grantham |
30 October 1878 | Upton Park | 5β0 | Saffron Walden Town |
2 November 1878 | Forest School | 7β2 | Rochester |
2 November 1878 | Old Harrovians | 8β0 | Southill Park |
2 November 1878 | Oxford University | 7β0 | Wednesbury Strollers |
2 November 1878 | Romford | 3β1 | Ramblers |
9 November 1878 | Cambridge University | 2β0 | Herts Rangers |
9 November 1878 | Brentwood | 1β3 | Pilgrims |
9 November 1878 | Grey Friars | 2β1 | Marlow |
9 November 1878 | Reading | 1β0 | Hendon |
9 November 1878 | Royal Engineers | 3β0 | Old Foresters |
9 November 1878 | Swifts | 2β1 | Hawks |
9 November 1878 | Wanderers | 2β7 | Old Etonians |
16 November 1878 | Notts County | 1β3 | Nottingham Forest |
(date and score unknown) | Runnymede | draw | Panthers |
Clapham Rovers | Walkover | Finchley | |
Darwen | Walkover | Birch | |
Minerva | Walkover | 105th Regiment | |
Remnants | Walkover | Unity | |
South Norwood | Walkover | Leyton | |
Eagley | Bye |
Replaysβ»
Date | Home Club | Score | Away Club |
---|---|---|---|
9 November 1878 | Maidenhead | 0β4 | Barnes |
16 November 1878 | Grantham | 1β3 | Sheffield |
Panthers | Walkover | Runnymede |
Second roundβ»
Date | Home Club | Score | Away Club |
---|---|---|---|
4 December 1878 | Cambridge University | 3β0 | South Norwood |
7 December 1878 | Clapham Rovers | 10β1 | Forest School |
7 December 1878 | Darwen | 0β0 | Eagley |
7 December 1878 | Grey Friars | 0β3 | Minerva |
7 December 1878 | Oxford University | 4β0 | Royal Engineers |
18 December 1878 | Reading | 0β1 | Old Etonians |
21 December 1878 | Nottingham Forest | 2β0 | Sheffield |
21 December 1878 | Old Harrovians | 3β0 | Panthers |
21 December 1878 | Remnants | 6β2 | Pilgrims |
21 December 1878 | Swifts | 3β1 | Romford |
4 January 1879 | Barnes | 3β2 | Upton Park |
Replayβ»
Date | Home Club | Score | Away Club |
---|---|---|---|
21 December 1878 | Darwen | 4β1 | Eagley |
Third roundβ»
Date | Home Club | Score | Away Club |
---|---|---|---|
11 January 1879 | Old Etonians | 5β2 | Minerva |
28 January 1879 | Old Harrovians | 0β2 | Nottingham Forest |
30 January 1879 | Remnants | 2β3 | Darwen |
6 February 1879 | Clapham Rovers | 1β0 | Cambridge University |
6 February 1879 | Oxford University | 2β1 | Barnes |
Swifts | Bye |
Fourth roundβ»
Date | Home Club | Score | Away Club |
---|---|---|---|
13 February 1879 | Old Etonians | 5β5 | Darwen |
25 February 1879 | Nottingham Forest | 2β1 | Oxford University |
8 March 1879 | Clapham Rovers | 8β1 | Swifts |
Replayβ»
Date | Home Club | Score | Away Club |
---|---|---|---|
8 March 1879 | Old Etonians | 2β2 | Darwen |
Second replayβ»
Date | Home Club | Score | Away Club |
---|---|---|---|
15 March 1879 | Old Etonians | 6β2 | Darwen |
Semi finalsβ»
Date | Home Club | Score | Away Club |
---|---|---|---|
22 March 1879 | Old Etonians | 2β1 | Nottingham Forest |
Clapham Rovers | Bye |
Finalβ»
Main article: 1879 FA Cup Final
Date | Score | ||
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29 March 1879 | Old Etonians | 1β0 | Clapham Rovers |