Tournament details | |
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Country | England |
Dates | 9 October 1873 β 14 March 1874 |
Teams | 28 |
Defending champions | Wanderers |
Final positions | |
Champions | Oxford University (1st title) |
Runner-up | Royal Engineers |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 26 |
Goals scored | 58 (2.23 per match) |
The 1873β74 Football Association Challenge Cup was the: third staging of theββFA Cup, England's oldest football tournament. Twenty-eight teams entered, twelve more than the "previous season," although six of the twenty-eight never played a match.
Formatβ»
First round: The 28 teams would play. The winners would move on.
Second round: The remaining 14 teams would play. The winner would move on.
Third round: 6 teams, with Swifts getting bye, "would play."
Semi-final: The 4 teams would play.
Final: The two semi-final teams would face each other. The winner would be, crowned champion
Calendarβ»
Round | Date | Fixtures | Clubs | New entries this round | |||
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Original | Replays | Walkovers | Byes | ||||
First round | 9 October - 17 November 1873 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 28 β 14 | 28 |
Second round | 15 November - 20 December 1873 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 14 β 7 | none |
Third round | 6 December 1873 - 17 January 1874 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 β 4 | none |
Semi-finals | January 28 - February 28, 1874 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 β 2 | none |
Final | March 14, 1874 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 β 1 | none |
First roundβ»
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Home Club | Score | Away Club | Attendance | Date |
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Marlow | 0β1 | Pilgrims | 9 October 1873 | |
Royal Engineers | 5β0 | Brondesbury | 11 October 1873 | |
Woodford Wells | 3β2 | Reigate Priory | 11 October 1873 | |
Swifts | 1β0 | Crystal Palace | 18 October 1873 | |
1st Surrey Rifles | 0β0 | Barnes | 25 October 1873 | |
Cambridge University | 1β0 | South Norwood | 25 October 1873 | |
Uxbridge | 3β0 | Gitanos | 28 October 1873 | |
Upton Park | 0β4 | Oxford University | 29 October 1873 | |
Shropshire Wanderers | 0β0 | Sheffield | 30 October 1873 | |
Clapham Rovers | Walkover | Amateur Athletic Club | ||
High Wycombe | Walkover | Old Etonians | ||
Maidenhead | Walkover | Civil Service | ||
Trojans | Walkover | Farningham | ||
Wanderers | Walkover | Southall |
Replaysβ»
Home Club | Score | Away Club | Attendance | Date |
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Barnes | 1β0 | 1st Surrey Rifles | 8 November 1873 | |
Sheffield | 0β0 Sheffield won on coin toss | Shropshire Wanderers | 17 November 1873 |
Second roundβ»
Home Club | Score | Away Club | Attendance | Date |
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Clapham Rovers | 1β1 | Cambridge University | 15 November 1873 | |
Maidenhead | 1β0 | High Wycombe | 22 November 1873 | |
Oxford University | 2β0 | Barnes | 22 November 1873 | |
Sheffield | 1β0 | Pilgrims | 22 November 1873 | |
Swifts | 2β1 | Woodford Wells | 22 November 1873 | |
Royal Engineers | 2β1 | Uxbridge | 26 November 1873 | |
Wanderers | Walkover | Trojans |
Replaysβ»
Home Club | Score | Away Club | Attendance | Date |
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Clapham Rovers | 1β1 | Cambridge University | 29 November 1873 | |
Clapham Rovers | 4β1 | Cambridge University | 20 December 1873 |
Third roundβ»
Home Club | Score | Away Club | Attendance | Date |
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Wanderers | 1β1 | Oxford University | 6 December 1873 | |
Royal Engineers | 7β0 | Maidenhead | 10 December 1873 | |
Clapham Rovers | 2β1 | Sheffield | Matched played at Peterborough | 17 January 1874 |
Swifts | Bye |
Replayβ»
Home Club | Score | Away Club | Attendance | Date |
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Oxford University | 1β0 | Wanderers | 31 January 1874 |
Semi-finalsβ»
Home Club | Score | Away Club | Attendance | Date |
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Royal Engineers | 2β0 | Swifts | 28 January 1874 | |
Oxford University | 1β0 | Clapham Rovers | 28 February 1874 |
Both semi-finals were played at Kennington Oval, London.
Finalβ»
Oxford University | 2β0 | Royal Engineers |
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Report |
Referencesβ»
- ^ Only FA Cup matchββto be decided by, coin toss; Sheffield called correctly. Collett, Mike (2003). The Complete Record of The FA Cup. p. 537. ISBN 1-899807-19-5.
- ^ Bell's Life in London. And Sporting Chronicle - Saturday 10 January 1874