1877–78 FA Cup
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Tournament details | |
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Country | England Wales |
Teams | 43 |
Defending champions | Wanderers |
Final positions | |
Champions | Wanderers (5th title) |
Runner-up | Royal Engineers |
The 1877–78 Football Association Challenge Cup was the seventh staging of the FA Cup, England's oldest football tournament. Forty-three teams entered, four more than the previous season, although four of the forty-three never played a match.
First round
[edit]Date | Home Club | Score | Away Club |
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27 October 1877 | Grantham | 0–2 | Clapham Rovers |
27 October 1877 | High Wycombe | 4–0 | Wood Grange |
27 October 1877 | Maidenhead | 10–0 | Reading Hornets |
2 November 1877 | Cambridge University | 3–1 | Southill Park |
3 November 1877 | Hawks | 5–2 | Minerva |
3 November 1877 | Marlow | 2–0 | Hendon |
3 November 1877 | Notts County | 1–1 | Sheffield |
3 November 1877 | Oxford University | 5–2 | Herts Rangers |
3 November 1877 | Pilgrims | 0–0 | Ramblers |
10 November 1877 | 105th Regiment | 0–2 | Old Harrovians |
10 November 1877 | 1st Surrey Rifles | 1–0 | Forest School |
7 November 1877 | Darwen | 3–0 | Manchester |
7 November 1877 | Reading | 2–0 | South Norwood |
10 November 1877 | Remnants | 4–0 | St Stephen's |
10 November 1877 | Swifts | 3–2 | Leyton |
10 November 1877 | Upton Park | 3–0 | Rochester |
10 November 1877 | Wanderers | 9–1 | Panthers |
12 November 1877 | Druids | 1–0 | Shropshire Wanderers |
Barnes | Walkover | St Mark's | |
Old Foresters | Walkover | Old Wykehamists | |
Royal Engineers | Walkover | Highbury Union | |
Queen's Park | Bye |
Replays
[edit]Date | Home Club | Score | Away Club |
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9 November 1877 | Pilgrims | 1–0 | Ramblers |
1 December 1877 | Sheffield | 3–0 | Notts County |
Second round
[edit]Date | Home Club | Score | Away Club |
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8 December 1877 | Cambridge University | 4–2 | Maidenhead |
8 December 1877 | Royal Engineers | 6–0 | Pilgrims |
8 December 1877 | Upton Park | 1–0 | Reading |
15 December 1877 | Barnes | 3–1 | Marlow |
15 December 1877 | High Wycombe | 0–9 | Wanderers |
15 December 1877 | Oxford University | 1–0 | Old Foresters |
22 December 1877 | Clapham Rovers | 4–0 | Swifts |
22 December 1877 | Old Harrovians | 6–0 | 1st Surrey Rifles |
22 December 1877 | Remnants | 2–0 | Hawks |
29 December 1877 | Sheffield | 1–0 | Darwen |
Druids | Walkover | Queen's Park |
Third round
[edit]Date | Home Club | Score | Away Club |
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12 January 1878 | Wanderers | 1–1 | Barnes |
19 January 1878 | Upton Park | 3–0 | Remnants |
30 January 1878 | Royal Engineers | 8–0 | Druids |
2 February 1878 | Old Harrovians | 2–2 | Cambridge University |
2 February 1878 | Oxford University | 3–2 | Clapham Rovers |
Sheffield | Bye |
Replays
[edit]Date | Home Club | Score | Away Club |
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26 January 1878 | Wanderers | 4–1 | Barnes |
9 February 1878 | Old Harrovians | 2–2 | Cambridge University |
16 February 1878 | Old Harrovians | 2–0 | Cambridge University |
Fourth round
[edit]Date | Home Club | Score | Away Club |
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15 February 1878 | Royal Engineers | 3–3 | Oxford University |
16 February 1878 | Wanderers | 3–0 | Sheffield |
9 March 1878 | Old Harrovians | 3–1 | Upton Park |
Replays
[edit]Date | Home Club | Score | Away Club |
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27 February 1878 | Royal Engineers | 2–2 | Oxford University |
12 March 1878 | Royal Engineers | 4–2 | Oxford University |
Semi finals
[edit]Date | Home Club | Score | Away Club |
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16 March 1878 | Royal Engineers | 2–1 | Old Harrovians |
Wanderers | Bye |
Final
[edit]Date | Score | ||
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23 March 1878 | Wanderers | 3–1 | Royal Engineers |